Board 8 > Best of the Trope Season 2: Day 157 - Lightning Bruiser

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GavsEvans123 05/26/19 5:16:17 PM #1:	Hello everyone, and welcome back to Best of the Trope! Here are the rules. Each day, I will post a trope from TV Tropes, and each poster can name up to three examples of that trope. Whichever nomination gets the most mentions wins! Posters may also name as many Honourable Mentions as they like, but they are purely optional and will not count towards the running score. You may look at the TV Tropes page for that day's trope for examples, but you do not have to pick all your examples from the page. You can nominate whatever examples you like, as long as they qualify for the trope. Each trope will last around 24 hours before the next one goes up. Posters may also nominate any tropes they wish to see come up during the series. This is optional, and you don't have to do it every day, or at all. Tropes will be randomly selected from the list each day, except for some occasions where I will pick a thematically appropriate trope that may or may not be on the list. Here's the list of previous tropes, so if you wish to nominate some tropes, check on here that it wasn't previously done. http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_the_Trope Trope List: Shrinking Violet Launcher of a Thousand Ships Even the Girls Want Her Even the Guys Want Him One True Love Disc-One Nuke Beef Gate A Taste of Power Magikarp Power Joke Character Lethal Joke Character Difficult, but Awesome Tier-Induced Scrappy Stone Wall Glass Cannon Me's a Crowd Breather Boss That One Level Breather Level Giant Space Flea from Nowhere Game-Breaker Broken Base Roaring Rampage of Revenge Cliffhanger Cruel and Unusual Death Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Evil Cripple Grand Finale <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:922402219] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Hello everyone, and welcome back to Best of the Trope! Here are the rules. Each day, I will post a trope from TV Tropes, and each poster can name up to three examples of that trope. Whichever nomination gets the most mentions wins! Posters may also name as many Honourable Mentions as they like, but they are purely optional and will not count towards the running score. You may look at the TV Tropes page for that day's trope for examples, but you do not have to pick all your examples from the page. You can nominate whatever examples you like, as long as they qualify for the trope. Each trope will last around 24 hours before the next one goes up. Posters may also nominate any tropes they wish to see come up during the series. This is optional, and you don't have to do it every day, or at all. Tropes will be randomly selected from the list each day, except for some occasions where I will pick a thematically appropriate trope that may or may not be on the list. Here's the list of previous tropes, so if you wish to nominate some tropes, check on here that it wasn't previously done. http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_the_Trope Trope List: Shrinking Violet Launcher of a Thousand Ships Even the Girls Want Her Even the Guys Want Him One True Love Disc-One Nuke Beef Gate A Taste of Power Magikarp Power Joke Character Lethal Joke Character Difficult, but Awesome Tier-Induced Scrappy Stone Wall Glass Cannon Me's a Crowd Breather Boss That One Level Breather Level Giant Space Flea from Nowhere Game-Breaker Broken Base Roaring Rampage of Revenge Cliffhanger Cruel and Unusual Death Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Evil Cripple Grand Finale</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GavsEvans123 05/26/19 5:18:03 PM #2:	The winner of yesterday's trope, Acquitted Too Late, was Tom Robinson (To Kill a Mockingbird), who got 8 votes. Sorry AvaGames. Previous winners: Day 126 onwards Shipper on Deck - Genie ships Aladdin and Jasmine (Aladdin) Shoo Out the Clowns - Mimir gives Kratos and Atreus privacy to scatter the ashes (God of War) / Half the trolls die (Homestuck) Disc One Final Dungeon - Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X) / Hyrule Castle (Zelda: A Link to the Past) Back for the Finale - Miles Edgeworth (Most Ace Attorney games) The Very Definitely Final Dungeon - Cannon's Core (Sonic Adventure 2) Redemption Equals Death - Darth Vader (Star Wars) / Theon Greyjoy (Game of Thrones) / Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man 2) Godzilla Threshold - Operation Zero Dawn (Horizon Zero Dawn) / Crossing the streams (Ghostbusters) One Winged Angel - Safer Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII) 11th-Hour Ranger - Sonic the Hedgehog (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) Informed Poverty - The Simpsons Post-Climax Confrontation - The Scouring of the Shire (The Lord of the Rings) Death by Childbirth - Padme (Star Wars) Defeat Means Friendship - Dragon Ball in general / Scotsman (Samurai Jack) Elegant Gothic Lolita - Celeste Ludenberg (Danganronpa) The Turret Master - Engineer (Team Fortress 2) Shear Menace - Scissorsman (Clock Tower) Infinity +1 Sword - Ultima Weapon (Kingdom Hearts) Infinity -1 Sword - Fully Evolved Starters (Pokemon) Poisonous Person - Poison Ivy (DC Comics) Too Good for this Sinful Earth - ~~Chiaki Nanami~~ (Danganronpa 2) That One Boss - Ultra Necrozma (Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon) B*h in Sheep's Clothing - ~~Matt Engarde and Dahlia Hawthorne~~ (Ace Attorney) Blue-Collar Warlock - John Constantine (Constantine) Despair Event Horizon - John Wick's dog is killed (John Wick) Ahole Victim - Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones) Crutch Character - Marcus (Fire Emblem 7) Your Soul is Mine - Maximillian Pegasus (Yu-Gi-Oh!) / Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat) / Dementor's Kiss (Harry Potter) Pop-Cultured Badass - Deadpool <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:922402281] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>The winner of yesterday's trope, Acquitted Too Late, was Tom Robinson (To Kill a Mockingbird), who got 8 votes. Sorry AvaGames. Previous winners: Day 126 onwards Shipper on Deck - Genie ships Aladdin and Jasmine (Aladdin) Shoo Out the Clowns - Mimir gives Kratos and Atreus privacy to scatter the ashes (God of War) / Half the trolls die (Homestuck) Disc One Final Dungeon - Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X) / Hyrule Castle (Zelda: A Link to the Past) Back for the Finale - Miles Edgeworth (Most Ace Attorney games) The Very Definitely Final Dungeon - Cannon's Core (Sonic Adventure 2) Redemption Equals Death - Darth Vader (Star Wars) / Theon Greyjoy (Game of Thrones) / Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man 2) Godzilla Threshold - Operation Zero Dawn (Horizon Zero Dawn) / Crossing the streams (Ghostbusters) One Winged Angel - Safer Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII) 11th-Hour Ranger - Sonic the Hedgehog (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) Informed Poverty - The Simpsons Post-Climax Confrontation - The Scouring of the Shire (The Lord of the Rings) Death by Childbirth - Padme (Star Wars) Defeat Means Friendship - Dragon Ball in general / Scotsman (Samurai Jack) Elegant Gothic Lolita - Celeste Ludenberg (Danganronpa) The Turret Master - Engineer (Team Fortress 2) Shear Menace - Scissorsman (Clock Tower) Infinity +1 Sword - Ultima Weapon (Kingdom Hearts) Infinity -1 Sword - Fully Evolved Starters (Pokemon) Poisonous Person - Poison Ivy (DC Comics) Too Good for this Sinful Earth - Chiaki Nanami (Danganronpa 2) That One Boss - Ultra Necrozma (Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon) B*h in Sheep's Clothing - Matt Engarde and Dahlia Hawthorne (Ace Attorney) Blue-Collar Warlock - John Constantine (Constantine) Despair Event Horizon - John Wick's dog is killed (John Wick) Ahole Victim - Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones) Crutch Character - Marcus (Fire Emblem 7) Your Soul is Mine - Maximillian Pegasus (Yu-Gi-Oh!) / Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat) / Dementor's Kiss (Harry Potter) Pop-Cultured Badass - Deadpool</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GavsEvans123 05/26/19 5:20:53 PM #3:	Today's trope is Lightning Bruiser. Here is the link: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LightningBruiser The Lightning Bruiser is an Archetype that sets itself apart from the competition in that it is able to take and give a lot of damage and can move quickly. When considering strength, speed, and toughness, the Lightning Bruiser does not trade off one advantage for another the way, say, the Fragile Speedster trades off durability for speed, the Glass Cannon trades durability for power, or the Mighty Glacier trades mobility for power. To prevent the character from becoming a Game-Breaker or Story-Breaker Power, the Lightning Bruiser may have weaknesses beyond strength, speed, and toughness: lack of range or magical capability or a high resource cost are some of the challenges these characters can face. Sometimes, the Lightning Bruiser may be balanced by being less interesting than its counterparts: it hits fast and hard, and it can take a punch, but it doesn't do much else. In fighting games, they are typically balanced by unsafe, situational, or just generally poor approach options and inadequate or nonexistent defensive options; they can get in, but they have trouble actually capitalizing on it, and they can take a hit, but they can't do much to keep themselves from getting hit. On the other hand, The Hero might be one of these, and is simply much more powerful than everyone else. Lightning Bruisers are relatively common as video game protagonists for this very reason - it explains why they're capable of taking down hordes of enemies single-handedly. Either Faster Than They Look or Stronger Than They Look may apply if the Lightning Bruiser looks more like a Mighty Glacier or a Fragile Speedster, respectively. The resulting surprise factor is useful for getting an edge on unsuspecting opponents. TL,DR: This character hits hard and fast, and they can take a beating too. Nominations: Samoa Joe (Professional Wrestling) Tai Lung (Kung Fu Panda) Saitama (One Punch Man) <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:922402363] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Today's trope is Lightning Bruiser. Here is the link: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LightningBruiser The Lightning Bruiser is an Archetype that sets itself apart from the competition in that it is able to take and give a lot of damage and can move quickly. When considering strength, speed, and toughness, the Lightning Bruiser does not trade off one advantage for another the way, say, the Fragile Speedster trades off durability for speed, the Glass Cannon trades durability for power, or the Mighty Glacier trades mobility for power. To prevent the character from becoming a Game-Breaker or Story-Breaker Power, the Lightning Bruiser may have weaknesses beyond strength, speed, and toughness: lack of range or magical capability or a high resource cost are some of the challenges these characters can face. Sometimes, the Lightning Bruiser may be balanced by being less interesting than its counterparts: it hits fast and hard, and it can take a punch, but it doesn't do much else. In fighting games, they are typically balanced by unsafe, situational, or just generally poor approach options and inadequate or nonexistent defensive options; they can get in, but they have trouble actually capitalizing on it, and they can take a hit, but they can't do much to keep themselves from getting hit. On the other hand, The Hero might be one of these, and is simply much more powerful than everyone else. Lightning Bruisers are relatively common as video game protagonists for this very reason - it explains why they're capable of taking down hordes of enemies single-handedly. Either Faster Than They Look or Stronger Than They Look may apply if the Lightning Bruiser looks more like a Mighty Glacier or a Fragile Speedster, respectively. The resulting surprise factor is useful for getting an edge on unsuspecting opponents. TL,DR: This character hits hard and fast, and they can take a beating too. Nominations: Samoa Joe (Professional Wrestling) Tai Lung (Kung Fu Panda) Saitama (One Punch Man)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cavedweller2000 05/26/19 6:01:46 PM #4:	These two guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-ZR9DMEcY" data-time=" --- Well done to Advokaiser for finishing 104 places above me in the 2018 CBX Guru Contest! <cite>Cavedweller2000 posted [p:922403659] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>These two guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-ZR9DMEcY" data-time="</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AvaGames 05/26/19 6:19:18 PM #5:	Dang Failed to get a V3 character win Might as well return to TVTropes to find a better one. Edit: Nominating the tropes... Torch the Franchise and Run Lights Off, Somebody Dies --- Ain't it Ideal to Reeche for the stars? Rules of Stupid coming soon! <cite>AvaGames posted [p:922404253] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Dang Failed to get a V3 character win Might as well return to TVTropes to find a better one. Edit: Nominating the tropes... Torch the Franchise and Run Lights Off, Somebody Dies</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XIII_rocks 05/26/19 6:56:47 PM #6:	The Normandy SR-2 (Mass Effect 2/3) --- Not to be confused with XIII_Stones. <cite>XIII_rocks posted [p:922405665] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>The Normandy SR-2 (Mass Effect 2/3)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 05/26/19 6:57:38 PM #7:	Nemesis (Resident Evil 3) The Flash (DC Comics) Raiden (Metal Gear Rising) --- Buried in a shallow grave, staring death down in the face - Pray it's only a nightmare. https://i.imgtc.com/NrNgmxu.gifm <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:922405698] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Nemesis (Resident Evil 3) The Flash (DC Comics) Raiden (Metal Gear Rising)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
scarletspeed7 05/26/19 7:07:49 PM #8:	Zoom (DC) Flash (DC) --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:922406037] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Zoom (DC) Flash (DC)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hbthebattle 05/26/19 7:09:20 PM #9:	The Flash --- Patience. <cite>Hbthebattle posted [p:922406073] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>The Flash</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mewtwo59 05/26/19 8:29:08 PM #10:	Snake5555555555 posted... Raiden (Metal Gear Rising) --- ""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47 <cite>Mewtwo59 posted [p:922408742] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote><cite>Snake5555555555 posted...</cite> <quote> Raiden (Metal Gear Rising)</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 05/26/19 9:40:49 PM #11:	Saitama (One Punch Man) Deku (My Hero Academia) Juggernaut (X-Men) --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:922411453] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Saitama (One Punch Man) Deku (My Hero Academia) Juggernaut (X-Men)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Underleveled 05/26/19 10:05:58 PM #12:	Bob Barker (Happy Gilmore) --- darkx Score: There goes bracket <cite>Underleveled posted [p:922412331] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Bob Barker (Happy Gilmore)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kenri 05/26/19 11:45:54 PM #13:	Fox (Melee) --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. <cite>Kenri posted [p:922415799] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Fox (Melee)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
paperwarior 05/27/19 1:52:45 AM #14:	Slayer (Guilty Gear) --- "God Hand is the ultimate expression of the joy of humanity, specifically the punching part of the joy of humanity."-Shigeru Miyamoto <cite>paperwarior posted [p:922419185] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Slayer (Guilty Gear)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 05/27/19 2:21:39 AM #15:	Underleveled posted... Bob Barker (Happy Gilmore) --- Video Game Music Contest 13 winner: Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge <cite>NFUN posted [p:922419842] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote><cite>Underleveled posted...</cite> <quote>Bob Barker (Happy Gilmore)</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GavsEvans123 05/27/19 7:34:19 AM #16:	Rankings so far: The Flash (DC Comics) - 3 votes Raiden (Metal Gear Rising) - 2 votes Saitama (One Punch Man) - 2 votes Bob Barker (Happy Gilmore) - 2 votes Samoa Joe (Professional Wrestling) Tai Lung (Kung Fu Panda) The Manliest Fight Ever The Normandy SR-2 (Mass Effect 2/3) Nemesis (Resident Evil 3) Zoom (DC) Deku (My Hero Academia) Juggernaut (X-Men) Fox (Melee) Slayer (Guilty Gear) <cite>GavsEvans123 posted [p:922424385] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote>Rankings so far: The Flash (DC Comics) - 3 votes Raiden (Metal Gear Rising) - 2 votes Saitama (One Punch Man) - 2 votes Bob Barker (Happy Gilmore) - 2 votes Samoa Joe (Professional Wrestling) Tai Lung (Kung Fu Panda) The Manliest Fight Ever The Normandy SR-2 (Mass Effect 2/3) Nemesis (Resident Evil 3) Zoom (DC) Deku (My Hero Academia) Juggernaut (X-Men) Fox (Melee) Slayer (Guilty Gear)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheCodeisBosco 05/27/19 12:39:47 PM #17:	Underleveled posted... Bob Barker (Happy Gilmore) --- Now crack that combination: 27 99 23. <cite>TheCodeisBosco posted [p:922432298] in Best of th... [t:77741847]...</cite> <quote><cite>Underleveled posted...</cite> <quote>Bob Barker (Happy Gilmore)</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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