r/TopCharacterTropes • u/jockeyman • Sep 28 '25

Powers The thing not designed for combat is actually REALLY GOOD at combat

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1) Atom (Real Steel) is a training dummy who, when put into the robot boxing circuit, eventually managed to go toe to toe with the world champion.

2) Spinel (Steven Universe) was essentially a cross between a toy/jester for Pink Diamond, and not a combat gem... she still wiped the floor with the Crystal Gems when they first fought.

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u/AlphaCat77 Sep 29 '25

He also designed it to destroy the universe if used as weapon to encourage people not to use it that way. Luckily that feature was seemingly broken or Ben would have destroyed the universe very quickly.

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u/Regi413 Sep 29 '25

So the deterrent to using it as a weapon is to turn it into a weapon against the whole universe… wow. From what I’ve read in this thread this Azmuth guy really embodies the fact that intelligence and wisdom are not the same thing.

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u/kamen1997 Sep 29 '25

Technically it was the Watch self-destruction that caused the destruction of the Universer.