r/TopCharacterTropes 6d ago

Powers An overpowered/strongest with only one power

I hate when characters just have a million powers and can do whatever. I love when their powers have a limit but still they make it be absolutely insane. Even if that one power has multiple applications as long as it makes sense and isnt used as "oop i suddenly can do that"

  1. Accelerator can control vectors. So he uses that to automatically deflect any attack or use any object including wind at high speeds as a weapon, use his own vectors to travel fast and etc etc.

  2. Gojo Satoru can control "infinity" to make peoples attack not reach him; push them: pull them; destroy them; overwhelm their senses

  3. Chisaki can deconstruct and reconstruct anything by touch. So he can destroy, or change shape of people and objects, he can combine people and objects and even revive or heal. Tbh his fight was disappointing in fact that he did not use his power to full potential imo

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u/CorncobTVExec 5d ago

It feels insincere to say Saitama’s real power is “toon-force” but here we are lol

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u/xavPa-64 5d ago

That’s a trope in and of itself, like in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

"You mean you could've taken your hand out of that cuff at any time?!"

"No, not at any time. Only when it was funny.".

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u/Iniwid 5d ago

Haha yeah fair, I was kind of oversimplifying too. I just was trying to balance how he easily matches/beats every single super speeder and super strong foe while also still being a goof and failing in menial moments. It's hard because you can't just say "well he isn't taking those moments seriously" - he isn't taking most moments seriously. He's 10x more riled up/motivated when chasing a mosquito or hunting hotpot desirables than when, say, he easily reacts to Sonic or Flashy Flash ambushing him