Last Post Standing, the sequel

[Gustavo6046]

Well, I've always known about Feign Death but since I play botmatches 99% of the time I never got quite a lot out of it.

[OjitroC]

You knew you could fire rockets whilst feigning death?

[Neon_Knight]

We continue in the proper thread.

[Gustavo6046]

This thread needs more wallaby.

There, now the last post standing is a wallaby's. Enjoy.

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You knew you could fire rockets whilst feigning death?

No idea! I'll try it out, for sure.

We continue in the proper thread.

The v469 thread? Why? I don't think it is a v469 thing!

Let's just wrap out-of-context in quadruple parentheses, a la Standard Online Roleplay.

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[OjitroC]

Actually it needs more Konoko - "Sorry about the mess!".

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The v469 thread? Why? I don't think it is a v469 thing!

It's an any version thing but 469 is where it can be 'fixed'(?).
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[Gustavo6046]

More what?

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Well, yeah, I mean, sure, but... ah, whatever.

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[OjitroC]

More what?!!!! "This isn't going to be pretty!"

[Neon_Knight]

More Sonny Chiba than Bruce Lee, the Arrogant Kung-Fu/Gongfu Guy is a loner. He's simply too mean to have friends. Unparalleled in combat, he has The Gift. His interpersonal skills are nonexistent, and his temper is best described as "volcanic." Living in a constant state of aggravation, his only joy comes from Trash Talking and putting "foolish fools" in their place (and sometimes even that's a stretch). He may not actually enjoy fighting, or even want to if he can help it, but it's all he knows, possibly through being trained by a Thug Dojo. Their view of the world means they can never understand the concept of the Worthy Opponent, as they are either better than you or you are the roadblock standing in the way of greatness (forcing them to recognize someone can be a Worthy Opponent is often where they will falter and reconsider their demeanor towards others).

With this character, Failure Is the Only Option. They are almost always defeated by The Hero and are never the protagonist. Much of the time, they aren't as talented as they let on. If taken seriously, they might defeat the hero or a member of the supporting cast, only to be defeated by the protagonist in a rematch. Often, if you're in an anime or eastern videogame, they'll spout off a line about how you are a hundred or more years too early to be fighting them. If this character is the protagonist, expect Break the Haughty to come into play or for them to in some other way learn An Aesop that true mastery comes from patience, discipline, and humility. If not, then they may be a Designated Hero or at least a Showy Invincible Hero.

Despite the name, this trope does not merely apply to merely those that know Chinese martial arts. Indeed all martial arts are probably represented at least once in this trope somewhere. Nor is the limit there — any skill may apply. The Cooking Duel is about as likely to involve one as anything else. That said, at least for martial arts, due to their a having strong national identity it's probably more likely for a foreigner to display this trope for some bonus Cultural Posturing about their proud history, especially if the native land has its own martial arts traditions. Which probably explains why many Japanese-made examples do use Kung Fu for this trope, while China might, say, have an arrogant boxer instead.

Tends to have a foil in a Martial Pacifist, the inverse of this trope. The Stock Shōnen Rival is often saddled with this characterization, as their contrast to the Stock Shōnen Hero archetype usually mandates some sense of discrimination against those not born with great potential. See also Smug Super, Jerk Jock. Contrast/See also Cavalier Competitor and Insufferable Genius. Also an inversion of Miles Gloriosus, who has the social skills to maintain a facade but zero bravery or combat skill to back it up.

[OjitroC]

It definitely needs more Konoko - 'who's going to throw me out?"

[Gustavo6046]

Konowho?

And @Neon_Knight nunchakus are useless. Get a real weapon.

[Neon_Knight]

Porcupine characters show up in nearly every form of media. It seems that porcupines tend to fall under two distinct personality types: They're either A) the Grumpy Bear, Jerkass, or Ax-Crazy Sadists, or B) The Woobie, shy and lonely because no one wants to go near them.

Many works of media (particularly in Video Games) portray porcupines as being able to shoot their quills as projectiles, even though this isn't true in Real Life (North American porcupines swing their tails at predators to dislodge the quills in their faces, while Old World porcupines tend to charge backwards at their enemies instead). Those on the receiving end of one tend to become a Human Pincushion (or Animal Pincushion) or in worst cases Cruel and Unusual Death. If the result is Pain to the Ass, it may lead into a Pain-Powered Leap.

If the porcupines are villains, expect them to have Spikes of Villainy.

Also includes hedgehogs, though hedgehogs are more likely to be portrayed in a positive light than porcupines who are more likely to be outright malevolent and evil.

NOTE: This is NOT a list of all porcupines or similarly-spiny mammals in media. This is a list of such mammals being stereotypes related to their spines, as having "prickly", grumpy or outright malevolent personalities.

Subtrope of Animal Stereotypes. Compare Painful Pointy Pufferfish and Sea Hurtchin for stereotypical depictions of another spiny animal.

[Gustavo6046]

That's, I got to say... to the point.

[Neon_Knight]

The character is powerful. Really powerful. Like, destroying-galaxies powerful. In fact, they could probably win the entire game by flexing their muscles...

...y'know, if they actually had these powers available in the gameplay. Outside cutscenes, they have less impressive powers. How powerful the character is in battle sometimes seems inversely proportional to how strong they are outside it. In negative situations, this character is Overrated and Underleveled.

Granted, being this powerful during the gameplay would make the game extremely easy. On the other hand, some degree of consistency is expected between the rules of the gameplay and the rules of the story, and when cutscene spectacle overrides that, the game has a serious problem.

A flagrant and particularly annoying form of Gameplay and Story Segregation, but under the right circumstances, it's acceptable as seen above. This goes hand in hand with Heads I Win, Tails You Lose. See Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke for where superweapons aren't as super in the gameplay. Cutscene Incompetence and Plotline Deaths are the opposite of this, though oddly, they're not necessarily mutually exclusive: a character can demonstrate amazing power and skill, and also forget those skills seconds later, or even utilize what seem to be vastly different skills from their ingame counterpart.

[TexasGtar]

Maybe the reason people think porcupines don't shoot their quills is that they just haven't pissed them off sufficiently enough. I'll bet, with the proper motivation, a porcupine could, or could be taught to, shoot a quill or two.
Even if they learn to yank one out and throw it at you. That would count, right?

and...

I am behind the "more Konoko" movement. The Beach Boys even wrote a song about it once? (insert proper smiley/emoji here)

[Gustavo6046]

Sure, sure, more japanese thingy, I dunno what it is but it sounds fun anyway, so whatever!

At least the last post is mine now.

I would certainly be interested in checking those porcupines... you know, to sanction them!

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