Archetype:Empowered Badass Normal

Empowered Badass Normal
Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan) graduated 5th in his military class through sheer persistence and was noted to be one of the best at hand-to-hand-combat before finding out he was a Titan Shifter.
Archetype of:	the Empowered Badass Normal, when a mortal who can already hold their own against superhumans gains powers of their own.

"Your worst nightmare - a Batman with superpowers!"

― Batman (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)

The archetype of the "empowered badass normal", when a normal non-powered being who can keep up with superhumans gains superpowers of their own. Combination of Badass Normal and Empowered Subject Physiology.

Also Called

• Empowered Mortal Physiology

Capabilities

The users is an "empowered badass normal", starting out as a non-powered entity who can take on superpowered beings and keep up with them through either intelligence, combat training, pragmatism, being prepared for any eventuality, wielding advanced technology and weaponry, or a mix of all five, and then managing to get superpowers of their own. Combined with their pre-existing training and experience, this makes them a force to be reckoned with.

Note: This definition excludes beings who have pre-existing powers and embody Badassery. To be truly considered as such, the user must have been a Badass Normal before gaining superpowers.

Associated Powers

• Enhanced/Supernatural Condition
• Enhanced Preparedness
• Gadget Usage
• Training Regimen
• Weapon Proficiency

Levels

• Badass Normal
• Empowered Badass Normal
• Transcendent Mortal Physiology

Relationships

• Badassery
• Delinquent
• Empowered Subject Physiology

Flaws/Weaknesses

• Might still be overpowered by transcendent mortals.

Example Characters

See also: Empowered Badass Normal

• Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan)
• Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover)
• Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
• Hei (Darker than Black)
• Videl (Dragon Ball series)
• Batman (DC Comics)
• Bane (DC Comics)
• Videl (Dragon Ball series)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda)
• Eddie Brock (Marvel Comics)
• Carol Danvers (Marvel Comics)
• Black Cat (Marvel Comics)
• Portgas D. Ace (One Piece)
• Sabo (One Piece)
• James Heller (Prototype 2)
• Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
• Alice (Resident Evil)
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural); via the Mark of Cain
• Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
• Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Gallery

Already a genius at peak physical condition, Batman (DC Comics) has, at different points and in different continuities, gained superpowers either temporarily or permanently, such as becoming a Green Lantern...

...a vampire...

...or the Devastator via Doomsday Virus exposure.

Videl (Dragon Ball Z) was already a trained martial artist at peak condition before learning flight and Ki control from Gohan.

Eddie Brock (Marvel Comics) was a man at peak physical condition...

...which was added onto when he became host to the Venom symbiote.

Even before his infection with the Blacklight virus, James Heller (Prototype 2) was a military sergeant capable of killing a Brawler Hunter with nothing but a knife.

Albert Wesker (Resident Evil series) was a master martial artist and marksman before becoming a viral transhuman capable of punching through walls, dodging bullets and tanking RPG explosions.

Alice (Resident Evil) was a master martial artist and marksman even before becoming superhuman via T-virus exposure.

Before becoming a Knight of Hell with all the power that came with it, Dean Winchester (Supernatural) was a monster hunter with years of combat experience.

Even before his mutation into the Super Shredder, the Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) was a ninjutsu master with decades of experience.

Before eating his late brother, Portgas D. Ace's Flame Flame Fruit, Sabo (One Piece) was a master martial artist in Ryūsōken and a powerful Haki user.

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