Trope Talk: Powerhouses

Everyone loves a powerhouse, and by "everyone" I mean "me, and I'm tired of other people not appreciating them enough!"

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[gabrieljohnson]

"The Powerhouse is..."

My Brain: " The Mitochondria of the cell"

[moupurii]

I absolutely love how in One Piece, Zoro's constant state of decommission 90% of the time is because he can't find his way to the fight lmfao

[aidanmentz]

The way avatar handles their powerhouse is by giving her a weakness: If she isn't on the ground, or her opponent isn't, she can't fight them. This does limit what she can handle, meaning that cleverer solutions, or other members of the team, are needed.

[GreaterBookWyrm]

It is an absolute crime that the example of "powerhouse being unable to be everywhere at once" was NOT TOPH holding up a sinking building while watching Aapa get taken by sandbenders.

[plucas]

Avatar Creators: We need a Powerhouse character who can beat up anybody..
Also Avatar Creators: How about a 12 year old blind girl?

[brucewatkinson]

"The only time when Elliot meets his physical match in a fight, and worries he might lose, they end up making out."

I wasn't expecting that.

[markuscaesar]

Powerhouse: “Hey y’all remember how this is a stealth mission?”

Team: “Yeah..?”

Powerhouse: “And we couldn’t bring our weapons because it’d be too conspicuous?”

Team: “You didn’t…”

Powerhouse: *Opening their comically large trench coat with Hello Kitty stickers* “I did!”

[staceyjayne]

You showed so much restraint by not just showing twenty minutes of Toph kicking all the ass

[merrittanimation]

So they're the essence of that vine that goes:
"I wish Ryan was here."
"Hey guys!"
"Ryan!"

[marvelouslee]

Clicked for Toph Beifong
stayed for Eliot Spencer

two of television’s most well written powerhouses getting the recognition they deserve.

[Bambuskus]

3:18 "The Powerhouse will just keep hitting the problem until it stops being a problem"
yeah sounds about right

[cuanchulainn]

The big buff lady who hates sleeves makes an entire video about big buff characters who also hate sleeves.

*Perfection.*

[Falconwing]

“Punching Superman Through a Wall Syndrome”… I love it.

[gingerinajacket]

I like how when you say the defining out of combat trait is food
IT STILL APPLIES TO ELLIOT
Granted, it is making food, and not eating it, in the stereotypical barbarian sense, but you are absolutely right about it.

[CrimsonSlug]

"Toph hits things with rocks" is the best 1 sentence character summary.

[noahplatt]

“The powerhouse is the one whose appearance usually signals a positive change in the situation”
G-Gandalf?

[zareklordofthefries]

I like how you mentioned the powerhouse often having a penchant for food because that's also true of Elliot Spencer, but not in a "big eater" sort of way but rather a "he's eclectically good at a lot of subjects including a strong passion for the culinary arts"

[rickyroughton]

That last bit made me remember the Grrl Power webcomic, specifically the hero Achilles whose power is, and I quote, "Invincibility. Proper, aggravating invincibility." He almost never "wins" a fight, but he'll frequently physically and verbally aggravate the villain until they drop everything else to spend 15-30 seconds *specifically* burying him in the nearest available material, and he'll eventually dig himself out with either a comment about how he was the MVP or, when the fighting gets particularly intense while he's buried, a question about wtf he missed.

[TheMightyDM]

"I got hit by a car!"
"I gOt HiT bY a CaR! Get over it!"

That little clip right there was enough to make me want to check Leverage out.

[toning]

I love when the powerhouse is the opposite of what you think. For example:
Toph is a small, blind, 12 year old girl yet is able to single handedly defeat armies all on her own