Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 118: Glass Cannon

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Yesterday's Results: Identity Absorption
Alex Mercer - 4
Olivia Moore - 3
Rogue - 3
The Thing - 2
Mario - 1
James Heller - 1
Polymorph - 1
Liquid Snake/Revolver Ocelot - 1 >_>
Mystique - 1
Amethyst - 1
Steven - 1
Piccolo/Namekians in general - 1

Nominations
Always a Bigger Fish
Tall, Dark And Handsome
Evil Brit
Spotlight-Stealing Squad
No One Could Survive That
Calling Your Attacks
Bittersweet Ending
Combat Commentator
Interface Screw
Quest for Identity
Identity Absorption
Signature Moves
Heroic Sacrifice

Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS/ETC. you think best embody the trope of the day (or just for your favorite characters that fit the trope). Feel free to change your vote, but if you do just specify who you're changing from and changing to. Try to include the source the character's from.

Feel free to nominate tropes for future days, preferably ones that have TV Tropes pages to make it easier. Day will end in 24 hours or so.

Full Results
https://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_the_Trope
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Battleship - Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) / Han Solo & Princess Leia (Star Wars)
Flaming Hair - Hades (Hercules)
Disney Death - Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)
Identity Absorption - Alex Mercer (Prototype)

Today's tropes is the Glass Cannon
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GlassCannon

In short: they can dish it out, but they can't take it. The Glass Cannon is characterized by insane attack power coupled with pathetic defensive ability.

Prevalent in RPGs and fighting games, as the cast needs to be big enough that "takes hits like a chump" becomes a viable character trait. In RPGs, the Glass Cannon tends to be a Squishy Wizard.

Glass Cannons often overlap with the Fragile Speedster; characters of that type tend to put out high damage and dodge most incoming attacks, but go down quickly if they do get hit. Also often overlaps with Long-Range Fighter, using range to keep out of harm's way.
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Mr. Grimm (twisted metal)
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Akuma (Street Fighter)
Berserker class (Fate/Grand Order)
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Megumin (Konosuba)
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Mr Grimm is a great pick, I go with him.
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Attack Form Deoxys (Pokemon)

Dark Phoenix (Marvel vs Capcom 3)

Ran Cossack (Bob and George)
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Vanitas Remnant (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep)
Attack Deoxys (Pokemon)
King Crimson (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Attack Deoxys
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Jigglypuff (Super Smash Bros.)
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Mr. Grimm (twisted metal)
Phoenix (Marvel vs. Capcom 3)
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Attack Deoxys (Pokemon)
Micaiah (Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn)
Pluto/Black Dog Nathan (Castlevania: Circle of the Moon)

Attack Deoxys
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Attack Deoxys (Pokemon)
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Tracer (Overwatch)
Fear Kratos (God of War)
Sonic the Hedgehog
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Tracer (Overwatch)
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Sans (Undertale)
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kevwaffles posted...

Sans (Undertale)

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Xeybozn posted...

Attack Deoxys (Pokemon)

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Phoenix (Marvel vs Capcom 3)
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Attack Deoxys (Pokemon)
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Attack Deoxys
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Shonen_Bat posted...

Attack Deoxys

My first thought
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this isn't a landslide I expected
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up
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Attack Deoxys
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up
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