r/TopCharacterTropes • • 9h ago

Powers [Interesting Trope] Characters growing weaker as they age because of their change in mindset/lifestyle.

- Paul Bunyan from Fate/Grand Order, when she was a kid she could grow as far as you could see and become gigantic, once she becomes a teenager she defaults to an "average" height.

This is implied to be because the change in size is tied to her emotions and she's now insecure about others around her not liking her that much, she now only grows after getting a bunch of likes online.

- Gohan from Dragon Ball, when he was a kid struggling he was a prodigy, strong enough to knock down enemies way older than him and defeat threats not even his dad could.

But as he moved on to an era of peace and dedicated himself to his studies, work and family he continuously slacked off in training and nearly every project he's in he's having to catch back up with a quick training or power up to hold his own in the field, hopefully this stops after his recent movie but who knows.

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u/reset_pheonix 8h ago

Isnt super Bunyan an imposter or something? I remember reading something in her materials to where something took over her spirit origin

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u/Beamguys 7h ago

Yup, so basically a shapeshifter snuck into Bunyan's spirit origin and mimicked her so perfectly that the shapeshifter himself is unaware that he isn't Bunyan. The weird part is that this info was revealed in a data book and not the actual game, so the shapeshifter is still unaware of its situation and for all intents and purposes is Super Bunyan.

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u/ZeroiaSD 5h ago

Honestly they kinda fumbled Super Bunyan all around. Bunyan is loved, Super Bunyan is very unpopular in Japan and still kinda viewed as eh among english fans, though not as negatively as in JP.