"Weak" character goes to a much lower stakes environment, becomes super powered by comparison

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Yamcha - Dragon Ball Super

In dragon ball, Yamcha has it pretty rough. He hasn't won a fight since OG dragon ball, and was outclassed almost as soon as he was introduced. By the buu saga, yamcha had all but given up on being one of the Z-fighters and tried playing baseball instead. But here's the thing: Yamcha still has basically superhuman strength, he just so happens to surround himself with people vastly stronger than him. He uses his martial arts skills and ki control to become a rich and famous baseball star.

Shocker - Spiderman / Ms Marvel

Shocker has become an absolute joke in Spider-Man and tired of being constantly beaten down by the many, MANY superheroes in Nyc, he decided to move to new jersey as it only has one superhero defending it. The inexperienced teenager, Ms Marvel. Due to the fact that shocker actually has quite a good power and literal decades of fighting experience, he actually puts up a very good fight and the only reason he doesn't win is because Ms Marvel is teleported away.

[u/No_Prize9794]

Mr. Satan is the strongest a normal human can become without ever learning ki

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Considering how fast Videl learned to fly with only a fraction of his training and experience. He'd be a fairly crazy fighter if he ever allowed himself to learn

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Plus, him being able to “merely” survive Cell smacking him right into a cliff without dying is WAY better than any human, or really most any animal in general, could ever do!