"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/Mother_Passenger8589]

And then Joey beat her with a better cookie than hers

[u/dexters_trap_house → u/Mother_Passenger8589]

Still can't touch Phoebe's grandma's recipe from the old French countryside of Nestle Toulousse.

[u/Danny18010 → u/Mother_Passenger8589]

I mean…he’s Italian *ba dum ts* cue early 2000s laugh track