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

[u/Unable-Buyer4087]

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/Corvus0018]

While I'm sure this can apply to various Pokemon in the competitive scene, Duraludon is a standout example.

This Steel/Dragon type is pretty decent in normal playthroughs, but in competitive battles it's not exactly the best options in high-power tiers like OverUsed or even UnderUsed. Those upper tiers have proper powerhouses like the starter mons and Legendaries. On the other end of comp, there's the Little Cup, where weaker, Not Fully Evolved mons can fight; basically the kids' competitive.

When Pokemon Scarlet & Violet's Indigo Disk DLC got released, Duraludon got an evolution in the form of Archaludon. This meant it was now an NFE mon, and thus, eligible for Little Cup. Of course, it got banned less than a day later for basically demolishing the literal babies there.

[u/GuardianKnightKing → u/Corvus0018]

This and the day when fucking Terrakion was in PU for few hours was peak comedy.

[u/PenguinSebs → u/Corvus0018]

Same with girafarig and dunsparce. They were fully grown adults kicking kids in the playground

[u/mr-kvideogameguy → u/Corvus0018]

Bruh it's like that one ICarly eposide where a growm ass man decide to stsrt fighting exclusively children

[u/Lansha2009 → u/Corvus0018]

Not even the first time Scarlet and Violet did this…or even the second.

Scarlet and Violet cause this shit to happen 3 times with Dunsparce getting the Dudunsparce evolution. Girafarig getting the Farigiraf evolution. And as mentioned Duraludon evolving into Archaludon.

All three got banned from Littles Cup since they were too strong (Ironically Dunsparce was a real big beast because it’s access to the ability Serene Grace meant it could use cheesy flinch strats to make missing an OHKO from a pure stat difference would have a good chance to just stop the hit Pokémon from being able to even take advantage of that)