Gladiator's power is based in part on his confidence; the more certain he is of his success, the stronger he gets, and the stronger he gets, the more confident. He took out the entire Fantastic Four once. Let's face it, you have to be pretty confident to walk around with purple skin and a mohawk that big. However, Cannonball did lay him out once by making Gladiator doubt himself for just a second and then hitting him with everything he had.
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Mr. Broom - Nov 20, 2004 9:22:21 am PST #6565 of 10000
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2004 9:28:10 am PST #6566 of 10000
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What about his mind? Can't the Professor make him doubt himself?
His power is based on his confidence? What will they think of next?
Thomash - Nov 20, 2004 10:02:30 am PST #6567 of 10000
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What about his mind?
It was postulated that his power is actually psychic in nature. So, while I've never read about a telepath trying to take him out, one might have a hard time doing it anyway.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2004 10:05:17 am PST #6568 of 10000
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It was postulated that his power is actually psychic in nature.
So maybe the only reason he's stronger than you is because you think he's stronger than you? Well, I guess that doesn't work if you have no idea who he is and think you're the strongest thing ever. Unless he's actually projecting psychic wave things.
Mr. Broom - Nov 20, 2004 10:07:31 am PST #6569 of 10000
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
The only reason he's stronger than you is that he thinks he's stronger than you. That and he's pretty damn strong at his base level. Those big bulging thingies all over him aren't for show.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 20, 2004 10:11:44 am PST #6570 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, breaking his confidence didn't turn him into a 98-pound weakling, it took him from Superman powerful to being vulnerable to Sue Richards knocking him out. Like she did the Hulk.
Thomash - Nov 20, 2004 10:14:40 am PST #6571 of 10000
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Sue certainly isn't a slouch in the power department either.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2004 10:15:07 am PST #6572 of 10000
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Sue Richards knocked out the Hulk? I didn't realize she was strong; I thought she was merely invisible.
Oh, and what's the scoresheet on Thing vs. Hulk, anyway? They fought again recently.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 20, 2004 10:16:02 am PST #6573 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I thought she was merely invisible.
So are the force fields that she knocked the Hulk out with.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2004 10:17:21 am PST #6574 of 10000
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So are the force fields that she knocked the Hulk out with.
So she can do force fields? So Violet is entirely a mini-Mrs. Fantastic? Nifty.