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From Zero to Hero

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From Zero to Hero	comment	It's a trope that's as old as storytelling itself, and most likely exist until the very last story is told: a character starts out from humble origins to become a hero. It's not difficult to see why this is such an enduring storytelling pattern: it's at once an underdog story, a story of personal growth, and a variation of what may be the archetypal storytelling formula. It also allows us to see a bit of ourselves in our so-called "zero" and imagine that we, too, could aspire to greatness should we ever have the opportunity. Stories such as these not only entertain us; they also give us hope. The From Zero to Hero trope is a variation on The Hero's Journey: it describes stories in which a person of humble beginnings answers the Call to Adventure, grows as a person and as an agent of change, succeeds at their journey, and comes back the victorious hero. In some cases, they may even become the Big Good of the story. There are three essential components of this trope, although each allows for large amounts of variation: The Humble Beginnings: The "humble beginning" is a defining part of this trope; you can hardly have a "zero to hero" plot without a "zero." For the purposes of this trope, "zero" describes a character who begins the story with a very low station in life. They may have been born into abject poverty, or they may belong to a maligned racial, religious, or social demographic. They may begin with no real allies or social connections, or they may simply be a loser in the game of life. Whatever the case may be, the "zero" begins the story lacking the resources or the abilities needed to achieve their ultimate goal. It's through the journey that these resources and abilities are gained. The Journey and the Heroic Act: For this story pattern to take place, the character must also have a journey to complete, and an ultimate goal to achieve. They must be given obstacles to overcome, new skills to learn, and opportunities to grow as a person. The journey doesn't necessarily have to be a physical one involving miles of travel, it's merely a term that describes the zero's progression towards hero. In the end, the hero must achieve their ultimate goal, which generally culminates in the "heroic act" — the action or series of actions that brings about the hero's victory. While the ways in which this plays out can vary wildly, the "heroic act" does have to be of sufficient difficulty and sufficient importance to elevate the hero's value in the eyes of others. They must stop seeing him as a "zero" and start regarding him as a "hero". The Rising Hero: As the name "From Zero to Hero" implies, the zero cannot remain a zero at the end of the story. Their reward doesn't have to involve massive wealth — this isn't a Rags to Riches story — nor do they necessarily have to have a "Happily Ever After" kind of ending. They do, however, have to end the story in a better state than the one they began with. While there are all manner of ways to subvert or otherwise play with this story pattern, for the example to be played completely straight, the hero's standing in life must be in some way improved as a direct result of their journey. While the terminology used in this description may suggest that this trope is exclusive to epic fantasy quests, that's really not the case. From Zero to Hero can encompass all kinds of stories: for example, it can also apply to an impoverished child's journey to become a champion athlete, or an untested young scientist's years-long quest to find a cure for an awful disease. It describes a story's structure or pattern; its subject matter is limited only to the author's imagination. Extremely common in Trapped in Another World stories. May involve The Prophecy, Divine Intervention, The Chosen One, or becoming Legendary in the Sequel. May enlist the Farm Boy, The Chosen Zero, or the Ordinary High-School Student as the protagonist. May overlap with Humble Hero if the character still remembers their origins. Often involves Took a Level in Badass, and/or becoming a Self-Made Man. See also Giving the Sword to a Noob, Let's Get Dangerous!, Messianic Archetype, and To Be a Master. Compare Jackie Robinson Story, a related trope specific to racial minorities, as well as You Go, Girl! and "Gender-Normative Parent" Plot for gender-specific versions. Compare and contrast Rags to Riches, where a character rises from their initial position by making a lot of money. Contrast From Nobody to Nightmare, this trope's villainous equivalent; Experienced Protagonist, who completely averts the "zero" portion of this trope; and Born Winner, who may be the Privileged Rival to our "zero". Not to be confused with My Hero, Zero, which is about characters who are literally named "Zero" or variations of it. As this is an Ending Trope, unmarked spoilers abound. Beware.
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From Zero to Hero / int_1133352a	comment	Terminator: In the main continuity, Sarah was just a waitress working her way through community college, but after her first encounter with a T-800, she travels the world gaining combat experience, and becomes obsessed with giving birth to the leader of the human resistance. Her son, John Connor starts out as a juvenile delinquent, but after he, Sarah and a reprogrammed T-800 destroy a T-1000, they go to live in Mexico where Sarah dies, and John drops off the Grid. When he goes back to the U.S. John becomes an anonymous drifter making a living either by working odd jobs or by stealing, but after a T-850 tells him he marries Katherine Brewster, the daughter of an high ranking general, and become leaders in the resistance after surviving Judgment Day, they set out to stop it, only to learn that Judgment Day was inevitable. Decades after Judgment Day, John is a low ranking officer in the human resistance, but after the high command is killed he accepts his role as their leader.
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From Zero to Hero / int_13dc9b0a	comment	The One Ring: Adventurers start the game as nobodies and might have even more hardship in their Background. If they distinguish themselves in deed, they can end their career as high-ranking, well-respected public figures whose heroics are recognized far beyond their homelands.
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From Zero to Hero / int_15a26aad	comment	Arena: You go from a random (but loyal) Imperial guardsman to the Emperor's savior.
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From Zero to Hero / int_168c4727	comment	Guild Wars 2, depending on your character choices. If you play as a Human (Street Rat or Commoner) or Charr, you start of as an ordinary, lower-class citizen or low-ranking soldier, but over the course of the game rise to become commander of the Pact, slayer of the Elder Dragon Zhaitan, and save the world multiple times. If you play as a Norn or Asura your background averts the Zero aspect of the trope, as you start as the winner of the Great Hunt and a recognized genius respectively.
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From Zero to Hero / int_1929cbce	comment	The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Mario goes from a struggling plumber who a lot of people don't respect to becoming the hero of both Brooklyn and the Mushroom Kingdom with his father's full respect, alongside his brother. Ironically, he never aimed to be the hero to begin with, he was merely going along with Princess Peach's plan to save Luigi, but he did step up to the plate after he achieved his goal, without a second thought.
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From Zero to Hero / int_1e7ca85f	comment	Hercules: The titular character might be a scrawny kid who is an outsider, but being a son of Zeus, he was born with tremendous strength. After the then-amateur hero defeats the Hydra, Hercules starts taking levels in badass in a montage (set to a song with the same name as this trope) and becomes a renowned fighter of monsters and celebrity hero.
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From Zero to Hero / int_23945975	comment	Disney Animated Canon: Hercules: The titular character might be a scrawny kid who is an outsider, but being a son of Zeus, he was born with tremendous strength. After the then-amateur hero defeats the Hydra, Hercules starts taking levels in badass in a montage (set to a song with the same name as this trope) and becomes a renowned fighter of monsters and celebrity hero. Quasimodo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, started as a deformed infant almost thrown into a well by the villain. He's rescued by the archdeacon but kept as a recluse in the belltowers of Notre Dame. Quasimodo ultimately rescues Esmeralda and repulses an assault on the cathedral by the villain's mooks. He ends the film being carried on the shoulders of grateful Parisians and hailed as a hero. Mulan comes from a respectable family, but she struggles to fit in and conform to traditional gender roles; the local matchmaker even publicly declares she'll "never bring [her] family honor" because no man would want to marry her. After disguising herself as a man to join the army, Mulan works hard to become a good soldier and ends up saving China from the invading Huns, with the Emperor himself bowing to her out of respect, along with everyone else. Oliver & Company starts out with a giveaway kitten in a cardboard box. Evening rain destroys the box, leaving this kitten a street urchin. He happens upon Jenny Foxworth, who adopts him and names him Oliver. When she falls into the clutches of the villain, Oliver is the first one of Fagin's crew to make an insane leap between speeding vehicles to effect Jenny's rescue. Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet starts out as a busboy at his mother's inn near a mining colony. That is, until Jim commits just one more infraction, whereupon he'll be sent to juvenile hall. Jim gets the Call to Adventure upon receiving the MacGuffin from the dying pirate Billy Bones, which triggers The Hero's Journey to the fabled Treasure Planet. There, a Booby Trap threatens to finish everyone, but Jim Hawkins's MacGyvering allows the RLS Legacy and all aboard to Outrun the Fireball to safety. The story concludes with Jim Hawkins feted at the inn as an enrollee in the Maritime Academy. Wreck-It Ralph is That One Boss in his game, for which he's exiled to the brick pile off-screen. However, Ralph also saves the Sugar Rush game from an invasion of Cy-Bugs (which he himself caused by trying to become a hero), eradicating the Card-Carrying Villain in the process. Ralph's heroism results in being welcomed back gladly in his own console. Zootopia: Judy Hopps travels from rural Bunnyburrows to Zootopia, aiming to become a police officer. Judy soon earns the ire of Chief Bogo, who demands that Judy solve the Otterton case or forfeit her badge. Verily, Judy actually resigns when her thoughtless remarks spark civil unrest in the city. She makes good after a "Eureka!" Moment and exposes The Chessmaster behind the spate of predators going savage. Judy later welcomes her newest partner to the ZPD as commencement speaker. Nick Wilde used to be a cynical Con Artist living off of stolen money. Then he helped Judy expose an evil mastermind and saved Zootopia. Now, he's an officer of the law with a badge!
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From Zero to Hero / int_26ef902d	comment	Home (2015): The main character, Oh, went from being universally disliked by all of the other Boov, to being elected their leader. And all it took was saving their entire race.
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From Zero to Hero / int_2a826df6	comment	Aichi Sendou from Cardfight!! Vanguard starts the story as an Extreme Doormat with no friends who is frequently bullied by his peers — to the point that he had to change schools. Over the course of the series, he grows into a confident young man with great leadership skills, many close friends, and is hailed as Asia's Vanguard Champion.
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From Zero to Hero / int_2ba1d958	comment	The Matrix: After learning that he lives inside a virtual world and that he is the One to lead humanity to salvation, Neo becomes adept at kung-fu and bending reality (inside the Matrix), turning into the franchise's main hero.
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From Zero to Hero / int_2ce70ac5	comment	Kung Fu Panda: In the first film, a chubby kung-fu fan Po suddenly gets the title of Dragon Warrior bestowed upon him, and the movie shows how he begins to train to be deserving of that title. He subsequently makes good on it several times over. Kung Fu Panda 4: A newcomer, Zhen was initially a thief who was Hated by All in her homeland for siding with the Chameleon. After she helps Po defeat the Chameleon though, she is not only hailed as a hero, but Po even takes her up as a successor as the Dragon Warrior.
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From Zero to Hero / int_2e1df124	comment	Wreck-It Ralph is That One Boss in his game, for which he's exiled to the brick pile off-screen. However, Ralph also saves the Sugar Rush game from an invasion of Cy-Bugs (which he himself caused by trying to become a hero), eradicating the Card-Carrying Villain in the process. Ralph's heroism results in being welcomed back gladly in his own console.
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From Zero to Hero / int_2ef7cb74	comment	Nanoha from Lyrical Nanoha starts off as the youngest daughter to a family of bakers growing up on an Insignificant Little Blue Planet. The revelation that she had great potential in magic (along with several years of Training from Hell) eventually resulted in her becoming a celebrated hero throughout the multiverse, with In-Universe movies having been made about her exploits.
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From Zero to Hero / int_2fee008d	comment	Simon from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann starts out as a digger in an underground village, when he gets a hold of a mecha. Continuously getting inspired by big bro and mentor Kamina, this leads to his journey above ground, where he begins to fight Ganmen on his way to Lordgenome. The levels of greatness keep piling up until Simon and his allies are fighting in galaxy-sized mechas.
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From Zero to Hero / int_30a5ebfd	comment	Naruto starts out almost completely untalented and overconfident, but once he finds his friends, he realizes what it means to be a hero and fights to protect them.
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From Zero to Hero / int_33acebd8	comment	Guilty Gear: Chipp Zanuff is a triumphant example. He was taken in by a man named Tsuyoshi who taught him martials arts, and then was killed by an assassin. Harnessing his ninja training and Ki energy - noting aside that Chipp is one of a tiny number of non-Japanese people in the whole world who can use Ki, he hunts down the man who did it and learns that vengeance begets nothing but suffering. Taking this to heart, he tries to enter politics (bear with us, Guilty Gear is a strange game), defeats and befriends Answer, and then travels to anarchy-ridden South Africa to beat up the local warlords. He forms a kingdom called the "Eastern Chipp Kingdom" where he is President, and becomes a major player in saving the world from the machinations of the Conclave. Not bad for a kid who started out his story as a homeless crackhead.
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From Zero to Hero / int_3953baf0	comment	Quasimodo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, started as a deformed infant almost thrown into a well by the villain. He's rescued by the archdeacon but kept as a recluse in the belltowers of Notre Dame. Quasimodo ultimately rescues Esmeralda and repulses an assault on the cathedral by the villain's mooks. He ends the film being carried on the shoulders of grateful Parisians and hailed as a hero.
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From Zero to Hero / int_3aeb1c75	comment	Dragon Ball tells the story of how Goku, a carefree young boy living in the wilderness, ends up getting pulled into many adventures of stopping villains from taking over or destroying the world, which eventually leads him to become the most powerful hero in the universe.
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From Zero to Hero / int_3b34143f	comment	Harry Potter: A short boy living with an abusive family, receives a letter from a half-giant who informs him that he is a wizard, enrolls in the magic school Hogwarts, and learns that he is already incredibly famous in this wizarding world. From there on, he runs into several adventures and becomes a talented wizard, in a story leading up to his final confrontation with the dark wizard Voldemort.
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From Zero to Hero / int_3ee90f99	comment	The titular character from Happy Gilmore is a wannabe hockey player who gains fame and recognition for becoming a working class champion for golf.
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From Zero to Hero / int_43f52aa9	comment	Oblivion: You start off as a common criminal in a cell. Then you meet the Emperor, witness his assassination and go on to become the Champion of Cyrodill.
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From Zero to Hero / int_44127c7c	comment	Power Rangers: The original Zordon Era (Mighty Morphin to In Space) begins with five ordinary teenagers being recruited to combat the forces of evil. The In Space crew (which is not the same one from Mighty Morphin) went from being replacements for the previous team (also not the same one from Mighty Morphin) to being the ones who defeated every single Big Bad of the Zordon Era. Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Red Ranger Leo is first introduced being denied entry to the space colony of Terra Venture due to not having a passport. He isn't even the one who pulls out the Red Quasar Saber - that was his brother Mike who gave the saber to Leo before seemingly dying. Despite his less-than-ideal start, Leo ultimately rises to the occasion and becomes the leader of the Power Rangers. Power Rangers: Dino Thunder: Conner, Ethan and Kira are high school students of very different social circles who are bonded by their fight against evil. Power Rangers S.P.D.: The B-Squad Rangers go from a team of bickering rookies to the saviors of Earth.
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From Zero to Hero / int_49a88442	comment	In Final Fantasy XIV, the Warrior of Light is some nobody adventurer that came out of the woodwork among many identically capable individuals who began their journeys at the same time. But the Warrior soon becomes a famed god-slayer, a One-Man Army, and eventually the World's Best Warrior, thwarting the villains' plans at every turn. Archbishop Thordan found this out the hard way, explicitly planning around the Warrior's intervention only to still be slain after he became a primal. All he could do at that point was be terrified and ask what they were as he dies.
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From Zero to Hero / int_4cd32aa7	comment	Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Many of the starting careers are the dregs of society, but player characters who survive the Early Game Hell can rise to eminence and renown — even a peasant farmer can become a powerful noble, a Wizard Lord, or a mighty champion.
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From Zero to Hero / int_4ce5263e	comment	The Volunteer from XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a mechanical example: every soldier in the game is recruited as a level 1 newbie with no special qualities, but in the final act, one of them will become the Volunteer, i.e. the most powerful human psychic on the planet who sacrifices themselves to thwart the ongoing alien invasion.
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From Zero to Hero / int_4dfeb58c	comment	The Elminster Series: The titulat Elminster went from an unlucky boy farmer to becoming The Arch Mage and one of the most powerful heroes of the world of Abeir-Toril.
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From Zero to Hero / int_5308a9e2	comment	Looking for Group: Pervasive Butt-Monkey and Failure Hero tendencies aside, Cale'Anon starts off as naive and ditzy, but very slowly awakens to his destiny as a hero — ending the war with Legara and re-establishing the lost city of Kethenecia.
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From Zero to Hero / int_585e4e8f	comment	Fred O' Hare from Hop is the Black Sheep of the family. His father adopted an Asian girl as a replacement offspring for Fred. Fred is such a slacker that he nearly botches a house-sitting gig, and arrives late for a job interview, both of which were effectively gift-wrapped for him by his older sister. However, when Fred crosses paths with the renegade rabbit E.B., he discovers a passion for spreading Easter joy, and undergoes a Training Montage for the purpose. Fred will ultimately rescue the Easter Bunny from a coup d'etat by The Starscream, and earn his place as co-Easter Bunny. Fred's fluency in Mandarian Chinese and his knowledge of Asian customs also lets the Easter holiday permeate the Chinese market, which heretofore had been impenetrable.
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From Zero to Hero / int_5908ee91	comment	Skyrim: You pick a bad time to cross the border into a wartorn Skyrim and come within a hair's breadth of being executed after being mistaken for an enemy. You turn out to be The Dragonborn and must prevent The End of the World as We Know It, as well as decide the outcome of the civil war.
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From Zero to Hero / int_5921531c	comment	Persona 5: The Player Character goes from misunderstood delinquent to the world's savior.
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From Zero to Hero / int_59da62aa	comment	Fallout: New Vegas: Your adventure begins with you shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave, saved from certain death by a robotic good Samaritan. You would then go on to become the deciding factor in the three-way war between the local government, the marauding horde of slavers, and the eccentric billionaire who holds control over the Hoover Dam.
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From Zero to Hero / int_5d4da196	comment	In Spider-Man, this part of Peter Parker's backstory is explored. Originally, he was just a nerdy teen with everyday problems. After being bitten by a genetically manipulated spider, Peter gains superhuman abilities and uses them to become the titular crimefighter. Every citizen in Queens, New York loves him (except for J. Jonah Jameson).
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From Zero to Hero / int_5e16d550	comment	Asta from Black Clover is seemingly the only person in the setting who cannot use magic. Despite this, thanks to his handicap he manifests his own grimoire that lets him wield Anti-Magic swords, allowing him to fight other mages and join a Magic Knight Squad. Through the Black Bulls, he defeats enemies of the Clover Kingdom and hopes to one day become the Wizard King, the strongest Magic Knight in the kingdom.
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From Zero to Hero / int_6223529c	comment	Subverted and parodied in Peasant's Quest. The hero, Rather Dashing, is a humble peasant who dwells in a thatched-roof cottage. He swears to save the land by slaying the dragon Trogdor who has been menacing the countryside and goes on an epic quest. Rather Dashing completely fails at his goal, and gets burninated to death in the final boss battle.
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From Zero to Hero / int_629cd094	comment	Dragon Age: Origins: Zig-zagged depending on the selected origin of the Warden. The Human Noble and Dwarf Noble origins give the player a chance to start out at the top, the other origins are much humbler by far. They include a newly-graduated mage with no prestige, a simple Dalish hunter eking out a living in the forests, a City Elf living in a Fantastic Ghetto at the mercy of bullying humans, or a Casteless Dwarf struggling to support your prostituted sister and alcoholic mother by working as a legbreaker for the Carta. Regardless of your origin, the end of the game will see you known and celebrated throughout the world as the Hero of Ferelden, to the point that in the DLC, bandits will fling themselves off cliffs rather than fight you.
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From Zero to Hero / int_65d07453	comment	The titular hero from Captain America: The First Avenger enters the movie as a scrawny, weak kid from Brooklyn with poor health, but he really wants to be a soldier. Then, a doctor sees something in him and puts him through the Super Soldier program, giving him superhuman fitness. Donning a suit and a shield, he ends up kicking lots of Nazi ass and saving even more people.
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From Zero to Hero / int_67a00554	comment	Lint begins Rise Of The Outlaw Tamer as a nobody D-Rank adventurer. Less than a month after meeting A-Rank adventurer Belina, he is a renowned B-Rank Dragon Tamer with an absurdly powerful Battle Harem who can hit well above his stated weight class.
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From Zero to Hero / int_6a4c8f1b	comment	While Saitama in One-Punch Man starts out as a would-be salaryman with no real goal in life, he realizes he wants to be a hero and starts training like mad. However, when he finally reaches his goal, being able to lay waste to any villain or monster with a single punch due to his ridiculous strength, he becomes really bored with this. Subverted in that, despite his heroism, nobody recognizes his feats and sees him as a very plain hero, even though he is anything but. Though admittedly, he does still look like an average guy and acts like one when he is not fighting.
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From Zero to Hero / int_6c1d09b1	comment	Fallout: You leave your Vault because its water chip broke down, and need to get a new one before your remaining water stores run out and everyone dies. Along the way, you discover, and subsequently crush, a rising army of Super Mutants.
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From Zero to Hero / int_6c1d09b2	comment	Fallout 2: You set out to find the GECK, a top-secret pre-war device that can convert arid wasteland into fertile farmland. You succeed in not only doing that, but defeating a neo-fascist military faction.
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From Zero to Hero / int_6c1d09b3	comment	Fallout 3: Your dad has lest the Vault, and you've gone out in search of him. Along the way, you wipe out the remnants of the neo-fascist military faction that was stinking up the other side of the country.
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From Zero to Hero / int_6c1d09b4	comment	Fallout 4 zig-zags this with your character's pre-established history as a veteran soldier (or his wife) before the Great War. Then your family gets frozen. Then you are briefly thawed to watch your spouse get murdered and your son get kidnapped. Then you break free into the post-apocalyptic wastes and shape the face of a Boston caught in a war between a shadowy cabal of mad scientists sending Ridiculously Human Robots into the wastes, a new neo-fascist military faction, and an underground resistance movement (plus the local peacekeeping militia, if you help them return from the brink). Depending on who you help, you can also establish several thriving communities.
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From Zero to Hero / int_6cf0ccfd	comment	Dragon: Marked for Death: The protagonist starts off reviled and looked down upon by almost everyone due to being a member of the Dragonblood Clan, but over the course of the game wins the respect and admiration of most people.
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From Zero to Hero / int_6d5d0e13	comment	Jim Hawkins from Treasure Planet starts out as a busboy at his mother's inn near a mining colony. That is, until Jim commits just one more infraction, whereupon he'll be sent to juvenile hall. Jim gets the Call to Adventure upon receiving the MacGuffin from the dying pirate Billy Bones, which triggers The Hero's Journey to the fabled Treasure Planet. There, a Booby Trap threatens to finish everyone, but Jim Hawkins's MacGyvering allows the RLS Legacy and all aboard to Outrun the Fireball to safety. The story concludes with Jim Hawkins feted at the inn as an enrollee in the Maritime Academy.
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From Zero to Hero / int_6f734712	comment	Smallville explores Clark Kent's journey from awkward and confused teenager to the hero the world will know as Superman.
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From Zero to Hero / int_7400c391	comment	At the start of Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ichiban Kasuga is a 42 year old bottom barrel ex-Yakuza who after a disastrous reunion with his former boss is dumped on the streets of Ijincho with nothing but a bullethole and the clothes on his back. By the end of the game he not only manages to gather a group of loyal friends from all circles but becomes a fringe politician and potentially a local captain of industry who becomes a champion of the poor and disenfranchised as well as a major thorn in the side of the Governor of Tokyo. By the beginning of the sequel, he has also become a folk hero among former yakuza looking for honest work after the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance's dissolutions.
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From Zero to Hero / int_747a18bc	comment	Battle for Wesnoth: The protagonist of Northern Rebirth, Tallin, starts out as a slave to the orcish rulers of the Dwarven Doors. Over the course of the campaign, he rallies fellow slaves to free themselves by exploiting their master's conflict with a new orcish alliance, allies himself with various races of the northlands, and finally leads said alliance to defeat the orcish one. At the end of the campaign, his allies decide to become a formal entity named Northern Aliiance and unanimously elects Tallin as their leader.
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From Zero to Hero / int_7832b74c	comment	Steven Universe: Lars Barriga started as a lazy, surly slacker, barely trying unless it personally interested him, who wanted to be respected and enjoyed by his peers but went about it the complete wrong way due to his own insecurities; the one thing he had a serious passion for was cooking, but he never showed it in fear of being looked down on. The final season forces Lars into a situation where he learns to be brave in spite of his fears, taking charge and becoming a confident Hero of Another Story who does what he loves no matter what other people think.
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From Zero to Hero / int_791e7b7f	comment	Zootopia: Judy Hopps travels from rural Bunnyburrows to Zootopia, aiming to become a police officer. Judy soon earns the ire of Chief Bogo, who demands that Judy solve the Otterton case or forfeit her badge. Verily, Judy actually resigns when her thoughtless remarks spark civil unrest in the city. She makes good after a "Eureka!" Moment and exposes The Chessmaster behind the spate of predators going savage. Judy later welcomes her newest partner to the ZPD as commencement speaker. Nick Wilde used to be a cynical Con Artist living off of stolen money. Then he helped Judy expose an evil mastermind and saved Zootopia. Now, he's an officer of the law with a badge!
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From Zero to Hero / int_7988cb68	comment	Mass Effect: Admiral Steven Hackett was born to a single mother and orphaned at age 12 when she died in a plague. He enlisted at 18 and after four years of volunteering for high-risk missions, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He spent the next 30 years working his way towards Admiral. In Mass Effect 3, he becomes the de facto leader of humanity during the Reaper War. Commander Shepard can have one of three origin stories, each of them perfectly ordinary by the setting's standards. They then go on to lead the entire galaxy to victory over the Reapers, and the epilogue of Mass Effect 3 reveals that "the Shepard" is remembered and respected for thousands of years afterward.
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From Zero to Hero / int_7f5bc680	comment	Fallout, in a similar vein to Elder Scrolls, has your character go from humble beginnings to deciding the fate of large swaths of the American wastelands. Fallout: You leave your Vault because its water chip broke down, and need to get a new one before your remaining water stores run out and everyone dies. Along the way, you discover, and subsequently crush, a rising army of Super Mutants. Fallout 2: You set out to find the GECK, a top-secret pre-war device that can convert arid wasteland into fertile farmland. You succeed in not only doing that, but defeating a neo-fascist military faction. Fallout 3: Your dad has lest the Vault, and you've gone out in search of him. Along the way, you wipe out the remnants of the neo-fascist military faction that was stinking up the other side of the country. Fallout: New Vegas: Your adventure begins with you shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave, saved from certain death by a robotic good Samaritan. You would then go on to become the deciding factor in the three-way war between the local government, the marauding horde of slavers, and the eccentric billionaire who holds control over the Hoover Dam. Fallout 4 zig-zags this with your character's pre-established history as a veteran soldier (or his wife) before the Great War. Then your family gets frozen. Then you are briefly thawed to watch your spouse get murdered and your son get kidnapped. Then you break free into the post-apocalyptic wastes and shape the face of a Boston caught in a war between a shadowy cabal of mad scientists sending Ridiculously Human Robots into the wastes, a new neo-fascist military faction, and an underground resistance movement (plus the local peacekeeping militia, if you help them return from the brink). Depending on who you help, you can also establish several thriving communities.
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From Zero to Hero / int_7f98d337	comment	Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell: For much of the story, Darwin Carmichael is a Loser Protagonist who's stuck in a dead-end job in New York City, constantly being tormented by his wacky friends. At the end of the comic, he ends up stopping the apocalypse and saving the world through a Heroic Sacrifice.
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From Zero to Hero / int_7fc78282	comment	The Lord of the Rings: Frodo, a normal hobbit living in the peaceful village of the Shire, gets a ring obtained by his uncle Bilbo in The Hobbit. After learning it is an Artifact of Doom smithed by Sauron, this hobbit, accompanied by the Fellowship, goes on a long and dangerous journey so they can destroy the ring in the fires of Mount Doom, which they succeed at.
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From Zero to Hero / int_82913305	comment	Chlorophylle: The main character starts as an incredibly conceited idiot who has to be rescued repeatedly and appoints himself the leader of La RÃ©sistance. But when Anthracite's army of black rats attacks with overwhelming force, he proves to be a brave and resourceful leader.
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From Zero to Hero / int_86aff994	comment	Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: The Red Ranger Leo is first introduced being denied entry to the space colony of Terra Venture due to not having a passport. He isn't even the one who pulls out the Red Quasar Saber - that was his brother Mike who gave the saber to Leo before seemingly dying. Despite his less-than-ideal start, Leo ultimately rises to the occasion and becomes the leader of the Power Rangers.
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From Zero to Hero / int_86e51bb5	comment	The Adventure Zone: Balance: The Director started off as the record-maker of the IPE, writing down everything the other more active members were doing. It was only through the Stolen Century that she became the proactive, decisive leader she would become.
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From Zero to Hero / int_8cb260f7	comment	All Assorted Animorphs AUs: In "What if Tom was infested by a member of the Yeerk Peace Movement?", Tom started out as a lowly slave and Aftran started out as a lowly grunt, but together they're valuable allies to the Animorphs. Eventually, they're promoted to Visser One and decide to reform the empire from within.
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From Zero to Hero / int_8f449876	comment	The eponymous protagonist of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August starts out as the Child by Rape of an Impoverished Patrician and a maid, is brought up in poverty by said patrician's gardener, has one brief stint of action during World War II, before inheriting his adoptive father's position and spending the rest of his life in obscurity, ultimately dying of cancer in the early 2000s. However, after finding himself blessed with Born-Again Immortality via "Groundhog Day" Loop, Harry becomes an adventurer, a journalist, a scientist, a secret agent, and ultimately the last hope of the Kronus Club and the human race - over the course of multiple lifetimes. For good measure, because of the nature of his immortality, Harry always begins his latest life with the same lowly status he had the first time around.
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From Zero to Hero / int_9068877a	comment	Red vs. Blue: The Reds and Blues of Blood Gulch start out as two squads of Armed Farces assigned to a box canyon in the middle of nowhere. Through a combination of dumb luck and their own stupidity, they stumble upon evil plots, which they manage to resolve through a combination of dumb luck and scrapping together their few braincells to win. This eventually escalates to their saving the Planet Chorus and becoming celebrated heroes.
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From Zero to Hero / int_90c73dda	comment	Animorphs The entire main cast qualifies, being ordinary teenagers before blundering through a construction site at the wrong time and ending up as Earth's only resistance against the Yeerk invasion. In the epilogue of the series, they're considered war heroes, though only Marco really capitalizes on it. Prince Elfangor, the hero who gave the Animorphs the power to morph, started out as a lowly cadet who kept getting his ass kicked in combat training. By the end of The Andalite Chronicles, he's loved and respected as a hero throughout the Andalite military. Aldrea, formerly the daughter of the disgraced Seerow, was expecting to spend the rest of her days Reassigned to Antarctica with the rest of her family. Then the Yeerks show up and she ends up leading her own resistance movement; after teaming up with Dak Hamee and Going Native, she soon ends up as one of the Hork-Bajir's folk heroes. By far the greatest example of this has to be the Ellimist: originally an unmotivated gamer with no ambitions in life, a series of cataclysmic disasters sees him become the leader of a Dying Race, then a genius Mind Hive inhabiting a Sapient Ship, then an entire fleet - and then the nearest thing this setting has to God and the Animorph's most powerful ally.
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From Zero to Hero / int_960062b7	comment	In My Hero Academia, Izuku Midoriya starts off as a Quirkless teen who can only dream of becoming a hero in a world full of them. After being recognized by his lifelong idol, All Might, he gains the powerful quirk One For All, giving him a chance at becoming the number one hero. Although he has to keep training his newfound power, he gets plenty of opportunities to fight villains and save others.
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From Zero to Hero / int_98b5378a	comment	Static: Virgil Hawkins was the victim of bullies. He gained superpowers during a gang brawl.
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From Zero to Hero / int_9910cc85	comment	Mulan comes from a respectable family, but she struggles to fit in and conform to traditional gender roles; the local matchmaker even publicly declares she'll "never bring [her] family honor" because no man would want to marry her. After disguising herself as a man to join the army, Mulan works hard to become a good soldier and ends up saving China from the invading Huns, with the Emperor himself bowing to her out of respect, along with everyone else.
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From Zero to Hero / int_9d34190a	comment	Every game in The Elder Scrolls series has the Player Character become one of these in both the main story and faction quests (although since its a sandbox game you can go From Nobody to Nightmare as well), generally Because Destiny Says So (although how much each character's mentioned in the sequels vary). Arena: You go from a random (but loyal) Imperial guardsman to the Emperor's savior. Daggerfall: You begin as an acquaintance of the Emperor and go on to decide who gains control of a Lost Superweapon. Morrowind: You begin as an Imperial prisoner the Emperor's sent in. You're the Neverine, the reincarnation of an ancient hero (although it's implied you might have taken on the role by being a hero rather than destined for it). Oblivion: You start off as a common criminal in a cell. Then you meet the Emperor, witness his assassination and go on to become the Champion of Cyrodill. Skyrim: You pick a bad time to cross the border into a wartorn Skyrim and come within a hair's breadth of being executed after being mistaken for an enemy. You turn out to be The Dragonborn and must prevent The End of the World as We Know It, as well as decide the outcome of the civil war.
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From Zero to Hero / int_9d7ec380	comment	The Good Place: This is the arc of at least the first two seasons. Eleanor starts off as a scrappy scammer in telemarketing, with no interest in academia or helping others. When she dies, Chidi has to help her learn philosophy so that she may improve herself so that she might get into the Good Place. She eventually becomes good enough to get into The Good Place (and opts not to go), the leader of the team that figured out nobody had entered the Good Place, and convinced the Judge to reevaluate the state of the Good Place.
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From Zero to Hero / int_9e2f90f4	comment	One Piece: Monkey King Lite Luffy once was a loud, ambitious kid from a small village in the East Blue ocean, which is commonly regarded as "unremarkable" compared to the other big seas in the world. He then forms the Straw Hat Pirates with only a small crew (all of whom have their own humble beginnings) and proceeds to make a name for themselves as they venture between islands in search for the titular One Piece. Post Time Skip, the crew is considered one of the most infamous, especially as they have tangled with at least 2 major governmental facilities, and Luffy having a very high bounty. Luffy's foil Koby was much the same way. He started out as just a random kid who was the first friend Luffy made on his journey when he rescued him from a life of slavery, and aspired to be a hero like him but on the opposite side as a Marine. Thanks to Training from Hell from Luffy's Marine grandfather Monkey D. Garp, he becomes a Captain with Charles Atlas Superpower and Ki Manipulation equivalent to early post-Time Skip Luffy. Same goes for Koby's partner-in-crime Helmeppo, who started out as his enemy and was a powerless Spoiled Brat but Took a Level in Badass alongside him.
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From Zero to Hero / int_a3ef164b	comment	Ultimate X Men: When she was first introduced, Kitty Pryde was just an average teenage girl, and when she joined the X-Men it was under the strict condition of being there only to train in using her power so that she doesn't phase to the subway trains by accident, with superhero battles completely forbidden. By then, she was the NaÃ¯ve Newcomer Ascended Fangirl. By the time the comic book was ending, she became a guerrilla leader and then the leader of the last remaining mutants, and in Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand she saved the planet by using her power (and a little help from SHIELD to become a giant) to disrupt Galactus' machines.
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From Zero to Hero / int_a40b1126	comment	Russell Casse from Independence Day, after having served in the Vietnam War, has been living a marginal existence in a camper as an alcoholic crop duster. After the invading aliens have eradicated most of Earth's best fighter pilots, Russell offers his services, and flies an F/A-18C Hornet at the huge alien warship. Russell actually makes a Heroic Sacrifice by flying directly into the muzzle of the Beam-O-War, which causes the alien ship to overload and destruct. Russell's heroics are remarked upon by the President.
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From Zero to Hero / int_a4ff8e01	comment	Fate/Grand Order: The Protagonist is mentioned to be an ordinary boy/girl with an ordinary life, who didn't know anything about magecraft until they're scouted by the Chaldea Organization to be one of the potential Masters (i.e those who control Servants); even as they're detected to have very high Master aptitude, they're noted to be lacking in magic potential. They become the only hope for saving humanity after the Big Bad's "incineration of humanity" in the prologue; with limited initial knowledge and resources, they and Chaldea have to stop the Big Bad's plans and somehow undo what he did. They're awkward about the whole thing at first, but over time they've become proficient to the point that by the final scenario, the Big Bad is finally taking them seriously, and in one of the "bonus scenarios" one of the new minor villains is appalled on how an average joe like the protagonist could beat the Big Bad by himself.
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From Zero to Hero / int_a5549ed0	comment	Jesus Christ, according to The Bible and Christian belief. Born to a teen mother in a stable, raised by a carpenter, and the member of an ethnic group that was subservient to a large empire, Jesus became known as the "King of the Jews" and the Messiah, savior of man. He became a symbol of resistance to the empire (sort of) and inspired the world's largest religion, who regard him as the Son of God.
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From Zero to Hero / int_a90c872c	comment	How to Train Your Dragon: Zigzagged in the original with Hiccup. He is the son of the chieftain, but his lack of bloodthirst and strength isolates him from the rest of the village. However, these traits prove incredibly useful for approaching and studying dragons, which allows him to solve his tribe's dragon crisis.
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From Zero to Hero / int_a97937a3	comment	The Flash Sentry Chronicles: Several of the heroes started out with almost nothing before getting to where they are now. Flash Sentry, the titular character himself, started out as an orphan living on the streets of Canterlot all by himself, forced to steal from local restaurants to get enough food to survive. But then he eventually met Twilight and was taken in by her family and made Grand Hoof's apprentice. Now he is known as a hero who has helped save Equestria multiple times and has achieved his life goal of becoming a Royal Knight. Trixie comes from a long line of successful unicorns that can be traced all the way back to Starswirl the Bearded. But she ended up dropping out of the Manehatten School of Magic, which her father was a teacher at, because she couldn't meet their expectations. She ended up becoming a showmare and traveling from city to city, boasting about her great "abilities", or outright lying in some cases, in order to get the praise her father never gave her. Her life eventually changed for the better when she met and befriended Flash, which eventually led to her becoming Princess Luna's personal student. Soarin started out as a very weak flyer, but dreamed of joining the Wonderbolts once he saw them perform. Nobody supported his dream though, not even his own parents, but he never stopped training. He eventually entered and won the Best Young Flyers Competition and got to meet his personal hero, Wind Rider, who encouraged his dream, and he got his cutie mark from it. In the Present he is now second-in-command of the Wonderbolts and one of the best flyers in all of Equestria.
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From Zero to Hero / int_aa5b7cc2	comment	Oglaf. Subverted with the titular character, a humble shepherd boy who is apparently The Chosen One and destined for greatness, but he never realizes his destiny due to being illiterate and thus unable to read the prophesies. Also, the Blowjob King starts off as an ordinary low-ranking soldier and adventurer. After being cursed to be the best at blowjobs, he uses his skill to save the kingdom from invaders, ending the war and becoming king. Later on, he also saves the kingdom from a guy whose sexual powers are causing destruction.
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From Zero to Hero / int_b0028436	comment	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The series is ripe with these characters. Aside from all of the protagonists of the fifth and sixth parts going from petty criminals and thugs to heroes that take down Physical Gods, the series has Robert EO Speedwagon; a guy who starts out as a street thug, but after meeting Jonathan he exploits his Rags to Riches status to support and aid the Joestar line for over a hundred years. Initially being a little, kinda wimpy guy, Koichi Hirose from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable shows that after gaining his Stand he actually has some backbone, and keeps getting more moments of badassery.
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From Zero to Hero / int_b4996199	comment	Spider-Man: Peter Parker was just a scrawny teenager until he was bitten by a radioactive spider. Gifted with a platter of spider-based powers, he eventually becomes one of the most recognized (if not always respected) superheroes in the world.
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From Zero to Hero / int_b5a2b326	comment	Morrowind: You begin as an Imperial prisoner the Emperor's sent in. You're the Neverine, the reincarnation of an ancient hero (although it's implied you might have taken on the role by being a hero rather than destined for it).
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From Zero to Hero / int_b704a08a	comment	Tsunayoshi Sawada from Reborn! (2004). At school all his grades are zero, he is impossibly clumsy, smaller than everyone in his class, has no out-of-school activities whatsoever (unless you count reading manga and playing video games), has absolutely no friends, and is berated both by his mother (though that was toned down in the anime) and at school. He even gets stuck with the nickname "Dame-Tsuna". By the end of the series he has obtained amazing power, is an expert in combat, has a very wide circle of friends and allies that would die for him and has managed to defeat his setting's Eldritch Abominations, among other deeds. No improvement in his grades though.
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From Zero to Hero / int_ba44f5d5	comment	In Earth's Children, Ayla goes from an orphaned outcast to a widely respected and admired healer and shaman, who helps many people in various ways; in the fourth book she even helps save a whole tribe from a tyrannical leader and restores order.
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From Zero to Hero / int_bb3fde3d	comment	Danny Phantom has shades of this (which is to be expected of something reminiscent of Spider-Man). Danny Fenton is a unpopular freshman who gains ghost powers and has to fight against the supernatural.
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From Zero to Hero / int_bddc4ebe	comment	Power Rangers: Dino Thunder: Conner, Ethan and Kira are high school students of very different social circles who are bonded by their fight against evil.
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From Zero to Hero / int_c06a9c1c	comment	Gary from Final Space starts out as a loser and eventually goes on to save the entire universe.
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From Zero to Hero / int_c0f8022c	comment	Hercules: The Animated Series: The titular character might be a scrawny kid who is an outsider, but being a son of Zeus, he was born with tremendous strength. Hercules is a hero-in-training still in "geek god" mode, before his "Zero to Hero" transformation. In addition, Hercules: Zero to Hero is a direct-to-video follow-up to the 1997 animated feature released on 1999, serving as a package film combining three episodes of Hercules: The Animated Series as flashback segments.
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From Zero to Hero / int_c11a5a3e	comment	Invoked in Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest. While the National Questing Bureau tries having trained agents take on the role of questing, most of the time it's some normal schmoe who finds themselves having to go on daring adventures whether they like it or not. All the National Questing Bureau can do really is find them, fill them in on what they're in for, provide travel expenses and let it happen.
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From Zero to Hero / int_c41214bf	comment	Kick-Ass: Dave Lizewski was just a comic book-loving nerd donning a homemade suit and goes out to fight crime... only to have his ass handed to him. However, over the course of his endeavors, he slowly becomes more adept at the vigilante hero thing. It also helps that other people look up to him for the stand he takes towards crime, with some even getting inspired to do the same.
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From Zero to Hero / int_c4282b71	comment	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: The Mane Six started out as six ordinary foals — unbeknownst to them united by the same incident. Twilight becomes Princess Celestia's personal student, and then when they form a bond of Fire Forged Friendship, they go on to save the world multiple times, and Twilight Sparkle becomes the Princess of Friendship.
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From Zero to Hero / int_c4771251	comment	Mistborn: The Original Trilogy: Sazed is a Terrisman, which means he is a born servant, meek and obedient, and castrated to boot. Over the course of the original trilogy, he becomes more and more important for the protagonists, until by the end of Hero of Ages he becomes Physical God and uses his extensive knowledge to save the world. Vin is an street child, a literal Daughter of a Whore, as her mother was a skaa prostitute (skaa are the setting's oppressed working class, treated like cattle by the nobles). In Mistborn she defeats Lord Ruler, who has oppressed Scadrial for generations, which by itself would make her a hero. But that's only the beginning — by the end of Hero of Ages she saves the world, kills a god and dies heroically in the process. Spook is another skaa urchin, although at least he has a home, as he was taken in by his uncle. He is the youngest in Kelsier's crew (apart from Vin), speaks in an almost unintelligible street slang and while he has Allomantic abilities, they give him only heightened senses. This also makes him open to insidious whispers of the setting's Big Bad Ruin but he finally comes to his senses and saves the people of Urteau. He is also Legendary in the Sequel — in Wax and Wayne he is called Lord Mistborn and his street slang is treated like Latin in our world.
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From Zero to Hero / int_cb45dbdc	comment	This trope is namedropped with the unique ability of the PokÃ©mon Palafin, which is based on traditional comic book superheroes. When first sent out into battle, Palafin is virtually indistinguishable from its pre-evolved form Finizen, save for the heart-shaped crest on its underbelly, and, aside from its serviceable Speed, has somewhat poor stats. This is referred to as its 'Zero form'. However, when it is switched out (either manually or with the Flip Turn attack) and subsequently brought back into battle, Palafin takes on its 'Hero form', which changes its appearance to look more like a superhero, and boosts up its offensive and defensive stats (especially its frightening physical attack, which eclipses that of many legendary PokÃ©mon).
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From Zero to Hero / int_d31cdea	comment	Being from one of the poorest districts, Katniss Everdeen volunteers for The Hunger Games to protect her younger sister, having to fight for her life and getting tangled in a political game.
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From Zero to Hero / int_d56cb367	comment	Power Rangers S.P.D.: The B-Squad Rangers go from a team of bickering rookies to the saviors of Earth.
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From Zero to Hero / int_d5ddd6c1	comment	Ash Ketchum from PokÃ©mon: The Series starts out with his ambition To Be a Master, but his knowledge and skills are clearly sub-par. Fortunately, his Determinator spirit and The Power of Friendship help him grow into a truly competitive trainer and prove himself The Chosen One on multiple occasions, eventually allowing him to win the Alola League and become a champion before eventually becoming the World's Best Warrior.
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From Zero to Hero / int_d5f0fa2d	comment	Sun Haven has the player character, known as the Farmer. They initially start out taking over some dilapidated and untended farmland. By following the main story line, however, they eventually become a diplomat who manages to broken a peace treaty between Sun Haven and the isolationists Ne'lvari and Withergate, ending countless centuries of hostilities, and going through Herculean trials all over the regions with or without ever getting into combat. Such feats include retrieving valuable magical minerals from the depths of dangerous wildernesses; deciphering a lost ancient language and piecing together the clues to rediscover an intentionally Hidden Elf Village; breaking through an ancient and powerful magical barrier and infiltrating a massive monster metropolis; and either putting up a king's ransom to satisfy Dynus the Moon Dragon, or fighting him in single combat until he yields and recognizes them as an equal.
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From Zero to Hero / int_d69208d2	comment	Codename: Kids Next Door: It's revealed that Numbuh 1 used to be just a normal kid, to the point where Numbuh 5 had to hack into the Kids Next Door database in order to give him a passing grade to get into the organization. By the end of the series, he's become the single greatest Kids Next Door operative on the planet.
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From Zero to Hero / int_d8c756b9	comment	Daniel LaRusso from The Karate Kid, being a target of bullies, encounters a gifted teacher in karate, by whom he is taught the martial art so that he can finally stand up for himself in a fight.
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From Zero to Hero / int_db30cf92	comment	Warrior Cats: During the first arc, the main character starts as a normal, young house cat named Rusty. By the end of the series, he's saved all four Clans several times, and has become the first kittypet-born leader in the Clans' history. In the second arc, an ordinary young cat from each Clan (plus two tagalongs) go on a quest to learn what the Clans must do when humans destroy their home. They end up saving all the Clans during this (as well as the Tribe on the way), and most of them ultimately end up in high-ranking roles in their Clans. The third and fourth arc follow Lionblaze, Jayfeather, and Dovewing from kithood to being the saviors of the Clans when the Dark Forest invades.
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From Zero to Hero / int_dcbfeeee	comment	Akko from Little Witch Academia (2017) dreams of becoming a magnificent witch who spreads happiness, but she lacks the magical prowess. She frequently goofs and looks even more incapable next to her highly skilled rival Diana. However, she goes through lots of training and manages to spread happiness with sheer positivity, even learning to master the legendary Shiny Rod which comes in handy when saving the world.
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From Zero to Hero / int_e5b8fbed	comment	Looney Tunes: Back in Action sees both Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck attempt to thwart the Card-Carrying Villain from using an Artifact of Doom to turn Earth's population into monkeys. Throughout most of this adventure, Daffy has been The Load and The Chew Toy. However, once Marvin The Martian takes Bugs Bunny out of the fight, it's Daffy in his Duck Dodgers guise who monkey-wrenches the satellite. Back on Earth, Bugs Bunny even mentions that Daffy was the hero, though Daffy presumes this is a case of Pronoun Trouble and disputes it.
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From Zero to Hero / int_e5d5d23c	comment	The backstory to Doom 1993 is the Marine was sent to Mars as a punishment posting, watching the researchers of the United Aerospace Corporation do science-y stuff. Once things get dicey with the UAC's dimensional teleporters, the Marines head to Phobos to check on things. A Space Marine Is You gets left behind to guard the shuttlecraft with only a pistol while the rest of the squad goes in for a looksee. After some gunfire and screaming, the radio goes silent. The lone Marine must now fight his way through hordes of hellspawn to get back home. "Hell at last plays fair ..."
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From Zero to Hero / int_e9d7acf9	comment	Lone Wolf: Although the titular character is a member of the Magic Knight Kai Order, he starts as a bumbling apprentice who in the first edition became the Sole Survivor by accidentally knocking himself out, and whose first adventure consists in merely surviving long enough to warn his king of the danger. By the end of the series, he's become not only the head of the Order who saves the world many times over, but a cosmic warrior who can casually kill a god on his way to more important battles and eventually a Greater-Scope Paragon in the sequel series.
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From Zero to Hero / int_ea91a4bf	comment	Daggerfall: You begin as an acquaintance of the Emperor and go on to decide who gains control of a Lost Superweapon.
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From Zero to Hero / int_f04b4111	comment	Metroid: Samus Aran began life as just a colony kid on a mining planet, until she was three years old when Ridley led the Space Pirates in a massacre of her colony, which killed her parents and left her the only survivor. The Chozo adopted her and raised her to become a galactic protector. After Ridley and his Space Pirates essentially killed off the Chozo, she dedicates her life to bringing an end to the pirates, especially Ridley. Following her initial adventures, Samus has come to be seen as The Dreaded by the Space Pirates and a Living Legend by everyone else, whose exploits are so incredible that many common soldiers don't even believe she exists.
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From Zero to Hero / int_fb9c177d	comment	Transformers: In many continuities where his origin is explored, Optimus Prime is shown to come from humble beginnings before he rises as the leader of the Autobots. These include being a dock worker, a washed out cadet and a "data clerk".
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