The minute she finds a better option than Fab, she boots his ass out. (2020): Abigail Brand would rather not have Fabian Cortez and Mentallo as part of S.W.O.R.D., since Fab's got Chronic Backstabbing Disorder and Mentallo is a complete lunatic, but as she tells Magneto, they're the only people with their specific powers she could find and recruit. When a journalist at the press conference where Azure was claiming ownership-until being interrupted by Donald and his nephews announcing their findings - asked if whoever found proof of that claim would own North America, Donald gave an uncertain answer everyone deemed "close enough". Donald Duck and his nephews found proof of an abbot who claimed way before Azure's ancestor. In Don Rosa story "The Lost Charts of Columbus", Azure Blue regained the Golden Helmet from a previous Carl Barks story, and the only way to prevent him from using it to legally claim ownership of North America was to find proof of an older claim.Only Naofumi was the preferred choice of his weapon. The ritual which summoned them simultaneously prevented the Sword, Spear, and Bow from choosing an ideal wielder, instead relying on inadequate backups. In The Rising of the Shield Hero, it's eventually revealed this is the reason the Three Heroes fail to meet expectations.In the game, Max steals a sacred flying horse, but there are no flying horses in Cube Town, so when Robo-Pecola notices Mayor Papazoni riding his helicopter, he says "CLOSE ENOUGH." and tries to hijack the helicopter. Pecola: In "Robbie to the Rescue", Robo-Pecola mimics Max von Villainator, the villain of Robbie's video game.After defecting, he uses his own master Roche Frain, who has a much higher compatibility, making it far more powerful than Gordes would have. In Fate/Apocrypha, Avicebron originally intended to sacrifice Gordes Musik, of his own faction, to finish his Noble Phantasm, despite his Magic Circuits only being "passably adequate" for the task, since he lost his first intended choice (the homunculus now named Sieg) and Gordes had lost his Servant in the same series of events, making it also a case of You Have Outlived Your Usefulness.Then Digimon began to appear, and the agency got stuck with dealing with them. Their job was to monitor global electronic communications, to track criminals, and other mundane tasks. Hypnos of Digimon Tamers was a covert Signals Intelligence program.Ace of the Diamond: Despite lacking stamina to last a full game, and ball control over his pitches, Furuya becomes the ace pitcher of Seidou High only because his two rivals for the position are left mentally broken after the Summer Tournament (Kawakami loses hold on his winning shot sinkers, while Sawamura faces the yips).If the character-in-question was picked out of the blue by being in the wrong place at the wrong time, then they're a Victim of Circumstance with No Job Qualifications. Might overlap with Too Desperate to Be Picky. If this trope describes the hero, he's the Right Man in the Wrong Place. If the volunteer happens to be a doctor of literature and a doctor of medicine, he's an Omnidisciplinary Scientist. Situations like this may expose a Miles Gloriosus or force them to Become The Boast really fast. Compare Million to One Chance, You Are in Command Now, Field Promotion, The Main Characters Do Everything, Not That Kind of Doctor, Lowered Recruiting Standards, Universal Chaplain, and Ragtag Bunch of Misfits. See also Open Heart Dentistry, a subtrope in which a doctor is forced to do something outside their specialty. Very common in works that take place After the End where a group of people are trying to rebuild civilization. This becomes MacGyvering in extreme instances. "I'm not a doctor, I'm just a dentist!" Followed by The Hero saying: "You're the closest thing we got", possibly with a pep talk.Ĭommon alternative phrasings include "Close enough" or "It's the best chance we've got".Ĭan also be used with objects and replacement MacGuffins. He calls on the Innocent Bystanders for volunteers, or maybe drafts somebody into helping. The Hero needs somebody with specific skills, a doctor, a hacker, whatever. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, " The Return of Harmony, Part 2"
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