Some characters aren't really cut out to be dangerous combatants. Maybe they lost the Super Power Lottery, or grew old and weak, or just were never intended to be more than Mooks in the first place. In short, they're too average, or even weak, to truly strike fear in the hearts of the truly powerful heroes and villains.
And then they find a horrendously powerful yet easy-to-use weapon from near [...] [tvtropes.org]