Lethal Joke Character/Playing With

Basic Trope: A Joke Character has a certain way to use him/her to make them effective.

Played Straight: When Bob, Alice, Charlie, Emily, and Dave get the King Doll Mon, it's completely useless. However, when it gets to low power, it uses Meteor Crash, and becomes an Infinity+1 Sword.
Exaggerated: The King Doll does 1 damage and dies in 1 hit. If it defeats an enemy, you get the King's Ring, which will make it incredibly strong and it uses Meteor Crash constantly.
Downplayed: All you need is the King's Ring and it'll become a Game Breaker.
Inverted: The King Doll is a Crutch Character given by the king to his son Prince Bob.
Justified: It Was a Gift, but it needed to be weak with a gimmick of being strong.
Subverted: It becomes weak after one use of Meteor Crash.
Double Subverted: Until the end of the battle, because Meteor Crash beefs the King Doll up again.
Parodied: No villain will strike it because it'll come out with Meteor Crash.
Zig Zagged: ???
Averted: Useless characters stay useless.
Enforced: The programmers wanted to reward really devoted players with an easily dismissed powerful character that takes time to master.
Lampshaded: "Look who's laughing now."
Invoked: The King Doll plays up its weaknesses so that no one will suspect its lethality.
Exploited: ???
Defied: ???
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???

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