r/whowouldwin • u/Historical_Ostrich • Aug 03 '25

Battle Which superheroes/villains would lose to a real world SWAT team if they were stripped of plot armor?

The SWAT team will employ real world tactics and resort to deadly force if necessary. Whoever they're facing off against has their standard gear and will resist to the best of their ability, but they don't get any of their standard plot armor.

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u/KathytheQueen Aug 03 '25

Remove plot armor, GCPD SWAT eliminates Batman's entire rouges gallery in every situation. The only ones they'd have trouble with is Heath Ledger's Joker and every version of Bane, as they both have real world military training.

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u/WickardMochi Aug 04 '25

Heath ledger joker? How? Where did it say he has military training?

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u/tosser1579 Aug 04 '25

It is a fan theory, there are a few videos explaining it online but some of his behaviors are those that are common among people with military training. The gist is that he was a superb planner for operating requiring lots of people involving violence who well understood the inner mechanisms of government. That sort of thing isn't something you just pick up, so the quickest explanation is that he is former military.

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u/WarlockEngineer Aug 04 '25

Terrorists and organized criminals also have a way of figuring that stuff out. I don't think I'm buying this theory personally.