User blog:MP999/Dan Hibiki overused?

Poor old Dan, the first to fall into the "You Suck" tier in Para's Hall of Records. 0W/10L/1D. I mean, it's easy to make fun of Dan, even Screwattack did it. He has pitiful martial arts, useless ki attacks, and is incredibly cocky. Let's be honest, though: at least he knows how to do a karate chop. At least he knows SOME stuff. He could beat anyone with no martial arts, or fighting skills, or weapons.

Dan Hibiki vs. Ash Ketchum

Oh... well.

I think it's common knowledge now that Dan can only beat people with no talent whatsoever, and most forms of fiction involving combat don't like having characters with no talent whatsoever. We all know this. And it's fun to watch him die to other useless characters, but how many times has he kicked the bucket on this wiki since his official battle went up?

I think battles with Dan are becoming overused. Just like the featless animatronics; they aren't real battles with hints of ambiguity more than they are "who can this character lose to next?"

Light Yagami? No doubt he could convince Dan to "autograph his notebook". Mokap? As a motion capture actor, he definitely has more martial arts skills. Rock? Please, he killed a mammoth. Jar Jar Binks? Yes, this is actually being made, but let it be known that Jar Jar has superior jumping and swimming power thanks to incredibly strong legs. He also uses a blaster sometimes in the EU, and he might be a Sith lord?. Heck, I was close to making Dan go up against the infamous Electrocutioner, but Dan has no way to counter those gloves.

It's not that I don't want to see Dan ever again, I just want people to be a bit more creative in deciding their matchups. I like battles where you can't be sure of the winner until the end. Dan kind of had that when Screwattack withheld his failure at executing the Raging Demon. But now we all know how bad he is. I think it's time to focus on other characters instead.