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The Big Bad is sending our hero (and his Ragtag Bunch of Misfits companions) through the wringer. He clearly has the power to wipe them out any time he feels like it. But he's content (for now) with sending out wave after wave of progressively stronger Mooks, Elite Mooks, and the occasional Quirky Miniboss Squad to test our hero. Maybe he's even fought them personally, but let them live, maybe even let them think they beat him. Maybe he even leaves them alone to train for their inevitable confrontation. So why don't they finish the protagonist off and be done with it?

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  • The Big Bad is sending our hero (and his Ragtag Bunch of Misfits companions) through the wringer. He clearly has the power to wipe them out any time he feels like it. But he's content (for now) with sending out wave after wave of progressively stronger Mooks, Elite Mooks, and the occasional Quirky Miniboss Squad to test our hero. Maybe he's even fought them personally, but let them live, maybe even let them think they beat him. Maybe he even leaves them alone to train for their inevitable confrontation. So why don't they finish the protagonist off and be done with it?
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  • The Big Bad is sending our hero (and his Ragtag Bunch of Misfits companions) through the wringer. He clearly has the power to wipe them out any time he feels like it. But he's content (for now) with sending out wave after wave of progressively stronger Mooks, Elite Mooks, and the occasional Quirky Miniboss Squad to test our hero. Maybe he's even fought them personally, but let them live, maybe even let them think they beat him. Maybe he even leaves them alone to train for their inevitable confrontation. So why don't they finish the protagonist off and be done with it? Because it's All Part Of his Evil Plan. Maybe he needs the heroes strong enough to get to the top of Mount Tropey and retrieve the Crown of Trope-Tan. Maybe he needs The Chosen One as strong as possible before he takes his power or body as his own. So he keeps sending out one stronger opponent after another to test Our Hero (or lets him seek them out on his own). After all, if he can't handle that, he's no good for the Master Plan. Or the Big Bad just may be a Blood Knight who wants to beat him at his strongest. This is a subtrope of Evil Plan. See also: I Let You Win, Not Worth Killing, Bring Him to Me. Often a part of a MacGuffin Delivery Service if the hero is an Unwitting Pawn. Compare Stealth Mentor. Contrast You Will Be Spared. Examples of I Need You Stronger include:
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