Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu

Proper noun

humorous informal

(narratology, fiction, informal, humorous) The ability of one or few people to win fights against many opponents.

Japanese Meaning

フィクションにおいて、僅かな数の人物が多数の敵に対して勝利する現象や状況を指すユーモラスかつ非公式な概念

Whenever three friends somehow beat twenty thugs, people jokingly call it the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu.

三人の友人がどういうわけか二十人のチンピラを倒すと、人々は冗談めかしてそれを「忍術保存の法則」、つまり少数で多数の相手に勝てるという法則と呼ぶ。

Sense（1）

(narratology, fiction, informal, humorous) The ability of one or few people to win fights against many opponents.

> The more creativity and ingenuity you give your aliens, the less is

> available for your humans, generally the protagonists, which means

> things will end poorly for Our Heroes. …

Sort of like a SCIENCE application of the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu?