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* Just how pervasive is this trope? Well, recently on ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', StrongBad got an [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail192.html email] asking what he would do if he had [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|the ability to transform]]. StrongBad ''immediately'' assumes that he'd have to somehow be Blessed With Suck: |
* Just how pervasive is this trope? Well, recently on ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', StrongBad got an [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail192.html email] asking what he would do if he had [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|the ability to transform]]. StrongBad ''immediately'' assumes that he'd have to somehow be Blessed With Suck: |
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{{quote| "If comic books, cartoons, and Sci-Fi Original Movies have taught me anything, it's that shapeshifting comes with a bunch of boring rules and restrictions that limit its potential Turn-Into-A-Bulldozer-Whenever-I-Wantity. You can turn into a machine gun but not bullets, [[Weaksauce Weakness|contemporary jazz]] turns you back to normal, you can only turn into [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|presents your grandma's knitted for you]]. Crap like that. For example, let's say I could turn into any species... OF '''BALLOON''' ANIMAL!!??"}} |
{{quote| "If comic books, cartoons, and Sci-Fi Original Movies have taught me anything, it's that shapeshifting comes with a bunch of boring rules and restrictions that limit its potential Turn-Into-A-Bulldozer-Whenever-I-Wantity. You can turn into a machine gun but not bullets, [[Weaksauce Weakness|contemporary jazz]] turns you back to normal, you can only turn into [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|presents your grandma's knitted for you]]. Crap like that. For example, let's say I could turn into any species... OF '''BALLOON''' ANIMAL!!??"}} |
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* The trait positive girls from ''[[Lonely Girl 15]]'' have a significantly longer lifespan than the average person due to the [[Techno Babble|number of ribozymes in their blood which catalyse their own synthesis]]. Unfortunately, there are some people would like to take that blood for themselves, so, essentially, to be trait positive is to be forever on the run from people who want to kill you. |
* The trait positive girls from ''[[Lonely Girl 15]]'' have a significantly longer lifespan than the average person due to the [[Techno Babble|number of ribozymes in their blood which catalyse their own synthesis]]. Unfortunately, there are some people would like to take that blood for themselves, so, essentially, to be trait positive is to be forever on the run from people who want to kill you. |
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* Moist from ''[[Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Video)|Dr. Horrible]]'' is an example of the first variation of this. His 'power" is that he is constantly damp. All he's really useful for is...well...making things soggy. In his own words: "At my most badass I make people feel like they wanna take a shower." |
* Moist from ''[[Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Video)|Dr. Horrible]]'' is an example of the first variation of this. His 'power" is that he is constantly damp. All he's really useful for is...well...making things soggy. In his own words: "At my most badass I make people feel like they wanna take a shower." |
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Revision as of 03:11, 27 January 2014
- Just how pervasive is this trope? Well, recently on Homestar Runner, StrongBad got an email asking what he would do if he had the ability to transform. StrongBad immediately assumes that he'd have to somehow be Blessed With Suck:
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"If comic books, cartoons, and Sci-Fi Original Movies have taught me anything, it's that shapeshifting comes with a bunch of boring rules and restrictions that limit its potential Turn-Into-A-Bulldozer-Whenever-I-Wantity. You can turn into a machine gun but not bullets, contemporary jazz turns you back to normal, you can only turn into presents your grandma's knitted for you. Crap like that. For example, let's say I could turn into any species... OF BALLOON ANIMAL!!??" |
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- The trait positive girls from Lonely Girl 15 have a significantly longer lifespan than the average person due to the number of ribozymes in their blood which catalyse their own synthesis. Unfortunately, there are some people would like to take that blood for themselves, so, essentially, to be trait positive is to be forever on the run from people who want to kill you.
- Moist from Dr. Horrible is an example of the first variation of this. His 'power" is that he is constantly damp. All he's really useful for is...well...making things soggy. In his own words: "At my most badass I make people feel like they wanna take a shower."