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* Both Terra and Raven of ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' have incredible kinetic abilities. The downside of this is that the actual ''control'' of each character's power is directly tied to their current emotional state, so when rage or panic overtakes them, chaos inevitably erupts. {{spoiler|This was such a large problem for Terra that she eventually [[I Just Want to Be Normal|opted for high school instead of heroism.]]}}

** It gets worse for Raven... when she loses control, she's liable to turn into a reasonable simulation of a [[Cosmic Horror]] (just ask Dr. Light, if you can get him to put his experience in words). And, oh yeah, she was born to be a tool through which her demon lord father can kill everyone on earth, ''then'' take it over. Luckily, she gets better after that.

*** Considering the sheer, mindboggling amounts of collateral damage the Titans can do (Cyborg using a building as an improvised weapon, anyone?)...

** To a lesser extent, Starfire's powers are also emotionally based and thus can fail to work at unfortunate times. There's been at least one instance were relationship drama has caused her to lose her ability to fly. [[Oh Crap|While she was flying at a high altitude]].

** Plus, the first thing he learns about the new world he's entered is that he is [[Last of His Kind|the only Air Nomad left]] since all of the others were wiped out by the Fire Nation in the opening moves of the war, who were the priority targets due to having the Avatar.

* [[Danny Phantom]] and Vlad Masters have this. Unlike Danny, Vlad used it in rather unethical ways. Unfortunately for Danny, his parents ''want to kill his alter ego''.

* In ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'', Sadlygrove is a guardian of a [[Sealed Evil in A Can|sword possessed by a demon]], but the demon can in turn [[Demonic Possession|possess him]].

* One ''[[Static Shock]]'' villain gained the power to absorb non-living matter in lieu of eating regular food. Unfortunately, the mass just accumulates (without a regular digestion system, he body wastes nothing) without actually increasing his size, and he eventually becomes so dense that he's incapable of moving.

* In ''[[Re Boot]]'', Bob's fusion with Glitch turns into this during ''My Two Bob's''. His powers become a liability when they aren't needed anymore, are hazardous to his health, and lower his chances at winning Dot's heart over the "normal" Bob. This is because Glitch had been severely damaged when they fused together. There probably wouldn't have been any risk to his health if Glitch had also been healthy. Then again, if Glitch had been fully functional, the fusion wouldn't have been necessary in the first place.

* In ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', it's eventually revealed that {{spoiler|Owen Burnett}} is [[Trickster Archetype|Puck]] in disguise. When Oberon decides to allow Puck to stay in the human world to be Alexander Xanatos's magic teacher, he slaps on the stipulation that Puck can ONLY resume his true form when he's teaching Alex--otherwise, Puck's stuck being a human.

* On ''South Park,'' [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|Captain Hindsight]] claims that his power of retrospect works this way--anytime something bad happens, he's cursed to realize how it could have turned out better. (Note that his revelations are never particularly brilliant, like "they should have called the police earlier.") This also causes him to become incredibly paranoid, constantly question if the choice he makes is the right one or he will instantly know what he should have done. Mysterion (who is really {{spoiler|Kenny}} in disguise) then retorts that ''his'' superpower (which is {{spoiler|[[They Killed Kenny|continually coming back from the dead, with everybody forgetting his death every time]]}} is far worse.

* Think being the leader of a town and having everyone in said town admire you would be utterly awesome? Try telling that to [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Jack Skellington]], who is the Pumpkin King of [[Halloweentown]]. However, it's '''always about Halloween''', every single day, which is problematic when you want something different. Taking a break is not an option, as shown when Jack disappears for only two days, everyone is in a panic. Also, Jack seems to not be able to give the crown to anyone else if he wanted ("But who here would ever understand/That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin/Would tire of his crown, if they only understood/He'd give it all up if he only could . . . "), so he's stuck with the job. ''And'' if the scenes after "This Is Halloween" is any indication, due to being the biggest in-universe celebrity, Jack can't even having a decent conversation with anyone. And who knows how long Jack's been doing the Halloween job? He could be [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] for all we know. When you think about it, [[The Woobie|you can't blame the guy]] for desperately wanting to try out Christmas.

** And in a more recent fan mail episode, Peter gains the ability to turn people into Robin Williams by touching them with his hands. While delighted at first, he quickly regrets having this power after waking up next to Robin Williams instead of Lois. The episode ends with {{spoiler|a world full of Robin Williamses and an insane Peter who has chopped his own hands off.}}

* Josh McGrath/Max Steel of ''[[Max Steel]]''. While an accidental infusion of nanoprobes gives him abilities including super strength, super speed, invisibility, and the ability to change his appearance, he comes close to dying before resident genius Berto suggests experimentally dosing him with transphasic energy ("The Max Probes need transphasic energy to survive, and so does your son. I think."), and even then there was the chance that it would just kill him faster. Naturally, it's a success, but Josh/Max needs continued exposure to transphasic energy to survive (there are at least three instances where a lack of energy comes close to killing him) -- and in a worst case scenario, if enough of the probes are badly damaged or destroyed, then Josh/Max will die.

** Also from My Little Pony, Earth Ponies are the best at growing food, so without them, Equestria would immediately begin to suffer famine. This makes them perhaps the most important ponies in Equestria... unless they decide that they don't want to work in agriculture, in which case they're stuck with a power that they're never going to use, unlike [[Mind Over Matter|unicorns]] and [[Flight|pegasi]], who can find uses for their abilities wherever they go.