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*** 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]].
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider Man]]'s'' Electro is amazingly powerful, but suffers from extreme [[Power Incontinence]], particularly when angry, rendering electrical devices inoperable or destroyed by power surges. He has to wear a suspiciously ineffective insulation suit at all times to avoid harming others, and can't even ''eat'' without discharging electricity. Small wonder that he [[Comes Great Insanity|freaks]] [[Freak
** Similarly, Rhino has his suit, which has him become super strong and completely impenetrable... Which is too bad, considering that he needs to rehydrate every few minutes, otherwise he'll pass out.
* Cheetara of the ''[[Thunder Cats]]'' actually states that she considers her clairvoyant ability to be more of a curse than a blessing, due to the physical drain it puts on her body.
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* 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.
** It's also notable that Demona's very painful, induced case of daily [[Boomerang Bigot|Boomerang Bigotry]] was a "gift" from Puck ("All Puck's gifts come with a price"). For that matter, [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|her and Macbeth's immortality]] might also count, though it's even more clear in this case that [[The Fair Folk|the Weird Sisters]] weren't ''[[Manipulative Bitch|really]]'' trying to be nice.
* 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.
** But because he's still the Pumpkin King, he can't escape Halloween even when he's trying to be Santa Claus. The result? Some very [[My Little Panzer|dangerous toys.]]
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