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The polar opposite of [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]]. Frequently comes with [[An Aesop]] about how it's actions, not powers, that make one a hero, or [[Power Loss Makes You Strong]].
Contrast with [[Always Need What You Gave Up]], in which the loss is voluntary, its absence never enjoyed -- and it stays missing until after another solution is found. Also contrast [[Sense Loss Sadness]]. [[Super
[[Bag of Spilling]] can be considered this trope when it applies to [[Video Game Characters]] between one game and its sequel.
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* In the second cours of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' {{spoiler|Kotetsu}} starts to show signs of a rare condition that causes gradual power loss in a NEXT. An especially painful example, since it's drawn out in a way that makes it seem eerily similar to certain [[Real Life]] progressive diseases...
* ''[[Inukami (Anime)|Inukami]]'': {{spoiler|Sekidousai and Dai Youko, because Jesei used up their power.}} Its unknown if this is premanent or if they're just exhausted.
* ''[[Tantei Opera Milky Holmes]]'' [[Zig Zagged Trope|zigzags]] this to a ridiculous degree. The series starts with the [[Four
* In ''[[Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo (Anime)|Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo]]'' Cruje deliberately casts a spell on herself to lock away her magical powers. Naturally, she ends up in situations where those powers would be very useful.
* Both ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' and ''[[Yes Precure 5]]'' had the main heroines lose their powers at the end of their respective series. Come their sequels (''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart]]'' and ''[[Yes Pretty Cure 5 Go Go]]'', respectively), we come to find out that they miss the action and adventure and things are set to give them back their powers.
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*** In a seeming thematic tie-in Lois and Clark get married during a later instance of Superman losing his powers.
** Superman also loses his powers permanently in ''World's Finest'' #178, and decides to try his hand as a [[Badass Normal]] hero - turns out he ''sucks'' at it (for one thing, he instinctively pulls his punches), but fortunately by the end of the follow-up story, [[Batman]] has promised to train him.
** He also permanently lost his powers back in ''[[Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow?]]'', though this one was intentional, as he had broken his [[Thou Shall Not Kill]] code. As such, he also gave up on all superheroism and resigned himself to [[Cursed With Awesome|a normal life married to Lois Lane]]. {{spoiler|Their son has the full powers, of course.}}
* In another story, Superman discovered that he lost all of his powers every time he changed into his Clark Kent identity. He was faced with a choice of whether he wanted to live out his life as Superman or Clark. It was eventually revealed that an alien enemy had treated all of Clark Kent's clothes so they blocked the yellow sun radiation that gave Superman his powers.
* In the [[Elseworlds]] series ''[[JLA: Act of God (Comic Book)|JLA Act of God]]'' a strange wave of energy hits Earth causing heroes and villains alike to lose their superpowers. Some disappear into the woodwork while others reinvent themselves as [[Badass Normal|Badass Normals]] in the [[Batman]] mould. However, if you watched [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|one man's review]] of it, you'd learn the writers fucked up this execution royally.
* A plot in the ''[[JLA]]'' book saw six members of the League have their secret identities split off from their superhero selves. While Clark Kent, John Jones and Wally West saw it as a blessing, Bruce Wayne, Eel O'Brien and Kyle Rayner could barely hold it together.
<!-- %%** [[YourMileageMayVary A mostly great plot]]. It would have been more consistent with their characters to have Wally be losing it and Kyle be okay. [[FridgeLogic How did Kyle deal with his need for a creative outlet a scant couple of years ago when he didn't have a ring?]] Answer: He drew (unless his Green Lantern half picked up all of his technical skill.) One guesses he just really got used to having the ring around in intervening years, it's hard to go back. -->
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== Live Action TV ==
* The episodes '"Human Nature" and "Family of Blood" on ''[[
** While he's still a Time Lord in "The Lodger", he can't get to the TARDIS and is forced to live life normally (and in the right order.) Watching the Doctor cook and work in an office is adorably jarring.
* "Helpless" from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''--a "test" called the Cruciamentum (induced by Buffy's mentor) at the command of the [[Ancient Tradition|Watcher's Council]]. One she was never informed of or prepared for.
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* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', "Night of the Living Grim": Grim contracts a bizarre magical disease, "Encroaching Doom Syndrome", that results in him turning into a mortal human. He goes back to being [[The Grim Reaper]] when the living slime creature his sickness created apparently eats off his flesh.
** There was also an episode were Mandy lost her nerve (as in a little [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of her attitude living her head) and it moves to Billy's head. This downgrades her from [[Heroic Sociopath]] to meek little girl and Billy up to a bully (though he's still stupid). She later decides she doesn't need the nerve and returns to her usual state while making the nerve vacate Billy's brain.
* In "Gwen 10", the [[What If]] episode of ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'', Ben wakes up without the Omnitrix, but remembering the series so far. Upon realizing that it's the day he got the Omnitrix, he tries to get it back... And fails. He kinda mopes for the rest of the episode, but nothing else is shown of how it would have gone from there; it's a one-shot "What if?" style episode, complete with [[Shout
** At times the whole ''Ben 10'' show seemed to play with the idea of losing powers. It was a story formula, he would use his alien powers, beat the tar out of several guys, then the true big bad would show up, and the Omnimatrix would be out of juice, Ben would then have to use his wits, creativity, and family to hold them off till he could juice up again. Presumably, they got tired of that because in "Ben 10: Alien Force" he never runs out of juice and changes from form to form at will.
* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', thanks in part to Sam's unassuming wish, Danny ends up an Average Joe without his ghost powers until she wishes it back.
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'''Zed''': No. You're a mere mortal now. You'll be punished like one. }}
** Of course, {{spoiler|1=this comes back to bite MiB in the butt in the next season when Alpha escapes, gains new ''robotic'' appendages and helps the Ixions attempt to invade Earth.}}
* While a [[Goal
* Makes up the plot for an episode of ''[[Ace Lightning]]''.
* Disney comic artists lamented they couldn't overuse the [[Born Lucky|Gladstone Gander]]-loses-his-luck plot because it would lose its value. It was finally used in the [[Animated Adaptation]] ''[[Duck Tales (Animation)|Duck Tales]]''' episode "Dime Enough For Luck."
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