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** Piccolo (Junior) managed to somewhat evade this trope by staying relevant all the way up to the Cell Saga despite not being a Saiyan. He still contributed to battles by defeating Dr. Gero and later on, combining with Kami to trade blows with both Android 17 and Cell in his first form. It's only afterwords that he became a jaded babysitter for Trunks and Goten during the Buu Saga, never again to regain his former glory.
** Krillin "suffered" from this, but it actually helped make him one of the more endearing characters in the series -- when push came to shove, he would show surprising heart and bravery by jumping into fights he knew he had essentially no chance of winning.
*** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Krillin in the [[Non
{{quote| '''Krillin''': Can't I get in one good hit???}}
**** Also, there's Master Roshi. He was initially stated as being the most powerful person in the world at the start of Dragonball, but by the end of the Demon Piccolo saga, he is completely worthless and never does anything again EVER.
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* In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', you tend to pick your core party of 5 characters to level up in Chapter One, and while it's not impossible for everybody else to play catch-up, most people don't bother.
** Except for [[Game Breaker|Cidolfus Orlandeau]]. Better known as Thunder God Cid. Better known as the guy who can (and will) replace your best special melee classes with his own class which combines the three best close combat classes into one giant stabbing machine. Coming free in the storyline, along with [[Infinity+1 Sword|Excalibur]] helps. He Can'tCatchUp, because he's already so far infront he can (quite literally) solo the final boss from when you get him (if you are smart with abilities and equipment).
* In ''[[Legend of Mana]]'', your [[NPC|NPCs]] and [[Mons]] aren't always bright enough to pick up EXP gems, making them lag unless you have an accessory equipped that allows [[Leaked Experience]]; still, leveling [[NPC|NPCs]] isn't very useful since their levels reset on [[New Game
* There's a part in ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'' that can leave a player stuck if they fall into this. Oh, you were only leveling up your main power group this entire time? Too bad! Now you have to use your underleveled characters for the rest of this ''disc''.
* In both the computer and tabletop version of Avalon Hill's ''[[Third Reich]]'' the French army never improves, ever. Normally this isn't a problem, because France usually falls to the Germans no later than Spring 1941. But sometimes, especially if the Axis player decides to go east and attack the Soviet Union first, France may hold out more or less indefinitely, in which case this trope becomes very noticeable. Every other country gets new units in 1942 or '43; even the Italians get a paratrooper and another 9-factor fleet. The French are stuck with mostly 2-3 infantry and a few 3-5 armor units, plus two 5-factor air fleets, and they never get a paratrooper. There's just not a lot they can do at that point. Although this may be more a case of Can'tAvoidFallingBehind.
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