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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Dr. Jackson:''' Egeria, Roman goddess of fountains.
'''Col. O'Neill:''' [[Odd Job Gods|Fountains]]?
'''Dr. Jackson:''' Also childbirth.
'''Col. O'Neill:''' How do those two go together?|''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' }}
Superheroes sometimes have an unintuitive combination of powers. Sometimes this is a [[Justified Trope]]. For example, anyone with [[All Your Powers Combined]] will have
This can happen through accretion, as with [[Superman]]; as a deliberate change to the character, like the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Invisible Woman]]; or even at creation, like the [[Martian Manhunter]]. Sometimes there will be a [[Hand Wave]] as an off-hand explanation ("Secondary mutation", anyone?) or a later [[Retcon]] to explain how the powers actually work together; other times, it just happens. The most common set is the [[Flying Brick]].
This does ''not'' include abilities gained by learning them or some other method of choosing them, as something that can be learned is only random if the ''character'' wants to learn it random things. This means most magical abilities are excluded.
Frequently a result of when a character keeps playing the [[Superpower Lottery]]. Compare [[Required Secondary Powers]] when the oddball minor powers are actually necessary to make the main power work properly. When the character in question is some kind of god, he/she is usually one of the [[Odd Job Gods]]. When one of these powers is significantly less powerful than the rest, it's [[Flight, Strength, Heart]]. When it's the standard [[Flight]], [[Super Strength]], and [[Super Toughness]] package, that's [[Flying Brick]]. If it's flight + some ranged attack, that's [[Flying Firepower]].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]'': [[Superpowerful Genetics|Kekkei Genkai]] sometimes provide extremely random ability combinations.
** '''Sharingan''' (the regular ones are based on sight/perception/analysis, but the [[Deadly Upgrade]]'s powers are all kinds of crazy, {{spoiler|including hypnosis, setting things ablaze with immortal flames, and '''[[Reality Warper|bending reality at will.]]''' Also, with [[Applied Phlebotinum|Senju DNA]], an Uchiha gains the Rinnegan's powers as well}}).
** '''Rinnegan''' (become an [[Instant Expert]], use all five [[Elemental Powers]] when no one else can, see chakra, {{spoiler|summon an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that lets you animate six human bodies with their own unique power, and summon the being that has control over life and death}}), and the ones with them can still learn other regular techniques.
** '''Byakugan''' [[Averted Trope|Averted]], which is supposed to be just as powerful as it's cousin-technique the Sharingan, has seen no major powers or upgrades short of 360 degree vision {{spoiler|almost,}} and seeing the chakra points on people. [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|What kind of lame power is vision, anyway?]]
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** '''Franky''' has cyborg abilities including a [[Rocket Punch]], an [[Arm Cannon]], a smaller arm gun with [[More Dakka]], an arm ''shield'', sideburn blade boomerangs, [[Fartillery]], being [[Made of Iron]] [[Weaksauce Weakness|except for his back]], [[BFG|a shoulder cannon]] that [[Squick|he has to dislocate his shoulders to use]], [[Breath Weapon|fire breath, NAIL breath,]] a huge air cannon that requires both arms, and the ability to turn into [[Rule of Funny|a reverse centaur]]. And this is all before the [[Time Skip]], from which he got back totally rebuilt.
** '''Brook''': The Revive-Revive Fruit originally appeared to give him the ability to come back to life, once. Post-Timeskip, his powers now seem to have granted him control over his soul, which allows Astral Projection and the ability to create ice by drawing on the coldness of the afterlife.
** '''Blackbeard''': Dark-Dark Fruit powers grant at least two entirely different sets of powers: One set of powers allows him to manipulate gravity and be a living black hole (hence the name of the fruit), and the other lets him [[All Your Powers Combined|take someone else's Devil Fruit powers]]. So far, however, it hasn't been entirely clear how much of this he began with, how much he's taken from others, and how much are his own body's natural abilities. Nevertheless, he has a definite odd combination, now that he can not only control gravity, but also {{spoiler|create earthquakes at will}}.
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** '''Wolverine''': healing factor, retractable claws, enhanced smelling and hearing, adamantium skeleton. It's explained that Wolverine is the [[Superpowerful Genetics|product of two mutant families]]. His mother's family has long been "cursed" with bone claws and mindless animal rages, while his father has the regeneration and enhanced senses. [[Lamarck Was Right|Wolverine gets all of them]]. The adamantium is added, much later in his life, by government experimentation. They'd been wanting to do it for a long while to produce [[Super Soldier
** '''Emma Frost''': Telepathy and turning to diamond.
** '''Nightcrawler''': Physique and coloration give him poor-man's-Spiderman agility and shadow-camouflage. And teleportation.
** '''Angel''': Wings for flight and the [[Required Secondary Powers]] that make flight work and can heal people with same blood type. Although the last part was added later because, well, flight is boring. Angel also recently gained the ability to transform to and from Archangel, who has metal wings with razor-like feathers. That can be fired at enemies.
** '''Icarus''': Wings and associated [[Required Secondary Powers]], the power to mimic any sound, as well as [[Healing Factor]] for ''himself.'' Unfortunately, the healing factor relied on enzymes produced by the muscles of his wings, so when they were removed, he lost that power and promptly had a [[Dropped a Bridge
** '''Sage''': a mind that works like a computer and can jump-start the mutations of those with the mutant gene but no powers (or activate the "secondary mutations" of powered mutants, which are often unrelated to their original powers, placing them in this trope's territory.) And telepathy that she rarely uses, despite being nearly on par with Emma Frost.
** '''Wild Thing''' of the MC2 [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]-verse: The healing factor and animal-like senses and hairdo of her dad, Wolverine, with a smaller dose of the temper. "Psychic claws" in the style of Psylocke's psychic blade? (It's said it was "taught" to her by Psylocke, the mental version of [[Charles Atlas Superpower|CharlesAtlasSuperpowers]], but ''no one else'' without psychic powers has ever been shown to use one, and Psylocke's own ability to use this is at the mercy of whatever's going on with her powers at the moment.)
** '''Monet St. Croix''': [[Flying Brick]] powers. [[Fusion Dance|Ability to merge with any mutant member of her family]] encountered thus far, with different combinations having entirely different personality and powers. This goes, in fact, for all of the St. Croix siblings except for Nicole (who hasn't displayed solo powers just yet.) And telepathy and heightened intelligence.
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** '''Omega Red''': has a healing factor and life draining powers. [[Super Strength]] from draining life, metal tentacles don't fit but were added since healing factor let him take it. Releasing clouds of deadly gas is what doesn't fit (marvel handbook calls the gas death pheromones. Sweating some sort of toxin would probably explain healing factor. Healing factor explains strength. Draining life sustains the healing factor). Carbonadium the metal that makes up his tentacles is a poor subsitute of admantium, it's radioactive which explains the source of the gas.
** '''Gambit''': power is to make [[Stuff Blowing Up|stuff blow up]], later [[Hand Wave|HandWaved]] as turning the potential energy in an object into kinetic energy. His charm, though, is sometimes said to be psychic in nature. His agility is also enhanced, sometimes [[Hand Wave|explained away]] as a subconscious manipulation of kinetic energy in his own body. Also, when he was temporary blinded, he could see glimpses of the future in his cards, a power he's never had before or since. And they were dramatically extended in the New Son/New Sun saga - in the end, his powers were basically extended to manipulation of any matter - he gained a healing factor, flight powers, the ability to make stuff explode with a mere thought etc etc etc. The powers had initially been turned off by Mr Sinister, and at the end of the saga, were 'burned out' by his exertions fighting his [[Alternate Universe]] duplicate.
** '''Magneto''': control over magnetism, which was quickly expanded to include the entire electro-magnetic spectrum. He also has telepathy, though it is undeveloped.
** '''Mimic''': can duplicate the abilities/training of anyone he's around was the original power, but thanks to [[All Your Powers Combined]], permanently has the original X-Men's powers: [[Eye Beams|Cyclops' optic blasts]], [[Psychic Powers|Jean Grey's telepathy]], [[Winged Humanoid|Angel's wings]] (and presumably the secondary's that come along with them), [[An Ice Person|Iceman's ice powers]] & Beast's strength & agility.
** '''Apocalypse''': wide array of powers due to alien/future (his [[Expansion Pack Past]] gets complicated, though not as bad as Logan's) technology, through which he can use virtually any physical superpower, as well as interface with technology. His inborn powers are merely being an insanely good fighter, a degree of [[Super Strength]], stamina and durability, [[Super Intelligence]], [[Immortality]]... and having gray skin for no good reason. He has also demonstrated [[Telepathy]] and [[Telekinesis]], but it is unclear whether these are natural or part of the suit.
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** '''Marrow''': mutation is to have bone weapons growing out of her body, a healing factor to survive said outgrowth and for unknown reasons pink hair and skin. She also has two hearts... to explain how she could be stabbed in one and be back later when she goes the way of all dead mutants.
** '''Rogue''': the power and [[Life Energy]] absorption, and used to have the [[Flying Brick]] package permanently absorbed from Ms. Marvel. For a time, she had Sunfire's flames-and-flight combo. Even more recently, Rogue has gained voluntary control over her absorption along with the ability to recall any and/or all of the powers she has absorbed in the past.
* [[DC Comics]]: [[Human Aliens|kryptonians]] have a standard [[Flying Brick]] ([[Super Strength]], [[Super Speed]], [[Flight]]), [[Eye Beams|heat vision]], [[
** ''[[Superman]]'': His original powers were mainly exaggerations of normal human abilities; in the first story, simply because he was from an older planet and more "[[Evolutionary Levels|highly evolved]]" than us mere mortals. Later this was [[Retcon
* ''[[Superboy]]'': Conner Kent and Chris Kent a.k.a. Nightwing have Kryptonian powers ''and'' tactile telekinesis. Chris' girlfriend Thara Ak-Var aka Flamebird has Kryptonian powers ''and'' [[Playing
* ''[[Legion of Super
** The Composite Superman was a villain who, due to a freak accident involving wax statues of the Legionaries, gained ''all of their powers''. (Yep, he gained the powers of all 21 of them.)<ref>Oh, you want specifics? Okay, in addition to Superman's powers, he could grow big (Colossal Boy), grow small (Shrinking Violet), make two duplicates of himself (Triplicate Girl), throw lightning bolts (Lightning Lad), project heat (SunBoy), make objects lighter (Light Lass), make objects heavy (Star Boy), eat anything (Matter-Eater Lad), turn invisible (Invisible Kid), bounce (Bouncing Boy), stretch (Elastic Lad), shapeshift (Chamaeleon Boy), was telepathic (Saturn Girl), super intelligence (Braniac-5), magnetic powers (Cosmic Boy), could transmute matter (Element Lad), and could make himself intangible (Phantom Girl). Oh, and Ultra Boy had "penatra-vision", which was like X-ray vision, but was superior to Superman's in that it was not hampered by lead, so he had that edge too.</ref> While this included [[Superman]]'s powers (as both Superboy and Supergirl were members, plus Mon El and Ultra Boy being similar) he didn't exactly use them right and wasn't nearly the threat he could have been.
* ''[[Sub-Mariner|Namor the Sub-Mariner]]'': has everything you'd expect from a being built to survive underwater: strength enough to survive ocean pressure, agility and speed to swim quickly and efficiently... and tiny wings on his ankles that allow him to fly, making him a [[Flying Brick]]. This last was eventually explained as a mutation caused by his [[Half-Human Hybrid|surface-dweller/Atlantean hybrid]] heritage. Thus he's considered one of the first mutants of the modern age in the [[Marvel Universe]].
* ''[[Martian Manhunter]]'': [[Super Strength]], [[Intangible Man|intangibility]], [[Shapeshifting]], [[Size Shifting]], [[Psychic Powers|telepathy]], [[Super Speed]], [[Eye Beams|heat ray vision]], the ability to strain gold from seawater, the ability to create ice cream cones with the power of his mind, the power to animate clothing, underwater breathing, and control over magnetism. Oh, and fire is his [[Kryptonite Factor]]. Yes, ''even though'' he has heat vision. And the explanation for all this? He's Martian. That's it. The more ridiculous powers (ie everything after heat vision) have been mostly dropped in recent years. In his [[Justice League (animation)|cartoon incarnation]], his powers are strength, flight, intangibility, shape-shifting and telepathy.
* ''[[Spider-Man]]'': Most of his powers are supposed to be those of a spider, amped up to human proportions, but with [[Spider Sense]] standing in for a spider's multiple eyes. But once having got these powers, Peter quickly invents his web-shooters,<ref>Originally, he knew instinctively how to mix chemicals to make web, which he then loaded like cartridges into a "blaster" on his arm</ref>
* ''[[Fantastic Four]]'': Susan Storm, who started out with just invisibility, then gained force field powers to allow her a more active role in the stories. A much later [[Retcon]] claimed that her invisibility was actually an instinctive use of the forcefield to distort light around her. Johnny Storm also has the [[Flying Firepower]] set, and is over on that page.
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* ''[[No Hero]]'':
** '''Joshua Carver''' has super strength, flight, and quick healing.
** '''Smoke Lightning''' can transform into smoke and shoot lightning.
* ''[[Cerebus]]'': Parodied with the "reads" character Rabbi. He had hundreds of peculiar and highly specialized powers such as dextrorotatory breath - making the plane of polarization of light spin to the right by blowing.
* [[Darkseid]] was born with the [[Super Strength]] and [[Nigh Invulnerability]] common to the strongest of the [[New Gods]]. Then he killed his older brother to claim the Omega Effect, which is essentially a [[Green Lantern Ring]] (the trope, not a literal one) taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the form of [[Eye Beams]]. The Omega Effect allows Darkseid to teleport people, [[Agony Beam|torture them]], [[Twilight Zone|wish them to the cornfield]] and wish them ''[[Back
== Fan Works ==
* John in ''[[
** When he was being changed into a winged humanoid by Varx to save his life, there was magic left over that had to be factored in somehow. Varx channeled the magic into mild [[Super Strength]] and super-hearing because he wanted it to be as unobtrusive as possible. Why he didn't improve John's sight, which would have made more sense for a winged guy, can probably be explained by the fact that he was working very fast.
** When he got his water powers, which come from a magical gem, the gods {{spoiler|(actually Jeft)}} ensured that he would get the gem (rather than Paul) because it worked better on stronger hosts.
== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[The Incredibles]]'':
** '''Jack-Jack''' can shape-shift, turn into metal or a goblin, phase through walls, fly, set himself on fire, eat wood, and shoot [[Frickin' Laser Beams]], and that's just what we've seen so far... And he's a ''[[Goo
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== Films -- Live Action ==
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** '''Callisto''': [[Super Speed]] and the ability to detect other mutants ''and'' the nature of their powers, apparently at any distance (she ''was'' how Magneto found the caravan transporting Mystique.) A result of telescoping the powers of several Morlocks into one character for the movie.
* [[Darkman]]: All over the place: he's a [[Man of a Thousand Faces]], scarred [[Tragic Monster]], a fount of [[Power Born of Madness|unhinged, super-strong rages]], and he's immune to pain--[[Blessed
== Literature ==
* ''[[Dracula]]'': is supremely strong, hypnotic, commands animals, [[Super Smoke|can turn into a mist]], addict people to his blood, and climb walls like a spider. Most of these powers can be found in folklore about vampires, or previous vampire novels, but not usually all at once. And just what constitutes "vampire powers" is under
* ''[[Codex Alera]]'': Even a single-element Crafter will get an impressively broad array of powers. As an example, an Earthcrafter can gain superhuman strength, shift rock and earth to create barriers or tear down walls, calm animals, travel rapidly over the ground, [[Rule 34|induce]] [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|lust]], and sense people's locations if they're on the ground. {{spoiler|Tavi is smart enough to recognize the implications of this, and when he is short of combat engineers enlists the local brothel to aid a demolition project.}}
* ''[[Book of Amber]]'': The Amberites basic package includes superhuman strength and endurance, regeneration
** Their initiation (walking the Pattern) gives ability to move between worlds and extra juice for sorcerous powers. Those with sorcerous training can also create Trumps, that allow communication and travel reaching almost anywhere in [[Multiverse]] — as basic functionality is available even to normal people with some practice; and some things beyond it with more power, i.e. link to Pattern or something comparable.
* ''[[Mistborn]]'':
* '''Mistborn''' have quite an impressive array of abilities, including [[Super Strength]], [[Super Senses]], emotional manipulation, limited telekinetic control of metals, and [[Combat Clairvoyance]]. Justified in that they get their abilities by metabolizing certain metals, each of which has distinct effects- a Mistborn ''without'' his or her metals is no more powerful than any other human.
** '''Feruchemists''' from the same series have a similarly broad array of powers, because of their ability to alter their own bodies' processes through [[Equivalent Exchange]]. It's well within a Feruchemist's abilities to have [[Super Strength]], [[Super Senses]], a [[Photographic Memory]], a [[Healing Factor]], and more- as long as they're willing to go with their abilities similarly ''reduced'' for an equivalent amount of time.
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'':
** And as of season 4, {{spoiler|Matt Parkman}} has gained the power to paint the future, despite already having powers of his own.
▲** '''The Haitian''' can block the powers of other 'special' people. Also, he can erase memories.
*** Interestingly, an episode also showed him flying, but it turned out to have been [[All Just
▲** And as of season 4, {{spoiler|Matt Parkman}} has gained the power to paint the future, despite already having powers of his own.
** '''Santiago's father''' from the webisodes, who has the same power as Santiago himself, plus electricity.
▲*** Interestingly, an episode also showed him flying, but it turned out to have been [[Just A Dream]].
** '''Ando''' eventually acquires the ability to boost the superpowers of others by touch; this ability apparently manifests as red lightning that can blast people with concussive force.
▲** '''Santiago's father''' from the webisodes, who has the same power as Santiago himself, plus electricity.
▲** '''Ando''' eventually acquires the ability to boost the superpowers of others by touch; this ability apparently manifests as red lightning that can blast people with concussive force.
** "Baby Touch-and-Go", whose touch can activate or deactivate electrical and mechanical devices, and... superpowers?
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** She can also learn any language in record time, which is a good thing because she's allergic to [[Translator Microbes]].
* ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series: Some have Riders whose power ''is'' to mix-and-match:
** ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' can match one of three fighting styles ([[Bare-Fisted Monk]], [[Simple Staff]], and [[The Gunslinger]]) with one of three [[Elemental Powers]] ([[Blow You Away]], [[Rubber Man]], and [[Playing
** ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' takes this further, able to select different powers for his head, body, and legs; with five options for each. At least OOO's powers are tied together by an animal theme. For example, his default form has the [[Improbable Aiming Skills|eyesight of a hawk]], the [[Wolverine Claws|claws of a tiger]], and the [[In a Single Bound|leaping ability of a grasshopper]]. And again, this is before counting the dinosaur-themed [[Super Mode]] (which can't be mixed with any other powers), nor is it counting powers and combinations exclusive to movies and promotions.
* The title character from ''[[The Secret World of Alex Mack]]'' has [[Mind Over Matter|telekinesis]], [[Shock and Awe|electrical manipulation]] (with some minor [[
* [[Misfits]]: Although most people were only given one power by the Storm, a drug dealer has the ability to transfer powers from one person to another. One of his customers bought telekinesis, walking on water, teleportation and the ability to drive people mad with lust when he touched them. {{spoiler|Simon}} gained {{spoiler|precognition}}, time-travel, and immunity to others' powers. In a few rare cases people gained secondary powers from the storm, such as {{spoiler|Nathan}} gaining {{spoiler|immortality and the ability to see the spirits of the dead}}, and Simon gaining invisibility and {{spoiler|super-human aim}}.
== Myths & Religion ==
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: A good example is the [[Classical Mythology|Greek god Poseidon]], who, in addition to the oceans and seas, also held dominion over earthquakes ... and horses.
** The horse thing came from a story where Poseidon and Athena were challenged to come up with something both beautiful and practical by some settlers, who agreed to name their city after the
** A lot of such gods have justifications, that usually don't immediately make sense unless you were worshiping them at the time. For instance, Pallas Athena was the patron deity of Athens (obviously), and associated with defensive warfare, wisdom and olive trees- things primarily associated with Athens.
** This also helps us date the myths. For instance, Athens was ''also'' known for its extensive sea trade (which included settling about half of the Greek colonies in Ionia), so this legend probably dates from a time when that association had been made (i.e. towards the end of the Greek Dark Age), and people were asking why they seemed to have favor with Poseidon (or somesuch).
** The earthquakes are because the land was thought to float on the water, meaning that he could cause earthquakes without touching the land.
* Artemis is the goddess of virginity and childbirth because when she was only minutes old she helped her mother Leto give birth to her brother Apollo. The goddess of the moon part started with the Romans who stopped worshiping Selene the moon goddess and gave her the name Luna Diana.
* Catholic Saints and their Orthodox cousins carry on the tradition. St. Christopher, for example, is patron saint of bachelors, travelers, gardeners and toothache. Or traveling bachelor gardeners with toothaches.
** St. Barbara is patron saint against death by artillery, and hatmakers. She is also the patron of the [[From Russia With Nukes|Strategic Rocket Forces]].
** St. Michael the Archangel is the patron saint of radiologists, soldiers, paramedics, paratroopers, police officers, communications workers, postal workers, grocers, supermarket workers, stevedores and longshoremen. Supermarket workers!
** Saint Nicholas is one of the oldest examples. The saint who forms the base for the Santa Claus is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, thieves, children, and students. If that mix wasn't enough, he is also considered the saint of prostitutes. Legend has it he saved three daughters of a poor man of a lifetime of prostitution by dropping money through the chimney, leading into the Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus legends.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Superhero [[Tabletop Games|RPGs]] in which the characters are randomly generated tend to fall into this trope regularly, for obvious reasons.
* ''[[Golden Heroes]]'': an early Australian entry in the field, allowed the player to roll for random
* ''Super [[Munchkin (
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* ''[[Dark Sun]]'' sourcebook ''The Will and the Way'' has a kit "Tribal Psionicist" whose main feature was the combination of usual class development and random wild talents not restricted by prerequisites and synergetic with conventionally learned powers. That may happen to be overpowered or almost useless, at whims of the [[Random Number God]].
== Video Games ==
* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' and ''[[City of Villains]]'':
** And that's just at ''creation''. Starting after level 41, you can get Ancillary power pools based on your class but again otherwise unbound (so a Tanker with a shield in one hand and an axe in the other could suddenly start throwing out fireballs, or develop psychic/energy shields, etc.) The villain equivalent that you need to run a mission to get are Patron pools, which are thematically bound to said patron (though running the quest for one unlocks for all) but otherwise unique. And that's not even getting into [[A God Am I|Incarnate]] abilities...
** '''Mario''': The title character has had a long list of powerups along the years, among them: A [[Drop the Hammer|Super powerful Hammer]], power to [[Elemental Powers|shoot fireballs]], to [[Sizeshifter|grow in size]], [[Invincibility Power-Up|temporary invincibility]], a flying raccoon suit that transformed into a statue, a Frog suit to swim faster, a turtle suit that gives him an infinite supply of hammers, a [[Best Level Ever|giant clockwork boot]], a pet Dinosaur to ride on, a [[Flight|Flying cape]] (which deflects projectiles in ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros Melee and Brawl]]''), rabbit ears that allow him to Glide and Super Jump, hats that let him become solid Metal, [[Intangible Man|Intangible]]/[[Invisibility|Invisible]], or Fly, the ability to puff himself up like a balloon, a water gun that straps to his back, and the latest game gave him Ice powers, and Ghost, Bee, and spring transformations. Not to mention his vanilla standard powers of [[In a Single Bound|Super jumping]], [[Super Speed]], and [[Super Strength]] that he always has. New Super Mario Bros. Wii adds a Penguin suit that can swim like the Frog Suit, toss freezing snowballs like the Ice Flower, and walk on ice without slipping. And the Propeller Hat for flying. Plus has the Mini Mario from the DS game that is super tiny and can run across water without sinking.▼
▲* [[Mario]]:
** '''Bowser''': As of [[Mario
▲** '''Mario''': The title character has had a long list of powerups along the years, among them: A [[Drop the Hammer|Super powerful Hammer]], power to [[Elemental Powers|shoot fireballs]], to [[Sizeshifter|grow in size]], [[Invincibility Power-Up|temporary invincibility]], a flying raccoon suit that transformed into a statue, a Frog suit to swim faster, a turtle suit that gives him an infinite supply of hammers, a [[Best Level Ever|giant clockwork boot]], a pet Dinosaur to ride on, a [[Flight|Flying cape]] (which deflects projectiles in ''[[Super Smash Bros|Super Smash Bros Melee and Brawl]]''), rabbit ears that allow him to Glide and Super Jump, hats that let him become solid Metal, [[Intangible Man|Intangible]]/[[Invisibility|Invisible]], or Fly, the ability to puff himself up like a balloon, a water gun that straps to his back, and the latest game gave him Ice powers, and Ghost, Bee, and spring transformations. Not to mention his vanilla standard powers of [[In a Single Bound|Super jumping]], [[Super Speed]], and [[Super Strength]] that he always has. New Super Mario Bros. Wii adds a Penguin suit that can swim like the Frog Suit, toss freezing snowballs like the Ice Flower, and walk on ice without slipping. And the Propeller Hat for flying. Plus has the Mini Mario from the DS game that is super tiny and can run across water without sinking.
** '''Wario''' in the ''[[
▲** '''Bowser''': As of [[Mario and Luigi Bowsers Inside Story (Video Game)|Bowser's Inside Story]], Bowser has [[Super Strength]], [[Breath Weapon|fire breath]], [[Big Eater|inhaling enemies and food]], and the ability to [[Selective Gravity|momentarily defy gravity]] letting him [[Grievous Harm With a Body|body slam]] and use the momentum of his punches to fly over gaps. Within the series, he also uses dark magics.
* ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'': [[Time Master|Time Mages]] can [[Bullet Time|slow enemies]], [[Time Dilation|makes themselves and their allies faster]], [[Time Stands Still|stop enemies]], [[Extra Turn|stop time to doubleact]], [[Overnight Age
▲** '''Wario''' in the ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]]'' series. His transformations range from the somewhat normal (on fire, flat, etc) to somewhat odd (become a vampire, zombie, invisible, frozen) to the completely insane (head puffs up like a balloon to float to various areas, dizzy/drunk Wario in ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]] 3'' and the weird hats in the first game allowing a head mounted jetpack or flamethrower).
* If Shepard asks Thane about his beliefs in ''[[
▲* ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'': [[Time Master|Time Mages]] can [[Bullet Time|slow enemies]], [[Time Dilation|makes themselves and their allies faster]], [[Time Stands Still|stop enemies]], [[Extra Turn|stop time to doubleact]], [[Overnight Age Up|make their enemies older and weaker]], [[Groundhog Day Loop|restart the battle]]... and [[Death From Above|drop comets and meteors on the heads of enemies]]. That is a result of [[Lost in Translation]]. They are really Time-Space Mages. Miniature black holes for Gravity, Exit, Warp, and the occasional comet fit right in.
▲* If Shepard asks Thane about his beliefs in ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]],'' one of the deities Thane reveals he prays to is Kalahira, Goddess of Oceans and the Afterlife.
▲{{quote| '''Shepard:''' Oceans and Afterlife don't seem to have much in common. <br />
'''Thane:''' Consider. The ocean is full of life. Yet it is not life as you and I know it. To survive there, we must release our hold on land. Accept a new way to live. So it is with the death. The soul must accept its departure from the body. If it can't, it will be lost. }}
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* ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'': generally avoided, so the exceptions stand out all the more:
** '''Mustang Sally''': is super-strong and [[Nigh Invulnerable|hard to hurt]]. She also has [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] and [[Super Speed]].
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** '''Oak''': is super-strong and invulnerable, but can also [[Green Thumb|mentally control plants]].
*** The former two are probably linked to trees, so he's essentially plant-themed.
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** '''The King''': the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the Public's Obsession With Elvis Presley has sonic powers, knows karate, and is charming as all get out.
* ''[[Whateley Universe]]'': a variety of characters, several of which won the [[Superpower Lottery]].
** '''Tennyo''': keeps [[New Powers
** '''Merry''': who started out as a combination energizer/technopath (reasonable so far), then got roped into a secret church order and endowed with mystical powers (notably the ability to heal herself or others with the side effect of sending her own soul to Hell for a brief visit), and the incident that permanently split her up into Petra and Paige (with two personalities
** '''Jimmy T.''': ''Massively'' versatile [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shifter]] including massive [[Attack of the
** '''Murphy''': powers allow her to warp reality, grow back limbs, and cause dead animals to follow her around.
* ''[[Trinton Chronicles]]'': every character has between 2 and 6 powers normally; in some cases these powers don't seem to belong to the same person!
** '''Sabella''': Generates electricity, controls water, and is empathic.
** '''Robert''': Can manipulate magnetic fields and summons other worldy beings.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Apart from the "Ghost powers" he is supposed to have, like [[Flight]], [[Invisibility]], and [[Intangible Man|Intangibility]]; he also has various powers like energy blasts, [[Super Speed]], [[Super Strength]], a [[Make Me Wanna Shout|Supersonic scream]], [[Doppelganger Attack|duplication powers]], and...[[An Ice Person|Ice powers]]. Some Videogames have also gave him fire powers to go with the ice ones. The concept of "[[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghosts]]" covers enough bases in popular culture for most of these to be easily handwaved in some way.
* ''[[WITCH (
** It's also revealed that, with time, all of them can learn how to teleport, though only Will ever uses this.
* ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Good Times With Weapons": parodied extremely well.
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'''Kyle:''' Goddamnit, Cartman! [[New Powers
'''Stan:''' Yeah dude, that's like the fifth power you've come up with!
'''Cartman:''' I am Bulrog and I have lots and lots of powers! }}
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
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