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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 ==
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* ''[[Kamen no Maid Guy (Manga)|Kamen no Maid Guy]]'': Kogarashi has [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]], most of them completely unrelated. In addition to the standard super-strength, inhuman toughness, super-speed and the ability to defy gravity with jumping, he has a paralyzing voice, x-ray vision, levitation, [[Prehensile Hair]], the ability to hypnotize people even without direct eye contact, hands that can evaporate all liquid from anything he rubs on, 37 senses (don't ask), knowledge of every gourmet recipe ever made, the ability to summon and direct underwear-stealing crows, and USB connectivity in his brain. For starters.
* ''[[Noein (Anime)|Noein]]'': The Dragon Knights have: [[Nigh Invulnerability]], [[Intangible Man|the ability to walk through walls]], enhanced perception of time, teleportation. Most of them have some form of energy blast and a secondary [[Personality Powers]] set.
* ''[[Jo
* ''[[Rave Master (Manga)|Rave Master]]'': Haru Glory's [[Morph Weapon|Ten Commandments sword]] at any given time gives its wielder powers to generate explosions, move and attack at super speed, cut intangible objects and seal magic, shoot ice and fire, paralyze and push back opponents, become a ridiculously heavy sword, emit blinding flashes of light, unleash a berserk mode that features enhanced strength and speed, and finally the ability to dispel evil.
* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'': most characters' abilities stick to a certain theme.
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** '''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}}.
* ''[[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force (Manga)|Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'': the powers Tohma gained from his [[Viral Transformation]] started off pretty simple, with the ability to fire huge blasts, [[Anti
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** '''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]], [[X Ray Vision|X-Ray Vision]], and so on when exposed to yellow sunlight. The most well known character being:
** ''[[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|Retconned]] as from being born on a world with high gravity and a thick atmosphere. Around the same time, [[Power Creep, Power Seep]] caused [[In a Single Bound|Super Leaping]] to become [[Flight]]. Later [[X-Ray Vision]] split off [[Eye Beams|heat vision]], and so on.
* ''[[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 With Fire|pyrokinesis]].
* ''[[Legion of Super Heroes]]'': Ultraboy a guy with the powers of Superman but he can only use one at a time (even the passive ones like invulnerability.) He does have a Legion flight ring so he doesn't have to use his natural flight which frees him up to use one other power. He does seem to keep the [[Required Secondary Powers]] for whichever ones he's using at the time though.
* ''[[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
* ''[[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|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>, which are thematically appropriate, but not really connected to the rest of his powers. Later versions of the character have given Spidey "organic web-shooters" to more closely tie his powers together. Over the decades, Spider-Man has developed other temporary powers or devices. A recent secondary mutation gave Peter more spider-based powers including the ability to feel trace vibrations in his weblines, enhancing his spider-sense to where he can practically see in the dark, making his hairs more sensitive, giving him poison stingers in his arms... [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|and the power to instantly recognize what species a spider is by looking at it]]. However, most of these powers, plus his organic webbing, have been lost in the [[Time Skip]] between ''[[One More Day]]'' and ''Brand New Day''.
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== 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 Goo Godlike|baby]]''. [[Word of God]] goes that he has so many powers precisely because he is a baby. When he grows up, he will make his choice of powers.
** '''Violet'''' had the seemingly unrelated powers of turning invisible and generating a force field, as a [[Shout Out]] to the Invisible Woman. As the Invisible Woman's entry above explains, those powers could be related -- you might use a field of some sort to bend light away to go invisible, and if you can project a field that bends away light, why couldn't it deflect other stuff too?
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== 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 dispute -- see [[Our Vampires Are Different]] for further discussion.
* ''[[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
* ''[[Book of Amber]]'': The Amberites basic package includes superhuman strength and endurance, regeneration, telepathy and dimension hopping; various family members also have prodigous weapon skill, sorcerous powers, or shapeshifting. Most of these [[Justified Trope|make perfect sense]] given their background (part of which you don't find out about until fairly well along in the Chronicles, because Corwin himself doesn't know it). See the series page for more details.
* ''[[Mistborn]]'':
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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
** ''[[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 [[Technopath|technopathy]] on the side) and can [[Elemental Shapeshifter|turn into a puddle of watery liquid]], which she often uses for escaping unseen from danger or to travel quickly via sewers.
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* [[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
** '''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.
** '''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).
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