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== Anime & Manga ==
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** '''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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* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure
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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. <!-- Would someone more familiar with the series comment on whether he's a real cyborg or some kind of magically created cyborg? -->
** '''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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== Comics ==
* ''[[X
** '''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|Super Soldiers]], but adamantium is poisonous -- a test subject who could heal away the ill effects was perfect.
** '''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. <!-- Sunfyre and Sunpyre or whatever their names were have been moved to FlyingFirepower as that is the subtrope for "flight and energy beams" style powers. -->
** '''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.)
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* [[DC Comics]]: [[Human Aliens|kryptonians]] have a standard [[Flying Brick]] ([[Super Strength]], [[Super Speed]], [[Flight]]), [[Eye Beams|heat 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
* ''[[Legion of Super
* ''[[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|cartoon incarnation]], his powers are strength, flight, intangibility, shape-shifting and telepathy.
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* ''[[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.
* ''[[Comic Book/Danger Man|Danger Man]]'' (nee [[Sue Donym|Dan Jermain]]) was a hapless worker in a nuclear plant who was caught in an industrial accident that made him bigger, stronger, and more powerful. And also gave him energy blasts, the ability to breathe underwater, and he can have a meltdown if he gets angry. His head and hands glow and have little spheres orbiting around them, atom-style. Although he's also a huge subversion of the whole "radiation accident" origin; He's not a superhero. He's still a hapless worker in a nuclear plant, but now when he rolls over in bed he crushes his wife, tears his clothes up with one false move because he's so strong, and gets stared at on the subway because of how obvious his situation is.
* ''[[Static (
* ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'': Empowered's super suit gives her super strength, energy beams... and the ability to make phone calls by speaking into her pinky and forefinger and [[Wall Crawling]] and [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|the ability to breathe in space]], it turns out. Also, her suit can turn invisible. ([[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|Not her]], [[Fan Service|just the suit.]]) The suits mask offers a bunch of vision based powers as well including [[X-Ray Vision]] and the like.
* ''[[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|The Hulk]]'': He has [[Super Strength]], is [[Nigh Invulnerable]], can create a stunning sonic boom with his hands, [[Healing Factor|regenerates]], okay, all fit sort of with the "unstoppable force of rage" idea. However, two other, lesser-known powers: he can see, and HIT, ghosts and astral projections, and can home in on the site where the gamma bomb that created him went off. And [[Super Intelligence|supermath]]. The ability to automatically reduce collateral damage when levelling down entire cities. Officially, this is explained as Bruce being a 'hypermind', able to analyze and predict the consequences of his actions near-instantaneously. Hulk is also highly resistant to telepathy and mind control(it's mentioned that he was the only one who wasn't effected by the [[Cosmic Retcon]] that wiped out everyone's memory of the Sentry, and neither [[X
* ''[[Spider-Woman (Comic Book)|Spider-Woman]]'': Mattie Franklin, one of the numerous heroines (and villains) who goes by the name. has the powers of [[All Your Powers Combined|all of them]]. This includes powers such as: Strength and agility, flight, energy blasts, some low-level psychic powers, psychic webs, psychic spider-legs... Logically she should also have Jessica Drew's pheromone powers, but they were never demonstrated.
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== 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.
** In the [[Daria]]/[[Legion of Super
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== Films -- Live Action ==
* ''[[X
** '''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
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'':
** '''The Haitian''' can block the powers of other 'special' people. Also, he can erase memories.
** And as of season 4, {{spoiler|Matt Parkman}} has gained the power to paint the future, despite already having powers of his own.
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** '''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 [[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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* 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 powers--but then required her to come up with a justification for all the powers working together. Any powers the GM wasn't convinced were properly explained got cut.
* ''Super [[Munchkin (
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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-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.
** '''Bowser''': As of [[Mario and Luigi Bowsers Inside Story
** '''Wario''' in the ''[[
* ''[[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 ''[[
{{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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** '''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 each -- it's a bit complicated, okay?) also turned the latter into a werecat...
** '''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!
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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.
{{quote| '''Cartman:''' Hold on you guys. I actually have another power. I can see into the future too, but better than Kyle. Let me try it.<br />
'''Kyle:''' Goddamnit, Cartman! [[New Powers
'''Stan:''' Yeah dude, that's like the fifth power you've come up with!<br />
'''Cartman:''' I am Bulrog and I have lots and lots of powers! }}
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
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