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* The 2003 anime version of ''[[Astro Boy (anime)|Astro Boy]]'', which addresses the ridiculousness of his various built-in gadgets by giving him a highly modular construction that reconfigures itself in response to danger. He gains his iconic rocket boots after tripping and falling out the window of a high rise office tower.

** Also used in [[Astro Boy (film)|the 2009 movie]]; the rocket boots activate under similar circumstances, while his weaponry activates in moments of crisis during the final battle.

* In the [[Time to Unlock More True Potential|Hiryuu Shouten Ha story arc]] (Rising Dragon Wave in the US) of ''[[Ranma ~~One Half~~|Ranma 1/2]]'' [[Old Master|Cologne]] never gets around to disclosing the legendary technique's final step to Ranma. However, he figures it out all on his own just as Ryouga's fist is about to turn him into paste on the side of the mountain.

* In the [[Time to Unlock More True Potential|Hiryuu Shouten Ha story arc]] (Rising Dragon Wave in the US) of ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]'' [[Old Master|Cologne]] never gets around to disclosing the legendary technique's final step to Ranma. However, he figures it out all on his own just as Ryouga's fist is about to turn him into paste on the side of the mountain.

* The Nekoken of [[Ranma ~~One Half~~]]. Cover a child in fish. Throw them into a pit full of starving cats. The child learns or dies.

* The Nekoken of [[Ranma ½]]. Cover a child in fish. Throw them into a pit full of starving cats. The child learns or dies.

* Retasu in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' gained her mermaid form when she jumped into the ocean, despite being terrified and unable to swim, to try and save a small child.

** Technically a [[McGuffin|Mew Aqua]] also helped.