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So a character once had some kind of amazing powers, but they had to give them up for some (doubtless suitably noble) reason. Or maybe the villain took their powers away, or they lost them in some other way. Point is, their powers are gone. Bummer, isn't it? But don't worry, they won't stay [[De Power|De Powered]] for long. With a bit of [[Applied Phlebotinum]] or some intervention by the [[Powers That Be]], they'll have new -- and maybe even better -- powers.

 

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Toward the end of the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga (and second anime), {{spoiler|Roy Mustang loses his eyesight but gains more powerful and diverse alchemy as a result of being forced through the gate. At the end, he even gets his eyesight back courtesy of a Philosopher's Stone}}

** The exact same thing happens to Ichigo earlier. After rather stupidly attacking Captain Kuchiki when he showed up to grab Rukia to be a [[Damsel in Distress]] for the Soul Society arc, Byakuya attacks him in such a way as to remove his shinigami powers. Urahara immediately puts him through some [[Training From Hell]] to bring them back, since Byakuya only removed what Ichigo stole from Rukia in the very beginning. {{spoiler|A seemingly unanticipated quirk in the process ("seemingly" because [[Guile Hero|you never can be sure with]] [[The Chessmaster|Urahara]]) results in Ichigo ''also'' gaining Hollow powers.}}

** And, he's at it again. {{spoiler|After losing all of his powers again in a major battle and post-timeskip, Ichigo is once again gaining powers, now using fullbring as a source.}}

** To add a little to the above, {{spoiler|Sasuke replaced the more alien powers he got from Orochimaru with his clan's more natural (loosely speaking) powers.}}

* Lina Inverse from ''[[The Slayers]]'' was once cursed by a demoness, and lost all her magic powers. She started to wear talismans that gave her enough boost up to do at least some small spells. When the demoness was killed, the curse ended, and Lina not only got her powers back but also added one of the setting's most powerful spells to her repertoire. She still wears the talismans, which now make her destructive spells even more destructive! {{spoiler|Or rather, wore them - she had to sacrifice the talismans to cast one of her spells later.}}

** In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Gundam SEED]]'', Arthrun {{spoiler|self destructs his Gundam to try and kill Kira, who is at that time his enemy. However, he gets a new, better Gundam a few episodes later}}. In ''[[Anime/Mobile Suit Gundam Destiny|Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', {{spoiler|The Savior is irreparably damaged after a fight against Kira and the Freedom. A few episodes later he upgrades to a better Gundam again.}}

** Likewise, in both series Kira upgraded to a stronger model shortly after his original machine was destroyed.

*** [[You Fail Physics Forever|Because the explosion power was the exact inverse of the freezing power. (Kinetic energy?!)]]

**** The way they explained it was the 'freezing' power was the ability to slow down molecules, while the 'explosion' power was the ability to speed them up. More like a continued manifestation of her power than an actual reboot.

* Occurred at the end of most of the early ''[[Power Rangers]]'' seasons, when the Rangers would lose their powers, just to get some new ones at the beginning of the next. This ceased in ''Lost Galaxy'', as this was the first year of yearly cast replacement.

** A variant occurs in the "Dark Wish" arc of ''Mystic Force'': The Rangers lose their powers, then get their old powers back along with a [[Super Mode]].