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** In the series proper, Goku also kills a minor minion in the Buu saga this way.
** Also, each time a part-Saiyan heals from a near-mortal wound, they come back significantly stronger. Vegeta dangerously, deliberately uses this to his advantage, in addition to the incidental uses by most of the other part- or full-Saiyans. Turns out that teaming up a guy who gets dramatically stronger after recovering from injury with a guy whose power is to heal other people's injuries works pretty well.
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', all of the Dragon Slayers can eat their element to heal themselves and boost their attacking power-resulting in a literal example of this trope's name,as the main male lead ''eats fire''.
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* Subverted in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', where the demon Byako gets stronger by absorbing the energy from Kuwabara's aura sword, until he takes in too much, causing him to get indigestion.
* In ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'', Von Stroheim, nazi cyborg and also '''one of the good guys''' (I shit you not), attacked a very weakened Kars with his ultraviolet rays, to finish him off. But Kars had sneakily managed to wear a certain mask and a certain stone, so basically the rays that should have killed him, turned him into a god instead. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]...
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* In the film ''[[Evolution (film)|Evolution]]'', the trope title plays out literally when fire induces rapid growth in the alien invaders.
* The Ultimate Evil from ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' is basically the ultimate example of this trope. '''Any''' hostile action '''at all''' directed at it will cause it to grow stronger, as it feeds off of negative feeling.
* Literally true with [[Gamera]]. In one movie, he is healed by crashing into an oil refinery and absorbing the resulting explosion.
== Folklore and [[Mythology]] ==
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Feng Shui]]'' has this as a Creature Power called "Conditional Escalation," which temporarily gains you a point in one of your stats each time a particular condition is meant (getting hit with a gun, a fu power, a successful spell, taking a certain amount of damage, causing a certain amount of damage, etc.)
* Some ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' cards get more powerful in this manner, such as the old Fungusaur, which got permanently slightly bigger every time it sustained damage.
* '[[Warhammer Fantasy]]''
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** One dragon ogre character has the special rule "Lightning Rod". Any lightning-based attack used within a certain radius will automatically redirect to him, and it grants him power just the same as his weaker relatives.
* Very common in games of ''[[The Awful Green Things From Outer Space]]'' until the crew work out what weapons will kill the things and which will make them grow larger.
* ''[[Dungeons
** Electricity and lightning cause Shambling Mounds to increase in size and [[Hit Points]].
** Hitting an iron golem with magical fire restores lost [[Hit Points]].
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** The move "Bide" increases its attack power with every point of damage taken during the time your Pokémon "bides its time," and "Rage" starts out as a weak move, but each hit your Pokémon takes pumps its Attack stat as long as it keeps using the move.
** There are also some Pokémon abilities<ref>Water Absorb, Volt Absorb, Flash Fire, Motor Drive, Lightningrod, Storm Drain, Justified, Sap Sipper, and Dry Skin</ref> that heal a Pokemon's health or raise a stat when the Pokémon is hit by a certain type of attack, instead of damaging them.
* In ''[[Crysis (series)|Crysis]]'', {{spoiler|the alien ice field absorbs a nuclear weapon's blast to grow.}}
* The adult Sheegoths in ''[[Metroid Prime]]'', they absorb most energy weapons into their ice-like carapace.
** As do Elite Pirates.
* In the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games (and many other rpgs, even Pokemon has the Absorb <element> traits), some monsters Absorb certain elements, healing them instead of dealing damage. This means an enemy with fire absorb will literally feed on fire.
** In ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' a monster called Kudlak will arise stronger everytime it's killed, unless done so in a special way. It tries to goad the party into killing it.
* In ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'', Dragons, Aqua Demons, and Mystic Beasts are innately immune to fire, ice, and wind respectively, but if they're donning equipment with a Lover on it, they absorb a percentage of the damage they would've taken as HP instead.
** There's also the Holy Dragon, who can absorb non-elemental special attacks, which is much more useful (Or annoying) then the abilities possessed by the previously mentioned monsters, due to how prevalent such attacks are.
** Considering how ridiculously over the top some of the stronger attacks are, it can be quite comical to see these monsters get healed by things like disintegration, [[Earthshattering Kaboom|world ending explosions]], or being sliced in half.
* In ''[[The Story Of Thor]]'' for SegaMegaDrive, there's an enemy that takes the form of a string of flames moving around the area. Predictably, attacking it with fire-based attacks restores its health.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' the villain Kuja has just figured out that he can use the game's [[Limit Break]] system in order to make himself nigh-unstoppable, after absorbing a whole bunch of souls. All he needs is a lot of aggressive energy to trigger the [[One-Winged Angel|transformation]]. So naturally he [[Batman Gambit|walks right up to the heroes and starts a boss fight.]]
* ''[[Mega Man 2]]'':
** Using Bubble Lead on Bubble Man will fully heal him.
** Using Crash Bombs on Heat Man will fully heal him
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'', the replicator pods on Ghost Planet are found to grow when hit with Space Ghost's destructo ray. This being Space Ghost, it takes him awhile to stop shooting his ray even after he realizes that it's making it grow. Eventually, he uses this to make the one next to Zorak gigantic.
* In the [[Kaiju]] parody episode of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', Mandark's MASER Tank only makes the monster grow larger and more powerful.
* ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' had a [[Monster of the Week]] aptly named the Fire Monster in the aptly titled "Ring of Fire" episode that got stronger whenever Godzilla used his atomic breath on it. H.E.A.T. had to resort to using nitroglycerin to knock it out since it doesn't create flames when detonated.
* ''[[Futurama]]'', when the plan to overload the energy being Melllvar's electro-quantum structure (described as being "like putting too much air in a balloon") doesn't work:
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Attempting to persecute Religions often makes [[Self Fulfilling Prophecies]] come true, and gives the religion Martyrs, helping them to grow in number and influence.
* In biology, this trope occurs when an infection is partly eradicated by an antibiotic, but not completely, giving the thing time to adapt and thus making it immune to this antibiotic in the future, and thus creating even worse strains.
* Don't spray that water-based Fire Extinguisher on an electrical fire!
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