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{{quote|''So far, I've established that she can [[Super Strength|hit like a Mack truck]], [[Time Master|selectively alter the flow of time]], [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and possibly]] [[Talking to Plants|talk to plants.]]"|'''Spike''' on '''Illyria''', ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''}}
We've all heard of the [[Superpower Lottery|standard superhero power deal]], of people with phenomenal cosmic powers[[hottip:*:[[Aladdin (Disney)|itty bitty living space not mandatory]], and of people whose powers make people point and laugh, since [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway]]. Sometimes, though, people like to mix things up and give someone with reasonable, or even cool, powers an additional lame or useless one.
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A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Combo Platter Powers]], [[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Mew Ichigo of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' has typical [[Magical Girl]] leader powers that make her a particularly useful fighter, as well as the ability to jump high, always land on her feet, and... transform into a cute helpless kitten. [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|Unexpectedly]]. This was played up in ''Tokyo Mew Mew - a la mode'' to the point where she literally had to turn into a cat after three minutes of fighting in order to let Berii take her spotlight and place as leader.
* Inverted a bit in ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'': Misty's Psyduck has Scratch and Tail Whip as its ''primary'' attacks (in fact, this is the only time we ever see Tail Whip in the anime). But then the uber-powerful Disable, Confusion, and sometimes even Psychic when its headache is big enough. Bear in mind that Psyduck's time in the spotlight was almost entirely during the first generation of ''Pokemon'', when Psychic was the Gun in the game's [[Elemental Rock
* Mokona from ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' can take people through different dimensions and works as a [[Universal Translator]]. Another of its "secret techniques" is imitating voices.
** That is not a useless technique, You never know when you are going to need doing a [[Bavarian Fire Drill]].
** Mokona's sort of a subversion of this. Every aspect shown of his however many secret techniques has come in incredibly useful for the heroes or Yuuko.
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* The eponymous character in ''[[Naruto]]'' doesn't always get the summon he ''wants'' and is stuck with Gamakichi and/or Gamatatsu instead. "Can spontaneously create a thousand clones of himself, generate and weaponize a ball of pure energy, and summon... a couple of small, hungry talking frogs..."
** This changes quite a bit in Shippuden, as Gamakichi and Gamatatsu have grown quite a bit bigger (as in, larger than any human, though they're still tiny compared to their father [[Kaiju|Gamabunta]]), and even the snack-obsessed moron Gamatatsu can do a powerful combination jutsu with Naruto.
** Played straight/for comedy with {{spoiler|Killer Bee}}, the host of the Eight-Tailed Beast. Being a jinchuriki gives you incredible amounts of chakra (even when not using the beast's power), the ability to transform [[Game Face|part]] or [[One
** {{spoiler|Jugo}} is the originator of the Cursed Seal, giving him great durability and can make his entire body a [[Shapeshifter Weapon]]. For [[Friend to All Living Things|an entirely different reason]] he can also communicate with animals, and have them do various tasks like scouting or scattered torn pieces of clothing to through someone off their trail.
* Parodied in ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'', when Tomo plans to take Chiyo's intelligence and Sakaki's athletic ability, and Osaka offers her forgetfulness. The theoretical super-Tomo shows up late and without her textbook, but does a triple flip into her seat and gives a perfect translation.
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** [[Fridge Brilliance|...Thus explaining why Ryuk loves to eat apples]].
* The skill set of Negi in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'' includes various [[Blow You Away|wind]] and [[Shock and Awe|lightning]] spells, [[Status Buff|Status Buffs]], [[Flash Step|Flash Stepping]], {{spoiler|[[Energy Absorption]]}}, etc., etc. Oh, and he also knows a spell for [[Breast Expansion|breast inflation]].
** Negi has a secondary one involving {{spoiler|his artifact, which borrows the powers of his partners. This includes [[Telepathy]], [[Anti
** Then there's Jack Rakan, whose portfolio includes [[Super Strength]], invincibility, ability to [[Crazy Awesome|disregard the laws of physics]], and... can [[The Nose Knows|locate enemies with alarming precision by the scent of their panties]]. Which [[Panty Thief|he stole right off of them]].
* Luca of ''[[Saint Beast]]'' gets flight, strength, and the ability to read minds via his fingertips. In a different story one might be able to find meaningful uses for this, but in the actual series the only thing he can use it for is to read his boyfriend's mind -- the reason he actually ''wished'' for it in the first place. In comparison Judas' [[Finger Suck Healing|healing kiss/breath]] is a lot less [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|lame]].
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** Don't forget Nudge, who can sense stuff about people through what they've touched (important -- she can guess any computer password), and she's magnetic (not so important -- they play with it on a plane for awhile, then it's promptly forgotten). Yeah.
*** It was probably pointed out that being magnetic and having to touch computers (to get passwords) don't mix.
* The Sleeper from ''[[Wild Cards]]'' gained a new form and powers every time he woke up. However, one power stayed with him: He could generate sad piano background music by saying [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|'Play it again, Sam']].
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** She actually seemed quite upset about losing that last one.
** It may be a clever in-joke, as Fred (whose body Illyria is using) talked to plants for a while after returning from a hell dimension. (They didn't talk back.)
* ''[[The Secret World of Alex Mack]]'' is a show about a girl who, after being dosed by chemicals, gains telekinesis, the power to send out electric shocks, turn into a puddle (which is a lot more useful than it sounds, as she could actually move around while in water mode), change colour when upset (which isn't) and, after a [[Power Creep, Power Seep|power creep]], burp bubbles and wield super strength [[Power
* In ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', Sylar's current set of abilities includes, among others, [[Telekinesis]], [[Psycho Electro|lightning blasts]], an incredible [[Healing Factor]], and... [http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/downloads/Heroes_novel_123.pdf being a printer].
* In ''[[Misfits]]'', 'Jesus' had the powers of telekinesis and teleportation, but also walking on water and the ability to drive people mad with lust by touching them. Justified by the fact that he brought these separate powers from Seth.
* [[Jenny McCarthy]] had a show structured like SNL for a while, and one of her recurring characters was a superheroine who had the usual powers, plus the ability to blast people with quarts of snot that made them chill out.
* The comics had [[Wonder Woman]] as an [[The Champion]] of [[Complete Immortality|the amazon warriors]] with [[Super Strength]] and an [[Cool Plane|invisible plane]]. The [[Wonder Woman (TV)|Wonder Woman TV series]] introduced the world [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL9L_uYASrU to the way] Diana Prince could [[
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** [[Physical God|Suwako Moriya]] can create and manipulate earth, controls curses and the beings that cause them, and has dominion over frogs. Then again, [[All There in the Manual]] states there is at least one really huge frog in Gensokyo.
** Yuuka Kazami is a youkai with incredibly high levels of strength, endurance and magical energy, and the original creator of Marisa's [[Kamehame Hadoken|Master Spark]]. Her actual power is [[Green Thumb|manipulation of flowers]], which is referred to as "more of an extra".
* In ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]: The Devil's Playhouse'', Max has the power to see the future, teleport, [[Astral Projection|astrally project]] himself and others into films or slides, [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shapeshift]], force words into other people's mouths, compress into a tiny space, read minds, [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|destroy elder gods]], [[Dream Stealer|eat nightmares]], [[Reality Warper|warp reality]], and produce an Nutritional Information list of any food item he looks at. This last power isn't even necessary to beat the game.
* In [[Spyro the Dragon]]: Enter the Dragonfly, Spyro can [[Breath Weapon|breathe]] fire, ice, and ''bubbles''. The Bubble Breath is entirely useless except for trapping the [[MacGuffin]] dragonflies. Later game "A Hero's Tail" featured Water Breath, which couldn't kill any enemies and was only useful for solving a few puzzles.
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