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{{quote|''"Now why didn't he do that before? Did he forget he can do that?"''|'''Joel''' on [[Gamera]], ''[[
{{quote|''"I wonder if that [[Daffy Duck|silly duck'll]] remember that he can fly."''<br />
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Usagi often used her disguise pen in the first season of ''[[
** In the first episode we see that she has super hearing through the gems in her hair and we never get to see her use them again ... ever.
** Her scream/cry is also shown to be some sort of sonic weapon which she also uses only once.
* Most ''[[
** In one [[Filler]] scene during the Goku vs. Freeza fight, Freeza opens the ground under Goku, who hangs for the edge as the lava rises from underground. Goku tries to climb, fails and gets his butt burnt by the lava in a comical manner. Except that Goku, like damn near everyone in the show, ''can fly''.
** In the original ''[[
* This happens countless times with Tsuzuki from ''[[
* Along with [[Heroic Second Wind]], this is probably the ''#1'' reason anyone gets beaten in ''[[
** Probably the most blatant example of this is when Kenpachi fights Tousen. Tousen uses his bankai and then proceeds to lecture Kenpachi about his worldview/how his victory is assured because of his abilities/how his abilities work/etc. rather than finish the fight giving Kenpachi enough time to figure out a winning strategy. Now that sounds pretty standard and while dumb, isn't egregious, until you remember that Tousen's bankai [[What an Idiot!|removes all of Kenpachi's senses including sight and hearing, rendering him completely ignorant to the fact that he's getting a lecture in the first place, never mind hearing or comprehending it]].
** Orihime has a spectacular example in the Bount filler arc. One of the Bounts manages to control Rukia. [[Actual Pacifist|Orihime]] subsequently panics and spends a whole episode angsting, then eventually removes the control with her healing powers. The sad thing is that near the start of the show she had done almost exactly the same thing when Tatsuki was controlled by a hollow.
** There are several characters in the show that ''[[Invoked Trope|intentionally]]'' do this; usually it's because they either don't want any additional responsibility (for example, openly displaying that they released a Bankai would be basically a near-instant promotion) or because it doesn't fit their style (such as a pure-physical fighter having a Kido-based release, or a stealthy assassin's Bankai basically being a ''gigantic, tactical nuclear missile'').
** Characters in [[
** Aizen forgets that he could just make illusions and kill everyone, speeding his plan up by 60%.
** Of course, the stupidity ignored in the Lust chapters: what's the first thing you do when you see the man you just tore a hole the ''size of Kansas'' get up, don a Hollow mask, and seem perfectly alive despite missing his heart and lungs? {{spoiler|Why, ask it who he is and not '''get the hell out of there''.}} It seems that, during this, Ulquiorra forgets he has superior speed AND wings that could propel him out of there in a ''minute''.
* Happens all the time in ''[[Pokémon (
** The fact that they're ''never able to recognize them'' even when they're all wearing a [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] is also an example of this. A talking Meowth and hair like Jessie's apparently is easy to forget.
** In ''[[Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions
** In the third episode of the ''Best Wishes'' series, there is a scene with a group of Pokémon stranded on a disintegrating island in the middle of a lake of boiling water. Some of these Pokémon are Flying-types. They're birds that remember they can fly when they are persuaded to cross a bridge the heroes make so that they can get to safety and that then proceed to FLY AWAY.
** In the same episode, he almost orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on a grounded Sandile, who has Iris' Axew in its mouth. The only thing that stops him from going through with this plan is Iris reminding him that the attack would hurt Axew, not the fact that the Ground-type Sandile is outright immune to electricity. Sometimes, when actually remembers them, the kid forgets ''how'' to properly use his powers.
** In ''[[Pokémon: Arceus and
* In ''[[
* [[Slayers
** Even if they cast ''Ray Wing'', there's a good chance [[Acrophobic Bird|they'd still fly parallel to the ground]] until Lina realizes this second layer of stupid.
* In the New Vestroia season of ''[[Bakugan
* ''[[
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* Nearly any situation should be easily solvable by [[The Flash]], [[Super Speed|since he can move hundreds and hundreds of times faster than anything else on earth.]] Yet he constantly forgets to use the full potential of his superpowers until it's time to end the story. Abilities the Flash consistently forgets he has: running faster than light, speed stealing, infinite mass punch, etc.
** ... and it gets worse. On one occasion the villains have destroyed a bridge. The Flash runs to a university, teaches himself civil engineering, rushes back to the site of the collapsing bridge, scavenges for parts and builds an entire new bridge to replace the old one, all in the blink of an eye. This trope is the only reason anyone is able to beat him.
** Lampshaded in an episode of ''[[Justice League (
** It becomes even more ridiculous given the fact that at one point the Flash was [[The Flash/Awesome|able to (within a small fraction of a second) save a city from nuclear annihilation by carrying its half a million person population to a hill miles away one person at a time.]] And yet Central City's banks still get robbed on his watch.
** In the 4 issue alternate universe DC tale, ''[[
** To the point where he moves so fast, not only can he run through the air, he simultaneously exists in the physical and metaphysical planes.
* Most of the above points also apply to other speedsters in the DCU. Heck, to most comic book speedsters, period.
* Obviously, [[
** Specifically, he frequently forgets to use his super speed while attacking. However, he is in the habit of standing and taking shots to intimidate his opponents so it's not always a case of forgetting. And how anyone ever manages to sneak up on him when he has super hearing is a complete mystery. Except for Batman, because he has [[Crazy Prepared|active noise cancellation technology built into his costume for just such an occasion]].
* Marvel's Vision has occasionally fallen victim to similar attacks (though it's rarer). In one issue of ''What If?'', he was killed by a parasitic alien vine that grew into his bodily systems. A fan wrote in to ask what was up; the editors [[Ascended Fanon|eagerly latched onto his suggestion]] that "the plant in question isn't entirely tangible itself, and that's why the villain used it".
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* ''The Essential [[Silver Surfer]]'' is ''full'' of this. When he meets a scientist who invents a device that might let him leave Earth but needs money to make it, the Surfer decides to ''get a job''. He can't (because [[Undead Tax Exemption|he doesn't have a Social Security number, he's not in the union,]] and he's funny-looking) so almost robs a bank in desperation, forgetting ''he can manipulate matter'' and could just make the scientist's gear for him. He spends about eight comics looking for someone who won't hate him for being "a silver-skinned freak" before he remembers that the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]] were quite friendly... need I go on?
* In ''[[Marvel Zombies]]'', the zombies are attacking Doctor Doom's castle and the Scarlet Witch is infected by the Punisher. Gee, Scarlet Witch, did it never occur to you you could just teleport him and the other zombies away like you did with Ash earlier? Or teleport Enchantress away earlier so Dazzler wouldn't be infected? It is also never explained why Doom didn't just kill Enchantress in the beginning {{spoiler|like he did later}}.
* [[Green Lantern
* The chronic and widespread amnesia over the Iron Queen's [[Magitek]] is one of the main causes of the [[Idiot Plot]] that is ''[[Archies Sonic the Hedgehog|The Iron Dominion Saga]]''; the Freedom Fighters are constantly clueless to the fact that their enemy can control machines with her mind, and wind up being shocked each time one of their cyborg or mechanical allies gets turned against them by her. They also keep forgetting that they have a counteragent to her spell ''right in their own backyard''. And in case you're wondering, there's actually a time in the saga where the Iron Queen ''herself'' forgets that she has this power, and has to be ''reminded'' that the Freedom Fighters are holed up in a [[Gray Goo]] city that she can manipulate...''after she successfully infiltrated and messed up said city with her powers''.
* Speaking of the [[Doctor Strange|Sorcerer Supreme]], he is repeatedly in situations where his virtually unlimited mystic abilities could resolve the plot, or at least make it much simpler. Alas, the good Doctor's imagination is often limited to that of those who write him.
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== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[Getting Back
{{quote| '''Spike''': Uh, Trixie, one thing.<br />
'''Trixie''': Yes, what?<br />
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== Films ==
* The Mobile Infantry in ''[[Starship Troopers (
* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
** Commented by several cast members on the audio commentary. [[Ian McKellen]] mentions bringing the trope up to [[Peter Jackson]], who shrugged and told him he used up all the batteries when he saved Faramir, and the shops in Minas Tirith were all out.
** This is probably the reason why, in the extended edition, Peter Jackson had the Witch-king destroy Gandalf's staff shortly afterwards; something that could not have happened in the book.
** This happens in the book, as well. The narrator's explanation implies that this was essentially a battle of wills, and the Nazgûl backed down because it wasn't the time yet to challenge Gandalf in all out battle -- their leader wasn't present and they didn't have an army behind them, and their quarry wasn't that significant at this point. Basically, Gandalf intimidated them to leave, but they could have chosen to resist if they had a good enough reason. It's possible to speculate that this beam of light had approximately the same strength as a stream of running water, which the Nazgûl also fear, but can overcome if they really must.
*** And by "this happens in the book as well" it means the face-off happened but nothing as egregious as Gandalf's staff exploding.
* In ''[[The Neverending Story (
* The ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequels retroactively introduce this trope to the original trilogy by establishing that R2-D2 has the ability to fly and torch his opponents, something he never does in the original trilogy even though it would have been useful to do so.
** [[Word of God]] has it that R2's rocket boosters broke at some point in the intervening years, and Industrial Automaton (the company that makes R2 units) no longer manufactures that part.
* Everyone who isn't a part of the Fire Nation suffers from this in ''[[
** The Fire Nation imprisonment of the Eath-benders. In the show it was completely justified as they were on a metallic platform in the middle of the ocean. In the movie, they're at a mine. As in, surrounded by dirt and rocks. And they outnumber their Fire Nation guards by a minimum of a dozen to one. The very weak "their spirits are broken" excuse is washed away by a speech that boils down to "You're Earth-benders. You're completely surrounded by dirt and rocks. DO SOMETHING." They effectively imprisoned a bunch of soldiers, made them use their loaded guns to dig holes, and the soldiers never thought to shoot.
== Literature ==
* ''[[Harry Potter (
{{quote| "HAVE YOU GONE MAD?" Ron bellowed. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"}}
* This happens quite a bit in the Ancient Indian epic poem the "Ramayana". As an avatar of Vishnu, Rama should be completely over-powered in the human realm. Instead, Rama seems to forget that he is a god until the other gods remind him. In the original version of the poem, Valmiki's version, this happens more than once.
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* In the ''Mallorean'', Belgarath does this. He, Belgarion, and Zakath have to fight a dragon, which is immune to direct sorcery. He makes Garion and Zaketh immune to fire to face the dragon, and has no doubts that this will work, demonstrating that indirect sorcery can be used. Despite this and 7000 years of experience, the idea of translocating large rocks above the dragon's head, or something similar, never occurs to him.
** Easily half of the entire content of ''any'' book written by [[David Eddings]] exists only because the protagonists don't make simple and forward use of the god-like (and we mean sometimes very ''literally'' godlike) powers they have. There is sometimes a flimsy reason given for this (and not used anymore when the plot dictates) but most of the time they just don't use a simple possibility they have - and rather go for an incredibly contrived method that somehow seems like a genius idea.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* This happens many times in ''[[The Vampire Chronicles]]'' series:
** Lestat is a skilled computer hacker in Tale of the Body Thief, but doesn't know how to use email when it becomes a plot point in Blood Canticle.
** When Louis falls improbably in love with Merrick, it never occurs to David that something supernatural is going on, even though he's an expert in magic and he knows she's a witch.
* Used in a subtle and clever way in ''[[
== Live Action TV ==
* Hiro Nakamura of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' is one of the most powerful characters in the series with the ability to stop time and teleport; he's just too much of a dork to think of using it when he needs to defend himself. This was even given a nod in the series when his friend, Ando, deliberately antagonized a group of peeved gamblers, assuming Hiro would use his power to put them all down. Hiro, not comprehending the situation, was almost immediately KO'ed by a punch to the face.
** What about the time that Hiro and his friend have to find out what's in a safe, finally get it open, only to have the document stolen by a woman with super-speed powers? Hiro then spends several episodes trying to chase her so they can get the document back and see what it says. It never occurred to Hiro that he could have gone back yesterday and opened the safe and read the document before the thief stole it. He then could have replaced the document if he didn't want to cause a paradox or even replaced the document with a fake if he were really smart. This is also immediately after Hiro spent some time idly making time pass forward and backwards just to see a clocks hands move. So the speedster is so fast that, even when time is "stopped" she moves at normal speed. What about when time is rewinding?
** Peter Petrelli is far worse than Hiro when it comes to being handed the [[Idiot Ball]]. But I guess they have to make him stupid to avoid having him fall into [[A God Am I]] status. By comparison, at least in the first season, Sylar usually used most of his arsenal to deadly effect.
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*** The best example comes in season 3. In a Mexican-standoff hostage situation, rather than using telekinesis or time-stopping, he uses newly acquired super-speed to attack one of the enemies. The fact he attacked the most harmless enemy is a whole another [[Idiot Ball]]...
** In contrast, in Season 4 Hiro expends considerable time and effort using his powers to solve a problem that he easily could have solved without them. He meets a distraught cubicle worker on the roof, who wants to jump because he was fired for photocopying his butt. So Hiro travels back in time to sabotage the copier, only for the guy to do it again at the next opportunity. And again. And again. While it was a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], one wonders if there was another way Hiro '''Nakamura''' could have saved the guy's job at '''Nakamura''' industries.
* The various ''[[
** This is especially jarring in episodes in which transporter failure ("The Enemy Within") drives the plot. No one seems to recall the shuttles, the shuttles' transporters, or the cargo bay transporter system.
** In any scene where there is a man-to-man on the ship/station, they could put the transporter to work, simply beaming the enemies into the brig or even just erasing their patterns without bothering to reconstitute them.
** Another ''Deep Space Nine'' example, in the second season finale (which introduced the Dominion formally, with the Jem'Hadar and the Vorta), a Vorta is able to use a powerful psychic telekinetic attack in combat and to escape from a holding cell. No mention of these abilities are ever made again, let alone actually used by a Vorta, even in situations where it could have been a huge advantage for them.
** The variable effectiveness of phasers is a common plot hole in ''[[
** Cloaking technology is a major source of tension, particularly between the Federation and the Romulon and Klingon Empires, who both use it extensively. The fact that the Federation could potentially counter the utility of cloaking devices by simply recruiting more members of [[Psychic Powers|telepathic]] races such as [[A Day in
* In ''[[Fringe]]'' an episode pertaining to a [[Bad Future|flash forward]] tries to portray Olivia Dunham as [[Future Badass|having mastered her abilities]] by showing off her telekinesis. Dunham, a generally already battle hardened cop with lightning reflexes and an inexplicable penchant for headshots (before any brainwashing) is confronted by Walternate, brandishing a gun, and is promptly shot in the face after [[Idiot Ball|failing to react]].
* In ''[[
* When the ''[[
** In the noted example, Phoebe was only tolerating this criminal in the first place because he had effectively kidnapped and hidden a friend. Phoebe's logic was put up with him until he gave her the necessary information. Of course, at this time, Phoebe had [[The Empath|empathic powers]], which she never bothers to use here. It's not quite mind reading, but she used it in other situations before to help figure something out.
* In ''[[No Ordinary Family]]'' Stephanie seems to constantly forget that she has superspeed and could solve their problem in a fraction of a second. It doesn't help that when not using her powers she doesn't seem to have any kind of [[Super Reflexes]], and ''terrible'' normal reflexes, so she's been hit by attacks that even most non-speedsters could dodge. One particularly notable example comes in the finale, when they're encircled by men with guns and after about 30 seconds of them talking and trying to find another way out, she remembers that she can just punch them out before they do anything, and does.
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* ''[[Knight Rider]]'' tended to both play to and avert this trope. There were lots of things demonstrated that were used only once or twice and then never used again that would have been very helpful (usually involving scanning something, sensing something, or nearly-telekinetic power). On the other hand, sometimes functions would be brought back after a couple seasons and suddenly used again.
** A few functions were explicitly mentioned as removed, such as the laser and water hydroplaner, but by and large KITT's functions were a fluid thing and you never knew which new thing might pop up.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', Merlin deserves an honorable mention for deciding that POISONING Arthur is necessary to fake his death, when there have to be a million other ways to do it. Arthur gets bonus points for going along with it.
** After the first few episodes, Merlin also completely forgets his original innate power of stopping time and telekinesis with nothing but a glare. As soon as he starts learning some spells that don't even have a fraction of this power, he only uses spells which could have him executed if anyone listens to his muttering.
* M-16 users in Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1 never once use the M-203 grenade launchers that are usually attached to their M-16s, even when faced with squads of Jaffa. In addition, the standard hand-held grenades are almost never used, despite multiple situations throughout both series where a single M67 grenade would eliminate their opposition. Even the M67 grenades "forget their powers" when the one grenade explosion in SGA Season 3, Phantoms, doesn't even damage Shepard, despite the 6 sticks of dynamite equivalent of the grenade and the blast being less than 15 feet away and nothing between the metal fragments lofted by the blast and Shepard. (At that close range, the effect would be somewhat like a hummingbird being hit by a 12 gauge shotgun blast.)
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== Video Games ==
* The railroad ending options of ''[[
** ''Broken Steel'' changes the fate of the both the player character ''and'' Paladin Lyons to being [[Not Quite Dead]], no matter who went in and pressed the button. Also it allows you to send in one of your radiation-immune companions to activate the purifier instead.
*** Despite this, the ending cutscene will still call you a coward for not going through the deed yourself, likely because nobody felt like modifying it after the DLC and get [[Ron Perlman]] to re-do the voice.
** Though to reiterate, the fact that 4 of your companions should enter for you is explained away by it being "your destiny" or it not "being in their contract".
* In ''[[
** Phoenix's Magatama lets the holder see "when a person they are talking too is locking something in their heart". Someone can lie yet said person could not consider the lie too be of emotional value too them, so they don't have said lie in their heart. Thus no locks would appear. Plus it's implied very strongly that in order for the magatama to pick up a lie, Phoenix must directly ask that person the question they are lying too. So someone can lie casually and it won't pick it up. Phoenix has too directly ask that person a question (such as "Are you the person who killed Ms. Victim?") in order for the magatama to pick up if the witness is lying or not. Also Pearls tells Phoenix that his Magatama only works "When he's going up one on one with someone". So it won't work in court because Phoenix is up against the prosecution as well as the witness. In terms of Apollo Bracelet, once again it's NOT a lie detector (I get a little annoyed when people call the magatama and bracelet lie detectors). It's something that lets Apollo know when a witness is acting nervous, so sometimes a someone will lie yet they won't cause his bracelet too react because they are not having a habit play up. Plus I'm sure the bracelet, while not used properly outside trials, does react sometimes too witnesses nervousness; such as when Apollo try talking to Machi, a foreigner, only for him too give up when he gets no reaction; {{spoiler|His bracelet reacts when he talks to Trucy about how he does not speak English. Hinting too Apollo that maybe he does understand what they are saying}}.
* At one point in ''[[
** An almost identical occurrence happens in ''[[
* Lancer in ''[[Fate/stay
** He tried it against Saber at the beginning of the game. It didn't work because her Luck stat was too high. (Considering that, the only ones his skill would work against are Archer, Rider, {{spoiler|True Assassin}} and {{spoiler|Dark Saber}}.) And he clearly beat Archer in UBW with the stronger version of it but didn't finish him.
** {{spoiler|Gilgamesh}} is of course the king of this trope, but it's justified due to his ''massive'' [[Pride]]: He just never considers anyone 'worthy' of going all out on.
* How many times can the dragon [[Spyro the Dragon]] ''forget he can breathe flames'' at the start of a new game in his series?
* ''[[
* In ''[[God of War (
* [[Silver Surfer]] in [[Silver Surfer (
* ''[[
* During the climax scene of ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* From the ''[[Ciem Webcomic Series]]'': Candi figures out the ''first time'' that pregnancy is her greatest weakness. Unable to control herself around Donte, she stock up on condoms...that she [[Forgotten Phlebotinum|conveniently forgets she has]]. If it didn't make her feel even worse, she could consider [[A Date
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{{quote| '''Bugs:''' I wonder if Daffy will remember that he can fly." ''(crash)'' "Nope, I guess not.<br />
'''Madden:''' That's a good observation by Bugs. Why isn't Daffy using his God-given abilities? }}
** Similarly, in ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'', Daffy feels he's helpless and wishes that Duck Dodgers was there to save the day. Then he remembers that ''he'''s Duck Dodgers.
* To move the [[Idiot Plot]] of a typical episode of ''[[
** Also lampshaded in "Nectar of the Odds": Timmy unsuccessfully tries to make his lemonade taste better using cheese, taco sauce, peas, and chocolate laxatives. While Timmy goes to the bathroom (after trying the laxatives), Wanda wonders why he doesn't just ''wish'' for sweeter lemonade.
** In Timmy's defense, every single attempt he ever made at simply wishing the plot of the week to be magically resolved was always blocked by some arcane and obscure magic rule that would forbid magic from undoing his previous stupid wish. "Not Using Magic to Break True Love" came up a lot in this regard. By this point, Timmy may simply be assuming that wishing things back to normal will bring up the freaking rulebook, so he's saving himself the aggravation and solving things the hard way from the start.
* Similarly, there are too many times to count in ''[[
* In the first season of ''[[Justice League (
** The [[Martian Manhunter]] is the king of this trope. He has the ability to transform into whatever [[Super Strength|Super Strong]] forms he can imagine -- an ability he uses three times in the ''entire series''. He'll stare at incoming projectiles with a surprised look on his face instead of turning intangible, or super solid or transforming into a form that cannot be so easily hit.
*** In [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]] comics, he had even more powers, with [[New Powers
*** On the other hand, with powers ranging from [[Super Strength]] to making ice cream with your mind, it's hard to create conflict.
** Let's not forget the many, many instances where Superman would be felled by an electrical field, despite the fact that he is supposed to be invulnerable. This got to be so bad that in the second season the writers actually started to show less of Superman getting taken out by an electrical shock or something along those lines, and more of his invulnerable side.
* And if you think the above examples are bad, you should watch the old ''[[
** '''All''' of ''Superfriends'' was made of this trope. It was parodied openly in a sketch on ''[[The State]]'', Superman orders the other heroes to basically cleanup duty and then says "I'll stop the missiles... ''all by myself!''" And then grabs his crotch with a smug look on his face.
* In ''[[Teen Titans (
** It's especially jarring in that several times she's proven to be much more powerful than the entire Green Lantern Corp put together. Let's see some one-off-powers: she slices her way though a horde of robots, she can toss bad guys around with dark energy talons (not even directly controlling them; taking the having to put her soul into the object argument out of the equation), can become completely intangible for long periods of time and still use her powers, removed a bad guy from his gear and armor, mentally scarred Dr. Light, and at one point, arguably, becomes a [[Reality Warper]]. She essentially spends the entire series forgetting about her powers. After the watching the [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] she gives Slade in The Prophesy it's hard to watch her hold back/forget her powers so much.
** She states she has to "put a bit of herself" in everything she moves or uses her powers on while her powers are active. It's possible it's harder to do this on living things, especially hostile living things in the middle of a battle, then it is to do it to inanimate objects.
* No matter how many missions the characters in ''[[
** Aelita also forgets that XANA will NOT kill her starting with Season 2, despite this being proven in the first third of the season. The "dying" thing is somewhat justified though. While they do just devirtualize, it's implied they can't go right back into Lyoko.
* This seems to be a staple of ''[[Drawn Together]]'', especially in regards to Captain Hero, who takes this to [[The Ditz]] levels. More often than not though, he is just [[Sociopathic Hero]].
* In the ''Mighty Hercules'' cartoon series of the 1960's, Hercules had a magic ring that would endow him "with the strength of ten ordinary men" (according to his theme song). Along with invulnerability and superhuman reflexes. In each episode, Hercules would go to fight the episode's monster and get the snot beaten out of him. And then he would remember he has the ring.
* Cheetara from The ''[[Thundercats 2011
* Apparently Bloom forgot about her healing powers in the 24th episode of the fourth season of ''[[
** The Winx get backed off a cliff in the Omega Dimension in season three. No explanation is given for why they don't use their wings.
** There's also an episode in the first season (towards the end) where the girls go to Domino/Sparx. At the end of the first part (it's a two-part episode), Bloom, who's currently powerless, is about to fall into a chasm. Stella was transformed at this time and could've easily flown over and grabbed Bloom, yet she didn't!
* ''[[Star Wars:
* Parodied on ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[Spider-Man:
* Some of ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' sequels have this problem, neglecting the fact that Petrie can fly.
* The 70s ''[[The Fantastic Four (
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** This happens basically anytime the plot requires her to be threatened by some impending doom. It is occasionally justified by her being under a great deal or stress at the time, such as a later example where she is blocked by a simple locked gate.
* This happens to a number of characters in ''[[X-Men: Evolution
** The danger room instance isn't an example, it's a case of her not being able to sustain her intangibility for long enough.
** Wolwerine suffers from this as he is constantly surprised by people sneaking up on him even through he can smell people from distance.
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