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''"Guess not."''|[[Bugs Bunny]], ''The Million Hare''}}

When a character has the [[Idiot Ball]] slipped into their pocket while they weren't looking, causing them to forget to properly use their abilities, intelligence, or powers to stop a bad guy or get out of a situation, even though they may have used the ability in similar situations before (often many times). This happens often with [[superhero]]es and within the filler episode of [[~~Shonen~~ ~~Demographic~~]] anime.

When a character has the [[Idiot Ball]] slipped into their pocket while they weren't looking, causing them to forget to properly use their abilities, intelligence, or powers to stop a bad guy or get out of a situation, even though they may have used the ability in similar situations before (often many times). This happens often with [[superhero]]es and within the filler episode of [[Shōnen manga]] anime.

This is used quite a bit when characters have extremely useful or increasingly powerful abilities or equipment, and [[Quickly-Demoted Woman|some unfortunates]] tend to have this inflicted on them ''all the time'', turning a [[Genius Bruiser]] or [[Badass Bookworm]] into a garden-variety [[The Big Guy|Bruiser]] or [[Badass]]. Only some lines of technological jargon or displays of useless gadgetry will remind the reader that they have more brains than they normally use. Some might consider this a form of [[Informed Ability]], with the "ability" being genius-level intelligence.

[[Amnesia Danger]] is a variant of this trope, when it's justified using [[Easy Amnesia|convenient amnesia]]. The heroic version of [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]], except while at least villains don't have to answer to their actions, heroes should be obligated to stop evil-doers or disasters as quickly and efficiently as possible.

See [[Fridge Logic]] for when it occurs to the viewers a little later what the character could've/should've easily done. See [[Remembered I Could Fly]] when it occurs to the character [[Just in Time]] what he should've done long before.

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Very often happens with information-gathering abilities. [[Plot-Sensitive Snooping Skills]] is a particular variant when it meets consistent [[Selective Obliviousness]].

As mentioned, this is a sister trope to [[Idiot Ball]], the distinction being that [[Idiot Ball]] is when a character does something stupid to further the [[Plot]], while with '''Forgot About His Powers''' the plot depends on a character ''failing'' to take an action they would normally take or that would make the most sense to solve the current crisis.

Compare [[Reed Richards Is Useless]], where a character with superhuman abilities or ridiculously advanced technology reserves it for equally advanced problems and never applies it to mundane difficulties.

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* This happens countless times with Tsuzuki from ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]''. Even though he's supposed to be one of the most powerful [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|ancient Gods of Death]], he is rendered completely helpless when [[Stalker with a Crush|Muraki]] is around. He's not even able to throw a decent punch at the guy, and is made into a whining and crying wimp in his presence just for plot's sake. Example: Muraki is flying away on a helicopter, and Tsuzuki forgets that he can always summon or cast a spell that could blow the helicopter down. Stupid or... has a self destructive streak [[Death Seeker|TEN MILES HIGH.]]

* Along with [[Heroic Second Wind]], this is probably the ''#1'' reason anyone gets beaten in ''[[Bleach]]''. Bad guys fighting the main heroes, or the [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|Shinigami]], will usually get killed because they suddenly ''forget'' that with the several seconds of warning they receive from their screaming opponents, they could have just [[Flash Step]]ped out of the way. It gets just plain ridiculous in the anime version because all fights take several times longer. The only time this is seemingly avoided is when Soifon decides to stop wasting time [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] and just [[One Hit KO|Two hit KO]] her opponent with a [[Flash Step]] attack while he's doing his power up sequence.

** 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'').

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* Happens all the time in ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''. The Team Rocket trio manages to capture Pikachu (and ONLY Pikachu) nearly once per episode, and Ash forgets half of the time that he has FIVE OTHER POKEMON that he could use to just blast Team Rocket's balloon halfway to Jupiter.

** 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|Pokémon Zoroark Master of Illusions]]'', Ash forgets that he has arguably the strongest team he's ever had in a movie. Aside from one instance with Infernape in the beginning and Pikachu in general, he never uses any of them. The sheer raw power they packed would have made a huge difference against Kodai.

** 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.

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** ... 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 (animation)|Justice League Unlimited]]'', since it's revealed that while the Flash can do all these things and more, he doesn't phase through things because it's fairly dangerous, and he can't approach his upper limits because the plot says it would kill him. Luthor, on the other hand, isn't so worried about it when his [[Freaky Friday Flip|mind ends up in Flash's body]].

** 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, ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', The Flash does become an unstoppable one man war on crime, where he never slows down and has made Keystone City a crime-less utopia.

** 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.

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** Superman has a particular aversion to dodging because if he ducks, whatever misses him will hit something else in the surrounding landscape. Since most supervillains only shoot things at Superman that they hope will actually damage him, that means Superman ''really doesn't want'' that kind of mega-firepower hitting anything else in the landscape.

* 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".

** An ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]]'' comic had [[The Vision]], along with [[The Mighty Thor]] and [[Iron Man]], taken out by ''knockout gas''. Hmm, a [[Physical God]] who can control winds, an unbreathing android, and a guy in a sealed combat suit? No problem. The criminal masterminds who took them out so easily?... Well, [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/trogs1.htm you've got to see this one for yourself].

* ''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]]s [[Green Lantern Ring|have been variously shown as being able to warp time, move faster than light, contain supernovas, fight toe to toe with Superman, alter their own DNA, read minds, find subatomic aliens]]... Scratch that, if it's a superpower of any sort any given GL has used it at least twice. Now here's the thing. There are creatures other than Gods that bother them. Funny huh? It's somewhat justified in their case as their power require willpower and concentration to make anything happen. A GL who is having a bad day, is unfocused or demoralized will be less effective and the GL's are essentially human without their rings (or at least the human ones are.) Plus, their rings require a periodic recharge and anything yellow or anyone whose fast enough or crafty enough to remove a ring is a threat. Still, the idiot plot is somewhat less excusable in the case of veterans like Hal Jordan (or really, any of the Earth based GL's these days) as he is both experienced, and extremely strong willed.

* 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.

** This is less of an issue now that Strange is no longer the Sorcerer Supreme. He's still the go-to occult expert for the Avengers, but he no longer has the "virtually unlimited mystic abilities" that come with the title.

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'''Spike''': Why didn't you just use your magic to float the food down to the animals?

'''Trixie''': ''([[Head Desk|slams her head into the side of the tub]])'' }}

** This is also subverted in other places. Trixie's special talent is stage magic, so she's frequently frustrated when Spike asks her why she didn't do something ''Twilight'' (whose talent is magic itself) is capable of, but she's not.

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* The Mobile Infantry in ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' have rifles that come with underbarrel shotguns and nuclear rocket launchers, yet they seem to rely almost entirely on their rifles' regular firing mode—even when faced with instances where such weapons would be most effective, such as close combat with the Bugs or when facing a horde of thousands of bunched-together aliens charging their fixed positions.

* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Return of the King]]'', Gandalf rescues Faramir and his retreating troops by using his staff to shine a bright light at the Nazgûl, which scares them away. One might wonder how come he doesn't do that every other time the Nazgûl are around...

** 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 (film)|The Neverending Story]] 2'' Bastian has to save Fantasia with the help of the Auryn, which can grant him any wish he wants. He never thinks to wish for weapons, or an army, or even that [[Deus Ex Machina|Fantasia just be saved]]. Instead he wishes for things like a can of spray paint and individual steps to climb a huge cliff. And he only has a limited number of wishes before running out of memories (each wish removes a memory).

* 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 Last Airbender]]''. Unlike [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|the series]], Firebenders (who aren't masters) need an available source of fire in order to bend it. This is all well and good, except none of the other characters ever ''put them out!'' Taken to truly ridiculous extremes when several Firebenders are literally bending from a single source they could not conceivably protect.

** 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.

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** 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 ''[[Star Trek]]'', especially the later series. In the ''[[Star Trek: The ~~Original Series|Star Trek the~~ Original Series]]'' a small handheld phaser the size of a smart phone could potentially disintegrate a person or blow the side off a building. In ''[[Star Trek: The ~~Next Generation|Star Trek the~~ Next Generation]]'' Data once vaporized all the water in an aqueduct system stretching miles up a mountain using one. But in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' Federation troops fighting the Dominion are lugging around these huge phaser rifles that fire little bullet-like pops of energy that can barely put a hole in a wall, leading to [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|many combat scenes]]distinctly similar to their [[Star Wars|major competing franchise]].

** The variable effectiveness of phasers is a common plot hole in ''[[Star Trek]]'', especially the later series. In the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' a small handheld phaser the size of a smart phone could potentially disintegrate a person or blow the side off a building. In ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' Data once vaporized all the water in an aqueduct system stretching miles up a mountain using one. But in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' Federation troops fighting the Dominion are lugging around these huge phaser rifles that fire little bullet-like pops of energy that can barely put a hole in a wall, leading to [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|many combat scenes]]distinctly similar to their [[Star Wars|major competing franchise]].

** 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 the Limelight|Betazoids]] into Starfleet seems to have somehow escaped their thought processes entirely.

* 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]].

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== Video Games ==

* The railroad ending options of ''[[Fallout 3]]'' have this trope in spades. {{spoiler|No matter what, someone has to die from radiation poisoning, either the player or an innocent secondary character. This is despite the fact that the player has three optional companions who are immune to radiation damage -- Fawkes (good players only), Charon (any player alignment), and Sergeant RL-3 (Neutral alignment). To add insult to injury, by this point in the game most players will have collected both a very high rad resistance through perks and a huge number of anti-radiation chems, and could probably stay in the chamber for weeks if necessary.}}

** ''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 ''[[Ace Attorney]]'', Phoenix Wright and Apollo Justice both have methods of detecting when someone is lying. Phoenix only ever uses his outside of court, and Apollo only ever uses his inside court. Even then, they only show up in certain circumstances, not every single time someone lies.

** 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 ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'', the characters are disarmed and rendered helpless. Ayla can still fight with her fists, but Robo forgets about his inbuilt lasers, and the rest of the party forgets how to use MAGIC until they're rearmed.

** An almost identical occurrence happens in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. The party gets disarmed, and only Zell, who is a fist-fighter, can go and retrieve the other members' equipment, never mind the godlike power their GFs can unleash...

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== Western Animation ==

* When's the last time [[Daffy Duck]] flew under his own power?

** This was lampshaded in the short ''The Million Hare'', as [[Bugs Bunny]] witnesses Daffy plunging off a cliff, which was recycled so John Madden could make the same observation in ''Big Game XXIX''.

{{quote|'''Bugs:''' I wonder if Daffy will remember that he can fly." ''(crash)'' "Nope, I guess not.

'''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 ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~]]'', either Cosmo and Wanda's magical wands are stolen, or more commonly Timmy has to [[Idiot Hero|stupidly]] forget that he is enabled to alter reality on a whim. Naturally this has been lampshaded quite a few times. For example, the quote from above comes from the episode "Where's Wanda", in which Wanda goes missing. Timmy proceeds to turn the world into [[Film Noir]] and become a detective in order to track her down... when he could have easily just wished her back.

* To move the [[Idiot Plot]] of a typical episode of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', either Cosmo and Wanda's magical wands are stolen, or more commonly Timmy has to [[Idiot Hero|stupidly]] forget that he is enabled to alter reality on a whim. Naturally this has been lampshaded quite a few times. For example, the quote from above comes from the episode "Where's Wanda", in which Wanda goes missing. Timmy proceeds to turn the world into [[Film Noir]] and become a detective in order to track her down... when he could have easily just wished her back.

** 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.

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** '''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 (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', Raven is easily the most overpowered of the five, which is made glaringly obvious in season 4 (though one could [[Fan Wank]] this as her emotional state boosting her powers for the duration, given what was happening). As such, PIS is the only way to keep the entire team necessary. Raven often conveniently forgets that she can fly, teleport, and become intangible in situations where those powers would be highly useful. She also rarely uses her telekinesis to restrain opponents or hurl them away from the scene of a battle, rather than just tossing debris at them. She's done it before, to both allies and enemies, so it's not an issue of being unable. There's only one episode where she concentrates and simply ''cuts'' the baddie's armour with her power. ''One''.

** 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 ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' go on, they always seem to forget that, first and foremost, while on Lyoko one cannot die from lasers and swords, they can only be devirtualized. They will also forget their most important abilities at the worst times. For example, Aelita could use her Creativity power to create terrain barriers around herself, but even in dangerous situations where she has enough time, she quite often forgets that she can do this. She is the most obvious offender, but the others are often guilty as well.

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