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* Most ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' movies are also guilty of this, during which all Saiyan characters will magically forget to become Super Saiyan for the duration of the movie, or until then end. Averted slightly during the Freeza saga when {{spoiler|Tenshinhan declares Goku has an ace up his sleeve with the kaio-ken technique, until King Kai responds that Goku had been using it the entire time.}}

** 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''.

* 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|Flash Stepped]] 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.

* In the New Vestroia season of ''[[Bakugan|Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'', our [[Big Bad|BBEG]] King Zenoheld wielded a [[Giant Mecha]] Bakugan called "Farbros" which could merge with more parts and become virtually unstoppable. So what does he do when the good guys arrive to confront him halfway through the series? Blow up his own machine. Without fusing to the special parts. For no adequately explained reason...

* ''[[Blue Gender]]'' is one giant Wallbanger for many viewers because of this. Humanity knows The Blue can't swim or fly very well. (Hello there, aircraft carriers!) Humanity controls at least one giant orbiting space station. ([[Colony Drop]]!) Humanity also has literal Blue-detecting radar. And nukes. Does humanity use any of these advantages to fight the Blue? Nope! They'd rather take the Blue on in catastrophically designed, weaponless mechs.

 

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