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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* A number of characters in ''[[One Piece]]''.

** Kin'emon's unnamed Fruit lets him create clothing. ''Any'' clothing he can imagine, he can create. At first glance, one might think he could become rich as a fashion designer, but no such luck, as the clothing only lasts until the wearer removes it. To his credit, however, Kin'emon (who's ability as a swordsman have proven [[Badass Normal| good enough to survive a fight with Trafalgar Law]]) can use this rather creatively to disguise himself, in one episode successfully impersonating Donquixote Doflamingo.

** Charlotte Cracker from the Whole Cake Island Arc, Big Mom's second-in-command; his ''Bisu Bisu no Mi'' lets him create and control... biscuits. Seems like something you could use to feed an army, maybe, but Cracker is a master-craftsman who ''really'' loves his work, and can use it to create a powerful - and inexpensive - army of golem-like creatures made of biscuits. Plus he can make the biscuits hard enough to be used as armor or shields.

** Some Devil Fruits have the potential to give users phenomenal powers, but are wasted on users who are idiots. One good example is Giolla's Ato Ato No Mi, which can turn people into art. It seems silly, yes, but when you look at this is an automatic OTK if it hits; the user would likely have no trouble defeating ''any'' of the Emperors of the Sea, as the only way it can be countered or undone is if the user does something ''really'' dumb. And Giolla, well, she's really dumb, fooled by Brook into undoing it on his violin and sword-cane by convincing her he simply wanted to add music to her "exhibition". [[Too Dumb To Live|Doesn't take a genius to figure out what happened after she did so.]]

* ''[[The Law of Ueki]]'' bases its entire setting on this. Nearly every power (with precious few exceptions) is weak or weird, but with proper application can become deadly.

* [[Aquaman]], who is absolutely ''not'' as weak as [[Memetic Mutation]] would have one believe. A combination of [[Required Secondary Powers]] (he can swim like a fish and punch people while under [[Water Is Air|500+ atmospheres of pressure]], which is [[Superman]] level asskickery) and [[Fridge Horror]] (he commands ''everything'' that lives in the ocean; guess where [[Godzilla]], [[Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu]], and the [[The Bible|Leviathan]] live?) have had many writers portray him as horrifically powerful and outright feared by heroes and villains alike, and for very good reasons.

{{quote|"He could control every creature that lives in the sea. But I don't think either of you know what that really means. Do you know, do you understand, do you have any idea how much life there is in just one single square mile of sea? I don't think you do... and if you multiply that by lots of miles in every direction... I'd never seen anything like it in my whole life... [[Go Mad from the Revelation|and God as my witness, I hope to never see it again]]."}}

* Heck, some of Aquaman's fellow Detroit League members qualify for this trope. How many comic-book loving Tropers don't think much of Vibe because of his vibrational powers and [[Ethnic Scrappy]] tendencies? [http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/lammal412/Vibe1.jpg Check out this example of sheer power.] [http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/lammal412/New/Vibe2.jpg And how about] [http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/lammal412/New/Vibe3.jpg this sequence] [http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/lammal412/New/Vibe4.jpg in which he stabilizes time eras] during ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]''? "You was sayin', Tropes?" [[Memetic Mutation|OUTRAGEOUS!]]

* ''[[Rising Stars]]'' has Laurel Darkhaven, who can telekinetically manipulate very, very small objects. Such as your carotid artery. She becomes a government assassin. She later uses the ability to control "very small things" to telekinetically sift EVERY inch of arable soil under the entire Middle East in order to make the entire region fertile again. The results can be seen from ORBIT!

** Recently the offpanel thing is becoming mostly subverted, as she easily defeats Wolverine in a sparring match, shown mostly in silhouette but still visible, and she was also shown ripping killer Nazi mechas to shreds.

* This is a grand tradition for [[The Legion of Super Heroes]]. Most characters have only one power, and it's not always something very impressive. One of their first recruits was Triplicate Girl, with the ability to transform from one ordinary teenage girl... to ''[[Doppelganger Attack|three]]'' [[Doppelganger Attack|ordinary teenage girls]]. Useful for doing chores and [[Power Perversion Potential|pretty fun in bed]], but not much good in combat. At least, not until she became [[Weak but Skilled|a master of Tri-Jitsu]], a martial art based around the fact that you have six arms, six legs, and three potential points of attack to coordinate from.

*** In at least one version, being able to bite through and chew up anything meant the [[Required Secondary Power]] of acidic saliva, providing a potentially nasty ranged attack.

* [[Batman]] villain The Ten-Eyed Man is an interesting case. Fans usually interpret this as him having ten additional weak points. But as most people will attest, eyes are pretty useful. Eyes on your hands? Makes you one of the best shooters in the DC universe, due to an unerring aim.

== Fan Works ==

* Or, in this case, clairvoyance in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. The Hunter calls Ringo's mindsight “the single most valuable ability” amongst the four—beating out [[Super Strength]] / [[Nigh Invulnerability]], [[Making a Splash|complete control over water]], and [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|unlimited shapeshifting]]—because he can see anything. Including atoms. With perfect clarity. At any distance, up to and including ''the surface of the sun''. Knowledge is power, indeed.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* ''[[Suburban Knights]]'' involves this {{spoiler|very literally with Mati (from ''[[Captain Planet]]''). His ring is the one thing that can defeat [[Big Bad|Malachite]] and it gives him an amazing [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].}}

** {{spoiler|As it turns out, this delves more into [[Crippling Overspecialization]]. The ring was originally designed with the express purpose of counteracting magic. When it was successful in doing this by defeating Malachite the first time, it resulted in the world eventually being dominated by technology, with so little magic left for the ring to counter against that it ended up basically useless - until Malachite came back.}}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** Pinkie Pie's special ability is making other ponies happy. While this mostly manifests in throwing sweet parties and being a delightful [[Cloudcuckoolander]], this also gives her access to the [[Rule of Funny]], allowing her to regularly perform feats that break even the magical rules of Equestria.

** A literal example with Princess Cadence, the third Alicorn in the series. She's a [[Love Goddess]] who has the power to repair the bonds between ponies and spread love wherever she goes. Compared to the [[Physical God]]dess level abilities her aunts show, this doesn't seem as impressive. Then you remember that [[The Power of Friendship]] is the most powerful magic in the world, and [[The Power of Love]] is it's close cousin. Cue her and her husband-to-be using [[The Power of Love]] {{spoiler|to deliver a [[Heart Beat-Down]] to [[Big Bad|Queen Chrysalis]] that sends her and her minions ''hurtling over the horizon''.}}

* The aformentioned Stinkor in the 2002 ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]'' series. In this cartoon, the character got the chance to show just how lame of a power stink really was, and He-man was almost defeated. In later episodes, Skeletor treated Stinkor much better than his other minions, just because of how powerful he was. Stinkor's stench is so awful that Skeletor has to hold his nose around him. ''Skeletor doesn't have a nose''.

* [[DC Comics]]' Sportsmaster is a minor super-villain who uses sport-themed gimmicks. In ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'', he's one of the most powerful villains, and [[wikipedia:Outline of sports|his repertoire seems to have been expanded greatly]], to the extent that he's effectively an evil version of Batman.