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{{quote|''We can be heroes!
''Just for one day.''|'''"Heroes"''' by [[David Bowie]].}}
A stock plot that comes up pretty often in superhero stories. The hero has lost his/her powers! But wait, there's somebody else with suspiciously similar powers now, but they aren't near as effective and/or virtuous as the hero. Something bad happens, but the story ends with the hero getting the powers back somehow. In more detail, it follows this chart:
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This story is common to the point where now, it gets subverted a lot more often than used straight (for example, it might make the neophyte way better than the hero in every way and have it be almost tragic to return to the status quo).
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== Anime and Manga ==
* One episode of ''[[Pretty Sammy|Magical Project S]]'' had Sammy lose her baton, with it ending up in the hands of Haida. She uses it to become Funky Connie, carelessly and selfishly using her powers while just ignoring all the "mundane" crime around her. Her only act of "justice" being to repel a meteorite ("a job worthy of a magical girl"), with her otherwise using it to build herself a castle and brainwash Hiroto to adore her. After finding that she could only force Hiroto to love her alter-ego, she threw it away, with it embedding itself in Sammy's face.▼
== Comic Books ==
* Happens to [[Superman]] sickeningly often in all adaptions. Seriously, just browse [http://www.superdickery.com SuperDickery] for a while. Those are just the ones with the flimsiest premises, too.
▲* One episode of ''[[Pretty Sammy|Magical Project S]]'' had Sammy lose her baton, with it ending up in the hands of Haida. She uses it to become Funky Connie, carelessly and selfishly using her powers while just ignoring all the "mundane" crime around her. Her only act of "justice" being to repel a meteorite ("a job worthy of a magical girl"), with her otherwise using it to build herself a castle and brainwash Hiroto to adore her. After finding that she could only force Hiroto to love her alter-ego, she threw it away, with it embedding itself in Sammy's face.
== Film ==
* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Superstar" followed this as one of the many elements, with Johnathan stealing Buffy's abilities as part of the reality altering spell.▼
* In the first ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' movie, the villain steals the power generator for Tony Stark's [[Powered Armor]] to run his own version of the suit, leaving Stark [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"powerless"]]. To combat the villain, Stark resorts to the [[Flawed Prototype]] solution, and uses a sub-optimal power generator to charge his suit.
== Live-Action TV ==
▲* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Superstar" followed this as one of the many elements, with Johnathan stealing Buffy's abilities as part of the reality altering spell.
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