Holding Back the Phlebotinum: Difference between revisions

** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'' had Libra's cannon, which was sabotaged into being recharged.

** ''[[After War Gundam X|Gundam X]]'' had the various Satellite Cannons, which couldn't be used without a laundry list of right stuff.

* [[Shakugan no Shana|Alastor]] gets to be here instead of [[Deus Exit Machina]] because his power is only ever used once, in a manner much more like a [[Wave Motion Gun]] i.e,. a weapon, not someone who really does anything. He isn't used again (besides the obvious) because there's a chance {{spoiler|it could kill Shana.}}

* Played straight and then averted (hard!) in ''[[Code Geass]]'' with the {{spoiler|FLEIJA warheads}}. At first, Suzaku has one and is swearing to whatever god(s) he believes in that he will not shoot it, {{spoiler|until he gets careless and goes up against an opponent he cannot beat. This being Suzaku, he's [[Death Seeker|completely unwilling to accept this fact]], and when it finally dawns on him he immediately accepts death. This being the trigger for the Geass Lelouch gave him last season, Tokyo goes up in a [[Sphere of Destruction|pink sphere of death]] and supposedly kills Nunnaly}}. In the final battle, Schneizel fires one about once every five minutes. {{spoiler|Once Lelouch has control of the Damocles, he fires one to prove a point.}}

* [[Peace Through Superior Firepower|Nuclear weapons]] anyone?

** [[Completely Missing the Point|I believe you're thinking of ''uranium'']]

** Isn't this trope only for fiction?

** Apparently not? Also: how about [[Unwinnable by Design|tic-tac-toe]] instead?

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