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they had no idea what I wanted.|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WHyyr52LMw '''Ookla The Mok''', ''My Secret Origin'']}}
The opposite of [[I Just Want to Be Normal]], this is a character who is completely ordinary and unexceptional. And they desperately wish that they weren't. Either that or they have a very ordinary, uneventful life that they wish was fun and exciting. They would have [[Jumped At the Call]], but [[Missed the Call|the call never came]]. Very often, [[Green
Anyone who is [[Cursed With Awesome]] can expect precious little sympathy from this character. Anyone who is [[Blessed With Suck]] has every right to argue with this character.
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Contrast [[I Just Want to Be Normal]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* Kid Devil wanted to be a special so badly that he built himself a power suit and high tech trident when he was 12, and then made a [[Deal With the Devil]] when he was a teenager to become a real devil. The motivation for his actions stems from being inspired by his friend and idol [[Blue Devil]], and from parental neglect. This is counter to his friend and teammate [[Blue Beetle]], who [[I Just Want to Be Normal|just wants to be normal]].
* The [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] [[Justice Society of America|Atom]], who had operated for years as a [[Badass Normal]] super hero, was so happy it almost brought him to tears when he discovered he'd gained super strength.
* ''[[The Umbrella Academy]]'' has Vanya, who really wishes that she superpowers beyond [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|playing the violin really well.]] This is largely because her father figure and some of her adoptive siblings at the titular academy frequently put her down for it. {{spoiler|It turns out that the abuse was her father figure's attempt to hide the fact that Vanya had enourmous potential as a [[Musical Assassin]], potential so great she could destroy the world if she tried. [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|She does try.]]}}
* College student Leonardo d'Aq (in one of the ''[[Paperinik New Adventures|Paperinik]]'' continuities) wants to be a superhero, and desperately tries to have an "origin" - [[The Hulk|standing too close to an experimental nuclear explosion]], [[Spider Man|being bitten by a radioactive bug]], touching a strange meteorite - but fails. He ''does'' succeed [[Ascended Fanboy|in becoming the sidekick of a Superman expy]], but that is when he simply acts with everyday heroism and helps the hero, instead of trying foolish stunts to gain glory. The hero points out that he is a potential [[Badass Normal]], but ignored it dreaming of superpowers.
* In [[The DCU]], Donna Carol Force was so obsessed with gaining superpowers (seemingly being the only member of her family not to have powers) that she travelled to Metropolis hoping that an alien parasite would attack her and drain her spinal fluid, granting her superpowers in the process. Luckily for her, it worked and she became the electric superheroine Sparx.
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** Tai Lung being told that he couldn't get the Dragon Scroll and be special was his [[Start of Darkness]].
* In the ''[[Disney Fairies|Tinker Bell]]'' movie, Tink desperately tries to shed her status as a Tinker Fairy and learn a more nature-oriented talent so that she can go to the mainland, with spectacularly disastrous results.
* Inverted in ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' when Ariel [["I Want" Song|expresses her desire]] to have legs and walk on land with other humans. Her wish is eventually granted.
** Then played straight by Ariel's daughter in the [[Direct to Video]] sequel.
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[In Famous (Video Game)|In Famous]]'', Zeke keeps asking you to find a way to get him some powers, especially after he finds out that {{spoiler|your powers weren't random}}. It starts as early as when you jump off of a building and Zeke says "I wish I could do something like that." {{spoiler|It eventually prompts his [[Face Heel Turn]].}}
* In the third ''[[.hack GU|.hack//G.U.]]'' game - ''Redemption'' - Yata, who is [[Knowledge Broker|Wiseman]] from the original ''[[.hack|.hack//]]'' games, confesses to [[Well
* In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' though everyone [[I Just Want to Be Normal|just wants to be normal]], one of the bosses became a l'Cie for the power, though he later lamented that he while he had all the power he wanted he was just a puppet.
* Music-based video games, like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, help the [[Real Life]] player fulfill his or her fantasy of [[The Power of Rock|becoming a rock star]].
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* Sarah of ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' has a bit of this, considering that her friends consist of several magic users, an alien shapeshifter, and a [[Mad Scientist]], though she is mature enough not to whine about it constantly. However, it was hinted at several times before being admitted outright [http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-04-30 here.]
** Apparently, Grace was [[Incredibly Lame Pun|graceful]] and [[Incredibly Lame Pun|gracious]] enough to [[Rule of Three|grace]] her with these possibilities, via getting Tedd to make her some magic-powered stuff she could use. Maybe the kind that would give her powers itself?
* Robin also gets a bit of this trope in season 1 of ''[[The Wotch (Webcomic)|The Wotch]]''. The result? [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nearly destroying the town]].
* In ''[[Sinfest (Webcomic)|Sinfest]]'', the [[Fan Girl]] wants to be cool because Monique is. [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4120 Monique handles it nicely.]
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