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* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'': Xavier excusing Emma trying to mentally seduce Scott while she was treating him. As one who believes so strongly in his ethics, he would not have stood for that. He would have thrown her out, regardless of whether anything physical occurred. It's not as though Xavier never misused his power, but he still has standards (but now writers are trying to [[Retcon]] those standards away).

* There was a villain who blamed [[The Flash|Max Mercury]] for the death of his family, gained access to a time machine, and used it to try and destroy Max Mercury. He was temporarily incapacitated with horror when asked why he hadn't used it ''to save his family''.

* [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] and the Flash are probably the heroes most prone to these, given that one has ridiculously powerful [[Combo Platter Powers]], and the other has the ability to move at [[Super Speed|several hundred times the speed of light without breaking a sweat]], and drain time and perception of time out of things.

* [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] and the Flash are probably the heroes most prone to these, given that one has ridiculously powerful [[Combo-Platter Powers]], and the other has the ability to move at [[Super Speed|several hundred times the speed of light without breaking a sweat]], and drain time and perception of time out of things.

** "What's that you say? Villains including a man who can absorb powers through touch, a woman who can turn into electricity on a whim, and a man powered by Kryptonite, my greatest weakness, are all after me? I'm gonna go punch 'em!"

* Comics blog Polite Dissent refers to this phenomenon as [http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1116 ONISGS ("Oh No, I Suddenly Got Stupid!")]