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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* The title characters of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' frequently use their powers for other things when they're not fighting crime or monsters, such as cleaning their room.

* In one episode of ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', Clark accidentally drops his pencil under his desk and, after making sure no one's looking, retrieves it by lifting the entire desk in the air.

* In one episode of ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', Clark accidentally drops his pencil under his desk and, after making sure no one's looking, retrieves it by lifting the entire desk in the air. In another instance, he uses his heat vision that can melt any form of metal... to shave. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] given that his hair is probably stronger than any earth metal (''that's'' why he's always so well coiffed).

** Another instance, he has heat vision that can melt any form of metal, which he uses to shave.

*** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] though, as his hair is probably stronger than any earth metal (''that's'' why he's always so well coiffed).

* Coop from ''[[Megas XLR]]'' abused his mecha's abilities at every possible opportunity, usually just for rather mundane things. And that's not counting all the times he's just showing off because he's bored.

** It's also continually subverted. Even though he's in a giant mech with enough firepower to destroy planets and can ''fly at interstellar speeds'', he still has to deal with things like traffic and annoying drivers. In one episode, Megas got ''towed''. Coop had to jump through all the hoops, including retaking the driver's exam, to get back a giant robot that could smite the world with the press of a button.

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* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''; Evil-Lynn seems rather fond of her helmet, because in "The Price of Deceit" (from the 2002 version) she uses her magic simply to recover it.

* ''[[The Owl House]]'' does this a lot. Emira and Edric use magic items called Concealment Stones to cover their acne, Eda brings vegetables to life so they'll cook themselves (it doesn't work), and there is practically ''nothing'' Amity cannot craft out of Abomination slime. And of course, there is Grudgby, a sport where players are allowed to use magic in various ways.

* In ''[[Little Demon]]'', Chrissy is supposed to be [[The Antichrist]], and ~~is supposed to~~ help her father bring about [[Hell on Earth]] but she'd much rather use her evil powers to play pranks and have fun, ~~such~~ as ~~possess~~ people to make them act stupid or ~~steal~~ from vending machines at school (she is more than willing to share with the other students). Her mother does give her the [[You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good|You Could Try to Use Your Powers for Good]] speech while warning her that such frivolous use of them could cause it to spread inside her and tempt her to evil - though also admitting she could make a good CEO as a adult. For now, it seems both the role of an Anti-Christ ''and'' that of [[Anti-Anti-Christ]] are both open to her.

* In ''[[Little Demon]]'', Chrissy is supposed to be [[The Antichrist]] and help her father bring about [[Hell on Earth]], but she'd much rather use her evil powers to play pranks and have fun - like possessing people to make them act stupid, or stealing from vending machines at school (she is more than willing to share with the other students). Her mother does give her the [[You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good|You Could Try to Use Your Powers for Good]] speech, while warning her that such frivolous use of them could cause it to spread inside her and tempt her to evil - though also admitting she could make a good CEO as a adult. For now, it seems both the role of an Anti-Christ ''and'' that of [[Anti-Anti-Christ]] are both open to her.

== Other Media ==