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** This has extended to Sasuke's allies as well. Karin and Jugo reveal miraculous healing powers when Sasuke is wounded after their battle with Killer Bee, though they did not use these abilities when Sasuke was bedridden from injuries after fighting with Deidara.
** This has extended to Sasuke's allies as well. Karin and Jugo reveal miraculous healing powers when Sasuke is wounded after their battle with Killer Bee, though they did not use these abilities when Sasuke was bedridden from injuries after fighting with Deidara.
** In Chapter 562, in order to get all the five kages to fight {{spoiler|a revived Uchiha Madara}}, we learned Genma's team are able to use a watered down version of Minato's Hiraishin and they quickly use it to transport the Mizukage.
** In Chapter 562, in order to get all the five kages to fight {{spoiler|a revived Uchiha Madara}}, we learned Genma's team are able to use a watered down version of Minato's Hiraishin and they quickly use it to transport the Mizukage.
* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' has two especially egregious examples of this trope, each used to finish off the [[Big Bad]] of a story arc. The first example occurs in Part 3: the villain Dio Brando is virtually unstoppable because his Stand {{spoiler|has the ability to stop time}}, so how do the heroes stop him? {{spoiler|Jotaro Kujo's Stand suddenly gains the power to stop time, which also lets him move in Dio's time stop, despite the fact that its only powers so far were [[Super Strength]] and [[Super Speed]]}}. Of course, this is explained {{spoiler|by saying that Jotaro's stand has always had a smaller version of Dio's time stop power, and what had been seen as a Super Speed attack (his trademark "''ORA ORA!''") was actually him stopping time and then punching his foes' faces repeatedly (Jotaro never realized himself what was really happening, because he managed to stop time just briefly, and so it all happened very quickly before time went back to its regular flowing). Also possibly justified in that Dio is using the body of Jotaro's grandfather and his Stand, The World, and may actually have come from Johnathon Joestar; thus it makes some sense that Jotaro's Stand would have similar powers.}} Part 5's was pretty bad, though: {{spoiler|Giorno Giovanna stabs himself with a Stand Arrow, evolving his Gold Experience into Gold Experience Requiem, and giving it the power to nullify any action an opponent takes.}} To be fair, it ''was'' shown beforehand that the Arrow could give Stands new powers, but come on! That power is just ''ridiculous''!
* ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' has two especially egregious examples of this trope, each used to finish off the [[Big Bad]] of a story arc. The first example occurs in Part 3: the villain Dio Brando is virtually unstoppable because his Stand {{spoiler|has the ability to stop time}}, so how do the heroes stop him? {{spoiler|Jotaro Kujo's Stand suddenly gains the power to stop time, which also lets him move in Dio's time stop, despite the fact that its only powers so far were [[Super Strength]] and [[Super Speed]]}}. Of course, this is explained {{spoiler|by saying that Jotaro's stand has always had a smaller version of Dio's time stop power, and what had been seen as a Super Speed attack (his trademark "''ORA ORA!''") was actually him stopping time and then punching his foes' faces repeatedly (Jotaro never realized himself what was really happening, because he managed to stop time just briefly, and so it all happened very quickly before time went back to its regular flowing). Also possibly justified in that Dio is using the body of Jotaro's grandfather and his Stand, The World, and may actually have come from Johnathon Joestar; thus it makes some sense that Jotaro's Stand would have similar powers.}} Part 5's was pretty bad, though: {{spoiler|Giorno Giovanna stabs himself with a Stand Arrow, evolving his Gold Experience into Gold Experience Requiem, and giving it the power to nullify any action an opponent takes.}} To be fair, it ''was'' shown beforehand that the Arrow could give Stands new powers, but come on! That power is just ''ridiculous''!
** Oh, it happens to the villains too. Part 4 had {{spoiler|Kira getting the ability to reset time back to the time a kid woke up in the morning so that he could find out who got killed trying to figure out who Kira was because the kid was under the effect of Kira's just gotten the night before power.}} Part 6 had {{spoiler|the main villain of that getting the power to alter the universe's gravity, causing time to accelerate to the universe's end so that he could reset time to the way he wants it to be.}}
** Oh, it happens to the villains too. Part 4 had {{spoiler|Kira getting the ability to reset time back to the time a kid woke up in the morning so that he could find out who got killed trying to figure out who Kira was because the kid was under the effect of Kira's just gotten the night before power.}} Part 6 had {{spoiler|the main villain of that getting the power to alter the universe's gravity, causing time to accelerate to the universe's end so that he could reset time to the way he wants it to be.}}
*** Speaking of part 4, this is the whole schtick behind Koichi's Stand, Echoes. It starts out as an egg, which hatches when he needs it to, allowing him to {{spoiler|imprint sounds on a person, making it echo over and over in their heads.}} When that isn't enough, it evolves into a form that can {{spoiler|imprint words onto objects, granting the object the property of that word. For instance, making a solid, pointy rock become bouncy by imprinting "bounce" on it.}} And later on it evolves again to allow him to {{spoiler|increase gravity on a target to the point where it becomes helplessly pinned to the ground.}} Koichi's pretty much a Swiss Army Knife among Stand users.
*** Speaking of part 4, this is the whole schtick behind Koichi's Stand, Echoes. It starts out as an egg, which hatches when he needs it to, allowing him to {{spoiler|imprint sounds on a person, making it echo over and over in their heads.}} When that isn't enough, it evolves into a form that can {{spoiler|imprint words onto objects, granting the object the property of that word. For instance, making a solid, pointy rock become bouncy by imprinting "bounce" on it.}} And later on it evolves again to allow him to {{spoiler|increase gravity on a target to the point where it becomes helplessly pinned to the ground.}} Koichi's pretty much a Swiss Army Knife among Stand users.
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* In [[Thirty Hs]], [[Harry Potter]] is given a wide variety of powers never had in canon, including groinsaws, the ability to punch astral vampires in half, the ability to summon holy fuck fire and meteors with his guitar fuck slayer, and the ability to see subatomic particles by squinting.
* In [[Thirty Hs]], [[Harry Potter]] is given a wide variety of powers never had in canon, including groinsaws, the ability to punch astral vampires in half, the ability to summon holy fuck fire and meteors with his guitar fuck slayer, and the ability to see subatomic particles by squinting.
* [[Ultamite Nineball]]'s infamous fic "soulless shell" chronicles the adventures of [[God Mode Sue|Leif Melyamos]], who develops the ability to shoot [[Frickin' Laser Beams]], teleport at will, and outfight any opponent [[Waif Fu|at the age of about three]]. By the time he's eighteen, he can take on a bizarre [[One-Winged Angel]] form with horns and wings, and by the time the story comes to a [[No Ending|very abrupt stop]], has got hold of a sapient blood-drinking sword. Keep in mind this fic was put in the [[Redwall]] section, and said canon is supposed to have ''[[Demythtification|no magic whatsoever]]'' (bar the occasional prophecies and [[Instant Expert]] routines). This fic is in fact a prequel to another fic entitled "Blood omen", in which Leif's descendant Zain is an even better example, literally developing a new power with each fight scene.
* [[Ultamite Nineball]]'s infamous fic "soulless shell" chronicles the adventures of [[God Mode Sue|Leif Melyamos]], who develops the ability to shoot [[Frickin' Laser Beams]], teleport at will, and outfight any opponent [[Waif Fu|at the age of about three]]. By the time he's eighteen, he can take on a bizarre [[One-Winged Angel]] form with horns and wings, and by the time the story comes to a [[No Ending|very abrupt stop]], has got hold of a sapient blood-drinking sword. Keep in mind this fic was put in the [[Redwall]] section, and said canon is supposed to have ''[[Demythtification|no magic whatsoever]]'' (bar the occasional prophecies and [[Instant Expert]] routines). This fic is in fact a prequel to another fic entitled "Blood omen", in which Leif's descendant Zain is an even better example, literally developing a new power with each fight scene.
* [[Legolas By Laura (Fanfic)|Legolas By Laura]] depicts Gandalf as being able to fight Sauron to a standstill and [[Call on Me|teleport Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin from the Shire to Mordor simply by wishing it]]. If he could do that, why did Tolkien need three books to get them there?
* [[Legolas By Laura]] depicts Gandalf as being able to fight Sauron to a standstill and [[Call on Me|teleport Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin from the Shire to Mordor simply by wishing it]]. If he could do that, why did Tolkien need three books to get them there?
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3247454/14/The_Adventures_of_Kitty_Pryde The Adventures of Kitty Pryde] by Melodyrider(a series written as an ongoing companion comic to the [[Joss Whedon]] run on ''[[Astonishing X Men]]'') has this chapter where Kitty, Colossus and X-Factor take on a misguided future version of Kitty, who, while not having any new powers, was able to apply her powers in new ways that Kitty hadn't considered before, including phasing through dimensions, sending bioshocks of people who she phases through and [[Invisibility|phasing through light]].
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3247454/14/The_Adventures_of_Kitty_Pryde The Adventures of Kitty Pryde] by Melodyrider(a series written as an ongoing companion comic to the [[Joss Whedon]] run on ''[[Astonishing X Men]]'') has this chapter where Kitty, Colossus and X-Factor take on a misguided future version of Kitty, who, while not having any new powers, was able to apply her powers in new ways that Kitty hadn't considered before, including phasing through dimensions, sending bioshocks of people who she phases through and [[Invisibility|phasing through light]].
* In a Bleach Fanfiction Wiki, [http://bleachfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Miharu_%22Mihara%22_Kurosaki Miharu Kurosaki's] Zanpakutou is quite possibly the embodiment of this trope, creating anything or having any given effect the wielder (or in this case, the creator of the character) imagines. It's command is even "Improvise".
* In a Bleach Fanfiction Wiki, [http://bleachfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Miharu_%22Mihara%22_Kurosaki Miharu Kurosaki's] Zanpakutou is quite possibly the embodiment of this trope, creating anything or having any given effect the wielder (or in this case, the creator of the character) imagines. It's command is even "Improvise".
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* Averted on ''[[Generator Rex]]''. Rex is limited to six weapons (jetpack, giant metallic hands, cannon, sword, giant metallic boots, and hover-cycle): he isn't able to use anymore than those.
* Averted on ''[[Generator Rex]]''. Rex is limited to six weapons (jetpack, giant metallic hands, cannon, sword, giant metallic boots, and hover-cycle): he isn't able to use anymore than those.
** So far, the series isn't even one season old. And Rex has already been shown suddenly [[Everything's Better with Spinning|altering his sword and fist]] to make them hit harder.
** So far, the series isn't even one season old. And Rex has already been shown suddenly [[Everything's Better with Spinning|altering his sword and fist]] to make them hit harder.
** Rex also has other powers on top of his nanite weapons; he can heal other [[EV Os]] by shutting down/absorbing their nanites and he can control machines.
** Rex also has other powers on top of his nanite weapons; he can heal other EVOs by shutting down/absorbing their nanites and he can control machines.
** Except that he had those abilities in the first place. He has, thus far, never gained any new powers.
** Except that he had those abilities in the first place. He has, thus far, never gained any new powers.
** As of the season one finale, Rex has {{spoiler|at least one new construct he can make- a kind of cable or whip- and it's implied he has several other new ones he hasn't used yet}}. This is, however, the result of a specific bit of phlebotinum that is unlikely to have the same effect again.
** As of the season one finale, Rex has {{spoiler|at least one new construct he can make- a kind of cable or whip- and it's implied he has several other new ones he hasn't used yet}}. This is, however, the result of a specific bit of phlebotinum that is unlikely to have the same effect again.
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