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** He only got those powers in the final episodes from his shadow alter ego.

** In the manga he has various technology-based powers, most notably teleportation, but it takes him over ten volumes to discover most of them due to his amnesia. He is eventually either cured or overtaken by a secondary personality (it's unclear to say the least), and gets off his throne to personally lead the conquest of (the economy of) Fukuoka.

* Quite literally the [[Person of Mass Destruction|Phoenix King]] from ''[[Ranma ~~½|[[Ranma Â~~½]]'', as he is ''expected'' to do nothing but sit on his throne and shed light and heat so his subjects enjoy a comfortable life. Saffron, the latest incarnation, can [[Playing with Fire|vaporize mountains with heat beams]] whenever he feels like it, and yet he suffered an ''incomplete'' maturation that deprived him of control. One wonders why his previous, perfect, embodiments didn't go out and raze the world unopposed.

* Quite literally the [[Person of Mass Destruction|Phoenix King]] from ''[[Ranma ½]]'', as he is ''expected'' to do nothing but sit on his throne and shed light and heat so his subjects enjoy a comfortable life. Saffron, the latest incarnation, can [[Playing with Fire|vaporize mountains with heat beams]] whenever he feels like it, and yet he suffered an ''incomplete'' maturation that deprived him of control. One wonders why his previous, perfect, embodiments didn't go out and raze the world unopposed.

* [[Justified Trope]] in ''[[Code Geass]]''. [[The Emperor]] has since left the conquering to his elder children Schneizel and Cornelia because he's busy preparing to {{spoiler|"kill the gods."}}

* ''[[Bleach]]'' brings us {{spoiler|Sosuke Aizen}}, who, despite being the [[Big Bad]] for much of the series, seems content to wait on the sidelines looking [[Bishounen|pretty]] until he's forced to intervene.