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{{trope}}
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▲{{quote|''I'm a walking nightmare, an arsenal of doom<br />
''I'm a three line whip, I'm the sort of thing they ban
▲I kill conversation as I walk into the room<br />
''I'm a
So you've got a force capable of destroying vast amounts of people, land, and possibly the universe, and essentially have the ability to commit a war crime with the wave of a hand. It's just what any super villain or [[Omnicidal Maniac]] could possibly want, and then some. There's just one catch...
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[[Oh Crap|Uh oh]].
A [[Speculative Fiction]] trope dating at least to [[World War II]] and the bombing of Hiroshima (possibly even earlier), the Person of Mass Destruction is almost always a metaphor for real-world
You'd think their own side would take this into account and at least ''try'' to make things easier; on the logic that one would want to be on the good side of a weapon capable of saving or destroying them, but curiously this is not the case. No, people who resort to using a Person of Mass Destruction usually [[All of the Other Reindeer|treat them like crap]] and go [[Bullying a Dragon]]. It's possible that this indicates that they are shamed for having to resort to this, and are displacing this into abuse. [[There Are No Therapists|Or maybe it just never occurs to them that they would benefit from having good relations with the person that can either save them all or kill them all instantly.]] On the other hand, the prerequisite megalomania to build or exploit such a person, as well as the ego to assume that one can control it, tends to mean that the people controlling (or trying to control) the PMD are of the sort that isn't particularly concerned with their personal well being. Nice people tend not to have uses for tools of unimaginable destructive force, after all.
If they're a main or recurring character, a common plotline for them will be trying to avoid [[Bad Powers, Bad People]], or coming to realize that they're better off leaving the planet; either by realizing [[A God Am I]] and turning into an [[Energy Beings|Energy Being]] or, more tragically, committing suicide. If they didn't start so overpowering, they may [[Status Quo Is God|give up their powers]] or lose them in some other fashion.
Likely overlaps with [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]] and [[Walking Wasteland]]. [[Omnicidal Maniac
Note, just having the ability to cause damage does not make someone an example of this trope. While a Person Of Mass Destruction is rarely below class 2 on the [[Super Weight]] Scale, lack of giant superpowers doesn't disqualify one from this trope so long as they are akin to dangerous weapons in the setting.
{{examples
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Hotaru Tomoe from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', a.k.a. Sailor Saturn the senshi of destruction and rebirth is a perfect example. Able to destroy a planet at will, and just about anything by sacrificing herself in the process.
* In ''[[Bleach]]'', all the Captains and Vice-Captains of the shinigami have 80% of their energy sealed away when in the real world without special permission to release all of it. Guess why.
** During the Karakura Town Attack arc, Shinigami scientists had to find a way to teleport the whole town into another dimension, because otherwise it would be for sure destroyed by the power of captains and Espada fighting all over the place. And it almost failed, which would have been even worse, since Ichimaru Gin sliced the upper halves of buildings in a 13
** Ulquiorra's {{spoiler|Segunda Resurrecion Etapa}} and {{spoiler|Hollow Ichigo's full power form}} in chapters 347 to 352, are probably the biggest (and most explosive) examples so far.
** Barragan {{spoiler|before his death}} in his Resurrection form counts as this. Starrk is most likely this, stating to be able to [[More Dakka|fire 1,000 ceros at once in his Resurrection form]].
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** Above all others, Ichigo is weaponized and deployed most clearly as one, for various reasons. Chief among them being: 1.)His personality means he's essentially laser guided. 2.) He's free of the command structure and has no limiters. and 3.) {{spoiler|His potential power is far and away the most devastating destructive force in the Bleach-verse, should it be somehow unlocked}}.
* In ''[[Sands of Destruction]]'', {{spoiler|Kyrie}} is definitely a Person of Mass...well ''World'' Destruction actually. He basically has the power to revert anything (even the entire planet) back to its elemental sand. He was created by the gods specifically for this purpose, and his power becomes active whenever someone comes along who sincerely wishes the world would end.
* One of the best-known examples is eponymous ''[[
* Hayate of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** When {{spoiler|Caro}} was discovered by her village to be an insanely powerful dragon-summoner, she was shunned. Even some members of the TSAB suggested she would only be useful as a weapon. Fortunately the above people thought this idea was stupid.
** And Nanoha herself is not called [[Fan Nickname|White Devil]] without reason. In doujinshi, especially, she ([[Artifact of Doom|or her device]]) is very prone to unleashing destruction anywhere, anytime.
** There
** Reinforce (in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', Madoka has so much magical talent that if she became a Puella Magi, she would be capable of destroying the most powerful witch in a single blast. And then she {{spoiler|becomes an ultimate witch who really ''can and does'' remove all life from the world. Part of the plot of the story is centered around when she would actually make her wish.}}
* ''[[The Record of a Fallen Vampire]]'' has Strauss, the vampire immune to the sun who also has an almost godly amount of magic, and Adelheid, the Moonlight of Corrosion.
* Ryner Lute of ''[[The Legend of the Legendary Heroes]]''. He has the power to blow people up, cause things to implode, and completely disintegrate things in a matter of seconds, simply by thinking about it. And yet, people ''intentionally'' try to piss him off and provoke him. Real smart, huh?
* Chise of ''[[Saikano]]'' is a particularly cruel example of the horrible repercussions after she is turned into a super weapon, though it varies on the version, anime or manga. In both cases {{spoiler|everyone dies. ''[[Kill
** In the anime version, she still has her powers, but doesn't actually cause the destruction directly, but isn't powerful enough to stop the rampaging [[Eldritch Abomination]] and gives up about halfway through story. [[Mind Screw|Maybe.]]
** In the manga, {{spoiler|she consciously and single-handedly kills everyone in the human race, save for Shuji.}}
* The Otome of ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' are thinly veiled analogs for WMDs, complete with a "SOLT" conference based on the real world "SALT" (Strategic Arms Limitations Talks) and issues similar to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The main Otome also have the added danger of being volatile young women in the middle of a twisted [[Love Triangle]], so you ''know'' there's going to be trouble. One of the girls involved in that triangle ({{spoiler|Nina}}) snaps and ''literally'' tries to destroy the world in the last few episodes.
* Mewtwo of the first ''[[Pokémon (
** To further put this in perspective, a similar storm was generated in the second movie, but only after the three legendary birds had been fighting all-out for some time. Each of these three combatants, by the way, are implied to be so powerful that they are able to change the climate of wherever they are ''just by existing''
*** Said birds (Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres) and Lugia, who shut the storm in that movie down, all have weather control as explicit abilities. Mewtwo does not. He was duplicating it using telekinesis. Yes, that means he's better several [[Olympus Mons]] in their specialization while faking that ability with another ability entirely. Be very afraid.
** May be a coincidence, but his powers glow the exact same color as Cerenkov radiation.
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* A running theme in ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' is keeping the title character from getting bored, since as an immature and easily fed up [[Reality Warper]], she has the potential to destroy the world as we know it (without consciously intending to) and remake it into something more entertaining. Several factions within the series make it their goal to prevent this, while others actually want it to happen.
* The diclonii from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' are a borderline example; through their spreading of [[The Virus]] that propagate their species and their powerful psychic abilities, they're a very real danger for humanity (especially due to the [[Masquerade]])... However, most are ''already'' shamelessly homicidal due to maltreatment, and the [[Government Conspiracy]] treating the few diclonii they don't cull as lab rats do not improve matters.
** Lucy also gets steadily less borderline as time goes by in the manga, and eventually ''disappears'' by the end of it all, where her vectors become so numerous and massive, she can [[The End of the World
* The Contractors from ''[[Darker
** The most straight-up example is Havoc, whose powers consisted of spontaneously generating vacuums for [[Explosive Decompression|explosive results]] and a [[Power At a Price|renumeration]] of [[Eats Babies|drinking the blood of children]]. There was pretty much no way she ''couldn't'' use her powers to murder tons of people.
* Victor of ''[[Busou Renkin]]'' is significantly smaller in radius than most Persons of Mass Destruction, but more deadly: thanks to his [[Power Incontinence|always-on energy absorption powers]], he would likely kill every human being within a kilometer or two if he stayed in one place for more than an hour. {{spoiler|Main character Kazuki is immune, but only because he's turning into a Victor-alike himself.}}
* Lina Inverse from ''[[Slayers]]'' routinely hurls spells that blow up cities. Her most powerful spell has the potential to unmake creation. In fact, In the first episode of the new series, ''Slayers Revolution'', {{spoiler|Lina is arrested "On suspicion of being Lina Inverse"}}. There is perhaps only one person in the world that she fears: her elder sister Luna, who is stated to have taken down a [[Our Dragons Are Different|Plasma Dragon]] with a mundane kitchen knife. And she possesses an [[Infinity
* Ranma's final opponent in ''[[Ranma
* [[Naruto]] and his fellow jinchuuriki all have very nasty [[Sealed Evil in
** They really get to show off their power later on in the manga, {{spoiler|causing blasts that vapourize entire mountain ranges with ease.}}
** Pain manages to catapult himself up to ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' levels of destruction with ease. Not only does he {{spoiler|control 6 different bodies at the same time, each of whom have impressive destructive powers}}, but he also {{spoiler|''completely and utterly annihilates'' the village of Konoha with a single attack that can be best described as a [[Wave Motion Gun]] that uses ''gravity'' to crush the entire town.}}.And he can also use a sphere of '''condensed gravitational energy''' to rip off entire chunks of the earth's surface to form a mini moon.
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** [[Badass Longcoat|Kakuzu]] can use wind,fire lightning elemental techniques that dwarf a forest ''casually'',
** [[Badass Teacher|Maito Gai]] can unlock [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Chakra gates]] inside his body drastically increasing his physical abilities.In this mode he can [http://www.mangareader.net/93-56761-12/naruto/chapter-506.html create flaming Tsunami destroying shockwaves] or fire [http://www.mangareader.net/93-56935-2/naruto/chapter-507.html tiger shaped mega blasts] of air pressure.
** Deidara as well, seeing as he can {{spoiler|create pseudo atomic bombs whenever he fells like it. He can also turn himself into a bomb and explode, although [[Taking You
** Konan's most powerful technique {{spoiler|uses ''billions'' of explosives.}} She uses it {{spoiler|in a failed attempt}} to ''[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|kill a single person.]]''
** {{spoiler|But the real Uchiha Madara puts everyone else to shame when he summons ''[[Colony Drop|giant fucking meteors out of the sky.]]'' And that's just for starters.}}
* Once the two sisters come together to form ''[[Genocyber]]'', ''nothing'' is left standing after their rampage.
* The Crusniks in ''[[Trinity Blood]]''. In the backstory (which isn't discussed in the anime, but is [[All There in the Manual]]), during the Armageddon War {{spoiler|Abel}} singlehandedly killed ''seven million'' humans.
* Ifurita of ''[[El
* Mahoro of ''[[Mahoromatic]]'' is an extraordinarily powerful [[Robot Girl]] who wields a [[BFG|huge pistol]] and can rip apart [[Humongous Mecha]] with her bare hands. She was created specifically to battle aliens. The trope of her creators [[All of the Other Reindeer|treating her like crap]] is notably averted, as everyone really likes her and are friendly to her, and the fact that {{spoiler|the more she uses her ultimate weapon, the shorter her lifespan is. Has a major part in parts of the plot, where using it could kill her. It eventually does.}}
* ''[[Kyouran Kazoku Nikki]]'' has Gouykouou, whose mere presence on Earth could make it violently explode if he doesn't actively suppress his power. Thankfully, he's the nicest guy anyone will ever meet.
* Several people in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' qualify. Just about any powerful mage could probably take out a good chunk of a city with little trouble. ''Then'' you have the ''really'' strong guys, such as Jack Rakan (accidentally blew up a mountain), Fate (pretty much obliterate an entire city sector with the flick of his wrist), Evangeline (beat the crap out of Fate when they fought), and Nagi (who beat Evangeline with no trouble at all). But the most ridiculous example is Asuna; her [[Anti
** In-Universe, many people believe Queen Arika to be one of these, thinking she caused a [[Floating Continent]] to crash. {{spoiler|She's actually taking the blame for Asuna}}.
** {{spoiler|Chachamaru}} also counts now that's capable of summoning a [[Kill Sat]] that can take out an [[Eldritch Abomination]].
* Ryoko from ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' fits here, at least in her original OVA form, since she is listed as destroying several planets in her past. An honourable mention should also go out to {{spoiler|Tenchi himself, as when his godself manifested in OVA 3, he nearly destroyed
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', in absolute
** Then we get to the Buu Saga, by which time not only has every heroic character become so much stronger, Goku almost shakes the planet in two merely by
* Almost any and all State Alchemists in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** One of the victims of that order, [[Serial Killer|Scar]], later went on to become another Person of Mass Destruction, gaining the ability to deconstruct matter with a touch. One could argue that many of the [[Artificial Human|Homunculi]] count, due to their regeneration powers, and ability to take down almost anyone, including State Alchemists. [[One
*** [[Big Bad|Father]] takes the trope up to the next level; he is so powerful that he is able to
* Taken a bit less serious in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' (obviously) with Hunny-senpai. After Japan's Secretary of Defence watched him [[Curb Stomp Battle|beat the ever loving crap out of his father]] (who was supposedly the greatest martial artist of their great martial art family), he asked Hunny never to fight in public again, lest other countries believe Japan was making a Weapon of Mass Destruction (i.e. this trope). At the time Hunny couldn't have been but 15 or 16.
* The "Codes" of ''[[Code
* A [[Mad Scientist]] creates PoMDs in ''Out Code'' (no relation to ''Code: Breaker'' aside from pyrokinetic main characters), including a guy who's basically [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Seto Kaiba]] with [[Magneto]]'s powers (but weaker) and causing several people to [[Body Horror|weep and sweat acid]].
* Guilmon from ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', [[Unstoppable Rage|when you piss him off]] and [[Deadly Upgrade|unleash the Digital Hazard]], resulting in a creature that could ''destroy the world simply by existing''. Subverted in that he was accidentally created by someone who didn't want a weapon of mass destruction.
* The Tribe of Heroes in ''[[Heroic Age]]'' was a race composed entirely of [[Blood Knight]] [[Kaiju]] who nearly wiped themselves out in a massive civil war that obliterated entire ''star systems'' in the crossfire. As punishment, the Tribe of Gold (the gods of this particular fictional universe) sealed each of the five surviving members of the tribe into the bodies of members of other tribes. These individuals, called "Nodos", possess incredible powers (like super strength and the ability to survive in hard vacuum) even in their normal forms, and can also call upon the Heroes within them to transform into [[Nigh Invulnerable]] [[Kaiju]] capable of annihilating entire armadas without breaking a sweat.
* All of the major-level paopei in [[Houshin Engi]] are capable of some serious destruction, but none match this trope as well as Nataku, the Human Paopei (long story). And then there's ultimate [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Jyoka}}, who is so ridiculously powerful that it takes a [[Combined Energy Attack]] from the ''gods themselves'' to take down.
* ''[[Beyblade]]'' 's third season G-Rev arc involves [[Big Bad|Boris]] happily assuming his new Person of Mass Destruction Brooklyn is going to help him [[Take Over the World]]. Unfortunately for everyone, Brooklyn turns out to be [[Ax Crazy]] and far more interested in [[Earthshattering Kaboom|destroying everything]] than following the [[Evil Plan]].
* The titular Index of ''[[
** Several characters in later novels who won the [[Superpower Lottery]] ''big time'' certainly fit this trope. Includes but is not limited to: Kanzaki Kaori, [[Archangel Gabriel]], Acqua of the Back, Fiamma of the Right.
** Also every Level 5 Esper.
** Accelerator was dropped off of a supersonic bomber as a back-up plan in case bombing with a laser/magma-like blade didn't work.
* Gildarts from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' wields the "Crash" magic, allowing him to destroy pretty much anything he touches. Unfortunately for the people of Magnolia town, he often lets his mind wander while walking, and fails to pay attention to things like walls, houses and buildings, thus leaving a trail of destruction behind him as he benignly ploughs through them. When the townspeople caught wind of his return, they hastily activate a mechanism that essentially ''changes the town's layout to give him a straight path to the guild.'' He also counts as a [[Handicapped Badass]], due to having lost some of his limbs and a few internal organs to a black dragon that even '''''he''''' couldn't defeat.
* Nagumo from ''[[
* The Wretched Egg/Red Man/{{spoiler|Shiro}} from ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' is this, managing to cause an earthquake powerful enough to destroy most of Tokyo. Also has the ability to massacre people with the wave of a hand.
* ''[[Toward the Terra]]'' has the Type Blue [[Psychic Power|Mu]], who are capable of single-handedly destroying starships and stopping beams from [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Planet Killers]]. Finally, the Mu have enough of [[Fantastic Racism]] and [[Beware the Nice Ones|declare war on humankind and society controlled by computers]]. The only thing inhabitants of next attacked world can do, is to [[Oh Crap|observe]] how their planetary defense is massacred by 7 teenagers.
* All the minus in [[Medaka Box]] certainly count {{spoiler|with the exception, apparently, of Shiranui}}: Kumagawa can revert everything to nothingness([[The End of the World
** And then we have the Not-Equal Ajimu Najimi, which, with her some quadrillion skills, is the closest thing to a god in the manga.[[Oh Crap|Unfortunately, she is the main antagonist.]]
* Chise from ''[[Saikano]]'' is often treated as (and almost certainly was written, in a sense, to represent) a human nuke. {{spoiler|By the end of the story, there's only one human left alive ( possibly two, but that depends upon whether you agree to classify her as a human by this point). Not directly by her fault, but she's very well aware that ultimately, she did it.}}
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
* The [[
== Card Games ==▼
* The [[Magic the Gathering]] Expy card game series [[Duel Masters]] is full of creatures like that. To name a few:▼
** [http://duelmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Bolshack_Dragon Bolshack Dragon](the cities who have messed up with him are probably fated to become ruins).▼
** The Giant class from Nature realm([http://duelmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Earthstomp_Giant Earthstomp Giant], for an example, causes such damage to the environment while fighting that his battle comrades wonder ''if he is really on their side'')▼
*** An even more extreme example would be [http://duelmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Stratosphere_Giant Stratosphere Giant], who came in the ninth set, and defeated the seemingly unstopabble [[Big Bad]] creature since the beginning of card game, ''using his toe.''The villain got better, but still.....▼
** The Light Bringers in general, since they are created with components such ''"a nuclear warhead unstable enough to blow a continent clear off the planet"''.▼
** To round up, it's easier to point the creature ''who cannot put a continent in danger.''▼
* ''[[Magic the Gathering]]'' itself has a few.▼
** Planeswalkers are entirely capable of wiping out entire battlefields or blasting mountain ranges into shrapnel with the right spell, such as [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=44335 Decree of Annihilation].▼
** Also, in the lore, there are three great threats to the multiverse and everything in it: The vast, ravening hordes of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldrazi]], The vast, Ravenous hordes of [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Phyrexia]], and Nicol Bolas, all by himself.▼
▲== Comic Books ==
▲* The [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]] is one of the earliest examples. Like Godzilla, he was created by a bomb, and some adaptations literally compare him to the atomic weapon that spawned him; for example, the shockwaves he creates from smashing things are compared to the blast wave of a nuke.
* As is his [[Alternate Company Equivalent|DC Comics pastiche]] Goraiko, who is of Japanese origin and even has an attack shaped like a mushroom cloud.
* In Marvel Comics' "[[New Universe]]", Ken Connell, the Starbrand, discovers his POMD potential when he accidentally annihilates the city of Pittsburgh by trying to transfer the Starbrand to an inanimate object ten miles in the air over the city.
* [[
** Notably in ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'', where "Ronnie" tells the American people not to worry about rising tensions with the Soviet Union because God is on their side, or (wink) the next best thing anyhow.
** [[Family Guy|REAGAN SMASH!!]]
** Also used at the end of ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', when {{spoiler|Superman is one of the few survivors of an atomic bomb that takes out a good chunk of the DCU's superhero population. He then sets off towards the UN, fully aware that they're the ones who called in the strike. The UN's collective reaction: [[Oh Crap|"Oh, ''fuck''."]]}}
* Doctor Manhattan of ''[[Watchmen (
* The original 1940s ''All-Star Comics'' had a story where the [[Justice Society of America]] started fighting in the war, logical issues aside. This was [[
** This was taken further in the [[Elseworld]] story ''The Golden Age'', in which [[Green Lantern]] witnesses the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and, realizing that his power is on par with the atom bomb, puts his ring away and retires in the belief that no human deserves to wield such power. His reluctant return at the end of the story to combat the archvillain is his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|shining moment]], and one of the few times in or out of continuity we truly see how much Alan Scott means to [[The DCU]].
* ''[[Flare]]'' stories, online since the fourth quarter of 2007, feature Marian Press, a literal "Blonde Bombshell".
* The ''[[Wildstorm]]'' universe actually uses the trope name as one of several [[Differently
** The Authority is, after all, a team where one single member freezes a whole country (on a different world, mind you) in time for a second, effectively teleporting the entire landmass and everyone and everything on it into space. Then they go {{spoiler|kill the thing that accidentally put life on Earth in the first place, and is almost as big as the planet itself.}}
** Jack Hawksmoor even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this at one point, telling the President of the United States something to the point of: "We don't have weapons of mass destruction. We ARE weapons of mass destruction. Don't fuck with us."
** And later on, this is taken to its logical conclusion: {{spoiler|[[The Authority]] takes over the USA, forces what amounts to martial law. Then a rebellion made up of other People of Mass Destruction fought against their power.... and it ends up with Washington being nuked. [[Oh Crap|Oops]].}}
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], [
** In the "[[War of Kings]]" storyline he and the Inhumans do go to war against the Shi'ar and their evil emperor Vulcan (aka Gabriel Summers), who is also a Person of Mass Destruction and a [[Complete Monster]] to boot. What happens when two of these forces collide? {{spoiler|Both are apparently dead by the end of the story.}}
* In the ''[[House of M]]'' storyline in the [[Marvel Universe]], Scarlet Witch ends up becoming one of these, and is somewhat obedient, at first.
* The term is used in reference to [[The Ultimates]] in the first issue of ''Ultimates 2'', after [[Captain America (comics)]] single-handedly frees hostages in the Middle East; the world is worried that the US government might start using the Ultimates in politically-motivated conflicts. Gee, ya think?
* [[X-Men|Jean Grey]], in any incarnation when she takes on the codename Phoenix. In the original [[Dark Phoenix Saga]], Jean destroyed a star, snuffing out the billions of lives on an orbiting planet. In the end of that story, she realized [[What Have I Become?|what she would become]] and chose the more tragic option of committing suicide.
** Don't forget "Here Comes Tomorrow", which ends with Jean being able to alter the Universe according to her desire, noting that this is "Phoenix Work" meaning it's something she'll be doing more than once.
* [[The Spectre]]. The Wrath of God, Old Testament-style. Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Annihilated an entire country. And sank modern-day Atlantis.
** But arguably, not a person but a force... he traditionally becomes ''less'' dangerous when he inhabits a human host. If you manage to push that human to the breaking point, however, the Spectre starts getting Biblical again.
* [[Black Adam]], when pissed off, is quite literally a one-man war. He managed to get a good portion of the DCU united against him just to stop him. In the process of his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], he annihilated ''an entire fucking country''. He also managed to hold off the JLA, the JSA, the Teen Titans, and the Great Ten all at once, not to mention single-handedly killing off the [[Eldritch Abomination
* ''[[Kingdom Come]]'' has [[Captain Atom]]'s protective armor torn off, releasing enough radioactive fallout to sterilize several Midwestern states.
** Monarch is effectively Captain Atom's [[Super
* In ''[[Supreme Power]]'', Marvel's [[Alternate Company Equivalent]] and [[Deconstruction]] of the [[Justice League of America]], when Mark Milton aka Hyperion (Superman-
* Depending on the author, Jack of Hearts from the Marvel Universe has been considered this. His powers came from every cell of his body being infused with an experimental power substance called "Zero fluid." Without his suit, designed to channel and control the energy he generates, he would effectively turn into a small sun (he has been [[
* Max, from ''[[Sam and Max]]'', has been called the most violent force in the universe by the Season 1 [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[X-Men]]'' favorite Gambit always seemed to have an okay power, nothing too special, then he met one of his alternate universe counterparts New Sun, and, well, let's just say that is a
* Marvel's ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' was kicked off when Nitro, previously a C-List villain whose power was to "explode", detonated with the force of a low
** Unless you count the Wolverine Civil War tie
* The Human Bomb is DC's counterpart to Nitro.
* The [[Marvel Universe]] also has Robert Reynolds, aka [[The Sentry]], who has the power of "[[Up to Eleven|a million exploding suns]]". Easily the strongest individual on Earth (matched only by [[The Hulk]]), capable of [[Flying Brick|flight, super speed, super strength]]; and those are just the powers he uses most often. The [[Superpower Lottery]] made him [
* [[Solar Man of the Atom]] in both the [[Valiant Comics]] and [[Dark Horse Comics]] versions.
* [[A Distant Soil]] has Seren, Liana, and Jason.
* [[Invincible
* The scarab graphed onto Jaime Reyes's spine in ''[[Blue Beetle]]'' has an arsenal that includes everything from nukes to a BFG that has "potential theological implications." It's likely only by the virtue of Jaime being [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] that the world isn't already a burnt cinder.
** Unfortunately, the scarab is one of many, seeded throughout the universe to aid their masters, the Reach, in conquering or destroying
* [[Justice League]] and [[Martian Manhunter]] villain Despero has become a walking engine of psychokinetic destruction following his various rebirths and power-ups. It takes the entire League to put him down, and he frequently levels entire city blocks in the process.
* [[Superman|Doomsday]]. All there in the name really. Is basically on a mission to wipe out literally every other living thing in universe with his bare hands and just about capable of pulling it off.
▲== Fan Fiction ==
* The ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3354083/1/Unexpected_Results_I_A_Slight_Glitch Unexpected] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3563720/1/Unexpected_Results_II_In_All_the_Empty_Places Results]'' series (a ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' fan fic) has Johanna Sinclair, a character with time manipulation abilities that can trigger what is referred to as 'temporal whiplash', with the effect varying according to the age of the victim. In the case of a human it'll have a similar effect to an electric shock and usually knocks them out. When used on a vampire the result is akin to a bomb going off and it is theorized that using it against anything older than a vampire (i.e. a Crusnik) would be like setting off a nuke. This puts her in the rather difficult position of being theoretically capable of taking out the [[Big Bad]] but not without a hell of a lot of collateral damage.
* Shinji in ''[[Shinji and
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5165327/1/Deep_Sleep Deep Sleep]'', a ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' [[Dark Fic|fanfic]], has Peter and Sylar battle ([[Coconut Superpowers|fully utilizing their powers]]) and inadvertently [[Story
* [[Heroic Sociopath|Mark Westion]] in ''[[Yukari Is Free]] [
* Justin in ''[[
* Yachiru and {{spoiler|Hitsugaya}} in ''[[
* Paul in ''[[
** Probably the others as well. John rejected many of the things the Kansael told him he can do and implied that he's unbeatable in the ocean; George at the very least could wreak havoc as a dragon; and Ringo apparently has a huge amount of power behind him that he's never tapped into. Luckily, they're [[Actual Pacifist
* Shar, from ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]''. Imagine, if you will, a pyrokinetic nine-year-old capable of killing Godzilla unassisted.
* Both Ranma and Kasumi in the ''[[Ranma ½]]/[[Sailor Moon]]'' crossover fic ''[[Desperately Seeking Ranma]]''. They start out disturbingly powerful and just keep getting more so.
== [[Film]] ==
* The villain Nuclear Man from ''[[Superman IV]]: The Quest for Peace'' was supposed to be an [[Anvilicious]] statement about nukes... until it was shown that he was actually ''solar'' powered, making him possibly the greenest supervillain in existence. [[Broken Aesop|Ouch.]]
** Well, what is the Sun but a giant hydrogen bomb ''that's too big to stop exploding''?
* Aurora/Marie Zorn in ''[[Babylon
* Neo in ''[[The Matrix]]''. I assume that's not a spoiler.
* Paul Atreides, especially in the [[David Lynch]] version of ''[[Dune]]'', is capable of calling gigantic sandworms, using the
** Even more so,
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* Kaylin Nera in Michelle Sagara's [[Chronicles of Elantra]] is one. This isn't even a spoiler.
* The most powerful Channelers in Robert Jordan's ''[[Wheel of Time]]''. Three thousand years before the books start the male channelers going insane resulted in continents being reshaped and set humanity back thousand of years. Lews Therin's suicide alone reared up a large ''volcano''. The less powerful ''damane'' and Aes Sedai of the current age can be compared to bringing tanks into a medieval conflict when on the battlefield. The Asha'man are worse. And then there's the pair of devices that are powerful enough to let a single man and woman working together break the world all on their own, or challenge God.
** The supposed potential to challenge God (or The Other Guy) is one woman's opinion. The potential to "crack the world like an egg," on the other hand, is a physical feat and thus more likely to be an accurate appraisal.
** [[The Chosen One|Rand]] certainly qualifies, having taken out armies all by his lonesome throughout the series.
* In Neal Stephenson's novel ''[[Snow Crash]]'', one antisocial character, Raven, connected himself through a [[Dead
** Mind you, Raven is a very obvious parody of the type of [[Badass]] characters often found in [[Cyberpunk]] fiction. The main character, [[Stephen Ulysses Perhero|Hiro Protagonist]], hangs a big lampshade on him.
* Kurt Vonnegut's 1950 short story ''Report on the Barnhouse Effect'' is about Professor Arthur Barnhouse who develops the ability to [[Mind Over Matter|affect physical objects and events through the force of his mind]]. He becomes the first [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]] with a conscience.
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* In Stephen R. Donaldson's ''[[The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]'' series Covenant is one of these through his partial control of wild magic. {{spoiler|In the Second Chronicles the [[Big Bad]]'s aim is to force Covenant to surrender not by making him weaker but by making him so powerful he can't use his power without risking all of reality}}.
* The Freehold Black Ops in Mike Z. Williamson's ''The Weapon'' fit this trope because of their [[The Spartan Way|Spartan Way]] training. Instead of special powers, it's a matter of being ruthless, creative, and cross-trained to the point of being [[Crazy Prepared]].
* Some Adept-level mages in the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' books have power of this
** In the ''Mage Wars'' prequels, the combined detonation of the accumulated magical power of two opposing Mage Lords set off the [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Cataclysm]] whose effects are still felt thousands of years later. (The large, almost perfectly circular inland sea on Valdemar's border? The equally circular, considerably larger grassland some kingdoms to the south?
* Flinx, of [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s ''[[Humanx Commonwealth]]'' series, is something of a walking [[Psychic Powers|psychic]] time bomb, as he has a tendency to erupt in massive, [[Power Incontinence|uncontrolled]] telekinetic [[Superpower Meltdown|detonations]] when severely provoked. These are invariably highly destructive to his immediate surroundings, albeit not quite at the city/planet level. Ironically, this ability may turn out to be {{spoiler|[[The Chosen One|the key to saving the universe]].}}
* The canonical example from the early ''[[Perry Rhodan]]'' universe would be Ivan Ivanovich
* Jame from ''[[Chronicles of the Kencyrath]]'' is already this to a degree, although she tends to be more of the spark that lights the powder-keg. It looks, though, like she's destined to be Nemesis, the avatar of the Destruction aspect of her God, and that's quite some mass destruction indeed.
* Aside from the obligatory demons, vampires and such, the German horror/fantasy/SF pulp series ''Professor Zamorra'' features a recurring species of near-human aliens, the so-called 'Eternals'. (Who did, of course, try to invade Earth at least once before.) Aside from having the obligatory advanced technology, much of their personal power comes from magical crystals known as ''Dhyarras'', which come in distinct numbered power levels; social rank is determined largely by the ability to control the more powerful ones (with failure to do so generally resulting in insanity or death). Crystals of the highest (13th) order, only one of which is technically supposed to exist at a time because it doubles as the symbol of authority of the Dynasty's absolute leader, are explicitly stated to be powerful enough to destroy entire planets.
* Goddamn ''Carnival'' of the ''[[Deepgate Codex]]'' books.
* The Archive from ''[[The Dresden Files]]''. Even putting aside that she knows the nuclear launch codes for every country on the planet, Ivy's [[Little Miss Badass|ten years old]] and capable of holding off 8 fallen angels at once, with almost no resources, without breaking a sweat. But what else do you expect from the living repository of all human knowledge?
** Ebenezar McCoy once pulled a disused Soviet satellite out of orbit and [[Colony Drop|dropped it on someone]], and he's the ''weakest'' member of the Senior Council. Guess that's where Harry got his tendency to [[Destructive Savior|burn down buildings]]...
** Harry Dresden himself gets pretty close to this. He's capable of throwing a giant demonic werewolf across a city block with no preparation. When faced with the start of a [[Zombie Apocalypse]], he responds by making his own zombie out of something [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|much bigger than people]], which stomps on National Guard trucks as an afterthought. When he goes to rescue someone from faerieland and encounters more resistance than he expected, he sets the whole place on fire.
*** Harry's got a tendency to pull off highly destructive and risky magic that can leave even those who are used to dealing with near-godlike beings staring in shock. With access to {{spoiler|soulfire and the power of the Winter Knight}}, there's a good chance he's now closer to being a PMD than even he realizes. If he's not a PMD ''now'', it seems almost certain that he will be before it's all said and done.
** The Wardens of the White Council are an entire military force composed of PMDs. In ''Turn Coat'', Harry sees a handful of Wardens go all-out to fight a bunch of nasties, and he's left completely dumbstruck. Of course, that's somewhat earlier in his career than some of the examples above.
* In something of a subversion, [[Harry Potter]] is harassed by his non-magical relatives, who walk a fine line between their own perceived power over him and his ability (and their knowledge of his ability) to cause them magical damage.
* In Simon R. Green's ''[[Deathstalker (
* Any of the High Lords from the ''[[Codex Alera]]'' will absolutely ''destroy'' you, since they're incredibly powerful crafters with control over all six elements. But especially the First Lord; Gaius Sextus wiped out two cohorts worth of brainwashed [[Super Soldiers]] by himself without slowing down and cast a ''fear spell'' so powerful that it destroyed an entire legion, leaving only one soldier not curled into a ball on the ground, who he promptly cuts down.
** Not to mention his {{spoiler|[[Taking You
** Also not to mention {{spoiler|our dear [[Guile Hero]] Gaius Octavian, who combines all that power with a devious little mind that looks at everything sideways and upside-down. He once had to get through the gates of Riva, a product of centuries of the strongest furycrafting which added up into something that could take dozens of fireballs without the slightest scorch mark. Tavi pries it apart by using plants to make cracks and pits in the surface, then pushing water in and freezing it. When it finally shatters, the pent-up furies are released and... well, it takes four minutes for the buildings to finish collapsing.}}
* In the ''[[
** He becomes even more powerful by the end of the trilogy. By the time of the ''[[
* The enslaved gods in the first book of the ''[[Inheritance Trilogy]]'', who are used as [[Attack Animal
* Retired Drop Commando Alicia DeVries in David Weber's ''Path of the Fury}}'' (revised/expanded in ''[[In Fury Born]]'') is practically a PMD with her standard commando loadout of cyborgish enhancements. Then she gets inhabited by the last surviving Greek Fury, Tisiphone. Said Greek Goddess soon learns to interface with computers and other technology through Alicia's built in radio interface and no security system can stop her, especially since she can also dip into other humans' brains for information. Next Alicia/Tisiphone steal one of the elite AI fighter ships, which are their own special kind of POMD when combined with a "normal" enhanced human specially selected and trained to interface with those ships. The tripartite human/goddess/computer fusion becomes the unstoppable force to smash the people who murdered Alicia's family and the entire populations of several colony worlds.
* Dragon riders from the ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]''. There are limits (those being your own ingenuity with magic and whether or not a particular spell exerts more energy than your body possesses), but otherwise there is literally ''nothing that they cannot do''. The dragons they are partnered with are unable to mold magic beyond freak happenstance, but wield far greater power than their riders. Also: Riders can more or less meld their mind with their dragon's and use their resources for magic, which is the difference between moving a [[Badass Abnormal|Sedan]] and moving an [[Up to Eleven|aircraft carrier]]. In the third book, it is revealed that {{spoiler|utilizing the magical core of a dead dragon, an [[Applied Phlebotinum|Eldunari]] (or multiple dead dragons, a la [[Big Bad|Galbatorix]])}}, the aircraft carrier can be bumped up to ''[[Hiroshima
* Jaenelle as Witch in
* In ''[[Night Watch]]'' an exceptionally strong curse can turn the victim into one of these. Usually cursed ones die from a fallen brick or mugger's knife, but when the curse runs out of control, it can result in things like a random gas explosion, sudden outbreak of mutated flu or an unprovoked nuclear attack. On a related note, Others beyond categories are these by default, wielding incredibly destructive powers, including the aforementioned curses.
** The novel ''Day Watch'' appears to be about Zabulon attempting to resurrect a powerful ancient Other named [[Norse Mythology|Fafnir]], whose favorite form is a dragon. However, even someone as powerful as Fafnir, while doing a lot of damage and killing a lot of people, would eventually be stopped by modern human technology. As one character puts it, in a fight between helicopter gunships and a dragon, he'd bet on the gunships. They may not kill Fafnir, but they'd stop him. Worst case, [[Nuke
*** Also, enchanted weapons (such as submachineguns) work very well against the Others, mostly because it takes more time to cast a spell then to pull the trigger. Which is not to say anything about enchanted remote-controlled guns, which completely surprise the Others because they can't detect them (i.e. machines have no malice, and the operator is too far away).
* [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|Percy Freakin' Jackson]]. Not only is he capable of destroying entire armies by himself, he also once caused a volcanic eruption that resulted in one million people being evacuated and the literal father of all monsters being released from his prison beneath the volcano. He's so powerful that the [[Big Bad]] singles him out in the sequel series, ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'', as the key for a blood sacrifice to bring on the gods' downfall.
* From ''[[
* The Sith [[The Emperor|Emperor]], as described in the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'', is supposedly more powerful than Palpatine ever was. The only thing matching his power is his madness and obsession with immortality. To show off, his guards are never present during audiences, even with other powerful Sith lords (who are allowed to keep their weapons). Furthermore, he always sits facing ''away'' from the door. He has [[Black Eyes of Evil]] and [[Voice of the Legion]]. He attained immortality by absorbing the life-force of everything alive on his homeworld, including insects and plants. It was he who corrupted Revan and Malak, turning them to the Dark Side to use them as vanguard for his invasion of the [[The Federation|Republic]]. As powerful as he is, even Revan can't match the Emperor.
* In ''[[
* Jesus Himself in the ''[[Left Behind]]'' book series, as [[The Bible|His Word alone]] can kill many people ''en masse''.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
* Ted's power on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' was nuclear based. Despite the fears that he'd use those powers to detonate New York, turns out it wasn't Ted they had to worry about...▼
▲== Live-Action TV ==
▲* Ted's power on ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' was nuclear based. Despite the fears that he'd use those powers to detonate New York, turns out it wasn't Ted they had to worry about...
* ''[[The 4400]]'' has a returnee who was a non-nuclear example.
* At one point Crichton of ''[[
* In ''[[Babylon 5]]'', Vorlons used telepaths for their war with the Shadows. Most of the telepaths were of "regular" "read thoughts, cause headache" kind, and their only combat use was to disrupt the link Shadow battleships had with their pilots. However, (at least) one telepath, {{spoiler|Lyta Alexander}}, was upgraded [[Up to Eleven]] and became the equivalent of a [[Doomsday Device]]. Thankfully, [[Informed Ability|we never learn what exactly they were capable of]].
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' ("Child's Play"). Icheb has been genetically engineered to pass on an infection that will destroy Borg cubes when he is assimilated (this causes problems when Voyager returns the youth to what they assume will be his doting parents). When you think that the average cube has a crew of ten of thousands of drones and can destroy a Federation battlefleet, this is pretty damned impressive.
** Kes becomes one after being in space turns her [[Psychic Powers]] [[Up to Eleven]].
* Illyria in ''[[
* Doomsday on ''[[Smallville]]'' is this trope crossed with [[Serial Killer]].
* The Doctor, from ''[[
** {{spoiler|Rose "whoops, I absorbed the core of the Tardis" Tyler}} in "The Parting of the Ways", who psychically vaporized an entire fleet of Daleks without even thinking very hard.
*** {{spoiler|The writer
** It's important to consider that the Doctor not only has the technological knowledge of the Time Lords, but also constant access to the same kind of omnipotence as mentioned above, which he probably could use even more effectively, thanks to his advanced understanding of physics. And using it would only cost him a regeneration, not result in any kind of permanent damage. The only reason he doesn't is that he doesn't trust his own morals.
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* All psykers (psychic humans) in ''[[Warhammer
** The most powerful psykers (class Alpha Plus) can (depending on the type of power they have), mind-control entire cities, incinerate armies or snap a battle titan (the series' [[Humongous Mecha]]) in half with a mere thought. To make matters worse, the minds of current humans aren't built to handle Beta-and-above levels of psionic power, causing most psykers of such power levels to usually be batshit insane, not to mention very short
▲* All psykers (psychic humans) in ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'' have the potential to be this, not so much because of their abilities themselves but because they are incredibly vulnerable to [[Demonic Possession]] (which is bad), and are correspondingly treated with paranoid caution (at best) by the unbelievably repressive Imperium.
▲** The most powerful psykers (class Alpha Plus) can (depending on the type of power they have), mind-control entire cities, incinerate armies or snap a battle titan (the series' [[Humongous Mecha]]) in half with a mere thought. To make matters worse, the minds of current humans aren't built to handle Beta-and-above levels of psionic power, causing most psykers of such power levels to usually be batshit insane, not to mention very short lived, as their presence attracts daemons like flies to honey, usually resulting in them exploding apart in a gory fashion while [[Legions of Hell|reality tears asunder and daemonic legions march forth to slaughter all life on the world]]. One of the very few and most notable exceptions is the [[God Emperor]] of Mankind, who is beyond superhuman in both body and mind.
** Ork Weirdboyz use a form of magic tied to "Orkiness", that [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|latent gestalt energy]] generated by every Ork, and used by them every day on an instinctual basis to tell the laws of physics to sit down and shut up. Weirdboyz tap into it more directly than other Orks though, channeling it into power blasts or giant feet falling from the sky. The more Orks around the psyker, the more powerful his magic is. There is a catch, however: if there are too many boyz around, or they get too excited, the poor Weirdboy can't handle the sheer amount of power, which can cause his magic to fizzle... or himself to go nuclear. [[Hilarity Ensues|Yuks ensue]].
* Considering ''[[
** Given that in ''[[
* The flexible, comic-book-based rules system of ''[[
** Duplication and a reasonable smattering of other powers can provide you with a starting character that ''is'' an army and can wipe out a city by personally dismantling it piece by piece.
*** That's nothing. It is possible to make a PL 4 (most starting characters are PL 10) character with an 8-point (out of 150 for the average starting character) power which ''[[Earthshattering Kaboom|completely destroys a planet]]''.
* While not as extreme as some of the others on this page, the mages in ''[[
* ''In Dark Ages: Mage'' (a historical setting for ''[[
** Most ''[[Old World of Darkness]]'' games can make madly powerful characters compared to sane things in their setting—usually ones that are one-trick wonders—but in ''Mage'' it won't even be a one-trick wonder. Sure you're human, but then again you can be a human foreseeing the future, living several thousand years, avoiding all situations where being a "fragile human" could be a problem, just by knowing about them in advance and manipulating things like change, destiny, minds, natural forces and so on, to just achieve what you wished.
* The whole point of ''[[
** Don't. You'll only die tired.
** This is also the case for a lot of major NPCs, such as the Deathlords, each of whom is, in their current state, entirely capable of taking on everything in the Underworld except the other Deathlords without backup.
** While all Exalts are good at this, Infernals have access to an entire charm tree built around a [[Fantastic Nuke]] effect. The most terrifying Infernal Shintai Charm, Demon Emperor, basically turns a large area around you into ground zero for anyone you don't specifically declare exempt, unless they [[Kneel Before Zod|grovel at your feet]]. Infernal Charms are quite literally as awesome as hell.
** Abyssals are also skilled in this area, but that's less about killing everyone who annoys you and more about blighting large chunks of Creation straight into the Underworld.
* ''[[
* In the game ''[[Scion]]'' you play as the mortal offspring of a god. You start out essentially as a minor superhero, but given enough time you can build yourself up to full god status and can do essentially anything within your purview (for instance, if you're a god of death you can kill essentially anyone up to and including the population of whole nations at will; or if you're a god of strength you can pick up the Willis Tower...and the Empire State building...at the same time...in either hand...and use them as battle clubs...)
* The ''[[Wild Talents]]'' game system actually details in its power generation tutorial how to build a power with unlimited range that halts nuclear fusion. Not terribly useful on its own, unless you spend the extra points to change the duration to permanent. For someone of a heroic bent, a power like this could be useful against a crazed dictator who has just launched his entire nuclear arsenal against the world. For someone a little more unhinged? ''Turn off the sun.'' '''FOREVER'''. Or, until the Game Master reveals your opposite number exists who has the power to restart nuclear fusion.
▲* The ''[[Magic:
▲** [http://duelmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Bolshack_Dragon Bolshack Dragon] (the cities who have messed up with him are probably fated to become ruins).
▲** The Giant class from Nature realm ([http://duelmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Earthstomp_Giant Earthstomp Giant], for an example, causes such damage to the environment while fighting that his battle comrades wonder ''if he is really on their side'')
▲*** An even more extreme example would be [http://duelmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Stratosphere_Giant Stratosphere Giant], who came in the ninth set, and defeated the seemingly unstopabble [[Big Bad]] creature since the beginning of card game, ''using his toe.''The villain got better, but still.....
▲** The Light Bringers in general, since they are created with components such ''"a nuclear warhead unstable enough to blow a continent clear off the planet"''.
▲** To round up, it's easier to point the creature ''who cannot put a continent in danger.''
▲** Planeswalkers are entirely capable of wiping out entire battlefields or blasting mountain ranges into shrapnel with the right spell, such as [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=44335 Decree of Annihilation].
▲** Also, in the lore, there are three great threats to the multiverse and everything in it: The vast, ravening hordes of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldrazi]], The vast, Ravenous hordes of [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Phyrexia]], and Nicol Bolas, all by himself.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', it's stated that anyone who can use hyperresonance would be able to use the ability to destroy everything, right down to the atmosphere itself. It's because of this reason that {{spoiler|Asch}}, the only character who can actually control it, never uses it: it's just too powerful.
* On the subject of ''[[Tales
* ''[[Splosion Man]]'' is practically a [[Trope Namer]].
* Utsuho Reiuji of ''[[Touhou]]'' gained the power to manipulate nuclear fusion, making her a living, breathing <s>atomic bomb</s> ''star'' and, if she were to ever fully harness her power, she would be almost completely unstoppable. Initially she [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|somehow]] got the idea to [[Take Over the World|take over Gensoukyou]]/[[Kill It
** [[Cheerful Child]] Flandre Scarlet possesses the ability to [[One
* Justice from the ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' series is certainly this. Converted into a magic-infused superbeing known as a Gear and intended as a weapon by "a certain major country," she grows to [[Humans Are
** [[Author Avatar|Sol Badguy]], who Gears were based off of. Gets fed up with his side and kills their Gears.
*** It's worth noting that Sol holds back A LOT in all of his fights. Plus he wears a power limiting headband because if he didn't he'd be rampaging country to country, destroying the world.
* ''[[
** Terra's also faster than the world's fastest airship, is treated by the resistance as the one hope of standing up to the Empire, able to open a magically sealed gate that no one, human or esper, could open, is described by the team's knowledgeable wizard guy as "more than magic" or rather, more powerful than it, and, oh yeah, participates in taking out several Gods at the game's ending.
** And while we're speaking of the FFs, ''[[
*** ''[[
** ''[[
*** Also from ''FFIX'' anyone who can use summon magic. While {{spoiler|Queen Brahne was wielding Dagger's summons}} she was able to conquer an entire continent. Given how it compares to when your characters use the same summons this is also an example of [[Cutscene Power to
** In ''Compilation of [[
*** Sephiroth, who (pre-madness), was apparently capable of casually slicing up the Junon Cannon like a carrot stick... one-handed.
*** Zack (who decimated an entire division of the Shinra army), as well as Genesis and Angeal in ''[[Crisis Core]]''.
*** Cloud becomes one by the time of ''[[Advent Children]]''.
*** ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'' shows Vincent (especially in his Chaos persona) and top level Tsviets like Wiess qualifying as this.
** SeeD in ''[[
** In ''[[
* They [[Badass Normal|don't have any superpowers]] as such, and if you have them dead to rights are as easy to kill as any other human
* Galen "Starkiller" Marek, the main character of ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]]'' is trained to use the Force to its maximum potential, uncaring of supposed limits and truly embodying "size matters not". He can bring down a Star Destroyer by himself, as well as create what are practically Force Shockwaves. And then there's Luke. If he went Sith, he would've been a definite Person of Mass Destruction. As it is, he's just the Jedi's personal assassin.
* In addition to their horrendously powerful fighting abilities, such as ''deflecting tank shells'', the Valkyria in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' are capable of using the Valkyria's Flame, a devastating suicide attack that causes an explosion powerful enough to rival most nuclear bombs.
* Fayt, the hero of ''[[Star Ocean: Till the End of Time]]'' turned out to literally be able to {{spoiler|just plain delete things out of existence.}} As can the secondary female lead, Maria. {{spoiler|Although she requires a physical catalyst.}}
* In ''[[Disgaea]]'' characters who have at least overlord-level strength can and will destroy the world if really ticked off. Though they can only do to when using [[Cutscene Power to
* Pretty much anyone and everyone in the ''[[Geneforge]]'' games who uses the augmentation canisters {{spoiler|or the eponymous [[Artifact of Doom]]}}. Combine this with the tendency of such people to turn into [[Ax Crazy]] psychopaths, and you've got a recipe for disaster on your hands.
** Not just canister junkies. In Geneforge 5, one Shaper offhandedly mentions that, with the proper equipment and training, she can control 40+ creations at once, at a distance of several miles, the average of which are 12-foot tall humanoids that can punch through walls.
* Your (nameless) character in ''[[Crackdown]]''.
* In the backstory of the ''[[
** Technically speaking, the Player Character in the offshoot [[World of Warcraft]] is one of these. In terms of storyline, the average level 85 (at the point of levelling to 85, in an obvious case of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]) has, at that point, {{spoiler|foiled several large invasion attempts from Ragnaros and the Qiraji Empire, handed the Black Dragonflight a major defeat, and Toppled Naxxramas (though after the second [[Expansion Pack]] the character does this section in Wrath Of The Lich king)in Vanilla alone.}} In The Burning Crusade, the PC then proceeds to hold back a Demonic Invasion, kill off [[Well
* Yuriko Omega in ''[[Command
** She can be considered a weaponized version of [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Haruhi]].
* Jak, in ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak II]]'', was injected with Dark Eco in order to be used against the Metal Heads. Since he proceeded to rack up a hecatomb of Metal Head and Krimzon Guard kills, one can only assume the Baron was [[Gone Horribly Right|too successful for his own good]].
* Alex Mercer in ''[[Prototype (
* As well as being an all around badass, Solid Snake, now Old Snake as of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'', has to deal with some very heavy complications. {{spoiler|1=Most pressing of which is that due to his unfortunate bout of accelerated aging due to being an artifical human, the FoxDie virus implanted in him in ''Metal Gear Solid'' has mutated to the point where instead of affecting specific targets it affects anyone and everyone, and Snake must face the prospect of becoming one of the most dangerous biological weapons on Earth in time. By the end of the game Snake makes the decision to kill himself before this happens, but thankfully however this is averted by the end with the timely arrival of Big Boss, who relays the information that a new FoxDie virus injected into him has eliminated the mutant strain. Snake can at least spend what's left of his life in peace.}}
** On that subject, Big Boss/Naked Snake was considered such an incredible soldier that his post mortem ({{spoiler|or so they thought}}) DNA became a highly prized commodity. So much so that the antagonist of ''Metal Gear Solid'', Liquid Snake, makes it one of his ransom demands. Big Boss may not have caused things to explode by winking at them, but if your genetic material becomes that valuable after you die you might as well be on par with weapons of mass destruction.
* ''[[
* Kyrie of ''[[World Destruction]]'' is ''really'' called the {{spoiler|Destruction Code}}. Appropriate, because he can literally {{spoiler|turn everything in the world into sand}}. And he almost does before [[The Power of Love]] says otherwise.
* Jack in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' is basically the setting's equivalent of Starkiller as the product of Biotics [[Playing
* Positron in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' used to be this way for much of the game's history. He suffered an accident during the Rikti Wars that left his massive radioactive powers unstable and forced him to live inside his sealed suit - because not doing so could level an entire city. During the first plot arc of the Top Cow run of the ''City of Heroes'' comic, Lord Recluse drained the powers of all the superheroes and Positron was forced to seal himself within the Phalanx's base because he'd already begun to leak anti-matter. A makeshift attempt to repair his suit in this arc let him function somewhat normally, but he was still a danger to his team until the heroes powers were restored at the end of the arc. He still remained stuck in the suit until the comic's final arc, when an attack by a mutated Hero 1 ruptured his suit and killed him and several of his team mates. The Dark Watcher was able to restore him to life, and resurrection ''finally'' cured him of his instability. This was reflected in the game as well, where Positron now appears without his helmet. Of course, if he were ever to get injured like that again...
* ''[[
** In the third game, her ''birth pains'' are enough to knock over ''skyscrapers''.
* The player character in ''[[Escape Velocity]]: Nova'' by the end of {{spoiler|The Polaris storyline}}. Universe-bending psychic powers sufficient to destroy planets... many of the NPCs are probably relieved when you {{spoiler|transcend and merge with the universe at the end}}.
** Which is peanuts compared to the {{spoiler|Vellos storyline}}, where you are a walking demigod for most of the end. {{spoiler|And then you wake up some ''real'' gods.}}
* High level mages in ''[[Dominions]]'' can, with the research to go with their skill, annihilate or simply dominate the minds of armies consisting of hundreds of soldiers. With some preparation time (one turn/month) and the majority of magical gems in your nations treasury, make a second sun to screw up the races who aren't used to heat, plunge the world into eternal night, accelerate time to kill all living beings in a few years and call on armageddon.
* Ghost operatives in ''[[
** Then there's Nova from the cancelled ''Starcraft: Nova'', whose telepathic and telekinetic powers, as revealed in the prequel book, are of the [[Up to Eleven]] variety. When she witnesses the deaths of her parents, she unintentionally emits a telekinetic wave that kill everyone around her and shatters the transparent dome atop their house, which is said to have been designed to stop nukes. She can also [[Mind Control]] anyone to do her bidding and even capable of limited levitation (by telekinetically lifting herself).
** Tassadar becomes one for a short while when he combines the powers of the High Templar with those of the Dark Templar to destroy the Overmind, although it costs him his life. This was previously done by Adun, although he used the power as a distraction.
*** In
* Omega in ''[[
** Actually, {{spoiler|Zero himself was designed to be one, by [[Mega Man (
* The Bhaalspawn in ''[[
* The playable characters in ''[[Alter AILA]]'' are treated like this. While their abilities (in most cases) are really more like [[One
* Ryu in ''[[Breath of Fire]] III'' left a trail of charred corpses in his wake even as a young whelp, the reason the dragon clan never fought back against Myria was that they feared they would become this. In ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'', when Kaiser is first unleashed it easily devestates an entire village.
* In ''[[Fire Emblem Akaneia]]'', Tiki, the daughter of [[Physical God|Naga]], is stated as having the potential to lay waste to the entire continent if she ever lost her mind; a fate many of her fellow dragons avoided by taking on human forms and becoming the Manakete race. She also became human, though her sheer power still posed a risk to her sanity despite this, and was thus put into a deep sleep by her mother before she passed away. She's eventually awakened some 1000 years later, but frequently forced to sleep until Shield of Seals is repaired, afterwhich she's finally able to live a normal life thanks to it properly containing her power.
* ''[[God of War|Kratos.]]'' [[Unstoppable Rage]] given form. He gave [[One
* Id from ''[[
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' has the Greybeards, who, much like Black Bolt above, have taken a vow of silence because their voices are too powerful. Only one of them can talk to you without making the ground shake. Luckily for others, they [[All Powerful Bystander|stay on their monastery at the world's tallest mountain, not getting involved with Skyrim's problems]]
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* The player in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (
** Darth Nihilus is a frighteningly literal example. He's more like an [[Eldritch Abomination]] than a man at this point and when he sees the Force, he goes and devours the entire planet to sate his hunger. An entire planet, Katarr, had all life on it wiped out, except for one person who became his apprentice.
== [[Visual Novels]] ==▼
▲== Visual Novels ==
* Quite a lot of people in the [[Nasuverse]] are like this.
** For ''[[Tsukihime]]'' you have Arcueid, who has to use 70% of her power to stop herself from going into an [[Unstoppable Rage]] and even with the remaining 30% can apparently use her Marble Phantasm to pull the moon from 1000 years into the future into the sky for one night. See also: Zelretch, Aozaki Aoko, some of the Dead Apostles and even Shiki if he had the time to actually prep himself before his brain burned out. Example, killing the ''world'' around the entire school area in order to partially depower Arcueid and make her somewhat more vulnerable in Ciel's True End. Imagine if the 'point of death' of the entire world happened to be nearby him.
** ''[[Fate/stay
*** Any Servant with an anti-fortress/city phantasm counts, as their phantasm is specifically designed to annihilate a fully-defended castle in one shot. Heck, even an anti-army phantasm probably would count (though on the low end of the scale, being designed to kill hundreds of [[Muggles]] rather than wiping castles and [[Eldritch Abomination|supernatural]] [[Fate
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
* Noor and all the outsiders really in ''[[
▲== Web Comics ==
* Black Mage in ''[[
▲* Noor and all the outsiders really in ''[[Project 0 (Webcomic)|Project 0]]''. Probably the reason for the [[Fantastic Racism]].
▲* Black Mage in ''[[Eight Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]]''. The [[Kamehame Hadoken|Hadoken's]] effects were explicitly referred to as similar to a nuclear explosion when it was first used.
▲{{quote| '''Thief''': The Thief's Almanac didn't say anything about atomic detonations either...}}
** It is explained early on that Black Mage is actually a nexus of magical energy in human form, which may explain his vast power.
** It probably helps that the Hadoken is literally fueled by [[The Power of Love]] as well. As in, it drains some love from the universe, enough to up the divorce rate slightly with each blast. Good thing it usually has a once-per-day limit.
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* One of the main themes in ''[[Erfworld]]''. Stanley doesn't want to be one of these, but he's damn good at it.
** So, for that matter, is Parson. Incredible resourcefulness + magical compulsion to try and win battles = lots of dead enemies.
* ''[[Last
* The ''[[
* Jack Noir of ''[[Homestuck]]'' becomes one {{spoiler|after taking the Black Queen's ring. Shows off his power by devastating two planets.}}
** And after his fourth and final prototyping, {{spoiler|he enters the Trolls' session and obliterates fourteen more planets. But first he kills the amassed army of robo-Aradias.}}
** {{spoiler|Jade Harley}} in the newer updates. She has all the powers of {{spoiler|a First Guardian}} ''and'' {{spoiler|a God Tier Witch of Space}}. She can shrink entire planets down to the size of tennis balls, and {{spoiler|punches a hole through the Fourth Wall with a ship that she's levitating herself. A ship that she's moving to 'almost the speed of light'}}.
** John drilled a hole into the centre of a ''planet'' using his wind powers, so he could be pretty damn destructive if he wanted to. He also has [[Infinity
** While we're on the subject of God Tiers, {{spoiler|Vriska Serket}}, to the point where according to [[The Omniscient|Doc Scratch]], she actually had a decent chance against Jack.
** Not actually demonstrated as yet, but mentioned: {{spoiler|God-Tier Dave}} apparently won the [[Superpower Lottery]] in terms of class, as he's a heavy-combat role with an eminently abusable element. {{spoiler|Aradia could freeze Jack in place with her powers over time. Combine that with Dave's [[
* Radd, in ''[[Kid Radd]]'', can charge his attack to whatever is the maximum value on the system he's in. In the 8-bit game he's from it's 255. In 12-bit games he becomes a [[Game Breaker]]. {{spoiler|On modern 32-bit systems, his attack could potentially crash the whole Internet.}}
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
* From the ''Union'' series, Tank born Shadow Agents, depending on the Country/Colony of origin, have a kill switch installed, resulting in [[The Berserker]]. To quote a passage from the story:▼
▲== Web Original ==
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▲* From the Union series, Tank born Shadow Agents, depending on the Country/Colony of origin, have a kill switch installed, resulting in [[The Berserker]]. To quote a passage from the story:
▲{{quote| We popped the Kill Switch on a Schatten once, just to see what it could do. It tore through nearly half the Londinium ground forces before it died of blood loss. [[Oh Crap|It took three days.]] We never made that mistake again.}}
* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' there is Quantum, a who can [[Reality Warper|manipulate matter and energy on the quantum level]]. His death (he literally exploded after being mortally wounded while battling an alien invasion fleet) vaporized Triton. You know... the largest of Neptune's moons?
* Pretty much all the humans and humanoids housed by the [[
* Tennyo, of the [[Whateley Universe]]. What, the whole 'antimatter in her body' thing doesn't bother you? What about the 'neutron star blast' thing she did in her combat final? Or the death-blow that dissolved Killbot and ''disintegrated his soul''? Or the thing she did when defending herself from over a hundred bad guys that ripped a hole in space-time? Or when she ''ate'' the demonically-tainted Weres that attacked the school? Or...
** Or what we found out in "Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy": the part of her that is not Billie Wilson is older than Mankind and has destroyed entire interplanetary civilizations.
* Explored and deconstructed in Sam Hughes' [http://qntm.org/structure Fine Structure] science fiction series. Here's a relevant quote discussing why superhumans make terrible weapons of mass destruction:
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It's more humane, in a way. Walking up to your enemy and pushing your finger through his heart and out the other side is much more ''costly'' than doing the same from fifty yards away with a gun, or from the other side of the river with a mortar, or from another hemisphere with an intercontinental ballistic missile. Psychologically, that is.
It makes you think. }}
* Being a pilot in ''[[Pilots]]'' requires a mindset that is more or less directly antithetical to militarism or aggression, and you can't coerce them because that breaks the mental state required to [[Teleporters and Transporters|switch]]. However, the [[Teleporters and Transporters|mechanics of]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|the power]] can be quite
* The Knights of Grabacr from ''[[Lambda]]'' are each capable of singlehandedly wiping out entire armies. Their leader, [[Lady of War|Lady]] [[Bilingual Bonus|Weiss]][[Lyrical Nanoha|teufel]], does this on a ''regular basis''.
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== Western Animation ==
* An episode of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' featured a guy with (basically) a black hole in his gut.
** There's also Captain Atom, who's pretty much
** Above everyone else is Ivo's Android (Amazo in the comics) who has enough power to make Dr. Manhattan look like an amateur. It can easily destroy the universe with a simple thought. Fortunately, by the time its ever-growing power reached that point, it had gone from villain to [[True Neutral]].
* Rex from ''[[Generator Rex]]'' is treated as one.
* In the finale of ''[[Kim Possible]]'', the sidekick Ron Stoppable became one of these when he finally got control of his Mystical Monkey Powers. {{spoiler|He managed to defeat two powerful giant aliens and hurl them effortlessly into the sky and caused them to crash head on into their crashing spaceship. Needless to say, enemy and ally alike were impressed, shocked, and a little nervous}}.
** On a technicality, he was already one due to his [[Spanner in
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender
** And anyone in the Avatar State in general, in fact. Subverted, however, in that there is one critical weakness to this state, as Roku points out:
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'''Aang:''' What do you mean?
'''Roku:''' If you are killed in the Avatar State, the reincarnation cycle will be broken, [[Killed Off for Real|and the Avatar will cease to exist.]] }}
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Typhoid Mary]] was a Person of Mass Destruction. She was told, but she never believed she was responsible for those typhoid outbreaks, since she'd never shown symptoms of typhoid herself. After the wave of typhoid fever was traced back to her, she was specifically forbidden from having anything to do with food preparation. So she escaped, changed identity, and went back to making food... and triggered another wave of typhoid.
* Likewise, the spread of HIV in the first decade or so of the AIDS epidemic has been traced back to a specific handful of infectees. Many of the first wave of North American AIDS cases originated with an individual male flight attendant who'd contracted HIV overseas, then scored in dozens of U.S. and Canadian cities where his flights had stopped overnight.
** It's rare, but a few HIV-positive individuals have been brought up on criminal charges for ''deliberately'' passing their condition on to others without their knowledge (which, [[Ripped
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