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{{trope}}
A power that that is loosely defined and thus capable of a great deal of stretching what it is capable of. An example would be a hypothetical power of 'Pushing' being used to 'push' people at massive speed in order to fake teleportation, to push concepts or to push away attacks.
See also [[Imagination
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Maken
* It's common in ''[[
** A good example is Kuma, alluded to in the trope description, who has the power to repel things. He often uses this to repel attacks, but it turns out he can repel the pain from a person's body, or send someone basically anywhere in the world they can travel to via a straight line. That straight line limitation is only as far as one can guess.
* ''[[Aphorism]]'' is literally this. All the powers of the characters are based on a single kanji. Someone with the character for "flame" can produce flames, for example. {{spoiler|It's even possible to change your power by interpreting that character differently}}.
* The "hundred power" possessed by Kotetsu and Barnaby in ''[[
== Comic Books ==▼
▲== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Mirror Master, one of [[The Flash]]'s enemies, can do just about whatever the writer can imagine as long as it involves light and/or glass, up to and including creating entire mirror universes.
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|''[[The Flash]]'' vol. 2 #212}}
* Cypher of ''[[X
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]],'' this is basically how the [[Language of Magic|Ancient Language]] works, with skilled/imaginative magicians able to perform feats using words that have no obvious relation. For example, {{spoiler|Selena}} was able to use the word for "heal" to perform [[Psychic
▲* In ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]],'' this is basically how the [[Language of Magic|Ancient Language]] works, with skilled/imaginative magicians able to perform feats using words that have no obvious relation. For example, {{spoiler|Selena}} was able to use the word for "heal" to perform [[Psychic Assisted Suicide]], by "healing" people of their will to live.
== Video Games ==▼
▲== [[Video Games]] ==
* Yukari Yakumo of the ''[[Touhou Project|Touhou]]'' series is pretty much the embodiment of this trope, in [[Fanon]] at least. Her power is, as stated in the [[All There in the Manual|manual]], [[Barrier Maiden|manipulation of boundaries]], which doesn't sound too great until you realize that "boundary" is meant in the most metaphysical way possible. By tweaking things like the boundaries of life and death, reality and fantasy, possible and impossible, etc., she's [[Reality Warper|basically God]]. In theory. In practice some boundaries are hard or impossible for her to manipulate, though ''which ones'' is incredibly vague (it doesn't help that Yukari can also use magic).
** Suika has the ability to manipulate density. This lets her change size, transform into mist, create mini-Suikas and black holes, and ''cause people to sub-
* In the ''[[Spellcasting]]'' series, the UPPSSY spell turns anything into its opposite, broadly speaking. For instance, it will turn a two-by-four into a four-by-two, a jellyfish into a peanut butterfish, a crooked casino into a straight casino, or a flat-chested girl into a big-busted girl. Likewise, the RATANT spell turns a spell into similarly-sounding but vastly different spell, such as turning the "spell of opposites" into "spell of opossums".
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The titular Keys of the ''[[
* Parodied by ''[[
* The Kayoss Royal Family in ''[[
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* On ''[[
▲* The titular Keys of the ''[[Exalted (Tabletop Game)|Exalted]]'' webcomic ''[[Keychain of Creation (Webcomic)|Keychain of Creation]]'' have the simple ability to unlock things, including the seals on the local [[Cosmic Horror|Cosmic Horrors]]. However, according to [[Word of God]], obtaining all five Keys grants the wielder omnipotence, as long as they can phrase the desired action as "unlocking." For example, the [[Omnicidal Maniac|Deathlords]] are immortal, or one might say "locked" to life, and thus can be killed with proper use of the Keys.
▲* Parodied by ''[[Eight Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'': Red Mage is constantly showing his companions [[One Stat to Rule Them All]] versus a [[Dump Stat]]. Lockpicking can be accomplished, for instance, using the pickpocket skill because it's just removing a lock from a pocket in a door. The interrogation skill is simply emptying pockets of information in people's minds. This being 8-Bit Theater, [[Insane Troll Logic]] is completely applicable if you're stupid enough to not wonder how it's at all possible. Likewise, Thief can steal things that are intangible or that ''don't exist'', basically doing anything as long as can be called theft.
▲* The Kayoss Royal Family in ''[[Ls Empire (Webcomic)|Ls Empire]]'' are all granted a single word. Any definition of that word is available to them as a power. The current king has the power of sound; so he can control sound waves, [[Compelling Voice|make whatever he says perfectly believable]], and put anything into a perfect (sound) state.
▲* On ''[[Western Animaiton/Batman The Brave And The Bold|Batman The Brave And The Bold]],'' [[Aquaman]] can his power to telepathic connection with fish to control silverfish. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish Which are insects]. [[The Atom|Ryan Choi]] [[Lampshades]] it.
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