Death-Activated Superpower: Difference between revisions

 

{{examples}}

== Anime & Manga ==

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Brook's power only activates when he dies. It's the power to come back to life ''once''. Considering the setting, this would normally make him a normal human with [[Super Drowning Skills]]. However, when he died the first time, a string of coincidences left him reanimating as a living skeleton, with enhanced longevity, speed, and other related skills.

* ''[[Pokémon]]'' has the move Destiny Bond, which, when used, causes the Pokemon who K.O's the user to be instantly K.O'ed if Destiny Bond was the last move used by the user. It directly ties in with the "death" (or in this case, "knockout") of the user - if the user isn't knocked out, the move is completely harmless. This can be extremely useful in competitive play, as it allows a badly injured Mon nearing the end of its usefulness to quickly and efficiently [[Taking You with Me|take down a key opponent.]]

** There is also the [[Mana]] equivalent in Grudge; If the user of this move is K.O'd immediately after its use, the move that the attacker used for the K.O loses all its PP.

 

 

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' mentions that this sort of power is hard to predict; even Hereti-Corp scientists don't consider their test subjects expendable enough to test for this.