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* [[Superman]] and the Flash are probably the heroes most prone to these, given that one has ridiculously powerful [[Combo-Platter Powers]], and the other has the ability to move at [[Super Speed|several hundred times the speed of light without breaking a sweat]], and drain time and perception of time out of things.
** "What's that you say? Villains including a man who can absorb powers through touch, a woman who can turn into electricity on a whim, and a man powered by Kryptonite, my greatest weakness, are all after me? I'm gonna go punch 'em!"
* Comics blog Polite Dissent refers to this phenomenon as [https://web.archive.org/web/20131207091859/http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1116 ONISGS ("Oh No, I Suddenly Got Stupid!")]
* ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'': Raven makes constant dives for the Idiot Ball. The first time, chronologically, was when she saved [[The Flash|Kid Flash]] from committing suicide via freezing to death in the Himalayas (points for creativity, Wally). She thought the best way to save his life was to make him fall in love with her using magic and then using the same magic to make him forget she did it. He went on with his life thinking she made him fall in love with her to get him on the team, ''not'' to save his life. Smooth move, Raven.
** Not only that, after realizing what a mistake it was to hide Trigon's existence from the Titans, what did Raven do when she sensed Trigon would attack a second time? Confided the information with no one, not even her ''best friend''. Needless to say, that didn't work out.
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