Power Loss Makes You Strong: Difference between revisions

 

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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* Accelerator in ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'', {{spoiler|after being shot in the head while saving Last Order,}} has his power limited to needing the calculations done externally and have them put into his brain via a choker-looking contraption that only lasts 15 minutes. It gets upgraded, but the people who upgraded it installed a remote switch to turn off his power, so when he decides to save someone they want to kill, he just uses a pistol and wits to take out a group of hired delinquents (with Touma there helping out too, even if they both didn't know the other was there).

 

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* As often as Clark loses his powers on ''[[Smallville]]'', this happens quite a bit, most notable being taking a bullet for Lois while weakened by kryptonite.

** In the Season Nine opener "Savior", Clark is threatened by a woman with a katana while he is powerless, ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|and he kicks her ass]]''. In that season's finale, he does a fair job of holding his own against Zod himself in a brawl between the two where both are powerless. But he ultimately must make a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in order to "win."

 

== Literature ==

* In the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'', Richard has one of these in the finale arc. It's just one of the countless call-backs to the first books.

 

** Her brother Zuko takes advantage the power loss to initiate his rebellion against their father, the Fire Lord. The Fire Lord, [[Authority Equals Asskicking|as is to be expected]], is normally more powerful than Zuko, but he's no good at fighting ''without'' his powers. Zuko, on the other hand, is a [[Dual-Wielding|master swordsman.]]

** In the third season, Zuko experiences a hefty power loss once he begins to train Aang and figures out that his letting go of his anger and [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] tendencies (and the frustration that brought him) has prevented him from using the [[The Dark Side]] version of Firebending the Fire Nation believes in. After a "life-changing field trip" with Aang he learns the "pure" form of Firebending and gets a dramatic enough increase in his abilities to successfully fight Azula one on one in the finale. Until she cheats, anyway.

* Disney's version of [[Hercules (1997 film)||Hercules]]. He killed a Cyclops without his [[Super Strength]].

* An episode of ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' featured Terry not only losing his technologically advanced batsuit, but having to face off ''against'' it when it's taken over by a [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|rogue A.I.]]

* In ''[[The Longest Journey]]'', April Ryan is able to slip between the worlds whenever she is threatened. By the time of ''[[Dreamfall]]'', she has lost that power (due to fear, ironically) and had to become good at fighting to compensate. She partially gets her powers back, but not enough to use them reliably.

* After ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' willingly gets rid of his powers [[I Just Want to Be Normal|to have a normal life again]] [[Always Need What You Gave Up|just when a giant asteroid threatens to smash the planet]], he manages to come up with a way to save the world as well as comes up with a means to do it. Aside from that, he shows just how badass he can be without his powers, right before he gets them back.

 

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