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Compare [[Power High]]. See also: [[Caffeine Bullet Time]]. Sub-Trope: [[Addictive Magic]].

 

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Franky's case is a bit different: He's a cyborg who uses cola as an energy source, mostly because he loves cola. (He ''can'' use other carbonated drinks, juices or even tea, with...mixed results)

* ''[[Darker than Black]]'' plays with it: April have to drink... and she ''does'' like alcohol ''[[The Alcoholic|a lot]]''. November 11 have to smoke, and he doesn't like it at all. In a broader sense, ''any'' [[Power At a Price|remuneration]] resembles a mental addiction: the Contractors' powers come with some or other compulsive behaviour, which they can postpone a little, but deeply dread possible deprivation, even though never shown to actually suffer from it in any other way. Since DtB is not shy of showing even very messy things, it's either [[Nothing Is Scarier|deliberately left enigmatic]] or the need to perform remuneration driving one more and more frantic is the only effect.

 

 

* The [[Elongated Man]] drinks a lot of Gingold soda and gets super-stretch powers. Evidently, it works only on him.

** Semi-Averted: Gingold can increase flexibility in most people who drink it, but you have to go to serious overdose levels to get actual stretching abilities, which can then be maintained by regular drinking of the normal product. A significant section of the human population is allergic to gingold extract, and thus unable to take advantage of the herb's special properties.