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* The undead in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' universe grow stronger the older the remains that went into their reanimation are. This culminates with Harry using a Tyrannosaurus' skeleton to turn into a zombie.

** ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' also plays with this trope concerning [[Our Vampires Are Different|Black Court Vampires]]. On the one hand, it is noted that since Mavra is such an old vampire she is likely to be mobile and capable of defending herself during the day where younger vamps would be forced to sleep. But then they toy with it by pointing out that the reason Black Court vamps in general are such major [[Badass]] types is because of basic survival of the fittest since ''Dracula'' was published. To get to be that old, they have to have been Badass to begin with, or they'd have been killed (again) years ago.

* Dragons in ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' never stop growing, some were as big as mountains.

* The vampires in [[Anne Rice]]'s ''[[The Vampire Chronicles]]'' books get stronger as they age. Even after doing nothing but sleeping for hundreds of years, they wake up stronger than they were before. Drinking the blood of an older, more powerful vampire can also add to their power.