One Hero, Hold the Weaksauce: Difference between revisions

 

A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Conditional Powers]]. Can easily lead to a [[Mary Sue]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Edward Elric of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is unlike ''most'' other Alchemists able to do alchemy without [[Geometric Magic|using a circle]]. This, of course, [[Cursed with Awesome|came with its]] [[Artificial Limbs|own problems.]] Several other alchemists can also do this, though they paid their price as well.

** It should be noted that this weakness is only as big as it needs to be. The more [[Genre Savvy]] alchemists have circles on their clothing or tatooed on their body, making it even easier for them to use their powers than for Edward who still needs to clap his hands together.

*** To clarify, the character in question had two appendixes as her mutation. [[Blessed with Suck|Not exactly]] super-powered synthesia. It does [[Fridge Logic|bring up the question]] of if she'd still have to take the medication if she got them removed, too...

* ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'''s Yuji Sakai isn't doomed to [[Ret-Gone|vanish from existence]] like other Torches thanks to a special artifact that periodically replenishes his energy.

* Heroes summoned as the [[The Berserker]] in the [[Fate/stay night|Holy Grail War]] normally [[Unskilled but Strong|lose their skills in exchange for raw power]], but Berserker of ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' {{spoiler|aka Lancelot,}} has an ability called eternal arms mastership that allows him to retain his combat abilities even in the grip of madness. It makes him [[Superpower Lottery|incredibly overpowered]].

 

== Comic Books ==

* Depending on the year/dimension/day-of-the-week: Power Girl is a kryptonian who is immune/resistant to kryptonite because she's really an alternate universe kryptonian.

** To be clear, Kryptonians are only susceptible to kryptonite from their own universe. It varies with Power Girl because she was kind of sort of folded into the current universe but isn't from Krypton.

 

== Film ==

* [[Blade]] (the "[[Daywalker]]") is a half-vampire with "all of their strengths, and none of their weaknesses."

** Blade still has a craving for Blood though. He manages.

 

== Literature ==

* Sonja Blue is the heroine of a daywalker vampire hunter series.

* Bella doesn't suffer from the typical uncontrollable vampire hunger in ''[[Twilight (novel)|Breaking Dawn]]''.

 

== Video Games ==

* The main characters of ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4|4]]'' are both special cases who can have multiple Personas, avoiding the set weaknesses of every other Persona user. In ''4'', while everyone else has to own up to their own darker thoughts, the main character doesn't have a hidden dark side to face.

** Notably, this doesn't apply to [[Persona|the first]] [[Persona 2|two games]], where the characters gain their Personae in different fashion.

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Generator Rex]]'': In a world where every living thing is infected with [[Nanomachines]], Rex is one of the few people able to control them.

* [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] has [[Chosen One|the Avatar]], who can learn to use [[Elemental Powers|all four elements]].

 

== Real Life ==

* Things like breeding, genetic engineering, medicine, and eventually [[Transhuman]]ism are about stripping the Weaksauce from either ourselves or other living things we interact with.

* Evolution is nature's way of countering or mitigating the weaknesses of lifeforms. However, it is undirected and settles for adequacy. It's also REALLY slow for us multicellular organisms.

 

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