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It goes the other way too. Characters can often be found struggling to defeat a particular foe, when considering their skill and compared to the baddies they faced in the past, it should be a piece of cake. Used to pad out time length with elongated fight sequences as well as to prevent the protagonists from defeating a villain that the writers need for later. This conspicuous decrease in power invariably is a staple of [[Shounen]] filler arcs.
Often a result of the writers letting the [[Rule of Cool]] take over. Compare with [[I Am Not Left
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** Ash had several advantages in his battle against Brandon Paul did not have. Brandon used four Pokemon against Ash, and he wasn't allowed to substitute, while Ash could. Brandon could use six Pokemon against Paul, and both could substitute. Meanwhile, Brandon used Regice, the legendary he had the least time training with against Ash, with Paul, Brandon used all three. Not to mention Ash won by the skin of his teeth.
** Not to mention Paul's emotions got the better of him at the time, not like Ash was perfect in his battle against Brandon either. Seismic Toss on a Ghost type? [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Really]]? That's an amateur mistake unfitting someone of Ash's experience no matter how you look at it.
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'', such as with the ending of the anime giving the main groups a couple of [[Eleventh
** While {{spoiler|Maka's weapon form}} was certainly an example, {{spoiler|Kid's Sanzu Lines}} were nothing new if you read the manga-the alternate ending is to blame, here.
* This is an explicit power of Kuwabara from [[Yu Yu Hakusho]] - his [[Ki Attacks|spirit energy]] literally increases when fighting a stronger foe. It's also evident and completely ignored in most of the rest of the cast.
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