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* The Inferior Five from [[The DCU]], who were forced to become heroes by their [[Stage Mom|Stage Parents]]. Team leader Merryman comes from a long line of [[Badass Normal]]s, but is a weakling and a fatalist. The Blimp shares his father's ability to fly but didn't inherit his super speed, giving him the ability to fly about as fast as he can walk, and as he's rather fat, that's not very fast. Awkwardman has incredible strength and can survive indefinitely underwater, but is so clumsy he's more a danger to friend than foe. Dumb Bunny is even more powerful than Awkwardman but is [[Dumb Muscle|so lacking]] [[Dumb Blonde|in intelligence]] she's usually even less helpful. Finally, the White Feather is an ace marksman and glamour photographer... when he's alone, at least; Whenever he even thinks someone else might be around, his skills go to crap and his cowardly streak emerges. When trouble arrives, Police Chief Geronimo will call them on the Lukewarm Line and they'll be there to make it worse; they never fail to fail.

** [[Fridge Brilliance|Wait a minute.]] ''[[Final Justice|Police Chief Geronimo]]''?

* Indy comic book character '''Lethargic Lad'''.

* The Legion of Substitute Heroes from [[The DCU]] consists of this, all of them being rejects from [[Legion of Super-Heroes|The Legion Of Super-Heroes]]. Considering that the Legion of Superheroes contains people like ''Matter Eater Lad'', this is saying something.

** Subverted in that they actually put those powers to good use: several can be used in combat (putting enemies to sleep or raising their cholesterol levels into the health hazard range, for example) or have beneficial uses outside of combat (Mademoiselle Pepperoni can easily determine of the pizza box contains anything of value or if it's a trap, and Treader Man's ability to tread water really well will open up additional areas). Several quests can [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman|only be dealt with by a particular hero.]] ("A warehouse full of genetically engineered super-spicy jalapeño peppers? This looks like a job for The Iron Tummy!") In fact, there's only one hero whose power is completely useless. And that is {{spoiler|Crimson Tape, the main character.}}

* [[Fallout 3]] has The AntAgonizer and The Mechanist, two crazy losers who are constantly battling with each other. While the former is hardly anything to worry about since her power is the ability to control [[Goddamned Bats]] in a society where everyone is armed to some extent, the latter is a skilled engineer capable of making [[Mecha-Mooks]] that are a bit more troublesome to deal with.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[PS238]]'' is largely a subversion—no matter what powers a meta-prodigy has, the school tries to find some useful way to employ those powers, and they largely succeed.

** A possible case of this trope being played straight appeared in an early strip, when a mother was trying to pick out a costume for her superpowered son, who turned out to have the ability to animate balloon animals.

* [[Channel Ate]] has a few of these show up from time to time.