Superpowers for A Day: Difference between revisions

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A [[Muggle|non super-powered character]] gets superpowers. However, because [[Status Quo Is God]], those powers won't last long and are strictly a one-shot deal. In other words: [[Reset Button|not only do the superpowers wear off by the end of the episode]], but they can "never" get the powers again. [[Negative Continuity|Unless they do]] using a [[Recycled Script]] and/or [[Rule of Fun|just because it's fun]].

* In ''[[All-Star Superman]]'' Lois Lane gets superpowers thanks to a formula for one issue

** This was a shout out to a couple of different devices Superman had during the [[Silver Age]] which could temporarily grant superpower. Lana famously used one of these devices to give her the power to defend Superman to the death in ''[[Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?]]'' [[Tear Jerker|gaining superhearing just in time to hear that Superman had finally chosen Lois. She fought for him anyway.]]

* The [[Marvel Comics]] series ''Captain Universe'' dealt with this trope on a monthly basis. Captain Universe was not one person, but a persona with cosmic powers attached which merges with various people in times of need.

* In one issue of ''[[Love and Capes]]'', Crusader's fiancée has a wizard grant her temporary superpowers so she can understand life as a superhero.

* In issue 456 of ''[[Detective Comics]]'', [[Rubber Man|the Elongated Man]] gets himself captured when [[Phlebotinum Breakdown|his powers wore off]] [[Finagle's Law|at the worst possible moment]]. This results in a cliffhanger that leads into the next issue, in which his [[Muggle]] wife [http://www.dialbforblog.com/tec457.jpg becomes the Elongated Woman]{{Dead link}}. Interestingly, while Ralph gets his powers from [[Applied Phlebotinum|Gingold]], Sue is allergic to it, so she instead gets her powers from technology.

* Issue #8 of ''[[Nodwick]]'' had Yeagar gaining superpowers due to a stray blob of ink from the artist, but he lost them when they got siphoned off by a super villain and ended up empowering the president of the Henchman's union (a hamster, by the way).

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In one episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' Jonas Quinn acquires precognitive abilities.

* In one episode of [[Stargate Atlantis]], McKay gains super senses, mind reading abilities, telekinesis, and became much smarter as a result of an accidental encounter with an Ancient device. Unfortunately, the machine is designed to induce [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|Ascension]] meaning that the subject will die if they don't figure out how to Ascend in time.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* An episode of ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' concerns Dale getting elastic powers, thanks to a chunk of crystal that broke off a meteorite, and turning into a superhero named "Rubber Bando!" Of course, the crystal is smashed by the end of the episode, rendering it useless.

 

* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Bob once got powers after being exposed to several superhero origins [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] in rapid succession. He tried to become a superhero, but [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|a disastrous attempt at stopping a bank robbery]] and his powers being transferred to a houseplant put a stop to that.

 

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