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[[file:Boosters schematic.png|thumb|300px|left|Schematic diagram of Real Life pneumatic powered gas booster types. Single acting single stage, double acting single stage and double acting two stage '''power booster'''s.]]
A '''Power Booster''' is a superpower that increases characters' abilities and even other's superpowers. Individuals who possess this power can increase their and others' physical abilities beyond their innate limits. When it comes to superpowers, it gives a stronger output. These effects are usually temporary, especially if range is involved. Boosting superpowers too much may also
Inversion/opposite of [[Power Limiter]], which limits a person's power. Contrast [[Super Empowering]], which is about giving a person who didn't originally have powers some, although it's not impossible for a granter of powers to also alter its gifts.
The objectified form of this trope is [[Amplifier Artifact]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Psyren]]'': Rise is the part of [[Psychic Powers|PSI]] where the PSI waves are used internally to enhance the body. This means it increases physical prowess to superhuman levels like strength, speed, durability, sense, etc.
* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]''{{'}}s Shin'enkouji Rurikakesu power as an
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', Kyoka uses the [[Curse]] called Enhancement to enhance a target's attributes as she sees fit. She uses it on herself to increase her physical strength. She also uses Enhancement to boost people's senses, such as pain, to make torturing them more efficient.
* Belo Betty in ''[[One Piece]]''. Her ''Kobu Kobu no Mi'' Devil Fruit power enhances her already considerable skills as an orator, inspiring bravery, resolve, and fighting spirit in anyone listening to her. A ''very'' useful power to have as a member of Dragon's Revolutionary Army, she was able to turn the frightened and destitute citizenry of Lulusia Kingdom into an army that proved able to hold off the Peachbeard Pirates with only makeshift weapons. Many fans have theorized that if television existed on the ''One Piece'' world and Betty were able to make even a five-minute broadcast, the World Government would have been overthrown in a manner of hours.
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Ando Masahashi can project red energy conducts through enhanced humans, amplifying their powers.
* ''[[Charmed]]'': [[The Empath|
== [[Music]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
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* ''[[Worm]]'': Teacher can increase the potency of the powers he grants, but diminishing the "student"'s faculties as a result. He can also modify other powers by increasing potency while decreasing control or vice versa. Ingenue similarly can boost an aspect of someone's power at the cost of another, like more control for less range.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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