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Power Booster is a superpower that increases characters' abilities and even other's superpowers. They can increase their and others' physical abilities beyond their 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 can also make others' powers uncontrollable, inducing Power Incontinence.
Averted Trope of Power Limiter, which limits a person's power.
The objectified form of this trope is Amplifier Artifact.
Examples of Power Buff include:
Advertising
Anime and Manga
- Psyren: Rise is the part of 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.
Art
Ballads
Comic Books
- As seen above, from Marvel Comics, Zach, aka Amp, is a mutant that can output energy to anything around him, such as technology or other Mutants. By using this superpower, he can bolster other Mutants' powers but could also short-circuit them.
Fan Works
Film
Literature
Live-Action TV
Music
New Media
Newspaper Comics
Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends
Pinball
Podcasts
Professional Wrestling
Puppet Shows
Radio
Recorded and Stand Up Comedy
Tabletop Games
Theatre
Video Games
- Infamous 2 has The Beast, a Conduit that has many abilities, including amplifying other Conduits' capabilities.
- Joule, an ally to Azure Striker Gunvolt, is an Adept with a Septima that can resonate with other Adepts' powers when she sings, which amps Adepts' Septima.
Visual Novels
Web Animation
- RWBY's Juane has Aura Amp, his Semblance that can amplify others Aura by giving his own to others. This can enhance their Semblances plus use it to increase his own Aura as well.
Web Comics
Web Original
Western Animation
- In Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Nathalie Sancoeur is akumatized into Catalyst, who has the power to enhance the powers of others. Hawk Moth uses her superpower to boost his power of Akumatization, where he can Akumatize multiple people at once.