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** The dragonballs can be used for anything from [[Reset Button|resurrecting billions of people]] to [[All Men Are Perverts|obtaining panties]]... except leveling up.

*** Unless you count the immortality the balls are capable of granting. Given that Saiyans get stronger every time they get badly beat up, this is all they'd need.

* Pactio cards in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' work like this, allowing the [[Squishy Wizard|magister magi]] to buff the [[Battle Couple|partner's]] physical abilities, [[Call on Me|summon them from a great distance]], [[Psychic Link|talk to them telepathically]], [[Transformation Trinket|transform]] and most importantly gain a new artifact. In most cases this artifact is a reflection of the [[Personality Powers|partner's personality]], often giving otherwise [[Muggles|mundane girls]] an ability to fight on the same level as trained martial artists and [[Obake|demons]] (Asuna's [[BFS]] before her [[Training from Hell]], though she already had a [[Chekhov's Armoury]]) or a new strength atop their fighting skills (Setsuna's [[Reverse Shrapnel|floating Tanto knives]]). In some cases, the use of this artifact can be determined by the girl's [[Martial Arts and Crafts|inherent skills]], (Haruna's [[Art Initiates Life|drawing speed]], Chisame's [[Extreme Graphical Representation|hacking-skills]]). Otherwise it usually serves as a tactical advantage as not to [[Hard Work Hardly Works|offset the earned talents of trained characters]] while making weak girls useful in combat (Nodoka's [[Mind Probe|mind-reading book]], Yue's [[Magitek]] [[Great Big Book of Everything]]). In exceptional cases, a girl will gain some tactical advantage while already being trained (Kaede's [[Ninja]] [[Bigger on the Inside|scarf]]).

* In a twist, any previously-used object can work like that in the hands of a high-level Psychometrist in the ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'' universe. Shiho (A [[Power Levels|Level 7]] Psychometer) easily wins a fishing-competition despite having never fished before, simply by using her powers to 'read' the fishing-rod, instantly knowing how best to use it - and later gains [[Implausible Fencing Powers]] when handling a 5000-years old saber, since she can copy the abilities of all its previous users.