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Line 1: {{trope}} Sometimes characters get [[Role -Playing Game\|stronger by]] [[Tabletop RPG\|leveling up]]. Other times they have to [[Training ~~From~~from Hell\|train under hard conditions]] to [[Took a Level Inin Badass\|take a level in Badass]]. But there are times the character only needs to defeat his opponent and he'll get a boost to his strength, getting this way powers related to his enemy. There are some ways this can happen: * The character has an ability that lets him copy the powers of anyone he defeats. He doesn't need to kill his opponent (though that's what usually happens); just defeating his enemy will grant him any power his opponent had. He doesn't [[Power Parasite\|steal the power]] outright; he merely copies it. * The character learns an ability or special move (normally one exact to one his opponent had) after the match, or he may get an object that lets him use or learn the technique. Line 14: ** From Naruto too, Bee has acquired [[Empathic Weapon\|Samehada]] after his previous owner was killed. * The titular character of ''[[Inuyasha]]'' wields the [[BFS\|Tessaiga]], a sword whose ''explicit'' power is to absorb the essence (and thus, the abilities) of the enemies it slays. Enemy throws an impregnable barrier? Kill the enemy, and the Tessaiga can break through barriers. Enemy turns to diamond and flings spears of the material? Kill it, and Tessaiga can turn to diamond and shoot off diamond spears. Enemy can slice open a rift into the world of the dead? And so on and so forth. Furthermore, these are not inherent abilities; Inuyasha deliberately switches them on and off, triggering the appropriate transformation on the blade's appearance. * ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' has a creature called Diabound, which absorbs the powers of every creature it destroys, {{spoiler\|including the Egyptian God Monsters}}. * In ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', Beelzemon could use the techniques of the Digimon he'd absorbed in battle. This becomes a problem when he performs {{spoiler\|Leomon's Fist of the Beast King to free Juri from the D-Reaper Kernel Sphere and seeing the attack traumatizes her}}. ** In ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'', several of the Bagra generals can absorb members of their armies to gain their powers. The first general to do so is MadLeomon. * The victorious mechs in ''[[~~Gigantic Formula (Anime)\|~~Gigantic Formula]]'' gain abilities, technology and personnel from the countries they defeat. * When a Campione in ''[[Campione!]]'' kills a god, they gain a portion of the god's authority. Notably, this requires specific conditions: it won't work if, for example, the Campione kills a god that was first weakened by someone else. * The dolls in ''[[Rozen Maiden]]''. Because in the end, [[There Can Be Only One]]. == Film == * The ''[[~~Highlander (Franchise)\|~~Highlander]]'' films featured this, as an immortal would gain the power and skill of any other immortals they beheaded. == Live-Action TV == * In ''[[~~Charmed (TV)\|~~Charmed]]'', Warlocks are supposed to have the ability to steal the powers of any supernatural beings they kill. However, they never actually did this very much, and this attribute of theirs was mostly just used as their motivation for trying to kill the main characters. The only Warlock character who actually went around stealing abilities was a single-episode [[Monster of the Week]]. Season 7's [[Big Bad]], Zankou, also had the ability to absorb the powers of those he killed, but he only used it once, in his introductory episode. * Applies to ''[[Highlander the Series]]''. To quote Joe Dawson in the opening narration "The winner takes his enemy's head, and with it, his power." Although it's not as pronounced as some of the other examples, immortals do sometimes pick up traits or skills after a quickening. == Video Games == * Every single ''Mega Man'' except [[~~Megaman~~Mega Man Legends\|Trigger]] follows this trope to certain extents, some in unique ways. The [[Mega Man (~~Video~~video ~~Game~~game)\|Classic]] series seems to have it as an innate ability of top end robots, since Mega Man, Proto Man, and Bass can all use the weapons of defeated Robot Masters. In ''Power Fighters'', Duo can too. Roll has only been shown to use Robot Master weapons, and only in the non-canon ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' series. (Furthermore, its successor ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' ditched this aspect in her new moveset.) [[~~Megaman~~Mega Man Battle Network\|EXE]] has his Souls/Cross/etc. It had this as well in the form of chips. * More Details: Souls and Crosses fit into this trope solely on the level of a gameplay mechanic. In-universe, Souls and Crosses are manifestations of [[The Power of Friendship]]. Souls occur when MegaMan and whichever of his companions at the moment experience a strong moment of empathy; Crosses, however, occur when ''Lan'' earns access to various other NetNavis by successfully completing various tests posed by the respective Operators (each of which involves Lan assuming control of that particular Netnavi). Notably, each Test occurs as a "class", which suggests that Link Navis are not necessarily exclusive relationships. * More Details 2: Battle Chips are various weaponry [[Powers Asas Programs\|that may be used freely by NetNavis]], many of which consist of an enemy's attack or ability, and are derived by defeating the corresponding virus or NetNavi. There were originally only the distinctions of standard chips and Navi Chips (the latter being limited), but the third game introduced the Standard - Mega (Navi Chips and those of equivalent power) - Giga (basically [[Finishing Move]] chips and fifth-level Navi Chips) classification that would last on through [[Mega Man Star Force]]. Battle Chips will only appear if the enemy is taken out efficiently - the leftover data stagnates as time passes, and Standard and Navi Chips may change code or even power level, respectively. (Of course, for [[Gotta Catch Em All\|collection purposes]], this may [[Do Well, But Not Perfect\|be sometimes necessary]]). In [[Mega Man ZX\|ZX]] and ZX Advent, Grey and Ashe go the extra mile and completely copy the forms of bosses. The [[Mega Man Star Force\|Star Force]] series has this in the form of Mega Cards that are gained from defeating bosses and regular enemies. Line 45 ⟶ 46: ** In ''Metroid Prime 3'', fighting the other Hunters that got corrupted nets her a new ability closely related to them. * Soma Cruz from ''[[Castlevania Aria of Sorrow]]'' and ''[[Dawn of Sorrow]]'' can equip the abilities of monsters by defeating them and absorbing their souls. It is revealed in the former that {{spoiler\|he gained this ability by being the reincarnation of series [[Big Bad]] Dracula}}. Now, {{spoiler\|Dracula himself}} never displayed this ability until it was retconned in by {{spoiler\|Dracula absorbing Death}} in ''[[Portrait of Ruin]]'', but it's been described as a variation of {{spoiler\|Dracula's greatest power -- to command all the monsters in his castle}}. * In ''[[Pokémon]]'' you can get the bosses' ~~powers--in~~powers—in a sense. Most Gym Leaders' final Pokémon either have a move they shouldn't learn by leveling up, or have a move that is just really easy to spam. When you beat them, they usually give you a TM of it. * Emerl from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog\|Sonic Battle]]'' gets one random skill card from each character in the battle after every battle in which it participates in Story Mode. The cards allow Emerl to use fighting moves from the other characters. * Many spells in ''[[Puzzle Quest]]: Challenge of the Warlords'' can be learnt by the player by capturing the monster that uses them (by solving a puzzle) and then learnt in the citadel (by means of a special game mode). A few spells can also be accessed by capturing a mount. However, in all cases, the player has higher mana costs than the monster that normally uses them (or the class that learns them normally). * In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', Snake gains an ability from the defeated members of the BB Corps. In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', the yet-to-be Big Boss could acquire the bosses camouflage suits (except The End's) by dropping their stamina to zero instead of their health, along with The End's special weapon, the tranquilizer sniper gun Mosin Nagant. * Just to be clear: you can get the end's camo, but you have to [[Guide Dang It\|Hold up the End by pointing a gun at his head so he refuses you 3 times, then he gives it up.]] Could be seen as defeating the end in terms of stealth. * The [[Sega Genesis]] [[Shmup]] ''[[Gaiares]]'' let the player "capture" an enemy's weapon and use it, though the captured weapon didn't always look the same as when the enemy used it. Line 61 ⟶ 62: * ''[[Ace Combat]] Zero'' has you acquire some planes in this fashion. As in, shoot down a named ace squadron flying a particular type of plane, and it's yours to buy. * ''[[Guild Wars]]'' has a skill called Signet of Capture that lets you capture a skill from a defeated boss. This is one of two ways to learn elite skills, and the only way to learn a skill you haven't unlocked on your account. * Kratos in ''[[God of War (~~Video Game~~series)\|God of War]]'' tends to do this to his enemies, in one of two ways. Either he'll steal the weapon straight out of the enemy's hands (and beat them to death with it) or he'll cut the enemy to ''pieces'' and use one of their ''body parts'' as a weapon. For example, taking off a Gorgon's head and using it as a [[Taken for Granite\|petrifying ray gun]] on his enemies, or stealing the wings of Icarus from the man himself as he's flying. * Scaler from, well, ''[[Scaler]]'', has the ability to transform into other lizard-y creatures by defeating a specific amount of that particular creature. * In ''[[Rune Factory 3]]'', you can upgrade staves with boss drops, which then allows you to use that boss's special attack. They tend not to be too practical, though, as they use a prohibitively large amount of RP. Line 69 ⟶ 70: == Web Comics == * Yuuki from [[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]] is able to steal power {{spoiler\|[http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda12/Issue1/Page1.html from] [http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda12/Issue1/Page3.html Otsana] [http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda12/Issue4/Page1.html and] [http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda12/Issue4/Page2.html Shebi]}}Although technically she didnt beat them and take their powers she just took their powers. * Princess Ip, the apparent greatest enemy of [[~~Princess Pi (Webcomic)\|~~Princess Pi]], can steal the powers of whoever she kills. Line 77 ⟶ 78: == Western Animation == * The series' ultimate evil, Vilgax, gets this ability himself when he's reintroduced in the later seasons of ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force ~~(Animation)~~\|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'', using it to absorb the powers of the galaxy's greatest heroes after he beats them and takes over their planets. While he uses a machine to do that he can only claim the enemies powers after he's defeated them in combat. {{reflist}} [[Category:Skills and Training Tropes]] [[Category:~~Victor Gains Losers Powers~~{{PAGENAME}}]]