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* The aliens in ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'' were killed by {{spoiler|a common disease. The aliens were so advanced and germophobic that they wiped out all microbial life on their native planet. Which of course meant they had nothing to develop immunities to when they invaded Earth}}.

* The Martians, in [[Ray Bradbury]]'s ''[[The Martian Chronicles]]'', are killed ''en masse'' rather early in the book by a human-induced plague of chicken pox. It's a [[Shout-Out|knowing reference]] to both American history and ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]''.

** Alternatively, the Boggart can't handle trying to frighten more than one person at once, as attempts to materialize into more than one person's fear results in things such as the "half a slug" incident. This is why Lupin advised his students not to face a Boggart alone (combined with the above reason).

** Voldemort's inability to understand Love, and [[The Power of Love]], proves to be his ultimate undoing. However, this is less of a Weaksauce Weakness than a [[Fatal Flaw]]. Harry does not beat Voldemort because of some mystical aspect of love, but because having reliable friends and allies ultimately gives him an advantage over Voldemort, who underestimates the capacity of others to behave selflessly because he would never even consider doing so himself.