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In fiction it's very common that a character's life drastically changes after they get superpowers. The first thing most people do (after dealing with the person bullying them throughout act 1), is strap on their shiniest [[The Cape (trope)|cape]] or nicest [[Kick the Dog|dog-kicking boots]] and become the local hero or villain. That's not the life for this character, though.
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Opposite trope of [[Comes Great Responsibility]]. Related to [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]] and [[Chaotic Neutral]] (They tend to do whatever they want).
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. While Future Android 18 is definitively a very evil villain, Present Android 18 uses her powers only for personal gain and fun. She more often than not only cares about monetary gain, and hardly ever gets involved in the [[Good vs. Evil]] struggle.
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', this is Kyoko's attitude after becoming a [[Magical Girl]]. Though initially an idealist like Madoka and Sayaka, after ruining her life, she decided to only use her powers for her own benefit.
* Nao from ''[[
* When Makoto in ''[[The Girl Who Leapt Through Time]]'' discovers that she has the ability to, well, leap backward in time, she uses it almost entirely for things like singing karaoke for ten straight hours and having a dinner she likes instead of one she doesn't. On the other hand, the more significant the change she makes to the timeline, the more it tends to backfire on her dramatically. Both of the two other characters in the film who have experience with time travel separately say that it's a good thing that she used the ability almost exclusively for small things.
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== Fan Works ==
* The four practically define this trope in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. After they get empowered, all they want to do is play with their magic, and they could have happily spent the rest of the book doing so (with a side trip to rescue Lyndess), except that the C'hovite gods decided to put them to use.
* The trope name is uttered almost word-for-word by [[Ranma ½|Ukyou Kuonji]] when she is [[Magical Girl|empowered by a dragon pearl]] in chapter 9 of Gregg "Metroanime" Sharp's ''[
{{quote|"With great power comes great responsibility, not to mention fringe benefits."}}
:Lest you think Sharp was referencing the trope name, the passage in question was written in ''1999'', which just might make it the [[Trope Namer]].
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* The [[Faust]] legend, and how it's depicted in ''[[Doctor Faustus]]'' is all about this, and would qualify as a darker take on this. After making his [[Deal with the Devil]], Faust behaves in a quiet similar manner to ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' and uses his power to pull pranks and satisfy his whims of the moment. While this kind of thing makes the audience laugh, it amounts to him wasting the true potential of the deal and he ends up eternally damned without a lot to show for it.
** And also there are [[Those Two Guys|his apprentices]], who use his magic books for even wackier shenanigans.
* In ''[[Wearing the Cape]]'' even the superheroes are working for big paychecks, and the more successful ones are idolized, with their own merchandise lines, fan-clubs, even TV shows fictionalizing their adventures. This doesn't mean they're ''all'' in it for the
* In ''The Scent Of Magic'' by Cliff McNish, when one girl gets magic all she does is read a book by the light of her spells shining from her eyes.
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