History Main / BroughtDownToNormal

* ''New Chance'': To one Jonin's horror and Naruto and Hinata's shock, their [[CombinationAttack Rasen no Mai]] is a weaponized version of this trope.

* The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "Lost Soul" has an AI possess the [[PoweredArmor batsuit]], forcing Terry to fight the super-strong suit with just a UtilityBelt and DominoMask.

* Happens in a direct-to-DVD/Netflix episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', specifically to [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]], [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]], and ComicBook/IronMan due to a magic spell. Captain America goes back to his scrawny, pre-Super Serum self, Iron Man is in his prototype armor (and doesn't know how to use it), and Thor becomes a mortal (and promptly gets his leg broken, in homage to the injured leg of Donald Blake, his comic incarnation's non-powered human form for some time).

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' had an AI possess the [[PoweredArmor batsuit]], forcing Terry to fight the super-strong suit with just a utility belt and domino mask.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Powerless", ComicBook/CaptainAtom is a SmugSuper who gets Brought Down to Normal. And, now that he truly understands how puny and helpless ordinary people are, [[SpoofAesop becomes an Even Smugger Super]].
* In "Gwen 10", the WhatIf episode of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', Ben wakes up without the Omnitrix, but remembering the series so far. Upon realizing that it's the day he got the Omnitrix, he tries to get it back... And fails. He kinda mopes for the rest of the episode, but nothing else is shown of how it would have gone from there; it's a one-shot "What if?" style episode, complete with ShoutOut at the end. A more straight version of this was the Season 2 finale, where Ben loses the Omnitrix after finally mastering its abilities, resulting in him having fight both of the show's major villains (up to this point in the franchise, anyway) without it. The episode ends with him and his cousin winning the battle with limited use of superpowers, and Ben regaining the Omnitrix, albeit unable to access the device's full abilities once more.

** The Man of Steel takes a stint on a future earth with a red sun. He shows that he's apparently a [[BroughtDownToBadass very tough individual with a variety of skills]] even without his powers. For instance, he got around by getting an ancient automobile into running condition.
** In another episode, Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} is trapped in Skartaris, which likewise has a red sun, depowering her considerably. However, instead of moping around, she quickly confirms that her powers indeed don't work and adopts new ways of being awesome, namely, by being a {{Little Miss|Badass}} {{Determinator}}.

-->'''Rachel''': How are you feeling?\\
'''Max''': Human. I hate it.

-->'''Alpha''': Go on, Zed. Destroy me. ''Do it!''\\
'''Zed''': No. You're a mere mortal now. You'll be punished like one.

* Done OncePerEpisode near the end of every episode of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', with thanks to Ladybug de-evilizing the VillainOfTheWeek and undoing all the damage they made.

* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': If the [[MacGuffin Amulet of Avalor]] is ever removed from Sofia, she loses all the powers she got with it; most importantly, she loses her ability to talk to Clover, Mia, and Robin because the amulet blessed her with that ability.

** At times, the whole ''Ben 10'' show seemed to play with the idea of losing powers. It was a story formula, he would use his alien powers, beat the tar out of several guys, then the true big bad would show up, and the Omnitrix would be out of juice, Ben would then have to use his wits, creativity, and family to hold them off till he could juice up again. Presumably, they got tired of that, because in ''Ben 10: Alien Force'' he never runs out of juice and changes from form to form at will.

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', numerous cards exist which remove the abilities of target creatures. For instance, [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=96918 Crash Landing]] targets creatures with flying while [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83008 Blood Moon]] turns all non-basic lands (which notably can do things like create more one one type of mana, or have special powerful effects) into basic, mundane mountains.

* In the {{Elseworlds}} series ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod'' a strange wave of energy hits Earth causing heroes and villains alike to lose their superpowers. Some disappear into the woodwork while others reinvent themselves as {{Badass Normal}}s in the Franchise/{{Batman}} mold. However, if you watched [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall one man's review]] of it, you'd learn the writers fucked up this execution royally. Weirdly, this only applies if "normal" strictly means human. Superman and ComicBook/MartianManhunter don't have any superpowers, technically speaking; their abilities are "normal" for their species. The same goes for ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, except possibly for his ability to breathe air (which he does not lose). ComicBook/TheAtom's powers vanish, despite him being a ''technological'' hero (his power comes from a belt with a fragment of a white dwarf sun.)

* Samson in ''Literature/TheBible'', when his hair is cut by Delilah -- it stayed gone until his hair grew back and he prayed for his strength to return so he could do a TakingYouWithMe. This trope is OlderThanFeudalism.

* ''[[Literature/AMagesPower A Mage's Power]]'': After [[HeroicRROD maintaining an elemental fusion spell for far longer than safe]], Eric is unable to use magic for a brief period of time.

* Brynhild in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTheVolsungs''.

* Happens to [[spoiler: Aya]] in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'', which [[spoiler: she is [[IJustWantToBeNormal actually grateful]] for, as it was nothing but a reminder of the horrific nightmare that she dispels after dealing with the TrueFinalBoss]].
* Halfway through ''VideoGame/Persona2: Innocent Sin'', [[spoiler: Yukino (if she is alive at this point) will give up her Persona powers and transfer them to Jun, thus she becomes an ordinary person once again. The follow up sequel, ''Eternal Punishment'', undoes her sacrifice due to an alternate timeline]].

* In ''Literature/{{Phaeton}}'' [[spoiler: the Bounds children all burn out their powers during the mission to Japan]]. They still haven't been restored.

-->'''Alpha''': Go on, Zed. Destroy me. ''Do it!''
-->'''Zed''': No. You're a mere mortal now. You'll be punished like one.

* ''Fanfic/AnImpracticalGuideToGodhood'': [[spoiler:Hera]] is stripped of her divinity and exiled to New Byzantium as punishment for her crimes in the first interlude.
* In the Fourth Movement of ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', George has his ring stolen and Ringo cannot use his magic anywhere it matters, so they have to rescue the other two while effectively powerless.
* Happens to [[spoiler: Sasuke]] in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}[=/=]WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' crossover ''Fanfic/ConnectingTheDots''. He first loses an eye, then has his chakra taken away, and finally has half of the bones in his body broken as part of a HumiliationConga.

* This concept gets {{deconstructed|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/ActionPack''. It shows what someone with a healing ability would actually be like when Naruto watches his brother become groggy and practically unable to stay awake every month.
* ''New Chance'': To one Jonin's horror and Naruto and Hinata's shock, their [[CombinationAttack Rasen no Mai]] is a weaponized version of this trope.

* ''Fanfic/PuellaArcanaSomniatorMadoka'' shows that showing up in the strange, unknown world will strip someone the powers of a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Magical Girl]]. But surviving the Shadows in there and returning to reality will allow the person to unlock the potential and gain a Franchise/{{Persona}} instead. [[spoiler:This all happens after the Magical Girl turns into a Witch.]]
* ''Fanfic/GoddessRebornChronicle'' denies this to the [[BlessedWithSuck Guardians and Cambions]]. The source material states several times [[ShapeshifterModeLock that it cannot be undone, there is no going back]].
* In the villains-centric ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/340327/1/Back-To-Basics Back to Basics]]'', as punishment for their latest screw-up, Negaduck deprives Quackerjack and Megavolt of their gimmicks. They have until midnight the following day to prove that they can pull off a crime worth his notice without their toys or electricity, respectively. Hilarity Ensues.

* In ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fanfic, ''Fanfic/ZeldasHonor'', the villains (Naar and his commanders) are nigh impossible to kill. They revive mere moments after death, regardless of how mutilated they get. It almost seems a losing battle until [[spoiler:Link and co. figure out the source of their power is the linked shards of the Fierce Deity Mask residing in their bodies, cursed with demonic magic from the old world, that grants them this horrible immortality. Once Link heals the mask properly and all pieces are returned]], Naar and the rest [[MortalityEnsues are suddenly mortal]] and [[DroppedABridgeOnHim die ignoble deaths]] quite swiftly.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7034896/1 The Princess and the Pirate]]:'' The Imperial-aligned captors of Luke, Leia and Han put them in a room with some kind of small, furry mammalian creatures that somehow sap the two Force users' power and prevent them breaking out. Luke eventually solves the problem by killing them. However, it accidentally happens again later, when a young rebel thinks Leia would like one of the cute critters that he finds in another area, and lets it loose. Leia faints, but Luke's able to tell him to get it out of the area
** ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7020330/1/Hold-On-Girl Hold On Girl]]'', where Mara Jade Skywalker briefly loses her force power after she's kidnapped by someone who wants to drain the power into her unborn child. Eventually, though, she gets it back during the birth of the child.
* In ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls,'' Medusa uses a {{curse}} named Ouroboros to subtract an ability or personality trait from the person cursed, and it's usually one that makes or breaks a combatant. They either can't fight at all, or can fight but with a severely limited skill set.
* This is the crux of the plot of ''Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}}'', wherein WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} agrees to temporarily give up his magic in order to accompany Lydia to her senior prom as a normal human teenager. The problems set in when circumstances prevent him from changing back; the real issue is ''why''. In the sequel, ''The Bug Princess'', it happens to him ''again'' -- and this time, he's not expecting it.

* In ''[[Fanfic/DoctorWhoovesTheSeries Along Came a Spider]]'' Twilight is, via [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] PowerTattoo called Gelding Marks, which were specifically invented to neutralise unicorn magic. [[spoiler: She eventually overcomes these through sheer HeroicWillpower.]]

* At the end of ''Fanfic/PrincessTrixieSparkle'', Astelle the BigBad and [[spoiler: Celestia and Luna's long lost sister]] is reduced to a mere Earth Pony after her Alicorn Magic is destroyed.
* ''Fanfic/CallMeKara'': [[Characters/SupergirlTheCharacter The titular heroine]], when she goes through a solar flare. She promptly uses this as an opportunity to go out and get drunk for the first time. Later, [[spoiler:when she gets pregnant]], she is subjected to random power outages that makes her lose her powers.
* In ''Fanfic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''): Flash and Twilight are turned into humans when they step through the mirror portal to the human world and lose their flight and magic. Flash also realizes later that he cannot enter the Theta Mode either.
* In ''Fanfic/SpiderX'', the only way [[spoiler:to save Peter from his transformation into the Man-Spider is a variation of the serum used to cure Conners of his transformation into the Lizard, which initially seemingly removed Peter's powers]].
* ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'': This happens to [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] twice: she is depowered after her run-in with Rogue, and later she gradually loses her Binary powers after closing a joint mission with the X-Men.
* ''Fanfic/PrayForUsIcarus'': The demon Crowley suddenly starts to be reborn as a mortal human with no demonic powers or memories of his past lives sometime in the 17th century for reasons that neither he nor Aziraphale are aware of. It turns out that the reason he became like this was [[spoiler:that it was a punishment from Death to teach him the importance of human mortality after he kept trying to save human lives from Pestilence]].
* In the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13536373/1/Total-Drama-Operation-Phoenix Operation Phoenix]]'', ''Franchise/TouhouProject'''s Reimu Hakurei has her RealityWarper powers forcibly stripped away from her by dint of WesternAnimation/{{Rick|AndMorty}} [[TrappedInAnotherWorld kidnapping her from her world]].
* ''Webcomic/BakeryEnemies'': All the Miraculous stopped working after the final battle with Hawkmoth. Which makes it very difficult for the old heroes to reconnect.

* ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'': [[spoiler: Sekidousai and Dai Youko, because Jesei used up their power]]. Its unknown if this is permanent or if they're just exhausted.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Kanokon}}'', Chizuru temporarily loses her powers (and her breasts) and has to cope without them. She never cares about her power being sealed, though. She just wants her breasts back.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' had a computer virus infect Terry's batman-suit-mini-PoweredArmor thing, forcing him to go it with just a utility belt and domino mask rather than flight, invisibility, super strength, etc. Turns out he picked up a few of the bat-skills from Bruce after all.

** Notably, the episode with the eclipse has Sylar and Elle realize how dangerous HRG can be with his superior training, when they're without their powers. As soon as HRG realizes that everyone has lost their powers, he grabs his sniper rifle and goes hunting.

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes 3: The Stones'': Using the Power Stone takes the superpowers away from the Supermen. Kalo, who is an {{Energy Being|s}} who usually takes on a humanoid form, can't shapeshift and reverts to his energy fireball form. [[spoiler:The Supermen live with this and have begun leading normal lives by the time Happy S. is teleported into the future.]]

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* People that are highly dependent on social networking sites and mobile gadgets can feel like this when deprived of them. Although, since this is now the normal way of life for much of the planet, it may even feel like a case of "brought down to subnormal," depending on the person.
* In countries where an official is elected for a certain term, once that amount of time runs out, they are once again a civilian. Though, depending on the office they held, they may be given special protection for the rest of their lives.
* People who work in the tech industry can feel very powerless during power outages. Though given the state of technology in developed countries, this could apply to a whole population.
* Countries have to deal with the people in their ForcesWithFirepower after the war or when their troops muster out during peacetime. Many countries make their troops attend classes on things like resume writing and applying for a job and preparing for post-military life. Once a soldier musters out, they are just another job seeker in the civilian employment market.
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* Rayek from ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' lost his magical powers for a while, after coming across [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong an important crossroad in his life (and messing up)]]. He hated it so badly it almost made him lose his mind too.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E17QTwo Q2]]", Q's JerkAss son causes so much havoc that he has his powers taken away, forcing him to stay on the Voyager for a week in the hopes of teaching him some restraint.

* In the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "Dust to Dust", Psi Cop Alfred Bester shows up on the station to track down a drug supply which gives mundanes telepathic abilities. Given that he is himself a powerful telepath whose history with the station crew, has, ahem, created certain trust issues, he is forced to take "sleeper" drugs which completely inhibit his ability to read minds. He then uses the Psi Corp's reputation to trick a suspect into confessing by merely being present at the interrogation and blurting out "he's lying" at some point (he figured the guy had to be lying about something).

* In ''[[Series/TheBoys2019 The Boys]]'' when [[SuperSpeed A-Train]], a member of [[SuperTeam The Seven]], confronts Hughie in his home, A-Train says that he was incredibly stupid to take the "ComeAlone" instruction to heart, and as they are discussing whose fault was it that their girlfriends were dead, Kimiko (a young woman who [[spoiler: was given [[SuperSerum Compound-V]] to turn her into a super villain for the Seven to fight]]) sneaks up from behind and breaks A-Train's leg. As result he has to use crutches and has to navigate the world as a disabled Black man for some time. While clothes shopping [[{{Profiling}} he notices a security guard tailing him,]] and when A-Train confronts him, the guard gets defensive, and only backs off when some fans recognize him, which leads to A-Train to angrily call out the fact that the guard only backed off because he was harassing a superhero and nothing else.

** "Helpless" from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' features a "test" called the Cruciamentum -- a rite of passage to test the Slayer's intellect and wit, induced by Buffy's mentor -- at the command of the [[AncientTradition Watcher's Council]]. Only problem is, she was never informed of this or given opportunity to prepare for it.

** Buffy, in particular, but it can be jarring to see everybody else being so...so normal in Season 9. Simone by proxy attempts to have her depowered and slain. Especially Willow, who has no powers at all.
--->'''Willow:''' "Without magic, I'm back to being part hacker, part hostage, while my superpeeps kick evil's butt."

* In ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' there was an episode where Cole had to fully give in to his demon side in order to protect the girls which left him as a mindless beast for all of ten seconds before they used a spell to permanently remove his powers, leaving him mortal for a while and hating it. [[spoiler: He then went on to assume the throne of the underworld and become the Source of all Evil in the world but hey, there was a difficult transition period. Where he went from there is difficult to follow. Cole sort of embodies PowersAsPrograms.]]

* The blood of a Series/{{Grimm}} can strip a [[MageSpecies Hexenbiest]] (or a Zauberbiest) of his/her powers (in fact, they can't [[GameFace woge]] anymore), making them pretty much human, although they still have extensive knowledge of potions. Nick does this to Adalind by forcibly kissing her, knowing she will bite him to stop it and, in the process, ingest his blood. [[spoiler:She later manages to restore her powers through a long and complicated (not to mention gross) ritual involving the death of another Hexenbiest, which also supercharges her unborn baby.]]

* In the 1998 ''Series/{{Merlin|1998}}'' series, this happens to [[spoiler: the gnome Frik]], who loses his magic and becomes basically a strange-looking human. However, this might have worked to his advantage, as [[spoiler: he shortly thereafter becomes a BadassNormal working for the heroes, and because he is no longer magical, he survives the end of magic instead of fading away as Mab does]].
* In the BBC ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', Merlin loses his magic for a while in the Season 4 opener, after which he ended up passing out for a while. He was still in a bind when he woke up, but during the trip back to Camelot with Gwaine, he regains his power.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Mutant X}}'' has a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual New Mutant]] with a HealingFactor (which makes his DeathSeeker personality a little ironic) working for GSA, when an epidemic starts that threatens to wipe out all New Mutants. He is forced by his boss to work with Adam (although ordered to shoot him as soon as he has the cure). When Adam extracts his DNA to use his HealingFactor to cure the disease, he inadvertently removes this ability. The guy is happy to be able to injure his arm without it immediately healing. Then the BigBad realizes this and has him shot... the guy isn't too upset at that either.

* In an episode of ''Series/RedDwarf'', Kryten is temporally brought down to normal when he is turned into a human being.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' in the unimaginatively named episode "The Loss", in which Counselor Troi lost her empathic abilities. Also "Deja Q", with the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Q, much to Picard's [[{{Facepalm}} great annoyance]].

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': in the episode "[=Q2=]", Q's JerkAss son causes so much havoc that he has his powers taken away, forcing him to stay on the Voyager for a week in the hopes of teaching him some restraint.

** In the fifteenth season episode "The Hero's Journey", [[spoiler:Dean and Sam find themselves dealing with regular human problems such as cavities, expired credit cards, and car trouble, which is attributed to them having previous enjoyed God's favour as the stars of his story; now that they have turned against God, he has brought them down to normal people. In the subsequent episode "The Gamblers", Dean and Sam are able to make a deal with the goddess Fortuna to restore their previous luck]].

* ''Series/{{Wonder Woman|1975}}'': The effect on Princess Diana of not wearing the belt of strength of her [[LeotardOfPower Wonder Woman costume]] away from Paradise Island. She still retains her warrior training, but does not have [[SuperStrength super strength]]. It is implied that her speed and reflexes as [[SecretIdentity Diana Prince]] are also reduced to human norms.

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* Lina Inverse of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' ends up with her ridiculously powerful magic sealed for a good chunk of one of the NEXT story arcs.
** Also in the first series Lina's powers fade for a few days because "It's that time of the month".

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* ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'': Characters/ScarletWitch, fed up with everything that went into and resulted from achieving mutant superiority, uses her power to declare "No more mutants." Thus, Earth goes back to what it was before, depowering 90% of the mutants of the world ([[StatusQuoIsGod after all, looks like the X-Men are too popular to become]] {{Badass Normal}}s). Some of them, like Blob and Chamber, end up in dire straits thanks to losing their mutant powers but not the body alterations that occurred because of them (notably, Jono almost dies thanks to his power having burned away his jaw, throat, and much of his chest when it first emerged). [[spoiler:hilariously inverted in that when Toad loses his powers, he becomes extremely handsome, which is how he would have looked had he not been born a mutant.]]

** In ''ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl'', [[MadScientist Lesla-Lar]] took away Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}'s powers as part of a scheme to replace her. While in her powerless state, Kara finally found adoptive parents. She nearly abandoned her career as ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, until Mr. Mxyzptlk granted her all the abilities of Superman, plus a (temporary) invulnerability to green kryptonite.

** [[spoiler: This happens to Celestia ''twice''. First, her powers are drained at the beginning by [[BigBad Titan]] in order to create Empyrean, and are returned to her by Twilight near the end of the story. During the subsequent fight with Titan, she gets cursed, which drains her power to ordinary pony levels; this thankfully wears off in time for the FinalBattle]].

* In the villains-centric ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/340327/1/Back-To-Basics Back to Basics]]'', as punishment for their latest screw-up, Negaduck deprives Quackerjack and Megavolt of their gimmicks. They have until midnight the following day to prove that they can pull off a crime worth his notice without their toys or electricity, respectively. HilarityEnsues.

* In one ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' fanfic, ''Fanfic/ZeldasHonor'', the villains (Naar and his commanders) are nigh impossible to kill. They revive mere moments after death, regardless of how mutilated they get. It almost seems a losing battle until [[spoiler:Link and co. figure out the source of their power is the linked shards of the Fierce Deity Mask residing in their bodies, cursed with demonic magic from the old world, that grants them this horrible immortality. Once Link heals the mask properly and all pieces are returned]], Naar and the rest [[MortalityEnsues are suddenly mortal]] and [[DroppedABridgeOnHim die ignoble deaths]] quite swiftly.

* In ''[[Fanfic/DoctorWhoovesTheSeries Along Came a Spider]]'' Twilight is, via [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] PowerTattoo called Gelding Marks, which were specifically invented to neutralise unicorn magic. [[spoiler: She eventually overcomes these through sheer HeroicWillpower]].

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes 3: The Stones'': Using the Power Stone takes the superpowers away from the Supermen. Kalo, who is an EnergyBeing who usually takes on a humanoid form, can't shapeshift and reverts to his energy fireball form. [[spoiler:The Supermen live with this and have begun leading normal lives by the time Happy S. is teleported into the future.]]

* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' has Calypso. She was a titan who was trapped on a lonely island for thousands of years. Finally, Leo returns to her and takes her. When Calypso leaves the island, she becomes an ordinary human.
** Later it turns out that she has retained her special beauty and her magical powers, but she is no longer a titan, and has lost most of her powers.

* Series/{{Chuck}} without the Intersect, which happens several times over the series.
** He's without it in Season 5. As with before, this doesn't stop Chuck from showing that [[BroughtDownToBadass he's far more]] than just a bunch of government secrets stored in his head.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Supermom}}'', Liza starts losing her powers around the time that her children start evincing theirs. While without her powers, she's nearly laid out by a nasty cold that she'd presumably never gained immunity against while {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le.

* In "The Main Man", Supes is kidnapped and imprisoned in a FantasticNatureReserve, and his cell is lit with red starlight as he would have had on Krypton, sapping away his powers. He only gets them back when he makes his way into a cell holding a dodo... with artificial sunlight.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Villain Dimitri spent centuries as the PhysicalGod Enerjak, but eventually had his powers stolen by [[EvilerThanThou Mammoth Mogul]] via the Sword of Acorns; with his powers gone, Dimitri's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld age]] caught up to him, and he was eventually reduced to a shriveled head in a floating fish bowl.
** Then, in a recent story taking place in an AlternateUniverse, Knuckles (who had also become Enerjak) was stripped of his powers in the exact same way by his daughter.
*** Before this, mainstream Knuckles lost all of his power after he came BackFromTheDead. Turns out they were suppressed, but it took him a good year in-series to fix that as the Dingos held Angel Island and the Master Emerald.

** Most recently, he's without it in Season 5. As with before, this doesn't stop Chuck from showing that [[BroughtDownToBadass he's far more]] than just a bunch of government secrets stored in his head.

* After the events of ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] loses the Extremis inside him which allowed to basically "be one" with his armor, and even has to start using inferior models of his Iron Man suit.

** Pre-Crisis Superman also had another superhero life while in the bottle city of Kandor, where he has no powers. In ''Superman (Volume 1)'' #158 He becomes a Franchise/{{Batman}} {{Expy}} with [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]], becoming Nightwing and Flamebird -- Dick Grayson uses the former name in honor of Supes.

** In ''ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl'', [[MadScientist Lesla-Lar]] took away Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}'s powers as part of a scheme to replace her. While in her powerless state, Kara finally found adoptive parents. She nearly abandoned her career as Supergirl, until Mr. Mxyzptlk granted her all the abilities of Superman, plus a (temporary) invulnerability to green kryptonite.

** ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 In the Post-Flashpoint universe]]'', right after the ''ComicBook/{{Crucible}}'' story arc, Kara was depowered due to the manipulations of Vandal Savage. DEO agent Cameron Chase, offered to help her get her powers back if she joined the Department of Extra-normal Operations.