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* Very few ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' share the same attacks.

** Some highlights for example: Ruby can travel at SuperSpeed, Yang can tank hits and has a SuperMode, Blake can FlashStep to create [[DoppelgangerAttack shadow]] [[NinjaLog decoys]], and Weiss can [[SummonMagic create]] [[InstantRunes Glyphs]] [[SteppingStonesInTheSky that]] [[GeometricMagic simulate]] [[GravityMaster magic]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Every person has a Semblance, which is a unique (though apparently somewhat hereditary) power that manifests after extensive training, and can be used in combination with Aura practice and Dust weapons to manifest as a powerful combat technique.

** Some highlights for example: Ruby can travel at SuperSpeed, Yang has a SuperMode, Blake can FlashStep to create [[DoppelgangerAttack shadow]] [[NinjaLog decoys]], and Weiss can [[SummonMagic create]] [[InstantRunes Glyphs]] [[SteppingStonesInTheSky that]] [[GeometricMagic simulate]] [[GravityMaster magic]].

* Invoked in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. All the characters get training to create unique special moves, even beyond the unique nature of their quirks. Kirishima, for example, learns how to temporarily become even tougher than usual, while [[HavingABlast Bakugou]] learns to create focused armor-piercing blasts. Tsuyu learns how to camouflage herself, and so on. Not only do these moves capitalize on their strengths and mitigate their weaknesses, they also serve as part of a hero's branding, tying into the image they want to present.

* Invoked in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. All the characters get training to create unique special moves, even beyond the unique nature of their quirks. Kirishima, for example, learns how to temporarily become even tougher than usual, while [[HavingABlast Bakugou]] learns to create focused armor-piercing blasts. Tsuyu learns how to camouflage herself, and so on.

* [[Characters/DragonBallSonGoku Son Goku's]] signature special move, the [[KamehameHadoken Kamehameha]], is perhaps the most popular example ([[OldMaster even if it's not strictly exclusive to him]]), but many characters in ''Franchise/DragonBall'' develop their own special techniques. For example: [[Characters/DragonBallKrillin Krillin's]] terrifyingly-titled [[DeadlyDisc Destructo Disc]]

* The cast from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' have unique abilities fitting to the respective characters' fighting styles and it happens rarily that two or more people have identical fighting abilities. A mage who is trained by another one usually develop only similar, but not identical abilities or have an even entirely different fighting style. Even when different characters use the same spells, it often happens that they are not identical, e.g. Nanoha, Subaru and Vivio's Divine Buster have different performances. The most blatant example is Erio Mondial, whose ''Thunder Rage'' and ''Shiden Issen'' look ''entirely different'' than Fate and Signum's, respectively.

* Every Servant in the ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' universe has a Noble Phantasm, a weapon or ability that is a large part of their legend as Heroic Spirits. Not a few Masters are also skilled in some form of magic which primarily gets used when fighting other Masters.

** Almost every single character also has a magical ability no one else has. This can vary from the simple "manipulation of fire" to the abstract "manipulation of boundaries" to the absurd "power to sense the coming of spring."

* Every Servant in the ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' universe has a Noble Phantasm, a weapon or ability that is a large part of their legend as Heroic Spirits. In addition, many Masters also are skilled in some form of magic.

This trope shows up quite a lot in {{Shonen}} FightingSeries, Comic Books, and Video Games where pretty much every fighting character who is not a mook has at least one. Whether or not said special move has any effectiveness is completely dependent upon the needs of the story and the character's general role in it. A comic relief joke character, for example, may have a completely useless special move, or it can be subverted by making [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass it seem that way until he gets serious]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', every Gem has a power or weapon specific to them. [[spoiler:Or rather, they ''used to''. Many younger Gems either don't have powers or don't know how to use them, thanks to the fact that Homeworld is running out of resources (causing more and more Gems to be born "defective"). Peridot doesn't even know that she has magnetic powers until she uses them by total accident.]]

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* The Limit Break system in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, which first appeared in the series in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', gives each playable characters one to five, depending on the game, powerful abilities that only they could use.

** Mordecai sends out Bloodwing, his pet bird, to attack enemies hiding behind cover. Zer0 sends out a hologram whilst also turning invisible to distract enemies. Nisha goes into a state where she auto-targets enemies.

* Being a show about a School for [[ProfessionalWrestling Lucha Libre]], {{Signature Move}}s are very important in MuchaLucha, with the developing of one being the theme of several episodes.