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* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', in which the boys pretend to have superpowers and Cartman's power is that he has lots of powers.

* ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'': Clifford [=DeVoe=] / The Thinker possesses SuperIntelligence which enables him create a CoolChair capable of [[GrandTheftMe stealing bodies]] and [[PowerParasite power absorption]]. He spends a good portion of the season hunting down metahumans he created and either stealing their powers or their bodies with the powers in them. By the end of Season Four, he's basically AllYourPowersCombined of all the {{Villain Of The Week}}s that Team Flash faced and becomes a nigh-InvincibleVillain.

** [[BigBeautifulWoman Big Bertha]] of the ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers has the unique mutation of being able to swell her fat cells. This power allows her to [[SizeShifter change size]] from a thin woman to an eight-foot behemoth with [[SuperStrength incredible]] StoutStrength, the ability to [[InASingleBound leap massive distances]], and SuperToughness--at her fattest, she can stop a literal truck without getting a scratch and gains bulletproof skin.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': [[BigBad Hawk Moth]] has the power of SuperEmpowering, known as Akumatization. By default he can only empower one person, and not himself. However, he can seemingly pick whatever power he likes to grant to the Akumatization victim. This is best shown in the "Hero's Day" special where he gives his Akuma the ability to amplify his own powers, and thus becomes able to create an entire army of returning Akumatized minions from throughout the series, each with a different power.

* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': En Sabah Nur has the mutant power to BodySurf, in which he will acquire the powers of his host body along with the powers of any previous host bodies he had. By the present day, this has given him a wide armada of powers such as MindOverMatter, SuperEmpowering, {{teleportation}}, {{technopath}}y, HealingFactor, [[BarrierWarrior force field generation]], and presumably other powers as well. Throughout the film, he also seeks the body of ComicBook/ProfessorX to acquire his {{telepathy}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': [[BigBad Hawk Moth]] has the power of SuperEmpowering, known as Akumatization. However, he can pick whatever power he likes to grant to the Akumatization victim. This is best shown in the "Hero's Day" special where he gets a power-up and is able to create an army of returning Akumatized minions from throughout the series, each with a different power.

->''I create a world that contains infinite swords. This is the ''only'' magic allowed for Emiya Shirou.''

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': During the ''Bad Guys'' miniseries, [[MadScientist Doctor Starline]] gets ahold of several Power Cores, objects that can grant the user temporary use of either flight, SuperStrength, or SuperSpeed. Starline proceeds to merge several cores together into a glove-mounted device called a Tri-Core, which enables him to use any of those abilities at will.

** The provider for the page quote, Emiya Shirou can only use a single projection magecraft properly. [[spoiler: But thanks to this, he can copy the Noble Phantasm of every hero he encounters, granting him their skills alongside it. He can also make the projections have the same power as the original for one attack, a technique called Broken Phantasm. By Shirou's own admission, he could never stand up to a Servant like Saber who dedicated themselves to one weapon even with this power. But his power to project, combined with his Reality Marble Unlimited Blade Works, is the perfect counter to Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon]].

** The provider for the page quote, Emiya Shirou can only use a single projection magecraft properly. [[spoiler: But thanks to this, he can copy the Noble Phantasm of every hero he encounters, granting him their skills alongside it.]]

** [[spoiler:One For All]] is eventually revealed to allow access to this when [[spoiler:Midoriya spontaneously develops the ability to shoot black tendrils from his hands. The vestige of his predecessor, Daigoro Banjo, tells him that the Quirks of all the previous wielders of One For All have been concentrated inside it, and now Midoriya will have to master all of them in addition to his bone-breaking SuperStrength.]]

Compare SwissArmySuperPower which is one single superpower used in different applications for a variety of different effects.

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** Gilgamesh has the Gate of Babylon, one of his three Noble Phantasm that grants him access to a HyperspaceArsenal. It contains "the origin of human wisdom" and thus anything that can be created with human wisdom is contained within. Being the first hero, it also contains every prototype of all Noble Phantasms as all subsequent weapons of legendary heroes came from his treasury after its contents were scattered all over the world following his death.

** Aaroniero Arruruerie has absorbed the power of 33, 650 Hollows including [[spoiler: Metastacia and, through it, shinigami Kaien Shiba, Shikai and all]] via his Hollow ability Glotoneria. It allows him to absorb the powers and abilities of dead Hollows without limit, unlike other hollows who can only absorb power up to a certain limit.

* {{ComicBook/Lanfeust}}: Everyone in the world of Troy possesses a single power of varying usefulness (boil and freeze water, induce PottyFailure, heal any wound at night, fart from the ears...). Lanfeust (who can melt metal by looking at it) discovers that he can use ''any'' power he can imagine if he's in contact with a piece of ivory from the legendary Magohamoth, but so can the BigBad Thanos (who can teleport to any place he's ever seen).
* {{ComicBook/Vixen}}'s Tantu totem allows her to mimic the abilities of animals. This translates into flight, breathing underwater, poisoning someone with her touch, enhanced strength, enhanced speed, and even the ability to ''regenerate from a few cells'', among other things.

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** Gabriel Gray aka Sylar, has Intuitive Aptitude, allowing him to understand how another person's power works by studying their brain and become an InstantExpert with it.

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* Franchise/Ben10: Ben only has the Omnitrix/Ultimatrix. But it allows him to shape-shift into any alien recorded in its database. Each alien has powers ranging from SuperIntelligence to RealityWarping.

PowerCopying: Copy someone's power via a single power absorption ability.

PowerParasite: Steal someone's power.

SelfMadeSuperPowers: A mad scientist's only power is their intelligence. They use it to gather many others.

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** Peter Petrelli, son Arthur Petrelli, has PowerCopying, granting him the power of any Evo near him, permanently.

''ComicBook/JokersLastLaugh'' features the mutant Multi-Man, whose "core" superpower is the ability to [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist resurrect after death.]] Every time he does, though, he gains a new superhuman ability. It's definitely a case of BlessedWithSuck, as both the villains and heroes repeatedly kill Multi-Man (which still hurts) until he's revived with a power useful to their plans.

* On ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', the demon [[BigBad Shendu]] has ComboPlatterPowers because of his [[ArtifactOfPower Twelve Talismans]], each of which grants him a different power. But after he's [[TakenForGranite imprisoned in a statue]], the Rat Talisman becomes the Keystone: its unique gift is "Motion to Motionless," which can turn anything into an AnimateInanimateObject and thus allow him to access the other Talismans.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': [[BigBad Hawk Moth]] has the power of SuperEmpowering, known as Akumatization. However, he can pick whatever power he likes to grant to the Akumatization victim. This is best shown in the "Hero's Day" special where he gets a power-up and is able to create an army of returning Akumatized minions from throughout the series, each with a different power.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Every pony has a talent for something. With unicorns, this means their magic is especially effective in that particular area. Twilight Sparkle's special talent? ''Magic itself''.

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Unlike a GreenLanternRing, this ability is finely defined. This is a superpower that grants access to multiple distinct superpowers and is not a power that is applied in unconventional ways but rather a power that grants access to many other, separate powers while everyone else is limited to comparatively fewer numbers.

Contrast GreenLanternRing which is a poorly defined versatile superpower. Compare SwissArmySuperPower which is one single superpower used in different applications for a variety of different effects.

** Aaroniero Arruruerie has absorbed the power of 33, 650 Hollows including [[spoiler: Metastacia and, through it, shinigami Kaien Shiba, Shikai and all]] via his HG¿ollow ability Glotoneria. It allows him to absorb the powers and abilities of dead Hollows without limit, unlike other hollows who can only absorb power up to a certain limit.

-->-- '''Emiya Shirou''', ''{{VisualNovel/FateStayNight}}''