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* In ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', the Greybeards serve as mentors to the Dovahkiin in the ways of [[MakeMeWannaShout the Thu'um]]. Both can use Thu'um, but the Greybeards are only able to master it through years of isolation, meditation and studying the fundamental concepts of [[LanguageOfMagic the dragon language]]. The Dovahkiin, in contrast, unlocks Thu'um by [[SoulEating consuming the souls of dead dragons]], and in a relatively short period of time, can learn a wide variety of Shouts that it would take a typical Greybeard many lifetimes to master.

* Mostly PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/MobPsycho100''. TheHero Mob is a young boy with PsychicPowers while his MoochingMaster Reigen is a ConMan with a day job as a PhonyPsychic. In spite of this, Reigen is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and GuileHero who gives him genuinely good advice about life.
-->'''Reigen:''' Listen. Just because you have psychic powers doesn't make you any less human. It's the same with fast people, people who are book smart, and people with strong body odor. Psychic powers are just another characteristic. You must embrace that as a part of yourself and live positively. The truth behind one's charm is kindness. Become a good person. That is all.

* Mostly PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/MobPsycho100''. TheHero Mob is a young boy with PsychicPowers while his mentor Reigen is a ConMan with a day job as a PhonyPsychic. In spite of this, Reigen is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and GuileHero who gives him genuinely good advice about life.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLAstAirbender'': As [[TheChosenOne The Avatar]], Aang is the only human being in the world with the potential to master all four styles of [[SupernaturalMartialArts elemental bending]]. However, being born into the Air Nomads means that he only has a natural talent for [[BlowYouAway Airbending]], so he travels the world in search of masters of the other 3 bending styles who will be willing to teach him.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLAstAirbender'': As [[TheChosenOne The Avatar]], Aang is the only human being in the world with the potential to master all four styles of [[KungFuWizard elemental bending]]. However, being born into the Air Nomads means that he only has a natural talent for [[BlowYouAway Airbending]], so he travels the world in search of masters of the other 3 bending styles who will be willing to teach him.

* Franchise/{{Superman}} is so strong that he's [[UnskilledButStrong seldom had to use much skill when it comes down to fisticuffs]]. In many continuities, though, friends like Franchise/{{Batman}} and Wildcat have helped correct this, playing this role as his mentors in hand-to-hand combat.

* ''Manga/MobPsycho100'': Arataka Reigen is a ConMan who appears as a famous esper. He has the young Shigeo Kageyama (aka Mob) as his disciple, who has great esper powers. Despite not having powers, Arataka teaches Shigeo to use his powers correctly and encourage him to not use his powers against other people.

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* Charles Xavier from ''ComicBook/XMen'' is of the WeakButSkilled variety; his school is filled with superpowered mutants of all kinds, some being of the PersonOfMassDestruction variety, while Xavier himself merely is a [[{{Telepathy}} Telepath]]. The "Skilled" part comes from the fact he still is one of the most powerful telepaths in the Marvel Universe, so he ''is'' insanely powerful, just of a more subtle kind.

** With some help from [[BadassNormal his brother Dean]] and the angel Castiel, Sam serves as this to the {{Nephilim}} Jack, who has the physical build of a young adult and the RealityWarper powers of an archangel ([[Satan the devil]], to be specific) but, at [[ReallyWasBornYesterday only a few months old]], is painfully naive and trusting. Sam no longer has any powers, but he has decades of experience as a HunterOfMonsters and helps Jack figure out who to trust and how to control his powers. Sam also bonds with Jack and helps him deal with the angst that comes from being the devil's son, which Sam can relate to, because (while he is human, unlike Jack) he was also gifted with powers and was told that those powers made him destined to become evil.

** With some help from his brother Dean and the angel Castiel, BadassNormal Sam serves as this to the {{Nephilim}} Jack, who has the physical build of a young adult and the RealityWarper powers of an archangel ([[Satan the devil]], to be specific) but, at [[ReallyWasBornYesterday only a few months old]], is painfully naive and trusting. Sam no longer has any powers, but he has decades of experience as a HunterOfMonsters and helps Jack figure out who to trust and how to control his powers. Sam also bonds with Jack and helps him deal with the angst that comes from being the devil's son, which Sam can relate to, because (while he is human, unlike Jack) he was also gifted with powers and was told that those powers made him destined to become evil.

** With some help from his brother Dean and the angel Castiel, BadassNormal Sam serves as this to the {{Nephilim}} Jack, who has the physical build of a young adult and the RealityWarper powers of an archangel but, at [[ReallyWasBornYesterday only a few months old]], is painfully naive and trusting. Sam no longer has any powers, but he has decades of experience as a HunterOfMonsters and helps Jack figure out who to trust and how to control his powers.

* ''Manga/MobPsycho100'': Arataka Reigen is a ConMan who appears as a famous esper. He has the young Shigeo Kageyama (aka Mob) as his disciple, who has great esper powers. Despite don't having powers, Arataka teaches Shigeo to use his powers correctly and encourage him to not use his powers against other people.