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** Not only did Fred and George apparate everywhere, they started using magic for everything when they became of age in the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix fifth book]], to the point where it goes beyond being impractical and actually becomes kind of dangerous. (At one point, they almost accidentally stab Sirius while carelessly magicking some kitchen utensils around.)

* In ''Anime/CrushGearTurbo'', Kouya learns how to use his late brother's FinishingMove ''Shining Sword Breaker'', a special move more powerful than anything else. Kouya would quickly use this move in every battle he can, but because the move puts so much strain on his Garuda Eagle that it eventually destroys itself beyond repair. He eventually gets a replacement in form of the new Garuda Phoenix which is more durable than the old Garuda Eagle, but Kouya has learned his lesson of not spamming the Shining Sword Breaker as much.

** Fred and George did the same thing when they became of age in the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix fifth book]]... though unlike Harry, they didn't calm down and started using magic for every little thing -- to the point where it goes beyond being impractical and actually becomes kind of dangerous. (At one point, they almost accidentally stab Sirius while carelessly magicking some kitchen utensils around.)
** A minor example in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows the seventh]]: as soon as Harry turns seventeen and is therefore allowed to cast spells outside school, he performs several petty ones just for the heck of it, only calming down when a hasty Summoning charm causes his glasses to poke him in the eye.

** When Homer gets a gun in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E5TheCartridgeFamily The Cartridge Family]]", he starts using it for everything, including opening beer cans and starting the TV. [[EveryoneHasStandards This causes the NRA-equivalent guys to throw him out.]]

** When Homer gets a gun in "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E5TheCartridgeFamily The Cartridge Family]]", he starts using it for everything, including opening beer cans and starting the TV. [[EveryoneHasStandards This causes the NRA-equivalent guys to throw him out.]]

** When Homer gets a gun, he starts using it for everything, including opening beer cans and starting the TV. [[EveryoneHasStandards This causes the NRA-equivalent guys to throw him out.]]

** The B-plot of "Maximum Homerdrive" had Marge and Lisa install a new doorbell, then spend it waiting for someone to ring it. When Lisa gives in and presses it herself [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor it malfunctions and won't stop]].
** The episode "Radio Bart" has Bart start labelling everything he owns near the beginning after getting a label machine for his birthday. This ends up being a ChekhovsGag when he realises he left his name on a radio he was using to impersonate TimmyInAWell for a prank and has to retrieve it.

* They spend the day (or however long the arc lasts for) looking for an excuse to use it. This might pay off in the end and serve as a ChekhovsSkill (if it's a B-plot, it will often be the solution to the A-plot), or it might just serve as an excuse for a FunnyBackgroundEvent.

Contrast PlotTailoredToTheParty and ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman (where the plot contrives to give someone an excuse to use their ability). Compare AppealToNovelty, ChekhovsSkill (which this often overlaps with), WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer (where this is a viable strategy) and DrunkWithPower (for when authority comes with the urge to abuse it).

* In the opening of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'''s second episode, "Out of Time", we find that Max has abused her newly discovered TimeMaster powers to stay up all night studying. You then meet up with Chloe, who encourages this further, by testing it (to prove she has it), and then taking her to the junk yard to [[MundaneUtility help her shoot bottles with perfect accuracy]]. {{Deconstructed|Trope}} when Max starts suffering from a PsychicNosebleed and dampening of her powers [[spoiler:causing them to short out right at the end of the chapter, meaning that you can't rewind if you fail to talk down Kate from her suicide attempt.]]

* In one ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' strip, Commander Badass entrusts Jared with access to the power-washer. He uses it properly for the first few chores (wash the company car, clean the windows, etc,) but then he keeps using it for things like weeding the lawn (tears up the ground), stocking the fridge (wet food everywhere) and collecting the mail, resulting in the Commander promptly taking it away again.

* A variation can occur in the metagame of online multiplayer games (especially long running {{MMORPG}}s). Any time new content is released, half of any given server will be populated by people using that new thing for at least a few weeks and the older content deserted. [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome The same can happen in single-player games]], but it's obviously less noticeable.
* When a new technology or technique becomes available (or [[FollowTheLeader popular]]), it often saturates the relevant fields for a while. For example, a glut of games which featured WreakingHavok, and CelShading came out when reliable ways of implementing them were developed before it stablised (not to mention console makers requiring game devs to make use of the console's gimmick, sometimes resulting in tacked-on minigames or MisbegottenMultiplayerMode) and purple became the colour of choice for a lot of clothing in the 1860s thanks to the invention of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauveine mauveine]].

* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Brightlord Amaram displays a protracted version, finding excuses to summon his [[SoulCuttingBlade Shardblade]] several years after he received it. [[spoiler: Deconstructed in that Amaram got that Blade by killing one main character's brother, and selling another main character into slavery under false pretenses.]]

* On ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', one episode had The Janitor get a new circular saw. He spends the episode desperate to use it (JD even caught him using it to saw a twig). At the end, he [[spoiler: saws Dr. Kelso's table in half so it can be removed (thanks to Dr. Cox making everyone think he's dead).]]

* In the opening of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'''s second episode, "Out of Time", we find that Max has abused her newly discovered TimeMaster powers to stay up all night studying. You then meet up with Chloe, who encourages this further, by testing it (to prove she has it), and then taking her to the junk yard to [[MundaneUtility help her shoot bottles with perfect accuracy]]. {{Deconstructed|Trope}} when Max starts suffering from a PsychicNosebleed and dampening of her powers [[spoiler: causing them to short out right at the end of the chapter, meaning that you can't rewind if you fail to talk down Kate from her suicide attempt.]]

* When a new technology or technique becomes available (or [[FollowTheLeader popular]]), it often saturates the relevant fields for a while. For example, a glut of games which featured WreakingHavok, and CelShading came out when reliable ways of implementing them were developed before it stablised (not to mention console makers requiring game devs to make use of the console's gimmick, sometimes resulting in tacked-on minigames or MisbegottenMultiplayerMode) and purple became the colour of choice for a lot of clothing in the 1860's thanks to the invention of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauveine mauveine]].
* This can backfire in the case of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_edge_technology Bleeding Edge Technology]] - technology which is so new, it carries a risk of proving unreliable to early adopters. It is also the thinking behind an AppealToNovelty.

* In ''Manga/ZatchBell'', once Kanchomé gets Shin Poruk, he doesn't rely on anything else again. [[Justified|Trope]] since Shin Poruk is a borderline omnipotent RealityWarper and arguably the most overpowered ability in the whole series.

!!Examples

[[folder: Anime & Manga]]

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sasuke constantly uses his Mangekyo Sharingan from the moment he unlocks it. Within roughly a week of obtaining it, he's overused it to the point of being nearly blind, something that took his older brother six years. Notably, Kisame expresses concern when Itachi uses his Mangekyo twice in one day whereas Sasuke uses his several times in a single fight.

[[folder: Fan Works]]

[[folder: Literature]]

** Fred and George did the same thing when they became of age in the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix fifth book]]...though unlike Harry, they didn't calm down and started using magic for every little thing--to the point where it goes beyond being impractical and actually becomes kind of dangerous. (At one point, they almost accidentally stab Sirius while carelessly magicking some kitchen utensils around.)

* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''
** Brightlord Amaram displays a protracted version, finding excuses to summon his [[SoulCuttingBlade Shardblade]] several years after he received it. [[spoiler: Deconstructed in that Amaram got that Blade by killing one main character's brother, and selling another main character into slavery under false pretenses.]]

[[folder: Live Action Television]]

[[folder: Video Games]]

--> '''PDA:''' "It is normal when first piloting a Prawn suit to feel a sense of limitless power. Prawn operators receive weeks of training to counteract this phenomenon. You will have to make do with self-discipline."

[[folder: Web Comics]]
* In ''WebComic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'', Dead Cell's "The Chinaman" (a character who was cut from the games it's based on) never has an excuse to use his two main abilities; swimming and special effects, giving him an InferioritySuperiorityComplex. Near the end, the fact this would have been very useful in the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' is {{lampshaded}}.

-->"There is no Frohman, there is only...THE CLAW!"

* Void tries using Geminiman's abilities in ''Webcomic/LsEmpire'' after a FreakyFridayFlip, but [[HowDoIShotWeb he couldn't get any of them to work]]. He eventually just gave up and stuck to his spear powers.

[[folder: Web Original]]

[[folder: Western Animation]]

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' has Blossom discovering that she can use freeze breath and using it willy-nilly, annoying her sisters. After she [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unwittingly helps some crooks escape with her ice breath]], she promises to stop... [[AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp just before]] there is a massive flaming asteroid about to drop on Townsville. And [[HonorBeforeReason she can't be convinced to use it]].

[[folder: Real Life]]

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has Blossom discovering that she can use freeze breath and using it willy-nilly, annoying her sisters. After she [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unwittingly helps some crooks escape with her ice breath]], she promises to stop... [[AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp just before]] there is a massive flaming asteroid about to drop on Townsville. And [[HonorBeforeReason she can't be convinced to use it]].

** In [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire the fourth book]], there's a RunningGag that Percy's just passed his [[TeleportersAndTransporters Apparition]] exam (analogous to getting his driving license) and keeps apparating down the stairs just because he can. This annoys Fred and George, but by [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the fifth book]], [[HypocriticalHumor they're doing exactly the same]] (and annoying Ron), albeit ostensibly on the basis that "time is galleons", rather than to show off.

[[folder: Video Game]]
* In the opening of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'''s second episode, "Out of Time", we find that Max has abused her newly discovered TimeMaster powers to stay up all night studying. You then meet up with Chloe, who encourages this further, by testing it (to prove she has it), and then taking her to the junk yard to [[MundaneUtility help her shoot bottles with perfect accuracy]]. Deconstructed when Max starts suffering from a PsychicNosebleed and dampening of her powers [[spoiler: causing them to short out right at the end of the chapter, meaning that you can't rewind if you fail to talk down Kate from her suicide attempt.]]

** When Homer gets a gun, he starts using it for everything, including opening beer cans and starting the TV. [[EveryoneHasStandards This causes the NRA guys to throw him out.]]
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has Blossom discovering that she can use freeze breath and using it willy-nilly, annoying her sisters. After she [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unwittingly helps some crooks escape with her ice breath]], she promises to stop... just before [[ColonyDrop there is a massive flaming asteroid about to drop on Townsville]]. And [[HonorBeforeReason she can't be convinced to use it]].
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'': In the past, Ben became addicted to using [[JackOfAllStats Feedback]] and the form's powers, [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer using it to the total exclusion of his many other, potentially more useful forms]]. [[spoiler:Malware proceeded to exploit this by baiting Ben into a fight, then using his ability to hack the Omnitrix to permanently delete Feedback. He knew that Feedback had become Ben's favorite alien, so he removed a threat and struck a personal blow at Ben at the same time.]]