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** 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 accidently stab Sirius while carelessly magicking some kitchen utensils around.)

!Examples

** 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 5th book]], [[HypocriticalHumor they're doing exactly the same]] (and annoying Ron), albeit on the basis that "time is galleons", rather than to show off.

** Fred and George did the same thing when they became of age in the 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 accidently stab Sirius while carelessly magicking some kitchen utensils around.)

* 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 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]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'', a WholePlotReference/parody of ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''; when Frohman gets hold of [[WreakingHavok the Gravity Gun]], he starts using it for everything (parodying the way a lot of players became obsessed with it). Eventually, everyone gets sick of this and takes it away. [[spoiler: This becomes a BrickJoke when it turns out that he was the one who caused it to become the dark gravity gun near the end of the game (because he tried to stop a confiscation field deleting it).]]

* In the GraysAnatomy episode "Idle Hands," the hospital staff can't wait to try out their new Lodox scanner, but find they're foiled at every opportunity; Dr. Hunt wheels their first potential patient to the ER because her injuries are too severe, and a patient with a sprained ankle hasn't been injured severely enough to warrant use of the scanner. Just as the doctors are getting ready to scan Heather for "a marble she stuck up her nose when she was 6 and never found," a motorcycle crash victim arrives who is in need of a scan. Upon viewing the clarity and precision of the results, the team agrees it was worth the wait.

* 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/OnePiece'', Kalifa and Blueno had just recently eaten their Devil Fruits when they had to deal with the Straw Hat Pirates, with their comrades commenting that, excited by their new powers they gained from eating them, will try to use those powers in every situation they can find. While it doesn't affect Blueno that badly when he has to fight Luffy (except that [[HowDoIShotWeb he possesses a poor understanding of his]] [[TeleportSpam Door-Door powers]]), Kalifa is so eager to try out her [[BubbleGun Bubble-Bubble powers]] that when fighting Nami, she always prioritizes her powers over her skill in hand-to-hand combat. Her SkewedPriorities, combined with how Kalifa ''also'' has a poor grasp of her Bubble-Bubble powers, allows Nami to fight on even terms, even though Nami would've been [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] had Kalifa actually made use of her normal fighting abilities.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Kalifa and Blueno had just recently eaten their Devil Fruits when they had to deal with the Straw Hat Pirates, with their comrades commenting that, excited by their new powers they gained from eating them, will try to use those powers in every situation they can find. While it doesn't affect Blueno that badly when he has to fight Luffy (except that [[HowDoIShotWeb he possesses a poor understanding of his]] [[TeleportSpam Door-Door powers]]), Kalifa is so eager to try out her [[BubbleGun Bubble-Bubble powers]] that when fighting Nami, she frequently neglected to use her skill martial arts, allowing Nami, who has the physical strength of an average human being, to constantly overwhelm Kalifa through strategy and deception.

->'''Grunt:''' Wait, you really brought your NCO sword on deployment?
->'''NCO:''' Fuck yeah I did, I spent $600 on this stupid thing. I'm not going home 'til I ''stab a motherfucker''.

* In the fourth ''Literature/HarryPotter'' 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 the 5th book, they're doing exactly the same (and annoying Ron), albeit on the basis that "time is galleons", rather than to show off.
** A minor example in 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.

* In the fourth ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book, there's a RunningGag that Percy's just passed his [[TeleportersAndTransporters Apperation]] exam (analogous to getting his driving license) and keeps apperating down the stairs just because he can. This annoys Fred and George, but by the 5th book, they're doing exactly the same (and annoying Ron), albeit on the basis that "time is galleons", rather than to show off.

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

* In ''Podcast/AcquisitionsIncorporated'', after Jim acquires a Broom of Flying, he refuses to get off it for the rest of the season.

* In ''WebOriginal/AcquisitionsIncorporated'', after Jim acquires a Broom of Flying, he refuses to get off it for the rest of the season.

** When Homer gets a gun, he starts using it from everything, including opening beer cans and starting the TV. [[EvenEvilHasStandards These causes the NRA guys to throw him out.]]

* They end up using it compulsively [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer for everything]]. Often by interrupting other people's work so they can use it to "help", to everyone's annoyance. In this case, it might be portrayed as ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin or a {{downplayed|trope}} case of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.

* They end up using it compulsively [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer for everything]]. Often by interrupting other people's work so they can use it to "help", to everyone's annoyance. In this case, it might be portrayed as ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin or downplayed case of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.

* They end up using it compulsively [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer for everything]]. Often by interrupting other people's work so they can use it to "help", to everyone's annoyance. In this case, it might be portrayed as a GRatedDrug or downplayed case of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.