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* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'', Gundams in the world of the series are distinguished from their fellow mobile suits by their pilots being able to use [[ArtificialLimbs the GUND Format technology]] to link their bodies directly into the suit's systems. This allows them to accomplish feats that would be impossible for any other mobile suit and enables the use of highly dangerous AttackDrones, but also creates a backlash in the pilot that wreaks havoc on their body and puts them in serious pain, to the point that [[DeadlyUpgrade it can be outright lethal if taken too far]]. However, the suit of the main character, the Aerial, lacks this weakness entirely for mysterious reasons--placing it in a legal gray area for a normally-banned technology, and spurring on other characters to try to discern why it lacks that weakness.

** Eidolon's power is that [[AllYourPowersCombined he has all the powers]]. No matter what power you bring against him, he has several perfect counters to it on hand. ''And'' he can ignore the Manton Effect. The only limitation is he can only access three or four powers at once, but considering that one of those powers is ''invincibility''...

* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'': Yuji Sakai isn't doomed to [[RetGone vanish from existence]] like other Torches thanks to a special artifact called the Midnight Lost Child that periodically replenishes his energy.

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'':

* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'': Berserker of Black/Frankenstein's Monster has a skill called Galvanism that allows her to absorb Mana from her surroundings. This means she is not handicapped by having a weakling like Caules for a Master and she can fight indefinitely. [[spoiler:Sieg absorbs her powers after her death, which allows him to spam Balmung's SwordBeam and fight evenly with Amakusa Shiro.]]

-->-- '''Deacon Frost''', ''Film/{{Blade}}''

* Franchise/{{Superman}}:

* ''Film/BladeTrilogy'': Blade (the "DayWalker") is a half-vampire with "all of their strengths, and none of their weaknesses." The slogan is ''mostly'' accurate: He isn't harmed by things like silver, sunlight or garlic, but he still feels blood hunger and he ages normally.

** Kryptonians can be hurt by Kryptonite from their own universe meaning that [[Franchise/{{Batman}}]] couldn't hurt Superman from Earth-2 with his KryptoniteRing during ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. ComicBook/PowerGirl is supposed to be immune to Kryptonite because she hails from another universe but it [[DependingOnTheWriter depends whether the writers remember]] this or not.

* Many [[HunterOfHisOwnKind vampire hunter]] series with a [[{{Dhampyr}} half-breed]] protagonist, like ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'', have a theme of being immune to vampire weakness. Even then they aren't immune; they are just so powerful that they resist the effects. In D's case, it's because [[LamarckWasRight of his father]].

** ComicBook/PowerGirl is a Kryptonian who is immune/resistant to kryptonite because she hails from an alternate universe. This is because Kryptonians are only susceptible to kryptonite from their own universe, and Power Girl isn't from the main story Krypton.

* The intentional ''creation'' of one of these by eugenic planning is the goal of the Bene Gesserit order in ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'': the ''Kwisatz Haderach'', a man possessing the normally [[GenderRestrictedAbility Gender Restricted Abilities]] of a Bene Gesserit sister, while also capable of accessing parts of the mind a woman could not.

** [[spoiler:The Organization caught on and mass-produced quarter-yoma, with general success. While they're generally weaker than regular Claymores, the probability of a frenzied Awakening is next to nil, while lesser Awakenings give them the powers of various Yoma with conscious control. The senior Claymores outright claim they'll be {{SuperiorSuccessor|s}}.]]

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'': The Pillar Men are immortal, incredibly tough, and can regenerate essentially endlessly. Their only problem is their WeaksauceWeakness of sunlight, which both petrifies their bodies and halts their regeneration (which also applies to the solar-channeling martial art of Hamon and ultraviolet radiation). The motivation of the main villain is to use a ritual to become the UltimateLifeForm, which would give him [[AllYourPowersCombined the genes and abilities of every creature on the planet]], which would naturally include the ability of everything but Pillar Men and vampires to withstand sunlight. [[spoiler:Once he'd achieved his goal, he was so powerful that the narration claimed nothing on the planet could kill him permanently.]]

* In the universe of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' benders (people who can potentially manipulate water, earth, fire, or air) are born with the ability to be control a single element, meaning an earthbender can never learn waterbending (for example). Except [[ChosenOne the Avatar]], who can learn to use [[ElementalPowers all four elements]]. This is enhanced even further by the [[SuperMode Avatar State]] in which the Avatar can access the knowledge of all his/her past lives, resulting in powers akin to a PhysicalGod. A fully realised Avatar is quite literally a nigh-unstoppable force of nature. This is helped by something [[OldMaster Iroh]] demonstrated, since while normal benders are locked into one element they can learn the styles of other benders[[note]]since each element is bent using different martial art stances and disciplines[[/note]] so they can learn different applications of their native element with benders of different elements. Which is yet another reason why the Avatar is so powerful given his or her collective knowledge can be used across all four elements.

* In a geopolitical sense, the United States of America. It spans an entire continent, like Russia, but isn't so huge as to be cumbersome. And unlike Russia, its two neighboring nations haven't been serious threats for 200 years, they haven't even been mild threats for about as long. It also has a massive internal navigable waterway for shipping that needed only minor maintenance and a small handful of cheap and easy canals to link them all together, the first of which was done without engineers! So its nearly an island, like Britain, and any power capable of fighting its army would need to sail to get there, like Britain. But unlike Britain, all its power and resources where within its starting borders and not overseas. The USA has the geopolitical strengths of Britain, Russia, and the old Roman Empire rolled into one, with almost none of the weaknesses. Almost. What this means is that the American military has next to no ''defensive'' mandate and exist entirely as an offensive and forward deployable tool. It has never garrisoned foreign lands for its own security, only for extra power.

* In a geopolitical sense, the United States of America. It spans an entire continent, like Russia, but isn't so huge as to be cumbersome. And unlike Russia, its two neighbhoring nations haven't been serious threats for 200 years, they haven't even been mild threats for about as long. It also has a massive internal navigable waterway for shipping that needed only minor maintenance and a small handful of cheap and easy canals to link them all together, the first of which was done without engineers! So its nearly an island, like Britain, and any power capable of fighting its army would need to sail to get there, like Britain. But unlike Britain, all its power and resources where within its starting borders and not overseas. The USA has the geopolitical strengths of Britain, Russia, and the old Roman Empire rolled into one, with almost none of the weaknesses. Almost. What this means is that the American military has next to no ''defensive'' mandate and exist entirely as an offensive and forward deployable tool. It has never garrisoned foreign lands for its own security, only for extra power.

* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': After a series of near-death instances, Tsukune gains vampire powers from various blood transfusions. Unlike the female lead Moka, this comes without the WeaksauceWeakness. He effectively has no weaknesses (well, other than the potential to go [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity berserk]] and [[CreepyCoolCrosses Crucifixes]]), which gives him an advantage.

A SubTrope of ConditionalPowers and WrongContextMagic. Often a UniqueProtagonistAsset. Can easily lead to a MarySue. In a world where CompetitiveBalance is in effect, a LightningBruiser or MasterOfAll can be considered a form of this trope. Normal supers can invoke this trope with a KryptoniteProofSuit.

* Edward Elric of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is, unlike ''most'' other Alchemists, able to do alchemy without [[GeometricMagic using a circle]]. This, of course, [[CursedWithAwesome came with its]] [[ArtificialLimbs own problems]]. Several other alchemists can also do this, though they paid their price as well. The wiser alchemists without this power have circles on their clothing or tattooed on their body, making it even easier for them to use their powers than for Edward who still needs to clap his hands together, but most alchemists who carry their transmutation circles around with them are powerless if those circles get disturbed and can only do specialized alchemy--Mustang can only create fire, Kimblee can only [[StuffBlowingUp blow stuff up]], etc. Alchemy without an array is far more versatile, to the point that Ed can actually ''cancel out others' alchemic reactions''. His alchemy is only limited by his knowledge and creativity, which means that he and other alchemists who have seen the Truth have a massive advantage even over alchemists with array tattoos.

-->-- '''Frost''', ''Film/{{Blade}}''

* [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-yokai]] like ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' have superhuman yokai abilities, the more complex and less animalistic personality of a human, and they can't be directly killed by spiritual attacks like full-blooded yokai can. The one downside is that they have a unique WeaksauceWeakness of their own, which involves a periodic time of weakness when they temporarily become fully human.
* Villainous example: The Pillar Men of ''Manga/BattleTendency'' are immortal, incredibly tough, and can regenerate essentially endlessly. Their only problem is their WeaksauceWeakness of sunlight, which both petrifies their bodies and halts their regeneration (which also applies to the solar-channeling martial art of Hamon and ultraviolet radiation). The motivation of the main villain is to use a ritual to become the UltimateLifeForm, which would give him [[AllYourPowersCombined the genes and abilities of every creature on the planet]], which would naturally include the ability of everything but Pillar Men and vampires to withstand sunlight. [[spoiler:Once he'd achieved his goal, he was so powerful that the narration claimed nothing on the planet could kill him permanently.]]

** Superman and ComicBook/LoisLane's foster son, Chris Kent, lacked the kryptonite weakness due to be conceived in the Phantom Zone. The drawback was occasional RapidAging.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'': After a series of near-death instances, Tsukune gains vampire powers from various blood transfusions. Unlike the female lead Moka, this comes without the WeaksauceWeakness. He effectively has no weaknesses (well, other than the potential to go [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity berserk]] and [[CreepyCoolCrosses Crucifixes]]), which gives him an advantage.

** In several Silver Age stories, Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} became immune to Kryptonite for a short while.
** While most Kryptonians are susceptible to magic, Comicbook/SuperboyPrime ended up being altered just enough that being slugged by a lightning-infused [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} Black Adam]] did zilch to him.

** Superman and Comicbook/LoisLane's foster son, Chris Kent, lacked the kryptonite weakness due to be conceived in the Phantom Zone. The drawback was occasional RapidAging.