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It's been decided that Manhua and Manhwa examples shall be placed into their own folders. Moving example to the correct section.


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* Liaoyuan Huo of ''Manhua/RavagesOfTime'' seems to have a HealingFactor as a required secondary power, because being NighInvulnerable as a result of not being able to feel pain is a pretty terrible "superpower" in real life; just ask any person with leprosy: they can't tell if they've been injured and lose limbs to infection. He is also a BigEater (despite having no sense of taste) presumably because of all of the calories he's burning in order to recover from injury and pull off all of his insane stunts.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQ2RVqJCNM One Youtube video]] has two ComicBook/XMen fans going to a doctor so they can get mutant powers like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. The doctor points out Wolverine actually has two powers: his [[WolverineClaws adamantium claws]] and his [[HealingFactor mutant healing]], and they only have enough money to get one apiece. They choose the claws… and soon find out claws that slice through your skin aren't fun to use if you can't heal from the gashes swiftly, with horrifically messy results.

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* ''WebVideo/GregAndLou'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQ2RVqJCNM One Youtube video]] "Wolverine's Claws Suck"]] has two ComicBook/XMen fans Greg and Lou going to a doctor so they can get mutant powers like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. The doctor points out Wolverine actually has two powers: his [[WolverineClaws adamantium claws]] and his [[HealingFactor mutant healing]], and they only have enough money to get one apiece. They choose the claws… and soon find out claws that slice through your skin aren't fun to use if you can't heal from the gashes swiftly, with horrifically messy results.
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-->-- '''Soren''', ''[[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo&feature=kp The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think) | After Hours]]'' [[note]]In case you were wondering, they determined that the ability to manipulate time was the best superpower. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life.html A later cracked.com article then pointed out that if you could stop time you'd go blind because light would stop reaching your eyes.]][[/note]][[labelnote: Second note]] Technically, Spider-Man's SpiderSense would also be much more useful than they gave it credit for. Contrary to popular depiction, it doesn't just warn you of danger slightly early, but allows you to sense future events as well.[[/labelnote]]

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-->-- '''Soren''', ''[[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo&feature=kp The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think) | After Hours]]'' [[note]]In case you were wondering, they determined that the ability to manipulate time was the best superpower. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life.html A later cracked.com article then pointed out that if you could stop time you'd go blind because light would stop reaching your eyes.]][[/note]][[labelnote: Second note]] Technically, Spider-Man's SpiderSense would also be much more useful than they gave it credit for. Contrary to popular depiction, it doesn't just warn you of danger slightly early, but allows you to sense future events as well.[[/labelnote]]
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-->-- '''Soren''', ''[[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo&feature=kp The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think) | After Hours]]'' [[note]]In case you were wondering, they determined that the ability to manipulate time was the best superpower. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life.html A later cracked.com article then pointed out that if you could stop time you'd go blind because light would stop reaching your eyes.]][[/note]]

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-->-- '''Soren''', ''[[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo&feature=kp The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think) | After Hours]]'' [[note]]In case you were wondering, they determined that the ability to manipulate time was the best superpower. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life.html A later cracked.com article then pointed out that if you could stop time you'd go blind because light would stop reaching your eyes.]][[/note]]
]][[/note]][[labelnote: Second note]] Technically, Spider-Man's SpiderSense would also be much more useful than they gave it credit for. Contrary to popular depiction, it doesn't just warn you of danger slightly early, but allows you to sense future events as well.[[/labelnote]]
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** Chomly is a living [[BigEater trash compacter]] that eats anything he can find and his mouth is not made for chewing properly. One of his upper teeth is now replaced with [[GoldTooth a gold one]].

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** Chomly is a living [[BigEater trash compacter]] that eats anything he can find and his mouth is not made for chewing properly. One of his upper teeth is now replaced with [[GoldTooth a gold one]].one.
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Related to FanWank, this encompasses all of the powers that aren't explicitly stated that would make a power function like it does in the work in question. Often, these powers would be useless outside of allowing the main power to work, but some could have use beyond that.

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Related to FanWank, this encompasses all of the powers that aren't are not explicitly stated that would make a power function like it does in the work in question. Often, these powers would be useless outside of allowing the main power to work, but some could have use beyond that.
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** Hazel Rainart fights by jabbing raw Dust crystals into his body, which increases his physical strength and gives him ElementalPowers. The only way he can fight like this without collapsing in pain is that his semblance, "Numbing Agent", makes him FeelNoPain.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQ2RVqJCNM One Youtube video]] has two ComicBook/XMen fans going to a doctor so they can get mutant powers like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. The doctor points out Wolverine actually has two powers: his [[WolverineClaws adamantium claws]] and his [[HealingFactor mutant healing]], and they only have enough money to get one apiece. They choose the claws… and soon find out claws that slice through your skin aren't fun to use if you can't heal from the gashes quickly, with horrifically messy results.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQ2RVqJCNM One Youtube video]] has two ComicBook/XMen fans going to a doctor so they can get mutant powers like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. The doctor points out Wolverine actually has two powers: his [[WolverineClaws adamantium claws]] and his [[HealingFactor mutant healing]], and they only have enough money to get one apiece. They choose the claws… and soon find out claws that slice through your skin aren't fun to use if you can't heal from the gashes quickly, swiftly, with horrifically messy results.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vQ2RVqJCNM One Youtube video]] has two ComicBook/XMen fans going to a doctor so they can get mutant powers like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. The doctor points out Wolverine actually has two powers: his [[WolverineClaws adamantium claws]] and his [[HealingFactor mutant healing]], and they only have enough money to get one apiece. They choose the claws… and soon find out claws that slice through your skin aren't fun to use if you can't heal from the gashes quickly, with horrifically messy results.
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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

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** Matoran already have Required Secondary Powers before they become Toa to gain elemental powers.

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** Matoran [[{{Hobbits}} Matoran]] already have Required Secondary Powers weak element-based abilities (heat and cold resistance for fire and ice elementals, bigger lung capacity and a knack for swimming for water elementals, strength and enhanced eye sight for earth elementals, etc.) before they become Toa to and gain actual ElementalPowers. In a Toa state, their secondary powers also increase drastically. The same goes for other elemental-powered species, like the Skakdi.
** Though some early material like comics implied certain Toa's
elemental powers.powers were tied to their environment (such as Gali needing moisture in the air to create a flood), later canon explained that Toa didn't merely manipulate but could ''create'' their own elements out of nothing -- the only limit was their elemental energy level, as it could deplete if used too much and slowly recharge over time. As such, they also had the power to drain elements from the environment to speed up the refill process.


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** Makuta are likewise shape-shifters but they can also reach out with a shadow hand and consume other beings to gain mass and shift into a larger form. They can then discharge this mass if they want to turn into something smaller. There is a setback, though. They merge not only with their victims' bodies but also their minds, which can be troublesome if their victim had a strong will or if a Makuta consumed too many people at once.
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doesn't remotely fit the trope. just like a random thing related to a superhero someone decided to put in


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* The song "[[http://www.lyricstime.com/jim-s-big-ego-the-ballad-of-barry-allen-lyrics.html The Ballad of Barry Allen]]" by ''Jim's Big Ego'' goes into some detail of the loneliness it would impart to be living at super speed compared to the rest of the world.
-->''And I'm there before you notice\\
I'll be gone before you see me\\
Do you think you can imagine anything so lonely?''
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** Harriet is shown to have heighted reflexes to help her control her [[SuperSpeed Semblance]] [[spoiler:The fact that Ruby lacks such reflexes despite seemingly also having a speed Semblance is a hint that her Semblance is something else entirely]]

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** Harriet is shown to have heighted heightened reflexes to help her control her [[SuperSpeed Semblance]] [[spoiler:The fact that Ruby lacks such reflexes despite seemingly also having a speed Semblance is a hint that her Semblance is something else entirely]]
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* RequiredSecondaryPowers/RealLife
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** Harriet is shown to have heighted reflexes to help her control her [[SuperSpeed Semblance]] [[spoiler:The fact that Ruby lacks such reflexes despite seemingly also having a speed Semblance is a hint that her Semblance is something else entirely]]

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