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* ''Anime/BikiniWarriors'': When they prepare to take on a demon, Cleric prays to the God of War to empower her and her comrades. It works; they glow with a BattleAura and their bodies and weapons are strengthened.

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When they prepare to take on a demon, Cleric prays to the God of War to empower her and her comrades. It works; they glow with a BattleAura and their bodies and weapons are strengthened.strengthened.
** Black Knight claims she got her super strength and fighting ability from being empowered by demons.
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** ''Literature/VitaNuova'': One of Beatrice's powers is the ability to dignify any man who looks upon her, transforming them from a wretched slave of sin to a noble soul in union with [[{{God}} the Omnipotent]].

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** ''Literature/VitaNuova'': ''Literature/LaVitaNuova'': One of Beatrice's powers is the ability to dignify any man who looks upon her, transforming them from a wretched slave of sin to a noble soul in union with [[{{God}} the Omnipotent]].
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** Babidi's magic was able to turn Yamu and Spopovich, two otherwise normal humans, into minor minions with the ability to fly and fire ki blasts, as well as regenerate from fatal injuries like having their necks snapped. He used this same power on Vegeta, which gave him enough of a boost to let him beat Goku (albeit due to a sneak attack and the fact that Goku deliberately held back from using SSJ3).

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** Babidi's magic was able to turn Yamu and Spopovich, two otherwise normal humans, into minor minions with the ability to fly and fire ki blasts, as well as regenerate from fatal injuries like having their necks snapped. He used this same power on Vegeta, which gave him enough of a boost to let him beat Goku (albeit due to a sneak attack and the fact that Goku deliberately held back from using SSJ3).[=SSJ3=]).
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* ''Literature/ThePerfectRun'': Sidekick, a White Genome whose superpower is to enhance the power of other Genomes within a ten-meter radius of his person.
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* The ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy'' bonus novella "The Awakened Kingdom" features Lady Shill, a cute little goddess kid whose main divine power is ''making mortals into gods.''
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* ''Anime/BikiniWarriors'': When they prepare to take on a demon, Cleric prays to the God of War to empower her and her comrades. It works; they glow with a BattleAura and their bodies and weapons are strengthened.
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# Characters that are [[SuperWeight so powerful]] they can give fragments of their power to others. -- Genies, gods, really powerful wizards.

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# Characters that are [[SuperWeight [[JustForFun/SuperWeight so powerful]] they can give fragments of their power to others. -- Genies, gods, really powerful wizards.

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* In the ''Literature/DresdenFiles'', the Faerie Queens of Summer and Winter can transfer a portion of their powers to mortals to turn them into their Knights. The transfer is permanent and only death can free the power [[spoiler: (though it is hinted that Tam Lin, a former Winter Knight, managed to either control the Mantle or rid himself of it)]]. And the Order of Blackened Denarius (a gang of {{Fallen Angel}}s) can mark a mortal and give them vast infernal magical powers and [[TheAgeless stop their aging]] when they touch the silver coin (one in a set of thirty!) that corresponds to them. On the downside, this gives the angel the power to tempt the mortal to surrender to them, give them control of their body, which the angel then shapeshifts into their demonic form so that they can wreak havoc the world round.

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Faerie Queens of Summer and Winter can transfer a portion of their powers to mortals to turn them into their Knights. The transfer is permanent and only death can free the power [[spoiler: (though it is hinted that Tam Lin, a former Winter Knight, managed to either control the Mantle or rid himself of it)]]. And It also sets the Knights against each other as many of their deaths come at the hands of the other. The Winter Knight acts while the Summer Knight reacts to stop them.
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Order of Blackened Denarius (a gang of {{Fallen Angel}}s) can mark a mortal and give them vast infernal magical powers and [[TheAgeless stop their aging]] when they touch the silver coin (one in a set of thirty!) that corresponds to them. Even the Shadow of the Fallen, a copy put into the host before they fully accept as a means to influence the host into accepting, grants knowlegde to the host and access to Hellfire. On the downside, this gives the angel the power to tempt the mortal to surrender to them, give them control of their body, which the angel then shapeshifts into their demonic form so that they can wreak havoc the world round. [[spoiler:However, if the mortal feels genuine remorse for his or her actions while hosting the Fallen, it will remove the Fallen from within the host and cast it back into the coin]].
** Lucifer himself is capable of further empowering his Fallen in the Coins. He can grant them access to Super Hellfire, an archangel-tier of Hellfire. The downside to this is it is allows God to have an equal response in turn.
** God and His Angels give much more limited empowerment to select people.
*** Priests and Faithful Clergymen are able to sanctify water and the ground of churches to make entering them impossible for many evil forces. [[spoiler:Fallen Angels are exempt. They can peacefully enter churches, but that is because God wishes for his wayward children to come home. Fallen avoid churches because it makes them remember the joy serving God and maybe question their choice to rebel in the first place, and so question every wicked choice they made since]].
*** The Knights of the Cross are people who take up one of three Swords who have in their hilts one of the Nails from the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Swords are called as ''Fidelacchius'', ''Esperacchius'' and ''Amoracchius'', the Swords of Faith, Hope, and Love. They do not grant the Knight super strength, or HolyHandGrenade attacks. Instead, they Swords strip away all empowering of the target, leaving them as strong as their natural physical form. Even people who are not true Knights can gain this portection as seen when Harry Dresden [[spoiler:is strangling the leader of the Denarius with the noose on his neck. ''Fidelacchius'' is not held by Harry but it shined from in its hilt and kept the leader's Fallen partner from acting to help save his host]]. They also give the Knight access to TheCall which tells them when they are needed on a job. One Knight has a strong gut feeling, another who plays Dungeons and Dragons and RPG video games, sees an exclamation point over the person they are to help. These Knights aren't meant to be superheroes, after all.
*** When Lucifer grants a person Super Hellfire, it permits Heaven to grant a mortal Soulfire, the fires of Creation itself. It empowers the attacks of the user allowing them to do serious harm to the Fallen and similar evil creatures. [[spoiler:Harry using it allows him to nearly defeat a Skinwalker, a semi-divine being from the Navajo myths, and later destroys the shell of a creature from beyond the reaches of Reality]]. The slight downside is using it consumes the soul of the person, but doing good things and happy things helps one recover.

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** It turns out he was the one who created the religious order of the Black Swans and was the one to grant them their powers with the help of the Molecule Man.



* Tiger Division's Taegugki got his powers in the late '70s when his old gang's heist on a military facility went wrong and Taegugki was subjected to the effects of an Asgarian artifact, the Psylot Gem and one of the MadScience inventions of Dr. Phineas T. Horton

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* Tiger Division's Taegugki got his powers in the late '70s when his old gang's heist on a military facility went wrong and Taegugki was subjected to the effects of an Asgarian artifact, the Psylot Gem and one of the MadScience inventions of Dr. Phineas T. Horton Horton. Doctor Doom and an ex-friend of Taegugki successfully used those items to take back his powers with Doom planning on empowering himself through those.
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* Tiger Division's Taegugki got his powers in the late '70s when his old gang's heist on a military facility went wrong and Taegugki was subjected to the effects of an Asgarian artifact, the Psylot Gem and one of the MadScience inventions of Dr. Phineas.

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* Tiger Division's Taegugki got his powers in the late '70s when his old gang's heist on a military facility went wrong and Taegugki was subjected to the effects of an Asgarian artifact, the Psylot Gem and one of the MadScience inventions of Dr. Phineas.Phineas T. Horton
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* Tiger Division's Taegugki got his powers in the late '70s when his old gang's heist on a military facility went wrong and Taegugki was subjected to the effects of an Asgarian artifact, the Psylot Gem and one of the MadScience inventions of Dr. Phineas.
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* One volume of ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' had an ArcVillain that was man with the [[{{Mutant}} mutant]] ability to grant ordinary people magical power that would take years to develop. Unfortunately, because their bodies don't have the tolerance said years of experience would have given them, they [[YourDaysAreNumbered only have about ten hours]] before [[DeadlyUpgrade their bodies burn up from the energies within them]].
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* ''Literature/TalesOfSupervillainyCindysSeven'': Crowbar King is indestructible, immortal, super-strong, capable of shooting energy blasts, and can share a watered-down version of his powers with his henchmen.
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* ''Fanfic/TheFundamentalEssenceOfVillainy'': Due to [[spoiler:having All for One]], Izuku engages in this with his teammates:
** Himiko is offered Stain's quirk in ''Frayed Edges''.
** Ochako receives a [[MindOverMatter telekinesis quirk]] that belonged to Reiko Yanagi in canon.
** Momo receives Compress, which she uses to store pre-made items.
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** Babidi's magic was able to turn Yamu and Spopovich, two otherwise normal humans, into minor minions with the ability to fly and fire ki blasts, as well as regenerate from fatal injuries like having their necks snapped. He used this same power on Vegeta, which gave him enough of a boost to let him beat Goku (albeit due to a sneak attack and the fact that Goku deliberately held back from using SSJ3).
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* Aegis from the ''[[WebOriginal/AcademyOfSuperheroes ASH]]'' universe can borrow other people's powers. As a side-effect, he also amplifies theirs, eventually to the point where [[PowerIncontinence their powers go out of control]] and, if he pushes it too far, even [[DeadlyUpgrade kill them]].

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* Aegis from the ''[[WebOriginal/AcademyOfSuperheroes ''[[Literature/AcademyOfSuperheroes ASH]]'' universe can borrow other people's powers. As a side-effect, he also amplifies theirs, eventually to the point where [[PowerIncontinence their powers go out of control]] and, if he pushes it too far, even [[DeadlyUpgrade kill them]].
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* Using the Buster Spark [[spoiler:Akira Kintaro/Buster Gold]] from ''WebOriginal/BusterGirls'' can temporarily grant other civilians Buster transformations. Strength and abilities depend on the individual's affinity for the Buster Force.

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* Using the Buster Spark [[spoiler:Akira Kintaro/Buster Gold]] from ''WebOriginal/BusterGirls'' ''Literature/BusterGirls'' can temporarily grant other civilians Buster transformations. Strength and abilities depend on the individual's affinity for the Buster Force.

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* The ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' "hero" Resistor is a [[{{Technobabble}} neuro-memetic imprint]] that free-floats in the public consciousness. When a concentration of high social strife breaks out at a location -- such as peaceful protestors being attacked -- it turns ordinary people into flying energy beings who can [[BarrierWarrior protect the innocent.]]


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* The ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' "hero" Resistor is a [[{{Technobabble}} neuro-memetic imprint]] that free-floats in the public consciousness. When a concentration of high social strife breaks out at a location -- such as peaceful protestors being attacked -- it turns ordinary people into flying energy beings who can [[BarrierWarrior protect the innocent.]]
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* Minor villain Dr. Karl Malus is a mad scientist obsessed with super-powers who is perfectly willing to hire himself out to people who want powers and find a way to give them some, but these power always come with some horrible drawback that isn't apparent until it's too late.

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* Minor villain Dr. Karl Malus is a mad scientist obsessed with super-powers who is perfectly willing to hire himself out to people who want powers and find a way to give them some, but these power powers always come with some horrible drawback that isn't apparent until it's too late.
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* It's been established that anyone who receives a transfusion of the Hulk's blood will get Hulk powers temporarily, but it appears that only a close relative like his cousin Jennifer, aka She-Hulk, can permanently keep these powers. Villains have Hulked themselves up this way a couple of times against [=Banner/the Hulk=]'s will, but Banner himself has been unwilling to give his blood to anyone since accidentally empowering his cousin, considering it far too dangerous.
* Minor villain Dr. Karl Malus is a mad scientist obsessed with super-powers who is perfectly willing to hire himself out to people who want powers and find a way to give them some, but these power always come with some horrible drawback that isn't apparent until it's too late.
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** Characters/DoctorDoom, being an OmnidisciplinaryScientist, has remapped several people's genetic structure through the power of SCIENCE several times in Marvel history. During the original ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', Doom uses alien devices to create the super-villainesses Volcana, a SwissArmyHero able to turn into an ash form, a lava form and a stone form, and probably the more prominent Titania, the ArchEnemy of ''ComicBook/SheHulk'', who has your typical super-strength, durability etc.

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** Characters/DoctorDoom, Doctor Doom, being an OmnidisciplinaryScientist, has remapped several people's genetic structure through the power of SCIENCE several times in Marvel history. During the original ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', Doom uses alien devices to create the super-villainesses Volcana, a SwissArmyHero able to turn into an ash form, a lava form and a stone form, and probably the more prominent Titania, the ArchEnemy of ''ComicBook/SheHulk'', who has your typical super-strength, durability etc.

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