History Main / SuperpowerLottery

* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'': The seven members/siblings of the Umbrella Academy possess powers, but they're not equal winners of the lottery:
** Vanya [[TheTeamNormal has no power at all]] until late in Season 1, where [[spoiler:it turns out that she actually possesses near-godlike energy-based powers guided by sound. She was made to forget she had powers by their adoptive father/mentor, Sir Reginald Hargreeves, because she was so powerful that he felt she proved a threat to her brothers and sister and the world at large. This inadvertently ends up [[SelfFulfillingProphecy creating the apocalypse Hargreeves was trying to prevent in the first place]] because the constant neglect and abuse she suffered ends up [[ThenLetMeBeEvil turning Vanya into the supervillain the White Violin]]]].
** Klaus has ISeeDeadPeople, [[spoiler:and once he's sober/trained enough, is able to physically interact with them up to letting one possess him. Since that person is ''also'' superpowered, this effectively gives Klaus PowerCopying as well. In season 3 it turns out he's also immortal and can casually will himself back to life.]]
** Luther has SuperStrength and Diego ImprobableAimingSkills [[spoiler:later revealed to be actually telekinesis]], but they seem somewhat limited in their abilities (Luther can move a truck singlehandely, but can't, say, lift a building, and Diego only used his powers on small objects [[spoiler:and a hail of gunfire aimed at the group in Season 2]]).
** Allison has a CompellingVoice up to the level of [[MindControl brainwashing]], but she needs to be able to speak for it to function, and she never uses it on more than one person at once. Whether she even ''could'' use it on an entire crowd is never explored.
** Ben, who died before the series began, had some kind of LovecraftianSuperpower, being able to manifest tentacles to fight.
** Five gets [[TeleportSpam space]]-[[TimeTravel time]] manipulation, up to [[spoiler:[[TimeMaster rewinding time a couple of seconds]] at the end of Season 2]].
** Season 2 introduces [[spoiler:Lila, another one of the special children who wasn't raised by Hargreeves. She's a PowerParasite who can copy the abilities of the Umbrella Academy, but she cannot [[AllYourPowersCombined copy all of them at once]]]].

** Another one from ''3'': [[spoiler:Moebius. He possesses not a Septima, but something ''even better'': An Octima, which the aforementioned ZedΩ claims to be unstoppable by mere Septimas. Said Octima, Astral Order, allows it to [[{{Seers}} see different potential futures]] and [[WindOfDestinyChange alter the course of fate to its desired future]]. He can also use Astral Order to suppress other Adepts, rendering them unable to fight him as he slowly kills them. He also emits Dragon Radiation, which, in sufficient amount, can corrupt any number of Adepts into berserk Primal Dragons. Even discounting those abilities, Octima on its own grants so much raw power that Moebius can use it to conjure a massive battle armor (about the size of the aforementioned Nova's OneWingedAngel form) ''and'' [[FinalBossNewDimension an alternate dimension]] to fight, and Kirin's [[SupernaturalSealing Radiant Fetters]], which is able to seal even berserk Gunvolt (who is powerful enough to ''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroy the world]]'') throughout the game, can't even contain Moebius for a measly second, exactly as ZedΩ fears. And all this power in ''[[GooGooGodlike a draconic infant]]''. It takes a combination of Kirin, ZedΩ and his assistant Layla to finally stand up against Moebius, especially after he possesses Gunvolt in the final boss fight]].

** Klaus has ISeeDeadPeople, [[spoiler:and once he's sober/trained enough, is able to physically interact with them up to letting one possess him. Since that person is ''also'' superpowered, this effectively gives Klaus PowerCopying as well]].

-->-- '''Hollis Mason''' to '''[[PhysicalGod Dr. Manhattan]]''', ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''

* Harry's won this big-time in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm.'' As the son of Thor, he's turning into an Asgardian FlyingBrick with vast energy manipulation abilities. Plus, Lily Evans was related to [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], giving Harry immense psychic powers as well. Oh, and then there's his magic, of course, which he's learning from people like [[TheArchmage Doctor Strange and Loki]]. And then there's [[spoiler: the Phoenix]]'s protection on him - though that one tends to be more of a hindrance than a help. Plus, in the sequel he gets BoxingLessonsForSuperman from master warriors like the Avengers, Bucky, Fandral, Magneto, [[spoiler: and the Red Room]], which makes him the equivalent of many a BadassNormal (BadassAbnormal, even) while using no powers at all. And all of this, it turns out, is actually ''justified,'' since it's revealed in Book 2 [[TheChessmaster Doctor]] [[{{Seers}} Stephen]] [[TimeMaster Strange]] set it up so that Harry could become a weapon against [[spoiler: Thanos]].
** The story also deconstructs the effects of suddenly winning the Superpower Lottery: Harry's canon problems and stresses are compounded by attempts by people, not-people, and organisations to kill him, control him, or steal his powers, as well as his initial (justified) fears of what PowerIncontinence might do. Like every teenager ever, he has more than enough to deal with without worrying about accidentally subjecting someone to MindRape or {{Fingore}}, or [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking being a telepath in a boarding school of horny teenagers.]] And as he learns the hard way, the lopsided development of his powers means that he might by a PersonOfMassDestruction, but he's not even MadeOfIron until the end of the first book.

* The eponymous character of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series has many powers[[note]]SuperStrength, SuperToughness, SkySurfing, FasterThanLightTravel, VacuumMouth, a BlackHoleBelly, ExtremeOmnivore, [[CatchAndReturn can rebound attacks enemies toss his way]], StomachOfHolding[[/note]], but what really wins the Superpower Lottery for him though is his iconic PowerCopying ability which lets him absorb his opponent and copy their powers. It effectively makes him a MasterOfAll. With the right Copy Ability, he can become as skilled a MasterSwordsman as Meta Knight, [[BladeOnAStick wield a spear]] as well as Bandana Dee, or DropTheHammer as hard as King Dedede. While Mario's ? block does offer a menagerie of powers, it still [[SuperpowerRussianRoulette has an element of chance to it.]] With the Copy Ability, Kirby not only has a technically unlimited array of potential abilities to use, but he also knows what he'll get in advance. In short, Kirby's Copy Ability has let him cut the middleman by allowing him to effectively become the Superpower Lottery with the enemies he eats being his unfortunate lottery tickets.

** ''Series/FourWeekContinuousSuperSentaiStrongestBattle'' has the mysterious villain Gaisoulg hunting down the strongest rangers at same time that a competition is being held to find the strongest ranger. While the competition never finishes, we see that Team Oddball has two of the strongest rangers ever. Yamato Kazakiri/Zyuoh Eagle of ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'', in addition to his basic form, has three different powered-up forms he can switch between that give him flight, SuperStrength, or water powers and a HandCannon, plus an ultimate form that combines all three. He decides to fight by himself against three other much more experienced rangers and easily beats them without having to use his ultimate form. Kagura Izumi/Toq5gou of ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' also turns out to be insanely strong when she wants to be since her powers are based on imagination and she had the strongest imagination out of the [=ToQgers=] so she can defeat enemies she shouldn't be able to just by imagining herself stronger, letting her defeat Doggie Krugger of ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'', who was one of the most skilled ranger ever.

** First off, anyone who got the [[OneHitKill Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]]. To clarify, it's only obtained by surviving a NearDeathExperience, and even then it's not a guarantee to get it. If you ''do'' get it, however, it allows you to see the point of death of ''anything'', and then cut them to erase that thing from existence. Like People. Or Tables. Walls. [[PersonOfMassDestruction Buildings. Air.]] Or, ''[[EarthShatteringKaboom Earth]]''. It's not even limited to the physical. The more powerful of the two known users, [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners Shiki Ryougi]], has managed to kill a psychic's power, an abstract prison and, in one special instance, ''the future''. At one point, she claims that she could even kill a god so long as it exists.

** ''LightNovel/FateZero'' is only marginally better. Rider possesses a Reality Marble (which he shouldn't even have, since he is not a mage) that allows him to summon ''[[BadassArmy an entire army of Servants]]''. Caster possesses a book that can produce prana perpetually and summon [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu]]. Berserker is unaffected by any skill-hindering status and is such a MasterSwordsman that he wipes the floor with fellow MasterSwordsman Saber Altria, and can make ''anything'' he touches into weapons (including ''an F-15 Jet Fighter''), and possesses a sword that jacks up his stats by a ridiculous margin, [[spoiler:to the point that it drains his master's prana to the point of death]].
** Servants of ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', anyone? With 14 Servants instead of the usual 7, at least 4 of them are ridiculous, even by Servant standards. Siegfried takes attacks ([[AchillesHeel that are not aimed at his back, of course]]) that would kill most Servants several times over as nothing more than mosquito bites and can fire {{Sword Beam}}s strong enough to kill a dragon. Vlad III has HomeFieldAdvantage that allows him to summon spikes and thorns ''anywhere'' within the field, including ''[[BodyHorror inside opponent's body]]'', and can [[OneWingedAngel turn into a vampire]] powerful enough to take on four Servants at once without a problem. Then there is Achilles, who possesses a grand total of ''five'' Noble Phantasms, which includes his famous NighInvulnerability, among other things. But the greatest example would be Karna, who, [[DramaPreservingHandicap while nerfed due to lack of enough prana to fight at full power]], can still laughingly beat the crap out of Siegfried ''and'' Vlad separately through a combination of possessing an ArmorOfInvincibility that lets him take 1/10th of ''all'' damage, a Noble Phantasm that clocks in at Anti-''Country'' power, and a single-use lightning spear that can ''[[KillTheGod kill the gods themselves]]''. Even among the "lesser" Servants, Mordred is a near equal to ''stay night's'' Saber stats and abilities-wise, and Semiramis has a giant flying fortress that gives her the ability to casually fire off [[WaveMotionGun EX-Rank Magical Attacks]].

** Back in the '80s, the ''Realms of Chaos'' supplement book ''Slaves to Darkness'' gave the table for rolling Chaos Attributes. If you rolled 231-240 congratulations, you just won the lottery by getting the Chaos Lord attribute. You get 2 rolls for additional retinue of followers and you also get a bonus roll of the dice for each item (you get it if you roll 4-6): 1 Chaos Armor, One Level of Magic (Khornate champions get a Fleshhound and a Collar of Khorne instead), 1d6 extra Chaos Attributes and 1 Daemon Weapon. Plus if you had rolled a 4-6 at any point, all your stats except Movement get a big boost.

** Back in the '80s, the ''Realms of Chaos'' supplement book ''Slaves to Darkness'' gave the table for rolling Chaos Attributes. If you rolled 231-240 congratulations, you just the lottery by getting the Chaos Lord attribute. You get 2 rolls for additional retinue of followers and you also get a roll of the dice for each item (you get it if you roll 4-6): 1 Chaos Armor, One Level of Magic (Khornate champions get a Fleshhound and a Collar of Khorne instead), 1d6 extra Chaos Attributes and 1 Daemon Weapon. Plus if you had rolled a 4-6 at any point, all your stats except Movement get a big boost.

[[folder: Manhwa]]
In ''Manhwa/LevelOnePlayer'', everything about becoming a super-powered Player is totally random. Simply becoming a Player is equated to winning the lottery, and their stats, powers, etc. are all just a matter of sheer luck.
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This often leads to [[CantCatchUp weaker cast members]] becoming as [[OvershadowedByAwesome irrelevant]] as [[MugglePower mere bystanders]], but can outright threaten to remove all conflict to the character, necessitating either PlotInducedStupidity, DeusExitMachina, PoorCommunicationKills or other creative ways to keep the story going. And when a villain wins the lottery, it can be an intimidating challenge but can also lead to OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow and strain WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief.

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* [[spoiler:Jack-Jack]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. Considering the family similarities to the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', it's not surprising he has VoluntaryShapeshifting abilities that mimic not just forms but spontaneously generates superpowers. In the DVDCommentary the writers said that [[spoiler:Jack Jack's superpower lottery represents the fact that being a baby he can potentially develop in many different ways and, in their minds, his powers will probably stabilise and become more defined as he grows]]. In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' Edna Mode classifies him as a polymorph who can alter his own body on the molecular level. His different abilities are all manifestations of this power.
** In the DVD special features, this is parodied with Meta-Man, who had basically every superpower imaginable [[DroppedABridgeOnHim and yet died by]] ''getting his neck snapped when his cape snagged in an elevator shaft''. His profile also describes him as "indecisive"; presumably having so many powers causes him to frequently hesitate about which one to use.

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This often leads to [[CantCatchUp weaker cast members]] becoming as [[OvershadowedByAwesome irrelevant]] as [[WhatMeasureIsANonSuper mere bystanders]], but can outright threaten to remove all conflict to the character, necessitating either PlotInducedStupidity, DeusExitMachina, PoorCommunicationKills or other creative ways to keep the story going. And when a villain wins the lottery, it can be an intimidating challenge but can also lead to OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow and strain WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief.

* Harry's won this big-time in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm.'' As the son of Thor, he's turning into an Asgardian FlyingBrick with vast energy manipulation abilities. Plus, Lily Evans was related to ComicBook/JeanGrey, giving Harry immense psychic powers as well. Oh, and then there's his magic, of course, which he's learning from people like [[TheArchmage Doctor Strange and Loki]]. And then there's [[spoiler: the Phoenix]]'s protection on him - though that one tends to be more of a hindrance than a help. Plus, in the sequel he gets BoxingLessonsForSuperman from master warriors like the Avengers, Bucky, Fandral, Magneto, [[spoiler: and the Red Room]], which makes him the equivalent of many a BadassNormal (BadassAbnormal, even) while using no powers at all. And all of this, it turns out, is actually ''justified,'' since it's revealed in Book 2 [[TheChessmaster Doctor]] [[{{Seers}} Stephen]] [[TimeMaster Strange]] set it up so that Harry could become a weapon against [[spoiler: Thanos]].

* ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'': ComicBook/PowerGirl is the setting's more powerful parahuman by virtue of being the only Kryptonian alive.

* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Franchise/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} are the most powerful heroes by far: they can move planets, fly faster than light, tank exploding stars, time-travel... unfortunately their vast powers guarantee they can't lead normal lives since everyone turns to them every time something big comes up.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13630526/1/Izuku-of-Myriad Izuku of Myriad]]'' gives [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku Midoriya]] the powers and PastLifeMemories of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], [[Anime/RanmaOneHalf Ranma Saotome]], [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou Emiya]], and [[VideoGame/{{Control}} Jesse Faden]]. That's SuperIntelligence that makes Izuku a GeniusBruiser and a GadgeteerGenius, SuperStrength on top of what One for All can provide, WallCrawling, SpiderSense, SupernaturalMartialArts, KiAttacks, SpontaneousWeaponCreation with the ability to be an InstantExpert with said weapons, {{Telekinesis}}, and the Service Weapon. Oh, and on top of all that, gaining these powers made Izuku's body not just become strong enough to use said powers, but also strong enough to easily use One for All.

* In ''Fanfic/TheMasksWeWear'' Zuko gains the ability to wield [[spoiler: blue fire]] after he rejects his uncle's influence, and later on Azula teaches him how to successfully generate lightning [[spoiler: and how to fully utilize the properties of blue fire]]. [[spoiler: He later secretly teaches her and their father lightning redirection.]]
** While Zuko still lags behind Azula when it comes to lightning generation, he outclasses her [[spoiler: in redirection; to make up for this and to simultaneously take advantage of this difference in ability between them, they perfect a tactic that resembles a game of catch - wherein Azula generates lightning at Zuko, he redirects it back to her, she redirects it back to him, and so on, allowing them to catch any foes between them in a literal crossfire of lightning.]] They intend to reserve its use for when they settle the score with the Avatar, but Ozai is still pleased nonetheless by the very nature of the tactic.

* ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'' makes Izuku a teenage Kryptonian. He is strong enough to easily flatten robots by accident while actively holding back, [[NighInvulnerability tough enough]] that a mecha T. rex can only cause him minor discomfort, and fast enough to move faster than the eye can see. But All Might is still far above him in power and speed as the Number One Hero, as are other venerated heroes like ComicBook/WonderWoman. Firestorm is also said to have gone [[InvincibleHero undefeated]] over the course of his career due to his potent combination of PlayingWithFire, {{EMP}}, {{Flight}}, and Transmutation abilities.

* In ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', the main characters are a squad of baseline humans, a witch, a supernaturally enhanced [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer vampire-hunter]]... and a [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kryptonian]].

* ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'': Lampshaded by ComicBook/CarolDanvers, whose powers at the very least include super-strength, invulnerability, flight, the capability to survive in space and the ability to shoot energy blasts.

* In ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'' it's revealed that the reason Pre-Crisis ComicBook/LexLuthor got fixated on ComicBook/{{Superboy}} to begin with was Superboy defying the laws of physics in a daily basis. In a world where superhumans had been previously unknown to the general public, a teenager that could relocate the Moon stuck out like a sore thumb.

-->'''ComicBook/MaryMarvel:''' "I can do something that only two other people can do. I can, I can, you know what I can do, and when I do it, it's like nothing you could ever imagine, if you haven't ever done it before. I can fly through space fast enough to reach the Sun and back inside a day, easy. I can lift just about anything, maybe including the Earth. I can punch through solid steel and laugh off bullets."

* [[spoiler:Jack-Jack]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. Considering how like the ''Franchise/FantasticFour'' their family is, it's not surprising he has VoluntaryShapeshifting abilities that mimic not just forms but spontaneously generates superpowers. In the DVDCommentary the writers said that [[spoiler:Jack Jack's superpower lottery represents the fact that being a baby he can potentially develop in many different ways and, in their minds, his powers will probably stabilise and become more defined as he grows.]] In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' Edna Mode classifies him as a polymorph who can alter his own body on the molecular level. His different abilities are all manifestations of this power.

** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Apocalypse is even more powerful than Shaw was, again ranking second only to "Phoenix" (who is a CosmicEntity). Because he can [[GrandTheftMe transfer his consciousness to new host bodies]] and [[PowerParasite acquires the powers of every new host]], he's amassed so many superpowers over thousands of years that many ([[AGodAmI including himself]]) believe him to be a god. His powers include SuperStrength, MindOverMatter at the molecular level, [[BarrierWarrior invincible forcefields]], [[VillainTeleportation intercontinental teleportation]], HealingFactor, and amplifying the powers of other mutants or [[SuperEmpowering giving them new ones]]. His goal in the film is to [[spoiler:acquire Charles Xavier's Psychic Powers by using him as a new host and MindControl the entire planet at once.]] He's only defeated by [[spoiler:Jean Grey deciding to ''embrace'' the Phoenix within her instead of treating it like a SuperpoweredEvilSide, thus cashing in her own winning Superpower Lottery ticket. Just before Jean/Phoenix vaporizes Apocalypse, he concludes that ''she'' is actually the god he always believed himself to be]].

** There's [[spoiler:Cindy, a patient at a Compound V experimental home, who can crush things (and people) with her mind.]]
** There's [[spoiler:Victoria Neumann, who can make peoples' heads explode (including superheroes).]]
** There's [[spoiler:Stormfront who has electricity based powers, as well as flight, super strength, and super toughness, although not quite to the same degree as Homelander, and on top of all that got a drastically extended lifespan, still looking young despite being old enough to have watched her own daughter die of old age.]]

** Wyatt has telekinesis, orbing, forcefield generation, and [[RealityWarper the ability to will things into existence]]. [[spoiler:Oh and he is the rightful heir to Excalibur, for whatever reason]].

** Hiro and Peter were [[AuthorsSavingThrow later adjusted]], [[spoiler:Peter is only capable of absorbing powers by touching someone and only has one power at a time, and Hiro lost his power thanks to Arthur Petrelli's power theft, but regained the power to stop time thanks to Baby Touch and Go Parkman, but still couldn't teleport.]]

** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' has the BigBad, Evolt, an alien whose favorite pastime is eating planets. When he starts the series in a nearly-dead state, he's able to casually reshape matter, has superhuman jumping ability, can reshape people's faces or manipulate their memories, and can conjure energy blasts, all without transforming. At the height of his power, he has what amounts to complete immortality, SuperSpeed, can conjure planet-eating black holes, and has the ability to instantly warp anywhere in the universe that he wants. [[spoiler:In the end, the heroes can't defeat him in the traditional sense, and instead use his limitless power as the fuel to [[MergedReality merge their Earth with a more peaceful one]] -- and Evolt ''still'' manages to come back in the post-series movies]].

** Vanya [[TheTeamNormal has no power at all]] until late in Season 1, where [[spoiler:it turns out that she actually possesses near-godlike energy-based powers guided by sound. She was made to forget she had powers by their adoptive father/mentor, Sir Reginald Hargreeves, because she was so powerful that he felt she proved a threat to her brothers and sister and the world at large. This inadvertently ends up [[SelfFulfillingProphecy creating the apocalypse Hargreeves was trying to prevent in the first place]] because the constant neglect and abuse she suffered ends up [[ThenLetMeBeEvil turning Vanya into the supervillain the White Violin]].]]

** Luther has SuperStrength and Diego ImprobableAimingSkills [[spoiler:later revealed to be actually telekinesis]], but they seem somewhat limited in their abilities (Luther can move a truck singlehandely, but can't, say, lift a building, and Diego only used his powers on small objects [[spoiler:an a hail of gunfire aimed at the group in Season 2]]).

** Season 2 introduces [[spoiler:Lila, another one of the special children who wasn't raised by Hargreeves. She's a PowerParasite who can copy the abilities of the Umbrella Academy, but she cannot [[AllYourPowersCombined copy all of them at once]].]]

** Vivian is able to [[RealityWarping warp reality]] to fit what she [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve believes]]. As with any reality warping power, it's dangerously powerful. One {{flashforward}} showed a future where she'd wiped entire cities off the map with a mere thought.
** Zia got telepathy and mind control on par with [[ComicBook/XMen Professor X]], with the full range of her power being ''fifteen miles'', enough to control a small city. Thus far her one and only setback has been that her telepathy is ''too'' strong, and the onslaught of people's thoughts keeps her from abusing it for now.

** Brutaka of the Order of Mata Nui. When he went [[FaceHeelTurn rogue]], he was considered ''the'' most dangerous being on Voya Nui, more so than all six of the Piraka (members of the previously-mentioned Skadi) ''combined''. He possessed enough physical strength to match his old comrade Axonn, who is as strong as a Makuta and once ''sliced a mountain in half'', a [[MaskOfPower mask]] that allowed him to [[DimensionalTraveler rip open portals through dimensions]] and [[WeaponizedTeleportation send his enemies anywhere he wanted]], a sword that [[ShockAndAwe shoots lightning and energy beams]], and could increase his strength by absorbing [[SentientPhlebotinum Antidermis]] ([[spoiler:actually the energy of Makuta]]) which usually enslaves those exposed. His best claim to fame? When he [[CurbStompBattle destroyed all the members of the Toa Nuva and the Voya Nui Matoran resistance with a single strike]]. [[spoiler:And all of this was before he fell into a pool of Antidermis and apparently gained most, if not all, of the Makuta powers along with most of the knowledge about the Matoran universe, though he was a good guy again when that happened]].
** The Rahi Nui was a [[MixAndMatchCritter chimera]] designed to [[HeroKiller hunt Toa]] that possessed several powers including a very fast HealingFactor, SizeShifting, the ability to NoSell and [[FeedItWithFire grow stronger from]] [[ElementalAbsorption Elemental]] attacks, and [[ComboPlatterPowers several other powers.]] The Toa Metru only managed beat it because they figured out that it lacked a certain [[RequiredSecondaryPowers Required Secondary Power]].

* Asura from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', who is basically The Hulk on steroids, and post [[spoiler: Karma Fortress Mantra Reactor surgery]] no longer has the bad side effect of destroying himself with his anger. He can also [[spoiler: Become the size of the planet and travel across the cosmos at extreme speeds, destroy volleys of planets being thrown at him casually with energy blasts, and punch straight through a planet several hundreds of times bigger than his planet sized self with ease.]] It's noted that even after shrinking back to human size, he keeps all the above powers, and just gets more and more powerful as the finale goes on, even after reverting to his base form.

** [[AmbiguousGender Zonda]] of Sumeragi [[spoiler:and Eden]] has the "[[MagicMirror Phantasm Mirror]]" Septima, which is considered on par with Nova and Gunvolt. It grants them the ability to make [[MasterOfIllusion life-like illusions]] and [[SelfDuplication duplicates of themselves]] to the point [[spoiler:[[AChildShallLeadThem she]] was able to fool everyone into thinking [[FakingTheDead she was dead]] during the first game]], switch battle forms on the fly, unleash energy blasts, and create physical projectiles out of mirror shards. The sequel even reveals [[spoiler:she can create [[BackFromTheDead perfect copies of her Grimoire Seven and presumably even the Seven Swordsmen and Nova if she so desired]]]]. And unlike the above examples, they were ''born'' with their power rather than receiving it from experiments. [[spoiler:Once she successfully absorbs the power of the [[AmplifierArtifact Muse Septima]], however, her Septima becomes "Reverie Mirror", her power enhanced to the point she can [[RealityWarper create an entire dimension]], [[DeathDealer create cards that all transform into different forms]], and even [[MagicMusic sing a song powerful enough to drain the energy of her opponents while making herself invincible]]]].

** Another one from ''3'': [[spoiler:Moebius. He possesses not a Septima, but something ''even better'': An Octima, which the aforementioned ZedΩ claims to be unstoppable by mere Septimas. Said Octima, Astral Order, allows it to [[{{Seers}} see different potential futures]] and [[WindOfDestinyChange alter the course of fate to its desired future]]. He can also use Astral Order to suppress other Adepts, rendering them unable to fight him as he slowly kills them. He also emits Dragon Radiation, which, in sufficient amount, can corrupt any number of Adepts into berserk Primal Dragons. Even discounting those abilities, Octima on its own grants so much raw power that Moebius can use it to conjure a massive battle armor (about the size of the aforementioned Nova's OneWingedAngel form) ''and'' [[FinalBossNewDimension an alternate dimension]] to fight, and Kirin's [[SupernaturalSealing Radiant Fetters]], which is able to seal even berserk Gunvolt (who is powerful enough to ''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroy the world]]'') throughout the game, can't even contain Moebius for a measly second, exactly as ZedΩ fears. And all this power in ''[[GooGooGodlike a draconic infant]]''. It takes a combination of Kirin, ZedΩ and his assistant Layla to finally stand up against Moebius, especially after he possesses Gunvolt in the final boss fight.]]

* Conduits from ''VideoGame/InFamous'', especially the second game, [[ShockAndAwe Cole]] and his partners [[PlayingWithFire Nix]] and [[AnIcePerson Kuo]] got off with easily controlled and amazing powers, the second game's big bad, [[spoiler:Bertrand, wasn't so lucky, his power involves turning into a fifty foot beserk monster and transforming other people into smaller monsters.]] An NPC pointed this out in a dead drop.
** If you thought Cole, Nix and Kuo won the superpower lottery in Infamous 2, that's ''nothing'' compared to Delsin from ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon''. In the Infamous universe, Conduits are all unified by the central tenet of their ability; they are able to summon, reshape and manipulate ''something''. Cole was lightning, Nix was fire and Kuo was ice. Delsin? His "something" was ''other Conduits'', manifesting itself as a {{ComicBook/Rogue}}-esque capability to inherit and use the abilities of any other Conduit he comes into contact with. Even his very first ability - the SuperSmoke - was inherited from Hank, the first of the Curden Cay escapees he meets. However, unlike Rogue, Delsin's main drawback is that he's only able to make use of a single powerset at any one time; [[spoiler: a quirk Augustine is only too happy to exploit as the FinalBoss by giving him her powers, locking him in a powerset he has no experience with, and leaving him near helpless against her OneWingedAngel form.]] In fact, Delsin's ability can be likened to two other pop-culture characters, depending on his alignment. The good karmic path has him more akin to Rogue; using the abilities he's obtained (through happenstance) for selfless acts, deeming the saving of his friends at the reservation "the right thing to do". Go down the ''Infamous'' karma path however... and [[spoiler: Delsin destroys the stricken reservation in a fit of rage after his friends - having seen his exploits in Seattle - spurn him and refuse his assistance. With his brother dead and the Akomish no longer around as a moral crutch, Delsin goes to liberate Curden Cay and, in the process, doesn't resist those who wish to shake his hand for the apparent good deed. In doing so, he gains access to the abilities of everyone imprisoned there and becomes just like another ability-thieving, conscienceless supervillain... ''Sylar from Heroes'']].
* The eponymous character of the ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' series has many powers[[note]]SuperStrength, SuperToughness, SkySurfing, FasterThanLightTravel, VacuumMouth, a BlackHoleBelly, ExtremeOmnivore, [[CatchAndReturn can rebound attacks enemies toss his way]], StomachOfHolding[[/note]], but what really wins the Superpower Lottery for him though is his iconic PowerCopying ability which lets him absorb his opponent and copy their powers. It effectively makes him a MasterOfAll. With the right Copy Ability, he can become as skilled a MasterSwordsman as Meta Knight, [[BladeOnAStick wield a spear]] as well as Bandana Dee, or DropTheHammer as hard as King Dedede. While Mario's ? block does offer a menagerie of powers, it still [[SuperpowerRussianRoulette has an element of chance to it.]] With the Copy Ability, Kirby not only has a technically unlimited array of potential abilities to use, but he also knows what he'll get in advance. In short, Kirby's Copy Ability has let him cut the middleman by allowing him to effectively become the Superpower Lottery with the enemies he eats being his unfortunate lottery tickets.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect''.

* The titular characters of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''. They can use power-up items to transform into new forms with powerful abilities, making them strong [[SwissArmyHero swiss-army heroes]]. Even without these items, though, they have [[InASingleBound Super Jumping]], SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperToughness, ElementalPowers, and [[ComboPlatterPowers a huge array of other abilities]] [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands depending on the game]]. The range and magnitude of what they're capable of easily exceeds most of the characters in the series.

*** Hifumi Yamada, the ultimate Otaku, who manages to throw together a passable robot costume in a single night [[spoiler: to frame Hagakure.]]

*** Ryota Mitarai, the Ultimate Animator, [[spoiler: whose anime can brainwash people and helped cause the Tragedy.]]
*** Tsumugi Shirogane, the Ultimate Cosplayer, [[spoiler: is an even better MasterOfDisguise than the Ultimate Impostor.]]

** Most of the Servants from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' are ''required'' to win the lottery just to be chosen by the Holy Grail as Servants. The Noble Phantasms they have can even be said to represent this trope (Noble Phantasms are a hero's most distinctive skill or weapon), and are pretty much determined by their legends. Lancer has a spear that [[RealityWarper will pierce your heart by reversing causality]] to ensure OneHitKill. Berserker can only be hurt by ''fatal'' attacks and possesses 12 lives that must be killed differently each. Saber has [[spoiler:Excalibur, which can fire {{Sword Beam}}s comparable to nukes, and Avalon, which grants almost CompleteImmortality]]. Archer can [[spoiler:copy any and all weapons that a human ever creates, including weaponry Noble Phantasms]]. Rider can [[spoiler:petrify people with her [[TakenForGranite Mystic Eyes of Petrification]], and summon powerful legendary beasts such as Pegasus]]. Gilgamesh possesses ''an innummerable amount of legendary weapons'' including god-binding chains and an ''Anti-World'' Noble Phantasm, while most Noble Phantasms top at Anti-Army and fewer still stand at Anti-Fortress. [[spoiler:And neither the chains nor the Anti-World weapon can be copied by anyone]]. Angra Mainyu is both a winner and a loser of the lottery. He is a Servant who is extremely weak compared other Servants and is nearly useless at fighting them. However, when fighting against humans, only two other beings in the setting are more effective at mass killing humans than he is. Those two beings are Type-Mercury, and Primate Murder, a being who has absolute authority over killing humans.
** ''LightNovel/FateZero'' is only marginally better. Rider possesses a Reality Marble (which he shouldn't even have, since he is not a mage) that allows him to summon ''[[BadassArmy an entire army of Servants]]''. Caster possesses a book that can produce prana perpetually and summon [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu]]. Berserker is unaffected by any skill-hindering status and is such a MasterSwordsman that he wipes the floor with fellow MasterSwordsman Saber Altria, and can make ''anything'' he touches into weapons (including ''an F-15 Jet Fighter''), and possesses a sword that jacks up his stats by a ridiculous margin, [[spoiler:to the point that it drains his master's prana to the point of death.]]

** The time monks, in a subversion. In a fantasy setting with fairly normal levels of magic and with firearms tech up to revolvers, they have ''bullet time''. Despite that, they seem prone to the WorfEffect. And the Elves can handily counter the super-speed, once they know to expect it; they taught them the trick hundreds of years ago, after all, and haven't used it themselves since, because it's too easy to counter.

* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': Faith is [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/no_one_is_that_strong an abnormally powerful high-level esper]], who's said to be [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-ec/eat_you_up the strongest in the academy's history.]] Plus, she has so many abilities that [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/poor_innocent_brother no one can really keep track of them all.]] The only power that she's confirmed to ''not'' have is mind reading. The scary part being, that her power is still growing, as she has yet to reach her peak.

* Mishap of the stalled webcomic ''[[http://cultofstylus.com/mis-/ Mis-]]'' enters the super power lottery every day. Unfortunately, he usually loses.

* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' has this to an extreme extent. The main cast is as follows: A badass, but still [[BadAssNormal entirely human]] MIB, [[TheSmartGirl a brilliant scientist]], a talking monkey who is the ButtMonkey of the WorfEffect, an UnfazedEveryman ActionSurvivor...And PersonOfMassDestruction whose current power set includes {{Depower}}ing, SuperStrength, MadeOfIron, flight, [[{{Technopath}} technopathy]], mid level mechanical [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] which gives him a wide array of [[ShapeShifterWeapon weapons]], and [[SerialEscalation more.]]
** Not to forget [[spoiler:becoming a God over all creation, though this doesn't last very long]].

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has the android [[AllYourPowersCombined AMAZO]]. His ability, to copy those of others, gave him the full set of the Original Seven's powers by his first appearance. Then he went into space for a while, and when he came back, he had enough power to teleport ''an entire planet''. Because ''it was in his way''. The entire extended League and Franchise/GreenLantern Corps failed to even scratch him. At the end of it all, the person to defeat him was ComicBook/LexLuthor.

** A unicorn's magical powers are typically restricted to one specialty, usually associated with their Cutie Mark. Since Twilight Sparkle's specialty ''is'' magic, she [[PowerCopying doesn't have this restriction]] and has the benefit of being more powerful than anyone born in centuries. Princess Celestia says she's never met a more powerful unicorn, and that was when Twilight was a child. (Tia is thousands of years old and runs the school for gifted unicorns, so ''her'' saying this means a ''lot.'') Come the third season finale [[spoiler:she adds flight to her list of powers by becoming an alicorn.]] Then, the Season 4 finale has her [[spoiler:become the vessel for the combined powers of three Physical Gods to keep Tirek from absorbing their magic. By the time Tirek reaches the princesses, he has the power of just about all Equestria -- which they considered enough to defeat them. Even though he absorbed power from every other character including a reality warping god, Twilight is still powerful enough to match him despite being new to her power. If she learned how to use that power, she could have easily overcome him.]]

*** Steven inherited Rose's powers but is much weaker due to not yet having control of her powers, but due to having a human body he is completely immune to anti-gem weapons and has an ability that not even Rose had, [[spoiler:the ability to fuse with both humans and other Gems]]. In the epilogue series he gains a SuperMode that greatly enhances his strength and allows him to speed up his body and perception, making it seem like TimeStandsStill for him. And in the finale, an emotional breakdown causes him to [[spoiler:transform into a rampaging {{Kaiju}} larger that White Diamond.]]

** The only character who may be more powerful than the Diamonds is [[spoiler:the Cluster, an artificial gem made up of millions of broken gems. It initially has no control over its immense power and has to stay in a bubble to avoid destroying the Earth because its body when fully manifested is several times larger than the Earth, but it eventually does manage to gain some control over its power and is able to help the Crystal Gems fight the Diamonds without destroying the Earth by only manifesting part of its body.]]
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}}'' was made of this. You had Superman with Silver Age power levels doing things like fly his way out of a black hole, and then you had everyone else. Wonder Woman could get defeated by circus animals got in on this, Aquaman would wonder out loud if his powers would work, and Hawkman could do nothing but fly ineffectually while Superman saved the day.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13630526/1/Izuku-of-Myriad Izuku of Myriad]] gives [[Anime/MyHeroAcademia Izuku Midoriya]]'' the powers and PastLifeMemories of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], [[Anime/RanmaOneHalf Ranma Saotome]], [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou Emiya]], and [[VideoGame/{{Control}} Jesse Faden]]. That's SuperIntelligence that makes Izuku a GeniusBruiser and a GadgeteerGenius, SuperStrength on top of what One for All can provide, WallCrawling, SpiderSense, SupernaturalMartialArts, KiAttacks, SpontaneousWeaponCreation with the ability to be an InstantExpert with said weapons, {{Telekinesis}}, and the Service Weapon. Oh, and on top of all that, gaining these powers made Izuku's body not just become strong enough to use said powers, but also strong enough to easily use One for All.

** There's [[spoiler:Stormfront, one of the oldest superheroes, who has powers equivalent to Homelander, but has electricity based ones as well.]]

* In ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', EveryoneIsASuper, and powers range from [[TimeStandsStill stopping time]] to [[WindsOfDestinyChange manipulating fate]] to [[GravityMaster creating black holes]]. Then we have Yukari Yakumo. Her ability is to manipulate boundaries. Any boundary. Including abstract ones like life and death, day and night, [[RealityWarper reality and illusion, and fictional and actual]]. In other words, her ability is whatever the hell she wants; she once opened a portal to the moon by looking at its reflection in a lake and manipulating the boundary between Truth and Lies. All she has to do is think of how whatever she wants to do [[SemanticSuperpower can be defined in terms of boundaries]]. WordOfGod mentions that she has no weaknesses, is as powerful as the gods, and can annihilate Gensoukyou, the setting of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', at a whim. But since Gensoukyou is her creation, she'd never want to. And she's [[TheGodsMustBeLazy lazy]], so she doesn't do anything at all unless she really has to. She's also notable for having a ''nine-tailed fox'' as her shikigami, who is powerful enough to be an [[BonusBoss EX Boss]] in her own right and in turn has a shikigami of her own.

In a setting or [[TheTeam team]] with [[StockSuperpowersIndex stock superpowers]], everyone in the cast has some power which is [[PlotTailoredToTheParty inevitably useful at least some of the time]]. Much like the real world, some get luckier than others when it comes time to get a power. On one end, you get people with WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway, move into HeartIsAnAwesomePower, then into standard stuff and, finally, there are those who won the [[TitleDrop Superpower Lottery]].

** First and foremost, the Makuta. They all have ''42'' standard powers from the get-go, which are all strong enough that the Rahkshi, which only have 1 of those 42 powers are difficult for Toa to beat, plus they have the [[ElementalPowers Elemental Power]] of [[CastingAShadow shadow]] and their own unique [[MaskOfPower masks]] that are {{GameBreaker}}s in and of themselves. By banishing their inner light, they gained an even bigger control over these shadow powers. Being EnergyBeings, they can possess soulless bodies and robots, which was a ''major'' plot point. Let's throw in that they're also [[ShapeshifterBaggage shapeshifters]] and able to increase in size and power by forcefully [[TheAssimilator absorbing other beings]], provided they're in their own bodies. The only reason the main cast survived as long as they did was because several of them suffered some form of a DramaPreservingHandicap [[spoiler:and most of them ''[[ILetYouWin wanted]]'' Mata Nui to be awakened and just put up enough resistance to make them think otherwise. The moment one of them stopped doing that [[TheStarscream because he wanted to do things his own way]]? Would have killed all of them had his teammates not stopped him]].

* Gaining any sort of supernatual attribute in the world of the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' is a major SuperpowerRussianRoulette. As a result, most anomalous humanoids suffer from BlessedWithSuck, PowerIncontinence, WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway or other related tropes. There ''are'' a few lucky exceptions, however.

*** [[spoiler:When he returns as a DLC {{superboss}} in the third game, he not only keeps his Psychokinesis but also successfully augments himself with Azure Striker, turning him into a brutally powerful Adept capable of firing his attacks at an even faster rate, covering more grounds with his attacks leaving much less breathing room from his onslaught, and summoning his attack drones ''without using his glaives anymore'', one at a time. And that's just phase one; on phase two, he oversurges his Azure Striker, giving him access to the classic Azure Striker skills on top of summoning ''both'' his drones in some of her attacks. After the fight, Kirin notices that Nova is actually ''struggling just to maintain control of those two septimas'', and he still proves to be an incredibly difficult fight.]]

*** [[spoiler:When he returns as a DLC {{superboss}} in the third game, he not only keeps his Psychokinesis but also successfully augments himself with Azure Striker, turning him into a brutally powerful Adept capable of firing his attacks at an even faster rate, covering more grounds with his attacks leaving much less breathing room from his onslaught, and summoning his attack drones ''without using his glaives anymore''. And that's just phase one; on phase two, he oversurges his Azure Striker, giving him access to the classic Azure Striker skills including Voltaic Chain ''which he can spam with abandon'' (for comparison, even after strengthening himself for a century, Asimov can only fire a volley of Voltaic Chain once per battle, while Gunvolt can only spam his Voltaic Chain when empowered with Mytyl's Anthem). After the fight, Kirin notices that Nova is actually ''struggling just to maintain control of those two septimas'', and he still proves to be an incredibly difficult fight.]]

** Brutaka of the Order of Mata Nui. When he went [[FaceHeelTurn rogue]], he was considered ''the'' most dangerous being on Voya Nui, more so than all six of the Piraka (members of the previously-mentioned Skadi) ''combined''. He possessed enough physical strength to match his old comrade [[AnAxeToGrind Axonn]], who is as strong as a Makuta and once ''sliced a mountain in half'', a [[MaskOfPower mask]] that allowed him to [[DimensionalTraveler rip open portals through dimensions]] and [[WeaponizedTeleportation send his enemies anywhere he wanted]], a sword that [[ShockAndAwe shoots lightning and energy beams]], and could increase his strength by absorbing [[SentientPhlebotinum Antidermis]] ([[spoiler:actually the energy of Makuta]]) which usually enslaves those exposed. His best claim to fame? When he [[CurbStompBattle destroyed all the members of the Toa Nuva and the Voya Nui Matoran resistance with a single strike]]. [[spoiler:And all of this was before he fell into a pool of Antidermis and apparently gained most, if not all, of the Makuta powers along with most of the knowledge about the Matoran universe, though he was a good guy again when that happened]].

*** [[spoiler:When he returns as a DLC {{superboss}} in the third game, he not only keeps his Psychokinesis but also successfully augments himself with Azure Striker, and wielding two of the most powerful septimas in existence indeed turns him into an utterly brutal boss whose attacks now easily fill up the battlefield in a jiffy, on top of being able to summon his attack drones ''without using his glaives anymore''. And after the fight, Kirin notes that Nova is actually ''struggling just to maintain control of those two septimas'', and he still proves to be an incredibly difficult fight.]]