History PersonOfMassDestruction / WesternAnimation

** Lapis Lazuli's [[MakingASplash power over water]] is so extensive that, even with her gem cracked, she can move ''all of Earth's oceans at once''. Turns out she's from a [[HiveCasteSystem caste]] designed for HostileTerraforming, and even among that caste she's extremely powerful. In [[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E8WhySoBlue one episode]] of SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' Lapis Lazuli accompanies Steven to confront a pair of rogue Lapis gems who are continuing to destroy planets just because it's what they've always done. At first Lapis Lazuli tries to work with Steven to convince them to stop peacefully, but as they continually mock her she eventually loses her temper. As soon as she gets serious, she overpowers the other two so easily that all they can do is [[SecurityCling cling to each other in fear]] until Lapis Lazuli regains her temper and [[SwordOverhead decides not to go through with attacking them]] any longer. One of the rogue gems calls it a "Ridiculous show of strength" even though it's just a fraction of what Lapis did when she harnessed the oceans of Earth for her purposes.

** Princess Celestia may not seem like this trope at first, given how she almost constantly loses against the BigBad that she faces and doesn't get too many opportunities to show off her power. However, it is implied later on in the series that this is because she actually holds back her power tremendously out of fear of the damage her unchecked power may cause. This is later confirmed in the episode "The Royal Problem", where Celestia's hypothetical SuperPoweredEvilSide, Daybreaker (which is Celestia using all of her power without caring who gets hurt, and arrogantly believing herself to not need anyone's help and also has none of the self-restraint and desire for balance that Celestia has) starts to blaze around and create massive pillars, spirals, blasts, bursts and explosions of searing/ burning hot fire and light. She even demonstrates the ability to shoot a fiery BreathWeapon and can literally turn herself into a LIVING SUN by coating herself in a ginormous firestorm. She overpowers Nightmare Moon quite easily whereas Celestia spent her fight with her just running away, further proving that she rarely uses her true power out of fear of turning into Daybreaker. Equestria is quite lucky that Celestia is firmly on the good side, otherwise it would probably have been burnt to a crisp by now.

** Princess Celestia may not seem like this trope at first, given how she almost constantly loses against the BigBad that she faces and doesn't get too many opportunities to show off her power. However, it is implied later on in the series that this is because she actually holds back her power tremendously out of fear of the damage her unchecked power may cause. This is later confirmed in the episode "The Royal Problem", where Celestia's hypothetical SuperPoweredEvilSide, Daybreaker (who has none of the self-restraint and desire for balance that Celestia has) starts to blaze around and create massive pillars, spirals, blasts, bursts and explosions of searing/ burning hot fire and light. She even demonstrates the ability to shoot a fiery BreathWeapon and can literally turn herself into a LIVING SUN by coating herself in a ginormous firestorm. She overpowers Nightmare Moon quite easily whereas Celestia spent her fight with her just running away, further proving that she rarely uses her true power out of fear of turning into Daybreaker. Equestria is quite lucky that Celestia is firmly on the good side, otherwise it would probably have been burnt to a crisp by now.

** Princess Celestia may not seem like this trope at first, given how she almost constantly loses against the BigBad that she faces and doesn't get too many opportunities to show off her power. However, it is implied later on in the series that this is because she actually holds back her power tremendously out of fear of the damage her unchecked power may cause. This is later confirmed in the episode "The Royal Problem", where Celestia's hypothetical SuperPoweredEvilSide, Daybreaker (who has none of the self-restraint and desire for balance that Celestia has) starts to blaze around and create massive pillars, blasts and explosions of searing/ burning hot fire and light. She even demonstrates the ability to shoot a fiery BreathWeapon and can literally turn herself into a LIVING SUN by coating herself in a ginormous firestorm. She overpowers NightMare Moon quite easily whereas Celestia spent her fight with her just running away, further proving that she rarely uses her powers out of fear of turning into DayBreaker.

* Superman X in the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes''[='s=] second season. A clone of Superman, X was created for the sole purpose of destroying the Warlord Imperiex. He's just as powerful as the original Superman but with different powers and none of his heroic or moral personality. [[spoiler: At first.]]

** The title character himself, Steven, is shown to completely overpower every opponent in the penultimate episode of Steven Universe Future [[spoiler:while corrupted and the size of a kaiju. With a single roar he almost wipes out everybody present and even manages to overpower the Diamonds and the previously mentioned Lapis (who immediately lost all ability to hold Steven down at that point). The Cluster then shows up, and Steven struggles with it for possibly a minute before simply tossing it aside like it was nothing. Ultimately, Garnet's strategy is not to fight Steven head on, but appeal to Steven's humanity and for everyone to try and reach him emotionally.]]

** [[RealityWarper Discord]] can seemingly do ''anything'' with his chaos magic and a mere snap of his fingers (or in one case, ''tail''), has Princess Celestia [[NotSoStoic on edge]] when he's escaped, and has Ponyville reduced to a chaotic reality-less mess within an afternoon of being released. The only reason the two Princesses or the [[FanNickname Mane Six]] were even able to take him down at all was because they were able to catch him off-guard and outsmart him. Thankfully for everyone involved he's not interested in outright destruction or death but prefers total chaos.

* The Watterson family in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' frequently cause massive property damage, some good examples being "The Skull" (when Gumball and Darwin indirectly cause $20,000 of damage to the boy's shower room) and "Christmas" (when Gumball, Darwin, and Anais similarly cause thousands of dollars of damage at the local mall). In one episode, Richard got a job, and this was apparently so against the natural order that just driving around making deliveries unwound the fabric of the universe. An episode later in that season stated that they had caused $800,000 in damages to the town.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}}'' featured Nitron the human bomb, a radioactive super powered villain.

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** Aang (and any Avatar actually) when in the [[PhysicalGod Avatar State]]. In season one final he single-handedly wiped out the Fire Nation fleet sent to destroy '''a whole nation'''. There were attempts to use this power as WeaponOfMassDestruction - all of which, as you can guess, [[CurbStompBattle didn't end well.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Lapis Lazuli's [[MakingASplash power over water]] is so extensive that, even with her gem cracked, she can move ''all of Earth's oceans at once''. Turns out she's from a [[HiveCasteSystem caste]] designed for HostileTerraforming.

** Sequel series ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has [[BadassCrew The Red Lotus]]. They are all extremely competent benders but P'Li and Ghazan take the trope. P'Li's combustion power can level opponents, and she's capable of blowing up cars, people and even shot down a dragon. Ghazan's lava bending allows him to turn the battlefield into a death hazard and put his team on the higher ground. He's also responsible for the single handed large scale destruction of the group [[spoiler:destroying a wall of Ba Sing Se]] and later [[spoiler:bringing down an air temple.]]

* The Watterson family in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' frequently cause massive property damage, some good examples being "The Skull" (when Gumball and Darwin indirectly cause $20,000 of damage to the boy's shower room) and "Christmas" (when Gumball, Darwin, and Anais similarly cause thousands of dollars of damage at the local mall). In one episode, Richard got a job, and this was apparently so against the natural order that just driving around making deliveries unwound the fabric of the universe.

* Plagg from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is largely a force for good, but he isn't called the [[DestroyerDeity Kwami of Destruction]] for show. In the hands of the heroes he empowers, his Cataclysm technique can destroy anything with a touch. If he tries to use it on his own? He can down nearby buildings and even cause mass extinctions ''by accident''. Just ask the dinosaurs.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Lapis Lazuli's [[MakingASplash power over water]] is so extensive that, even with her gem cracked, she can move ''all of Earth's oceans at once''. Turns out she's from a [[HiveCasteSystem caste]] design for HostileTerraforming.