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* '''Downplayed''': Steven Ulysses Perhero is afraid of accidentally causing mass destruction.
** : Steven Ulysses Perhero treats his lighting powers with healthy respect for their capacity to deal damage, and religiously follows the rules of [[UsefulNotes/GunSafety gun safety]] with them.

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Steven Ulysses Perhero is afraid of accidentally causing mass destruction.
** : Steven Ulysses Perhero treats his lighting powers with healthy respect for their capacity to deal damage, and religiously follows the rules of [[UsefulNotes/GunSafety gun safety]] with them.
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**: Steven Ulysses Perhero treats his lighting powers with healthy respect for their capacity to deal damage, and religiously follows the rules of [[UsefulNotes/GunSafety gun safety]] with them.
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* '''Straight''': Steven Ulysses Perhero is afraid of accidentally killing someone with his lightning powers.

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* '''Straight''': Steven Ulysses Perhero is afraid of accidentally killing someone with his [[ShockAndAwe lightning powers.powers]].
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Back to AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength? But...aren't you scared of damaging something?

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* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, even with all the supervillains he's faced, I think Steven is most afraid of his own powers."

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* '''Lampshaded''': '''Lampshaded''':
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"You know, even with all the supervillains he's faced, I think Steven is most afraid of his own powers."
** "I don't know what I'm capable of... And I hope I never have to find out.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Steven's fear of using his abilities leads to him being defeated when his powers could have saved him. Or, in a moment of desperation or overwhelming rage, he [[PowerIncontience loses control]] of his abilities and causes even more damage than he feared because he never learned to control them.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Steven's fear of using his abilities leads to him being defeated when his powers could have saved him. Or, in a moment of desperation or overwhelming rage, he [[PowerIncontience [[PowerIncontinence loses control]] of his abilities and causes even more damage than he feared because he never learned to control them.

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* '''Implied''': Steven retreats or FightsLikeANormal rather than use his powers when Dr. Evilstein attacks a crowded shopping mall.
* '''Deconstructed''': Steven's fear of using his abilities leads to him being defeated when his powers could have saved him. Or, in a moment of desperation or overwhelming rage, he [[PowerIncontience loses control]] of his abilities and causes even more damage than he feared because he never learned to control them.
* '''Reconstructed''': The incident causes him to seek training or equipment capable of helping him control his powers, because it's going to happen again and he can't take the risk of not controlling these powers.



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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Steven is a PsychoElectro AntiHero who doesn't care about the destruction his lightning powers can cause.
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* '''Subverted''': When he gains his dangerous lightning powers, he quickly manages to learn how to control them in a safe manner to onlookers.

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* '''Subverted''': When he gains his dangerous Before being granted lightning powers, he quickly manages to learn how to Steven was concerned about the possibility of not having control them in a safe manner to onlookers.over them. Those concerns vanish the moment he obtains the powers though.
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* '''Subverted''': Turns out Steven had managed to train himself offscreen to be able to control the movement and voltage of his lightnings, making them safe for onlookers.

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* '''Subverted''': Turns out Steven had managed When he gains his dangerous lightning powers, he quickly manages to train himself offscreen to be able learn how to control the movement and voltage of his lightnings, making them in a safe for manner to onlookers.
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* '''Subverted''': Turns out Steven had managed to train himself offscreen to be able to control the movement and voltage of his lightnings, making them steady and non-lethal.

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* '''Subverted''': Turns out Steven had managed to train himself offscreen to be able to control the movement and voltage of his lightnings, making them steady and non-lethal.safe for onlookers.
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* '''Subverted''': ???
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* '''Subverted''': ???
Turns out Steven had managed to train himself offscreen to be able to control the movement and voltage of his lightnings, making them steady and non-lethal.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
Then he gets a new, uncontrollable superpower that is even more dangerous than his original lightning ones.
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Steven gives out free rubber suits to every ally or civilian he meets.
* '''Zigzagged''': ???Steven's level of concern for the people around him [[DependingOnTheWriter varies by episode]].



* '''Invoked''': Alice, Steven's girlfriend, is concerned about his using his power responsibly, so she sets up an incident where someone fakes injuries from his powers so that Steven will take care.

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* '''Invoked''': Alice, Steven's girlfriend, is concerned about his him using his power responsibly, powers irresponsibly, so she sets up an incident where someone fakes injuries from his powers so that Steven will take care.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Steven Ulysses Perhero is afraid of accidentally causing mass destruction.



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* '''Enforced''':

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Steven Ulysses Perhero has no fear of his own powers, but is also careful with them.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, even with all his supervillains, I think Steven is most afraid of his own powers."

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* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, even with all his supervillains, the supervillains he's faced, I think Steven is most afraid of his own powers."



* '''Exploited''': Dr. Evilstein commits crimes that would require Steven to push the limits of his abilities to stop.

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* '''Exploited''': Dr. Evilstein commits crimes that would require Steven to push the limits of his abilities to stop.



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed'': ???

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* '''Conversed'': '''Conversed''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': A character is scared of what his powers can do.
* '''Straight''': Steven Ulysses Perhero is afraid of accidentally killing someone with his lightning powers.
* '''Exaggerated''': Steven Ulysses Perhero is scared of even shocking someone.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Steven Ulysses Perhero nearly killed his {{sidekick}} Charlie with his powers, and he doesn't want it to happen again.
* '''Inverted''': Steven Ulysses Perhero is reckless with his abilities.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''':
** The executives want us to know that Steven is a good guy, so they give him an intense worry about what his powers could do.
** The executives want to give Steven a source of {{Angst}}, so they make him afraid of the abilities he has to use all the time.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know, even with all his supervillains, I think Steven is most afraid of his own powers."
* '''Invoked''': Alice, Steven's girlfriend, is concerned about his using his power responsibly, so she sets up an incident where someone fakes injuries from his powers so that Steven will take care.
* '''Exploited''': Dr. Evilstein commits crimes that would require Steven to push the limits of his abilities to stop.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "So, do you think a person like that would be afraid to do anything? What about the damage his powers could do?"
* '''Conversed'': ???

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