History RequiredSecondaryPowers / WebOriginal

* The illustrati of ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheLimelight'' generally can't hurt themselves with their own power; for example, those with the domain of glass can't be cut by the sharp edges of broken glass, and those with the domain of flame are immune to burns.

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCPs]] with seemingly beneficial properties inevitably have a drawback, often in this vein (such as one that grants immortality but shuts down the [[WhoWantsToLiveForever a body's ability to heal]]), that renders them too dangerous to remain uncontained.

* The demons in the ''TheSalvationWar'' all have giant back muscles that are very similar to the cells of the electric eels, which makes up for the energy a 20 foot tall man would need. The flying demons are filled with a light and highly flameable gas that allows them to fly and breath fire. However, the byproduct to the gas makes the demon's blood HIGHLY acidic, and while their insides are well protected from the acid, their skin bursts into flames if the blood touches it.

* This is a RunningGag on [[http://www.villainsource.com/ Villain Source]] (Your Online Source For Everything Evil) which sells awesome superpowers then lists all the unfortunate [[SideEffectsInclude side effects]] in the small print.

* In the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', it was generally assumed that all characters had these as a matter of course. Exceptions tended to make for interesting side-stories. For example, Silly Putty was a RubberMan, but he lacked the power to actually control his extended body when stretched; as a result, he had to be manually shaped by other people. The Shield was NighInvulnerable, but wasn't anchored (or superhumanly strong), and as a result was regularly knocked ass-over-teakettle when he was hit with any significant force.

* In the WhateleyUniverse, this is usually an important part of the plot and/or the character. Telekinetic FlyingBrick characters like Lancer get flight and anchoring and NighInvulnerability and such from their PK field around (and through) their body. Density changers like Phase also have gravity warping so they don't sink through the floor when completely light (Phase can now fly, but when he first got his power, he did have trouble not sinking through the floor). Speedsters like Scrambler and Go-Go are Energizers, need to eat a ''ton'', and ''do'' have to worry about things like chafing. (Well-endowed female speedsters like Go-Go also have to worry about [[{{Gainaxing}} bouncing]].) Wallflower can go invisible and make things around her invisible: powers testing demonstrated her 'sight' when invisible was psychic because an invisible eye cannot perceive light. Whateley also has a lot of students who ''lack'' required secondary powers, effectively turning their super abilities into super ''disabilities''.
** Frostbite really ''lacks'' RequiredSecondaryPowers. She can move water, but she uses the heat in it to move it, and as the heat gets displaced it all freezes solid wherever it happens to be, and so she ends up being an 'ice manifester' by accident. And she has no protection from the cold she creates. She's given herself lots of colds and one nasty case of pneumonia.
** Phase may be an IntangibleMan, but he doesn't become intangible as much as he moves matter interdimensionally. So he has no trouble with breathing or keeping his blood inside his circulatory system: it's just that he's moving matter into another dimension. It turns out this means he can go to 'normal density' and 'disintegrate' whatever he is moving through.

** It's explained that size warpers aren't actually changing their size, they're putting up warp displacement fields that make them look like they've changed their size, and have all the effects thereof, but they actually haven't. Phase uses this to his advantage once he realises that [[spoiler: being a density warper lets him take over the warp displacement fields of others.]]

* In the WhateleyUniverse, this is usually an important part of the plot and/or the character. Telekinetic FlyingBrick characters like Lancer get flight and anchoring and NighInvulnerability and such from their PK field around (and through) their body. Density changers like Phase also have gravity warping so they don't sink through the floor when completely light (Phase can now fly, but when he first got his power, he did have trouble not sinking through the floor). Speedsters like Scrambler and Go-Go are Energizers, need to eat a ''ton'', and ''do'' have to worry about things like chafing (Well-endowed female speedsters like Go-Go also have to worry about [[{{Gainaxing}} bouncing]].) Wallflower can go invisible and make things around her invisible: powers testing demonstrated her 'sight' when invisible was psychic because an invisible eye cannot perceive light. Whateley also has a lot of students who ''lack'' required secondary powers, effectively turning their super abilities into super ''disabilities''.

* In the WhateleyUniverse, this is usually an important part of the plot and/or the character. Telekinetic FlyingBrick characters like Lancer get flight and anchoring and NighInvulnerability and such from their PK field around (and through) their body. Density changers like Phase, when completely light, also have gravity warping so they don't sink through the floor (Phase can now fly, but when he first got his power, he did have trouble not sinking through the floor). Speedsters like Scrambler and Go-Go are Energizers, need to eat a ''ton'', and ''do'' have to worry about things like chafing (Go-Go also has breasts, and has to worry about bounce when she speeds.) Wallflower can go invisible and make things around her invisible: when doing powers testing they found that her 'sight' when invisible wasn't perceiving light, but was psychic.
** Frostbite really ''lacks'' the RequiredSecondaryPowers. She can move water, but she uses the heat in it to move it, and as the heat gets displaced it all freezes solid wherever it happens to be, and so she ends up being an 'ice manifester' by accident. And she has no protection from the cold she creates. She's given herself lots of colds and one nasty case of pneumonia.

* This is a RunningGag on [[http://www.villainsource.com/ Villain Source]] (Your Online Source For Everything Evil) which sells awesome superpowers then lists all the unfortunate side effects in the small print.

* In the sixth Shadow Hawk story in ''EpicTales'', Shadow Hawk's required secondary abilities are actually a major plot point, as there is a character who's presence negates them. Also interesting in that Shadow Hawk's powers are magical in nature, while the negation powers are scientific in nature, and result after a section of really bad technobabble.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', it's explained that the Freelancers' AI granted them the RequiredSecondaryPowers needed for individual armor abilities. When Griff tried out the SuperSpeed armor ability without an AI, everything, including his mental processes and metabolism, was sped up, and he ran [[CrowningMomentOfFunny straight into a wall]] because he had no way of knowing when to slow down.

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCPs]] with seemingly beneficial properties inevitably have a drawback, often in this vein (such as one that grants immortality but shuts down the [[WhoWantsToLiveForever a body's ability to heal]]), that renders them too dangerous to remain uncontained.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', some characters have them, some don't.

** Succubi are capable making themselves invisible to humans, or make themselves look like beautiful women, but they avoid the problems of such powers by only using a form of mind control to make humans see, or not see, what the succubi wants to. However, this does not effect security camera recordings, and can be blocked with a tinfoil hat.

* Succubi are capable making themselves invisible to humans, or make themselves look like beautiful women, but they avoid the problems of such powers by only using a form of mind control to make humans see, or not see, what the succubi wants to. However, this does not effect security camera recordings, and can be blocked with a tinfoil hat.

* The demons in the ''TheSalvationWar'' all have giant back muscles that are very similar to the cells of the electric eels, which makes up for the energy a 20 foot tall man would need. The flying demons are filled with a light and highly flameable gas that allows them to fly and breath fire. However, the byproduct to the gas makes the demon's blood HIGHLY acidic, and while their insides are well protected from the acid, their skin bursts into flames if the blood touches it.

** Another example is the healing ability of the angels and daemons. One wounded angel noted he needed a lot more food and water when they were healing, and because of that his was slowed greatly. It is mentioned they have systems in their bodies that prevent such a fast healing rate from becoming cancerous. [[spoiler:When an angel army was Nuked, the radiation broke down the systems with horrible results.]] They, however, also fall to the problem of healing fast=/=healing right. The broken wings of several angels healed so the bones fused and the joints lost their ability to move.

* The demons in the ''TheSalvationWar'' all have giant back muscles that are very similar to the cells of the electric eels, which makes up for the needed energy a 20 foot tall man would need. The flying demons are filled with a light and highly flameable gas that allows them to fly and breath fire. However, the byproduct to the gas makes the demon's blood HIGHLY acidic, and while their insides are well protected from the acid, their skin bursts into flames if the blood touches it.

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCPs]] with seemingly beneficial properties inevitably have a drawback, often in this vein, that renders them too dangerous to remain uncontained.

* Website/{{Cracked}}.com has [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science.html a list]] examining the necessity of RequiredSecondaryPower.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', some characters have them, some don't.

* Wolverine's required healing factor parodied in [[http://www.cracked.com/video_17328_why-having-wolverines-claws-would-suck.html this]] {{Cracked}} video.

* {{Cracked}}.com has [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science.html a list]] examining the necessity of RequiredSecondaryPower.