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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Roy dons a belt of gender changing and becomes a bald girl, because if a "magic item doesn't specifically say it grows hair, it probably doesn't."

** In "The End: Part 2", the Doctor [[RememberedICOuldFly remembered]] he'd shown SuperStrength in an early story (basically as a cheap joke). So he used that to kick down a big metal door that was blocking his path. He didn't have the invulnerability needed to go along with such strength, though, or at least not quite enough.

* ''Webcomic/WelcomeToChastity'' takes place in a town where all the women have insanely huge breasts (breasts as big as a woman's head are considered average). This is one of many things that perplexes the main character and one of the other being how these women don't all have back pains. It's not explainrd exactly why but it is mentioned frequently that the breasts, while weighing as much as they look they do, feel light to their owners.

* ''Webcomic/WelcomeToChastity'' takes place in a town where all the women have insanely huge breasts (breasts as big as a woman's head are considered average). This is of many things that perplexes the main character and one of the other being how these women don't all have back pains. It's not explain exactly why but it is mention frequently that the breasts, while weighing as much as they look, feel light to their owners.

** Grace, a shapeshifter, is also an example. It turns out that drastically changing body size, shape, and structure is dangerous and painful, and Grace's body was therefore genetically engineered to release natural painkillers upon transformation.

** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0326.html In a later strip]], the heroes (sort-of-accidentally) defeat a hydra by decapitating it until it grows so many heads that it can't supply all of them with blood, causing it to pass out.

** The Dasing Swordsman class are immune to all damage involving glass, so they can perform dramatic {{Super Window Jump}}s without hurting themselves. Elan demonstrates this also means he can punch through a window without injuring his hand.

* ''ComicBook/PS238'' contains several cases where this comes up
** Subverted horribly when a little girl with a very peculiar type of invulnerability has her powers temporarily disabled, she dies from opportunistic infections, and the doctors are unable to treat her with antibiotics once her powers return.
** The teacher Miss Kyle has the ability to change her density. As her density increases, her size ''decreases''. It was stated somewhere that she normally has a small amount of density increase at all times, converting a beautiful but petite woman into someone a little more than average.
*** If your powers can't draw on extra mass from somewhere, getting smaller as you get denser is exactly what ''should'' happen. Her strength shouldn't be anywhere near what it's shown getting to, but she should certainly be able to become at least a walking brick.
** The Gym coach, aka Rockside, is a [[StoneWall brick]] literally made of stone. He can't find a sneaker that can stand up to his weight and hence has to walk barefoot.
** Harold Nelson's powers include being able to [[PowerNullifier weaken or strengthen other people's superpowers]]. When used offensively he can increase people's powers beyond their control and potentially beyond the capacity of their requisite secondary powers to contain; this can be painful, inconvenient, or deadly (the girl who dies from infection example was a case where he shut down her powers for half an hour).

* ''Webcomic/PS238'' contains several cases where this comes up

* "Webcomic/GrrlPower" has Achilles, a hero who is completely "proper, aggravating invincibility"-he can not be suffocated, drowned, poisoned, burned, frozen or injured by any force known. He is about 50% stronger than an average human, since he doesn't have to worry about breaking bones or tearing muscles. He has blocked a sword thrust with his eye. His hairstyle will never change. However, he does not have any anchoring effect, so enough force will knock him away from the battle, and it will just take time for him to get back. His teammates have used him to test their own powers or as a bowling ball.

* "Webcomic/GrrlPower" has Achilles, a hero who is completely "proper, aggravating invincibility"-he can not be suffocated, drowned, poisoned, burned, frozen or injured by any force known. He is about 50% stronger than an average human, since he doesn't have to worry about breaking bones or tearing muscles. He has blocked a sword thrust with his eye. However, he does not have any anchoring effect, so enough force will knock him away from the battle, and it will just take time for him to get back. His teammates have used him to test their own powers or as a bowling ball.

* ''{{Magellan}}'' - The level of secondary superpowers varies. One of the staff members has to wear an exoskeleton because she has super-strength but not super-durability. One of the early superheros, [[http://magellanverse.com/?p=141 The Streaker]] suffers ClothingDamage when using his super-speed and resolves the problem by not wearing clothing. On the other hand, most of those with super-powers do sport RequiredSecondaryPowers. Or maybe those who don't have them [[SuperPowerMeltdown eliminate themselves]].

* ''PS238'' contains several cases where this comes up
** Subverted horribly when a little girl with a very peculiar type of invulnerability has her powers temporarily disabled, she dies from opportunistic infections, the doctors are unable to treat her with antibiotics once her powers return.
** The teacher Miss Kyle has the ability to change her density. As her density increases her size ''decreases''. It was stated somewhere that she normally has a small amount of density increase at all times, converting a beautiful but petite woman into someone a little more than average.

* ''AnotherGamingComic'' crosses over into tabletop tropes with this: pyromaniac Nuclear Dan, whose catchphrase is "I cast Fireball centered on myself!", had his roleplaying character briefly lack full immunity to his fire. Not wise enough to just stop casting centered on himself, said character took a few hitpoints of damage from every blast, inciting Dan to rage.
* ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' discusses this, when T-Rex designes a game much like SuperMarioBros, except that the player character can't shoot fireballs from his hands without burning them.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Roy dons a belt of gender changing and becomes a bald girl, because if a "magic item doesn't specifically say it grows hair, it probably doesn't."
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0326.html In a later strip]], they (sort-of-accidentally) defeat a hydra by decapitating it until it grows so many heads that it can't supply all of them with blood, causing it to pass out.
* The world of ''{{Mindmistress}}'' largely lacks these, although engineered powers (Mindmistress shows a distinct fondness for empowering individuals) frequently have them added in explicitly as technological measures.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Elliot's scantily-dressed superheroine form [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1681 apparently has cold resistance]] (contains spoilers).
--->'''[[spoiler: Guardian]] Ellen:''' Yeah, speaking of snow, [[LampshadeHanging how are you not freezing?]]
--->'''Cheerleadra (Elliot):''' *shrugs*

* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', the superpower of flight is bestowed by an organic jetpack that [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower grows from overly-developed abdominal muscles]]. It's spelled out that fueling the organic jetpack requires a methane-rich diet, and that the power of flight does ''not'' grant immunity from the thin air of higher altitudes--those with the organic jetpack are invariably [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity driven insane]] by the oxygen deprivation.
** A fight with an opponent with a laser eye [[spoiler:a cyborg Frans Rayner]] ended very quickly once the beam was fired and missed, leaving [[spoiler:Frans]] too weak to fight. Why? The good Doctor noted that the eye had no outside power source, and was never used earlier in the fight, meaning it burns up a ''lot'' of calories.

* The world of ''{{Mindmistress}}'' largely lacks these, although engineered powers (Mindmistress shows a distinct fondness for empowering individuals) frequently have them added in explicitly as technological measures.

* ''DinosaurComics'' discusses this, when T-Rex designes a game much like SuperMarioBros, except that the player character can't shoot fireballs from his hands without burning them.

* Definitely a part of WLP Comics. While these are explicitely stated, this trope is responsible. Most of the big-breasted charactes, of which there are many, have super-strength. This is because if they didn't, they wouldn't be able to move!

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Roy dons a belt of gender changing and becomes a bald girl, because if a "magic item doesn't specifically say it grows hair, it probably doesn't."