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* In ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'', it takes a while for Rimuru to realize just how strong he is compared to normal folk and monsters due to how much time he spent in isolation for the first few months of his new life as a slime, just eating things in a cave and gaining new abilities with his Predator skill. When he actually gets out and sees a bunch of scared goblins, his attempt to greet them first goes wrong because he tried out his newly-regained ability to speak at SuperScream levels that shake trees with gale force. It takes him a few seconds for him to realize he's the incredibly powerful monster they've sensed and is freaked out when he uses his AuraVision on himself and sees the vast net of energy he's been unknowingly putting.
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* ''Manga/KaijuNumber8'': When he turns into a kaiju for the first time, Kafka is not used to his newfound SuperStrength among the many other problems he initially faces as he ends up StumblingInTheNewForm. He attempts to hold onto a hospital wall only to leave an impression in it, and when he punches a kaiju in order to save a little girl he is surprised to see how hard he hit it.
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* ''Literature/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'': Prince Zenoba was born with a rare gift of SuperStrength which was discovered when at the age of three, he accidently snapped his baby brother Julius' neck in front of a whole birthday party. It's a RunningGag how Zenoba breaks things, or does a NeckLift or CeilingSmash by accident.
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** Sanji gets a [[https://youtu.be/6-EI5G4FWVw?t=36 variation]] in Skypeia when Gan Fall teaches him about the [[AttackReflector Impact Dial]], Gan Fall instructs him to put the dial on a barrel and then smack it with all his strength [[DropTheHammer using a huge hammer]] Sanji does so and [[NoSell nothing happens]] leaving Usopp whose watching [[UnderestimatingBadassery underwhelmed]]. Sanji understands the Dial absorbed the damage from his blow and Gan Fall told him to press the Dial to the barrel and see what happens... ''the barrel explodes into smithereens'', if Sanji had swung the hammer normally without the Dial being there he would've put a hole in the Merry's deck.
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** Sanji gets a [[https://youtu.be/6-EI5G4FWVw?t=36 variation]] in Skypeia when Gan Fall teaches him about the [[AttackReflector Impact Dial]], Gan Fall instructs him to put the dial on a barrel and then smack it with all his strength [[DropTheHammer using a huge hammer]] hammer Sanji does so and [[NoSell nothing happens]] leaving Usopp whose watching [[UnderestimatingBadassery underwhelmed]]. Sanji understands the Dial absorbed the damage from his blow and Gan Fall told him to press the Dial to the barrel and see what happens... ''the barrel explodes into smithereens'', if Sanji had swung the hammer normally without the Dial being there he would've put a hole in the Merry's deck.
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* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Karane has a habit of accidentally injuring Rentarou out of embarrassment, even being mentioned to have put him in a full body cast at least once. When she confronts Ahko’s former friends, Ahko warns her that they’re not as resilient as Rentarou has made himself.
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* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash's Dragonite tends to hug its human allies a bit too hard. Pokemon allies on the other hand enjoy the cuddles from this GentleGiant.
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* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'', Ash's Dragonite tends to hug its human allies a bit too hard. Pokemon allies on the other hand enjoy the cuddles from this GentleGiant.
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* Asuka Mizunokoji in ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' is arguably [[SuperStrength the strongest person in the series]]; she can run 100 meters in 12 seconds while wearing a 200 kilogram suit of armor (and moments later runs another 100m in ''seven'' seconds), twist a solid steel dumbbell into a pretzel whilst nervously fidgeting with it, rip a tank apart with her bare hands, and plough headfirst through solid stone walls without even noticing. She also has absolutely ''terrible'' control over her strength, ''especially'' [[AndCallHimGeorge whilst trying to be physically affectionate]]; her tendency to break her love interest Tobimaro's bones with each hug is one of the primary reasons he's not interested in her. The other, but certainly almost as important, reasons being that [[HeManWomanHater he doesn't like girls much]] and he's her ''[[IncestantAdmirer brother]]''.
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* ''Manga/Fabricant100'': No 100 is so physically strong, a pen disintegrates when she takes it.
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* In ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'', protagonist Seina Yamada has to spend several episodes learning to control this after being given enhanced [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperSpeed speed]]. Of course, this turns out to be a lovely excuse to set up some InnocentCohabitation...
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* In ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'', protagonist Seina Yamada has to spend several episodes learning to control this after being given enhanced [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperSpeed speed]]. Of course, this turns out to be a lovely excuse to set up some InnocentCohabitation...
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* ''LightNovel/DateALive'': During a car ride, Tohka gets so frustrated by seeing Shido give affection to Yoshino that she stomps her foot. Her foot punches through the car's floor and then destroys the bridge they were driving on. At least no one was hurt.
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* ''LightNovel/DateALive'': ''Literature/DateALive'': During a car ride, Tohka gets so frustrated by seeing Shido give affection to Yoshino that she stomps her foot. Her foot punches through the car's floor and then destroys the bridge they were driving on. At least no one was hurt.
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* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'''s Shizuo Heiwajima is prone to this, ''especially'' [[TheBerserker when angry]]. At one point the Yakuza even deduce Shizuo's recent presence in an apartment complex simply by the state of the stairway's guardrails -- which is not very difficult, as Shizuo managed to ''utterly destroy'' them on his way out.
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* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', Shizuka warns Akira to not crush the trigger of his guns by accident while getting a handle on the SuperStrength his [[PoweredArmor augmented suit]] provides. When training with it at first, he punches and kicks holes in the ground and accidentally flings himself around. His VirtualSidekick Alpha reprograms it to make up for its cheap PowerLimiter capabilities.
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* Karna, the protagonist of ''Manga/TheRiseOfTheUnemployedWiseMan'' has no clue how insanely overpowered he is, even when he learns that he has ''several gods as pets'' as his only frame of reference is the legendary heroes of humanity who '''were even more powerful''' and would look at his exploits as "the basics."
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* During her early life in a highly enhanced prosthetic body, the Major of ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' had some major (no pun intended) difficulties controlling the prosthetics' strength. In ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' she mentions (and it is shown in the opening credits) that she once smashed a doll by being unable to control her own limbs.
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* During her early life in a highly enhanced prosthetic body, the Major of ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' had some major (no pun intended) difficulties controlling the prosthetics' strength. In ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' she mentions (and it is shown in the opening credits) that she once smashed a doll by after being unable to control installed in her own limbs.cyborg body she crushed one of her dolls by squeezing it too hard.
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* During her early life in a highly enhanced prosthetic body, the Major of ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' had some major (no pun intended) difficulties controlling the prosthetics' strength. She mentions (and it is shown in the opening credits) that she once smashed a doll by being unable to control her own limbs.
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** There was also the early RunningGag of Negi sneezing so hard the resulting magical gust of wind would lift up the skirts of every girl in the immediate vicinity (or sometimes just flat out [[ClothingDamage destroy their clothes.]])
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', Yor Briar is [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower ridiculously strong]], which she puts to great use as the assassin "Thorn Princess". But in her everyday life she's [[TheDitz rather ditzy]] and often neglects to hold back her strength. This results in such [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]] as slicing through the cutting board when trying to cut celery, hitting a tennis ball so hard that the racket's strings dice it into cubes, and breaking her little brother's ribs by hugging him.
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* ''Manga/AstroBoy'': This was a major issue Astro had when Tenma was forcing him to be a replacement for his deceased son Tobio. Being a RobotKid, Astro couldn't act like a normal child and broke things ''very'' easily. Eventually he learned to control himself better.
* In ''Manga/{{Aruosumente}}'', the Sage comments on how Legna has great abilities as an Oracle but lacks the knowledge and refinement to use them fully.
* The Rogue Titan in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' tends to hit so hard that it wrecks its own body along with whatever it's hitting. Fortunately, its HealingFactor helps to make up for that.
* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'':
** A common occurrence with PassionateSportsGirl Kagura, who oftentimes ends up hurting people when she's really just playing around. As an example, her attempt to smack out [[HiccupHijinks Osaka's hiccups]] resulted in Osaka doubling over, and later caused her to crumple to the ground after she hits her solar plexus. She realizes this later on when her roughhousing causes her to accidentally knock down a tent other girls were setting up, which leads her to [[TenderTears break down crying]]. Thankfully, she makes up for it.
** In a more comedic instance, [[BigFriendlyDog Tadakichi-san]] tries to imitate [[CuteKitten Maya]] after seeing him jump into Sakaki's arms, and ends up body-slamming poor Chiyo.
* ''Anime/{{Basquash}}'': Iceman, especially in episode 8, when Dan constantly chews him out for his "DESTROY!!!" fever, but he simply cannot grasp that being a complete barbarian during games is bad. In the end, it is revealed that his infamous "destroy balls" are nothing but mere passes. Iceman is simply incapable of NOT throwing them.
* Finny from ''Manga/BlackButler'' tends to do this, the result being lots of broken things and [[spoiler: a crowning moment of awesome [[LetsGetDangerous when he gets to use this to his advantage]]]].
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' when Femto aka [[spoiler: Griffith]] first uses his new [[PhysicalGod god powers]] to stop [[DemBones The Skull Knight]] saving Guts and Casca, he holds out his hand and makes a [[GravityMaster gravity well]] that misses the knight but crushes a group of Apostles into chunks. Femto then looks down at his hand, amazed. When Guts attacks him years later, Femto doesn't even uses his hands and just blows Guts away from him using [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], showing how much he has mastered his powers.
** KillerGorilla Apostle Wyald has a moment he where he picks up Casca like a doll and in doing so hurts her, because he doesn't know his own strength at least when applied to less violent actions.
** Heroic example comes from Guts when he's fighting a roaming Apostle and using an ornate CoolSword that Godot gave him, when fighting the monster Guts swings the blade so hard [[WreckedWeapon it snaps in two]] against the Apostle's hide. Guts then finds his iconic {{BFS}} and "neatly" slices the Apostle in two, this scene not only shows the level of weaponry you need to slay a demonic being, but it also shows Guts's SuperStrength is so high that any blade smaller than a greatsword is ill suited for him.
* A more tragic example occurs in ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty''. In one episode, a serial killer is hunting and murdering young women with short brunette hair and glasses. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a rogue [[RobotGirl Marionette]] that escaped and is seeking the women because they have similar traits to her creator, who imprinted her with childlike affection, and she ended up killing her "Mama" and the other women by hugging them until their insides ruptured.]]
* In ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'', after [[spoiler:Nel Tu temporarily returns to her true age]], she hugs the living crap out of Ichigo, who had previously been badly wounded while she was watching. However, what she fails to realize is that she's so strong in that form that she actually comes close to choking him. By the time Orihime makes her realize it, he passed out, causing her to worry and hug him ''even harder''.
* ''LightNovel/DateALive'': During a car ride, Tohka gets so frustrated by seeing Shido give affection to Yoshino that she stomps her foot. Her foot punches through the car's floor and then destroys the bridge they were driving on. At least no one was hurt.
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': Before he became a Demon Slayer, Gyomei lived a peaceful life as a priest free of conflict. However, when a demon attacked and killed several of the orphans at his temple, Gyomei retaliated with a ferocity and strength that he did not know he had in him, beating the demon's head to a bloody pulp over and over until the sun rose. He states that if it weren't for that moment, he would have lived his entire life without realizing that he possessed such incredible strength and resolve.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'':
** The very first time this trope was in effect was during the preliminary matches of the 21st tournament. Goku playfully tapped his opponent (a big, muscular man) in the back of his leg, causing the man to fall out of the ring in pain. Goku quickly told Krillin to be careful from then on. It had been a while since Goku and Krillin had fought somebody who didn't have super-strength on par with their own, after all.
** During the {{filler}} episodes leading up to the Cell Games in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Goku and Gohan had this problem as Super Saiyans. Needless to say, Chi-Chi wasn't amused. The viewers were, though. This made sense, because they'd never gone through everyday, non-combat life in [[SuperMode Super Saiyan form]] before.
** In filler late in the Cell Saga, Goku crumbles the wooden house King Kai built as soon as he lays his hand on it.
** During one of the tournaments, contestants are qualified to participate in the fight by punching a machine that registers the force delivered. Goku and his friends have to concentrate really hard to hit the machine without breaking it. Vegeta doesn't hold back.
** Before that, when Goku wants to train Gohan in preparation for the Androids, while Goku attempts to calm his wife Chi-Chi down he pats her on the back, causing her to fly through a wall and a tree. Goku was very apologetic and helped Gohan patch her up.
** An earlier filler example happens when Goku recovers from his heart illness, and he and Chi-Chi do the "happily toss into the air" bit when they reunite. Goku, momentarily(?) forgetting his own strength, accidentally tosses Chi-Chi too far (as in, too high to see). She didn't really seem to mind, probably since he [[FallingIntoHisArms caught her]] and the action reaffirms his aforementioned recovery.
** His youngest son, Goten, unknowingly achieves Super Saiyan for the first time while training with Chi-Chi. He promptly kicks her, assuming she'll still be faster than him and dodge. She's not, and flies about twenty feet into a tree. She's perfectly fine, and not the slightest bit angry, just upset that her youngest son is already an alien killing machine.
** Even Chi-Chi herself gets in on the action. In an early episode, while waiting longer than usual for Goku to return home ([[DeathIsCheap he may have been dead at the time]]), she decides to wash the dishes. About every other dish gets squeezed so hard it cracks, then dropped into a convenient garbage bin. While Chi-Chi has a much lesser level of SuperStrength than the main characters, it's still more than enough for her to shatter glass in her bare hands if she's too angry to restrain herself.
** Gohan humorously has a few moment like this during his High School days when he tries to act normal, like when playing baseball not only does he jump [[InAsingleBound 25 feet in the air]] to catch a home run but [[https://youtu.be/_FWCQwAERgM?t=108 when he throws the ball]] (as lightly as he can) to kid on third base he knocks the dude straight over. Another time Gohan created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQAPIz2Y2Xo a goddamn earthquke]] in his classroom by tapping his foot impatiently allowing Gohan to get out of class.
** For all his embarrassing defeats in ''Z'', Yamcha's still strong enough to wreck an ordinary weight machine with one tug. Also when Yamcha gives Beerus a simple SmackOnTheBack in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' he makes the PhysicalGod of Destruction '''stagger forward in surprise'''. This shows despite how lesser Yamcha's power is he still has enough SuperStrength to nearly knock over a god who wasn't expecting it from a mere mortal.
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'''s Shizuo Heiwajima is prone to this, ''especially'' [[TheBerserker when angry]]. At one point the Yakuza even deduce Shizuo's recent presence in an apartment complex simply by the state of the stairway's guardrails -- which is not very difficult, as Shizuo managed to ''utterly destroy'' them on his way out.
* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'':
** While Gaou ''knows'' how strong he is, he doesn't understand the very ''idea'' of "holding back", and is thus completely unable to do so in any situation. The same can be said for HuskyRusskie Rodchenko.
** Kurita, on the other hand, is too strong and too friendly for his own good, meaning big, painful hugs all around.
** Shin also does this from time to time, [[WalkingTechbane usually with electronic devices]].
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** [[spoiler: Roy Mustang]] suffers from this in chapter 107.
--->[[spoiler: '''Roy''']]: Without my vision I can't limit the blast properly!\\
[[spoiler: '''Hawkeye''']]: Don't limit it at all!
** Major Armstrong is feared because of this. He hugs others and causes minor-to-severe injury while doing so. When seeing Edward injured and in the hospital, he was so emotional that he hugged him to the point Edward needed a full body cast.
* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' has Nuriko, completely unaware just how strong his super strength is. Wanting to cheer Tamahome up, he gives him a tiny poke on the back of the guy's head with his index finger and promptly sends Tamahome's face into the table.
-->'''Nuriko:''' I only gave you a poke.\\
'''Tamahome:''' You call ''that'' a poke!?
* In ''Manga/GetBackers'', one of the repeating causes of the main characters' crushing debt is the fact that Ban can't seem to control his strength when he is in a bad mood. As a result, he and Ginji frequently find themselves having to pay for damages to the Honky Tonk as a result of Ban breaking everything from coffee-cups to plates, tables, bars, doors, windows, and even walls.
* During her early life in a highly enhanced prosthetic body, the Major of ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' had some major (no pun intended) difficulties controlling the prosthetics' strength. She mentions (and it is shown in the opening credits) that she once smashed a doll by being unable to control her own limbs.
* The few countries in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' with SuperStrength are very prone to this. [[LoveFreak America]] in particular. Usually at either [[FishOutOfWater Japan]] or [[{{Tsundere}} England's]] expense.
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'':
** One of the first steps in Issei's development is the harsh realization that he's a pretty worthless Devil and his [[AmplifierArtifact Sacred Gear]] is far more valuable them him. Over time, and with a lot of TrainingFromHell (no HardWorkHardlyWorks here), he's able to keep a level playing field with increasingly powerful opponents that constantly push him to the limit. While this doesn't affect his daily life, it does result in Issei completely forgetting how to fight against normal enemies, rather than dragons and gods.
** During his Mid-Rank Devil exam, for the combat portion, Issei is [[HeroicSelfDeprecation so certain he'll barely scrape through this phase as well]] he put all his strength into the fight, resulting in his opponent being sent through the wall in a single blow.[[note]]In fairness, it's implied Issei's strong enough to pass the High-Rank combat exam with one arm behind his back, but lacks in other areas.[[/note]]
** Issei regularly spars with Kiba, who is repeatedly described as the only technique-type on a team of power idiots. Kiba reveals he can't take this sort of training lightly, as Issei could ''kill'' him if a blow got through without being properly mitigated. Issei is horrified - he'd already been holding back.
* ''Manga/HitomiChanIsShyWithStrangers'': When [[TinyGuyHugeGirl Yuu and Hitomi]] do the cart curling game with Yuu in the cart, Yuu tells Hitomi to use her full strength to push the cart because it seems heavy. She does...and sends the cart so fast that it rams into a wall and flips Yuu out of it.
* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'':
** Ais Wallenstein is so strong that she injures her sparring partners even when she tries to hold back, and she needed to get a MadeOfIndestructium sword because all other weapons break when she uses them.
** Lyu Lyon also finds it hard to hold back when sparring.
* As she undergoes her first full transformation into [[{{Kaiju}} Harugon]] in the first chapter of ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'', Kuroe Akaishi runs away from Arata Minami and catches her breath at a bridge. She absentmindedly grips one of the railings with a transformed hand, crushing it and tumbling into the river below.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
** Muay Thay God of Death Apachai Hopachai. Also a GentleGiant on his own right, he is really kind to all living things, being even able to speak with animals. Unfortunately, due to the TrainingFromHell he went through during his childhood (and the fact that he was thrown in life-or-death battles even as a kid) he's incapable of sparring with Kenichi without delivering several blows that would have killed anyone less resilient. It gets to a point when Kenichi loses the memory of being hit due to a concussion. He's actually killed Kenichi at least once. The other masters are able to revive the poor kid, and it's been mostly played for laughs. He thankfully grows out of this in time.
** Kenichi himself gets into this early on. One of the more humorous examples has him giving a "light" slapping to [[{{Jerkass}} Niijima]], and manages to knock him out instead.
** Played more tragically during Kenichi's fight against the Tirawit Koukin trained Karate club. While they received training in attacking and were pretty good at it they received none in defending. That's why when Kenichi used his normal strength against them, one blow was enough to send them to the hospital. Tirawit points out how Kenichi doesn't even realize how much stronger he is than average humans.
* ''VideoGame/LapisReLights'' has Salsa of IV KLORE. She is a werewolf with supernatural strength and speed but is so excitable and wild that she oftentimes breaks things like doors.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
** Being [[spoiler: a combat {{Cyborg}}]] blessed with SuperStrength, Subaru mentions her fear of performing this trope during a flashback. Also illustrated in the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' [[ComicBookAdaptation manga]] during a wall-climbing exercise, when a Teana that just met her asked her to put a little more strength in boosting her up, causing the now terrified girl to achieve her dream of taking to the skies a lot earlier than she expected.
** Since she received her powers by fusing with a GreatBigBookOfEverything containing the strongest spells in the multiverse, Hayate ''literally cannot'' use low-power magic. As a result, the TSAB normally treat her [[PersonOfMassDestruction similarly to a tactical nuke]], only calling her in to cast a single spell in certain situations (and after evacuation orders have been given). Which is odd, given that Rein Eins' usage of spells like [[FlechetteStorm Bloody Dagger]] show that Hayate should, at least in theory, be able to fight at the anti-personnel level.
** In a [[AllThereInTheManual sound stage]] of ''A's'', after Shamal forgot to heat up the water for bathing Vita asks [[PlayingWithFire Signum use her magic]]. She answers that she lacks finesse for smaller tasks.
** A physical strength example occurs in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'', when Miura Rinaldi, one of Zafira's students in martial arts, accidentally breaks the wookden pole she uses for training soon after it was fixed.
* It's a RunningGag in ''Manga/MassuguNiIkou'' that BigFriendlyDog Hanako jumps up on people and knocks them down.
* During an arm wrestling competition in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', Ilulu ends up [[AmusingInjuries snapping Makoto's wrist like a twig]].
* In ''Manga/MonsterMusume'', Kimihito's CuteMonsterGirl harem, with the exception of Rachnera and Lala, have difficulty holding their strength back, which often results in Kimihito being injured. When {{Lunacy}} strikes Miia, Papi, ''and'' Centorea at the same time, they all suffer from this, thus leaving Kimihito facing a very real risk of [[spoiler:[[OutWithABang literally getting killed during intercourse]] if the temporarily lust-crazed girls manage to capture him long enough to have their way with him.]]
* In ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'', Masayuki Hori is more used to performing rugged physical labor than performing delicate tasks. When he tries to add screentone to a drawing, he tears through the paper.
* ''LightNovel/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'': Prince Zenoba was born with a rare gift of SuperStrength which was discovered when at the age of three, he accidently snapped his baby brother Julius' neck in front of a whole birthday party. It's a RunningGag how Zenoba breaks things, or does a NeckLift or CeilingSmash by accident.
* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'': Lorem's overwhelming brute strength is great for dealing with enemies... not such much for fine household chores. Her attempts to cook a simple food dish for Gospel go awry after she keeps destroying all the food and appliances. By the time Merii comes over, the kitchen is a complete mess and Lorem only has a barely edible carrot paste to show for it.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Sakura Haruno, while training with Tsunade during the time skip of the original series, acquires the same herculean strength that she has. But of course, whenever Naruto does anything Sakura thinks is stupid, she gets the urge to pound the tar out of him and sends him flying with just one punch.
** PlayedForLaughs when [[spoiler: Naruto gains Biju Mode and accidentally hit one of the Bijudama into one of the Alliance formations, indirectly wiping it out because he couldn't control his strength]].
** Earlier, when Naruto and Sasuke are fighting on hospital roof and use their new jutsus (Rasengan and Chidori) on each other, Sakura gets in the way and to both boy's panic they literally can't stop before Kakashi knocks their asses into two water tanks. Sasuke is pleased to see his chidori [[UnderestimatingBadassery seemly]] did more damage to water tank than his rival's attack until he looks behind Naruto's tank and sees what the Rasengan did. This clearly wasn't Naruto's intention therefore Kakashi is concerned Naruto learned such a powerful attack at a young age.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** Jack Rakan does this on occasion. Such as the time he accidentally blew up a mountain. Normally he causes this kind of destruction on purpose.
** Also Negi's use of 'Weapon Stripping' after gaining a huge amount of power, Nodoka even tries to stop him...[[spoiler: Everyone's [[ClothingDamage clothes in the immediate vicinity are completely vaporized]],]] he is surprised at this.
** There was also the early RunningGag of Negi sneezing so hard the resulting magical gust of wind would [[PantyShot lift up the skirts of every girl in the immediate vicinity]] (or sometimes just flat out [[ClothingDamage destroy their clothes.]])
* Happens a few times in ''Manga/OnePiece'' especially when people get their Devil Fruit Abilities for the first time: Luffy for instance as a child couldn't control his RubberMan powers and would end up punching his own face with attempted stretchy punches, not until he was a teenager could use his powers better; though Crocodile still dubbed him UnskilledButStrong. Kaku also had this problem despite being grown adult and ProfessionalKiller, when he first activates his [[BeastMan Zoan]]-Devil Fruit he falls through the floor and his attacks are now strong enough to unintentionally slice the building he was standing inside in half.
** Luffy still invokes this trope with his other actions as everything from a SmackOnTheBack, TheGlomp or BalloonBelly can cause AmusingInjuries, property damage or worse if Luffy isn't careful. In [[Anime/TheGiantMechanicalSoldierofKarakuriCastle Movie 7]] Luffy discovers [[SuperMode Second Gear]] by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JL2Uj56z8I complete accident]] and is amazed when he sends a HumongousMecha flying out of nowhere.
** Zoro was plagued by this trope in his early bounty hunter days (shown in {{Filler}}) where he'd constantly [[WreckedWeapon break his other katanas]] by using too much SuperStrength, so much of his early training was focusing on using the required force and nothing more. When Zoro told Mihawk about the times where he'd chip his blades, Mihawk outright told Zoro a ruined sword is MasterSwordsmen's greatest shame so Zoro strove to learn [[KiManipulation Armament Haki]] to protect his katanas from harm.
*** Even when being careful Zoro risks killing normal dudes with his strength as when he used the flat side of his blades to knock out the Galley La Foremen and Nami warned him that's still enough to cause serious injury. Earlier on [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/65/2a/e7/652ae749add53495db67f21593fd6d02.jpg Zoro split the Going Merry's mast in half while simply drawing the sails]], though in this case it's more showing the poor condition the ship was in that it couldn't handle its superhuman occupants rather than Zoro's strength.
** Sanji gets a [[https://youtu.be/6-EI5G4FWVw?t=36 variation]] in Skypeia when Gan Fall teaches him about the [[AttackReflector Impact Dial]], Gan Fall instructs him to put the dial on a barrel and then smack it with all his strength [[DropTheHammer using a huge hammer]] Sanji does so and [[NoSell nothing happens]] leaving Usopp whose watching [[UnderestimatingBadassery underwhelmed]]. Sanji understands the Dial absorbed the damage from his blow and Gan Fall told him to press the Dial to the barrel and see what happens... ''the barrel explodes into smithereens'', if Sanji had swung the hammer normally without the Dial being there he would've put a hole in the Merry's deck.
*** Sanji plays this straighter at other times like when he accidentally broke Nami’s Logpost by kicking Luffy into it, or when Sanji was on board the Sea Train and after learning what [[SecretPolice CP9]] have done to Robin, he gets so enraged that [[AGlassInTheHand he crushes a Transponder Snail's receiver in his bare hand]].
** This trope comes up again in Punk Hazard thanks to Trafalgar Law putting half the crew in a FreakyFridayFlip situation, the first case is when Nami in Franky's {{Cyborg}} body goes to [[PervertRevengeMode punch out]] Sanji who’s in Nami's own weaker ''sexy'' body and [[ManIFeelLikeAWoman loving it]]... which results in Nami nearly killing Sanji/herself. The second time is when Franky decides to use Chopper's ability to transform into stronger forms [[PhlebotinumPills through pills]]. Unfortunately, Franky doesn't have any of Chopper's medical expertise and goes on a UnstoppableRage in Monster Point which he can't control.
** As shown in a FlashBack Charlotte Linlin aka Big Mom suffered from this problem immensely, when she was just five years old, she was strong enough to kill a large bear instantly with a single smack, merely intending to scold the animal. She also broke several of [[OurGiantsAreBigger giant]]'s bones by slapping a mosquito on his back, hell even as a 68 year old woman she just ''walked through an iron bound door'' unconsciously. It's likely because she was EasilyForgiven for her accidents as a child by Mother Caramel that Big Mom cares little for the catastrophic damage she causes later in life.
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash's Dragonite tends to hug its human allies a bit too hard. Pokemon allies on the other hand enjoy the cuddles from this GentleGiant.
* Ever since they switched to a multi-man team, the Pink heroine in the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series will always discover how powerful she is when she takes off into the sky in a panic.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** Whenever Ryoga's emotions get too much, or his mind wanders, everything he touches tends to crumble around him. Combine this with the fact he gained the ability to shatter inanimate matter with a finger jab early in the series, and you've got a man who has as much trouble ''not'' destroying Tokyo as he does [[NoSenseOfDirection navigating it]].
** There is also a storyline in which Akane gains SuperStrength due to accidentally eating food called Super Soba, and briefly falls into this trope. She first discovers her newfound strength when she casually sets her bowl down, and promptly smashes the table and the floor '''below the table'''. She would also regularly pat other characters (usually Ranma) with what was supposed to be a light touch on the head or shoulder, and instead sent them flying.
** During a mid-manga story, Ranma is weakened by a vengeful Happousai. The cure involves a painful-looking [[PressurePoint moxibustion technique]] applied on his back -- out of reflex, he tries to swat Cologne off his back, only to find himself smashing a ''solid concrete roller'' (the kind used to flatten sports fields) purely by accident.
** It's played up more in the manga version, but Shampoo often destroys things around her, [[ThereWasADoor tearing through walls rather than going for the door]] or shattering doors when she does use them. It's debatable whether she counts for this, though, as it's just as likely that she just likes to show off that she's a CuteBruiser. Though when given a hypnotic suggestion to "go home ''peacefully''" she ''still'' smashes through a wall as she leaves.
* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', Shizuka warns Akira to not crush the trigger of his guns by accident while getting a handle on the SuperStrength his [[PoweredArmor augmented suit]] provides. When training with it at first, he punches and kicks holes in the ground and accidentally flings himself around. His VirtualSidekick Alpha reprograms it to make up for its cheap PowerLimiter capabilities.
* [[HugeSchoolgirl Makoto]] [[GentleGiant Kino]] from ''Anime/SailorMoon''. By accident, she had choked Mamoru unconscious while trying to interrogate him and smacked Ami while trying to give her a friendly pat on the back. These instances are PlayedForLaughs, of course.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration: [[AnimeOfTheGame The Inspector]]'', [[RobotGirl Lamia]] listens to a rather heartwarming speech from Kai to Ryusei and Bullet about trying to get the captured Arado to make a HeelFaceTurn of his own will. As the speech finishes, Excellen cheerfully points out to Lamia that she's accidentally twisted the handles of the exercise machine she had been using into a pretzel.
* In ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'', protagonist Seina Yamada has to spend several episodes learning to control this after being given enhanced [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperSpeed speed]]. Of course, this turns out to be a lovely excuse to set up some InnocentCohabitation...
* In ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', it's implied that [[TheHero Kotetsu]] had this problem back when was a child ("I'm not supposed to touch anyone when I'm like this. I'll hurt people."), which was why he was ashamed of his NEXT abilities up until he encountered Mr. Legend.
** After the seventeenth episode, [[spoiler:Kaede]] develops the ability to [[PowerCopying copy the powers of the last NEXT she's touched]]. The last NEXT she's touched? Kotetsu. She destroys the kitchen simply trying to drink tea.
* ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl'': A childhood flashback indicates that Tomo suffered from this a bit in childhood (i.e snapping Jun's handheld video game in two while trying to play it when they first met). As a high-school student she has mostly grown out of it aside from... well she is a SpiritedCompetitor who considers it disrespectful to treat opponents with kid gloves, which would not be a problem if it were not for how when her blood is up her ability to properly gauge the capabilities of others goes ''way'' down.
* ''Manga/TorakoAnmariKowashichaDameDaYo'' centers on a soft-spoken, insecure, [[SuperStrength impossibly strong]] {{gentle giant}}ess [[NewTransferStudent transferred to]] a school filled with the most fearsome and notorious delinquents in Japan because she suffers from this; damaging doors constantly and breaking a classmate's arm by flinging her out of the path of an oncoming truck along with past acts of carnage she frantically downplays.
* Monkey king Bambina from ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' can't find a suitable opponent [[spoiler:or a dance partner]], because almost everybody he comes across ends up ripped to shreds in seconds, when he tries to fight [[spoiler:or dance]] with them, due to his incredible strength. Even [[spoiler:powerful regenerating demon, capable of singlehandedly killing and eating almost every creature on planet]] managed to survive only for a couple of seconds.
* Karna, the protagonist of ''Manga/TheRiseOfTheUnemployedWiseMan'' has no clue how insanely overpowered he is, even when he learns that he has ''several gods as pets'' as his only frame of reference is the legendary heroes of humanity who '''were even more powerful''' and would look at his exploits as "the basics."
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* In ''Manga/{{Aruosumente}}'', the Sage comments on how Legna has great abilities as an Oracle but lacks the knowledge and refinement to use them fully.
* The Rogue Titan in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' tends to hit so hard that it wrecks its own body along with whatever it's hitting. Fortunately, its HealingFactor helps to make up for that.
* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'':
** A common occurrence with PassionateSportsGirl Kagura, who oftentimes ends up hurting people when she's really just playing around. As an example, her attempt to smack out [[HiccupHijinks Osaka's hiccups]] resulted in Osaka doubling over, and later caused her to crumple to the ground after she hits her solar plexus. She realizes this later on when her roughhousing causes her to accidentally knock down a tent other girls were setting up, which leads her to [[TenderTears break down crying]]. Thankfully, she makes up for it.
** In a more comedic instance, [[BigFriendlyDog Tadakichi-san]] tries to imitate [[CuteKitten Maya]] after seeing him jump into Sakaki's arms, and ends up body-slamming poor Chiyo.
* ''Anime/{{Basquash}}'': Iceman, especially in episode 8, when Dan constantly chews him out for his "DESTROY!!!" fever, but he simply cannot grasp that being a complete barbarian during games is bad. In the end, it is revealed that his infamous "destroy balls" are nothing but mere passes. Iceman is simply incapable of NOT throwing them.
* Finny from ''Manga/BlackButler'' tends to do this, the result being lots of broken things and [[spoiler: a crowning moment of awesome [[LetsGetDangerous when he gets to use this to his advantage]]]].
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' when Femto aka [[spoiler: Griffith]] first uses his new [[PhysicalGod god powers]] to stop [[DemBones The Skull Knight]] saving Guts and Casca, he holds out his hand and makes a [[GravityMaster gravity well]] that misses the knight but crushes a group of Apostles into chunks. Femto then looks down at his hand, amazed. When Guts attacks him years later, Femto doesn't even uses his hands and just blows Guts away from him using [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], showing how much he has mastered his powers.
** KillerGorilla Apostle Wyald has a moment he where he picks up Casca like a doll and in doing so hurts her, because he doesn't know his own strength at least when applied to less violent actions.
** Heroic example comes from Guts when he's fighting a roaming Apostle and using an ornate CoolSword that Godot gave him, when fighting the monster Guts swings the blade so hard [[WreckedWeapon it snaps in two]] against the Apostle's hide. Guts then finds his iconic {{BFS}} and "neatly" slices the Apostle in two, this scene not only shows the level of weaponry you need to slay a demonic being, but it also shows Guts's SuperStrength is so high that any blade smaller than a greatsword is ill suited for him.
* A more tragic example occurs in ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty''. In one episode, a serial killer is hunting and murdering young women with short brunette hair and glasses. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a rogue [[RobotGirl Marionette]] that escaped and is seeking the women because they have similar traits to her creator, who imprinted her with childlike affection, and she ended up killing her "Mama" and the other women by hugging them until their insides ruptured.]]
* In ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'', after [[spoiler:Nel Tu temporarily returns to her true age]], she hugs the living crap out of Ichigo, who had previously been badly wounded while she was watching. However, what she fails to realize is that she's so strong in that form that she actually comes close to choking him. By the time Orihime makes her realize it, he passed out, causing her to worry and hug him ''even harder''.
* ''LightNovel/DateALive'': During a car ride, Tohka gets so frustrated by seeing Shido give affection to Yoshino that she stomps her foot. Her foot punches through the car's floor and then destroys the bridge they were driving on. At least no one was hurt.
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': Before he became a Demon Slayer, Gyomei lived a peaceful life as a priest free of conflict. However, when a demon attacked and killed several of the orphans at his temple, Gyomei retaliated with a ferocity and strength that he did not know he had in him, beating the demon's head to a bloody pulp over and over until the sun rose. He states that if it weren't for that moment, he would have lived his entire life without realizing that he possessed such incredible strength and resolve.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'':
** The very first time this trope was in effect was during the preliminary matches of the 21st tournament. Goku playfully tapped his opponent (a big, muscular man) in the back of his leg, causing the man to fall out of the ring in pain. Goku quickly told Krillin to be careful from then on. It had been a while since Goku and Krillin had fought somebody who didn't have super-strength on par with their own, after all.
** During the {{filler}} episodes leading up to the Cell Games in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Goku and Gohan had this problem as Super Saiyans. Needless to say, Chi-Chi wasn't amused. The viewers were, though. This made sense, because they'd never gone through everyday, non-combat life in [[SuperMode Super Saiyan form]] before.
** In filler late in the Cell Saga, Goku crumbles the wooden house King Kai built as soon as he lays his hand on it.
** During one of the tournaments, contestants are qualified to participate in the fight by punching a machine that registers the force delivered. Goku and his friends have to concentrate really hard to hit the machine without breaking it. Vegeta doesn't hold back.
** Before that, when Goku wants to train Gohan in preparation for the Androids, while Goku attempts to calm his wife Chi-Chi down he pats her on the back, causing her to fly through a wall and a tree. Goku was very apologetic and helped Gohan patch her up.
** An earlier filler example happens when Goku recovers from his heart illness, and he and Chi-Chi do the "happily toss into the air" bit when they reunite. Goku, momentarily(?) forgetting his own strength, accidentally tosses Chi-Chi too far (as in, too high to see). She didn't really seem to mind, probably since he [[FallingIntoHisArms caught her]] and the action reaffirms his aforementioned recovery.
** His youngest son, Goten, unknowingly achieves Super Saiyan for the first time while training with Chi-Chi. He promptly kicks her, assuming she'll still be faster than him and dodge. She's not, and flies about twenty feet into a tree. She's perfectly fine, and not the slightest bit angry, just upset that her youngest son is already an alien killing machine.
** Even Chi-Chi herself gets in on the action. In an early episode, while waiting longer than usual for Goku to return home ([[DeathIsCheap he may have been dead at the time]]), she decides to wash the dishes. About every other dish gets squeezed so hard it cracks, then dropped into a convenient garbage bin. While Chi-Chi has a much lesser level of SuperStrength than the main characters, it's still more than enough for her to shatter glass in her bare hands if she's too angry to restrain herself.
** Gohan humorously has a few moment like this during his High School days when he tries to act normal, like when playing baseball not only does he jump [[InAsingleBound 25 feet in the air]] to catch a home run but [[https://youtu.be/_FWCQwAERgM?t=108 when he throws the ball]] (as lightly as he can) to kid on third base he knocks the dude straight over. Another time Gohan created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQAPIz2Y2Xo a goddamn earthquke]] in his classroom by tapping his foot impatiently allowing Gohan to get out of class.
** For all his embarrassing defeats in ''Z'', Yamcha's still strong enough to wreck an ordinary weight machine with one tug. Also when Yamcha gives Beerus a simple SmackOnTheBack in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' he makes the PhysicalGod of Destruction '''stagger forward in surprise'''. This shows despite how lesser Yamcha's power is he still has enough SuperStrength to nearly knock over a god who wasn't expecting it from a mere mortal.
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'''s Shizuo Heiwajima is prone to this, ''especially'' [[TheBerserker when angry]]. At one point the Yakuza even deduce Shizuo's recent presence in an apartment complex simply by the state of the stairway's guardrails -- which is not very difficult, as Shizuo managed to ''utterly destroy'' them on his way out.
* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'':
** While Gaou ''knows'' how strong he is, he doesn't understand the very ''idea'' of "holding back", and is thus completely unable to do so in any situation. The same can be said for HuskyRusskie Rodchenko.
** Kurita, on the other hand, is too strong and too friendly for his own good, meaning big, painful hugs all around.
** Shin also does this from time to time, [[WalkingTechbane usually with electronic devices]].
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** [[spoiler: Roy Mustang]] suffers from this in chapter 107.
--->[[spoiler: '''Roy''']]: Without my vision I can't limit the blast properly!\\
[[spoiler: '''Hawkeye''']]: Don't limit it at all!
** Major Armstrong is feared because of this. He hugs others and causes minor-to-severe injury while doing so. When seeing Edward injured and in the hospital, he was so emotional that he hugged him to the point Edward needed a full body cast.
* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' has Nuriko, completely unaware just how strong his super strength is. Wanting to cheer Tamahome up, he gives him a tiny poke on the back of the guy's head with his index finger and promptly sends Tamahome's face into the table.
-->'''Nuriko:''' I only gave you a poke.\\
'''Tamahome:''' You call ''that'' a poke!?
* In ''Manga/GetBackers'', one of the repeating causes of the main characters' crushing debt is the fact that Ban can't seem to control his strength when he is in a bad mood. As a result, he and Ginji frequently find themselves having to pay for damages to the Honky Tonk as a result of Ban breaking everything from coffee-cups to plates, tables, bars, doors, windows, and even walls.
* During her early life in a highly enhanced prosthetic body, the Major of ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' had some major (no pun intended) difficulties controlling the prosthetics' strength. She mentions (and it is shown in the opening credits) that she once smashed a doll by being unable to control her own limbs.
* The few countries in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' with SuperStrength are very prone to this. [[LoveFreak America]] in particular. Usually at either [[FishOutOfWater Japan]] or [[{{Tsundere}} England's]] expense.
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'':
** One of the first steps in Issei's development is the harsh realization that he's a pretty worthless Devil and his [[AmplifierArtifact Sacred Gear]] is far more valuable them him. Over time, and with a lot of TrainingFromHell (no HardWorkHardlyWorks here), he's able to keep a level playing field with increasingly powerful opponents that constantly push him to the limit. While this doesn't affect his daily life, it does result in Issei completely forgetting how to fight against normal enemies, rather than dragons and gods.
** During his Mid-Rank Devil exam, for the combat portion, Issei is [[HeroicSelfDeprecation so certain he'll barely scrape through this phase as well]] he put all his strength into the fight, resulting in his opponent being sent through the wall in a single blow.[[note]]In fairness, it's implied Issei's strong enough to pass the High-Rank combat exam with one arm behind his back, but lacks in other areas.[[/note]]
** Issei regularly spars with Kiba, who is repeatedly described as the only technique-type on a team of power idiots. Kiba reveals he can't take this sort of training lightly, as Issei could ''kill'' him if a blow got through without being properly mitigated. Issei is horrified - he'd already been holding back.
* ''Manga/HitomiChanIsShyWithStrangers'': When [[TinyGuyHugeGirl Yuu and Hitomi]] do the cart curling game with Yuu in the cart, Yuu tells Hitomi to use her full strength to push the cart because it seems heavy. She does...and sends the cart so fast that it rams into a wall and flips Yuu out of it.
* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'':
** Ais Wallenstein is so strong that she injures her sparring partners even when she tries to hold back, and she needed to get a MadeOfIndestructium sword because all other weapons break when she uses them.
** Lyu Lyon also finds it hard to hold back when sparring.
* As she undergoes her first full transformation into [[{{Kaiju}} Harugon]] in the first chapter of ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'', Kuroe Akaishi runs away from Arata Minami and catches her breath at a bridge. She absentmindedly grips one of the railings with a transformed hand, crushing it and tumbling into the river below.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
** Muay Thay God of Death Apachai Hopachai. Also a GentleGiant on his own right, he is really kind to all living things, being even able to speak with animals. Unfortunately, due to the TrainingFromHell he went through during his childhood (and the fact that he was thrown in life-or-death battles even as a kid) he's incapable of sparring with Kenichi without delivering several blows that would have killed anyone less resilient. It gets to a point when Kenichi loses the memory of being hit due to a concussion. He's actually killed Kenichi at least once. The other masters are able to revive the poor kid, and it's been mostly played for laughs. He thankfully grows out of this in time.
** Kenichi himself gets into this early on. One of the more humorous examples has him giving a "light" slapping to [[{{Jerkass}} Niijima]], and manages to knock him out instead.
** Played more tragically during Kenichi's fight against the Tirawit Koukin trained Karate club. While they received training in attacking and were pretty good at it they received none in defending. That's why when Kenichi used his normal strength against them, one blow was enough to send them to the hospital. Tirawit points out how Kenichi doesn't even realize how much stronger he is than average humans.
* ''VideoGame/LapisReLights'' has Salsa of IV KLORE. She is a werewolf with supernatural strength and speed but is so excitable and wild that she oftentimes breaks things like doors.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
** Being [[spoiler: a combat {{Cyborg}}]] blessed with SuperStrength, Subaru mentions her fear of performing this trope during a flashback. Also illustrated in the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' [[ComicBookAdaptation manga]] during a wall-climbing exercise, when a Teana that just met her asked her to put a little more strength in boosting her up, causing the now terrified girl to achieve her dream of taking to the skies a lot earlier than she expected.
** Since she received her powers by fusing with a GreatBigBookOfEverything containing the strongest spells in the multiverse, Hayate ''literally cannot'' use low-power magic. As a result, the TSAB normally treat her [[PersonOfMassDestruction similarly to a tactical nuke]], only calling her in to cast a single spell in certain situations (and after evacuation orders have been given). Which is odd, given that Rein Eins' usage of spells like [[FlechetteStorm Bloody Dagger]] show that Hayate should, at least in theory, be able to fight at the anti-personnel level.
** In a [[AllThereInTheManual sound stage]] of ''A's'', after Shamal forgot to heat up the water for bathing Vita asks [[PlayingWithFire Signum use her magic]]. She answers that she lacks finesse for smaller tasks.
** A physical strength example occurs in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'', when Miura Rinaldi, one of Zafira's students in martial arts, accidentally breaks the wookden pole she uses for training soon after it was fixed.
* It's a RunningGag in ''Manga/MassuguNiIkou'' that BigFriendlyDog Hanako jumps up on people and knocks them down.
* During an arm wrestling competition in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', Ilulu ends up [[AmusingInjuries snapping Makoto's wrist like a twig]].
* In ''Manga/MonsterMusume'', Kimihito's CuteMonsterGirl harem, with the exception of Rachnera and Lala, have difficulty holding their strength back, which often results in Kimihito being injured. When {{Lunacy}} strikes Miia, Papi, ''and'' Centorea at the same time, they all suffer from this, thus leaving Kimihito facing a very real risk of [[spoiler:[[OutWithABang literally getting killed during intercourse]] if the temporarily lust-crazed girls manage to capture him long enough to have their way with him.]]
* In ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'', Masayuki Hori is more used to performing rugged physical labor than performing delicate tasks. When he tries to add screentone to a drawing, he tears through the paper.
* ''LightNovel/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'': Prince Zenoba was born with a rare gift of SuperStrength which was discovered when at the age of three, he accidently snapped his baby brother Julius' neck in front of a whole birthday party. It's a RunningGag how Zenoba breaks things, or does a NeckLift or CeilingSmash by accident.
* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'': Lorem's overwhelming brute strength is great for dealing with enemies... not such much for fine household chores. Her attempts to cook a simple food dish for Gospel go awry after she keeps destroying all the food and appliances. By the time Merii comes over, the kitchen is a complete mess and Lorem only has a barely edible carrot paste to show for it.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Sakura Haruno, while training with Tsunade during the time skip of the original series, acquires the same herculean strength that she has. But of course, whenever Naruto does anything Sakura thinks is stupid, she gets the urge to pound the tar out of him and sends him flying with just one punch.
** PlayedForLaughs when [[spoiler: Naruto gains Biju Mode and accidentally hit one of the Bijudama into one of the Alliance formations, indirectly wiping it out because he couldn't control his strength]].
** Earlier, when Naruto and Sasuke are fighting on hospital roof and use their new jutsus (Rasengan and Chidori) on each other, Sakura gets in the way and to both boy's panic they literally can't stop before Kakashi knocks their asses into two water tanks. Sasuke is pleased to see his chidori [[UnderestimatingBadassery seemly]] did more damage to water tank than his rival's attack until he looks behind Naruto's tank and sees what the Rasengan did. This clearly wasn't Naruto's intention therefore Kakashi is concerned Naruto learned such a powerful attack at a young age.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
** Jack Rakan does this on occasion. Such as the time he accidentally blew up a mountain. Normally he causes this kind of destruction on purpose.
** Also Negi's use of 'Weapon Stripping' after gaining a huge amount of power, Nodoka even tries to stop him...[[spoiler: Everyone's [[ClothingDamage clothes in the immediate vicinity are completely vaporized]],]] he is surprised at this.
** There was also the early RunningGag of Negi sneezing so hard the resulting magical gust of wind would [[PantyShot lift up the skirts of every girl in the immediate vicinity]] (or sometimes just flat out [[ClothingDamage destroy their clothes.]])
* Happens a few times in ''Manga/OnePiece'' especially when people get their Devil Fruit Abilities for the first time: Luffy for instance as a child couldn't control his RubberMan powers and would end up punching his own face with attempted stretchy punches, not until he was a teenager could use his powers better; though Crocodile still dubbed him UnskilledButStrong. Kaku also had this problem despite being grown adult and ProfessionalKiller, when he first activates his [[BeastMan Zoan]]-Devil Fruit he falls through the floor and his attacks are now strong enough to unintentionally slice the building he was standing inside in half.
** Luffy still invokes this trope with his other actions as everything from a SmackOnTheBack, TheGlomp or BalloonBelly can cause AmusingInjuries, property damage or worse if Luffy isn't careful. In [[Anime/TheGiantMechanicalSoldierofKarakuriCastle Movie 7]] Luffy discovers [[SuperMode Second Gear]] by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JL2Uj56z8I complete accident]] and is amazed when he sends a HumongousMecha flying out of nowhere.
** Zoro was plagued by this trope in his early bounty hunter days (shown in {{Filler}}) where he'd constantly [[WreckedWeapon break his other katanas]] by using too much SuperStrength, so much of his early training was focusing on using the required force and nothing more. When Zoro told Mihawk about the times where he'd chip his blades, Mihawk outright told Zoro a ruined sword is MasterSwordsmen's greatest shame so Zoro strove to learn [[KiManipulation Armament Haki]] to protect his katanas from harm.
*** Even when being careful Zoro risks killing normal dudes with his strength as when he used the flat side of his blades to knock out the Galley La Foremen and Nami warned him that's still enough to cause serious injury. Earlier on [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/65/2a/e7/652ae749add53495db67f21593fd6d02.jpg Zoro split the Going Merry's mast in half while simply drawing the sails]], though in this case it's more showing the poor condition the ship was in that it couldn't handle its superhuman occupants rather than Zoro's strength.
** Sanji gets a [[https://youtu.be/6-EI5G4FWVw?t=36 variation]] in Skypeia when Gan Fall teaches him about the [[AttackReflector Impact Dial]], Gan Fall instructs him to put the dial on a barrel and then smack it with all his strength [[DropTheHammer using a huge hammer]] Sanji does so and [[NoSell nothing happens]] leaving Usopp whose watching [[UnderestimatingBadassery underwhelmed]]. Sanji understands the Dial absorbed the damage from his blow and Gan Fall told him to press the Dial to the barrel and see what happens... ''the barrel explodes into smithereens'', if Sanji had swung the hammer normally without the Dial being there he would've put a hole in the Merry's deck.
*** Sanji plays this straighter at other times like when he accidentally broke Nami’s Logpost by kicking Luffy into it, or when Sanji was on board the Sea Train and after learning what [[SecretPolice CP9]] have done to Robin, he gets so enraged that [[AGlassInTheHand he crushes a Transponder Snail's receiver in his bare hand]].
** This trope comes up again in Punk Hazard thanks to Trafalgar Law putting half the crew in a FreakyFridayFlip situation, the first case is when Nami in Franky's {{Cyborg}} body goes to [[PervertRevengeMode punch out]] Sanji who’s in Nami's own weaker ''sexy'' body and [[ManIFeelLikeAWoman loving it]]... which results in Nami nearly killing Sanji/herself. The second time is when Franky decides to use Chopper's ability to transform into stronger forms [[PhlebotinumPills through pills]]. Unfortunately, Franky doesn't have any of Chopper's medical expertise and goes on a UnstoppableRage in Monster Point which he can't control.
** As shown in a FlashBack Charlotte Linlin aka Big Mom suffered from this problem immensely, when she was just five years old, she was strong enough to kill a large bear instantly with a single smack, merely intending to scold the animal. She also broke several of [[OurGiantsAreBigger giant]]'s bones by slapping a mosquito on his back, hell even as a 68 year old woman she just ''walked through an iron bound door'' unconsciously. It's likely because she was EasilyForgiven for her accidents as a child by Mother Caramel that Big Mom cares little for the catastrophic damage she causes later in life.
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash's Dragonite tends to hug its human allies a bit too hard. Pokemon allies on the other hand enjoy the cuddles from this GentleGiant.
* Ever since they switched to a multi-man team, the Pink heroine in the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series will always discover how powerful she is when she takes off into the sky in a panic.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** Whenever Ryoga's emotions get too much, or his mind wanders, everything he touches tends to crumble around him. Combine this with the fact he gained the ability to shatter inanimate matter with a finger jab early in the series, and you've got a man who has as much trouble ''not'' destroying Tokyo as he does [[NoSenseOfDirection navigating it]].
** There is also a storyline in which Akane gains SuperStrength due to accidentally eating food called Super Soba, and briefly falls into this trope. She first discovers her newfound strength when she casually sets her bowl down, and promptly smashes the table and the floor '''below the table'''. She would also regularly pat other characters (usually Ranma) with what was supposed to be a light touch on the head or shoulder, and instead sent them flying.
** During a mid-manga story, Ranma is weakened by a vengeful Happousai. The cure involves a painful-looking [[PressurePoint moxibustion technique]] applied on his back -- out of reflex, he tries to swat Cologne off his back, only to find himself smashing a ''solid concrete roller'' (the kind used to flatten sports fields) purely by accident.
** It's played up more in the manga version, but Shampoo often destroys things around her, [[ThereWasADoor tearing through walls rather than going for the door]] or shattering doors when she does use them. It's debatable whether she counts for this, though, as it's just as likely that she just likes to show off that she's a CuteBruiser. Though when given a hypnotic suggestion to "go home ''peacefully''" she ''still'' smashes through a wall as she leaves.
* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', Shizuka warns Akira to not crush the trigger of his guns by accident while getting a handle on the SuperStrength his [[PoweredArmor augmented suit]] provides. When training with it at first, he punches and kicks holes in the ground and accidentally flings himself around. His VirtualSidekick Alpha reprograms it to make up for its cheap PowerLimiter capabilities.
* [[HugeSchoolgirl Makoto]] [[GentleGiant Kino]] from ''Anime/SailorMoon''. By accident, she had choked Mamoru unconscious while trying to interrogate him and smacked Ami while trying to give her a friendly pat on the back. These instances are PlayedForLaughs, of course.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration: [[AnimeOfTheGame The Inspector]]'', [[RobotGirl Lamia]] listens to a rather heartwarming speech from Kai to Ryusei and Bullet about trying to get the captured Arado to make a HeelFaceTurn of his own will. As the speech finishes, Excellen cheerfully points out to Lamia that she's accidentally twisted the handles of the exercise machine she had been using into a pretzel.
* In ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'', protagonist Seina Yamada has to spend several episodes learning to control this after being given enhanced [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperSpeed speed]]. Of course, this turns out to be a lovely excuse to set up some InnocentCohabitation...
* In ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', it's implied that [[TheHero Kotetsu]] had this problem back when was a child ("I'm not supposed to touch anyone when I'm like this. I'll hurt people."), which was why he was ashamed of his NEXT abilities up until he encountered Mr. Legend.
** After the seventeenth episode, [[spoiler:Kaede]] develops the ability to [[PowerCopying copy the powers of the last NEXT she's touched]]. The last NEXT she's touched? Kotetsu. She destroys the kitchen simply trying to drink tea.
* ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl'': A childhood flashback indicates that Tomo suffered from this a bit in childhood (i.e snapping Jun's handheld video game in two while trying to play it when they first met). As a high-school student she has mostly grown out of it aside from... well she is a SpiritedCompetitor who considers it disrespectful to treat opponents with kid gloves, which would not be a problem if it were not for how when her blood is up her ability to properly gauge the capabilities of others goes ''way'' down.
* ''Manga/TorakoAnmariKowashichaDameDaYo'' centers on a soft-spoken, insecure, [[SuperStrength impossibly strong]] {{gentle giant}}ess [[NewTransferStudent transferred to]] a school filled with the most fearsome and notorious delinquents in Japan because she suffers from this; damaging doors constantly and breaking a classmate's arm by flinging her out of the path of an oncoming truck along with past acts of carnage she frantically downplays.
* Monkey king Bambina from ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' can't find a suitable opponent [[spoiler:or a dance partner]], because almost everybody he comes across ends up ripped to shreds in seconds, when he tries to fight [[spoiler:or dance]] with them, due to his incredible strength. Even [[spoiler:powerful regenerating demon, capable of singlehandedly killing and eating almost every creature on planet]] managed to survive only for a couple of seconds.
* Karna, the protagonist of ''Manga/TheRiseOfTheUnemployedWiseMan'' has no clue how insanely overpowered he is, even when he learns that he has ''several gods as pets'' as his only frame of reference is the legendary heroes of humanity who '''were even more powerful''' and would look at his exploits as "the basics."
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