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* The insane crime boss Jack Lupino in the original ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' overdoses on Valkyr and takes an ungodly amount of lead into the body before he bites the dust. [[FridgeBrilliance Justified much later]] by TheReveal that [[spoiler:Valkyr was originally developed by US military to create SuperSoldiers: in other word, the drugs worked on Lupino as designed, never mind that it also proved addictive as hell]].

* ''Literature/{{Deathstalker}}'': Valentine Wolfe is the son of a preeminent nobleman in the galaxy's DeadlyDecadentCourt, who uses a frankly astounding variety of {{Fantastic Drug}}s. These include ones that grant SuperReflexes, SuperStrength, HyperAwareness, RubberMan resilience, and daydreams so lurid that he can NoSell a PsychicAssistedSuicide because it's ''tame by comparison''. No few of those drugs were intended for sexual purposes before he got hold of them, effectively {{invert|edTrope}}ing (well, [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zagging]]) PowerPerversionPotential.

** In a later incarnation, after [[Comicbook/TheFlash Barry Allen]] comes BackFromTheDead, the previous Johnny Quick does likewise, and now injects himself with his ''own'' blood.

** ''Fallout 4'' also has an unusually literal example in the "Junkie's" legendary weapon effect, which increases the weapon's damage the more substances the Sole Survivor is addicted to. There's also Mama Murphy, one of the earliest [=NPCs=] you meet. She claims to have "the sight", a form of prescience that's triggered by taking various drugs.

* ''Literature/ShamanOfTheUndead'' has Kwiatuszek ("Flower"), whose AwesomenessByAnalysis powers are powered by junk food and caffeine. They still make her fat, but she long ago decided that she won't be BrainlessBeauty.

** ''Fallout 4'' also has an unusually literal example in the "Junkie's" legendary weapon effect, which increases the weapon's damage the more substances the Sole Survivor is addicted to.

* ''Manga/OnePiece''

* In ''Manga/WolfsRain'', Quent Yaden gains the ability to see through the wolves' humanoid disguises after consuming alcohol. On the downside, it impairs his aiming skills.

* In ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', Tony's cocaine allowed him to take a ''lot'' of punishment before going down.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Followers of Slaanesh, the god(dess) of hedonism and excess, are usually hopped up on enough drugs to by all rights kill them. They get boosts to their Initiative scores and may even gain the FeelNoPain rule.

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* In ''WebAnimation/SocietyOfVirtue'' episode "Blue Crystallic" we see a junkie who hallucinates he is a superhero and that the drugs are the source of his powers.

* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'': Pinkie Pie discovered that zebra drugs improved her mysterious "Pinkoe Sense" which let her sense danger, and her own enhanced "Party-Time Mint-als" improved it even further. She combined this with her Ministry's [[BigBrotherIsWatching ubiquitous surveillance network]] to root out threats to Equestria by always knowing which leads to follow up on. Unfortunately, [[DeconstructedTrope she was still very much a drug addict]]. Her addiction destroyed her relationships with her friends, until she broke down and sent Twilight a message asking for her to take Pinkie to the clinic after one last mission--her Pinkie Sense was warning her about a big plot, and she needed to wrap it up. [[spoiler:Her troops were only a few minutes late, resulting in Manehatten being destroyed by a balefire bomb. Pinkie's skeleton is eventually found in her office, clutching a figurine of Twilight Sparkle. [[ShaggyDogStory And Twilight never got the message]].]]

* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'': Pinky discovered that zebra drugs improved her mysterious "Pinky Sense" which let her sense danger, and her own enhanced "Party-Time Mint-als" improved it even further. She combined this with her Ministry's [[BigBrotherIsWatching ubiquitous surveillance network]] to root out threats to Equestria by always knowing which leads to follow up on. Unfortunately, [[DeconstructedTrope she was still very much a drug addict]]. Her addiction destroyed her relationships with her friends, until she broke down and sent Twilight a message asking for her to take Pinky to the clinic after one last mission--her Pinky Sense was warning her about a big plot, and she needed to wrap it up. [[spoiler:Her troops were only a few minutes late, resulting in Manehatten being destroyed by a balefire bomb. Pinky's skeleton is eventually found in her office, clutching a figurine of Twilight Sparkle. [[ShaggyDogStory And Twilight never got the message]].]]
-->'''Pinky:''' Party-Time Mint-als are bad. They mess ponies up. I know I'm messed up. More than ever. But I've needed them. Normal old Pinkie Pie is smart and she can sense when things are coming. But Party-Time Mint-als make me... more. Not better. I know that now. But... more. And we need more. Equestria needs more.

* In ''Fanfic/EquestriaDivided'' the warriors of [[CircusOfFear Cult of Laughter]] are to drugs what a DrunkenMaster is to alcohol, they genuinely are more effective when on drugs because of making them [[ConfusionFu less predictable]] and [[TheUnfettered reducing their sense of selfpreservation.]]

* Inverted with April in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'': [[PowerAtAPrice the remuneration]] for her powers is to drink. She ''does'' like alcohol ''[[HardDrinkingPartyGirl a lot]]''.

* Ghouls, from ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', which are powered by vampire blood that they need to ingest on a regular (monthly *at least*) basis become addicted. Vampire blood is crazy-addictive but you need to ingest a whole pint of it to actually gain unaging immortality (assuming you keep consuming it) and super-strength.

* In ''WebOriginal/SocietyOfVirtue'' episode "Blue Crystallic" we see a junkie who hallucinates he is a superhero and that the drugs are the source of his powers.

* ''Literature/{{Deathstalker}}'': Valentine Wolfe is the son of a preeminent nobleman in the galaxy's DeadlyDecadentCourt, who uses a frankly astounding variety of {{Fantastic Drug}}s. These include ones that grant SuperReflexes, SuperStrength, HyperAwareness, RubberMan resilience, and daydreams so lurid that he can NoSell a PsychicAssistedSuicide because it's ''tame by comparison''. No few of those drugs were intended for sexual purposes before he got hold of them, effectively {{invert|edTrope}}ing (well, [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zagging]] PowerPerversionPotential.

* Followers of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Slaa]][[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 nesh]], the god(dess) of hedonism and excess, are usually hopped up on enough drugs to by all rights kill them. They get boosts to their Initiative scores and may even gain the FeelNoPain rule.

** Hody Jones, the leader of a gang of [[FishPeople fishmen]] consumes great quantities of an "energy steroid" to the point where he overdoses on it. Instead of dying however, he [[spoiler:[[SuperMode transforms into a stronger, uglier version of himself]], before being suddenly aged into powerlessness by the side effects.]]

A character is addicted to a substance: drugs, alcohol, [[MustHaveCaffeine caffeine]]... For most people, it would only cause lots of trouble. Not for this guy. He earns superpowers from an over-consumption, and/or each time he consumes the substance.

* Done for laughs in Film/ModernTimes, where Charlie gets much more assertive after he accidentally takes some cocaine.

* In ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'', the 1980s-themed villain, Konstantin Brayko, ingests enormous amounts of cocaine to power up and fight Mike Thorton, allowing Brayko to do things like run incredibly fast and be temporarily bulletproof. [[spoiler: You can thwart this by having Steven Heck sabotage his supply.]]

* In ''Videogame/MotherRussiaBleeds'', the street drug Nekro (a thinly veiled expy for Krokodil) is used as a power-up that can heal you or send you into a temporary berserk mode. It also serves as a constant peril for the protagonists, who are motivated by their desire to get this shit out of their system, with the final boss being [[spoiler:a hallucinatory manifestation of the drug itself]].

* In ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' Jet is, in-universe, an analogue to meth or crack. In the modern sequels it restores action points, except in VideoGame/Fallout4 where it induces BulletTime. Noteworthy in that it's presented as nothing but a drug, in a world where radiation is basically magic and functional SuperSerum exists in the from of [[PsychoSerum Psy]][[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Psycho cho]]. It should also be known that it was first synthesized from the fumes of Brahmin shit[[labelnote:Why?]]Pre-War cattle were given a cheap protein extract to boost meat production but any bacterial contamination caused the chemical to breakdown and turn the meat into a methamphetamine. The cows were feed the stuff to cover the loss of profits[[/labelnote]] and the drug's effects are made more potent using a mix of sugars from soda or [[ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs breakfast cereal]] and cleaning agents or using flamethrower fuel.
** Fallout 4 also has an unusually literal example in the "Junkie's" legendary weapon effect, which increases the weapon's damage the more substances the Sole Survivor is addicted to.