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* Just about every Madrigal in ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' (except [[TeamNormal Mirabel]]) has a magical gift of some kind. Luisa has SuperStrength, Pepa has mood-based WeatherManipulation, etc. Sounds cool, right? Well, no. Due to the high expectations of family matriarch Alma and the rest of the town, the cons end up outweighing the pros. Luisa is constantly overworking herself keeping up with the town's requests, Pepa is immensely stressed in trying to keep her mood under control to avoid summoning unwanted rain, the list goes on. The worst off is poor Bruno, whose ability to see the future has left him estranged from his family. [[spoiler:It ends up subverted when Alma finally realises the harm that her pressure is causing her family, and the Madrigals become far happier when they aren't trying to be perfect all the time]].

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* Just about every Madrigal in ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' (except [[TeamNormal [[TheTeamNormal Mirabel]]) has a magical gift of some kind. Luisa has SuperStrength, Pepa has mood-based WeatherManipulation, etc. Sounds cool, right? Well, no. Due to the high expectations of family matriarch Alma and the rest of the town, the cons end up outweighing the pros. Luisa is constantly overworking herself keeping up with the town's requests, Pepa is immensely stressed in trying to keep her mood under control to avoid summoning unwanted rain, the list goes on. The worst off is poor Bruno, whose ability to see the future has left him estranged from his family. [[spoiler:It ends up subverted when Alma finally realises the harm that her pressure is causing her family, and the Madrigals become far happier when they aren't trying to be perfect all the time]].
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* ''WebAnimation/FlipnoteWarrior'': Mome makes a pact with Ugo so she could become better at drawing. Being a MagicalGirlWarrior is sure not something she wants to do. She doesn't even get a MagicalGirl costume.
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** The repercussions of becoming a [[ElementalPowers Seasonal Maiden]] makes them this. Sure, you're one of the only people in the world who can use magic and are one of the strongest fighters on Remnant. But this means that people will hunt you down and kill you to obtain that power themself. [[BigBad Salem]] needs you to complete her plan, so her various minions will join that list of people hunting you. No wonder the Maidens are kept secret.
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* Moses from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' is God's Chosen One, but he is forced to be the instrument of the 10 Plagues of Egypt. This pits him against his once beloved brother and old home, and he's very unhappy to have to bring destruction in God's behalf to a place he once loved and getting entirely innocent people killed in the crossfire.

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* Moses from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' is God's Chosen One, but he is forced to be the instrument of the 10 Plagues of Egypt. This pits him against his once beloved brother and old home, and he's very unhappy to have to bring destruction in on God's behalf to a place he once loved and getting entirely innocent people killed in the crossfire.

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* Just about every Madrigal in ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' (except [[TeamNormal Mirabel]]) has a magical gift of some kind. Luisa has SuperStrength, Pepa has mood-based WeatherManipulation, etc. Sounds cool, right? Well, no. Due to the high expectations of family matriarch Alma and the rest of the town, the cons end up outweighing the pros. Luisa is constantly overworking herself keeping up with the town's requests, Pepa is immensely stressed in trying to keep her mood under control to avoid summoning unwanted rain, the list goes on. [[spoiler:It ends up subverted when Alma finally realises the harm that her pressure is causing her family, and the Madrigals become far happier when they aren't trying to be perfect all the time]].
** [[spoiler: And, [[MemeticMutation we don't talk about Bruno]]!]]

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* Just about every Madrigal in ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' (except [[TeamNormal Mirabel]]) has a magical gift of some kind. Luisa has SuperStrength, Pepa has mood-based WeatherManipulation, etc. Sounds cool, right? Well, no. Due to the high expectations of family matriarch Alma and the rest of the town, the cons end up outweighing the pros. Luisa is constantly overworking herself keeping up with the town's requests, Pepa is immensely stressed in trying to keep her mood under control to avoid summoning unwanted rain, the list goes on. The worst off is poor Bruno, whose ability to see the future has left him estranged from his family. [[spoiler:It ends up subverted when Alma finally realises the harm that her pressure is causing her family, and the Madrigals become far happier when they aren't trying to be perfect all the time]].
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*''Roleplay/TVTropesRollToDodge'': One part of a curse put on [=Makuta9999=] is that whenever he gets a [[EpicFail one]] when he isn't attacking something, it immolates, extinguishes, freezes, melts, explodes, implodes, and finally disintegrates.
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* Given an unusual treatment in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' when Bruce Wayne tests out a personal force-shield as part of his Batman gear. When it deflects a ricocheted bullet into the body of a gang thug, putting the man in the hospital, Batman decides that the shield is Blessed with Suck and discontinues using it, rather than risk having deaths on his conscience.



* Elsa in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' considers her powers this [[spoiler:until she learns to control them]]. Having [[AnIcePerson powers over ice and snow]] is cool. Nearly killing your little sister when you are both just children and years later [[spoiler: accidentally putting your whole kingdom in eternal winter]] due to PowerIncontinence is not.

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* Elsa in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' considers her powers this [[spoiler:until she learns to control them]]. Having [[AnIcePerson powers over ice and snow]] is cool. Nearly killing your little sister when you are both just children and years later [[spoiler: accidentally putting your whole kingdom in eternal winter]] due to PowerIncontinence is not.
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* ''WebAnimation/HunterTheParenting'': Being a vampire. Some people, like Pyotr, absolutely love it, but others, like Kevin, absolutely hate their new state for a variety of reasons, like no longer being able to enjoy mundane pleasures like sunlight or their favorite foods, having to drink blood, their lives being completely disrupted, and in Kevin's case, being forced into the insanely toxic Tremere power-structure and subjected to a Blood Bond- something he describes as being [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslit]] by his own mind.
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# Another variation is [[SelfHarmInducedSuperpower a power that only activates if the user or owner inflicts damage to themselves]] by biting or stabbing themselves, etc.

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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', Frieda viewed her [[RunningGag "naturally curly hair"]] as a drawback, claiming that [[SoBeautifulItsACurse everyone she met was envious of and generally disliked her for it]]. [[DeadpanSnarker Lucy]] once shut her down with a blunt "Don't kid yourself, sister."

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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', Frieda viewed her [[RunningGag "naturally curly hair"]] hair" as a drawback, claiming that [[SoBeautifulItsACurse everyone she met was envious of and generally disliked her for it]]. [[DeadpanSnarker Lucy]] once shut her down with a blunt "Don't kid yourself, sister."



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* Creator/AlexanderAfanasyev's "Literature/TheSoldierAndDeath": The soldier winds up immortal because Death is afraid to come near him. However, he may be immortal but he is not ageless or unable to get sick or ill, and since neither Hell nor Heaven will let him in, he is doomed to wander around Earth forever.
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%%* [[WebAnimation/ASDFMovie "Tree powers, activate!"]]
* Just how pervasive is this trope? Well, on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', Strong Bad got an [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail192.html email]] asking what he would do if he had [[VoluntaryShapeshifting the ability to transform]]. Strong Bad ''immediately'' assumes that he'd have to somehow be Blessed With Suck:

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* Just how pervasive is this trope? Well, on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Strong Bad got an [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail192.html email]] asking what he would do if he had [[VoluntaryShapeshifting the ability to transform]]. Strong Bad ''immediately'' assumes that he'd have to somehow be Blessed With Suck:
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': Jack. He's the King of Halloween, yet it's always about Halloween, every single day, which is problematic when you want something different. Taking a break is not an option, as shown when Jack disappears for only two days (at the start of the slack season, no less) and everyone is in a panic. Jack seems to not be able to give the crown to anyone else if he wanted ("But who here would ever understand/That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin/Would tire of his crown, if they only understood/He'd give it all up if he only could..."), so he's stuck with the job. And if the scenes after "This is Halloween" is any indication, due to being the biggest in-universe celebrity, Jack can't even have a decent conversation with anyone. Who knows how long Jack's been doing the Halloween job? He could be Really700YearsOld for all we know. When you think about it, you can't blame the guy for desperately wanting to try out Christmas.
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** [[spoiler: And, we don't talk about Bruno!]]

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** [[spoiler: And, [[MemeticMutation we don't talk about Bruno!]]Bruno]]!]]
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* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', Simmons talks about terrible superpowers: the ability to fly, but only north, being able to teleport only one foot at a time and the power to turn into the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]... but only when you're asleep.

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* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', Simmons talks about terrible superpowers: the ability to fly, but only north, being able to teleport only one foot at a time and the power to turn into the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]... but only when you're asleep.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Rémy is gifted with an acute sense of smell and taste as well as an active curiosity towards humanity's ability to create. This leads him to want to become a cook. Unfortunately, he's a rat and his ExtremeOmnivore family thinks he's just being unnecessarily picky and most people just see him as a dirty, filthy rodent that should never be allowed in a proper kitchen.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Mei's ancestor Sun Yee prayed to the gods for a way to defend her family and village from invaders during wartime, who granted her the ability to turn into a huge and powerful beast at will. This gift was passed down through her descendants, but they gradually found that turning into a giant red panda every time you got too emotional was... less useful now. Mei's mother calls it a blessing that became an inconvenience. By modern times, they'd begun locking the panda spirit inside talismans to keep it from coming out.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Mei's ancestor Sun Yee prayed to the gods for a way to defend her family and village from invaders during wartime, who and the gods granted her the ability to turn into a huge and powerful beast at will. This gift was passed down through her descendants, but they gradually found that turning into a giant red panda every time you got too emotional was... became progressively less useful now.as times changed and they moved to another country. Mei's mother calls it a blessing that became an inconvenience. By modern times, they'd begun locking the panda spirit inside talismans to keep it from coming out.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Mei's ancestor Sun Yee prayed to the gods for a way to defend her family and village from invaders during wartime, who granted her the ability to turn into a huge and powerful beast at will. This gift was passed down through her descendants, but they gradually found that turning into a giant red panda every time you got too emotional was... less useful now. Mei's mother calls it a blessing that became an inconvenience. By modern times, they'd begun locking the panda spirit inside talismans to keep it from coming out.
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