History Main / GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy

** The quote at the top of the page comes from ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' (well, technically from the Rogues' Gallery issue of ''ComicBook/SecretOrigins'') comes when one of Pied Piper's many [[MusicalAssassin musical weapons]] has gone haywire and Trickster is helping him get it under control.

*** In the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel'' storyline, Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}'s [[BetrayalInsurance contingency plan]] for dealing with Superman (should he [[FaceHeelTurn go rogue]]) is to use a piece of synthetic Red Kryptonite that will turn his skin transparent, causing him to take in so much solar energy that he would be incapacitated.

** In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' issue #271, set before the Four became superheroes, Earth is invaded by an alien that grows when it feeds on energy. Reed, however, notices that [[spoiler:only the monster's volume increases, not the mass]], and proceeds to zap it with so much energy that in the end [[spoiler:it becomes too rarefied to interact with normal matter]].

* In one ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'' episode shows ups a {{Robeast}} capable to disintegrate matter -such like tanks, missiles and jet fighters-, turn it into energy and absorbing it. Kazuya was at a loss on how defeating it, until he decided testing how much matter it could absorb by feeding it with a forty-five-meters-tall HumongousMecha.

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'':
** In his fight with [[EnergyAbsorption Byakko]], Kuwabara follows this trope to the letter. Unfortunately, it [[NotQuiteDead doesn't quite work.]] And, demonstrating a flaw of this trope, Kuwabara is left weakened for some time afterwards.
** Played with in one of the movies. Kuwabara uses this to defeat not a power absorber, but a {{power cop|ying}}ier. He uses all of his spirit energy on one attack, which his opponent copies exactly. With both now out of energy, Kuwabara then uses his far superior physical strength to oneshot his foe.

* Taken to ridiculous levels in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''; to take down Ramiel, NERV decides to reroute ''all the power in Japan'' to power the experimental cannon used to shoot it.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Natsu does this to both the artificial dragon and [[spoiler: the Earthland Sugar Boy]] to destroy them from the inside.
* On ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', [[GoldfishPoopGang Team Rocket's]] plans to capture Pikachu often involve gadgets designed to absorb electricity. On occasion, these are foiled by blasting them with more electricity than they can absorb (especially if there are more Electric-type Pokémon around to help).

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** Done by [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] at the beginning of ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman''. Superman is usually healed and powered by sunlight, but after Luthor arranges for Supes to get closer to the sun than ever before, he takes a lethal dose that temporarily magnifies his abilities but results in his days being [[HeroicRROD numbered]]. Ultimately, [[spoiler: Superman's cells convert to pure energy, and he spends centuries inside Earth's Sun, fixing the damage caused by Solaris]].
** Likewise, in the ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|of America}}'' "[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel Tower of Babel]]" storyline, Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}'s [[BetrayalInsurance contingency plan]] for dealing with Superman (should he [[FaceHeelTurn go rogue]]) is to use a piece of synthetic Red Kryptonite that will turn his skin transparent, causing him to take in so much solar energy that he would be incapacitated.
** In ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman'', Xviar scrambles Superman's energy-processing abilities so his body absorbs more energy than it can safely store and release until finally triggering a superpower meltdown.
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', set before they became superheroes, Earth is invaded by an alien that grows when it feeds on energy. Reed, however, notices that [[spoiler:only the monster's volume increases, not the mass,]] and proceeds to zap it with so much energy that in the end [[spoiler:it becomes too rarefied to interact with normal matter]].
* In the ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' mini-series, [[spoiler:Doctor Spectrum does this to Lamprey]].
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]] is defeated this way at the end of his ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' saga. [[FridgeLogic But wait a minute]]: Galactus consumes the energy of ''planets''. And just a small team of super heroes generate even more energy than that, so much more as to overload Galactus?
* The quote at the top of the page comes from ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' (well, technically from the Rogues' Gallery issue of ''Secret Origins'') comes when one of Pied Piper's many [[MusicalAssassin musical weapons]] has gone haywire and Trickster is helping him get it under control.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' storyline of ComicBook/SecretInvasion, Radioactive Man decides to try this on the Skrull Captain Marvel. Unfortunately, the impostor is an excellent copy of the real Mar-Vell... whose powers were ''way'' beyond anything Radioactive Man is capable of. Chen gets fried for his trouble.
* Lyra, the Savage ComicBook/SheHulk from Earth-8009, is vulnerable to this trick: she's a living conduit for gamma radiation, but too much of it overwhelms her, sapping her strength. Moonstone (in her ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' guise of Ms. Marvel) figures this out in record time.
* ''ComicBook/Starfire2015'':
** Starfire defeats the Chida monster who can [[EnergyAbsorption absorb her Starbolts]] and [[{{Sizeshifter}} get bigger]] by throwing him into the ocean and giving him so much energy that he sinks into the bottom of the ocean.
** Starfire faces even more Chida monsters at the Strata, but due to her being overloaded with solar energy from their power source, she manages to overload them with her powers, which kills all of them.
* When Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} faced a clone of Doomsday that was still linked to the computer system that created it, her allies helped her defeat the clone by supercharging the power being sent to Doomsday from the system, which caused the clone's bone shards to spread over its body to the point where it was essentially immobilized by the interlocking bones, allowing Wonder Woman to shatter it.
* In the ''ComicBook/XMen'' ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' storyline: While [[MindControl Mind Controlled]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] hits Bishop with more energy than he can actually absorb. Bishop is able to vent it in time, with enough interest to blow the limb off a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]]. They later (when Cyclops is no longer mind controlled) use the combination intentionally to [[BatteringRam break down a bunker door]] before it [[SelfDestructMechanism explodes]].

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, the trope is {{inverted}} during [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures MaNi/Elder Brother]]'s death: [[spoiler:Monster X]] sucks [=MaNi's=] body dry of its LifeEnergy, and [=MaNi=] is genuinely surprised when he realizes [[spoiler:Monster X]] is going to drain ''all'' his energy to a point where his body will be rendered completely useless.

* ''Film/{{Hulk}}'': This is how the [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Hulk]] defeats [[spoiler: his father]]. Helped along by the military dropping [[spoiler: nukes on them]].
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'': This is how [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]] ultimately defeats Electro, by restoring power to the power plant they're fighting at and overloading him.

* Creator/BrandonSanderson's ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'' has Breath as the source of power. More Breath means more power. Vasher invokes this trope when he's fighting someone who's clearly a better fighter than him. While giving his opponent some of his Breath isn't lethal to either of them, it does incapacitate the opponent long enough for Vasher to finish the job.

* In both ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce,'' this is how [[MagicEater magical eater]] [[SealedEvilInACan N Ma/Octomus]] is finished off once and for all.
-->'''Octomus''': "I...have...devoured...all..I CAN!" ''(Cue explosion)''
* The method is also seen in the finale of ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'', with the final Mess Monster (a genetically modified [[BigBad Ra Deus]]), an energy-absorbing creature, being fed a continuous energy beam from Titan Boy until it explodes.

* In an episode of ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger,'' they fight a monster who absorbs electricity to use as a weapon. Moune, through the power of dance, is able to generate enough electricity to overload him.
* Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}:

* This trope was very likely inspired by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawel_Dragon Wawel Dragon]] in Krakow, Poland. The residents of Krakow were quite annoyed that a dragon was eating their sheep and asked the prince to save them. Instead of directly preventing it from eating sheep, he fed it more but covered them in a very spicy sauce. The dragon was so thirsty, it drank an entire lake and exploded.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': In the first version of the ''Manual of the Planes'', any living creature wandering into the Positive Material Plane heals 1d20 HitPoints per round. This can even raise the amount above the normal maximum... but if said creature reaches twice its HP total, it immediately bursts into energy and is destroyed.
** This feature was a constant up until 4th Edition's planar rejig, although the amount of HP healed has varied over the versions.

* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', the Bohrak-Kal had stolen the Nuva Symbols (connected to the Toa Nuva's powers) and were about to use them to free their leaders, the Bahrag. Short on options, the Toa gambled on their connections to the Symbols and fed them their strength, charging the Kal's powers until they spiraled out of control (the lightning-wielding one electrocuted itself, one's magnetism powers got it crushed by mechanical scrap, the one with gravity powers sucked itself into a ''black hole'', the plasma-wielding one started melting even as it melted through the floor presumably to the planet's core, one's vacuum powers got it fired through a mountain and into outer space, and the one with sonic powers bombarded itself with sonic frequencies until it hit the one that made it ''completely disassemble itself'').
** Similar to the ComicBook/FantasticFour example in the "comics" section, the Toa Metru discover a rahi which absorbs elemental blasts and grows larger. [[spoiler: However, one of the Toa notices that its footprints do not change size, and therefore it must not be growing any ''heavier''--thus, the Toa defeat it by blasting it until it becomes too vaporous to harm them.]]

* In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'', the titular Metroid Prime is immune to Samus's weapons in its true form, and can only be harmed by Phazon energy, using the same substance that empowers it. It helpful creates puddles of liquid Phazon for Samus to absorb whenever it attacks. Implicitly, the puddles are excess Phazon that Metroid Prime is excreting from its body, which is then getting shot back ''into'' its body, causing it to destabilize.
* According to the ApocalypticLog, this is why the Luminoth first designed the Dark Beam in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes''. {{Subverted|Trope}}: It did not work. The Luminoth then designed the Light Beam which was much more effective on their enemies the Ing.
** This trope is successfully used against Dark Samus at the end of the game. Samus fires its own phazon energy back at it, overloading and (seemingly) destroying it.
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'' gives Samus the Grapple Voltage unit, which allows her to dump energy from her suit into an enemy in order to kill them. Of course, it can function as LifeDrain as well. This unit only allows you to expel energy in Hypermode, however. [[spoiler:Using this on the Phaz-Ing is ''highly'' recommended.]]
* This is how [[spoiler:Wesker]] is ultimately defeated at the end of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. Overdosing them with their own drug is what causes their superhuman abilities to go haywire.
* A potential way to destroy the "Archimedes II" satellite weapon in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. The player is given the option to redirect extra power to the grid that will cause an overload in the weapon and render it useless.
* In the [=ArcAttack=] event of ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds''' Doomwood saga, The Hero gets the idea of trying to overload Vordred, the so-far-unstoppable undead badass that has run roughshod through everyone so far, using the experiment that Vordred has forced [=ArcAttack=] to conduct to make him more powerful. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope It]] [[YouCantThwartStageOne doesn't]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero work]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/RPGShooterStarwish'', Deuce proposes to defeat Iblis, an entity whose purpose is to make wishes come true that has gone haywire, by overloading it with desire. Neferiti quickly dismisses the idea, pointing out that Iblis answers to ''all the wishes in the universe'', and Deuce's crew wouldn't even make a noticeable difference.
* There is an enemy in ''VideoGame/SoulHackers'' that absorbs all magical attacks and receives negligible damage from physical assaults. Solution? Overfeed him 'til he ''explodes''. That being said, trying this in other games of the franchise, or other enemies in the same game, even, is only going to result in the enemy getting free heals as he goes back to snacking on your guts.

-->'''Oho Jee''': Ah! I am m-me! This is the first time.[[SayItWithHearts ❤]]

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* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' a nutcase drank a [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique last-resort combat stimulant]] to be nearly unstoppable. The [[McNinja Smoke Knight]] from whom it was stolen stuck into her a dart... not with a poison, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101029 with more of the same]], figuring that that an overdose of already near-lethal stuff would kill her more reliably than anything else. As it turned out, the trick didn't work, but the trope was ''attempted.''
* Silver Fox from ''[=AkumaTH=]'' is an energy-absorbing CanonImmigrant who was defeated this way in the fan fic he came from. Subrosian is aware of this, and attempts the same tactic during Last Chance. The energy overload causes Silver Fox to lock down... at which point his systems automatically fire of ''all'' of his stored energy in Subrosian's direction. Cue Silver Fox gloating about how he won't fall for that again.
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': An entire army feeding [[spoiler:Snadhya'Rune's]] '''giant''' demon is how it is finally [[https://www.drowtales.com/moonless-age/13125 defeated.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/MaxSteel2013'', Max used this to defeat Miles Dread in the three part opening. Since Miles feeds off the TURBO energy Max generates, Max has Steel remove the limiters keeping him from going critical, causing a massive blast! [[spoiler: Of course, Dread survives (though he was blasted into ORBIT.]]
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'' involving [[PowerCopying Parasite]] (appearing without his usual costume), Superman is facing an ordinary man called [[PunnyName I. C. Harris]] with the extraordinary power to slowly steal powers the longer he holds people. Superman grabs Parasite, forcing him to take as much as of Superman's power as he possibly can, leading to the man freaking out, and exploding! Superman then explains he knew doing so would lead to Harris's death as no human body can hold the power of a Kryptonian. Many feel that deliberately arranging for a petty criminal's death was [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] for Superman who tends to [[ThouShaltNotKill avoid killing]].
* Appeared in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', where Bob used [[spoiler:the power of a tear to attract Gigabyte]]. Technically, the second half of the trope was averted, because it was a bait and switch, not the power itself causing the downfall.
* The HalloweenSpecial ''Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space'', where the cast of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' battles living jack o'lanterns that feed on candy. When the pumpkins join together to form a giant monster, they bombard it with candy until it explodes.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': The Planet Express crew tries this against the ''Franchise/StarTrek''-loving {{Energy Being|s}} Melllvar. [[FromBadToWorse It doesn't work...]]
-->'''Leela''': Hmm... If we can re-route engine power through the primary weapons and configure them to Melllvar's frequency, that should overload his electro-quantum structure.
-->'''Bender''': [[PhlebotinumAnalogy Like putting too much air in a balloon!]]
-->...
-->'''Leela''': It's not working! He's gaining strength from our weapons!
-->'''Fry''': [[{{Metaphorgotten}} Like a balloon and... something bad happens!]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' episode, "The Prison Plot" Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto increases his power through generators. [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]] use this to their advantage.
-->'''Magneto:''' Fools! You're not decreasing my magnetic attraction. You're increasing it!\\
'''Spider-Man:''' Correct! Give that man a prize!\\
'''Magneto:''' You blunderheads! You've made me all powerful!\\
'''Spider-Man:''' Would you believe ''too'' powerful?
* In the opening for a ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode, ComicBook/BlueBeetle is able to convince [[Characters/StarsAndSTRIPE Stargirl]] to do this towards Mantis, earning her respect in the process. Not that she'd admit it.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' episode "Power Arrangers", the electricity-based villainess, [[EnergyAbsorption Nuclea]], is defeated this way.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk1996'', the Leader has attached Hulk to a machine that will transfer Hulk's strength to him. It works, even as Hulk gets angrier and thus stronger, until Hulk gets even angrier.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "A Ghost Grows in Brooklyn," Egon killed a geranium that was possessed by a ghost and growing out of control, by overwatering it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'', Slimer defeats a ghost that turns people into {{Big Eater}}s so it can feed on ''them'' by force-feeding it everything he had eaten.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' episode "Alone Against AIM" has [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] pursued by Technovore, which hungers for the energy of the arc reactor in his chest. Eventually, Tony destroys Technovore by feeding it energy from the largest reactor in Stark Industries.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'', the MonsterOfTheWeek is a turtle-like beast with magnetic powers. By traveling to the North Pole, it feeds on the pole's magnetic field and grows in size and power to the point that even Godzilla himself looks like a tiny ant compared to the monster. The crew decides to overload the monster with magnetic energy, so they have Godzilla lure the creature to the spot where the pole's magnetic energy field is greatest. The monster grows so massive that its head and limbs start to get swallowed by its massive body before it promptly explodes.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}'', the crew encounters an alien that absorbs electrical energy to power itself up. It is even capable of taking control of electrical devices to a limited degree. This of course presents an issue since all their weapons run on electricity, as does their space station. And to make matters worse, most beam weapons are useless since they only power up the thing on top of being [[NighInvulnerability incredibly resilient to all other weapons]]. Worse still, the alien is planning to get to Earth in order to get a near infinite source of power. They only manage to win when Max realizes that there is a limit to how much energy it can down in a single sitting, and thus he set it on-course for a solar-panel's energy transfer module causing the alien to overload itself from all the energy it was getting.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Used in the season 6 finale "To Where and Back Again". [[spoiler: When Queen Chrysalis starts sucking the love out of [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch reformed changeling Thorax]], Starlight Glimmer convinces Thorax to release all his love at once, which overwhelms Chrysalis. Then all the other changelings, who have been having second thoughts about following Chrysalis, start doing it at once, which destroys Chrysalis' PowerLimiter throne and causes all the changelings except her to undergo a HeelRaceTurn.]]

* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', Sadlygrove won his duel against the freed Rubilax this way. Rubilax is a SizeShifter who grows bigger and stronger every time he is hit. Sadlygrove decides to use his head metaphorically ''and'' literally by repeatedly headbutting Rubilax. Since they are fighting in a ''desert'' this causes Rubilax to sink into the sand as he gets too big and heavy. Rubilax surrenders rather than choke on the sands.
* Invoked and subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim''; after Psy-Crow gains SuperSpeed and [[MakeMeWannaShout vibration powers]] by consuming KlatchianCoffee and transforming into Hyper-Psy-Crow, Jim comes up with a plan to beat Psy-Crow by forcefeeding him gallons more coffee, in hope that he'll overload and blow up, as per this trope. Instead, the extra surge of concentrated caffeine gives Psy-Crow a power boost, turning him into ''Hyper''-Hyper-Psy-Crow.

* In the ''Comicbook/XMen'' ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' storyline: While [[MindControl Mind Controlled]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] hits Bishop with more energy than he can actually absorb. Bishop is able to vent it in time, with enough interest to blow the limb off a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]]. They later (when Cyclops is no longer mind controlled) use the combination intentionally to [[BatteringRam break down a bunker door]] before it [[SelfDestructMechanism explodes]].

* ''Film/{{Hulk}}'': This is how the [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Hulk]] defeats [[spoiler: his father]]. Helped along by the military dropping [[spoiler: nukes on them]].
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'': This is how [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] ultimately defeats Electro, by restoring power to the power plant they're fighting at and overloading him.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' episode, "The Prison Plot" Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto increases his power through generators. Spider-Man and [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]] use this to their advantage.

* In the ''Comicbook/XMen'' ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' storyline: While [[MindControl Mind Controlled]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] hits Bishop with more energy than he can actually absorb. Bishop is able to vent it in time, with enough interest to blow the limb off a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]]. They later (when Cyclops is no longer mind controlled) use the combination intentionally to [[BatteringRam break down a bunker door]] before it [[SelfDestructMechanism explodes]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' episode, "The Prison Plot" Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto increases his power through generators. Spider-Man and [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Iceman]] use this to their advantage.

** ''Series/DoctorWho'' uses this trope as well.
*** In the First Doctor's final story, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]'', the Cybermen planet Mondas is destroyed when it drains too much energy from Earth - somehow. The Doctor's strategy is to allow this to happen, or prevent the aversion of Mondas's fate.
*** In the episode "Tooth and Claw," a werewolf chasing the Doctor, Rose, and UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria is killed by overloading it with the "Moon Energy" that gives the beast its power. The Doctor compares it to drowning in water, which in smaller quantities is necessary for life.
*** In "The Rings of Akhaten", a gas giant-sized [[EldritchAbomination Old God]] awakens to eat the souls/stories of anyone in the system. If there aren't enough, it will move on to others. The Doctor offers the Old God his 1000-years' worth of stories, trying to invoke this trope. However, while it initially seems to be the case, the Old God manages to eat it all (the Doctor survives, though) and is still hungry for more. So the Doctor's new companion Clara offers the Old God a dried leaf from her book, the same leaf that resulted in her parents first meeting and, in their words, is "the most important leaf in the Universe". Given the fact that it's still unclear what exactly Clara is and her explanation that the leaf contains more than just memories of things that happened but also memories of things that ''could have'' happened, this does prove too much for the Old God.
** In the series 1 finale of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', the mere shadow of the Godzilla-scaled Abaddon instantly drains the life from anyone unlucky enough to be touched by it. The solution? Jack Harkness, the man who keeps resurrecting due to an "overabundance of life energy", forces Abaddon to gorge until it falls over dead.

-->-- '''Trickster''', ''Franchise/TheFlash''

* On ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', [[GoldfishPoopGang Team Rocket's]] plans to capture Pikachu often involve gadgets designed to absorb electricity. On occasion, these are foiled by blasting them with more electricity than they can absorb (especially if there are more Electric-type Pokémon around to help).

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Done by ComicBook/LexLuthor at the beginning of ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman''. Superman is usually healed and powered by sunlight, but after Luthor arranges for Supes to get closer to the sun than ever before, he takes a lethal dose that temporarily magnifies his abilities but results in his days being [[HeroicRROD numbered]]. Ultimately, [[spoiler: Superman's cells convert to pure energy, and he spends centuries inside Earth's Sun, fixing the damage caused by Solaris]].
** Likewise, in the ''Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}'' "[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel Tower of Babel]]" storyline, Franchise/{{Batman}}'s [[BetrayalInsurance contingency plan]] for dealing with Superman (should he [[FaceHeelTurn go rogue]]) is to use a piece of synthetic Red Kryptonite that will turn his skin transparent, causing him to take in so much solar energy that he would be incapacitated.

* In an issue of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', set before they became superheroes, Earth is invaded by an alien that grows when it feeds on energy. [[ComicBook/MisterFantastic Reed]], however, notices that [[spoiler:only the monster's volume increases, not the mass,]] and proceeds to zap it with so much energy that in the end [[spoiler:it becomes too rarefied to interact with normal matter]].

* ComicBook/{{Galactus}} is defeated this way at the end of his ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' saga. [[FridgeLogic But wait a minute]]: Galactus consumes the energy of ''planets''. And just a small team of super heroes generate even more energy than that, so much more as to overload Galactus?
* The quote at the top of the page comes from ''Franchise/TheFlash'' (well, technically from the Rogues' Gallery issue of ''Secret Origins'') comes when one of Pied Piper's many [[MusicalAssassin musical weapons]] has gone haywire and Trickster is helping him get it under control.

* When Franchise/WonderWoman faced a clone of Doomsday that was still linked to the computer system that created it, her allies helped her defeat the clone by supercharging the power being sent to Doomsday from the system, which caused the clone's bone shards to spread over its body to the point where it was essentially immobilized by the interlocking bones, allowing Wonder Woman to shatter it.
* In the ''Comicbook/XMen'' ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' storyline: While [[MindControl Mind Controlled]], ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} hits Bishop with more energy than he can actually absorb. Bishop is able to vent it in time, with enough interest to blow the limb off a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]]. They later (when Cyclops is no longer mind controlled) use the combination intentionally to [[BatteringRam break down a bunker door]] before it [[SelfDestructMechanism explodes]].

* ''Film/{{Hulk}}'': This is how the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] defeats [[spoiler: his father]]. Helped along by the military dropping [[spoiler: nukes on them]].
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'': This is how ComicBook/SpiderMan ultimately defeats Electro, by restoring power to the power plant they're fighting at and overloading him.

* In the [=ArcAttack=] event of ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds''' Doomwood saga, The Hero gets the idea of trying to overload Vordred, the so-far-unstoppable undead badass that has run roughshod through everyone so far, using the experiment that Vordred has forced [=ArcAttack=] to conduct to make him more powerful. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope It]] [[YouCantThwartStageOne doesn't]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero work]]]].

** A unique variation occurs later on. [[spoiler:The vampire spirit that inhabits Durkon mentions that the process of a vampire spirit absorbing its host's memories usually takes a few months, but is okay with Durkon deciding to speed it up by giving more memories than it asks. As it turns out, vampire spirits need that time to develop in order to understand the memories, which Durkon found out when the vampire spirit was unable to comprehend two similar memories. As such, when Durkon showed it the memory of how his mother sacrificed a fortune, a chance to regain her lost arm, and an opportunity to bring Durkon's father back to save five strangers that would become her best friends, the vampire was unable to deal with the feelings it presented, allowing Durkon to bombard it with all the rest of his memories, and as such, is able to override the evil spirit with his own consciousness]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' episode, "The Prison Plot" ComicBook/{{Magneto}} increases his power through generators. Spider-Man and ComicBook/{{Iceman}} use this to their advantage.

* In the opening for a ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode, ComicBook/BlueBeetle is able to convince ComicBook/{{Stargirl|DCComics}} to do this towards Mantis, earning her respect in the process. Not that she'd admit it.

* The method is also seen in the finale of ''[[Choushinsei Flashman]]'', with the final Mess Monster (a genetically modified [[BigBad Ra Deus]]), an energy-absorbing creature, being fed a continuous energy beam from Titan Boy until it explodes.

* ''Film/{{Hulk}}'': This is how ComicBook/IncredibleHulk defeats [[spoiler: his father]]. Helped along by the military dropping [[spoiler: nukes on them]].
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'': This is how Franchise/SpiderMan ultimately defeats Electro, by restoring power to the power plant they're fighting at and overloading him.

* In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', the Oho Gees turn from docile to hostile if they're set on fire if they're red or given an electric shock if they're blue. In battle, hitting them with their respective element again will heal them and cause them to swell (while the other does critical damage). If they are healed too much, they rocket away, ending the battle just as lowering their HP to zero would.

* In the ''Comicbook/XMen'' ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' storyline: While [[MindControl Mind Controlled]], ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} hits ComicBook/{{Bishop}} with more energy than he can actually absorb. Bishop is able to vent it in time, with enough interest to blow the limb off a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]]. They later (when Cyclops is no longer mind controlled) use the combination intentionally to [[BatteringRam break down a bunker door]] before it [[SelfDestructMechanism explodes]].

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* In the series 1 finale of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', the mere shadow of the Godzilla-scaled Abaddon instantly drains the life from anyone unlucky enough to be touched by it. The solution? Jack Harkness, the man who keeps resurrecting due to an "overabundance of life energy", forces Abaddon to gorge until it falls over dead.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' uses this trope as well. In the episode "Tooth and Claw," a werewolf chasing the Doctor, Rose, and UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria is killed by overloading it with the "Moon Energy" that gives the beast its power. The Doctor compares it to drowning in water, which in smaller quantities is necessary for life.
** In "The Rings of Akhaten", a gas giant-sized [[EldritchAbomination Old God]] awakens to eat the souls/stories of anyone in the system. If there aren't enough, it will move on to others. The Doctor offers the Old God his 1000-years' worth of stories, trying to invoke this trope. However, while it initially seems to be the case, the Old God manages to eat it all (the Doctor survives, though) and is still hungry for more. So the Doctor's new companion Clara offers the Old God a dried leaf from her book, the same leaf that resulted in her parents first meeting and, in their words, is "the most important leaf in the Universe". Given the fact that it's still unclear what exactly Clara is and her explanation that the leaf contains more than just memories of things that happened but also memories of things that ''could have'' happened, this does prove too much for the Old God.
** In the First Doctor's final story, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet The Tenth Planet]]'', the Cybermen planet Mondas is destroyed when it drains too much energy from Earth - somehow. The Doctor's strategy is to allow this to happen, or prevent the aversion of Mondas's fate.
* In an episode of ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger,'' they fight a monster who absorbs electricity to use as a weapon. Moune, through the power of dance, is able to generate enough electricity to overload him.

** This feature was a constant up until 4th Edition's planar rejig, although the amount of HP healed has varied over the versions. Players refer to the energy-burst as [[FanNickname Death By Awesome]].