History Main / GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy

* In the opening for a ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode, Blue Beetle is able to convince Star Girl to do this towards Mantis, earning her respect in the process. Not that she'd admit it.

* In the Season 1 finale of {{Torchwood}}, the mere shadow of the Godzilla-scaled Abbadon 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 Abbadon to gorge until it falls over dead.
** ''Series/DoctorWho'' uses this trope as well. About midway through New Who's series 2, "Tooth and Claw," a werewolf chasing The Doctor, Rose, and {{Queen Victoria}} 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 EgyptianMythology, the bloodthirsty warrior goddess Sekhmet was let loose (in the form of a lioness) upon a sinful population. She got out of control and the gods, taking pity on the humans, showed them the way to stop her: they exploited her insatiable thirst for blood by flooding a nearby field with bloodred wine. When the crazed goddess passed by on her way to eat more people, she pounced on the lake of "blood" and drank it all. This resulted in the most severe hangover ever - Sekhmet passed out and woke up as a cow. This peaceful form of her was named Hathor.
** Making it OlderThanDirt.

* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', the party comes across a hydra on the way to the oracle. [[HeroicSociopath Belkar]] starts happily chopping heads off left and right. Varsuvius wants to just blast it with magic, but Roy says to wait, without explaining why. Just as V is about to let loose anyway, the hydra collapses due to [[SquareCubeLaw it's heart no longer being able to pump enough blood to all of its heads]].
* In ''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.

** {{Doctor Who}} uses this trope as well. About midway through New Who's series 2, "Tooth and Claw," a werewolf chasing The Doctor, Rose, and {{Queen Victoria}} 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.

* This trope was very likely inspired by the Krakow dragon. 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.

* According to the ApocalypticLog, this is why the Luminoth first designed the Dark Beam in ''MetroidPrime: Echoes''. {{Subverted|Trope}}: It did not work. The Luminoth then designed the Light Beam which was much more effective on their enemies the Ing.

* In the Atomic Betty episode "Power Arrangers", the electricity-based villain, [[EnergyAbsorption Nuclea]], is defeated this way.

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* Done by {{Lex Luthor}} to {{Superman}} at the beginning of {{All Star Superman}}. 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]].

* This trope was very likely inspired by the Krakow dragon. 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 feed it more but covered them in a very spicy sauce. The dragon was so thirsty, it drank an entire lake and exploded.

* ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'': 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.

* According to the ApocalypticLog, this is why the Luminoth first designed the Dark Beam in ''MetroidPrime: Echoes''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: It did not work. The Luminoth then designed the Light Beam which was much more effective on their enemies the Ing.

* In ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'', the party comes across a hydra on the way to the oracle. [[HeroicSociopath Belkar]] starts happily chopping heads off left and right. Varsuvius wants to just blast it with magic, but Roy says to wait, without explaining why. Just as V is about to let loose anyway, the hydra collapses due to [[SquareCubeLaw it's heart no longer being able to pump enough blood to all of its heads]].

* 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.

* In {{Bionicle}} This is how the Toa Nuva defeat the Bohrak-Kal.

* In his fight with [[EnergyAbsorption Byakko]], [[YuYuHakusho Kuwabara]] follows this trope to the letter. Unfortunately, it's [[NotQuiteDead doesn't quite]] [[ItGotWorse work.]]

* The [[{{Futurama}} Planet Express crew]] tries this against the ''{{Star Trek}}''-loving EnergyBeing Melllvar. [[ItGotWorse It doesn't work...]]

* In Egyptian mythology, the bloodthirsty warrior goddess Sekhmet was let loose (in the form of a lioness) upon a sinful population. She got out of control and the gods, taking pity on the humans, showed them the way to stop her: they exploited her insatiable thirst for blood by flooding a nearby field with bloodred wine. When the crazed goddess passed by on her way to eat more people, she pounced on the lake of "blood" and drank it all. This resulted in the most severe hangover ever - Sekhmet passed out and woke up as a cow. This peaceful form of her was named Hathor.

/The MonsterOfTheWeek is wreaking havoc. The heroes step in and blast it with all they have, but what's this? The creature isn't hurt at all! In fact, it looks STRONGER! How could this be?

The MonsterOfTheWeek is wreaking havoc. The heroes step in and blast it with all they have, but what's this? The creature isn't hurt at all! In fact, it looks STRONGER! How could this be?