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* It's oddly popular in SuperRobot shows for the mecha to run on a green, glowing, extremely powerful energy source that is limited only by the pilot's [[HotBlooded willpower]] and imagination, much like the Green Lantern. The first example being [[GetterRobo Getter Rays]], then the [[GaoGaiGar G-Stone]], the [[KotetsuJeeg Bronze Bell's Power]] and [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Spiral Energy]].
** ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'''s Lambda Driver is another example of specialized mecha equipment that explicitly runs on the pilot's willpower and imagination. Unfortunately the only person on the good guys' side able to pilot their only Lambda Driver-equipped mech is Sousuke, a [[TheStoic Stoic]] ConsummateProfessional with approximately the imaginitive capacity of a cinder block. This situation causes considerable difficulty and frustration for everyone involved until he finally gets some of his issues sorted out at the end of ''The Second Raid.'' (The bad guys, meanwhile, hand out Lambda Drivers like candy to AxCrazy [[PsychoForHire Psychos For Hire]] who have absolutely no difficulty making them run.)

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* It's oddly popular in the SuperRobotGenre for the mecha to run on a green, glowing, extremely powerful energy source that is limited only by the pilot's [[HotBlooded willpower]] and imagination, much like the Green Lantern. The first example being [[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Rays]], then the [[Anime/GaoGaiGar G-Stone]], the [[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Bronze Bell's Power]] and [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Spiral Energy]].
** ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'''s Lambda Driver is another example of specialized mecha equipment that explicitly runs on the pilot's willpower and imagination. Unfortunately the only person on the good guys' side able to pilot their only Lambda Driver-equipped mech is Sousuke, a [[TheStoic Stoic]] ConsummateProfessional with approximately the imaginative capacity of a cinder block. This situation causes considerable difficulty and frustration for everyone involved until he finally gets some of his issues sorted out at the end of ''The Second Raid.'' (The bad guys, meanwhile, hand out Lambda Drivers like candy to AxCrazy [[PsychoForHire Psychos For Hire]] who have absolutely no difficulty making them run.)

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** Kyle Rayner ([[WriteWhoYouKnow a comic book artist]]) is notable as one of the most powerful and dangerous Green Lanterns ''because'' of his overactive imagination. He's been known to spawn entire ''armies'' of constructs (many of them [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to various other comic books, manga, and anime).
** Also worth noting are the ''other'' lantern corps, all of whom are capable of the same matter-creation as Green ones, though different Lantern Corps apply their GreenLanternRing powers differently. [[UnstoppableRage Red Lanterns]] typically vomit their energies from their mouth as a sort of acid. [[{{Greed}} Orange Lanterns]] are the physical recreations of Larfleeze's victims. [[HopeBringer Blue Lanterns]] usually just let their Ring make a copy of whatever the target will feel Hope about.
* Invisible Woman of the ''ComicBook/{{Fantastic Four}}'' has this ability, given to her after her original ability turned out to be so useless that writers had to give her a reason to even EXIST. They pulled that off pretty well, considering that she is now the strongest member of the team.

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** Kyle Rayner ([[WriteWhoYouKnow a comic book artist]]) is notable as one of the most powerful and dangerous Green Lanterns ''because'' of his overactive imagination. He's been known to spawn entire ''armies'' of constructs (many of them {{Shout Out}}s to various other comic books, manga, and anime).
** Also worth noting are the ''other'' lantern corps, all of whom are capable of the same matter-creation as Green ones, though different Lantern Corps apply their GreenLanternRing powers differently. [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lanterns]] typically vomit their energies from their mouth as a sort of acid. [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps Orange Lanterns]] are the physical recreations of Larfleeze's victims. [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps Blue Lanterns]] usually just let their Ring make a copy of whatever the target will feel Hope about.
* Invisible Woman of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' has this ability, given to her after her original ability turned out to be so useless that writers had to give her a reason to even EXIST. They pulled that off pretty well, considering that she is now the strongest member of the team.

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** The Answer, a villain from the ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'' series, has pretty much the same "power", allowing him to do whatever is required to "answer" a situation. For some reason this doesn't make him omnipotent, and he does get trounced by Spidey fairly often. Though in hindsight, it makes sense. An answer isn't always correct. Or there could be more than one correct answers.
* The Staff of One from ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'' lets Niko cause any effect she can name -- [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once]]. Any attempt to do the same thing twice causes random effects, ranging from silly (summoning pelicans) to massively inconvenient (teleporting her miles away). They are a bit inconsistent about this, but at least early on it seems it is not limited to the ''effect'' but to the actual ''[[SemanticSuperpower command word]]'' there are examples of Nico trying to come up with synonyms for words she has already used.
* Very much unsubverted in at least one {{Elseworld}} story, where ''{{Batman}}'' gets a power ring. Because giving the [[MemeticMutation goddamned Batman]] a weapon based on intelligence, creativity, and willpower seemed like ''such'' a good idea at the time...

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** The Answer, a villain from the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' series, has pretty much the same "power", allowing him to do whatever is required to "answer" a situation. For some reason this doesn't make him omnipotent, and he does get trounced by Spidey fairly often. Though in hindsight, it makes sense. An answer isn't always correct. Or there could be more than one correct answers.
* The Staff of One from ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'' lets Niko cause any effect she can name -- [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once]]. Any attempt to do the same thing twice causes random effects, ranging from silly (summoning pelicans) to massively inconvenient (teleporting her miles away). They are a bit inconsistent about this, but at least early on it seems it is not limited to the ''effect'' but to the actual ''[[SemanticSuperpower command word]]''; there are examples of Nico trying to come up with synonyms for words she has already used.
* Very much unsubverted in at least one {{Elseworld}} story, where ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' gets a power ring. Because giving the [[MemeticMutation goddamned Batman]] a weapon based on intelligence, creativity, and willpower seemed like ''such'' a good idea at the time...

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* {{Spawn}} has the power to do almost anything, but the bigger the feat is, the more it uses up his limited energy pool. [[CastFromLifeSpan Once it's all gone, he gets a one-way trip to Hell.]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_Boy Beast Boy]], ComicBook/{{Vixen}} and Comicbook/AnimalMan's powers all revolve around either turning into or gaining the abilities of whatever animal they can think of. The thing is, what does and does not qualify as an animal is incredibly vague, meaning they have a good deal of variety, and can transform into/copy even other sentient species (how's a [[SuperMan Kryptonian]] strike your fancy? How about an [[{{Darkseid}} Apokalypsian]]?). To make matters even more confusing, on at least one occasion when Vixen's powers were limited to "the Human animal" her abilities allowed her to copy the powers of other superpowered Humans, even those whose powers weren't natural...and Superman...and an actual GreenLantern (it was {{lampshaded}} that this didn't make sense, though, and it eventually turned out to be the work of a RealityWarper).

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* Comicbook/{{Spawn}} has the power to do almost anything, but the bigger the feat is, the more it uses up his limited energy pool. [[CastFromLifeSpan Once it's all gone, he gets a one-way trip to Hell.]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_Boy Beast Boy]], ComicBook/{{Vixen}} and Comicbook/AnimalMan's powers all revolve around either turning into or gaining the abilities of whatever animal they can think of. The thing is, what does and does not qualify as an animal is incredibly vague, meaning they have a good deal of variety, and can transform into/copy even other sentient species (how's a [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kryptonian]] strike your fancy? How about an [[{{Darkseid}} Apokalypsian]]?). To make matters even more confusing, on at least one occasion when Vixen's powers were limited to "the Human animal" her abilities allowed her to copy the powers of other superpowered Humans, even those whose powers weren't natural...and Superman...and an actual Franchise/GreenLantern (it was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d that this didn't make sense, though, and it eventually turned out to be the work of a RealityWarper).

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* Ecto-Manipulation in ''DannyPhantom''. It's not just for shooting beams out of your hands -- a skilled ghost can essentially create anything through the use of their own Ectos. Vlad alone managed to create tangible forms with his (such as a rope or a giant batter). They can also telepathically lift objects and in the rare instance shown, trail their Ectos to do whatever they want them to do. The possibilities are limitless.
* Splatter Phoenix from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' can basically create anything with her brush. That's probably the reason she is killed off in her second episode.
* A kid in one episode of ''StaticShock'' had the ability to create things he thought of, which his brother took advantage of.
* Played straight in GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries, for obvious reasons, but also subverted when the Interceptor needs repairs. Hal asks if a ring construct would suffice until they could get back to Oa for proper repairs. Aya replies that the construct would have to be an exact duplicate of the coil and its 56 moving parts to within a 0.8162 micron tolerance, which none of the Lanterns have the skill to replicate.

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* Ecto-Manipulation in ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''. It's not just for shooting beams out of your hands -- a skilled ghost can essentially create anything through the use of their own Ectos. Vlad alone managed to create tangible forms with his (such as a rope or a giant batter). They can also telepathically lift objects and in the rare instance shown, trail their Ectos to do whatever they want them to do. The possibilities are limitless.
* [[ArtAttacker Splatter Phoenix]] from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' can basically create anything with her brush. [[TooPowerfulToLive That's probably the reason she is killed off in her second episode.]]
* A kid in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' had the ability to create things he thought of, which his brother took advantage of.
* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'', for obvious reasons, but also subverted when the Interceptor needs repairs. Hal asks if a ring construct would suffice until they could get back to Oa for proper repairs. Aya replies that the construct would have to be an exact duplicate of the coil and its 56 moving parts to within a 0.8162 micron tolerance, which none of the Lanterns have the skill to replicate.

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9th May '13 9:49:23 PM ZekeFreek

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