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## When Goku comes back from Training [[AC:IN SPACE!]] to demonstrate his "[[TeleportersAndTransporters Instant Transmission]]".

## And finally, Gohan's Ultimate Power Up, after enduring the Elder Supreme Kai's training/ritual. He comes back and starts slaughtering Super Buu.

* ''OnePiece'' doesn't do this too often--especially considering its LongRunner status (Usually because the characters learn the new moves as they go), but it does have a few points to note:

** Saiyans as a race are predisposed to this as an innate ability. They gain a [[CameBackStrong Zenkei]] every time they approach death, which makes them even stronger than they were before, so harsh training or nearly being defeated makes them even more of a threat. This was actually weaponized, allowing Gohan and Vegeta to better stall against Frieza while he was going through his forms by healing them after they use up all their energy or get hurt.

** He does it again later after perfecting his Thousand Bolts spell, this time beating the crap out of [[spoiler: Jack Rakan]]. In every chapter of the fight so far, barring the flashback-heavy ones, Negi pulls out one or two never-before-seen techniques. [[spoiler: Somewhat subverted in that he ''still'' can't beat Rakan. They end up fighting to a draw.]]
* In the final segments of ''[[Audioplay/StrikersSoundStageX Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Sound Stage X]]'', which is set three years after the events of the third season, Teanna reveals Nanoha's parting gift to her which she had been working on since we've last seen her and [[DungeonBypass helps Subaru escape from the burning Marine Garden]] by [[LockAndLoadMontage using every cartridge she has]] and uttering two words: [[spoiler: [[WaveMotionGun Starlight. Breaker.]]]]

* After ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} disbanded, ComicBook/KittyPryde spent some brief time with the ComicBook/XMen before leaving and spending six months in Genoshia. What she was doing there during the time is as-yet unknown ((although presumably connected to her father, who was living there at the time), but when she came back, she had clearly [[TookALevelInBadass Taken a Level in Badass]], able to fight more savagely than she ever had, often using a dagger made from one of Wolverine's broken bone claws. Her attitude changed too, clearly changing from the naïve girl she had been to a confident and independent young woman; she would later leave again and attend the University of Chicago/

* ''{{Dragonball}} Z'' is a big fan of this trope:

* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear G'' basically has its first two episodes as one long extended version of this, with all of the girls showing off their new looks, each using at least one new move, and Hibiki demonstrating her increased control over her armor, culminating in ''[[CrowningMomentofAwesome S2CA Tri Burst]]''.

* After ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} disbanded, ComicBook/KittyPryde spent some brief time with the ComicBook/{{X-Men}} before leaving and spending six months in Genoshia. What she was doing there during the time is as-yet unknown ((although presumably connected to her father, who was living there at the time), but when she came back, she had clearly [[TookALevelInBadass Taken a Level in Badass]], able to fight more savagely than she ever had, often using a dagger made from one of Wolverine's broken bone claws. Her attitude changed too, clearly changing from the naïve girl she had been to a confident and independent young woman; she would later leave again and attend the University of Chicago/

* ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' combines this with MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours, but with an (anti-)''villain'' instead of the hero. Tsuji Shinnosuke (a.k.a. "the crazy-haired one") of the Ragnarok gang, after being defeated by Kenichi, withdraws into wilderness and trains hard to become stronger. When he eventually returns, he is appalled when finding out that his former gang has been disbanded after their key members had all been defeated by Kenichi.

->''You won't believe the things I can do now!''

* ''CodeGeass''

** This also happens with [[AloofAlly Ishida Uryu]] after he [[spoiler: loses his powers, then gets them back some eighty episodes later,]] finally showing them off almost twenty episodes after ''that.'' Fortunately, it's a pretty BadAss return.

Occasionally, a character will either see fit to train, or, in some cases, be forced to train. This will take them away from their core group for a while, but they'll [[TookALevelInBadass Take A Level In Badass]] and come back stronger than ever. Hey, WarIsHell sometimes, but also sometimes worth it.

* Allen Walker from ''DGrayMan'' does this after the Fallen One / Deletion Ark. He comes back in Japan and seems to fight nearly on par with [[spoiler:The Millenium Earl]]. Perhaps arguable as the reason he left was because [[spoiler:his Innocence was 'destroyed' and he had to fight to even get back to his former level (which he surpasses).]]

* ''MahouSenseiNegima''

* Yusuke from ''YuYuHakusho'' goes away for six months between arcs to train with his new mentor Genkai, and returns with lots of nifty new techniques that he immediately has to use, since the second main story arc begins the same day he gets back.

Occasionally, a character will either see fit to train, or, in some cases, be forced to train. This will take them away from their core group for a while, but they'll [[TookALevelInBadass Take A Level In Badass]] and come back stronger than ever.

* ''SoulEater'': Black Star's return in the Baba Yaga arc. He left after a series of defeats led him to find a different way to train and figure out the Nakatsukasa Purpose. He comes back knocking aside every Arachnaphobia mook unfortunate enough to be in his path (his presence enough that Kid can sense his soul from the middle of the castle), and arrives in time to fight [[spoiler: Mifune with an impressive new set of techniques and lend a hand in taking down the pseudo-Kishin Arachne by, typically, sheer force of will]].

* ''SenkiZesshouSymphogear G'' basically has its first two episodes as one long extended version of this, with all of the girls showing off their new looks, each using at least one new move, and Hibiki demonstrating her increased control over her armor, culminating in ''[[CrowningMomentofAwesome S2CA Tri Burst]]''.

* Deconstructed in ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', Kojiro Hyuga runs off with ex-coach Kira to train up a way to match Tsubasa. He leaves the team without his own coach's permission, forcing Toho FC to go without an ace striker for the majority of the tournament. When he comes back with the killer Tiger Shoot, Coach Kitazume gets enraged and benches him for damaging the team. Hyuga could have missed out the final match against Tsubasa entirely had he not desperately apologize for what he's done.

* Deconstructed in ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', Kojiro Hyuga runs off with ex-coach Kira to train up a way to match Tsubasa. He leaves the team without his own coach's permission, forcing Toho FC to go without an ace striker for the majority of the tournament. When he comes back with the killer Tiger Shoot, Coach Kitazume gets enraged and benches him for damaging the team. Hyuga could have missed out the final match entirely had he not desperately apologize for what he's done.

* Deconstructed in ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', Kojiro Hyuga runs off with ex-coach Kira to train up a way to match Tsubasa. He leaves the team without his own coach's permission, forcing Toho FC to go without an ace striker for the majority of the tournament. When he comes back with the killer Tiger Shoot, Coach Kitazume gets enraged and benches him for damaging the team, and Hyuga could have missed out the final entire had he not desperately apologize for what he's done.

* Partly deconstructed in ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', Kojiro Hyuga runs off with ex-coach Kira to train up a way to match Tsubasa. He leaves the team without his own coach's permission, forcing Toho FC to go without an ace striker for the majority of the tournament. When he comes back with the killer Tiger Shoot, Coach Kitazume gets enraged and benches him for damaging the team. Hyuga could have missed out the final entire had he not desperately apologize for what he's done.