History Main / StoryBreakerPower

* ''[[TenchiMuyo Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki]]:'' [[spoiler: Tenchi and Z, whose introduced later, possess powers from something that's even more powerful than ''the Goddesses that made the universe''. Some feats that are probably the bottom of the list of what they can do: Z destroyed half of the Earth and Moon in an instant (literally; the mantle and core of the Earth was visible afterwords) without exerting any visible effort, Tenchi traveled to Saturn from Earth within an instant (a physical impossibility as light is nowhere that fast), Tenchi stopped an ''anti-planet'' weapon single-handedly and Tenchi's powers going out of control as he began becoming the entity that created said Goddesses caused a dimensional quake crossing all 11 dimensions and into the realm of the Goddesses. Oh, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking they can breath and talk in space with no trouble]].]]

** It's beyond that. [[FanWank Fans have pointed out]] that, with Wally's ability to absorb "speed" from anything and his ability to take advantage of relativistic effects in order to increase his striking power without hampering his ability to move, he can could [[{{Fanon}} theoretically]] make his fists weigh more than the universe itself.

* The ''LegionOfSuperHeroes'' were given a device they called the Miracle Machine by a race of NeglectfulPrecursors. It's power? Nothing less than [[RealityWarper turning your thoughts into reality]]. It's usually relegated to the their trophy room, because [[DrunkWithPower power corrupts]], and it would be a shame if they saved a few billion lives while getting corrupted... or something. A later author wrote a plot specifically to remove the literal DeusExMachina from the plot forever (and make Matter Eater Lad [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway useful]] in the process).

*** Haki was introduced long before [[ChekovsSkill it was considered neccessary]]. Why, it was even introduced in the ''first chapter'', when Shanks scared off a Sea King. [[MemeticMutation Oda never forgets]], indeed.

** Tennyo is arguably a subversion. Yes, she's an unholy terror in a fight (quite literally at times). But her problem is that her powers are potentially ''too'' destructive -- her "death blow" is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, she can end up irradiating the area she's fighting in without meaning to or noticing, and sometimes when she loses her temper badly enough ''something'' seems to get loose that drives normal humans insane with fright before she's even really done anything to them.

** Really though, it's more of a deconstruction than a subversion. [[strike: Get your terms straight, thank you...]]

** His power does have some limits, as there are a handful of beings that his eyes can't kill, like Wallachia, who exists as a phenomenon (basically, it'd be like killing the wind. You... can't really do that), Arcuied, who literally is incapable of dying at night time (usually), and ORT, who... doesn't have a Gaian concept of death because it comes from Mercury... [[SoYeah yeah]]...

** His power is quite unclear since there are a handful of beings that his eyes can't kill, like Wallachia, who apparently doesn't really exist. This is confusing since he or something obviously exist since hes there. This can be solved by a limit on Shiki eyes that states that he cannot kill what he does not yet understands.
** I don't know if its stroybreaking but a full powered Arcuied is one of the most powerful beings in all of the {{Nasuverse}}. In terms of brute force, perhaps only the "Types" or "Ultimate Ones" themselves and people like Kishua and Ado Edem with his sword, Slash Emperor, are more powerful.
** That's hardly a story breaker power. Egads, he can kill people with one hit of a knife if he hits them in the right spot. I think just about anyone in the world can do that. It just happens that in his world he's continually faced off against folks with various levels of NighInvulnerability so [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman his power is necessary to finish them off]]. I think the canon limits are that it has to be a melee blow and it only works against physical things.

** This is kinda justified if you look at it this way: The world (possibly the universe) is one giant organic computer. Yuki's superiors (I forgot the name) is like a program that writes other programs that are then executed. Haruhi is like a benign virus-like program that shapes the data (read:world) around her to suit her whims.

* Warp is extremely powerful in ''{{GURPS}}'', so much so that it is essentially banned for players in the ''DungeonFantasy'' books. The authors did eventually cave and add it in with the requirement that the player take a small Unusual Background named "Ha-''ha''! I Can Teleport!"

* The ''HeroSystem'' rulebook puts stop-sign icons next to powers that have the potential to be Story Breakers, such as Danger Sense, Intangibility, Time Travel, or Summoning.

* In OrderOfTheStick [[spoiler: V becomes ridiculously powerful through a DealWithTheDevil]]. The resulting arrogance results in a serious backfire/subversion later on [[spoiler: when Xykon turns out to be much too well prepared for a simple brute force attack to work]]. The abovedescribed Scry and Die tactic is explicitly mentioned

* ''TheMatrix's'' sequels have this problem with Neo. Among other problems.

***She can bring people back from the dead. The sense of conflict is looking sickly already.