History Main / SuperPowerSillyPutty

** And in ''CountdownToFinalCrisis'', Jimmy starts cycling through ''all'' his powers, and decides now's his moment to become a superhero ... Mr Action.

* Ron Stoppable is hit with this quite frequently in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''.

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* Ron Stoppable is hit with this quite frequently in ''KimPossible''.

** So did Lois Lane. In fact, the sheer amount of SilverAge Superman stories where either Jimmy, Lois or Lana get superpowers is the most frequent RunningGag in Superdickery.com

* MartinMorning changes into a new character (spy, robot, eskimo, etc.) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin every morning]].

''It was certainly better than yesterday: a combination of Omega Radiation and a kryptonite candle turned me into Melting Lad. I really don't understand how [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway melting is a superpower]], but I was a puddle for half the day. {{Superman}} had to use his [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands super-sculpting skills]] to put my atomic structure back together. I have to remember to get him something good for his birthday. Maybe a tie?''

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A subtrope of SuperpowersForADay.

* Not to be confused with PlasticMan, a literal Silly Putty superhero.

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A Sister Trope to ArthurDent. Where Arthur Dent is a normal person surrounded by [[WeirdnessMagnet weirdness]], but who stays normal nonetheless, someone who is SuperpowerSillyPutty is one who is transformed by the weirdness. Numerous times. He never keeps the powers, however; he always manages to [[SidekickGlassCeiling lose them]] just as he is getting [[SnapBack used to them]]. [[HowDoIShotWeb Don't expect him to know exactly how to use them during the duration]].

From the diary of James Bartholomew Olsen:

*** well, since the rings are based on one's willpower, bruce would make a exellent green lantern.
** And according to GrantMorrison, ''every single wacky SilverAge transformation'' is now canon. Albeit with most of them RetConned into being hallucinations brought about by a sensory deprivment experiment, or caused by the many difference chemical weapons Batman's rogues tend to use.

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''Tomorrow looks to be better, though, diary. I only have one assignment with Ms. Lane: to photograph STAR Labs' new particle decelerator. Here's hoping there are no mishaps.''

** One comic suggest Jimmy had had this happen to him so many times that it's made his mind impossible to read. Jimmy himself figures it out while being chased by a mind reading assassin. Long story.

** It still happens every now and then. There's even an {{Elseworld}} based on Bruce Wayne becoming a Green Lantern. (or a pirate, or a knight...)

** In the {{Elseworld}} story ''[[ForWantOfANail The Nail]]'' Jimmy Olsen is the aide of Metropolis Mayor Lex Luthor because he has extensive experience of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Meta-Human]] affairs due to his numerous transformations. [[spoiler:Deconstructed when it is revealed that without Superman as his best friend, the transformations have driven him insane. And then Luthor used him as a guinea pig for grafting Kryptonian DNA to a human body. One short WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity later and Olsen is the BigBad, using Luthor as a {{Brainwashed}} puppet to bring down anyone who might be a threat to his dream of "New Krypton".]]

*** At least [[DaChief Perry White]] got off scot-free, right? [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1180:perry-gets-powers-aga-wait-perry&catid=29:confounding-comic-covers-index&Itemid=32 ...Oh.]]
* Ron Stoppable is hit with this quite frequently in ''KimPossible''.
* JohnnyTest.

* Clover in ''TotallySpies'' tended to be subject to FetishFuel inducing transformations.
** Similarly, Alex would always be the one to trade faces with the villain in the cases of a partial body swap machine. (Yes there were multiples of these)
*** For the sake of completion, it was Sam who took on all the brainwashing.

* Not completely sure if this goes here (as apart from him, the world is normal), but MartinMorning will change into a new character (spy, robot, eskimo, etc) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin every morning]].
* On ''{{Jumanji}}'s'' animated adaptation, Peter was often [[BalefulPolymorph transformed into all kinds of humanoid animals]], usually as a sanction for [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught trying to mess with the game's rules]] or TemptingFate.

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* Pete Ross inexplicably takes up this mantle sometimes in ''{{Smallville}}''. When he returned in one episode, he had quite strangely gained the power of stretching.
** Pete isn't the only subject of "Twenty Four Hour Power" in ''{{Smallville}}'': Lana was clairvoyant, Chloe could make people tell the truth, Clark briefly had "[[TheDeadZone Dead Zone]]" Vision, not to mention Lex, Lana and Jonathan were all briefly [[strike:Flying]] [[FlyingBrick Speeding Bricks]].
*** Though as of this season, Chloe has a permanent super-power (which fits her perfectly). She can hack computers [[MindControl (and ''people'')]] just by touching them.
*** No, that was just Braniac possessing her. It was removed when the [[LegionOfSuperHeroes Legionnaires]] took him out of her. Although I think she still has her [[GreenRocks Kryptonite]] power that lets her heal anyone she touches, but she just doesn't use it because nobody knows if she'd be KilledOffForReal this time, or if she'd just have a DisneyDeath.

A Sister Trope to ArthurDent. Where ArthurDent is a normal person surrounded by [[WeirdnessMagnet weirdness]], but who stays normal nonetheless, someone who is SuperpowerSillyPutty is one who is transformed by the weirdness. Numerous times. They never keep the powers, however; they always manage to [[SidekickGlassCeiling lose them]] just as they are getting [[SnapBack used to them]]. [[HowDoIShotWeb Don't expect them to know exactly how to use them during the duration.]]

* Clover in ''TotallySpies'' had a tendency to be subject to FetishFuel inducing transformations.
** Similarly Alex would always be the one to trade faces with the villain in the cases of a partial body swap machine. (Yes there were multiples of these)

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* On {{Jumanji}}'s animated adaptation, Peter was often [[BalefulPolymorph transformed into all kinds of humanoid animals]], usually as a sanction for [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught trying to mess with the game's rules]] or TemptingFate.