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-->''"The ability to give superpowers to characters is acceptable. Naming the character Captain Franchise is not."''

* In PuellaMagiMadokaMagica, Kyubey's main goal in life seems to be creating {{Magical Girl}}s. '''He's very pushy about it'''. [[color:white:Of course, this is only half the truth.]]

* In PuellaMagiMadokaMagica, Kyubey's main goal in life seems to be creating {{Magical Girl}}s. '''He's very pushy about it'''.

# SufficientlyAdvancedAliens can [[LegoGenetics tinker with the gene structure]] [[TouchedByVorlons to grant them abilities.]]

# SufficientlyAdvancedAliens can [[LegoGenetics tinker with the gene structure]] to grant them abilities.

-->The ability to give superpowers to characters is acceptable. Naming the character Captain Franchise is not.
--> -''#950 of [[strike:1175]] [[strike:1225]] [[strike:1250]] '''a lot of''' {{Things Mr Welch Is No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG}}''

* "[[{[Tron}} Sark, all my functions are now yours. Take him!]]" It's not altogether clear whether this is a type 1 (the MCP explicitly said "functions," which is a very big deal among Programs) or a type 3 (all Sark had time to do is [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever grow gigantic]] and stomp around.)

** [[spoiler:And his powers as the protector of the island came from the crazy lady who claimed to be his mother, who passed them along (type 2) by having him drink water out of a cup she filled.]] [[supersecretspoiler:Jacob later does this to Jack, who does it to Hugo. Who then [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming makes Ben Linus his second-in-command.]]]]

* How can we forget the most famous guy? Galactus has the power to grant his Heralds the status equivalent of a PhysicalGod.

* Just before the FinalBoss of ''FinalFantasyIX'', after the party is wiped out by [[BigBad Kuja]]'s self-destructive tantrum, you get to choose which party members to take into the FinalBattle with [[GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere Necron]]. The remaining ones will then surrender their life energies to resuscitate the chosen ones, in reference to a similar scene from ''FinalFantasyIV''.

* In ''ChronoTrigger'', Spekkio can unlock the latent magical powers of the descendants of Zeal. He can't technically grant them though, as demonstrated by Ayla (who was born millions of years before Zeal), Robo (who, as a robot, is not genetically descended from humans), and Magus (who does not have latent powers to unlock).

* In PuellaMagiMadokaMagica, Kyubey's main goal in life seems to be creating {{Magical Girl}}s.

* In PuellaMagiMadokaMagica, Kyubey's main goal in life seems to be creating {{Magical Girl}}s. Whether or not he has an ulterior motive for doing so is yet to be seen.

# A character can turn another person into one of their own kind, powers and all. Usually it's a ViralTransformation, be it a vampire or werewolf's bite, an EmergencyTransformation spell, or a witch training an apprentice.

* In ''{{Bleach}}'', Ichigo's powers are first activated at the beginning when Rukia decides to share with him a portion of hers, as a voluntary type 2. It ends up being more of a type 1, though, as Ichigo takes nearly all of it without either meaning to. Ichigo's uncontrollable flow of spirit energy later spills into Orihime and Chad, giving them their own unique powers through simple exposure. What's more, it also affects his [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Quirky Minor Best Friends Squad]] Mizuiro, Keigo, and Tatsuki, since they saw them go to Hueco Mundo, among other things...

* Though it depends on the setting, divine spellcasters in ''DungeonsAndDragons'' usually receive their powers from the gods. Similarly, Warlocks gain their powers from consorting with strange otherworldly powers. In Fourth Edition, Primal classes gain their powers from nature spirits.
** Clerics can learn a spell known as Imbue With Spell Ability, enabling them to donate some of their other spells to the target, who can cast them at his own discretion.

** Come on, the digimon tamers in ALL the seasons are examples of type 3 to their partners.

** There are also moves like Light Screen, which help protect the team, even after the user switches out, and Baton Pass, which passes all stat boosts on to the next Pokemon to come out. This is very useful when a [[{{mons}} mon]] boosts itself automatically, such as with the ability ''Speed Boost''.

* In the Donald Duck cartoon ''Trombone Trouble'', the gods Jupiter and Vulcan give Don some of their power so he can get revenge on a trombone player who is bothering all three.

* MarvelComics' [[XMen Sage]] has the ability to "jump-start" other mutants. Initially this was depicted as the ability to activate the latent mutations of mutants who hadn't yet manifested, but at this point it's more or less an excuse to do whatever the current writer wants to do to another mutant's powers (for example: turning Beast from apelike to lion-like, and curing Gambit's blindness).

* Also in DC Comics, the titular MacGuffin in "Dial H For Hero" is an old-fashioned telephone dial that can transform the user into a random superhero for a short period.