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* ''Film/PacificRim'': Because {{Synchronization}} requires two people, they have to get along really well with no secrets.
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* ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'': [[EccentricMentor Merlin]] tells Wart that love is a powerful force after a [[EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels lovelorn female squirrel]] becomes heartbroken when Wart is transformed back into a human.
** The trope frequently pops up in the DisneyAnimatedCanon and in ''{{Disney}}'' in general.
*** FamilyUnfriendlyAesop much?
* While love doesn't actually accomplish anything supernatural in the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' films, the fact that genies can't cause people to fall in love puts Love on the same level of ''greater''-than-phenomenal-cosmic-power as Life or Death.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'': Only when her children were in mortal danger did Mrs. Brisby's love and courage become a tangible force, with the Stone as a foci. Even more explicit is the Stone's inscription "You can unlock any door, if you only have the key." According to the ThemeSong ''Flying Dreams'', "Love is the key."
** The trope frequently pops up in the DisneyAnimatedCanon and in ''{{Disney}}'' in general.
*** FamilyUnfriendlyAesop much?
* While love doesn't actually accomplish anything supernatural in the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' films, the fact that genies can't cause people to fall in love puts Love on the same level of ''greater''-than-phenomenal-cosmic-power as Life or Death.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'': Only when her children were in mortal danger did Mrs. Brisby's love and courage become a tangible force, with the Stone as a foci. Even more explicit is the Stone's inscription "You can unlock any door, if you only have the key." According to the ThemeSong ''Flying Dreams'', "Love is the key."
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* ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'': [[EccentricMentor Merlin]] tells Wart that love is a powerful force after a [[EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels lovelorn female squirrel]] becomes heartbroken when Wart is transformed back into a human.
** The trope frequently pops up in the DisneyAnimatedCanon and in ''{{Disney}}'' in general.
*** FamilyUnfriendlyAesop much?
** The trope frequently pops up in the DisneyAnimatedCanon and in ''{{Disney}}'' in general.
*** FamilyUnfriendlyAesop much?
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* While love doesn't actually accomplish anything supernatural in the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' films, the fact that genies can't cause people to fall in love puts Love on the same level of ''greater''-than-phenomenal-cosmic-power as Life or Death.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'': Only when her children were in mortal danger did Mrs. Brisby's love and courage become a tangible force, with the Stone as a foci. Even more explicit is the Stone's inscription "You can unlock any door, if you only have the key." According to the ThemeSong ''Flying Dreams'', "Love is the key."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'': Only when her children were in mortal danger did Mrs. Brisby's love and courage become a tangible force, with the Stone as a foci. Even more explicit is the Stone's inscription "You can unlock any door, if you only have the key." According to the ThemeSong ''Flying Dreams'', "Love is the key."
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** Which is ironic considering that's what causes Anakin to turn to TheDarkSide [[LoveMakesYouEvil in the first place]].
*** Love did not do Anakin in, fear did. Well... along with a healthy dose of [[AmbitionIsEvil arrogance and selfish entitlement]].
** The {{novelization}} of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' invokes this to turn the book's ending, a bit harsher than the film's, more {{bittersweet|Ending}}.
--> The dark is generous, and it is patient, and [[TheBadGuyWins it always wins]] - but in the heart of its strength lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
--> Love is more than a candle.
--> Love can ignite the stars.
** In the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] ([[FateoftheJedi Fate of the Jedi: Ascension]]) Jaina [[InvokedTrope Invokes]] this for the above-mentioned events, while vouching for Ben's [[BastardUnderstudy Sith Apprentice]] girlfriend, Vestara:
-->"I don't want to get too sentimental here, uncle Luke, but don't underestimate The Power Of Love. It's [[LoveRedeems pulled two family members back]] from the DarkSide already. Ben's sixteen, but he's not a fool."
** In the Expanded Universe, Qui-Gon Jinn explains that love, a connection to others, is a prerequisite for becoming a Force Ghost.
*** Love did not do Anakin in, fear did. Well... along with a healthy dose of [[AmbitionIsEvil arrogance and selfish entitlement]].
** The {{novelization}} of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' invokes this to turn the book's ending, a bit harsher than the film's, more {{bittersweet|Ending}}.
--> The dark is generous, and it is patient, and [[TheBadGuyWins it always wins]] - but in the heart of its strength lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
--> Love is more than a candle.
--> Love can ignite the stars.
** In the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] ([[FateoftheJedi Fate of the Jedi: Ascension]]) Jaina [[InvokedTrope Invokes]] this for the above-mentioned events, while vouching for Ben's [[BastardUnderstudy Sith Apprentice]] girlfriend, Vestara:
-->"I don't want to get too sentimental here, uncle Luke, but don't underestimate The Power Of Love. It's [[LoveRedeems pulled two family members back]] from the DarkSide already. Ben's sixteen, but he's not a fool."
** In the Expanded Universe, Qui-Gon Jinn explains that love, a connection to others, is a prerequisite for becoming a Force Ghost.
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* The {{novelization}} of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' invokes this to turn the book's ending, a bit harsher than the film's, more {{bittersweet|Ending}}.
--> The dark is generous, and it is patient, and [[TheBadGuyWins it always wins]] - but in the heart of its strength lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
--> Love is more than a candle.
--> Love can ignite the stars.
* In the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] ([[FateoftheJedi Fate of the Jedi: Ascension]]) Jaina [[InvokedTrope Invokes]] this for the above-mentioned events, while vouching for Ben's [[BastardUnderstudy Sith Apprentice]] girlfriend, Vestara:
-->"I don't want to get too sentimental here, uncle Luke, but don't underestimate The Power Of Love. It's [[LoveRedeems pulled two family members back]] from the DarkSide already. Ben's sixteen, but he's not a fool."
** In the Expanded Universe, Qui-Gon Jinn explains that love, a connection to others, is a prerequisite for becoming a Force Ghost.
--> The dark is generous, and it is patient, and [[TheBadGuyWins it always wins]] - but in the heart of its strength lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
--> Love is more than a candle.
--> Love can ignite the stars.
* In the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] ([[FateoftheJedi Fate of the Jedi: Ascension]]) Jaina [[InvokedTrope Invokes]] this for the above-mentioned events, while vouching for Ben's [[BastardUnderstudy Sith Apprentice]] girlfriend, Vestara:
-->"I don't want to get too sentimental here, uncle Luke, but don't underestimate The Power Of Love. It's [[LoveRedeems pulled two family members back]] from the DarkSide already. Ben's sixteen, but he's not a fool."
** In the Expanded Universe, Qui-Gon Jinn explains that love, a connection to others, is a prerequisite for becoming a Force Ghost.
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** Kuwabara was on the other end of this (platonically speaking) during Yusuke's fight with Younger Togouro. [[spoiler: He faked his death by Togouro to inspire Yusuke to reach his true potential.]]
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** Kuwabara was on the other end of this (platonically speaking) during Yusuke's fight with Younger Togouro. Toguro. [[spoiler: He faked his death by Togouro Toguro to inspire Yusuke to reach his true potential.]]
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* Love, romantic or otherwise, is often considered one of the most powerful motivation forces in the human psyche. There are even claims that it can cause the brain to release chemicals that allows a person to accomplish things that he/she could not or would not had been able to normally do. These factors are the basis for the "Power of Love" in fiction.
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[[Film/BackToTheFuture The Power]] [[HueyLewisAndTheNews Of Love]] is [[LoveMakesYouCrazy a curious thing]]. It makes [[LoveHurts one man weep]], and [[HappilyMarried another man]] [[WaxingLyrical sing]]. It can [[LoveRedeems change a hawk to a little white dove]]. [[LoveImbuesLife Bring inanimate objects to life]]. It might just save your life. It makes people want to give up personal freedom to [[PropertyOfLove belong to each other]]. [[LoveMakesYouEvil Don't you dare mock]], [[Film/BackToTheFuture that's the Power of Love]].
It's also an occasionally useful DeusExMachina. Even more than ThePowerOfFriendship, ThePowerOfLove can be applied in dire situations to make things better. In fact, in many {{Disney}} movies it's the solution to pretty much everything. Unlike ThePowerOfFriendship, though, it can be applied in FanFic [[MisterSeahorse to make things profoundly disturbing.]]
Common applications of ThePowerOfLove include activating an EmpathicWeapon, [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight freeing]] a loved one from [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind control]], [[PowerOfTrust strengthening a loved one]], and converting a Real Death into a DisneyDeath. Even when the power of love is not literally and directly responsible, the scene is often set such that the audience is left with the impression that it was "really responsible".
DontYouDarePityMe can sometimes be overcome by the PowerOfLove; however, it may take time, and the love itself must be [[CharacterDevelopment purified]] of any pity it does contain.
It's also an occasionally useful DeusExMachina. Even more than ThePowerOfFriendship, ThePowerOfLove can be applied in dire situations to make things better. In fact, in many {{Disney}} movies it's the solution to pretty much everything. Unlike ThePowerOfFriendship, though, it can be applied in FanFic [[MisterSeahorse to make things profoundly disturbing.]]
Common applications of ThePowerOfLove include activating an EmpathicWeapon, [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight freeing]] a loved one from [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind control]], [[PowerOfTrust strengthening a loved one]], and converting a Real Death into a DisneyDeath. Even when the power of love is not literally and directly responsible, the scene is often set such that the audience is left with the impression that it was "really responsible".
DontYouDarePityMe can sometimes be overcome by the PowerOfLove; however, it may take time, and the love itself must be [[CharacterDevelopment purified]] of any pity it does contain.
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[[Film/BackToTheFuture The Power]] [[HueyLewisAndTheNews [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Of Love]] is [[LoveMakesYouCrazy a curious thing]]. It makes [[LoveHurts one man weep]], and [[HappilyMarried another man]] [[WaxingLyrical sing]]. It can [[LoveRedeems change a hawk to a little white dove]]. [[LoveImbuesLife Bring inanimate objects to life]]. It might just save your life. It makes people want to give up personal freedom to [[PropertyOfLove belong to each other]]. [[LoveMakesYouEvil Don't you dare mock]], [[Film/BackToTheFuture that's the Power of Love]].
It's also an occasionally useful DeusExMachina. Even more than ThePowerOfFriendship,ThePowerOfLove The Power Of Love can be applied in dire situations to make things better. In fact, in many {{Disney}} Creator/{{Disney}} movies it's the solution to pretty much everything. Unlike ThePowerOfFriendship, though, it can be applied in FanFic [[MisterSeahorse to make things profoundly disturbing.]]
Common applications ofThePowerOfLove The Power Of Love include activating an EmpathicWeapon, [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight freeing]] a loved one from [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind control]], [[PowerOfTrust strengthening a loved one]], and converting a Real Death into a DisneyDeath. Even when the power of love is not literally and directly responsible, the scene is often set such that the audience is left with the impression that it was "really responsible".
DontYouDarePityMe can sometimes be overcome by thePowerOfLove; Power Of Love; however, it may take time, and the love itself must be [[CharacterDevelopment purified]] of any pity it does contain.
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** A bigger example would be Himeko and Chikane, who invokes ThePowerOfLove to ScrewDestiny and return to each other despite the will of the gods.
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* In ''{{Mai-HiME}}'', the show's Mons are powered by ThePowerOfLove. [[spoiler: Literally. Toss in {{Synchronization}}, AnyoneCanDie and ThereCanOnlyBeOne and this begins to feel a lot less idealistic than you first thought...]]
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* In ''{{Mai-HiME}}'', the show's Mons are powered by ThePowerOfLove.The Power Of Love. [[spoiler: Literally. Toss in {{Synchronization}}, AnyoneCanDie and ThereCanOnlyBeOne and this begins to feel a lot less idealistic than you first thought...]]
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* Played straight in the ''GaRei'' manga, where Kensuke is flatly told that he needs the PowerOfLove to draw out the true strength of his sword. Naturally, he only remembers this during the [[spoiler:final battle of Kyubi arc]], where his love gives the sword the power to ''cut dimensions'', [[spoiler:freeing the LoveInterest Kagura]].
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* Played straight in the ''GaRei'' manga, where Kensuke is flatly told that he needs the PowerOfLove Power Of Love to draw out the true strength of his sword. Naturally, he only remembers this during the [[spoiler:final battle of Kyubi arc]], where his love gives the sword the power to ''cut dimensions'', [[spoiler:freeing the LoveInterest Kagura]].
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* Though the ''PrettyCure'' series runs on ThePowerOfFriendship, there are times where ThePowerOfLove goes one step further.
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* One of the major themes of {{Sekirei}}, with the suggestion this is the ''true'' source of their power. Musubi's faith is such that she once [[spoiler: made a bet with the OmnicidalManiac FinalBoss that she would triumph in the FinalBattle]] using ThePowerOfLove. In one particular instance, she even invokes this trope as the reason for her victory in battle.
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* One of the major themes of {{Sekirei}}, with the suggestion this is the ''true'' source of their power. Musubi's faith is such that she once [[spoiler: made a bet with the OmnicidalManiac FinalBoss that she would triumph in the FinalBattle]] using ThePowerOfLove.The Power Of Love. In one particular instance, she even invokes this trope as the reason for her victory in battle.
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* ThePowerOfLove allowed the {{Flash}} to come back from an other-dimensional speedster heaven that no one had ever returned from. Several times.
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* For a split second, it looks as if this trope is going to be averted in the ''JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' arc "Princes of Darkness"--Jade's ThePowerOfLove speech to Obsidian fails to halt his evil rampage--but it's really only a set up for their father, the [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] GreenLantern, to come in and deliver it successfully.
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* For a split second, it looks as if this trope is going to be averted in the ''JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' arc "Princes of Darkness"--Jade's ThePowerOfLove The Power Of Love speech to Obsidian fails to halt his evil rampage--but it's really only a set up for their father, the [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] GreenLantern, to come in and deliver it successfully.
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* Ultra Boy is saved from [[MindControl The Blight]] by ThePowerOfLove in the ''ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'' issues right before ''Legion Lost''.
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* Deconstructed in ''DarkAvengers''. It's heavily implied that ThePowerOfLove is all that's keeping TheSentry from unleashing [[EnemyWithin the Void]] and raining Biblical plagues down on humanity. Unfortunately his wife, Lindy, is ''terrified'' of him, and when she tries to kill him in the hope of preventing a mad rampage, that's exactly what she gets. Norman Osborn is GenreSavvy enough to recognize that Lindy could set the Sentry off again at any time; [[WrongGenreSavvy unfortunately]] his solution is [[spoiler: to kill her and make it look like a suicide]]. Initially that seems to work, but the next time we see the Sentry he ramps up to a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum ''very'' quickly and eventually [[spoiler: provokes Thor into killing him]]. The last we see of the Sentry and Lindy [[spoiler: is two empty graves, side by side...]]
* Speaking of [[NormanOsborn Osborn]], ThePowerOfLove (for his son Harry) once turned Norman sane after he relapsed as the Green Goblin. Both the sanity and the love failed to stick.
* Speaking of [[NormanOsborn Osborn]], ThePowerOfLove (for his son Harry) once turned Norman sane after he relapsed as the Green Goblin. Both the sanity and the love failed to stick.
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* Deconstructed in ''DarkAvengers''. It's heavily implied that ThePowerOfLove The Power Of Love is all that's keeping TheSentry from unleashing [[EnemyWithin the Void]] and raining Biblical plagues down on humanity. Unfortunately his wife, Lindy, is ''terrified'' of him, and when she tries to kill him in the hope of preventing a mad rampage, that's exactly what she gets. Norman Osborn is GenreSavvy enough to recognize that Lindy could set the Sentry off again at any time; [[WrongGenreSavvy unfortunately]] his solution is [[spoiler: to kill her and make it look like a suicide]]. Initially that seems to work, but the next time we see the Sentry he ramps up to a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum ''very'' quickly and eventually [[spoiler: provokes Thor into killing him]]. The last we see of the Sentry and Lindy [[spoiler: is two empty graves, side by side...]]
* Speaking of [[NormanOsborn Osborn]],ThePowerOfLove The Power Of Love (for his son Harry) once turned Norman sane after he relapsed as the Green Goblin. Both the sanity and the love failed to stick.
* Speaking of [[NormanOsborn Osborn]],
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* The ''HarryPotter'' fanfic ''FanFic/OhGodNotAgain'' had this to say about ThePowerOfLove:
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* ''Destiny is a Hazy Thing'': ThePowerOfLove is so strong that even {{EldritchAbomination}}s aren't immune to it.
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* In ''{{Pleasantville}}'', it's ThePowerOfLove (or just plain old AutoErotica) that changes the entire TV show from black and white to colour.
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* In Poul Anderson's ''Literature/AMidsummerTempest'', ThePowerOfLove drives the magical rings that Oberon and Titania give Prince Rupert and Jennifer. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, along comes TheVamp with a LovePotion and then they must soldier on without the magic.]]
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* In Poul Anderson's ''Literature/AMidsummerTempest'', ThePowerOfLove The Power Of Love drives the magical rings that Oberon and Titania give Prince Rupert and Jennifer. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, along comes TheVamp with a LovePotion and then they must soldier on without the magic.]]
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** At it's basic core, ThePowerOfLove in Harry Potter means the ability to care about another person, even more than about yourself. This is what Harry has and Voldemort lacks, and this is why Harry is always surrounded by close friends and reliable allies, that would die to protect him, and why Voldemort only has groupies and vultures with him, held in line with fear.
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** At it's basic core, ThePowerOfLove The Power Of Love in Harry Potter means the ability to care about another person, even more than about yourself. This is what Harry has and Voldemort lacks, and this is why Harry is always surrounded by close friends and reliable allies, that would die to protect him, and why Voldemort only has groupies and vultures with him, held in line with fear.
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* Quite a few of David Eddings' novels have the goddess [[TheElenium Aphrael]]. Her "real" form is an adult woman, but she always appears to everyone as a [[TheCutie eight year old girl]]. This allows her to use ThePowerOfLove on everyone. When a cute young girl asks to sit in your lap, no one can refuse. Once she sits in your lap and gives you a kiss, she will get her way on everything she wants.
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* Quite a few of David Eddings' novels have the goddess [[TheElenium Aphrael]]. Her "real" form is an adult woman, but she always appears to everyone as a [[TheCutie eight year old girl]]. This allows her to use ThePowerOfLove The Power Of Love on everyone. When a cute young girl asks to sit in your lap, no one can refuse. Once she sits in your lap and gives you a kiss, she will get her way on everything she wants.
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* In ''Literature/EllaEnchanted'' the main character (Cinderella) is cursed to always be obedient, no matter who gives her orders. When the prince she loves proposes to her she is horrified because she is certain that someone will use her to hurt him (and her wicked stepmother and stepsisters immediately order her to say "yes"). She promptly tells him that she is cursed (violating one of the oldest and strongest orders that her parents gave to her). Ella goes on confessing to him and explaining why she can't marry him for two pages before she realizes that her curse has been broken by ThePowerOfLove.
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* In ''Literature/EllaEnchanted'' the main character (Cinderella) is cursed to always be obedient, no matter who gives her orders. When the prince she loves proposes to her she is horrified because she is certain that someone will use her to hurt him (and her wicked stepmother and stepsisters immediately order her to say "yes"). She promptly tells him that she is cursed (violating one of the oldest and strongest orders that her parents gave to her). Ella goes on confessing to him and explaining why she can't marry him for two pages before she realizes that her curse has been broken by ThePowerOfLove.The Power Of Love.
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** In season 8, it is basically one inch from being said aloud that ThePowerOfLove from Chloe is the only thing that could [[spoiler:keep Davis from transforming into [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Doomsday]]. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming She also once halted and reversed the transformation with just a hand on his shoulder.]] Gets {{Squick}}y when Davis says Doomsday starts to slowly emerge whenever she leaves and that he has tried looking at her photos and holding strands of her hair but nothing works. It would have sounded silly if the whole deal isn't so horrifying.]]
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** In season 8, it is basically one inch from being said aloud that ThePowerOfLove The Power Of Love from Chloe is the only thing that could [[spoiler:keep Davis from transforming into [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Doomsday]]. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments She also once halted and reversed the transformation with just a hand on his shoulder.]] Gets {{Squick}}y when Davis says Doomsday starts to slowly emerge whenever she leaves and that he has tried looking at her photos and holding strands of her hair but nothing works. It would have sounded silly if the whole deal isn't so horrifying.]]
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* ''{{Firefly}}'': For most of the series, and a good portion of [[BigDamnMovie the film]], [[BigBrotherInstinct Simon's]] [[DeclarationOfProtection love]] for [[TheWoobie River]] is practically the only thing holding her [[MindRape fractured psyche]] together. As a result, this is [[ThePowerOfLove the force]] that allows her to [[MamaBear pull herself together]] at the end of the film and [[WaifFu save]] [[YouShallNotPass everyone]].
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* ''{{Firefly}}'': For most of the series, and a good portion of [[BigDamnMovie the film]], [[BigBrotherInstinct Simon's]] [[DeclarationOfProtection love]] for [[TheWoobie River]] is practically the only thing holding her [[MindRape fractured psyche]] together. As a result, this is [[ThePowerOfLove the force]] force that allows her to [[MamaBear pull herself together]] at the end of the film and [[WaifFu save]] [[YouShallNotPass everyone]].
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* Brother Love: Parodied, inverted, subverted and averted with Bruce Pritchard's gimmick of a smarmy, rosy-cheeked faux preacher. Many times, he claimed to preach "The Book of Love," but it was more a "love" of the WWF's top villians of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including TedDiBiase and AndreTheGiant, and showing the "power of love" by setting up good guys like HulkHogan for beatings by the heels.
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* Brother Love: Parodied, inverted, subverted and averted with Bruce Pritchard's gimmick of a smarmy, rosy-cheeked faux preacher. Many times, he claimed to preach "The Book of Love," but it was more a "love" of the WWF's top villians of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including TedDiBiase [[Wrestling/TedDiBiase Ted [=DiBiase=]]] and AndreTheGiant, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, and showing the "power of love" by setting up good guys like HulkHogan such as Wrestling/HulkHogan for beatings by the heels.
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* MagicTheGathering compares ThePowerOfLove to the power of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=27249 rhinos]].
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** And in ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'', the PowerOfLove is what gives Hiro the strength to overcome the Star Dragon and travel to the Blue Star to be with Lucia.
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** Actually, it turns out Flonne's completely right about ThePowerOfLove. It's just that she's not playing for the good guys, so it doesnt come into play. [[ZettaiHeroProject It's a few games later that Love gets its chance to shine as a main character ability...]]
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** Flonne finally gets to demonstrate the ''real'' Power Of Love in VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4| A Promise Unforgotten}}. [[spoiler:And by "ThePowerOfLove", we mean "giant, moon-stopping robot".]]
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** Flonne finally gets to demonstrate the ''real'' Power Of Love in VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4| A Promise Unforgotten}}. [[spoiler:And by "ThePowerOfLove", "The Power Of Love", we mean "giant, moon-stopping robot".]]
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* In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', this is why Deionarra keeps haunting The Nameless One even if he has no idea who she is; ThePowerOfLove won't let her die. [[spoiler:It turns into something of a DeconstructedTrope when you learn that the incarnation of The Nameless One she loved [[InvokedTrope invoked the trope]]: He never loved her, but he needed her ghost to stick around as SpiritAdvisor for one of his backup plans. Thus, he manipulated her into feeling True Love, which keeps her bound to The Nameless One even though [[LoveHurts she knows he will never remember her again]].]]
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* Used and nicely summed up in the final part of ''{{Demonology 101}}'', when [[spoiler: [[AffablyEvil Isaac]] [[CainAndAbel Jenner]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Madeline]] get [[UnholyMatrimony married]].]] Two Witnesses attend the wedding and one comments on the PowerOfLove.
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* This is played with in the season 2 finale of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic when it turns out that [[spoiler: the villain has been powering herself up by siphoning ThePowerOfLove off of Shining Armor. Played straight at the end of the episode when Shining Armor and Princess Cadence use that same power to defeat her.]]
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* ''{{Chuck}}'': [[spoiler: Sarah has been captured by the show's final BigBad, Quinn, and he has her [[MindRape memory erased]] by forcing her to flash repeatedly while in possession of a faulty Intersect. He then takes advantage of the mind-wiped Sarah by using her to attack Chuck and the team and steel the last copy of the rebuilt Intersect. When Sarah's FaceHeelTurn is revealed, Chuck refuses to accept that Sarah is gone for good. Taking her to the house they intended to buy together provides the first hints that some of her memories may be intact when she sees the "Sarah + Chuck" she carved into the frame of one of the doorways, and puts the first crack in Quinn's control and forces him to reveal to her that he ''is'' the bad guy. Later, Casey provides Sarah with her own mission logs, and watching ''herself'' fall in love with Chuck convinces her of the truth, though Sarah herself no longer ''feels'' it. Morgan suggests invoking this by kissing her. In the final scene they do kiss, and though the ending of the series is left ambiguous, it's implied that even if the kiss didn't magically fix everything, Sarah will eventually recover with Chuck's help.]]
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* {{X-23}}: Despite everything the Facility did to break her and forge her into an emotionless killing machine, it was Sarah Kinney's love for her as a daughter, defying orders to not treat her as a child whenever she could by reading to her and offering an emotional connection that saved her humanity and helped her break free of the Facility's control.
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* Cruelly, horrifically subverted in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. [[spoiler: Hinata finally, truly declares her love to Naruto, and charges Pain, warming up the best she's got to strike him down... then Pain reverses gravity in her face and proceeds to stab her [[spoiler: non-lethally.]] Double Subverted in the next scene. [[spoiler:Naruto is so enraged by her apparent death that for the first time ever he transforms into his 8-tailed form (just one stage away from fully releasing the [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan 9-Tailed Beast]]) and overpowers Pain's seemingly invincible attack before his father reverts him to normal.]]
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* Kurau in ''KurauPhantomMemory'' appears to gain a lot more strength with the help of Christmas, her Rynax-pair.
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* Used all over the place in ''PrincessTutu''. From Fakir's "she changed me" epiphany to [[spoiler:Rue's confession that frees Mytho's heart from the Raven's blood poisoning it]], to the fact that the fate of the main character is supposed to be confessing her love and "turn into a speck of light and vanish" when she does.
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* In ''WreckItRalph'', Fix-It Felix harbored a crush on "Hero's Duty" character Sgt. Calhoun, who due to her tragic backstory does not return the affection. But after Ralph and Vanellope save the day at the climax, Felix finally wins Calhoun's heart and eventually marries her.
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* The trope takes its name and first sentence from the ''Huey Lewis and the News'' song of the same name, which was written for and featured in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. The film provides many examples of The Power Of Love. Sometimes The Power of Creepy Probably-Incestuous Love.
** This is also apparent in Back to the Future 3, when Clara Clayton transforms herself from a quiet schoolteacher to a full on superwoman, who can scale trains in motion, in order to catch up with Doc before he goes back to 1985.
* The tagline for the film "Breaking the Waves" is "Love is a mighty power", though the film employs this trope in [[KillTheCutie just about the most horrific manner imaginable]], leaving you to ponder the mental state of the filmmaker.
* The trope takes its name and first sentence from the ''Huey Lewis and the News'' song of the same name, which was written for and featured in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. The film provides many examples of The Power Of Love. Sometimes The Power of Creepy Probably-Incestuous Love.
** This is also apparent in Back to the Future 3, when Clara Clayton transforms herself from a quiet schoolteacher to a full on superwoman, who can scale trains in motion, in order to catch up with Doc before he goes back to 1985.
* The tagline for the film "Breaking the Waves" is "Love is a mighty power", though the film employs this trope in [[KillTheCutie just about the most horrific manner imaginable]], leaving you to ponder the mental state of the filmmaker.
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** This is also apparent in Back to the Future 3, when Clara Clayton transforms herself from a quiet schoolteacher to a full on superwoman, who can scale trains in motion, in order to catch up with Doc before he goes back to 1985.
* The tagline for the film "Breaking the Waves" is "Love is a mighty power", though the film employs this trope in [[KillTheCutie just about the most horrific manner imaginable]], leaving you to ponder the mental state of the filmmaker.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', the power of love is what gives Blu [[spoiler:the power to fly]].
* In ''WreckItRalph'', Fix-It Felix harbored a crush on "Hero's Duty" character Sgt. Calhoun, who due to her tragic backstory does not return the affection. But after Ralph and Vanellope save the day at the climax, Felix finally wins Calhoun's heart and eventually marries her.
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* The trope takes its name and first sentence from the ''Huey Lewis and the News'' song of the same name, which was written for and featured in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. The film provides many examples of The Power Of Love. Sometimes The Power of Creepy Probably-Incestuous Love.
** This is also apparent in Back to the Future 3, when Clara Clayton transforms herself from a quiet schoolteacher to a full on superwoman, who can scale trains in motion, in order to catch up with Doc before he goes back to 1985.
* The tagline for the film "Breaking the Waves" is "Love is a mighty power", though the film employs this trope in [[KillTheCutie just about the most horrific manner imaginable]], leaving you to ponder the mental state of the filmmaker.
* In ''WreckItRalph'', Fix-It Felix harbored a crush on "Hero's Duty" character Sgt. Calhoun, who due to her tragic backstory does not return the affection. But after Ralph and Vanellope save the day at the climax, Felix finally wins Calhoun's heart and eventually marries her.
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* The trope takes its name and first sentence from the ''Huey Lewis and the News'' song of the same name, which was written for and featured in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. The film provides many examples of The Power Of Love. Sometimes The Power of Creepy Probably-Incestuous Love.
** This is also apparent in Back to the Future 3, when Clara Clayton transforms herself from a quiet schoolteacher to a full on superwoman, who can scale trains in motion, in order to catch up with Doc before he goes back to 1985.
* The tagline for the film "Breaking the Waves" is "Love is a mighty power", though the film employs this trope in [[KillTheCutie just about the most horrific manner imaginable]], leaving you to ponder the mental state of the filmmaker.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', the power of love is what gives Blu [[spoiler:the power to fly]].
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* In ''Wreck-It Ralph'', Fix-It Felix harbored a crush on "Hero's Duty" character Sgt. Calhoun, who due to her tragic backstory does not return the affection. But after Ralph and Vanellope save the day at the climax, Felix finally wins Calhoun's heart and eventually marries her.
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*** This was classic "a friend is in trouble" we MUST help, because he is our friend, because he's family. The Greeks had several words for love. Agape was the highest form of love, it not an emotion: it was doing what was best for others; doing what someone else needed. A self-sacrificial type of love. Fileo, the friendship type of love came into play here. And perhaps Storge, which was the love of a family for each other. The crew had become a family of sorts in their thinking. Eros, that of romantic love, didn't play a part.
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* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'': love is powerful enough to ''break'' and ''remake'' [[Series/DoctorWho Time]]... and [[LoveRedeems redeem]] a certain [[Literature/SherlockHolmes detective]...
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* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'': love is powerful enough to ''break'' and ''remake'' [[Series/DoctorWho Time]]... and [[LoveRedeems redeem]] a certain [[Literature/SherlockHolmes detective]...
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* Tragi-hilarously played straight and simultaneously averted in the [[AlanBennettsTalkingHeads Talking Heads]] monologue ''Bed Among the Lentils'' - too complicated an example to explain here, though it does give the nice line: "We met it with Love! he'll cry, as if love is some all-purpose antiseptic... which to Jeremy, I suppose it is..."
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* Disney's ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' II, supported by PoliticallyCorrectHistory.
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* ''Film/CirqueDuSoleilJourneyOfMan'' uses this trope in conjunction with TheFourLoves as TheEveryman protagonist/narrator goes on his metaphorical journey through life. The story postulates that a person's fulfillment comes when they hold three metaphorical keys within them: "Dreams, faith, and love." Love turns out to be the most important of them. As a child, he has all three with Affection/Family (represented by his guides, the Flounes) as the source of love, but adolescent rebellion and a desire for Romantic Love as a young adult leads him to pursue the latter via material gain. Because TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget, he loses his dreams and faith along with ''any'' kind of love, becoming an aloof middle-aged man alone in the world -- then a Vagabond Girl and her companions reach out to him with Friendship. This moves him enough that in accepting their love [[LoveRedeems he not only regains all three keys]] but also becomes an embodiment of Unconditional Love and a completely fulfilled person who can guide others towards similar enlightenment.
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* ''Film/CirqueDuSoleilJourneyOfMan'' uses this trope in conjunction with TheFourLoves as TheEveryman protagonist/narrator goes on his metaphorical journey through life. The story postulates that a person's fulfillment comes when they hold three metaphorical keys within them: "Dreams, faith, and love." Love turns out to be the most important of them. As a child, he has all three with Affection/Family (represented by his guides, the Flounes) as the source of love, but adolescent rebellion and a desire for Romantic Love as a young adult leads him to pursue the latter via a DealWithTheDevil for material gain. Because TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget, he loses his dreams and faith along with ''any'' kind of love, becoming an aloof middle-aged man alone in the world -- then a Vagabond Girl and her companions reach out to him with Friendship. This moves him enough that in accepting their love [[LoveRedeems he not only regains all three keys]] but also becomes an embodiment of Unconditional Love and a completely fulfilled person who can guide others towards similar enlightenment.
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* In ''ErnestScaredStupid'', trolls can be killed by milk (mother's care). Trantor becomes more powerful and that milk can't stop him. Only thing Ernest can do is to defeat him by unconditional love by hugging and dancing.
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** Umineko also manages to explore a negative side of the power of love with the words "With love, you can see things that shouldn't exist". This is exemplified in [=EP7=] with [[spoiler: Kinzo who, because of love, believed his daughter was the reincarnation of his mistress, Beatrice Castiglioni, which lead to him raping her.]]
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*** Finally played absolutely straight, with [[spoiler: Uzumaki Kushina's love for her son saving Naruto from his own darkness. "You belong here" never sounded so wonderful.]] Then it's played [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesomely]] straight when [[spoiler: after meeting his mom, Naruto's spirits and power go off the fucking charts (he goes in Sage mode to boot). He then forces the Kyuubi's influence out and then proceeds to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kick his ass for all time, steal his chakra, and seal him back where he belongs]]. All because of three words: "''I love you.''"]]
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* In ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', [[VideoGame/SakuraTaisen Ichirou Oogami and Sakura Shinguji]] proclaim their love to each other when they use their MAP attack to their enemies (and does decent damage, like all other MAP attacks in the game). The very first time they do it? It ''empowers the [[EndlessFrontier Fujisaki Tree]]''.
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** One of the most powerful examples: if an Abyssal Exalted finds and truly cares for their Lunar Mate, almost ''all'' of the drawbacks of their state is blown away.
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* This is played with in the season 2 finale of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic when it turns out that the [[spoiler: the villain has been powering herself up by siphoning ThePowerOfLove off of Shining Armor. Played straight at the end of the episode when Shining Armor and Princess Cadence use that same power to defeat her.]]
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** Much later, in ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'', Kaito (who's sort of an {{Expy}} of Kaiba) managed to create Neo-Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon the same way, using power given to him by his brother Haruto. (Like Kaiba, Kaito's brother was likely the one thing he truly loved, at least initially.)
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** Another example where she did this is in the MusicalEpisode "The Pie that Loved Me", as the EvilPlan involves pies that have love as the "secret ingredient". (The plan doesn't work, but Ghastly still ''tried''.)
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