History Main / YourMagicsNoGoodHere

* ''Super Snail'' from QCPlay Limited, does a form of this in each country having a power specific to that country that's unique to it and only useable while in that country. An example is Ninja magic being the power for Yamato and with it Super Snail will regenerate per battle round and can throw a draconic fireball at the beginning of a fight, but when he goes to Cathay, he loses that power and instead use the Cathay power to summon generals from VideoGame/DynastyWarrior instead.

** The Speed Force doesn't exist on the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's Earth, so Franchise/TheFlash's SuperSpeed doesn't work.

%% This is not a valid example. This trope is related to alternate realities or dimensions, not merely different planets or star systems. * Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Supergirl}} lose access to their powers in worlds orbiting a red star.
%% Do Kyptonians lose their powers because of the Phantom Zone itself (trope would apply) or simply because the Phantom Zone lacks a yellow sun (trope would not apply)? * [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kryptonians]] lose their powers while in the PhantomZone.

* Usually averted in ''Literature/TheCosmere''; magic on one world will work perfectly fine on another, because on the [[EldritchLocation Spiritual Realm]] where magic is drawn from distance doesn't exist. The exception is the planet Sel, where ''Literature/{{Elantris}}'' and ''Literature/TheEmperorsSoul'' are set; since magic there is instead drawing power from [[MentalWorld the Cognitive Realm]], it's heavily tied to local geography and heavily location based, so Aons and Soulstamps lose power the farther away they are from Arelon and [=MaiPon=] respectively. [[spoiler:There seems to be some workaround used by the Ire, a sect of [[DimensionalTraveller worldhopping]] Elantrians that appear in ''Literature/MistbornSecretHistory'', possibly tied to what looks like an enormous extension cable trailing behind their moving fortress in the Cognitive Realm.]]

* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperboy'': In "The Haunting of Andy [=McAlister=]", Superboy and his friends are sucked into a cursed mirror and find themselves in pocket dimension that looks like the Wild West. Superboy finds that his powers don't work. Fortunately, [[BroughtDownToBadass he didn't need them to defeat several outlaws]].

* ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'': "Isle of View" introduces Jenny Elf from the World of Two Moons. When she arrives on Xanth, her telepathy no longer seems to work. But she develops another ability never shown in her home environment; [[spoiler:singing daydreams and trapping the unaware within them]].

* ''Manga/{{Chibichuki}}'': Various characters from the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'' are transported to a dimension with a school setting and forced to go to school. They find that their powers either don't work or are altered to fit the school. Mages like Rin can't use spells, Saber tries to summon Excalibur and gets a PaperFanOfDoom, Gilgamesh tries to summon weapons with Gate of Babylon and gets school supplies, etc. The dimension's ruler, Kinoko, can grant them powers to fit their new roles: Shirou is the school's cook so he can Trace foods, Rin is the accountant so she can summon charts of the school's finances, etc.

* ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'': After leaving Ente Isla and coming to Earth, the main characters only have a limited supply of magic power left to use and appear human. [[spoiler:They discover genuine fear for one's life and the despair of it can refill a demon's magic while the holy magic can be recovered from various forms of love.]]

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* A variation is features in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''[=/=]''Series/StargateSG1'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2623802/1/Are-You-Ready Are You Ready?]]", where the [=SGC=] learns about magic after Cassie Frasier is Called as a Slayer during the battle with the First. While Cassie was born on another planet and thus proves that there are other Potentials in the wider galaxy, Thor explains that the energy needed to trigger a Slayer only moves at the speed of light, so it would take decades for Willow's spell to reach another inhabited world, and even then after travelling such a distance the energy of the spell would be basically "lost in the noise", even assuming the other world has enough of its own magic to empower a Slayer.

* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter''/''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' crossover "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14005968/1/A-Different-Kind-of-Magic A Different Kind of Magic]]", this is used as an explanation for why Mirabel didn't get a gift; she is actually the daughter of Bruno and Marlene [=McKinnon=], a former classmate of Lily Evans and the Marauders, so the blessing couldn't give her a gift because Mirabel already has her own magic. Julieta also notes that her healing foods can't treat long-term conditions, such as Mirabel needing glasses.

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13198941/2/Tripping-Down-the-Rabbit-Hole "Tripping Down the Rabbit Hole,"]] when Gabriel (''Series/{{Supernatural}}'') arrives in Lux (''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'') after being nearly killed by Apocalypse World Michael, he discovers that he now possesses the powers and limitations of the "local" angels, such as his wings being actually visible and no longer able to smite demons by snapping his fingers. Unfortunately, Gabriel soon learns that angel blades are still a valid weapon when he discovers that someone has smuggled a collection of blades from his universe to this one, particularly when an unknown party is melting those blades down to make bullets and has already killed the "local" Gabriel.

* Averted both ways in ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': Not only does Chaos magic work perfectly well in Westeros, the undead-killing dragonstone retains its properties against Nehekharan undead.

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', the fusion achieved by the Potara earrings is ''supposed'' to be permanent. But when Vegito is absorbed by Super Buu, immediately after lowering the shield he used to avoid being completely integrated into Buu (like Piccolo, Gohan and Gotenks were), he splits back into Goku and Vegeta. Absent anyone who can provide an explanation, they speculate that there's ''something'' about the inside of Buu's body that negated the magic of the Potara. ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' revealed that the Potara Fusion is only permanent for Kais. For mortals it simply lasts an hour, and that hour [[SubvertedTrope just happened to be up right when he was absorbed]].

* Essentially inverted in ''Fanfic/AvengersInfiniteWars''; while the Jedi can sense the Avengers through the Force to a degree (albeit mainly because of the void they create in the Force), none of the Avengers have any ability to sense and use the Force themselves, although it is noted that Pietro has traces of Force energy.

* When Lotte's mother in the fantasy comedy series ''Lotte no Omocha!'' decides to use a magical tree to travel from her own world to Earth (something that hasn't been done in generations), she is horrified to discover, after the initial few hours of having fun, that Earth has no native magic power in the air and she's thus incapable of activating the portal from the other side. Fortunately, [[HornyDevil she happens to be a succubus, and a very nice-looking boy's nearby...]]

* ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist2003'': When Ed travels [[spoiler: through the Gate to "our" world,]] he discovers that he can no longer use alchemy, which carries on to TheMovie ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa''.

* ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist'': When Ed travels [[spoiler: through the Gate to "our" world,]] he discovers that he can no longer use alchemy, which carries on to TheMovie ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa''.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': The ESPERS can't use their powers outside of a closed space.

* Series/HenryDanger: In the ''Series/KnightSquad'' crossover "Knight and Danger", evil knight Ryker tries to use his power to control the minds of Captain Man and Kid Danger that he had in his dimension. However, he no longer had that power in the Henry Danger universe.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'': ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s superpowers don't work in the [[PocketDimension Innerverse]] because it is a world of sorcery (one of her weaknesses).
** ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'': As Superman and ComicBook/CaptainMarvel fight on, the latter grows progressively tired. ComicBook/{{Shazam}} -the old wizard- explains Marvel's magic becomes weaker when he is out of his universe.
--->'''Wizard Shazam:''' Just as you lose your powers under a red sun, so Captain Marvel becomes weaker in your universe!
** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': Superman cannot use any of his powers in the weird parallel dimension located between the Phantom Zone and the physical world.
%% ** ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'' In order to train Supergirl, Superman takes Kara to a planet under a red sun where their powers do not work, and they must use other skills to survive.
%% ** In ''ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow'', Superman and Supergirl enlarge the Bottle City of Kandor on a red sun world. When Kandor begins crumbling to dust, the Drygur Moliom (Kryptonian for the Science Council leader) asks Superman to do something, but Superman reminds them he has no powers under Rokyn's red star.
%%--->'''Drygur:''' ''"Superman, you must do something-- quickly!"''\\
%%'''Superman:''' ''"But I can't, Drygur! Under this planet's red sun, I'm as powerless as any normal man!"''

* In the ''ComicBook/{{Smax}}'' miniseries, Robyn is dismayed to discover that her high-tech toys don't work in Jeff's home dimension.

* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueIncarnate'': Doctor Multiverse and the Superman of Earth 23 get sent to Earth 33 and find that their powers don't work since Earth 33 is equivalent to the real world where supernatural events and powers don't exist. They are stranded until their friends manage to pull them back.

* Invoked in ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'', when veteran DimensionalTraveler Umok warns the Nerima Wrecking Crew not to play around with the [[PowerUpFood Devil Fruit]], because several of them have [[BalefulPolymorph Jusenkyo curses]], and there's no way of predicting how foreign magics might interact with each other.