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* '''Averted''': Electro Man is UnskilledButStrong and completely relies on his raw, untrained power to win.

** Imagination and education aren't mutually exclusive. Being educated in sufficiently weird scientific fields has given him entirely new ideas, and thus new ways to use an ImaginationBasedSuperpower, especially if his power already breaks rules of reality as he knew them and basically creates ''new'' rules.

** Imagination and logic aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, enough education in sufficiently weird scientific fields can give birth to entirely new ideas, and thus new ways to use an ImaginationBasedSuperpower, as long as it's wielder remembers that his power already breaks the rules of reality as he knew them and treats any new rules he learns as mere suggestions.

* '''Subverted''': As Electro Man learns more about how electricity actually works, he unfortunately finds that his earlier ability to shoot "Electro Bullets" was mostly thanks to AchievementsInIgnorance and now that he knows it should be impossible, he can't do it at all. Now hindered with technical knowledge of how electrons work, his imagination has been thoroughly inhibited and his abilities are near-useless.

* '''Reconstructed''': After the SuperRegistrationAct forces Electro Man to become a killing machine, he learns additional things on his off-time, and eventually gains enough control over his ability to use them for other purposes besides violence and military applications.

* '''Deconstructed''': The SuperRegistrationAct forces Electro Man to be trained by the government, but they only teach him abilties which are useful to ''them'' for the purposes of assassination or warfare. Electro Man becomes so efficient and powerful that he loses confidence in his abilities, because whenever he uses them, someone is sure to die.
* '''Reconstructed''': After the SuperRegistrationAct forces Electro man to become a killing machine, he learns additional things on his off-time, and eventually gains enough control over his ability to use them for other purposes besides violence and military applications.

** Although Electro man's super powers are amazing, he always took them for granted as being powerful, and never before considered that he could learn about the mundane parts of his power to improve the fantastic parts.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Parodied''': Electro Man goes to Electro School, where he learns how to make "Electro Planes", eat "Electro Ice Cream" and seduce hot "Electro Women".

* '''Enforced''': Parents complain that Electro Man is a poor role-model for children because he uses his dangerous abilities recklessly. The executives relent and ham-fist a storyarc about him going to school to learn.

* '''Invoked''': Another super with powers similar to Electro Man shows up and dishes out a CurbStompBattle against the hero because he knows a thing or two about how electricity works. He then offers to train Electro Man to be more effective.

* '''Exploited''': The BigGood forces Electro-Man to take lessons in order to harness his powers properly.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Justified''': Possessing superpowers is [[ComesGreatResponsibility a major responsibility]] that our hero takes seriously, so this knowledge will help keep himself and others safe and benefit the world as a whole.

** After delving into some WeirdScience, an [[BadassNormal ordinary guy]] becomes [[BadassAbnormal Electro Man]] based on some [[ShownTheirWork pretty plausible technology]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Electro Man finds "The Big Book Of All The Cool Crap You Can Do With Electrical Powers" and, upon completing it, effectively becomes a RealityWarper.

* '''Reconstructed''': The SuperRegistrationAct forces Electro man to become a killing machine, but thanks to the normal classes in his off time, or internet research, he eventually gains enough control over his ability to be able to refuse the government, as well as becoming more effective in learning so.

* '''Reconstructed''': ...But when he's released from service, he learns new lessons on how to use his abilities in more practical, peaceful ways.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exploited''': FanFic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality.

* '''Exploited''': Literature/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Justified''': Possessing superpowers is a [[ComesGreatResponsibility a major responsibility]] that our hero takes seriously, so this knowledge will help keep himself and others safe and benefit the world as a whole.

* '''Subverted''': As Electro Man learns more about how electricity actually works, he unfortunately finds that his earlier ability to shoot "Electro Bullets" was mostly thanks to AchievementsInIgnorance and now that he knows it should be impossible, he can't do it at all. Now hindered with technical knowledge of how electrons work, his imagination has been thoroughly inhibited and his abilities are near-useless.

* '''Deconstructed''': The SuperRegistrationAct forces Electro Man to be trained by the government, but they only teach him abilties which are useful to ''them'' for the purposes of assassination or warfare. Electro Man becomes so efficient and powerful that he loses confidence in his abilities, because whenever he uses them, someone is sure to die.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...But when he's released from service, he learns new lessons on how to use his abilities in more practical, peaceful ways.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''':

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** Conversely, he somehow [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower acquires these powers]] through [[TrainingFromHell ridiculous amounts of physical training]].

* '''Inverted''': After delving into some WeirdScience, an [[BadassNormal ordinary guy]] becomes [[BadassAbnormal Electro Man]] based on some [[ShownTheirWork pretty plausible technology]].