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** Amazing Girl's true power is copying those of others, and she only ever copied the powers of super strength and prehensile hair.
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** Or GreenLanternRing, where it's all one power that manifests in myriad ways depending on the creativity of the character/writer.
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* '''Discussed''': "Every time we capture Amazing Girl, and put her in a cell designed to negate her powers, she reveals another oddball ability that allows her to escape. We tried [[MundaneSolution just shooting her]], [[ImmuneToBullets but it turns out]] she [[CrazyAwesome has the ability to turn bullets into cotton candy with her mind]]".

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* '''Discussed''': "Every time we capture Amazing Girl, and put her in a cell designed to negate her powers, she reveals another oddball ability that allows her to escape. We tried [[MundaneSolution just shooting her]], [[ImmuneToBullets but it turns out]] she [[CrazyAwesome [[BeyondTheImpossible has the ability to turn bullets into cotton candy with her mind]]".
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** Amazing Girl only truly has super-strength, but that strength also affects her hair and allows her to manipulate it.
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** Amazing Girl is an {{Omnidisciplinary|Scientist}} [[LadyOfBlackMagic sorceress]].

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** Amazing Girl is an {{Omnidisciplinary|Scientist}} [[LadyOfBlackMagic sorceress]].sorceress]], or has to learn her magic catch-as-catch-can.
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** Amazing Girl is actually an [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Omnidisciplinary]] [[LadyOfBlackMagic sorceress]].

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** Amazing Girl is actually an [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Omnidisciplinary]] {{Omnidisciplinary|Scientist}} [[LadyOfBlackMagic sorceress]].
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** Amazing Girl is actually an [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Omnidisciplinary]] [[LadyOfBlackMagic sorceress]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Amazing Girl still finds a way to optimise her power use for the situation, despite the interference, and becomes on par with her fellow heroes this way.
** Amazing girl suddenly suffers from power loss one day, and it turns out her mutation(s) are fueled by a potent chemical mixture. while this means she need regular exposure to keep her powers, it also means she can control how many powers are active at once by adjusting her dosage, or even supercharge them at the cost of [[ShapeShifterMashup becoming REALLY weird.]]

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Amazing Girl still finds a way to optimise her power use for the situation, despite the interference, and becomes on par with her fellow heroes this way.
** Amazing girl suddenly suffers from power loss one day, and it turns out her mutation(s) are fueled by a potent chemical mixture. while While this means she need regular exposure to keep her powers, it also means she can control how many powers are active at once by adjusting her dosage, or even supercharge them at the cost of [[ShapeShifterMashup becoming REALLY weird.]]
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** Amazing girl suddenly suffers from power loss one day, and it turns out her mutation(s) are fueled by a potent chemical mixture. while this means she need regular exposure to keep her powers, it also means she can control how many powers are active at once by adjusting her dosage, or even supercharge them at the cost of [[ShapeShifterMashup becoming REALLY weird.]]

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

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* '''Exploited''': ???The Justice Team disguises Amazing Girl as Ladylox, who only has prehensile hair. Then when Emperor Evulz puts her in a trap that only negates prehensile hair....
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* '''Downplayed''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength and [[SuperSenses really long eye sight]], which is explained by her mutation giving her "superior biology".

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* '''Downplayed''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength and [[SuperSenses really long telescopic eye sight]], which is explained by her mutation giving her "superior biology".
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In my opinion, super strength and a healing factor would go together pretty intuitively.


* '''Downplayed''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength and a HealingFactor, which is explained by her mutation giving her "superior biology".

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* '''Downplayed''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength and a HealingFactor, [[SuperSenses really long eye sight]], which is explained by her mutation giving her "superior biology".


** Or Amazing Girl is a CostumedNonsuperHero - she sticks like glue to her thematic gimmick, but has no real powers.

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** Or Amazing Girl is a CostumedNonsuperHero NonpoweredCostumedHero - she sticks like glue to her thematic gimmick, but has no real powers.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Amazing Girl has SuperStrength and a HealingFactor, which is explained by her mutation giving her "superior biology".

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* '''Straight''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength and prehensile hair. This is explained as a result of "secondary mutation."
* '''Exaggerated''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength, prehensile hair, {{Invisibility}}, teleportation, the ability to [[FlightStrengthHeart sense the emotions of cats]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking changes her eye color at will]]. This is explained by "she's a Venusian."

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* '''Straight''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength and prehensile hair. This is explained as a result of "secondary mutation."
mutation".
* '''Exaggerated''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength, prehensile hair, {{Invisibility}}, teleportation, the ability to [[FlightStrengthHeart sense the emotions of cats]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking changes her eye color at will]]. This is explained by "she's a Venusian."Venusian".
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* '''Deconstructed''': The very different manifestations of Amazing Girl's power are due to an instability in her mutant DNA. If she's exposed to any further triggers, she's as likely as not to suffer a SuperpowerMeltdown. Worse, the powers actively interfere with each others' operation, so Amazing Girl is much less effective than if she just had one power.
* '''Reconstructed''': Amazing Girl still finds a way to optimise her power use for the situation, despite the interference, and becomes on par with her fellow heroes this way.



* '''Enforced''': "You'll have to roll for Amazing Girl's powers on the random generation chart, just like everyone else in this game did."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Superstrength and prehensile hair may be a weird combination, but it's gotten me out of a lot of tight spots."

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* '''Enforced''': "You'll have to roll for Amazing Girl's powers on the random generation chart, just like everyone else in this game did."
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Superstrength and prehensile hair may be a weird combination, but it's gotten me out of a lot of tight spots."spots".



* '''Defied''': "I'm sorry, but I'm crossing 'prehensile hair' off Amazing Girl's character sheet. It just doesn't fit with the rest of her powers."
* '''Discussed''': "Every time we capture Amazing Girl, and put her in a cell designed to negate her powers, she reveals another oddball ability that allows her to escape. We tried [[MundaneSolution just shooting her]], [[ImmuneToBullets but it turns out]] she [[CrazyAwesome has the ability to turn bullets into cotton candy with her mind]]."

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* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': "I'm sorry, but I'm crossing 'prehensile hair' off Amazing Girl's character sheet. It just doesn't fit with the rest of her powers."
powers".
* '''Discussed''': "Every time we capture Amazing Girl, and put her in a cell designed to negate her powers, she reveals another oddball ability that allows her to escape. We tried [[MundaneSolution just shooting her]], [[ImmuneToBullets but it turns out]] she [[CrazyAwesome has the ability to turn bullets into cotton candy with her mind]]."mind]]".


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* '''Deconstructed''': The very different manifestations of Amazing Girl's power are due to an instability in her mutant DNA. If she's exposed to any further triggers, she's as likely as not to suffer a SuperpowerMeltdown. Worse, the powers actively interfere with each others' operation, so Amazing Girl is much less effective than if she just had one power.
* '''Reconstructed''': Amazing Girl still finds a way to optimise her power use for the situation, despite the interference, and becomes on par with her fellow heroes this way.


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* '''Exaggerated''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength, prehensile hair, {{Invisibility}}, teleportation, the ability to sense the emotions of cats, and changes her eye color at will. This is explained by "she's a Venusian."

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* '''Exaggerated''': Amazing Girl has SuperStrength, prehensile hair, {{Invisibility}}, teleportation, the ability to [[FlightStrengthHeart sense the emotions of cats, cats]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking changes her eye color at will.will]]. This is explained by "she's a Venusian."

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* '''Justified''': Amazing Girl's actual power is [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands to manifest any power she needs to solve the current problem]], but once she's got a new power, [[PowerCreepPowerSeep it doesn't go away]].

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Amazing Girl's actual power is [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands to manifest any power she needs to solve the current problem]], but once she's got a new power, [[PowerCreepPowerSeep it doesn't go away]].



* '''Inverted''': Amazing Girl only has one major power (and quietly, the RequiredSecondaryPowers to make it work properly.)

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Amazing Girl only has one major power (and quietly, the RequiredSecondaryPowers to make it work properly.)

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* '''Inverted''': Amazing Girl is a CostumedNonsuperHero - she sticks like glue to her thematic gimmick, but has no real powers.

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* '''Inverted''': Amazing Girl only has one major power (and quietly, the RequiredSecondaryPowers to make it work properly.)
** Or GreenLanternRing, where it's all one power that manifests in myriad ways depending on the creativity of the character/writer.
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Amazing Girl is a CostumedNonsuperHero - she sticks like glue to her thematic gimmick, but has no real powers.

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* '''Justified''': Amazing Girl's actual power is [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands to manifest any power she needs to solve the current problem]], but once she's got a new power, it doesn't go away.

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* '''Justified''': Amazing Girl's actual power is [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands to manifest any power she needs to solve the current problem]], but once she's got a new power, [[PowerCreepPowerSeep it doesn't go away.away]].



*** Amazing Girl is actually a Gadgeteer who gets her SuperStrength from her costume, and the prehensile hair is actually a wig she made after a lab accident rendered her bald.

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*** ** Amazing Girl is actually a Gadgeteer who gets her SuperStrength from her costume, and the prehensile hair is actually a wig she made after a lab accident rendered her bald.



* '''Inverted''': Amazing Girl only has one major power (and quietly, the RequiredSecondaryPowers to make it work properly.)
** Or GreenLanternRing, where it's all one power that manifests in myriad ways depending on the creativity of the character/writer.

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* '''Inverted''': Amazing Girl only is a CostumedNonsuperHero - she sticks like glue to her thematic gimmick, but has one major power (and quietly, the RequiredSecondaryPowers to make it work properly.)
** Or GreenLanternRing, where it's all one power that manifests in myriad ways depending on the creativity of the character/writer.
no real powers.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???NewPowersAsThePlotDemands + PowerCreepPowerSeep = What The Hell Powers Does Alice Have This Week?
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* '''Discussed''': "Every time we capture Amazing Girl, and put her in a cell designed to negate her powers, she reveals another oddball ability that allows her to escape. We tried just shooting her, but it turns out she [[CrazyAwesome has the ability to turn bullets into cotton candy with her mind]]."

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* '''Discussed''': "Every time we capture Amazing Girl, and put her in a cell designed to negate her powers, she reveals another oddball ability that allows her to escape. We tried [[MundaneSolution just shooting her, her]], [[ImmuneToBullets but it turns out out]] she [[CrazyAwesome has the ability to turn bullets into cotton candy with her mind]]."
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* '''Discussed''': "Every time we capture Amazing Girl, and put her in a cell designed to negate her powers, she reveals another oddball ability that allows her to escape. We tried [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shooting her]], but it turns out she [[CrazyAwesome has the ability to turn bullets into cotton candy with her mind]]."

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* '''Discussed''': "Every time we capture Amazing Girl, and put her in a cell designed to negate her powers, she reveals another oddball ability that allows her to escape. We tried [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shooting her]], her, but it turns out she [[CrazyAwesome has the ability to turn bullets into cotton candy with her mind]]."
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** Amazing Girl owns a TransformationTrinket that uses {{Power Crystal}}s, but she has five crystals while the trinket can only use two at a time. She just chooses which two are most useful for the given situation.
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** Amazing Girl's only power is actually telekinesis, but it's limited to her own body. She discovers she can use it to add strength far beyond her own muscle mass, or move her hair around.

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