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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has the Impossible Family, {{Corrupted Character Cop|y}}ies of the ComicBook/FantasticFour who show what happens when you ''don't'' have this. Cody bursts into flames when exposed to oxygen, and merely burns painfully as a result. Sally can only make her skin invisible (or rather, make it ''visible'': it's invisible by default and she requires all her concentration just to look normal). Ned's calloused skin gives him super-strength and durability, but leaves him in near-constant pain.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' have The Impossible Family, semi-AffectionateParody of the ComicBook/FantasticFour who shows what happens when you ''don't'' have this; Cody bursts into flames when exposed to oxygen, and merely burns painfully as a result. Sally can only make her skin invisible (or rather, make it ''visible'': it's invisible by default and she requires all her concentration just to look normal). Ned's calloused skin gives him super-strength and durability, but leaves him in near-constant pain.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' have The Impossible Family, semi-AffectionateParody of the Franchise/FantasticFour who shows what happens when you ''don't'' have this; Cody bursts into flames when exposed to oxygen, and merely burns painfully as a result. Sally can only make her skin invisible (or rather, make it ''visible'': it's invisible by default and she requires all her concentration just to look normal). Ned's calloused skin gives him super-strength and durability, but leaves him in near-constant pain.

** She could've had some serious problems, but the writers never discussed it. Since the interrupted process was supposed to transform her entirely into a machine, it's presumably pure luck that the half-way state she is stuck in is organically viable, or a safety device to prevent her from dying during the process. In Season 2, it was revealed the roboticizer was a medical device, so that might have been the reason.

* On ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', one villain was an IntangibleMan who started [[PowerIncontinence losing control of his powers]] including his anchoring ability, so he started falling through successive layers of ground. The episode ends with the implication that he'll keep falling until he reaches the center of the earth. Depending on what other Required Secondary Powers he does or doesn't have, he may suffocate, die of hunger/thirst/old age, or [[AndIMustScream be entirely immortal]] but his body would presumably keep falling even after that.
** As seen in ''Batman Beyond'', and the DCAU in general, a chemically-induced transformation usually leaves the victim without the ability to control the new form and the long term effects on the body. Examples include Mister Freeze's body rotting away except for his head, Clayface faced decomposition/liquefaction since his powers were granted by an overdose on a cosmetic product, Blight's radioactivity was growing in intensity and affecting his mind and the artificial skins used to hide it couldn't hold it back, and Inque's liquid nature made her vulnerable to simple water attacks (which would dilute her to the point where she couldn't hold any form).
*** One episode had Bruce showing off a Batman power suit he had, but he couldn't use it because the strength increase put too much strain on his already unhealthy heart.
** Another notable thing about the DCAU is that nobody has anchoring abilities. Many super strong and invincible characters get knocked around by punches and throws performed by much weaker characters. Even BATMAN once threw Superman across the room into some tables, although it only really surprised Superman that anyone would ''try'' it rather than hurt him. At times this can make seem like vastly different attacks do the same amount of damage, such as when Batman kicked ''Darkseid''.
** Shriek showed foresight in that his sonic suit has a built-in regulator for allowing him to not only cancel out the harmful effects of his sound-based attacks to him, but also still allow him to hear properly while denying his opponent the same ability. Unfortunately, he did not account for a failsafe in the event of a feedback, which ironically resulted in him ''permanently'' losing his hearing.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague:''
** Evoked when Flash is fighting Sinestro. Sinestro remarks that his beams are as fast as Flash, but Flash (who is effortlessly dodging them) points out that unlike he, Sinestro can't think fast enough to react in time to his movements.
** Morgaine Le Fay casts an eternal youth spell on herself and her immortal son, as obviously they would continue aging past the point of being decrepit otherwise. Her son didn't know this, and when he tried to age himself into an adult, he realized he accidentally broke the "youth" portion of the spell, but still had immortality. At the end of the episode, his years rapidly catch up with him, turning him into [[AgeWithoutYouth a drooling old man]], [[FateWorseThanDeath unable to move but also unable to die]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', Ultraman either doesn't have them, or is able to turn them off. While everyone else is able to fly no problem, his flight causes a sonic boom and shatters glass as he passes.

* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'':
** Rubberband Man once turned into a vacuum cleaner to avoid being caught by Static. When Static's sister Sharon tried to wheel him out of the room, she found it rather difficult because A. he still weighed the same, and B., as he put it, "Wheels are hard."
** Heavyman had the ability to absorb matter directly into his body, which resulted in him becoming so dense as to be impervious to all weaponry and super strong... but he wasn't quite strong enough to move well with his weight. He was eventually defeated by forcing him to absorb so much matter he became [[AndIMustScream too heavy to move]]... so heavy, in fact, they had to use the NASA Crawler to haul him to jail!

** The phase shifter, which grants [[IntangibleMan intangibility]], is explicitly stated to work intuitively, allowing the user to remain grounded without falling through the floor, see without light ignoring their visual sensors, talk without phasing through the air, and pass through some objects while being able to grab others. The only limitation seems to be that the thing has to be turned on for it to work, and most likely cannot be used indefinitely. Worries about breathing are irrelevant since its intended users are giant robots who don't need such things.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', as [[SuperSpeed XLR8]], rather than running, skates on the ball-shaped parts of his feet to cut off the impact-with-ground problems and manages to keep dust out of his eyes due to a built in windscreen. Both are presumably evolutionary traits shared by all Kinecelerans.

** Most of Ben's super strength forms seem to come with the required secondaries as part of the package.

* This often pops up in ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow'' with Mira's ability to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Speak Fluent Animal]]. A few times she tries to call off a dangerous predator and it just shrugs and keeps coming -- just because she can ''talk'' to animals and they can understand her doesn't mean they have to or are going to listen. She eventually learns from this and, at one point, tries to appeal to the giant chicken that's attacking Kai ([[ItMakesSenseInContext it happens]]) by offering to actually give it something it would want more than to hurt Kai, and it ''still'' backfires: the chicken explains that it's JustFollowingOrders, but even if it wasn't it [[ItsPersonal REALLY hates Kai]] and wants nothing more than to kill him.

* Red Rush in ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' was essentially a walking reference to the song [[Music/JimsBigEgo "The Ballad of Barry Allen"]], as he was an {{expy}} of ComicBook/TheFlash who had SuperSpeed but [[AndIMustScream lacked the ability to turn it off]], resulting in him being trapped in a world where TimeStandsStill from his point of view.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}}'': In "Versus the Speed Demon", the titular villain wears a titanium suit to protect his body from friction whenever he uses his SuperSpeed.

** On its own, the tiger talisman possesses the power of [[LiteralSplitPersonality balance]], splitting its user into Yin (light) and Yang (dark) selves. However, as Shendu explains, the tiger talisman is what unifies the powers of the other 11 talismans and prevents PowerIncontinence.

** In one episode, [[QuirkyMinibossSquad the Dark Hand enforcers]] divide the magic talismans among themselves. Finn takes the dog talisman, [[ImmortalityInducer which gives immortality]], but trades away the horse talisman, [[HealingFactor which provides healing]], believing it was redundant to have both healing and immortality. Unfortunately for him, [[ImmortalityHurts he finds out the hard way that the dog talisman doesn't include healing and only seems to prevent outright lethal injury. It certainly doesn't prevent pain.]]

** Own its own, the tiger talisman possesses the power of [[LiteralSplitPersonality balance]], splitting its user into Yin (light) and Yang (dark) selves. However, as Shendu explains, the tiger talisman is what unifies the powers of the other 11 talismans and prevents PowerIncontinence.