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** Taken UpToEleven in the second half of the series, ''New Testament''. It introduces a character ([[spoiler:One-Eyed Othinus]]) that can [[spoiler:destroy and create universes at will.]] And she is the BigBad. The only reason why there is even a plot is because there are people who could do similar things and they [[spoiler:either let her be (Aleister Crowley) or are using her (the True Gremlin group).]]

*** Brandish μ is the end result of WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway taken UpToEleven, possessing SizeShifter magic so potent she can shrink landmasses as large as an island into tiny rocks for her to stand on. Her RedBaron is "Nation Destroyer" for a reason, but unfortunately she may as well be called the "Interesting Fight Destroyer" too; The issue with Brandish's magic is that there's no stated limitation on what she can grow or shrink, since we've seen her use it on people without thier consent without suffering any ill effects, and according to [=DiMaria=] she can easily kill people by enlarging their organs into exploding, so it doesn't possess anything like a line of sight or physical contact condition. All of this results in Brandish getting 2 fights ever; The first ends due to a random bout of allergies leaving her open for a sucker punch and the latter was the same fight where we learned how easily she'd have killed Lucy if she wasn't holding back.

** Most of the time, Sesshomaru's abilities are dampened, as he was the unchallenged most powerful character who is on the side of good. He rarely helps Inuyasha and co and his attitude towards them aside, he is obviously reserved only for the most dangerous enemies and never really joins them despite being more or less on alliance terms with them because he would make the heroes struggles too easy, as he loves to show whenever he does get to fight for them, which either ends in the villains being curb-stomped or still able to resist but not really able to do any damage as they could have against Inuyasha's group. This is turned UptoEleven when he gets Bakusaiga towards the end of the story just before the FinalBattle. At this point, he is so strong that the BigBad didn't stand a chance against him, since it's capable of killing anything that merely comes into contact with anything it's cut and it can kill ''thousands'' with a single swing. As a result, the BigBad immediately steals the sword owner's MoralityPet and traps her inside his body for most of the rest of the story. When Sesshoumaru does finally rescue Rin and use the sword, Naraku's body starts being destroyed. He remains this in ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon''. Almost the entire time, he stays out of his daughters and niece's affairs as none of the enemies they encounter would have been of any challenge to him, not to mention that he is actually ''unable'' to just lend them any help as he has other matters to worry about, particularly his wife's salvation. The only time he fights for his daughters is against Kirinmaru, who is the only one capable of matching him at this point.

* Hiko Seijuro XIII of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' has been described by the author as a "Joker in the Card Deck", being the the very best in the world. The fact that the author realizes this is also the reason why he rarely appears.

** [[SuperMode Mega Evolution.]] In the games, Mega Evolution is powerful, but only a select few Pokémon benefit enough from it to be a GameBreaker. The mechanic as a whole is balanced out by the fact all Mega Evolved Pokémon (except [[PhysicalGod Rayquaza]]) have to give up their held item to hold a Mega Stone. In the anime, where held items are nonexistent, Mega Evolutions are a free powerup, and the only Pokémon qualified to fight them are other Mega Evolved Pokémon, the above-mentioned Legendaries, and [[TheHero Ash's]] [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe Pikachu.]] As a result of this, and the need to have Ash to showcase the newest generation (none of whom initially had Mega Evolutions), Ash was never given his own Key Stone or any corresponding Mega Stones. To keep up with the general PowerCreep of opponents who do have Mega Evolutions, the writers had to resort to...

** The Logia fruits as a whole have the potential to be this, as one characteristic that almost all of them share is the ability to allow their user to become the element on which they are based, albeit with the element's weaknesses (for example, Crocodile, the user of the Sand
** Sand fruit, cannot turn into sand if he is wet), thus rendering them virtually immune to physical attacks. Eneru can turn into electricity, and would've just effortlessly steamrolled over everyone in the Skypeia arc if Luffy's powers [[ContrivedCoincidence didn't just happen to make him a living insulator]]. While Blackbeard's Devil Fruit lacks that ability, it has the ability to cancel all other Devil Fruit powers if it hits the target. [[spoiler:He also has access to a (currently unknown) method to give himself a secondary Devil Fruit power (something that would normally kill the user), which he uses to steal Whitebeard's power, one that already breaks the story in its own right, after his death]].

-Sand fruit, cannot turn into sand if he is wet), thus rendering them virtually immune to physical attacks. Eneru can turn into electricity, and would've just effortlessly steamrolled over everyone in the Skypeia arc if Luffy's powers [[ContrivedCoincidence didn't just happen to make him a living insulator]]. While Blackbeard's Devil Fruit lacks that ability, it has the ability to cancel all other Devil Fruit powers if it hits the target. [[spoiler:He also has access to a (currently unknown) method to give himself a secondary Devil Fruit power (something that would normally kill the user), which he uses to steal Whitebeard's power, one that already breaks the story in its own right, after his death]].

** Whitebeard [[spoiler:can cause tsunamis with his earthquake-causing Devil Fruit, in a world consisting almost entirely of small islands]]. Specifically referred to in-universe as the power that can destroy the world. No wonder he's been in the background so much.
** The Logia fruits as a whole have the potential to be this, as one characteristic that almost all of them share is the ability to allow their user to become the element on which they are based, albeit with the element's weaknesses (for example, Crocodile, the user of the Sand Sand fruit, cannot turn into sand if he is wet), thus rendering them virtually immune to physical attacks. Eneru can turn into electricity, and would've just effortlessly steamrolled over everyone in the Skypeia arc if Luffy's powers [[ContrivedCoincidence didn't just happen to make him a living insulator]]. While Blackbeard's Devil Fruit lacks that ability, it has the ability to cancel all other Devil Fruit powers if it hits the target. [[spoiler:He also has access to a (currently unknown) method to give himself a secondary Devil Fruit power (something that would normally kill the user), which he uses to steal Whitebeard's power after his death]].
*** Eneru, in particular, was so ridiculously powerful that the story had to let him [[TheBadGuyWins get away with his master plan to travel to the moon]] just so he could be PutOnABus (though, fortunately, his secondary goal to destroy Skypeia on his way out was ultimately foiled.) It was later confirmed via WordOfGod that if he did manage to make it onto the mainland, he would have a bounty of over 500,000,000 Berries, which would be impressive even in the New World. Furthermore, between his Devil Fruit (which is ''still'' easily one of the most broken in the series almost ''eighteen years later''), Mantra (aka Observation Haki), and innate physical prowess, Eneru is so stupidly overpowered that, as long as he didn't piss off an Emperor, start fights with powerful Haki users, get an Admiral or Vice Admiral sent out to deal with him (and even then, it's a gamble whether any of the Vice Admirals aside from maybe Smoker could win a fight with him without outside aid), or run into Luffy again, he would probably survive just fine in the New World.

** Apart from being a Pacifista with [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], NighInvulnerability and SuperStrength, Kuma can use his Devil Fruit power to essentially teleport anything anywhere he wants to by 'pushing' whatever he touches. He can defeat absolutely anyone in a single hit by teleporting a fruit user into, say, [[SuperDrowningSkills the ocean]] or anyone else into an active volcano. He can also "push" things that aren't even physical, like pushing the fatigue out of somebody and into somebody else, and pushed the pain out of Luffy's wounds. [[spoiler:Luckily, he seems to be a mostly decent fellow, or at least to have no pressing reason to kill the Straw Hat crew, considering he beat them all at once easily. He also was once on the Revolutionary Army's side, and thus willing to help Dragon's son, but now that he's been roboticized, he is now the Straw Hats' enemy]].

** Robin's Devil Fruit allows her to sprout limbs on any surface. She almost never gets into fights post-TimeSkip, because then, fights went two ways for her: she immediately sprouts two arms on the enemy's shoulders and snaps their neck, or she gets nullified before she can do exactly that. Although, after the TimeSkip, having trained herself in its use [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tSxa8I-4Go and discovered]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYy1Uuiw1kI several unique ways to use it]], she's involved in quite a few fight scenes; [[OneManArmy just not against individuals]].
** Trafalgar Law's Devil Fruit allows him to generate "Rooms" where he can control anything inside. He can cut people to bits and rearrange them as he likes with the person still alive, swap around people and objects instantly, cut through whatever he wants including armored Haki and whole mountains, rip out organs, swap souls, and inflict an unhealing wound. Unlike most Devil Fruit users, there is one special check on this power: unlike all other fruits, ''any'' use saps his stamina. But even with this drawback, it requires specific targets and situations for him to not instantly win fights.
** Magellan, the warden of Impel Down, has the Toxin-Toxin Devil Fruit, one of the most effective Devil Fruits in the series. [[PoisonousPerson Everything about him, from his sweat, to his skin, to even his breath are all poisonous]] and he has different varieties from poison that acts like tear gas to poison that can make your skin melt. He can also generate massive waves of poison out of himself, create hydra heads of pure poison to attack people, and any contact with him or his attacks instantly poisons the target. His poison is so powerful that it can kill a person within minutes unless an antidote is administered. However, if you get hit by too many poisons, you're too far gone to be cured and are sentenced to a slow and painful death. The worst part is even if you have some sort of ability that could block the poison, such as Mr. 3's Wax-Wax Fruit, he can just make his poison [[ScissorsCutsRock so strong that it melts steel and rock]]. Plus, he isn't even a Logia type, so he doesn't have any of the usual weaknesses of a Logia Devil Fruit user (such as extra vulnerability to Armament Haki and falling prey to ElementalRockPaperScissors).
** Donquixote Doflamingo's Devil Fruit is another strong contender for "most broken Paramecia". At its most basic, it's RazorFloss that can also be used to control people like puppets. However, its cutting power is almost unparalleled - even giant stone buildings were easily reduced to rubble. His control abilities, meanwhile, are almost completely irresistible, and could extend to hundreds of people across an entire island, without causing him any visible strain. Furthermore, it also grants him a HealingFactor, as he could simply use his strings to sew up what would be fatal injuries. That's also not even getting into his abilities as an Awakened Devil Fruit user, which allows him to literally ''transmute objects into more string''. Combine that with his absurd {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s and strong Haki, and you have one of the most broken Warlords.

** Most Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are portrayed as very strong demigod-like beings in [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime.]] Naturally, this means that Ash will never have the chance to actually capture and own them in the same way player characters can in the games. He can befriend them (and has done so many times, especially in the movies), and has beaten a few that do belong to other trainers, but actually capturing them would not only be disastrous for the world, but it would also make Ash almost invincible. Tobias, a trainer who happens to have two such Pokémon under his command (a Darkrai and a Latios) happens to prove just how absurdly strong they can be under the command of a Trainer, as it is mentioned that he only needed Darkrai to win all his badges and that him resorting to use Latios was seen as a commendable feat for Ash.

** Lampshaded in Team Rocket's final battle in ''XY'' series, where they are handily outmatched by the twerp squad at every turn. As they are sent blasting off, the bumbling villains glumly acknowledge they didn't really have a chance against two League finalists with the aforementioned abilities, marking a case of the trope so extreme it made for one of very few times the trio [[KnowWhenToFoldEm got the point to retire,]] working in the background until the following series when the twerps had disbanded.

* Alucard from ''Manga/Hellsing''. He's already a fast and powerful vampire with a ridiculous HealingFactor, but can also walk through walls, shapeshift, manipulate shadows to move an entire aircraft carrier, and that's when none of his PowerLimiters are released. When Level Zero is unleashed, he becomes absolutely unstoppable, sweeping through London and destroying the Nazi and Iscariot armies on his own. You can try to kill him, but he'll just consume one of the souls he's absorbed and be just fine - and he has two million of them, all of which he can unleash with Level Zero. Level Zero is confirmed to actually leave him vulnerable to death, but no-one comes close to killing him. The invasion of London wouldn't have happened had the Major not baited him onto the aforementioned aircraft carrier and effectively removed him from the story for several chapters. In the end Alucard's only stopped when he accidentally absorbs Schrödinger, who had power to exist everywhere and nowhere as long as he was aware of himself. Schrödinger being absorbed meant he lost that awareness, which almost erased him and Alucard, who he was now connected to, from existence. And Alucard ''still'' survived that, returning at the end of the series after destroying all the other souls he'd absorbed over thirty years until only his and Schrödinger's were left, effectively making him less powerful, but now even more impossible to kill.

** Twice's Quirk, [[DoppelgangerAttack Double]], allows him to create a perfect copy of up to two different objects at a time. Copies of people also maintain their Quirk, meaning that if he uses Double on himself, he would be able to create an entire army of himself in seconds through rapid exponential growth. [[DramaPreservingHandicap The only thing that prevents him from doing that]] is [[AmbiguousCloneEnding psychological trauma]] he underwent when he was younger that makes him [[MesACrowd unwilling to clone himself]]. [[spoiler: When he does get over that trauma by confirming that he is, in fact, the original Twice, his threat level skyrockets from C- to S-Class, on par with [[DragonAscendant Shigaraki]] himself. He's considered so dangerous that Hawks, upon failing to [[RedemptionRejection convince Twice to abandon the path of villainy]], decides that Twice is [[TooPowerfulToLive too great of an asset to leave in the hands of the villains]] and cuts him down immediately.]]

** [[GravityMaster Gojo]] hits the SuperpowerLottery with his technique, Limitless. It acts as a perfect shield (through means of only making attacks hit the 'infinity' between it and him), [[GravityMaster a repulsor, an attractor,]] and can create an instant-kill blast that erases everything in its path. This isn't even getting to his [[GeoEffects Domain Expansion]], Infinite Void, which overloads everyone within it with information on ''everything''. He's powerful enough that the antagonists all focus on keeping him out of play, with the stakes getting raised once [[spoiler:he's been sealed away, meaning he can no longer help maintain stability in the Jujutsu world.]]

** Bakusaiga was introduced towards the end of the story just before the FinalBattle, and was said that the BigBad didn't stand a chance against it, since it's capable of killing anything that merely comes into contact with anything it's cut and it can kill ''thousands'' with a single swing. As a result, the BigBad immediately steals the sword owner's MoralityPet and traps her inside his body for most of the rest of the story. When Sesshoumaru does finally rescue Rin and use the sword, Naraku's body starts being destroyed.

*** Omnimon, introduced in the movie ''Our War Game'' immediately leapt to being the most powerful Digimon in the anime at the time and remains one of the top 5 strongest Digimon in the animated franchise (his exact spot on the list is debatable, as his opening feat remains probably the most extreme example of power in the series. The other top-class Digimon appeared in 1v1 battles). In his first appearence, he faces off against at least 16,000 (upped to a million in the dub) Mega-level digimon, each one more powerful than either [=WarGreymon=] or [=MetalGarurumon=] individually, and ''annihilates'' them. In his first move, he reflects hundreds of attacks back at them and at no point appears to even try. The only reason the final copy (changed to the original in the dub) lasted as long as it did was that with room to move, it could actually flee in abject terror. Like Angemon, Omnimon was severely nerfed in his 02 appearance, seemingly waylaid by a swarm of baby Digimon, having more trouble with Diaboromon one on one and getting curb-stomped by Armageddamon. The nerfing was spectacularly undone in "Digimon Adventure Tri" when he went up against Alphamon, a Digimon with powers equal to his own in ''Our War Game''. After literally ignoring everything thrown at him (including [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=]), he takes one look at Omnimon and powers up to his strongest form. The shockwaves from their first connection leveled the surrounding buildings, and Omnimon goes on to gain the upper hand before Alphamon's tactical retreat. He's later able to fight evenly in a four-way battle with Alphamon, Jesmon and Raguelmon (who took out all the other Megas with just the shockwaves caused by Alphamon attacking Jesmon). It's then taken even further when he gains a mode change by absorbing the other partner Megas, transfoming into the very broken Merciful Mode. He would undergo minor-Worfing again in the final movie in the original continuity, where he is unable to access Merciful Mode and has to fight the incredibly powerful Eosmon one on one. He puts up a much better fight than against Armageddemon but still goes down. Agumon and Gabumon then access their own individual storybreaker powers by evolining into their Bond Mega forms.

** As the Quincy progenitor, Yhwach possesses all Quincy powers, as well as the [[GreenLanternRing ability]] to give people power by lending them pieces of his soul. He can call back the soul shards at will, depriving the recipient of their power and life, to increase his strength. In battle, Quincies unknowingly infect their opponents with his soul shards, allowing Yhwach to steal life and power from both Quincies and their enemies. He can use this power recall to resurrect fallen Quincies, literally choosing who lives and dies at any moment. [[spoiler:Once he understands someone's power, his Schrift ability kicks in, allowing him to see into that person's future, letting him to develop counters to their techniques before they have even been used.]] It's not for nothing that his Sternritter title is "The Almighty".

** Taiki Kudo and Shoutmon serve as an in-story example in ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime''. As the legendary general and the Digimon King respectively who saved the world in the preceding ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'', the Watch Man is understandably concerned that his very presence will destabilize the balance of the Digimon-hunting game. So far, he's being proven ''very'' correct - Taiki and Shoutmon have spent most of the series so far effortlessly curbstomping everything that Tagiru and Yuu have trouble handling.
** ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' itself has Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode. [[spoiler:He digixrosses with thousands, if not, ''millions'', of Digimon that appeared in the entire Digital World, and one-shots the BigBad with it in one slash.]] Consequently, it has NEVER appeared again since.

* The Key of the Twilight from ''Anime/DotHackSign'' is rumored for being this within the confines of The World. It is said it allows the user to contradict the rules of the system and basically do whatever the hell they feel like doing. The REAL Key of the Twilight is Aura. She herself can do this (as her daughter later demonstrates) and is more or less the world itself.

** [[GravityMaster Gojo]] hits the SuperpowerLottery with his technique, Limitless. It acts as a perfect shield (through means of only making attacks hit the 'infinity' between it and him), [[GravityMaster a repulsor, an attractor,]] and can create an instant-kill blast that erases everything in its path. This isn't even getting to his [[GeoEffects Domain Expansion], Infinite Void, which overloads everyone within it with information on ''everything''. He's powerful enough that the antagonists all focus on keeping him out of play, with the stakes getting raised once [[spoiler:he's been sealed away, meaning he can no longer help maintain stability in the Jujutsu world.]]

** [[GravityMaster Gojo]] hits the SuperpowerLottery, with is technique, Limitless. It acts as a perfect shield (through means of only making attacks hit the 'infinity' between it and him), [[GravityMaster a repulsor, an attractor,]] and can create an instant-kill blast that erases everything in its path. This isn't even getting to his [[GeoEffects Domain Expansion], Infinite Void, which overloads everyone within it with information on ''everything''. He's powerful enough that the antagonists all focus on keeping him out of play, with the stakes getting raised once [[spoiler:he's been sealed away, meaning he can no longer help maintain stability in the Jujutsu world.]]

* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen''
** [[GravityMaster Gojo Satoru]] is the most powerful sorcerer in the setting due to hitting the SuperpowerLottery. His technique, Limitless, is a perfect shield (through means of only making attacks hit the 'infinity' between it and him), [[GravityMaster a repulsor, an attractor,]] and can create an instant-kill blast that erases everything in its path. This isn't even getting to his [[GeoEffects Domain Expansion], Infinite Void, which overloads everyone within it with information on ''everything''. He's powerful enough that the antagonists all focus on keeping him out of play, with the stakes getting raised once [[spoiler:he's been sealed away, meaning he can no longer help maintain stability in the Jujutsu world.]]

* Roy Mustang from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is a perfect example of StockSuperpowers taken UpToEleven. His power is just stock [[PlayingWithFire elemental fire]] but he uses it to singlehandedly kill 2 near immortal homunculi and he's the only alchemist [[TheDragon Pride]] is worried about. [[spoiler:He's given a DramaPreservingHandicap in the finale and still kicks his fair share of ass.]]

** Most Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are portrayed as very strong demigod-like beings in [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime.]] Naturally, this means that Ash will never have the chance to actually capture and own them in the same way player characters can in the games. He can befriend them (and has done so many times, especially in the movies), and has beaten a few that do belong to other trainers, but actually capturing them would not only be disastrous for the world, but it would also make Ash almost invincible. Tobias, a trainer who happens to have two such Pokémon under his command (a Darkrai and a Latios) happens to prove just how absurdly strong they can be under the command of a Trainer, as it is mentioned that he only needed Darkrai to win all his badges and that him resorting to use Latios was seen as a commendable feat for Ash.

** Jack Rakan is referred to as a "real-life broken video game character" in canon. [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Through skill alone]] he tosses around skyscraper-sized swords with ease, copies physics-defying sword techniques with a glance, and destroys pocket dimensions by ''flexing'', explicitly defying the laws of magic with [[BoisterousBruiser sheer]] [[CrazyAwesome awesomeness]].

*** Brandish μ is the end result of WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway taken UpToEleven, possessing SizeShifter magic so potent she can shrink landmasses as large as an island into tiny rocks for her to stand on. Her RedBaron is "Nation Destroyer" for a reason, but unfortunately she may as well be called the "Interesting Fight Destroyer" too; The issue with Brandish's magic is that there's no stated limitation on what she can grow or shrink, since we've seen her use it on people without her consent without suffering any ill effects, and according to [=DiMaria=] she can easily kill people by enlarging their organs into exploding, so it doesn't possess anything like a line of sight or physical contact condition. All of this results in Brandish getting 2 fights ever; The first ends due to a random bout of allergies leaving her open for a sucker punch and the latter was the same fight where we learned how easily she'd have killed Lucy if she wasn't holding back.