Line #56 Main/CelebrityPower


1	->'''Lisa:''' Wait a minute, Xena can't ''fly!''\
2	'''Creator/LucyLawless:''' I told you, I'm not Xena! I'm Lucy Lawless.
3	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[HalloweenSpecial Treehouse of Horror X]]"
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5	The characters of a work are in some kind of a crisis, and simply need help. Thankfully, they bump into a friendly celebrity. No, the work is not LikeRealityUnlessNoted -- they could very well be [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants diminutive talking sea creatures who meet David Hasselhoff on the beach]]. And it's more than that -- the celebrity is ''very'' unlike reality. In fact, they have super-powers. Why? Because they're a celebrity. If their powers are being kept secret, they’re probably living a CelebrityMasquerade.
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7	Similar to, but distinct from CelebritySuperhero, MemeticBadass and PopularityPower. In both of those cases, it's a fictional character who most often gets the treatment; in Celebrity Power, it's a real-life celebrity, and it doesn't need to be a meme to qualify. Any celebrity who has super-powers just because they're a celebrity counts. Giving this treatment to a [[HistoricalDomainCharacter famous person from history]] rather than the present usually falls under HistoricalBadassUpgrade and/or its subtrope, HistoricalDomainSuperperson.
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9	!!Examples:
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13	[[folder:Comic Books]]
14	* In ''ComicBook/PS238'', Creator/WilWheaton is a [[MindOverMatter psychokinetic]].
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17	[[folder:Fan Works]]
18	* ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'': This is extremely common thanks to many Codexverse characters being based on [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed real-life people]].
19	** Many Trimortidae members are based on real-life celebrities, but unlike their inspirations, they had the option to Ascend to godhood and took it, becoming Death deities.
20	*** Creator/AlanRickman is a famous and respected British actor, known for playing villains and [[ByronicHero deeply complex characters]]. Here, as Sir Curtain Call, he would become the Alicorn god of Death, Villainy, Acting, and Understanding after dying of old age.
21	*** Music/JimiHendrix is one of the most legendary and influential guitarists whose experimental applications of feedback and distortion revolutionized both rock music and how people played electric guitars. Double Helix is essentially the Codexverse's Ponified version of Hendrix who, as a result of changes in both circumstances and choices in his life, ends up becoming the Zebralicorn god of Death, Addiction, Enlightenment, and Spirit.
22	*** Beloved Light, also known as his [=HoofTube=] handle "[=Love504=]", is based on bassist, [=YouTuber=], and memelord WebVideo/Davie504. Following his death from old age, he Ascended to godhood as the Alicorn god of Death, Memes, Encouragement, Bassists, and Rhythm.
23	** Prince Healing Song (now Prince Medela Cantor Cahaya) is based on Music/JeffHealey, a Canadian-born jazz/blues musician. In life, Jeff Healey was a [[TheAce prodigy]], being a songwriter, actor, and DJ in addition to being a BlindMusician, but died of cancer in his forties. Here, Healing Song was saved by a last-minute Ascension while he was dying [[spoiler:possibly thanks to a disguised Luminiferous]], becoming an Alicorn god with PsychicPowers and MagicMusic. Initially, he was a MartialPacifist, but after realizing he was holding himself back, he changed his beliefs and unleashed his full power, healing himself in the process. Later, being exposed to the reality-warping presence of an EldritchAbomination (who is the corrupted form of his friend, Moon Ray/Canticum) turned Healing Song into an eldritch god with the power to perceive alternate dimensions via light.
24	** All members of the Redeeming Six are based on Music/StevieRayVaughan and his inner social circle, consisting of his wife, his older brother, and his bandmates in Double Trouble. Unlike their real-life inspirations, however, they would all first start out as Angels (or Angels of Death) before Ascending to godhood. Presently, all of them are eldritch deities thanks to Moon Ray/Canticum re-Ascending as one and then later helping his loved ones Ascend, too.
25	*** Stevie Ray Vaughan was a very talented guitarist who revived the stagnant Blues genre, and is now regarded as one of the most iconic and influential Blues musicians in history. The Codexverse takes it further by having his [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed expy]], Moon Ray Vaughoof, become first an [[{{Psychopomp}} Angel of Death]] after his death, then an [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Alicorn]] '[[TheAce prodigy]]' after learning to forgive and let go of his past. He's also a skilled artist and [[TheShrink therapist]], a powerful [[PsychicPowers psychic]] and [[{{Seers}} Seer]], and is experienced with spotting signs of abuse/addiction in general, all which Stevie Ray doesn't have (ironically, Stevie Ray did show potential in art as a high school student, but ultimately chose to pursue music). Later, a series of events would turn Moon Ray into an [[EldritchAbomination eldritch god]], and the changes become permanent once he realizes the cyclic nature of things and reconciles with his Prophecy domain.
26	*** Prince Proclivitas Cahaya, born Fret Pick, is based on Tommy Shannon, Stevie Ray Vaughan's bassist, but unlike his real-life inspiration, he became an Angel of Death postmortem, dragging wicked souls to the Hell-Realms as punishment for their crimes. It would be three Ages later that he Ascends to godhood with Moon Ray/Canticum's help, but as an [[AnimalisticAbomination eldritch Alicorn]].
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29	[[folder:Film - Animated]]
30	* As suggested within the description, Creator/DavidHasselhoff is shown this way in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''. He's apparently capable of swimming like a speedboat, and firing things out from between his pectoral muscles at incredible velocities.
31	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'':
32	** Brian Boitano, as represented by "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" Apparently in possession of [[BreathWeapon fire breath]], and a TimeMachine, among other strange powers.
33	** "Barbra Streisand" is a swear word profane enough to trigger the V-Chip.
34	* Music/TheBeatles in ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', because "it's all in the mind." Some of Music/JohnLennon's are blatantly plot-critical, but everyone has something important -- even if it's just MagicMusic. Music/GeorgeHarrison uses much of his for MundaneUtility...
35	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' the Spirit of the West (also called "The Man with No Name") is heavily implied to be a retired Clint Eastwood. Who gives the protagonist the advice needed to save the town.
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38	[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
39	* In ''Film/LittleNicky'', Nicky pulls a DeusExMachina by summoning the ultimate force of darkness to take down Adrian: [[spoiler:Music/OzzyOsbourne, who proceeds to bite the head off the then-bat-transformed demi-devil]]. ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Awesome]]''.
40	* At the end of ''Film/{{Half Baked}}'', [[DeusExMachina the day is saved]] when one of the characters opens the "[[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]][[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin -in-a-bag]]" that [[ChekhovsGun he'd been wearing around his neck]] [[CompanionCube and talking to]] [[ChekhovsGun the whole movie]].
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44	* In a sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' where Christopher Reeve guest-hosts, it's shown that Reeve got the part of Superman in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' in part because he can actually catch bullets in his teeth, squeeze a lump of coal into a diamond, and has heat vision. So could the other guy he is up against, even better than Reeve could (plus he has super-breath); but the other guy couldn't make the first day of filming because he already had a commercial callback scheduled for that day.
45	* Played with in ''Recap/TheFiveishDoctorsReboot'', when Creator/PeterDavison's plan to get into the filming of ''Recap/TheDayOfTheDoctor'' hinged on stealing a working [=TARDIS=] from the [=BBC=]. Unfortunately, they only manage to sneak into a prop because he's forgotten that [[SubvertedTrope the TARDIS is fictional.]]
46	--> '''Creator/ColinBaker:''' You really are from another planet.
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50	* On an episode of ''Series/MuppetsTonight'', Cindy Crawford was shown to have heat vision, because she's a ''super''model.
51	** And then there was Christopher Reeve back on the original ''[[Series/TheMuppetShow Muppet Show]]'', as demonstrated after a backhanded comment about Ms Piggy.
52	--->'''Piggy''': Hi-yah! <bounces off>\
53	'''Kermit''': Wow! He really is the [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Man of Steel]].
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57	* Every pro in ''Videogame/BackyardSports'', since they specialize in their respective sports while the neighborhood kids [[JackOfAllStats play many different sports]].
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60	[[folder:Web Original]]
61	* Website/ChuckNorrisFacts.
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64	[[folder:Webcomics]]
65	* One of Shelley's [[http://scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20090217 plans to rescue Des from his hosts]] on a UsefulNotes/{{council estate}} in ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'' is "Enlist Bjork!" (With a picture showing Shelley giving the Icelandic musician a pistol.) It makes as much sense as [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} her other ideas]], but, (un)fortunately, she doesn't know Music/{{Bjork}}.
66	* ''Webcomic/{{MegaTokyo}}'''s Ed is obsessed with Erika and Kimiko because high caliber idols have the power to shape nations. Which... isn't actually THAT much of a stretch. Maybe not NATIONS, but at least subcultures and such.
67	* ''Webcomic/FakeNewsRumble'' runs on this.
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71	* In a ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Treehouse of Horror}}'' episode, the following exchange occurs after (super-powered) Bart and Lisa rescue a certain actress from "The Collector":
72	-->'''Lisa''': "Wait, [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]] can't fly!"\
73	'''Creator/LucyLawless''': "I told you, I'm not Xena. I'm Lucy Lawless!"
74	** In "Husbands and Knives" comic book creators Creator/AlanMoore, Creator/DanielClowes and Creator/ArtSpiegelman defend a comic book shop that Comic Book Guy was sabotaging by ripping off their shirts [[ClarkKentOutfit (showing their extremely]] [[HeroicBuild muscular physiques)]] and then proceed to beat the crap out of him. They return at the end of the episode, now shown with the ability to fly; though when having to choose between stopping a meteor heading for the Earth or go to a benefit for comic book artists of the 40s and 50s, they choose the latter.
75	--->'''Alan Moore:''' [[BattleCry League of Extraordinary Freelancers, activate!]]
76	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' features the unlikely team of Don Knotts, Music/WeirdAlYankovic, and [[WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder the Blue Falcon]]. Al gets to invoke the trope at the end.
77	** Creator/AdamWest also applies whenever he appears on the show. One moment, he's single handily fighting swarms of goons and the next [[AdamWesting he's out of his mind and]] [[WindmillCrusader chasing down non existing kidnappers]] [[ConspiracyTheorist and mole people.]]
78	* The final episode of ''WesternAnimation/GodTheDevilAndBob'' ends with the Devil nearly causing a riot at a performance of ''Theatre/ArsenicAndOldLace'' as the citizens of Detroit clash over censorship versus free speech, but the two sides' animosity is destroyed by the inexplicable arrival of... Creator/KevinBacon, who convinces everyone to dance. To that song from ''Film/{{Footloose}}.'' Everyone is friends again and have fun. The Devil laments to his henchman Smeck: "Kevin Bacon again! I create one little party game, and now he won't leave me alone!"
79	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' had an episode where newsman Hugh Downs (doing his own voice) shows up to rescue Meg and the local geek from a hostage situation. At the end of the scene, he flies away, a la Superman.
80	* ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'' had Creator/PennAndTeller appear as actually magical in the movie.
81	* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' boys are contacted by Creator/BarbraStreisand, who transforms into... [[HumongousMecha Mecha Streisand]]. She is opposed by Creator/LeonardMaltin, Creator/SidneyPoitier, and [[Music/{{The Cure\|Band}} Robert Smith]], all of whom transform into one kind of {{Kaiju}} or another. The first three fell under the show's "all celebrity voices are impersonated... poorly" rule, but [[AsHimself they got the real Robert Smith]].
82	* In the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' episode about Juggalos, Music/InsaneClownPosse ([[AsHimself voicing themselves]]) make an appearance at the end of the episode in a court case in which they're being sued by Frylock and Meatwad over Shake committing suicide. After offering a reasonable defense wherein they explain their contributions to charity, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope conclude by stating that they [[StealthPun spit fire]] before turning into demonic creatures and spraying the courtroom with napalm. Rob Lowe (who is acting as the prosecuting attorney) states that he has no further questions.
83	* The final ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' episode, [[ClipShow "I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show"]] has Jay held hostage by terrorists only to be saved in the end by a [[{{Ninja}} ninjutsu]] skilled Creator/MiltonBerle.
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