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"Couldn't you have done that earlier?"
— Tristan to Yvaine, Stardust
"OMG, I gotz Magick?"
Some superhero comics authors seem to get bored of the same old powers. They add new ones to the same characters whenever they feel that a new power would open up a new story, or a new danger needs a new response, or what the hell, whenever they feel like it. It's bad enough writing in a new hero from nowhere just because you want to include a new power, but a lot of writers are worse than that. They tack new powers onto existing heroes.
Sometimes a retcon, a power upgrade or some bit of Phlebotinum is employed to explain the new power, but often the character just does something they've never done before and when their friends say, "I didn't know you could do that!", they come back with either "I've never needed to, till now," or worse, "Neither did I, till now!"
Not all New Super Powers fall into this category, just the ones resulting from an Ass Pull. Commonly used to bring a character Back From The Dead.
Giving a character a Green Lantern Ring avoids this. Compare Magic A Is Magic A, So Last Season.
Examples:
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