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Researches till the point of Trope Overdosed beyond which media cannot appear as anything other than a bunch of tropes from the creatorsLooks like Reality Warper, or some subtrope.
Ah wait, I think I'm getting the key distinction here. They have the same powers as other super-folks, but they don't need the various "accoutrements" like incantations or special materials. Obviously, it's only noticible in a setting where most super-folks do need the stuff.
I can think of just one example: in the Harry Potter 'verse, Dumbledore and Voldemort can do wandless magic that others need wands for. Also, learning to do incantations nonverbally is a skill that separates some wizards/witches from others (but almost everyone eventually learns it).
Any other examples? That might help us narrow down the trope.
In a setting that uses some sort of super / magical powers, some characters are so particularly gifted that they don't need to use spells, utter incantations, need wands, weapons, whatever, but they can use their powers in just about any conceivable manner they want to just by will and ingenuity. They need not be infinitely powerful gods for this.
This sometimes goes so extreme that they can be using their abilities while their real attention is engaged in other stuff, but it doesn't distract them.
Usually the result of long years of training and experience. It's sometimes Lampshaded by others who aren't in their class.
Edited by tvtropesfan