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* ''Fanfic/AGameOfCatAndCat'' (''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' & ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''): Discussed. When Aoi (heroine of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'') is trying to figure out what exactly the [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Demi-Fiend]] is, she notices that he's very careful when touching things and people. She concludes that he received his SuperStrength relatively recently, as someone born with it would have adapted by his age.
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* ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'' (''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' & ''Franchise/SpiderMan''): Izuku first discovers his SuperStrength when he destroys his desk by gripping it too hard while trying to dodge one of Bakugou's explosions. When Kamui Woods comes to retrieve Izuku, who has since crawled up the side of a building, he puts the Hero's hand in a death grip until he's asked to ease up. The day after that, Izuku accidentally shoves Bakugou all the way down the hallway and struggles to avoid snapping his pencils in half.

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* ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'' (''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' & ''Franchise/SpiderMan''): ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''): Izuku first discovers his SuperStrength when he destroys his desk by gripping it too hard while trying to dodge one of Bakugou's explosions. When Kamui Woods comes to retrieve Izuku, who has since crawled up the side of a building, he puts the Hero's hand in a death grip until he's asked to ease up. The day after that, Izuku accidentally shoves Bakugou all the way down the hallway and struggles to avoid snapping his pencils in half.
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* In ''Fanfic/AnythingForFamily'', [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Momoka Haruno]] impresses herself with her own strength by shattering an entire window by simply throwing a rock at it. She intended to only break a hole in it for Chiho to escape, not shatter the entire thing.
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* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' (''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' & Website/TVTropes; author DiedDuringProduction): Kyon.

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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11948484/1/MagicTale MagicTale]]'' (''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' & ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''): Played with given that [[Videogame/{{Undertale}} Undyne]] knows how strong she is, but is used to everything being made out of stone or metal, resulting in her frequently breaking wooden objects. Though in the case of one door, she simply wasn't aware which way it opened, causing her to knock it off its hinges. Likewise, she's not quite aware of how fragile humans are. A friendly pat on a cook's back dislocated his shoulders.

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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11948484/1/MagicTale MagicTale]]'' (''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' (''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' & ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''): Played with given that [[Videogame/{{Undertale}} Undyne]] knows how strong she is, but is used to everything being made out of stone or metal, resulting in her frequently breaking wooden objects. Though in the case of one door, she simply wasn't aware which way it opened, causing her to knock it off its hinges. Likewise, she's not quite aware of how fragile humans are. A friendly pat on a cook's back dislocated his shoulders.
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* In ''Fanfic/RickAndTheLoudHouse,'' Ronnie Anne is the unwitting host of Anatomy Park, and Rick injected her with nanoprobes to act as security for it. One of the probes' functions is to strengthen her to protect the part, giving her SuperStrength and SuperToughness. Thanks to Rick, however, she is completely oblivious to all of this, and while she is weirded out by being able to [[PintSizedPowerhouse send a male Gazorpazorpian running with one gut-punch]] and shrugging off what should be a painful fall from a tree, she doesn't really question it.

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* In ''Fanfic/RickAndTheLoudHouse,'' Ronnie Anne is the unwitting host of Anatomy Park, and Rick injected her with nanoprobes to act as security for it. One of the probes' functions is to strengthen her to protect the part, park, giving her SuperStrength and SuperToughness. Thanks to Rick, however, she is completely oblivious to all of this, and while she is weirded out by being able to [[PintSizedPowerhouse send a male Gazorpazorpian running with one gut-punch]] and shrugging off what should be a painful fall from a tree, she doesn't really question it.
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* In ''Fanfic/RickAndTheLoudHouse,'' Ronnie Anne is the unwitting host of Anatomy Park, and Rick injected her with nanoprobes to act as security for it. One of the probes' functions is to strengthen her to protect the part, giving her SuperStrength and SuperToughness. Thanks to Rick, however, she is completely oblivious to all of this, and while she is weirded out by being able to [[PintSizedPowerhouse send a male Gazorpazorpian running with one gut-punch]] and shrugging off what should be a painful fall from a tree, she doesn't really question it.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3665921/51/Black-Flames-Dance-In-The-Wind-Rise-of-Naruto Black Flames Dance in the Wind Rise of Naruto]]''Sakura almosts does serious injury to Ino in a sparring match because of this trope.
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** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8649007/1/Kitsune-s-Power Kitsune's Power]]'': Naruto ends up becoming inhumanly strong, except Naruto's only five at the time. As he grows older, he spars with Rock Lee under Maito Gai's direction, resulting in Lee becoming even faster and stronger than in canon. Butterflies ensue and Naruto becomes Anko's apprentice.

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** * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8649007/1/Kitsune-s-Power Kitsune's Power]]'': Naruto ends up becoming inhumanly strong, except Naruto's only five at the time. As he grows older, he spars with Rock Lee under Maito Gai's direction, resulting in Lee becoming even faster and stronger than in canon. Butterflies ensue and Naruto becomes Anko's apprentice.

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* ''Fanfic/EquestriaAcrossTheMultiverse'': At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales'' StoryArc, the Mane Six accidentally discover they [[SuperEmpowering grant others in different worlds Rainbow Powers]] so long as that world didn't already have a set of Elements (and only to a max of seven ponies are once) when they do so to the Tales Seven. In addition to the new SuperMode, all seven get awakened Earth Pony Magic and the SuperStrength that comes with it. Naturally, they have no idea how to control it and end up accidentally breaking things around them. Applejack teaches them how to control it afterwards.



* Carly and Sam from ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8532906/1/iFightCrimeWithVictorious iFight Crime With Victorious]]'', particularly Sam. When Sam first receives her power, unknowingly, she tosses a soda can at Freddie that knocks him off his feet. Carly, more level-minded, runs into this problem less often, but using it is still a very volatile process.
* In ''Fanfic/ImaginarySeas'', Percy knows that he has new powers as a Servant that he never had when he was alive, but he doesn't know just how exceptional he is until Chiron shows shock at just how many Noble Phantasms he has, using five without thinking about it even while holding back. It's also played more conventionally when Percy suffers the effects of forcibly taking on Zeus' Klironomia. His body starts spasming so badly that when he tries to grip a tree for support, he ends up ripping it out of the ground and pulls it apart while trying to let go of it.
* In ''Fanfic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria'', Rainbow Dash first learns of her newly acquired super strength when she kicks a tree and makes it explode into splinters.
* [[spoiler:Kallen Kozuki]] in ''Fanfic/JusticeSocietyOfJapan'', to the point that even reaching for a glass of milk without breaking it becomes difficult. On the plus side, she did enjoy her newfound ability to [[NotQuiteFlight leap tall buildings in a single bound]].



* ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'' (Franchise/TheDCU & ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''): Izuku had no idea just how strong he was after his Kryptonian SuperStrength manifested at the age of four, tearing a door right off his hinges by accident after being diagnosed as Quirkless and literally bouncing off the walls in his excitement. He became keenly aware of how dangerous it makes him when he accidentally threw Katsuki Bakugou across a park, past a road, and straight through a stone wall while imitating All Might, horrifying him into [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength the opposite of this trope.]]




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* ''Fanfic/MyIdealAcademia'': Shirou defeats Sasori with an elbow strike that he assumes just knocked him out, but is later informed the strike broke his skull and hospitalized him. Shirou realizes he got too used to fighting Servants who are many times stronger and tougher than humans.
* ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'' (Franchise/TheDCU & ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''): Izuku had no idea just how strong he was after his Kryptonian SuperStrength manifested at the age of four, tearing a door right off his hinges by accident after being diagnosed as Quirkless and literally bouncing off the walls in his excitement. He became keenly aware of how dangerous it makes him when he accidentally threw Katsuki Bakugou across a park, past a road, and straight through a stone wall while imitating All Might, horrifying him into [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength the opposite of this trope.]]
* After being magically transformed into Superman in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9356520/3/New-Guard New Guard]]'', Xander has a lot of trouble with his new strength. When encouraged to break out of handcuffs, he's shocked that he actually can and later when he goes to the bathroom, he breaks the urinal.
* In ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', when Asuka started to mutate, her strength increased exponentially... but gradually, so she spent several days breaking things accidentally until she figured out that her physical strength was growing.



* In the beginning of ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] isn't conscious of her tremendous strength. Then she crushes a supposedly unbreakable baby's bottle… and later she accidentally bruises her cousin's arm when she holds him… so she compels herself to be careful.

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* Mostly played for laughs when Lucy becomes Kryptonian in ''Fanfic/FutureShock''. First she dopeslaps Kara who can now definitely feel it, and a few chapters later she almost goes nuclear trying to show off for a girl.
* In the beginning of ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] isn't conscious of her tremendous strength. Then she crushes a supposedly unbreakable baby's bottle… bottle... and later she accidentally bruises her cousin's arm when she holds him… him... so she compels herself to be careful.



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* Comes up frequently in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fanfics, particularly those depicting newly-activated Slayers. This is usually how they prove to others that something weird has happened to them.
* In ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404-110/DianeCastle%2bXendra.htm Xendra]]'', Buffy has a rough time at a contracting job due to her tendency to destroy things she's working on, and sometimes the tools. Her boss (who knows she's the Slayer) is dumbfounded that she destroyed a wrench that you could run a truck over without bending it.

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* ''Fanfic/AFlowersTouch'': Aerith is wholly unprepared for the strength that comes with Mako enhancements. She's tasked with picking up drinking glasses until she can do so without shattering them just from holding them.



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* In ''Fanfic/TheAwakeningOfAMagus'', Harry, thanks to his transformation, becomes much stronger than a regular human, but doesn't even realize it at first. People taking Polyjuice for the sake of IdentityImpersonator take on some of that strength, and need to be careful not to break anything.

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* In chapter 19 of ''Fanfic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo'', Jonathan accidentally snaps a chopstick in two while trying to hold it properly.



* In ''Fanfic/BuckyBarnesGetsHisGrooveBackAndOtherInternationalIncidents'', Steve Rogers has had some issues on and off with forgetting just how strong he is post-SuperSerum. These days, it seems to happen only when he's either not paying attention or deeply emotionally compromised. Not long after the procedure, he tried drawing again and accidentally snapped his art pencil in two, causing him to [[ClusterFBomb swear up a storm]], and Clint Barton's seen him leave fingerprints in a lead pipe while on an op. Clint also mentions that [[EvenTheGuysWantHim he would totally have a one-night stand with Steve just on account of how attractive he is]], if he were sure Steve wouldn't get too far into the moment and [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex accidentally break Clint's pelvis]].




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* Bakugo in ''Fanfic/TheUndeadSchoolgirlDeadPulse'' doesn't realize how powerful his explosions were because his mind is wired to see them as minor things[[labelnote:*]]A pro hero mentions that it's so Bakugo isn't afraid of his own Quirk and can use it to it's full potential[[/labelnote]]. His mind automatically filters out the noise so they only sound like small pops and what he thought was only enough heat to cause a first degree burn at worst was actually enough to sear and blister flesh even through clothing.



* In ''Fanfic/HarmonyTheory'', Rainbow Dash's power level didn't change, but she's in the distant future where the ponies have become a lot weaker and more fragile than the ponies of her time. She sometimes forgets to check her strength and speed.




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* The premise of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4595834/1/Oops Oops!]]'' is Naruto accidentally distracting the Kyuubi when the latter was enhancing Naruto's body. Naruto ends up [[InsistentTerminology 113]] times stronger than naturally possible, which results in things like leaving fingerprints in brass doorknobs and being unable to feed himself. When Naruto tries to eat some ramen, he shatters the bowl by picking it up. When Shizune feeds him, Naruto bites off the ends of chopsticks without noticing. In the end, Gai has to train Naruto to manage his SuperStrength.



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* Paul, in spades, in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Compounded by his having two levels of strength, "low" (where he can lift about 8 tons) and "high" (where he can lift at least 90 tons). After practicing day and night (literally) for several weeks he can act relatively normal at "low" strength (though he still breaks things if he doesn't take care); however, at "high" strength, which he tries not to use unless practicing, he can just barely function in the real world. He is continually conscious of his strength, so that in proximity to other people, he hardly moves, and he never makes sudden gestures.
** In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'' we learn that after Paul returned to Earth, though he was back to normal, he had a tough time readjusting and couldn't easily relate to his family. In particular, fears of what he might do to Linda during sex made him avoid relations with her, which hurt her deeply. He was rather ambivalent about being brought back to C'hou just after he had started to return to normal, though (as was his general wont) he hid this feeling from the others under a mask of brisk competence and cheer. But nearly all the ground he gained with practice in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' disappeared.

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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13526309/20/I-am-Bitch-the-Shield-Hero-s-Slut I am Bitch, the Shield Hero's Slut!]]'': Malty knew she was just over level 40 but it didn't occur to her exactly what that meant until fighting in her first Wave. Monsters in their 30s are cut down with absurd ease and when the captain of a company of knights angers her, she [[AccidentalMurder attacks him in a rage only to cut him in thirds, not realizing how much weaker he was than her]].



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* In chapter 19 of ''Fanfic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo'', Jonathan accidentally snaps a chopstick in two while trying to hold it properly.
* In ''Fanfic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria'', Rainbow Dash first learns of her newly acquired super strength when she kicks a tree and makes it explode into splinters.
* In ''Fanfic/HarmonyTheory'', Rainbow Dash's power level didn't change, but she's in the distant future where the ponies have become a lot weaker and more fragile than the ponies of her time. She sometimes forgets to check her strength and speed.
* In ''Fanfic/ImaginarySeas'', Percy knows that he has new powers as a Servant that he never had when he was alive, but he doesn't know just how exceptional he is until Chiron shows shock at just how many Noble Phantasms he has, using five without thinking about it even while holding back. It's also played more conventionally when Percy suffers the effects of forcibly taking on Zeus' Klironomia. His body starts spasming so badly that when he tries to grip a tree for support, he ends up ripping it out of the ground and pulls it apart while trying to let go of it.
* Carly and Sam from ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8532906/1/iFightCrimeWithVictorious iFight Crime With Victorious]]'', particularly Sam. When Sam first receives her power, unknowingly, she tosses a soda can at Freddie that knocks him off his feet. Carly, more level-minded, runs into this problem less often, but using it is still a very volatile process.

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* In chapter 19 of ''Fanfic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo'', Jonathan accidentally snaps a chopstick in two while trying to hold it properly.
* In ''Fanfic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria'', Rainbow Dash first learns of her newly acquired super strength when she kicks a tree and makes it explode into splinters.
* In ''Fanfic/HarmonyTheory'', Rainbow Dash's power level didn't change, but she's in the distant future where the ponies have become a lot weaker and more fragile than the ponies of her time. She sometimes forgets to check her strength and speed.
* In ''Fanfic/ImaginarySeas'', Percy knows that he has new powers as a Servant that he never had when he was alive, but he doesn't know just how exceptional he is until Chiron shows shock at just how many Noble Phantasms he has, using five without thinking about it even while holding back. It's also played more conventionally when Percy suffers the effects of forcibly taking on Zeus' Klironomia. His body starts spasming so badly that when he tries to grip a tree for support, he ends up ripping it out of the ground and pulls it apart while trying to let go of it.
* Carly and Sam from ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8532906/1/iFightCrimeWithVictorious iFight Crime With Victorious]]'', particularly Sam. When Sam first receives her power, unknowingly, she tosses a soda can at Freddie that knocks him off his feet. Carly, more level-minded, runs into this problem less often, but using it is still a very volatile process.
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* Paul, in spades, in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Compounded by his having two levels of strength, “low” (where he can lift about 8 tons) and “high” (where he can lift at least 90 tons). After practicing day and night (literally) for several weeks he can act relatively normal at “low” strength (though he still breaks things if he doesn't take care); however, at “high” strength, which he tries not to use unless practicing, he can just barely function in the real world. He is continually conscious of his strength, so that in proximity to other people, he hardly moves, and he never makes sudden gestures.
* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'' we learn that after Paul returned to Earth, though he was back to normal, he had a tough time readjusting and couldn't easily relate to his family. In particular, fears of what he might do to Linda during sex made him avoid relations with her, which hurt her deeply. He was rather ambivalent about being brought back to C'hou just after he had started to return to normal, though (as was his general wont) he hid this feeling from the others under a mask of brisk competence and cheer. But nearly all the ground he gained with practice in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' disappeared.
* Comes up frequently in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fanfics, particularly those depicting newly-activated Slayers. This is usually how they prove to others that something weird has happened to them.
** In ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404-110/DianeCastle%2bXendra.htm Xendra]]'', Buffy has a rough time at a contracting job due to her tendency to destroy things she's working on, and sometimes the tools. Her boss (who knows she's the Slayer) is dumbfounded that she destroyed a wrench that you could run a truck over without bending it.
* [[spoiler:Kallen Kozuki]] in ''Fanfic/JusticeSocietyOfJapan'', to the point that even reaching for a glass of milk without breaking it becomes difficult. On the plus side, she did enjoy her newfound ability to [[NotQuiteFlight leap tall buildings in a single bound]].
* The premise of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4595834/1/Oops Oops!]]'' is Naruto accidentally distracting the Kyuubi when the latter was enhancing Naruto's body. Naruto ends up [[InsistentTerminology 113]] times stronger than naturally possible, which results in things like leaving fingerprints in brass doorknobs and being unable to feed himself. When Naruto tries to eat some ramen, he shatters the bowl by picking it up. When Shizune feeds him, Naruto bites off the ends of chopsticks without noticing. In the end, Gai has to train Naruto to manage his SuperStrength.
* In ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', when Asuka started to mutate, her strength increased exponentially... but gradually, so she spent several days breaking things accidentally until she figured out that her physical strength was growing.
* After being magically transformed into Superman in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9356520/3/New-Guard New Guard]]'', Xander has a lot of trouble with his new strength. When encouraged to break out of handcuffs, he's shocked that he actually can and later when he goes to the bathroom, he breaks the urinal.
* ''Fanfic/EquestriaAcrossTheMultiverse'': At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales'' StoryArc, the Mane Six accidentally discover they [[SuperEmpowering grant others in different worlds Rainbow Powers]] so long as that world didn't already have a set of Elements (and only to a max of seven ponies are once) when they do so to the Tales Seven. In addition to the new SuperMode, all seven get awakened Earth Pony Magic and the SuperStrength that comes with it. Naturally, they have no idea how to control it and end up accidentally breaking things around them. Applejack teaches them how to control it afterwards.
* Mostly played for laughs when Lucy becomes Kryptonian in the ''Series/Supergirl2015'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FutureShock''. First she dopeslaps Kara who can now definitely feel it, and a few chapters later she almost goes nuclear trying to show off for a girl.
* Bakugo in ''Fanfic/TheUndeadSchoolgirlDeadPulse'' doesn't realize how powerful his explosions were because his mind is wired to see them as minor things[[labelnote:*]]A pro hero mentions that it's so Bakugo isn't afraid of his own Quirk and can use it to it's full potential[[/labelnote]]. His mind automatically filters out the noise so they only sound like small pops and what he thought was only enough heat to cause a first degree burn at worst was actually enough to sear and blister flesh even through clothing.
* In ''Fanfic/BuckyBarnesGetsHisGrooveBackAndOtherInternationalIncidents'', Steve Rogers has had some issues on and off with forgetting just how strong he is post-SuperSerum. These days, it seems to happen only when he's either not paying attention or deeply emotionally compromised. Not long after the procedure, he tried drawing again and accidentally snapped his art pencil in two, causing him to [[ClusterFBomb swear up a storm]], and Clint Barton's seen him leave fingerprints in a lead pipe while on an op. Clint also mentions that [[EvenTheGuysWantHim he would totally have a one-night stand with Steve just on account of how attractive he is]], if he were sure Steve wouldn't get too far into the moment and [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex accidentally break Clint's pelvis]].
* ''Fanfic/MyIdealAcademia'': Shirou defeats Sasori with an elbow strike that he assumes just knocked him out, but is later informed the strike broke his skull and hospitalized him. Shirou realizes he got too used to fighting Servants who are many times stronger and tougher than humans.
* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': Kryptonian SuperStrength is actually quite user-friendly, with fine control being very achievable, but Kara Zor-El still has an adjustment period when she arrives on Earth. Paul helps her practise by creating a construct punching bag and vase of flowers; she has to punch the bag as hard as possible, then take a flower without breaking it. It's hard to get right.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13526309/20/I-am-Bitch-the-Shield-Hero-s-Slut I am Bitch, the Shield Hero's Slut!]]'': Malty knew she was just over level 40 but it didn't occur to her exactly what that meant until fighting in her first Wave. Monsters in their 30s are cut down with absurd ease and when the captain of a company of knights angers her, she [[AccidentalMurder attacks him in a rage only to cut him in thirds, not realizing how much weaker he was than her]].
* ''Fanfic/AFlowersTouch'': Aerith is wholly unprepared for the strength that comes with Mako enhancements. She's tasked with picking up drinking glasses until she can do so without shattering them just from holding them.
* In ''Fanfic/TheAwakeningOfAMagus'', Harry, thanks to his transformation, becomes much stronger than a regular human, but doesn't even realize it at first. People taking Polyjuice for the sake of IdentityImpersonator take on some of that strength, and need to be careful not to break anything.

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* Paul, in spades, in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Compounded by his having two levels of strength, “low” (where he can lift about 8 tons) and “high” (where he can lift at least 90 tons). After practicing day and night (literally) for several weeks he can act relatively normal at “low” strength (though he still breaks things if he doesn't take care); however, at “high” strength, which he tries not to use unless practicing, he can just barely function in the real world. He is continually conscious of his strength, so that in proximity to other people, he hardly moves, and he never makes sudden gestures.
* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'' we learn that after Paul returned to Earth, though he was back to normal, he had a tough time readjusting and couldn't easily relate to his family. In particular, fears of what he might do to Linda during sex made him avoid relations with her, which hurt her deeply. He was rather ambivalent about being brought back to C'hou just after he had started to return to normal, though (as was his general wont) he hid this feeling from the others under a mask of brisk competence and cheer. But nearly all the ground he gained with practice in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' disappeared.
* Comes up frequently in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fanfics, particularly those depicting newly-activated Slayers. This is usually how they prove to others that something weird has happened to them.
** In ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404-110/DianeCastle%2bXendra.htm Xendra]]'', Buffy has a rough time at a contracting job due to her tendency to destroy things she's working on, and sometimes the tools. Her boss (who knows she's the Slayer) is dumbfounded that she destroyed a wrench that you could run a truck over without bending it.
* [[spoiler:Kallen Kozuki]] in ''Fanfic/JusticeSocietyOfJapan'', to the point that even reaching for a glass of milk without breaking it becomes difficult. On the plus side, she did enjoy her newfound ability to [[NotQuiteFlight leap tall buildings in a single bound]].
* The premise of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4595834/1/Oops Oops!]]'' is Naruto accidentally distracting the Kyuubi when the latter was enhancing Naruto's body. Naruto ends up [[InsistentTerminology 113]] times stronger than naturally possible, which results in things like leaving fingerprints in brass doorknobs and being unable to feed himself. When Naruto tries to eat some ramen, he shatters the bowl by picking it up. When Shizune feeds him, Naruto bites off the ends of chopsticks without noticing. In the end, Gai has to train Naruto to manage his SuperStrength.
* In ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', when Asuka started to mutate, her strength increased exponentially... but gradually, so she spent several days breaking things accidentally until she figured out that her physical strength was growing.
* After being magically transformed into Superman in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9356520/3/New-Guard New Guard]]'', Xander has a lot of trouble with his new strength. When encouraged to break out of handcuffs, he's shocked that he actually can and later when he goes to the bathroom, he breaks the urinal.
* ''Fanfic/EquestriaAcrossTheMultiverse'': At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales'' StoryArc, the Mane Six accidentally discover they [[SuperEmpowering grant others in different worlds Rainbow Powers]] so long as that world didn't already have a set of Elements (and only to a max of seven ponies are once) when they do so to the Tales Seven. In addition to the new SuperMode, all seven get awakened Earth Pony Magic and the SuperStrength that comes with it. Naturally, they have no idea how to control it and end up accidentally breaking things around them. Applejack teaches them how to control it afterwards.
* Mostly played for laughs when Lucy becomes Kryptonian in the ''Series/Supergirl2015'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FutureShock''. First she dopeslaps Kara who can now definitely feel it, and a few chapters later she almost goes nuclear trying to show off for a girl.
* Bakugo in ''Fanfic/TheUndeadSchoolgirlDeadPulse'' doesn't realize how powerful his explosions were because his mind is wired to see them as minor things[[labelnote:*]]A pro hero mentions that it's so Bakugo isn't afraid of his own Quirk and can use it to it's full potential[[/labelnote]]. His mind automatically filters out the noise so they only sound like small pops and what he thought was only enough heat to cause a first degree burn at worst was actually enough to sear and blister flesh even through clothing.
* In ''Fanfic/BuckyBarnesGetsHisGrooveBackAndOtherInternationalIncidents'', Steve Rogers has had some issues on and off with forgetting just how strong he is post-SuperSerum. These days, it seems to happen only when he's either not paying attention or deeply emotionally compromised. Not long after the procedure, he tried drawing again and accidentally snapped his art pencil in two, causing him to [[ClusterFBomb swear up a storm]], and Clint Barton's seen him leave fingerprints in a lead pipe while on an op. Clint also mentions that [[EvenTheGuysWantHim he would totally have a one-night stand with Steve just on account of how attractive he is]], if he were sure Steve wouldn't get too far into the moment and [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex accidentally break Clint's pelvis]].
* ''Fanfic/MyIdealAcademia'': Shirou defeats Sasori with an elbow strike that he assumes just knocked him out, but is later informed the strike broke his skull and hospitalized him. Shirou realizes he got too used to fighting Servants who are many times stronger and tougher than humans.

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* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': Kryptonian SuperStrength is actually quite user-friendly, with fine control being very achievable, but Kara Zor-El still has an adjustment period when she arrives on Earth. Paul helps her practise practice by creating a construct punching bag and vase of flowers; she has to punch the bag as hard as possible, then take a flower without breaking it. It's hard to get right.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13526309/20/I-am-Bitch-the-Shield-Hero-s-Slut I am Bitch, the Shield Hero's Slut!]]'': Malty knew she was just over level 40 but it didn't occur to her exactly what that meant until fighting in her first Wave. Monsters in their 30s are cut down with absurd ease and when the captain of a company of knights angers her, she [[AccidentalMurder attacks him in a rage only to cut him in thirds, not realizing how much weaker he was than her]].
* ''Fanfic/AFlowersTouch'': Aerith is wholly unprepared for the strength that comes with Mako enhancements. She's tasked with picking up drinking glasses until she can do so without shattering them just from holding them.
* In ''Fanfic/TheAwakeningOfAMagus'', Harry, thanks to his transformation, becomes much stronger than a regular human, but doesn't even realize it at first. People taking Polyjuice for the sake of IdentityImpersonator take on some of that strength, and need to be careful not to break anything.
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Characters who [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength have trouble judging and controlling their own strength]] in FanWorks.
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* ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'' (''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' & ''Franchise/SpiderMan''): Izuku first discovers his SuperStrength when he destroys his desk by gripping it too hard while trying to dodge one of Bakugou's explosions. When Kamui Woods comes to retrieve Izuku, who has since crawled up the side of a building, he puts the Hero's hand in a death grip until he's asked to ease up. The day after that, Izuku accidentally shoves Bakugou all the way down the hallway and struggles to avoid snapping his pencils in half.
* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':
** Godzilla is turned into a Unicorn, but retains a great deal of his power. When he tries to punch a punching bag, it bursts. In this case it's less he's unused to his power and more he's unused to everything around him that's of a similar size being that fragile.
** While visiting an injured Xenilla in the hospital, Destroyah tries to give him a friendly nudge, but presses too hard on his ribs. He barely stops himself from screaming.
* ''Fanfic/FateKill'' (''Manga/AkameGaKill'' & ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''): It is mentioned that the Heiwa tribe doesn't normally use weapons because they are so strong that any weapon they try to use breaks. Shirou provides them with many of his traced weapons, which are more durable than the regular kind and can survive being used by them, making them very grateful.
* ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'' (Franchise/FateSeries & ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''):
** Chloe von Einzbern pulls a rope that rings the von Einzbern mansion's doorbell too hard and it breaks. Archer fixes it.
** Iskandar tends to squeeze too hard when he hugs people.
* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' (''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' & Website/TVTropes; author DiedDuringProduction): Kyon.
** Because of the nature of his training he knows martial arts but he doesn't remember any experience with them, including the specific effects of his attacks on opponents. After the fight on chapter 12, Iyouji was surprised when he had to ask how bad were the injuries he made on the Mooks.
** In a later chapter, a FictionalDocument reminded that while getting new powers were good, one should also learn to be careful with them.
* ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'' (Franchise/TheDCU & ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''): Izuku had no idea just how strong he was after his Kryptonian SuperStrength manifested at the age of four, tearing a door right off his hinges by accident after being diagnosed as Quirkless and literally bouncing off the walls in his excitement. He became keenly aware of how dangerous it makes him when he accidentally threw Katsuki Bakugou across a park, past a road, and straight through a stone wall while imitating All Might, horrifying him into [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength the opposite of this trope.]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11948484/1/MagicTale MagicTale]]'' (''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' & ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''): Played with given that [[Videogame/{{Undertale}} Undyne]] knows how strong she is, but is used to everything being made out of stone or metal, resulting in her frequently breaking wooden objects. Though in the case of one door, she simply wasn't aware which way it opened, causing her to knock it off its hinges. Likewise, she's not quite aware of how fragile humans are. A friendly pat on a cook's back dislocated his shoulders.

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* In the beginning of ''Series/Supergirl2015'' story ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] isn't conscious of her tremendous strength. Then she crushes a supposedly unbreakable baby's bottle… and later she accidentally bruises her cousin's arm when she holds him… so she compels herself to be careful.
-->She had figured out as the day wore on that she had to hold Kal very lightly. She had squeezed a bit too hard and he cried earlier. She didn't think she had squeezed hard at all but there was a small bruise on his arm. Kara was becoming stronger and everything seemed to become softer, more brittle. It was like living in a world of delicate glass.

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* ''Fanfic/SupermanAndMan'': A third party magically makes Creator/ChristopherReeve exchange bodies unwillingly with Franchise/{{Superman}}. Reeve realizes what has happened when he accidentally crushes a nightstand clock.

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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX Dr. Vivienne Graham]] has an eviscerating variation of this when she first awakens reborn as a {{Kaiju}}: when she grabs a man while trying to ask him for help, she accidentally ''cuts him in half'' due to her new strength and claws.

[[AC:''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'']]
* ''Fanfic/TheMoreThingsChangeSeries'': Following the events of the GrandFinale, with his Mystical Monkey Power now fully accessible, Ron has had moments of this, such as throwing Kim too hard, breaking a force gauge machine, and smashing a hole in a wall.

[[AC:''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'']]
* The ''Captain America'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21073415 Grateful]]'' has post-SuperSerum Steve snap his pencil in half after attempting to draw.

[[AC:''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'']]
* ''Fanfic/AGreenDragonsHoard'': Izuku is ''ridiculously'' strong, using weights of up to ten metric tons with ease. Besides referenced instances like accidentally uprooting a tree, the wind generated from Izuku casually waving his hand almost knocks Manami over.

[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'']]
* In ''Fanfic/ItTakesAVillage'', after his growth spurt, Spike finds himself much stronger than he is used to, as well as being physically larger. This results in him breaking things by applying to much force, and banging into stuff when he moves like he did when he was smaller.
* ''Fanfic/TheStarsAscendant'': Twilight is unaware of the fact that her fight with Tirek has revealed that she is as powerful as every non-alicorn in Equestria combined. Celestia feels guilty, both for underestimating Twilight Sparkle and for putting all of Equestria in danger unnecessarily by not trusting Twilight to be strong enough to win.

[[AC:''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'']]
** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8649007/1/Kitsune-s-Power Kitsune's Power]]'': Naruto ends up becoming inhumanly strong, except Naruto's only five at the time. As he grows older, he spars with Rock Lee under Maito Gai's direction, resulting in Lee becoming even faster and stronger than in canon. Butterflies ensue and Naruto becomes Anko's apprentice.

[[AC:''Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']]
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'':
** During a conversation with [[spoiler:Kaji]] in the chapter 3 of the original version, Shinji admits he does not know what the limits of ''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} his super-strength and his other powers]]'' are and he is still trying figuring it out. The older man reminds him that he has to be careful to not hurt other people.
** In chapter 2 Shinji tried to straighten a falling plane by taking hold of the tail and pulling, but he miscalculated his strength and torn the tail off the plane.
* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': Naturally, Asuka has no clue how strong she is once she starts developing her powers. Her first attempt to find out ends in fire and destruction. And that's before she gets heat vision.

[[AC:''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'']]
* ''Fanfic/{{Emergence|RWBY}}'': Yang Xiao Long wakes up in the real world in Syria and is attacked by ISIS terrorists. Her super strong punches end up tearing through them and making them explode. After getting over the initial shock, she finds it difficult to not do this, frustrating her as she wants to take one alive for questioning. Later, when her half-sister Ruby Rose passes a basketball at a boy, it knocks the wind out of him and almost floors him.

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* In chapter 19 of ''Fanfic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo'', Jonathan accidentally snaps a chopstick in two while trying to hold it properly.
* In ''Fanfic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria'', Rainbow Dash first learns of her newly acquired super strength when she kicks a tree and makes it explode into splinters.
* In ''Fanfic/HarmonyTheory'', Rainbow Dash's power level didn't change, but she's in the distant future where the ponies have become a lot weaker and more fragile than the ponies of her time. She sometimes forgets to check her strength and speed.
* In ''Fanfic/ImaginarySeas'', Percy knows that he has new powers as a Servant that he never had when he was alive, but he doesn't know just how exceptional he is until Chiron shows shock at just how many Noble Phantasms he has, using five without thinking about it even while holding back. It's also played more conventionally when Percy suffers the effects of forcibly taking on Zeus' Klironomia. His body starts spasming so badly that when he tries to grip a tree for support, he ends up ripping it out of the ground and pulls it apart while trying to let go of it.
* Carly and Sam from ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8532906/1/iFightCrimeWithVictorious iFight Crime With Victorious]]'', particularly Sam. When Sam first receives her power, unknowingly, she tosses a soda can at Freddie that knocks him off his feet. Carly, more level-minded, runs into this problem less often, but using it is still a very volatile process.
* In ''Fanfic/CoOpMode'', James almost ends up outing himself as a parahuman when he starts lifting weights several times heavier than what he used to lift inside the school gym. Luckily, the gym coach just mistakes him for having taken [[SuperSerum Tinkertech drugs]].
* Paul, in spades, in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Compounded by his having two levels of strength, “low” (where he can lift about 8 tons) and “high” (where he can lift at least 90 tons). After practicing day and night (literally) for several weeks he can act relatively normal at “low” strength (though he still breaks things if he doesn't take care); however, at “high” strength, which he tries not to use unless practicing, he can just barely function in the real world. He is continually conscious of his strength, so that in proximity to other people, he hardly moves, and he never makes sudden gestures.
* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'' we learn that after Paul returned to Earth, though he was back to normal, he had a tough time readjusting and couldn't easily relate to his family. In particular, fears of what he might do to Linda during sex made him avoid relations with her, which hurt her deeply. He was rather ambivalent about being brought back to C'hou just after he had started to return to normal, though (as was his general wont) he hid this feeling from the others under a mask of brisk competence and cheer. But nearly all the ground he gained with practice in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' disappeared.
* Comes up frequently in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fanfics, particularly those depicting newly-activated Slayers. This is usually how they prove to others that something weird has happened to them.
** In ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404-110/DianeCastle%2bXendra.htm Xendra]]'', Buffy has a rough time at a contracting job due to her tendency to destroy things she's working on, and sometimes the tools. Her boss (who knows she's the Slayer) is dumbfounded that she destroyed a wrench that you could run a truck over without bending it.
* [[spoiler:Kallen Kozuki]] in ''Fanfic/JusticeSocietyOfJapan'', to the point that even reaching for a glass of milk without breaking it becomes difficult. On the plus side, she did enjoy her newfound ability to [[NotQuiteFlight leap tall buildings in a single bound]].
* The premise of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4595834/1/Oops Oops!]]'' is Naruto accidentally distracting the Kyuubi when the latter was enhancing Naruto's body. Naruto ends up [[InsistentTerminology 113]] times stronger than naturally possible, which results in things like leaving fingerprints in brass doorknobs and being unable to feed himself. When Naruto tries to eat some ramen, he shatters the bowl by picking it up. When Shizune feeds him, Naruto bites off the ends of chopsticks without noticing. In the end, Gai has to train Naruto to manage his SuperStrength.
* In ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', when Asuka started to mutate, her strength increased exponentially... but gradually, so she spent several days breaking things accidentally until she figured out that her physical strength was growing.
* After being magically transformed into Superman in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9356520/3/New-Guard New Guard]]'', Xander has a lot of trouble with his new strength. When encouraged to break out of handcuffs, he's shocked that he actually can and later when he goes to the bathroom, he breaks the urinal.
* ''Fanfic/EquestriaAcrossTheMultiverse'': At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales'' StoryArc, the Mane Six accidentally discover they [[SuperEmpowering grant others in different worlds Rainbow Powers]] so long as that world didn't already have a set of Elements (and only to a max of seven ponies are once) when they do so to the Tales Seven. In addition to the new SuperMode, all seven get awakened Earth Pony Magic and the SuperStrength that comes with it. Naturally, they have no idea how to control it and end up accidentally breaking things around them. Applejack teaches them how to control it afterwards.
* Mostly played for laughs when Lucy becomes Kryptonian in the ''Series/Supergirl2015'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FutureShock''. First she dopeslaps Kara who can now definitely feel it, and a few chapters later she almost goes nuclear trying to show off for a girl.
* Bakugo in ''Fanfic/TheUndeadSchoolgirlDeadPulse'' doesn't realize how powerful his explosions were because his mind is wired to see them as minor things[[labelnote:*]]A pro hero mentions that it's so Bakugo isn't afraid of his own Quirk and can use it to it's full potential[[/labelnote]]. His mind automatically filters out the noise so they only sound like small pops and what he thought was only enough heat to cause a first degree burn at worst was actually enough to sear and blister flesh even through clothing.
* In ''Fanfic/BuckyBarnesGetsHisGrooveBackAndOtherInternationalIncidents'', Steve Rogers has had some issues on and off with forgetting just how strong he is post-SuperSerum. These days, it seems to happen only when he's either not paying attention or deeply emotionally compromised. Not long after the procedure, he tried drawing again and accidentally snapped his art pencil in two, causing him to [[ClusterFBomb swear up a storm]], and Clint Barton's seen him leave fingerprints in a lead pipe while on an op. Clint also mentions that [[EvenTheGuysWantHim he would totally have a one-night stand with Steve just on account of how attractive he is]], if he were sure Steve wouldn't get too far into the moment and [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex accidentally break Clint's pelvis]].
* ''Fanfic/MyIdealAcademia'': Shirou defeats Sasori with an elbow strike that he assumes just knocked him out, but is later informed the strike broke his skull and hospitalized him. Shirou realizes he got too used to fighting Servants who are many times stronger and tougher than humans.
* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': Kryptonian SuperStrength is actually quite user-friendly, with fine control being very achievable, but Kara Zor-El still has an adjustment period when she arrives on Earth. Paul helps her practise by creating a construct punching bag and vase of flowers; she has to punch the bag as hard as possible, then take a flower without breaking it. It's hard to get right.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13526309/20/I-am-Bitch-the-Shield-Hero-s-Slut I am Bitch, the Shield Hero's Slut!]]'': Malty knew she was just over level 40 but it didn't occur to her exactly what that meant until fighting in her first Wave. Monsters in their 30s are cut down with absurd ease and when the captain of a company of knights angers her, she [[AccidentalMurder attacks him in a rage only to cut him in thirds, not realizing how much weaker he was than her]].
* ''Fanfic/AFlowersTouch'': Aerith is wholly unprepared for the strength that comes with Mako enhancements. She's tasked with picking up drinking glasses until she can do so without shattering them just from holding them.
* In ''Fanfic/TheAwakeningOfAMagus'', Harry, thanks to his transformation, becomes much stronger than a regular human, but doesn't even realize it at first. People taking Polyjuice for the sake of IdentityImpersonator take on some of that strength, and need to be careful not to break anything.

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