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* Several moves in KungFuPanda could qualify, but Tai Lung's nerve attack stands out. It paralyzes his opponents by blocking their chi, rendering them helpless at his own hands.

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* Several moves in KungFuPanda ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' could qualify, but Tai Lung's nerve attack stands out. It paralyzes his opponents by blocking their chi, rendering them helpless at his own hands.
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** An early version of Monopoly for cellphones (in the pre-smartphone days) had incredibly stupid computer AI. When the computer offered a trade, you could modify the offer, asking the computer to add ''all'' its undeveloped properties to the trade (except for properties in the same colour group it wants to trade from you), and it would accept the trade no matter how bad a deal it was.
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* As if ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''[='=]s the [[NighInvulnerability Saint of Killers]] wasn't bad enough, he wields a pair of walker colt revolvers forged with the steel of the sword of the Angel of Death. They fire bullets that are completely impossible to avoid or survive. Even worse is that they ''never'' [[InfiniteSupplies run out of ammunition]] & ''never'' misfire.

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* As if ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''[='=]s the [[NighInvulnerability Saint of Killers]] wasn't bad enough, he wields a pair of walker colt revolvers forged with the steel of the sword of the Angel of Death. They fire bullets that are completely impossible to avoid or survive. Even worse is that they ''never'' [[InfiniteSupplies run out of ammunition]] & ''never'' misfire.
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* As if the [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} Saint]] [[NighInvulnerability of]] [[TheJuggernaut Killers]] wasn't bad enough, he wields a pair of walker colt revolvers forged with the steel of the sword of the Angel of Death. They fire bullets that are completely impossible to avoid or survive. Even worse is that they ''never'' [[InfiniteSupplies run out of ammunition]] & ''never'' misfire.

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* As if ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''[='=]s the [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} Saint]] [[NighInvulnerability of]] [[TheJuggernaut Saint of Killers]] wasn't bad enough, he wields a pair of walker colt revolvers forged with the steel of the sword of the Angel of Death. They fire bullets that are completely impossible to avoid or survive. Even worse is that they ''never'' [[InfiniteSupplies run out of ammunition]] & ''never'' misfire.
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* At the 1979 U.S. Open golf tournament Lon Hinkle was waiting at the eighth tee when he noticed an alternate route to the hole - hitting the ball through an opening in some trees and landing on the 17th fairway. He then shot from there to the green on 8 and birdied the hole. After the golfer he was paired with, Chi Chi Rodriguez, took the same route, USGA officials planted a tree overnight to block that approach. It's believed to be the only time a course in a major event ever had such an obstacle added during the competition. The tree is now known as the "Hinkle tree."

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* At the 1979 U.S. Open golf tournament Lon Hinkle was waiting at the eighth tee when he noticed an alternate route to the hole - hitting the ball through an opening in some trees and landing on the 17th fairway. He then shot from there to the green on 8 and birdied the hole. After the golfer he was paired with, Chi Chi Rodriguez, took the same route, USGA officials [[ObviousRulePatch planted a tree overnight to block that approach. approach.]] It's believed to be the only time a course in a major event ever had such an obstacle added during the competition. The tree is now known as the "Hinkle tree."



* ThumbWrestlingFederation has several moves that could qualify, but what stands out is Senator Skull's "Super Skull", which results in both a pinned opponent & ''a wrecked arena". It is also so violent that it has to be censored, so we don't know exactly what happens when Senator Skull uses it.

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* ThumbWrestlingFederation has several moves that could qualify, but what stands out is Senator Skull's "Super Skull", which results in both a pinned opponent & ''a wrecked arena". It is also so violent that it has to be censored, so [[TakeOurWordForIt we don't know exactly what happens when Senator Skull uses it.]]
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* Another famous baseball game breaker: since a batter's strike zone is dependent on his height, you might have wondered "so why don't they just send midgets to hit?" In 1951, the St. Louis Browns (now Baltimore Orioles) did just that; they signed a midget to a contract and sent him to hit, and when he was (naturally) walked, removed him for a pinch runner. When the commissioner's office found out, they promptly invalidated the contract and mandated that all contracts in the future be approved by the league. No word on whether or not the Browns (one of the worst teams in baseball in this era) planned to play a team of nine midgets and therefore score a theoretically infinite number of runs.

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* Another famous baseball game breaker: since a batter's strike zone is dependent on his height, you might have wondered "so why don't they just send midgets little people to hit?" In 1951, the St. Louis Browns (now Baltimore Orioles) did just that; they signed a midget little person to a contract and sent him to hit, and when he was (naturally) walked, removed him for a pinch runner. When the commissioner's office found out, they promptly invalidated the contract and mandated that all contracts in the future be approved by the league. No word on whether or not the Browns (one of the worst teams in baseball in this era) planned to play a team of nine midgets little people and therefore score a theoretically infinite number of runs.
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* In FairyTail, during the Magic Tournament arc, one game has a house with 100 monsters inside, whose strengths vary from scary (D class) to [[NothingIsScarier not even mentioned]] (S class). Each competitor picks the number that they want to fight at one time, but only gets 1 point per monster (regardless of class), and can't leave until either they or the monsters are dead. [[spoiler: So Erza picks all of them. Even though she only needs 51. When she's done, the other 7 competitors are reduced to punching a device to measure their [[PowerLevels power level]].]]

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* In FairyTail, ''Manga/FairyTail'', during the Magic Tournament arc, one game has a house with 100 monsters inside, whose strengths vary from scary (D class) to [[NothingIsScarier not even mentioned]] (S class). Each competitor picks the number that they want to fight at one time, but only gets 1 point per monster (regardless of class), and can't leave until either they or the monsters are dead. [[spoiler: So Erza picks all of them. Even though she only needs 51. When she's done, the other 7 competitors are reduced to punching a device to measure their [[PowerLevels power level]].]]

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* Subverted in MagiNation. A power gem could be bought for 8 animite and sold for 12 animite. However, while animite is the currency of the realm, you never need to buy items, as you can recover health naturally, and you need infused animite anyways to forge rings. Basically, its a game breaker in the most technical sense that you need animite, but you don't need it that badly.

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* At the 1979 U.S. Open golf tournament Lon Hinkle was waiting at the eighth tee when he noticed an alternate route to the hole - hitting the ball through an opening in some trees and landing on the 17th fairway. He then shot from there to the green on 8 and birdied the hole. After the golfer he was paired with, Chi Chi Rodriguez, took the same route, USGA officials planted a tree overnight to block that approach. It's believed to be the only time a course in a major event ever had such an obstacle added during the competition. The tree is now known as the "Hinkle tree."
* Subverted in MagiNation. A power gem could be bought for 8 animite and sold for 12 animite. However, while animite is the currency of the realm, you never need to buy items, as you can recover health naturally, and you need infused animite anyways to forge rings. Basically, its a game breaker in the most technical sense that you need animite, but you don't need it that badly.
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* In FairyTail, during the Magic Tournament arc, there's a game where there's a house with 100 monsters inside, with strengths varying from scary (D class) to [[NothingIsScarier not-even-mentioned]] (S class). Each competitor picks a number and decides how many they want to fight at a time, but only gets 1 point per monster (regardless of class). [[spoiler: So Erza picks all of them. Even though she only needs 51. When she's done, the other 7 competitors are reduced to punching a device to measure their [[PowerLevels power level]].]]

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* In FairyTail, during the Magic Tournament arc, there's a one game where there's has a house with 100 monsters inside, with whose strengths varying vary from scary (D class) to [[NothingIsScarier not-even-mentioned]] not even mentioned]] (S class). Each competitor picks a the number and decides how many that they want to fight at a one time, but only gets 1 point per monster (regardless of class).class), and can't leave until either they or the monsters are dead. [[spoiler: So Erza picks all of them. Even though she only needs 51. When she's done, the other 7 competitors are reduced to punching a device to measure their [[PowerLevels power level]].]]
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* SquirrelGirl has the power to talk to squrrels. She also has the power to manipulate them to attack her opponents. It might not seem like much, until you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DrDoomSquirrels.png see them ganging up on]] ''SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom'' of all people, then you realize that they are ''vicious''.

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* SquirrelGirl has the power to talk to squrrels.squirrels. She also has the power to manipulate them to attack her opponents. It might not seem like much, until you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DrDoomSquirrels.png see them ganging up on]] ''SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom'' of all people, then you realize that they are ''vicious''.



* In FairyTail, during the Magic Tournament arc, there's a game where there's a house with 100 monsters inside, with strengths varying from scary (D class) to [[NothingIsScarier not-even-mentioned]] (S class). Each competitor picks a number and decides how many they want to fight at a time, but only gets 1 point per monster (regardless of class). [[spoiler: So Erza picks all of them. Even though she only needed 51. When she's done, the other 7 competitors are reduced to punching a device to measure their [[PowerLevels power level]].]]

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* In FairyTail, during the Magic Tournament arc, there's a game where there's a house with 100 monsters inside, with strengths varying from scary (D class) to [[NothingIsScarier not-even-mentioned]] (S class). Each competitor picks a number and decides how many they want to fight at a time, but only gets 1 point per monster (regardless of class). [[spoiler: So Erza picks all of them. Even though she only needed needs 51. When she's done, the other 7 competitors are reduced to punching a device to measure their [[PowerLevels power level]].]]
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* In FairyTail, during the Magic Tournament arc, there's a game where there's a house with 100 monsters inside, with strengths varying from scary (D class) to [[NothingIsScarier not-even-mentioned]] (S class). Each competitor picks a number and decides how many they want to fight at a time, but only gets 1 point per monster (regardless of class). [[spoiler: So Erza picks all of them. Even though she only needed 51. When she's done, the other 7 competitors are reduced to punching a device to measure their [[PowerLevels power level]].]]
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* As if the [[ComicBook/Preacher Saint]] [[NighInvulnerability of]] [[TheJuggernaut Killers]] wasn't bad enough, he wields a pair of walker colt revolvers forged with the steel of the sword of the Angel of Death. They fire bullets that are completely impossible to avoid or survive. Even worse is that they ''never'' [[InfiniteSupplies run out of ammunition]] & ''never'' misfire.

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* As if the [[ComicBook/Preacher [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} Saint]] [[NighInvulnerability of]] [[TheJuggernaut Killers]] wasn't bad enough, he wields a pair of walker colt revolvers forged with the steel of the sword of the Angel of Death. They fire bullets that are completely impossible to avoid or survive. Even worse is that they ''never'' [[InfiniteSupplies run out of ammunition]] & ''never'' misfire.
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* As if the [[ComicBook/Preacher Saint]] [[NighInvulnerability of]] [[TheJuggernaut Killers]] wasn't bad enough, he wields a pair of walker colt revolvers forged with the steel of the sword of the Angel of Death. They fire bullets that are completely impossible to avoid or survive. Even worse is that they ''never'' [[InfiniteSupplies run out of ammunition]] & ''never'' misfire.
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* SquirrelGirl has the power to talk to squrrels. She also has the power to manipulate them to attack her opponents. It might not seem like much, until you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DrDoomSquirrels.png see them gaining up on]] ''SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom'' of all people, then you realize that they are ''vicious''.

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* SquirrelGirl has the power to talk to squrrels. She also has the power to manipulate them to attack her opponents. It might not seem like much, until you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DrDoomSquirrels.png see them gaining ganging up on]] ''SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom'' of all people, then you realize that they are ''vicious''.
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* ThumbWrestlingFederation has several moves that could qualify, but what stands out is Senator Skull's "Super Skull", which results in both a pinned opponent & ''a wrecked arena". It is also so violent that it has to be censored, so we don't know exactly what happens when Senator Skull uses it.
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* Several moves in KungFuPanda could qualify, but Tai Lung's nerv attack stands out. It paralyzes his opponents by blocking their chi, rendering them helpless at his own hands.

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* Several moves in KungFuPanda could qualify, but Tai Lung's nerv nerve attack stands out. It paralyzes his opponents by blocking their chi, rendering them helpless at his own hands.
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** Heck, those squirrels alone are what make her one of [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]]'s most lethal heroes.

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** Heck, those squirrels alone are what make her one of [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]]'s Marvel's]] most lethal heroes.
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** Heck, those squirrels alone are what make her one of [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]]'s most lethal heroes.
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* SquirrelGirl has the power to talk to squrrels. She also has the power to manipulate them to attack her opponents. It might not seem like much, until you [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DrDoomSquirrels.png see them gaining up on]] ''SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom'' of all people, then you realize that they are ''vicious''.
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* Several moves in KungFuPanda could qualify, but what stands out is Tai Lung's nerv disabling attack stands out. It blocks his opponent's chi, rendering them helpless at his own hands.

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* Several moves in KungFuPanda could qualify, but what stands out is Tai Lung's nerv disabling attack stands out. It blocks paralyzes his opponent's opponents by blocking their chi, rendering them helpless at his own hands.
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* Several moves in KungFuPanda could qualify, but what stands out is Tai Lung's nerv disabling attack stands out. It blocks his opponent's chi, rendering them helpless at his own hands.
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** After the time of the original trilogy, full mistborn and feruchemists have become the stuff of legends while single-metal users of each have become more common. Occasionally someone is twinborn, with a single allomantic and single feruchemic power, though not always the same metals. One character in ''The Alloy of Law'' was twinborn to gold, meaning he could store health and then burn the charged gold for tenfold returns, creating a positive feedback loop of stored vitality limited only by his access to gold.
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* Humans would qualify, especially after The Industrial Revolution or the advent of agriculture. Fire alone is enough to qualify the whole species as a MASSIVE, MASSIVE gamebreaker.
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* The webcomic OrderOfTheStick (set in an RPGMechanicsVerse based on 3rd Edition D&D) parodies this when Roy meets a half-ogre with a "perfect" character build. Due to his size, his wielding a spiked chain (a reach weapon), and his combat reflexes, he was able to score multiple attacks on Roy every time he approached by jumping backwards. After [[TemptingFate boasting about how invincible he was]], he ended up jumping back a little too far and going off a cliff.

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* The webcomic OrderOfTheStick ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' (set in an RPGMechanicsVerse based on 3rd Edition D&D) parodies this when Roy meets a half-ogre with a "perfect" character build. Due to his size, his wielding a spiked chain (a reach weapon), and his combat reflexes, he was able to score multiple attacks on Roy every time he approached by jumping backwards. After [[TemptingFate boasting about how invincible he was]], he ended up jumping back a little too far and going off a cliff.
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* During both World Wars the British Royal, British Commonwealth, and American Navies had access to the then current editions of ''Jane's Fighting Ships''. This might not seem like much of a game breaker until you realize that those books contain very detailed technical information about almost every major surface warship that was afloat during both of those wars. Many of the silhouette line drawings in those tell you how thick the deck armour was and how the side armour was distributed.
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* The webcomic OrderOfTheStick (set in an RPGMechanicsVerse based on 3rd Edition D&D) parodies this when Roy meets a half-ogre with a "perfect" character build. Due to his size, his wielding a spiked chain (a reach weapon), and his combat reflexes, he was able to score multiple attacks on Roy every time he approached by jumping backwards. After [[TemptingFate boasting about how invincible he was]], he ended up jumping back a little too far and going off a cliff.
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* ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'': Hayato's Lifting Turn, in which, with v-Asurada AKF-0's effect fans, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin elevates the car and floats around the turn]]. It can also float around its opponents, giving Hayato tremendous advantage.

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* ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'': Hayato's Lifting Turn, in which, with v-Asurada AKF-0's effect fans, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin elevates the car and floats around the turn]].turn. It can also float around its opponents, giving Hayato tremendous advantage.
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** In an old version of PC Monopoly came on a 5 1/2" floppy, the limited AI meant that a player who made an offer to an AI then had to turn the machine over to the other human players, who would then vote in place of the AI making a decision. Needless to say, in a single player game, this could be abused relentlessly.

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** In an old version of PC Monopoly that came on a 5 1/2" floppy, the limited AI meant that a player who made an offer to an AI then had to turn the machine over to the other human players, who would then vote in place of the AI making a decision. Needless to say, in a single player game, this could be abused relentlessly.
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** Gilgamesh is so broken that [[LightNovel/FateZero Tokiomi]] declares victory the moment he confirms that he's summoned him.
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* In the ''{{Gundam}}'' franchise, the [[Anime/TurnAGundam Turn A and Turn X]] completely overpower anything else in the series. Here's a partial list of their abilities: self-repair via nanomachines, teleportation, thrusters equal in strength to a battleship's, bending light to briefly turn invisible, I-fields that can even block kinetic weaponry, and, of course, the infamous "[[GreyGoo Moonlight Butterfly]]", which knocked Earth back into the stone age in one fell swoop. These mobile suits were designed for the explicit purpose of ''interstellar'' warfare, each expected to take on the military forces of an entire planet and win. All this from an ostensibly RealRobot series.

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* In the ''{{Gundam}}'' ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise, the [[Anime/TurnAGundam Turn A and Turn X]] completely overpower anything else in the series. Here's a partial list of their abilities: self-repair via nanomachines, teleportation, thrusters equal in strength to a battleship's, bending light to briefly turn invisible, I-fields that can even block kinetic weaponry, and, of course, the infamous "[[GreyGoo Moonlight Butterfly]]", which knocked Earth back into the stone age in one fell swoop. These mobile suits were designed for the explicit purpose of ''interstellar'' warfare, each expected to take on the military forces of an entire planet and win. All this from an ostensibly RealRobot series.

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