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* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' had the amazing Type Zero, successor to the regular Type 98 used by the main characters. Its fates are different in different versions of the story, they differ quite substantially, yet almost all of them are doomed upgrades. The only actual normal upgrade was in the TV series, which it became the newest model, not replacing the Type 98 Ingram the main characters in Team 2, but the Type 97 Python of Team 1, yet the story pretty much led straight to the 1st movie, see below.
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* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' had the amazing Type Zero, successor to the regular Type 98 used by the main characters. Its fates are different in different versions of the story, they differ quite substantially, yet almost all of them are doomed upgrades. The only actual normal upgrade was in the TV series, which it became the newest model, not replacing the Type 98 Ingram the main characters in Team 2, but the Type 97 Python of Team 1, yet the story pretty much led straight to the 1st movie, see below.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' has Saeko Sonozaki trade her old powers for the Nazca Dopant powers, which gain a major upgrade in her hands that let her easily manhandle the heroes. The upgrade is almost instantly overshadowed by her rival sister Wakana unlocking her Claydoll Dopant's full potential, which stomps Saeko hard enough to send her into hiding for most of the rest of the series.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' has Saeko Sonozaki trade her old powers for the Nazca Dopant powers, which gain a major upgrade in her hands that let lets her easily manhandle the heroes. The upgrade is almost instantly overshadowed by her rival sister Wakana unlocking her Claydoll Dopant's full potential, which stomps Saeko hard enough to send her into hiding for most of the rest of the series.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' has Redyue power up into a stronger form using some of the fruit of the Helheim Forest, which raises his threat level enough to handle most of the cast at once but swiftly gets taken down by Gaim's Kiwami Arms. A number of the ''Gaim Gaiden'' post-series movies take place during or before the show, and explain any new powerups the characters get during the movie as either falling apart after use or having some other drawback that leads them to be promptly discarded.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' has Redyue Demushu power up into a stronger form using some of the fruit of the Helheim Forest, which raises his threat level enough to handle most of the cast at once but swiftly gets taken down by Gaim's Kiwami Arms. A number of the ''Gaim Gaiden'' post-series movies take place during or before the show, and explain any new powerups the characters get during the movie as either falling apart after use or having some other drawback that leads them to be promptly discarded.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' has Legiel use a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to get an upgrade that permanently locks him into his monster form, and promptly gets stomped by Saber's new Elemental Dragon.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' has Legiel use a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to get an upgrade that permanently locks him into his monster form, and promptly gets stomped by Saber's new Elemental Dragon. Zooous later does the exact same thing and similarly gets immediately killed off by Blades' new upgrade.
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* Used as a joke with a FiveSecondForeshadowing in Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens. When Finn and Rey (thus far, the new and only heroes encountered) are fleeing from [[DeathFromAbove 1st Order fighters]], they dismiss an offscreen "garbage" ship and try to get to a shiny Quad Jumper. It's immediately destroyed, prompting Rey to admit that "the garbage will do". The "garbage" being, [[WhatAPieceOfJunk of course]], the [[SignatureTeamTransport Millenium Falcon]].
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* Used as a joke with a FiveSecondForeshadowing in Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens.''Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens''. When Finn and Rey (thus far, the new and only heroes encountered) are fleeing from [[DeathFromAbove 1st Order fighters]], they dismiss an offscreen "garbage" ship and try to get to a shiny Quad Jumper. It's immediately destroyed, prompting Rey to admit that "the garbage will do". The "garbage" being, [[WhatAPieceOfJunk of course]], the [[SignatureTeamTransport Millenium Falcon]].
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* The anime of ''VideoGame/ChousokuHenkeiGyrozetter'' has this happen to the protagonist with upgrading to Raibird Hyper Spec, ''twice''. The first time he only gets to use the Hyper Spec armor for one fight against his rival before needing to sacrifice it to escape a trap, after which he opts to improve his piloting skills instead of relying on the armor's power. When it ''does'' get rebuilt well over a dozen episodes later, a villain immediately takes advantage of how overly elaborate its FinishingMove is to gut it with a spear, leading into the actual MidSeasonUpgrade.
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** Averted (somehwhat) in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', where Unit 02 was going to be phased out in place of Unit 03, Unit 05 was a provisional unit that got used at the start of 2.0 and [[spoiler: Unit 06 gets used in TheStinger when Kaworu uses it and impales Unit 01 to stop third impact.]]
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** Averted (somehwhat) (somewhat) in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', where Unit 02 was going to be phased out in place of Unit 03, Unit 05 was a provisional unit that got used at the start of 2.0 and [[spoiler: Unit 06 gets used in TheStinger when Kaworu uses it and impales Unit 01 to stop third impact.]]
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* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' shows usually give one of these to an ArcVillain to pump up their threat level right before the heroes get a major upgrade:
** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' has Saeko Sonozaki trade her old powers for the Nazca Dopant powers, which gain a major upgrade in her hands that let her easily manhandle the heroes. The upgrade is almost instantly overshadowed by her rival sister Wakana unlocking her Claydoll Dopant's full potential, which stomps Saeko hard enough to send her into hiding for most of the rest of the series.
** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' takes an unusually long amount of time to doom the upgrade, as once the purple Core Medals are introduced, they become Eiji's go-to option for the majority of the show's remaining runtime due to how effective they are. Since the purple Medals are an ArtifactOfDoom, as part of defeating the final boss he deliberately destroys the upgrade as well and switches back to his old powers, something that actually sticks in the post-show movies.
** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' has Phoenix undergo a number of resurrections that make him more and more powerful, eventually gaining the ability to revive nearly instantly. This final upgrade lasts only an episode before he gets kicked into the sun by Wizard's new All Dragon Style, consigning Phoenix to billions of years of [[FateWorseThanDeath reviving and instantly dying again]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' has Redyue power up into a stronger form using some of the fruit of the Helheim Forest, which raises his threat level enough to handle most of the cast at once but swiftly gets taken down by Gaim's Kiwami Arms. A number of the ''Gaim Gaiden'' post-series movies take place during or before the show, and explain any new powerups the characters get during the movie as either falling apart after use or having some other drawback that leads them to be promptly discarded.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' has the main character receive the shiny new [[AllYourPowersCombined Grateful form]], only for it to immediately meet new opponents that have the ability to cripple its power source at will, making it useless. While he sometimes manages to use it anyway, for the most part he just sticks to using his old powers.
** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' has Graphite absorb the [[SuperPrototype Proto Gashat]] of the video game he's from to gain a black-colored form with additional powers, right before the main quartet finally manage to achieve TeethClenchedTeamwork and get an upgrade that requires them all to work together. Taiga's attempt at using the power of Kamen Rider Cronus for himself is less fatal to him, but falls apart before he can actually put it to good use and leads him to switch back to his old powers.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' has the Hokuto Three Crows power themselves up with the [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Hazard Trigger]] to gain more powerful forms. One of them dies almost immediately when Build gets the Trigger and discovers to his horror that it's a berserker system in his hands, while the other two only last a few more episodes each before being killed off as well.
** ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' has Legiel use a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to get an upgrade that permanently locks him into his monster form, and promptly gets stomped by Saber's new Elemental Dragon.
** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' has Saeko Sonozaki trade her old powers for the Nazca Dopant powers, which gain a major upgrade in her hands that let her easily manhandle the heroes. The upgrade is almost instantly overshadowed by her rival sister Wakana unlocking her Claydoll Dopant's full potential, which stomps Saeko hard enough to send her into hiding for most of the rest of the series.
** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' takes an unusually long amount of time to doom the upgrade, as once the purple Core Medals are introduced, they become Eiji's go-to option for the majority of the show's remaining runtime due to how effective they are. Since the purple Medals are an ArtifactOfDoom, as part of defeating the final boss he deliberately destroys the upgrade as well and switches back to his old powers, something that actually sticks in the post-show movies.
** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' has Phoenix undergo a number of resurrections that make him more and more powerful, eventually gaining the ability to revive nearly instantly. This final upgrade lasts only an episode before he gets kicked into the sun by Wizard's new All Dragon Style, consigning Phoenix to billions of years of [[FateWorseThanDeath reviving and instantly dying again]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' has Redyue power up into a stronger form using some of the fruit of the Helheim Forest, which raises his threat level enough to handle most of the cast at once but swiftly gets taken down by Gaim's Kiwami Arms. A number of the ''Gaim Gaiden'' post-series movies take place during or before the show, and explain any new powerups the characters get during the movie as either falling apart after use or having some other drawback that leads them to be promptly discarded.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' has the main character receive the shiny new [[AllYourPowersCombined Grateful form]], only for it to immediately meet new opponents that have the ability to cripple its power source at will, making it useless. While he sometimes manages to use it anyway, for the most part he just sticks to using his old powers.
** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' has Graphite absorb the [[SuperPrototype Proto Gashat]] of the video game he's from to gain a black-colored form with additional powers, right before the main quartet finally manage to achieve TeethClenchedTeamwork and get an upgrade that requires them all to work together. Taiga's attempt at using the power of Kamen Rider Cronus for himself is less fatal to him, but falls apart before he can actually put it to good use and leads him to switch back to his old powers.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' has the Hokuto Three Crows power themselves up with the [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Hazard Trigger]] to gain more powerful forms. One of them dies almost immediately when Build gets the Trigger and discovers to his horror that it's a berserker system in his hands, while the other two only last a few more episodes each before being killed off as well.
** ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' has Legiel use a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to get an upgrade that permanently locks him into his monster form, and promptly gets stomped by Saber's new Elemental Dragon.
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* The Grungust Type-3 from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' is such an odd deal. In the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' continuity, the main character and his/her love interest were meant to get the Grungust Type-3 partway through the first game, but the villains are able to find and destroy it and its parts go into [=RyuOhKi=] and [=KouOhKi=], the machines who become [=RyuKouOh=] and its alternate form [=KouRyuOh=]. In ''Alpha 2'', the second Type-3 goes into fixing [=RyuOhKi=], turning it into [=RyuJinKi=] while the third is given to Sangar Zombolt, which only makes it through half his game before he swaps it for the [=DyGenGar=]. In the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration=] continuity, while Sangar's history with the Type-3 is the same, the previous ones isn't - the two love interests, Bullet and Kusuha, start out with a double seater Type-3, but it is damaged and absorbed into the two god machines. While Kusuha goes back to the previous Type-2 afterwards, Bullet gets and keeps the last Type-3.
** Also, in Kyosuke Nanbu's route in the first Original Generation game, the SRX Team finally gets to [[CombiningMecha combine]] into the titular SRX, only to suffer so much damage that they're unable to do it again for the rest of the game. This is avoided and [[CanonDiscontinuity discontinued]] in Ryusei Date's route, and RoadCone-ed away in the sequel.
** Also, in Kyosuke Nanbu's route in the first Original Generation game, the SRX Team finally gets to [[CombiningMecha combine]] into the titular SRX, only to suffer so much damage that they're unable to do it again for the rest of the game. This is avoided and [[CanonDiscontinuity discontinued]] in Ryusei Date's route, and RoadCone-ed away in the sequel.
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* The Grungust Type-3 from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' is such an odd deal. In exists as a running gag version of this trope. Allegedly the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha'' continuity, the main character most powerful and his/her love interest were meant to get advanced of the Grungust Type-3 partway through line of super robots, it gets built over and over again only to be damaged beyond repair and either traded in for a more powerful unique robot like Dygenguar, or absorbed as spare parts for the god machine [=RyuKouOh=]. This happens ''five times'' across the first game, but the villains are able to find and destroy it and its parts go into [=RyuOhKi=] and [=KouOhKi=], the machines who become [=RyuKouOh=] and its alternate form [=KouRyuOh=]. In ''Alpha 2'', the second Type-3 goes into fixing [=RyuOhKi=], turning it into [=RyuJinKi=] while the third is given to Sangar Zombolt, three games in which only makes it through half his game before he swaps it for the [=DyGenGar=]. In the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration=] continuity, while Sangar's history with the Type-3 is appears. It's not until ''Original Generation Gaiden'' that the same, player finally receives a Type-3 that they get to keep, at which point every other member of the previous ones isn't - the two love interests, Bullet and Kusuha, start out with a double seater Type-3, but it is damaged and absorbed into the two god machines. While Kusuha goes back to the previous Type-2 afterwards, Bullet Grungust line gets and keeps upgrades to leave it in the last Type-3.
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** Also, in Kyosuke Nanbu's route in the firstOriginal Generation ''Original Generation'' game, the SRX Team finally gets to [[CombiningMecha combine]] into the titular SRX, only to suffer so much damage that they're unable to do it again for the rest of the game. This is avoided and [[CanonDiscontinuity discontinued]] in game. Ryusei Date's route, where the SRX Team are the stars of the show, lets them keep the SRX for the rest of the game, and RoadCone-ed away in it's their route that gets taken as the sequel. canon one.
** Also, in Kyosuke Nanbu's route in the first
