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** Filler character Yakumo wants to become a ninja, but [[IllGirl tires easily after routine exercises]]. She says she wants to become a ninja who can use genjutsu, but Kurenai refuses to let her, as she would have to rely on the Id within her, and seals away her ability to use genjutsu. After Yakumo's Id kills her parents when they try to console her that there are other paths to take in life, she seeks revenge on Kurenai, believing her to be responsible, but the two eventually reconcile.

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** Filler character Yakumo wants to become a ninja, but [[IllGirl tires easily after routine exercises]].exercises. She says she wants to become a ninja who can use genjutsu, but Kurenai refuses to let her, as she would have to rely on the Id within her, and seals away her ability to use genjutsu. After Yakumo's Id kills her parents when they try to console her that there are other paths to take in life, she seeks revenge on Kurenai, believing her to be responsible, but the two eventually reconcile.



* Kaori from ''Manga/YourLieInApril'' loves playing the violin. She is however an IllGirl. Her illness [[spoiler:causes her to lose the ability to use her legs and arms properly. Even with physical therapy she eventually becomes unable to play instruments anymore. And eventually, she dies.]]

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* Kaori from ''Manga/YourLieInApril'' loves playing the violin. She is however an IllGirl.ill girl. Her illness [[spoiler:causes her to lose the ability to use her legs and arms properly. Even with physical therapy she eventually becomes unable to play instruments anymore. And eventually, she dies.]]
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**** One story involved discovering that Scootaloo suffered from an extremely rare disease that was only documented to have affected ''Unicorns'', and that it was only discovered thanks to some advanced technology and had fixed her up.
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-->-- '''Creator/QuentinTarantino''' to '''Creator/AlfredHitchcock''', ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''

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-->-- '''Creator/QuentinTarantino''' to '''Creator/AlfredHitchcock''', ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''
''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''[[note]]Tarantino's only half right here. Hitchcock was initially rejected for being too young when UsefulNotes/WorldWarI broke out in 1914, and by the time he was old enough to serve, his obesity prevented him from serving on the front lines. The UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships relegated him to administrative work instead of turning him away outright.[[/note]]
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** Though not quite within the limits of the trope, there are a LOT of mental disorders that will completely bar you from service, no ifs, ands or buts.

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** Though not quite within the limits of the trope, there are a LOT of mental disorders that will completely bar disqualify you from service, no ifs, ands or buts.
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* Kaori from ''Manga/YourLieInApril'' loves playing the violin. She is however an IllGirl. Her illness [[spoiler:causes her to lose the ability to use her legs and arms properly. Even with physical therapy she eventually becomes unable to play instruments anymore.]]

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* Kaori from ''Manga/YourLieInApril'' loves playing the violin. She is however an IllGirl. Her illness [[spoiler:causes her to lose the ability to use her legs and arms properly. Even with physical therapy she eventually becomes unable to play instruments anymore. And eventually, she dies.]]
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* Cranked UpToEleven in the parody ''Webcomic/{{Raruto}}'', where Ron Li had as a life-long dream to "keep his arms and legs". Later it turns out he had nothing serious, since Sumadre [Tsunade] had misdiagnosed him while drunk, and she wouldn't risk performing a surgery on him with 99% chance of success.

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* Cranked UpToEleven in In the parody ''Webcomic/{{Raruto}}'', where Ron Li had as a life-long dream to "keep his arms and legs". Later it turns out he had nothing serious, since Sumadre [Tsunade] had misdiagnosed him while drunk, and she wouldn't risk performing a surgery on him with 99% chance of success.
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* ''Film/SoundOfMetal'' is the rather tragic story of a metal drummer who begins to go deaf, and cannot afford the expensive cochlear implants that allow him to continue drumming. [[spoiler:And when he eventually is able to get the cochlear implants, he finds the recreation they offer a pale imitation of what he could hear before, leaving his future in music in question. But he also removes the implants in the ending with a content look on his face, [[BittersweetEnding signalling his final acceptance of his new condition]].]]
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*** A few other stories have her subvert this trope with [[ArtificialLimbs prosthetic wings]], gliders, or other technology.
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* ''Series/UtopiaFalls'': Apollo is a budding musician, but after being hit by the shield he's left in a coma and has become deaf on waking up. However, it turns out he can still play piano, but with greater difficulty since he never learned to read music and just played by ear before. This is subverted as he learns to play using one hand on the instrument, hearing its vibrations as a guide.

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* ''Series/UtopiaFalls'': Apollo is a budding musician, but after being hit by the shield he's left in a coma and has become deaf on waking up. However, it turns out he can still play piano, but with greater difficulty since he never learned to read music and just played by ear before. This is subverted as he learns to play using one hand on the instrument, hearing feeling its vibrations as a guide.
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** Other episodes dealt with a college football player whose career is [[IncrediblyLamePun sidelined]] by an amputated leg, and an infantryman whose face is disfigured and attempts suicide rather than go home and face his fiancee.

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** Other episodes dealt with a college football player whose career is [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} sidelined]] by an amputated leg, and an infantryman whose face is disfigured and attempts suicide rather than go home and face his fiancee.
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* ''Series/UtopiaFalls'': Apollo is a budding musician, but after being hit by the shield he's left in a coma and has become deaf on waking up. However, it turns out he can still play piano, but with greater difficulty since he never learned to read music and just played by ear before. This is subverted as he learns to play using one hand on the instrument, hearing its vibrations as a guide.
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* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue81 Issue 81]] features the story of Wind Sock, an earth pony who dreamed becoming a Wonderbolt (which, naturally, requires being able to fly). He experimented with heavier-than-air flight, trying to develop technology that would let him fly with the pegasi. He finally subverted this trope when he built a glider, used it to rescue an injured Wonderbolt, and was rewarded with a place in their ranks.

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* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue81 Issue 81]] features the story of Wind Sock, an earth pony who dreamed of becoming a Wonderbolt (which, naturally, requires being able to fly). He experimented with heavier-than-air flight, trying to develop technology that would let him fly with the pegasi. He finally subverted this trope when he built a glider, used it to rescue an injured Wonderbolt, and was rewarded with a place in their ranks.
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*** Downplayed for the first half of the series: When she does use her wings, she can only flutter a few inches off the ground (or use them to generate thrust to let her get accelerate to high speeds on her scooter). Yet it is left largely ambiguous whether this is because there is anything medically wrong with her wings, or whether she is simply having difficulty learning to fly (while Lauren Faust was still the showrunner, she responded to a fan's inquiry stating that she "hadn't figured it out yet"). "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E5FlightToTheFinish Flight to the Finish]]" directly states that she should have learned to fly at her age, and earlier episodes have shown much younger Pegasi take to the air, but the episode explicitly leaves it open as to whether she will eventually fly.

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*** Downplayed for the first half of the series: When she does use her wings, she can only flutter a few inches off the ground (or use them to generate thrust to let her get accelerate to high speeds on her scooter). Yet it is left largely ambiguous whether this is because there is anything medically wrong with her wings, or whether she is simply having difficulty learning to fly (while Lauren Faust was still the showrunner, she responded to a fan's inquiry stating that she "hadn't figured it out yet"). "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E5FlightToTheFinish Flight to the Finish]]" directly states that she should have learned to fly at her age, and earlier episodes have shown much younger Pegasi take to the air, but the episode explicitly leaves it open as to whether she will eventually fly.
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*** Downplayed for the first half of the series: When she does use her wings, she can only flutter a few inches off the ground (ose use them to generate thrust to let her get accelerate to high speeds on her scooter). Yet it is left largely ambiguous whether this is because there is anything medically wrong with her wings, or whether she is simply having difficulty learning to fly (while Lauren Faust was still the showrunner, she responded to a fan's inquiry stating that she "hadn't figured it out yet"). "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E5FlightToTheFinish Flight to the Finish]]" directly states that she should have learned to fly at her age, and earlier episodes have shown much younger Pegasi take to the air, but the episode explicitly leaves it open as to whether she will eventually fly.

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*** Downplayed for the first half of the series: When she does use her wings, she can only flutter a few inches off the ground (ose (or use them to generate thrust to let her get accelerate to high speeds on her scooter). Yet it is left largely ambiguous whether this is because there is anything medically wrong with her wings, or whether she is simply having difficulty learning to fly (while Lauren Faust was still the showrunner, she responded to a fan's inquiry stating that she "hadn't figured it out yet"). "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E5FlightToTheFinish Flight to the Finish]]" directly states that she should have learned to fly at her age, and earlier episodes have shown much younger Pegasi take to the air, but the episode explicitly leaves it open as to whether she will eventually fly.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Elan always wanted to be Peaceguard and passed the mental examines, but his heart condition meant he could never pass the physical for field work. They ended up giving him administrative duties instead.
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* Played for laughs in the first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', when Cartman suspects Mr. Garrison of being his father, only for Garrison to point out that literally every man in the town has at some point had sex with Cartman's mother. A guy then pipes up and says that he hasn't slept with Mrs. Cartman, but Mr. Garrison says "You don't count, Halfie, you don't have any legs!"

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Played for laughs in the first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E13CartmansMomIsADirtySlut Cartman's Mom Is A Dirty Slut]]" when Cartman suspects Mr. Garrison of being his father, only for Garrison to point out that literally every man in the town has at some point had sex with Cartman's mother. A guy then pipes up and says that he hasn't slept with Mrs. Cartman, but Mr. Garrison says "You don't count, Halfie, you don't have any legs!"

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*** The show strongly implies that Scootaloo has a disability that prevents her from flying. "Flight to the Finish" directly states that she should have learned to fly at her age, and earlier episodes have shown much younger Pegasi take to the air. When she does use her wings, she can only flutter a few inches off the ground. In "The Fault in Our Cutie Marks", she is determined to help the griffon Gabby to get her Cutie Mark despite her not being a pony since "[she] know what it's like to want something that's out of reach", which is probably the closest the show will get to acknowledge that it is supposed to be a handicap. When she's on her scooter, however, she can use her wings to pick up speed.

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*** The show strongly implies Downplayed for the first half of the series: When she does use her wings, she can only flutter a few inches off the ground (ose use them to generate thrust to let her get accelerate to high speeds on her scooter). Yet it is left largely ambiguous whether this is because there is anything medically wrong with her wings, or whether she is simply having difficulty learning to fly (while Lauren Faust was still the showrunner, she responded to a fan's inquiry stating that Scootaloo has a disability that prevents her from flying. "Flight she "hadn't figured it out yet"). "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E5FlightToTheFinish Flight to the Finish" Finish]]" directly states that she should have learned to fly at her age, and earlier episodes have shown much younger Pegasi take to the air. When air, but the episode explicitly leaves it open as to whether she does use her wings, will eventually fly.
*** Later episodes have Scootaloo implicitly wishing
she can only flutter a few inches off the ground. could fly. In "The "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E9TheFaultInOurCutieMarks The Fault in Our Cutie Marks", Marks]]", she is determined to help the griffon Gabby to get her Cutie Mark despite her not being a pony since "[she] know what it's like to want something that's out of reach", which reach". When she is probably the closest the show will get turned into a sea pony in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E6SurfAndOrTurf Surf and/or Turf]]" and dives underwater, her first thought is "So this must be what it's like to acknowledge fly!", and it accounts for a large part of her bias towards Seaquestria over Mount Aris. She still does not receive any in-universe diagnosis of anything that it is supposed to be a handicap. When she's on would prevent her scooter, however, from ever flying, but it does make Faust's initial claim that she can use her wings "hadn't figured it out yet" somewhat less plausible.[[note]]If Scootaloo were just having trouble learning to pick up speed.fly, one would expect that Rainbow Dash would have taken care of that well before Season 8.[[/note]]



*** It's outright confirmed in ''Growing Up Is Hard To Do'' and ''The Last Problem'' where not only do we never see the adult Scootaloo fly, but her wings are ''clearly'' undersized to the point they apparently haven't developed past what they were when she was as a filly. WordOfGod has since [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/2157535 confirmed on Twitter]] that yes she is disabled, but that fans are free to interpret it differently if they so wish (Given that Bulk Biceps can fly despite having even smaller wings, Scootaloo's situation is still technically open to interpretation).

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*** It's outright confirmed in ''Growing "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E22GrowingUpIsHardToDo Growing Up Is Hard To Do'' Do]]" and ''The "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E26TheLastProblem The Last Problem'' Problem]]" where not only do we never see the adult Scootaloo fly, but her wings are ''clearly'' undersized to the point they apparently haven't developed past what they were when she was as a filly. WordOfGod has since [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/2157535 confirmed on Twitter]] that yes she is disabled, but that fans are free to interpret it differently if they so wish (Given that Bulk Biceps can fly despite having even smaller wings, Scootaloo's situation is still technically open to interpretation).

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"Career-ending injury" was a better fit for Tempest.


* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'':
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue67To68 Tempest's Tale (Issues 67 and 68)]]" expands on Tempest's backstory from the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 2017 movie which introduced her]]. It has her set to go to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns with her childhood friends before losing her horn to an Ursa Minor (and thus being rendered unable to cast spells normally).[[note]]The movie focused exclusively on her friends abandoning her after the incident, heavily implying that her obsession with getting her horn fixed was more about being normal for the sake of being normal than doing anything magic-related with her life.[[/note]]
** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue81 Issue 81]] features the story of Wind Sock, an earth pony who dreamed becoming a Wonderbolt (which, naturally, requires being able to fly). He experimented with heavier-than-air flight, trying to develop technology that would let him fly with the pegasi. He finally subverted this trope when he built a glider, used it to rescue an injured Wonderbolt, and was rewarded with a place in their ranks.

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* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'':
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue67To68 Tempest's Tale (Issues 67 and 68)]]" expands on Tempest's backstory from the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 2017 movie which introduced her]]. It has her set to go to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns with her childhood friends before losing her horn to an Ursa Minor (and thus being rendered unable to cast spells normally).[[note]]The movie focused exclusively on her friends abandoning her after the incident, heavily implying that her obsession with getting her horn fixed was more about being normal for the sake of being normal than doing anything magic-related with her life.[[/note]]
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''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue81 Issue 81]] features the story of Wind Sock, an earth pony who dreamed becoming a Wonderbolt (which, naturally, requires being able to fly). He experimented with heavier-than-air flight, trying to develop technology that would let him fly with the pegasi. He finally subverted this trope when he built a glider, used it to rescue an injured Wonderbolt, and was rewarded with a place in their ranks.
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* Doubly defied by paralympic wheelchair tennis player Lucy Shuker. The paralympics exist to defy this for a lot of people, but in Lucy's case her T4 paraplegia[[note]]Which means that not only are her legs paralyzed, but also much of her trunk including her core[[/note]] was thought to have precluded her from competing in the sport, only for her to go on to become the highest rated woman in Britain in the support despite being one of the most severely disabled competitors.

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* It's fairly popular in ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' fanfics for Ditzy/Derpy's ambitions of being a good mother to Dinky to be ruined because of her eye (and sometimes mental) disability. See for example ''Fanfic/TodayTomorrowAndForever''.

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It's fairly popular in ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' fanfics for Ditzy/Derpy's ambitions of being a good mother to Dinky to be ruined because of her eye (and sometimes mental) disability. See for example ''Fanfic/TodayTomorrowAndForever''.''Fanfic/TodayTomorrowAndForever''.
** There are many stories involving Scootaloo discovering that there is no realistic hope of her ever flying normally, and having to cope with that (many of them having been published while the show was still leaving it ambiguous whether there was anything medically wrong with her wings, or whether she was just having trouble learning to fly). The Scootaloo group of Website/FimfictionDotNet has an [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/473/folder/4724/grounded entire folder]] specifically for stories of that nature.
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** Jaime Lannister experiences this after [[spoiler:losing his sword hand while a prisoner of Vargo Hoat (books)/Locke ([[Series/GameOfThrones TV series]]).]]

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** Jaime Lannister experiences this after [[spoiler:losing his sword hand while a prisoner of Vargo Hoat (books)/Locke ([[Series/GameOfThrones TV series]]).Hoat.]]
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** This is often, but not always, the case. There are differing types and degrees of colorblindness, and in some cases recently developed compensatory lenses can increase abilities to differentiate colors, though specific professions may forbid their use.
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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', protagonist Izuku Midoriya wanted to be a superhero his entire life after watching a video of his lifelong idol, [[BigGood All Might]], save people with a brilliant smile. Unfortunately for him, he was born [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]], meaning that [[EveryoneIsASuper in a world where 80% of the population have superpowers, including both of his parents]], he is one of the unlucky 20% to not have any powers whatsoever. Luckily for him, a chance encounter with All Might, results in him deciding [[SuperEmpowering transfer his Quirk to Midoriya]] and train him to become his successor.

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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', protagonist Izuku Midoriya wanted to be a superhero his entire life after watching a video of his lifelong idol, [[BigGood All Might]], save people with a brilliant smile. Unfortunately for him, he was born [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]], meaning that [[EveryoneIsASuper in a world where 80% of the population have superpowers, including both of his parents]], he is one of the unlucky 20% to not have any powers whatsoever. Luckily for him, a chance encounter with All Might, results in him deciding to [[SuperEmpowering transfer his Quirk to Midoriya]] and train him to become his successor.
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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', protagonist Izuku Midoriya wanted to be a superhero his entire life after watching a video of his lifelong idol, [[BigGood All Might]], save people with a brilliant smile. Unfortunately for him, he was born [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]], meaning that [[EveryoneIsASuper in a world where 80% of planets population have superpowers, including both of his parents]], he is one of the unlucky 20% to not have any powers whatsoever. Luckily for him, a chance encounter with All Might, results in him deciding [[SuperEmpowering transfer his Quirk to Midoriya]] and train him to become his successor.

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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', protagonist Izuku Midoriya wanted to be a superhero his entire life after watching a video of his lifelong idol, [[BigGood All Might]], save people with a brilliant smile. Unfortunately for him, he was born [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]], meaning that [[EveryoneIsASuper in a world where 80% of planets the population have superpowers, including both of his parents]], he is one of the unlucky 20% to not have any powers whatsoever. Luckily for him, a chance encounter with All Might, results in him deciding [[SuperEmpowering transfer his Quirk to Midoriya]] and train him to become his successor.
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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', protagonist Izuku Midoriya wanted to be a superhero his entire life after watching a video of his lifelong idol, [[BigGood All Might]], save people with a brilliant smile. Unfortunately for him, he was born [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]], meaning that [[EveryoneIsASuper in a world when 80% of planets population have superpowers, including both of his parents]], he is one of the unlucky 20% to not have any powers whatsoever. Luckily for him, a chance encounter with All Might, results in him deciding [[SuperEmpowering transfer his Quirk to Midoriya]] and train him to become his successor.

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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', protagonist Izuku Midoriya wanted to be a superhero his entire life after watching a video of his lifelong idol, [[BigGood All Might]], save people with a brilliant smile. Unfortunately for him, he was born [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]], meaning that [[EveryoneIsASuper in a world when where 80% of planets population have superpowers, including both of his parents]], he is one of the unlucky 20% to not have any powers whatsoever. Luckily for him, a chance encounter with All Might, results in him deciding [[SuperEmpowering transfer his Quirk to Midoriya]] and train him to become his successor.
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** Rock Lee wants to continue his career and become a successful ninja. He faces not being able to perform any Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, but gets around it by solely focusing on Taijutsu with TrainingFromHell.

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** Rock Lee wants to continue his career and become a successful ninja. He faces ninja despite not being able to perform any use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, but gets Genjutsu. He manages to get around it this by solely focusing on Taijutsu with TrainingFromHell.using Taijutsu.
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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', protagonist Izuku Midoriya wanted to be a superhero his entire life after watching a video of his lifelong idol, All Might, save people with a brilliant smile. Unfortunately for Izuku, he was born Quirkless, meaning that he's the UnSorcerer when 80% of people on the planet have ''some'' kind of superpower, including both of his parents. Luckily for him, he becomes an EmpoweredBadassNormal when a chance meeting with All Might (who had told Izuku that his dreams were impossible to his face earlier that same day) inspires him to name Izuku his successor and pass down One For All to him.

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* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', protagonist Izuku Midoriya wanted to be a superhero his entire life after watching a video of his lifelong idol, [[BigGood All Might, Might]], save people with a brilliant smile. Unfortunately for Izuku, him, he was born Quirkless, [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]], meaning that he's the UnSorcerer [[EveryoneIsASuper in a world when 80% of people on the planet planets population have ''some'' kind of superpower, superpowers, including both of his parents. parents]], he is one of the unlucky 20% to not have any powers whatsoever. Luckily for him, he becomes an EmpoweredBadassNormal when a chance meeting encounter with All Might (who had told Izuku that Might, results in him deciding [[SuperEmpowering transfer his dreams were impossible Quirk to his face earlier that same day) inspires Midoriya]] and train him to name Izuku become his successor and pass down One For All to him.successor.

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*** It's outright confirmed in ''Growing Up Is Hard To Do'' and ''The Last Problem'' where not only do we never see the adult Scootaloo fly, but her wings are ''clearly'' undersized to the point they apparently haven't developed past what they were when she was as a filly. WordOfGod has since [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/2157535 confirmed on Twitter]] that yes she is disabled, but that fans are free to interpret it differently if they so wish.

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*** It's outright confirmed in ''Growing Up Is Hard To Do'' and ''The Last Problem'' where not only do we never see the adult Scootaloo fly, but her wings are ''clearly'' undersized to the point they apparently haven't developed past what they were when she was as a filly. WordOfGod has since [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/2157535 confirmed on Twitter]] that yes she is disabled, but that fans are free to interpret it differently if they so wish.wish (Given that Bulk Biceps can fly despite having even smaller wings, Scootaloo's situation is still technically open to interpretation).


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** Subverted in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E22TestingTesting123 Testing Testing 1, 2, 3]]". Rainbow Dash needs to pass a history exam to get into the Wonderbolts Reserves (which will eventually let her achieve her lifelong dream of becoming an actual Wonderbolt). She enlists Twilight Sparkle's aid in studying for said exam, but finds that she has major trouble with learning through traditional classroom techniques. Her other friends propose alternate learning methods, but none of them work. Right as her situation seems hopeless, Twilight comes up with a complete new method, one based on Rainbow's HyperAwareness while flying. It works, and Rainbow gets a perfect score on her exam.
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** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue67To68 Tempest's Tale (Issues 67 and 68)]]" expands on Tempest's backstory from the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 2017 movie which introdiced her]]. It has her set to go to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns with her childhood friends before losing her horn to an Ursa Minor (and thus being rendered unable to cast spells normally).[[note]]The movie focused exclusively on her friends abandoning her after the incident, heavily implying that her obsession with getting her horn fixed was more about being normal for the sake of being normal than doing anything magic-related with her life.[[/note]]

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** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue67To68 Tempest's Tale (Issues 67 and 68)]]" expands on Tempest's backstory from the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 2017 movie which introdiced introduced her]]. It has her set to go to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns with her childhood friends before losing her horn to an Ursa Minor (and thus being rendered unable to cast spells normally).[[note]]The movie focused exclusively on her friends abandoning her after the incident, heavily implying that her obsession with getting her horn fixed was more about being normal for the sake of being normal than doing anything magic-related with her life.[[/note]]
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** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWIssue81 Issue 81]] features the story of Wind Sock, an earth pony who dreamed becoming a Wonderbolt (which, naturally, requires being able to fly). He experimented with heavier-than-air flight, trying to develop technology that would let him fly with the pegasi. He finally subverted this trope when he built a glider, used it to rescue an injured Wonderbolt, and was rewarded with a place in their ranks.

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