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* Played with in a chapter of ''ComicBook/Cybersix'': Von Reichter sent an adult clone of Cybersix out to assassinate her. Instead, the clone (lacking the original's decades of accumulated psychological trauma and mental hangups), goes after Cybersix by living the life the original won't let herself have (sleeping with Lucas, having a grand day out with Julian, going out openly as a woman.)

* At one point in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', Red Tornado was tricked into abandoning his android body and instead inhabiting a human body. Despite the change, he somehow still retained his ability to create tornadoes.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}}: Averted in original series episode "A Change of Face", even though the swap is done via magic. Ben is not trained in martial arts, and Gwen in his body can't use her martial arts skills; she ''does'' have access to the Omnitrix courtesy of the swap, though. Interestingly, muscle memory and reflexes are enough for Ben in Gwen's body to use some of her simpler martial arts moves.

** Uub is a Majin Buy reincarnated as a human. While not having all Buu's powers, he is vastly more powerful than any other human in the setting. ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' reveals that he retained god ki that Kid Buy absorbed from the Grand Supreme Kai.

* Kanata from ''LightNovel/ReMonster'' was ReincarnatedInAnotherWorld as a Goblin. But rare for a StockLightNovelHero in an Isekai story, he had his CannibalismSuperpower as a human on Earth before he was killed.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'', Giorno swaps bodies with Narencia, Trish with Mista, and Buccerati with Diavolo, and their Stands, being manifestations of their FightingSpirit, all transfer with their souls, arguably working better than they did before. The exception is Polnareff, who was swapped into Coco Jumbo, but doesn't retain his Stand since [[spoiler:its Requiem form was what caused the swap]].

* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': When Jade swapped {{chi}} with Uncle, [[PersonalitySwap she inherited Uncle's personality]] and all his [[KiManipulation chi-power]], and should theoretically be able to do anything Uncle could... but she had none of his knowledge as it was explicitly only the ''chi'' that was swapped, not their ''brains'', and despite having the ''ability'' to do them, she had no idea of ''how'' to do them.

* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': When Jade swapped {{chi}} with Uncle, [[PersonalitySwap she inherited Uncle's personality]] and all his {{chi}}-power, and should theoretically be able to do anything Uncle could... but she had none of his knowledge as it was explicitly only the ''chi'' that was swapped, not their ''brains'', and despite having the ''ability'' to do them, she had no idea of ''how'' to do them.

* ''Videogame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'':[[spoiler: The hero's Dimensional Scream ability is carried over from when they were a human. Unfortunately, this helps tip off [[TheMole Dusknoir]] to their true identity.]]

* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'', Giorno swaps bodies with Narencia, Trish with Mista, and Buccerati with Diavolo, and their Stands, being manifestations of their FightingSpirit, all transfer with their souls, arguably working better than they did before. The exception is Polnareff, who was swapped into Coco Jumbo, but doesn't retain his Stand since [[spoiler:its Requiem form was what caused the swap]].

* In ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'', when Ling [[spoiler:becomes the second Greed, Greed can still use his ultimate shield.]] JustifiedTrope in this case as the way he [[spoiler:becomes the second Greed is Father injecting him with Greed's philosopher stone and it only seems to work when Greed's in control of their body.]]
* In the 3rd OVA to ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', all the Suzaku Seishi that were killed off in the series proper are reincarnated into new forms. Most notable is Nuriko, who has been reincarnated into a little girl named Reishun. It isn't the purple hair that gives away Reishun's identity to Tasuki, but the fact that she still has superhuman strength.

Often a given for any DemonicPossession -- as in many cases the entire point of it is to give the demon a new body through which to use its powers. If said body belonged to someone else (i.e not [[PossessingADeadBody a dead body]] or a new artificial body), that overlaps with PowersViaPossession. They may or may not [[VoicesAreMental retain their original voices]] as well.

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': After possessing [[spoiler:Jaune's]] body, Darth Nihilus is still able to use the Force abilities his original body had -- like his [[MakeMeWannaShout Force scream]] and [[InASingleBound Force leap]] -- in addition to all of [[spoiler:Jaune's]] Force techniques.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': {{Body Surf}}ing villain Corpsetaker is shown to be able to rapidly adapt to new bodies, at one point even possessing a {{muggle}} and still having access to her magical abilities. However, this is not typical as one of her victims -[[spoiler: Anastasia Luccio]]- was said to have lost most of her power after her original body was stolen by Corpsetaker. It's implied that Corpsetaker, a centuries-old necromancer, has swapped bodies so many times she has learned how to circumvent the weakness.

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': After possessing [[spoiler:Jaune's]] body, Darth Nihilus is still able to use the Force abilities his original body had, like his [[MakeMeWannaShout Force scream]], in addition to all of [[spoiler:Jaune's]] Force techniques.

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': Subverted with the Mask of Darth Nihilus. The story's set-up makes it appear that Nihilus gave Jaune PowersViaPossession. [[spoiler:Later chapters reveal that this is quite the opposite. In fact, the whole reason that Nihilus is only able to possess Force-sensitives is because he won't be able to access his powers otherwise. For most of the story, Nihilus is training Jaune in order to strengthen his bond with the Force so he can have a host who's power level is up to par with his own.]]

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': Subverted with the Mask of Darth Nihilus. The story's set-up makes it appear that Nihilus gave Jaune PowersViaPossession. [[spoiler:Later chapters reveal that this is quite the opposite. In fact, the whole reason that Nihilus is only able to possess Force-sensitives is because he won't be able to access his powers otherwise. In fact, for most of the story, Nihilus is training Jaune in order to strengthen his bond with the Force so he can have a host who's power level is up to par with his own.]]

** Subverted in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' by Captain Ginyu, as both the audience and the characters were led to believe that he was just as powerful as [[TheHero Goku]] after performing a GrandTheftMe on him. Sadly for Ginyu, it turns out that Goku's strength mainly comes from the {{Ki}}-techniques Goku normally uses, and his body is fairly weak without them -- leaving Ginyu up a creek immediately afterwards as he didn't even know how to perform Goku's StandardPowerupPose correctly. Ginyu would in {{Filler}}, and later ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', showcase that while his physical prowess is fully dependent on the body he is currently inhabiting, he does retain the ability to perform GrandTheftMe's regardless of said body's power, raising questions as to whether the body he fought Goku with was even his original one.

* In ''Webcomic/LsEmpire'', Void keeps his ability to summon spears out of thin air while under the effects of a FreakyFridayFlip with Geminiman due to the powers being bound to his mind and soul. It also ended up being the punchline to a three year long BrickJoke.\