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* The White Seal floors in ''DarkCloud 2'' do this for healing items.

* In ''RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', one possible bad result of the Luck Roulettes is not being able to use items.
* In SuperMarioRPG, Bowyer will randomly disable regular attacks, skills and item using every few turns.
** Also, Croco will take the party's items away once he TurnsRed.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'': the moves Embargo for any items and Heal Block for any healing items, and the ability Unnerve for held Berries.

* ''TeamFortress2's'' Medieval Mode takes away the ranged weapons of all but two classes (Sniper and Medic with the Huntsman and Crusader's Crossbow respectively) and forces everyone to fight with melee weapons. [[ImprobableWeaponUser Stick grenades and car batteries are still allowed in though]].

* TeamFortress2's Medievil Mode takes away the ranged weapons of all but two classes (Sniper and Medic with the Huntsman and Crusader's Crossbow respectively) and forces everyone to fight with melee weapons. [[ImprobableWeaponUser Stick grenades and car batteries are still allowed in though]].

TeamFortress2's Medievil Mode takes away the ranged weapons of all but two classes (Sniper and Medic with the Huntsman and Crusader's Crossbow respectively) and forces everyone to fight with melee weapons. [[ImprobableWeaponUser Stick grenades and car batteries are still allowed in though]].

* ''[[{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokemon]]'': the moves Embargo for any items and Heal Block for any healing items, and the ability Unnerve for held Berries.

* In ''FinalFantasyXII'', the climb up the Pharos tower requires you to make a sacrifice before proceeding up the second section (which is five floors and one BossBattle). One of the sacrifices you can choose is to give up your Items command.

* In ''FinalFantasyVII'', one of the random effects that can be activated while you're fighting in the Golden Saucer Arena is the deactivation of your Item-command.

See also: WarringWithoutWeapons and MooksAteMyEquipment. In a world where superpowers come from equipment, a PowerNullifier has the same effect.

See also: WarringWithoutWeapons and MooksAteMyEquipment.

* ''AzureDreams'': Anorexia ability prevent monsters from eating consumables (i.e., the kind that heals HP or cures status ailments). They are mildly GoddamnedBats when they appear as enemies, and ''completely useless'' when they are your allies.

* In ''MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', the Boos in Bowser's castle can steal command blocks from the brothers during a battle. Depending on which block is stolen, the brothers can't jump, use their hammers or use their hand powers for the next turn.

* In ''SuperMarioRPG'', Bowyer shoots arrows to disable buttons on your controller, thus preventing Mario from either attacking, casting spells or using items. Later, midway through the battle with Croco in Moleville Mines, he can remove the ability to use any items.

In multiplayer games, sometimes StopHavingFunGuys will demand this to lessen luck, or [[{{Scrub}} scrubs]] will demand this to stop people from "being cheap with them", but this trope is only in effect if it's forced upon the player(s) by the actual game.

* In most ''TheLegendOfZelda'' games, there are items that cannot be used in all places. The zenith of the trope occurs in ''SpiritTracks'', where item usage as a whole is disabled during the very last fight of the Take 'Em All On! minigame.

See also: WarringWithoutWeapons, MooksAteMyEquipment.

See also: WarringWithoutWeapons

* In many {{Roguelike}}s if an equipped item (a wielded weapon or worn piece of armor/jewelry) is cursed then it can't be removed. While the equipped cursed item can still be used like normal, this prevents the player from swapping in a different piece of equipment of the same type. Some games go further and take equipment layers into account: in ''{{Nethack}}'' if you're wearing cursed gloves then you'll be unable to change which rings you're wearing on your hands, since you can't take off your gloves to get at your bare fingers.

* In ''SuperMarioRPG'', Bowyer shoots arrows to disable buttons on your controller, thus preventing Mario from either attacking, casting spells or using items.

* In ''GakuenAlice'', the main character Mikan have this as her Alice. She can disable all other Alice when she want to.

* A number of cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh!CardGame do this: Jinzo, Royal Decree, Prohibition, and Naturia Bamboo Shoot, just to name a few.

* In ''SuperMarioRPG'', Bowyer shoots arrows to disable buttons on your controller, thus permitting you from either attacking, casting spells, or using items.