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* Another crossover title example is ''JumpSuperStars'', its sequel ''Jump Ultimate Stars'' and its successor ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVersus''. Massive quantities of power nerfing and boosting must have happened for characters like [[KochiKame Ryotsu]], a regular human police officer, to fare well against monsters like [[Manga/DragonBall Goku]], [[SaintSeiya Seiya]], [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo]], [[OnePiece Luffy]] and Manga/{{Naruto}} just to name a few, but in one way or another all of them are fighters (or are capable of fighting) in their respective universes. The worst offenders worth mentioning are the {{Assist Character}}s, mainly composed of comical/normal characters which in their universes are not related to fighting at all. They tend to be sports- or romance-themed, so it's kind of insane seeing cute girls [[Manga/IchigoOneHundredPercent tripping and falling over]] or [[Manga/{{Nisekoi}} hand-slapping]] the aforementioned monsters, hurting them and somehow temporarily disabling ''their'' assist characters. It reaches plain unfair levels when some are UNBLOCKABLE and hard to dodge.

* Another crossover title example is ''JumpSuperStars'' and its sequel. Massive quantities of power nerfing and boosting must have happened for characters like [[KochiKame Ryotsu]], a regular human police officer, to fare well against monsters like [[Manga/DragonBall Goku]], [[SaintSeiya Seiya]], [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo]], [[OnePiece Luffy]] and Manga/{{Naruto}} just to name a few, but in one way or another all of them are fighters (or are capable of fighting) in their respective universes. The worst offenders worth mentioning are the supporting characters, mainly composed of comical/normal characters which in their universes are not related to fighting at all. These are sports- or romance-themed, so it's kind of insane seeing [[IchigoOneHundredPercent cute girls tripping/falling over]] the aforementioned monsters and hurting them. It reaches plain unfair levels when some are UNBLOCKABLE and hard to dodge.

** ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen'' remedies this by A. giving the villains a titanic mecha that outright dwarfes ''Sentai'' mecha in size and B. making the Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters' mecha [=Go-BusterOh=] somehow compatible with [[Series/KamenRiderFourze the Astro Switches]] to give it a fighting chance.

** "Punisher kills the Marvel Universe." On the other end of the scale, he teamed up with [[ArchieComics Archie]].

* In the JJBA universe, Stands are only visible to those who have another Stand. In ''VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'', the non-Stand users can presumably see them and avoid their attacks.

* In the X-Men/Teen Titans crossover [[ApokalipsNow]], this trope is entirely averted; the two teams operate on similar scales and power levels already, and they're not in conflict for most of the story, so no adjustments are needed.

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**** It seems that the dev team of the original ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' didn't know how the ratings for the Marvel Power Grid should be issued for the Capcom characters (apparently believing that 4 was human average, when actually 2 is), so they've been changed to be more believable in ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3''. For one example, Tron was originally issued a 7 in Intelligence. According to the rating system, a 7 in Intelligence means she's "Omniscient"... as in, like a all-knowing god. Capcom must have assumed it meant "really smart". Most likely, after reading about the ratings, Tron was issued a 6 in Intelligence (meaning "Super-Genius"), which makes more sense.

*** [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] is now in the games. His ultimate attack? [[MundaneMadeAwesome "The real culprit...IS YOU!"]] In other words, he can defeat a world-destroying horror ''by providing evidence of guilt and giving it the pointer finger!''

*** Batman v. Superman again in Frank Miller's Comicbook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns. Justified in that Superman had recently almost died and lampshaded by Batman testing him with a few missiles. Also, Batman uses kryptonite and power gloves and Gotham's entire electrical grid. And the fight's more or less a draw (though the bat would have won).

** Not just the movies. Power was entirely dependent on plot convenience throughout Decade, resulting in {{Dragon}}s and {{Big Bad}}s that took the combined effort of multiple Riders in SuperMode in their own series dying against Decade in two seconds, whereas much less powerful characters were almighty if they were more important. Riders were no different. The movies take it UpToEleven, though: Even if we leave aside the Decade half of ''Movie Wars 2010'' and consider "Decade Fury" a completely new and all-powerful form capable of OneHitKO-ing all other Riders and say he can't normally do that even if he sure ''looks'' like normal Decade, there's still Shadow Moon. In ''Series/KamenRiderBlack,'' Shadow Moon was evenly matched with the series' one Rider However, in ''All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker'', Shadow Moon was ''so'' powerful the combined might of Rising Ultimate Kuuga[[note]]A ''Decade''-original SuperMode ''on top of'' the normal SuperMode of ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' that was considered ''too powerful'' in its own series, where Kuuga was having to hold himself back to avoid being a DestructiveSavior when he got the form ''before'' standard Ultimate. If you told anyone in ''Kuuga'' proper, including the hero himself, that a "Rising Ultimate Kuuga" was ''possible,'' [[BringMyBrownPants a change of pants would be involved]].[[/note]] and Decade[[note]]Himself Power Creep'd in the movie, having won over every other Rider in the tournament at the beginning, even beating ''three at once'' fairly easily. He can't do that in the show.[[/note]] couldn't scratch him. Then ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' easily beats him. This should rightfully make Double ''literally'' strong enough to destroy the world with one Rider Kick ''in his base form''. Needless to say... he isn't.

->''"Yeah, this is obviously Chun Li's game. [[TheUltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny A mall cop vs. An Interpol officer]]. Unless they are fighting in a some kind of Chinese mall with lots of sweets or sugary food and Chun Li loses 50 I.Q. before the match, she'll most likely a guareeted winner."''
-->--''[[http://www.deviantart.com/art/Death-Battle-Paul-Blart-vs-Chun-Li-370358233 Death Battle: Paul Blart vs. Chun-Li]]''

*** Also done to especially, especially, especially [[DeadRising Frank West]]. Whereas Alex did get the power creep, he could do that stuff against everybody, from his series or not. Frank, on the other hand, disregarding a few ''Street Fighter'' moves and [[MegaManX a working Mega Buster]], really is [[{{Muggle}} just a regular human]]. In ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'', however, he can throw said giants to the other side of the screen, [[ATwinkleInTheSky shoot them into the sky]] by way of hitting them with a [[BatterUp baseball bat]], and can survive the stronger hits of the game, most of which, in RealLife, would kill us normies. And in ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', his arsenal of {{improvised weapon}}ry (no Mega Buster and shooting people into the sky here) is more than a match for the superpowered beings of the Marvel Universe, and he can still tank hits.

* Everyone in ''VideoGame/MushroomKingdomFusion'' has had this happen to them. Okay, the likes of Arthur from ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' still dies in two hits at full health and the Mario characters have health systems based on the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series... but now they can take hits from and do significant damage to enemies from ''Franchise/MegaMan'', ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' among numerous others! You can even kill soldiers and things by jumping on them or using Sonic's spin attack or punching them in the face just once!

->''"Superman, ''we'' are the greatest!"''
-->-- '''Muhammad Ali''', ''{{Franchise/Superman}} vs. MuhammadAli''

* Film/KingKong was enlarged several times his size and given electricity powers to match Franchise/{{Godzilla}} for their crossover fight. Understandable, since Godzilla shrugs off autocannons, rockets, missiles, tank shells, and lasers, while King Kong got killed by a few biplanes with machine guns.

** Toriko is at least catching up to Dragon Ball Z levels of power now, though its primarily its three strongest characters which have established themselves at Saiyan Saga levels of power. [[spoiler: With Jirou stopping the entire planet for a second with his knocking and Midora's Meteor Spice raining around everywhere.]] One Piece is far behind both in terms of power, with them not even on the level of 23rd Budokai DragonBall levels.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', pretty much all of the heroes and villains (including the Justice League) were noticeably weaker than their comic incarnations. WordOfGod from GregWeisman is that this made the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters huge amount of super-powered characters]] more manageable.

** Nightwing can fight Deathstroke to a standstill because, well, he's been fighting the guy since he was ''eighteen'', and he knows all of Deathstroke's weak spots, not the least of which are his children Joey (who was one of Nightwing's best friends) and Rose (who defected from her father's side because of Nightwing).

* The nature of ComicBook/{{X-23}}'s [[BerserkButton trigger scent]] has become subject to this. As a child, Laura was conditioned (read: tortured) into entering a [[UnstoppableRage berserk rage]] whenever she smelled a particular scent, which would make her black out and tear apart whatever was marked with it. It served two purposes: Not only did it allow her creators a measure of control over her in the event she attempted to refuse to kill a target, but her berserk state also made her an even ''more'' deadly fighter. Usually it was reserved for high-value targets or otherwise special (such as the gangster Fade). By the time of ComicBook/''AvengersArena'', the scent is now driving her into a state in which she'll kill ''everything around her'', whether they're specifically marked or not.