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** Also in [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsSpecial1 ''The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!'']], the Girls fight over the key to the world after they go DrunkWithPower. It's only after they see the people with their heads down [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone do they realize their mistake.]] The Mayor even says this trope word for word after the girls apologize.Â

** Also in [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsSpecial1 ''The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!''], the Girls fight over the key to the world after they go DrunkWithPower. Only after they see the people [[DisappointedInYou looking in shame at their antics]] do they realize their mistake. The Mayor even says this trope word for word after the girls apologize.Â

** Also in [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsSpecial1 ''The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!'']], the Girls fight over the key to the world after they go DrunkWithPower. Only after they see the people [[DisappointedInYou looking in shame at their antics]] do they realize their mistake. The Mayor even says this trope word for word after the girls apologize.Â

** Also in [[''Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsSpecial1 The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!'']], the Girls fight over the key to the world after they go DrunkWithPower. Only after they see the people [[DisappointedInYou looking in shame at their antics]] do they realize their mistake. The Mayor even says this trope word for word after the girls apologize.Â

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'', which is a detailed telling of their [[OriginsEpisode Origin Story]], the girls learn the hard way what using their full power recklessly can do to an innocent town; a game of tag wrecks many buildings and streets, and generally panic the citizens. In the end, the message is subverted, and by the time of the series, the ridiculously large amount of collateral damage the girls wreak on Townsville is [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight accepted by everyone]] as the cost of safety.Â

* ''Anime/DevilSurvivor2'' has main protagonist Hibiki Kuze feel this way about his savant-like ability to summon the powerful demon Byakko.Â

* A recent issue of Comicbook/NewAvengers has superhuman mobster ComicBook/TheHood (who is a villainous deconstruction of the Marvel teenage superhero, and whose name happens to be Parker) explaining to his gang that they owe their enhanced abilities to him:Â

** In ''ComicBook/WarWorld'', after helping him find ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/TheSpectre reminds Clark that power must be used responsibly.Â

** Used in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', although not spelled out. [[spoiler:ComicBook/LexLuthor]] gains Superman's powers at the end and goes on a rampage, stopping every so often as his SuperSenses give him new insights on the universe. Just as his powers run out, he declares that life is beautiful and everyone needs to stick together -- implying that anybody with Superman's godlike perspective would naturally choose to become an altruist. The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue implies that he mellowed out considerably after the experience.Â

* {{Reconstructed}} in ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}:'' The Madrigals were given a "[[RandomlyGifted miracle]]" where everyone born into the family gets a magical power ([[MuggleBornOfMages well, except Mirabel]]). They use their skills to help everyone in town, with Alma specifically stating that they strive to ''earn'' the gift that they were given. Over the course of the movie, however, it becomes clear that several family members are pushing themselves too hard for the sake of what others expect of them. By the end, everyone comes to accept a healthier version of this trope, while their {{Muggle}} neighbors make clear that they value them [[spoiler:even after they get {{De Power}}ed]]. Â

* In Creator/JohnCWright's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos'', Victor's BackStory includes a time where he made a worm and discarded it and was sternly rebuked: the stronger must protect the weaker, or those who are still stronger than they will treat them in the same manner. In the story itself, as the oldest child (with Amelia, the next oldest), he watches over and protects the younger children. [[spoiler:At the climax, he makes his declaration of love to Amelia and regrets that he has nothing to offer her but himself; he had wanted to wait until he could [[UnableToSupportAWife provide]] for her]].Â

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* [[Literature/LastMage Elijah Valentine]] could, theoretically, save the starving by magical means, but the world is made of connections -- change one thing, you break another. So he mostly avoids using his powers, citing responsibility, and helps people in mundane ways.Â

* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Clark naturally feels compelled to use his powers to help others. Jonathan once had a line like that too. [[spoiler:Chloe Sullivan too, after she received the meteor power of [[EmpathicHealer Empathic Healing]], she insists on healing a dying Lex even though it killed her the first time. It killed her ''again'', but she has ResurrectiveImmortality]]. Many others with powers don't.Â

*** The KarmaMeter is enforced more harshly for mages than for {{Muggles}}. Mages are blocked from the highest levels of Wisdom just for using magic for its MundaneUtility, a MagicMisfire is worse for low-Wisdom mages, and [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent Spirits]] dislike low-Wisdom mages on sight.Â

* In ''Videogame/{{Geneforge}}'', this is a major theme of the Shapers. While they're not good guys (GrayAndGreyMorality rules the roost), they know exactly how dangerous Shaping is, and while they ''use'' this technology as the basis of their civilization, they consider containment procedures and keeping Shaping under control to be just as important as continuing to develop the art for the good of their people. Their black labs have security procedures that make the CDC look lax, and they forbid the use of [[UpgradeArtifact Upgrade Artifacts]] because a core element of their philosophy is that developing one's power naturally means developing the ''discipline'' to use this power wisely while giving power to amateurs before they're ready will lead to chaos.Â

* In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', [[DefiedTrope defying this trope]] is the entire motivation of the ultimate BigBad of the series. [[spoiler:Amon enjoyed the power that came with becoming a Xel'Naga but balked when he realized that the Xel'Naga aren't gods, but shepherds]].Â

'''[[LoveableRogue Sam]]:''' Heck, no. With great power comes great responsibility, and who wants that?Â

* Inverted in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' by the [=AnthroPCs=] which are [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=668 fine with having no civil rights]] because having power would mean having to take responsibility ForTheLulz. Given how most of them seem free to run around doing whatever they please instead of serving as an actual computer, it seems like they've gotten the better part of the deal.Â

* This is ultimately [[https://www.spinnyverse.com/comic/07-18-2011 what drove Tiger to choose heroics over his family]] in ''WebComic/{{Spinnerette}}''. After his wife learned about his secret patrols as the hero Tiger, his wife made him promise to stop, out of fear that it would end up getting him killed. Later, [[KidAmidstTheChaos the school his daughters attended had been attacked by a gunman]]. While his daughters turned out to be safe, they admonished him for not taking up the mantle of Tiger to try and save the victims. He couldn't help but agree with them, even as his wife threatened to divorce him if he tried to be a hero again.Â

* ZigZagged in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10''. Ben uses the Omnitrix for personal gain or personal amusement every chance he gets. His immaturity, however, [[PersonalGainHurts usually brings about the worst possible result]]. However, [[MoralityPet Grandpa Max's influence]] and [[WhatYouAreInTheDark his own moral fortitude]] ensured his childish shenanigans never became anything more than victimless crimes, especially after meeting his EvilCounterpart Kevin 11 who essentially lived by ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers. By ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' he's grown past it and embraced this trope fully. [[HeelFaceTurn Kevin too]], but [[AntiHero to a lesser extent]].Â

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'', which is a detailed telling of their OriginStory, the girls learn the hard way what using their full power recklessly can do to an innocent town; a game of tag wrecks many buildings and streets, and generally panic the citizens. In the end, the message is subverted, and by the time of the series, the ridiculously large amount of collateral damage the girls wreak on Townsville is [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight accepted by everyone]] as the cost of safety.Â