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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???Claire talks with a friend about whether it would be worth strengthening her powers if it means growing tentacles out of her back.

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* '''Justified''': The powers have limitations so that whoever uses them doesn't become too strong.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The powers have limitations so that whoever uses them doesn't become too strong.strong.
** The tentacles are organs that help Claire control her strengthened powers.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is subject to some kind of deformation after gaining stronger powers.
* '''Straight''': Claire's powers get stronger, and she begins to grow tentacles out of her back.
* '''Exaggerated''': Claire becomes the most powerful being in the universe and undergoes an EldritchTransformation.
* '''Downplayed''': After gaining new powers, Claire has a bit of a RedRightHand.
* '''Justified''': The powers have limitations so that whoever uses them doesn't become too strong.
* '''Inverted''':
** WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness
** Claire already had tentacles growing out of her back, but she lost them when her powers got stronger.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Claire [[TemptingFate excitedly proclaims that perfecting her skills hasn't caused tentacles to grow out of her back yet]]... guess what happens?
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Powers do not cause a change in appearance.
* '''Enforced''': To show why magic-users in this setting are reluctant to perfect their skills.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Claire uses the new tentacles on her back as a LovecraftianSuperpower.
* '''Defied''': Claire tries to use skills that don't cause the user of the skill to become deformed.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Claire is seen going offscreen to perfect her magic. Subsequent scenes show her with tentacles growing out of her back.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Claire is shown being upset that ''tentacles'', of all things, are what's growing out of her back.
* '''Played for Drama''': Claire is in need of perfecting her magic, but is scared to do so in fear of what she'll become.
* '''Played for Horror''': Claire undergoes a [[TransformationTrauma horrifying]] PainfulTransformation.
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%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
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