History Quotes / NewPowersAsThePlotDemands

-->-- '''Warrior Princess Lolita''', ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'', [[https://www.oglaf.com/youngadultfiction/3/ "Young Adult Fiction"]]

* ''"I could fly all along but chose not to!"''

-->--'''WebVideo/RiffTrax''' about ''Superargo Against the Faceless Giants''

->'''Katara:'''I guess... I ''always knew''.
->'''Sokka:''' [pissed off] Oh? Well, then thanks for all the first aid over the years]].
-->- On Katara's HealingHands, ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

-->'''''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''''', "Good Times With Weapons"

-->'''Superargo:''' If my costume weren't bulletproof, I'd be dead now.\\

-->- '''Haruhi''', ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero''

[[folder:Comic Books]]
->'''Luzano:''' The same technology that merely repairs Shelley's body is capable of so much more! Hyper-Strength! Hyper-Speed! Plasmagenesis! Yes, that's a word! Hyper-sensual perception!\\
'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' (incredulous) "Hyper-sensual"?
-->-- ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'', ''Way of the World''

->You gotta... be kidding. The power to overcook waffles...? How is that even a power?
-->-- '''Supergirl''', ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade''
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[[folder:Web Original]]
->We saw this kind of thing all the time with Lana, where she became a utility character. Anytime you needed to throw a weird curveball into a season, just have Lana [[BodySurf possessed by a witch]] who is her [[IdenticalGrandson ancestor]] and is somehow [[IfJesusThenAliens connected to Krypton.]] Need to write her out of the series? Elevate her to superhero status but poison the source of her powers [[PoisonousPerson with Kryptonite]].
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville10-ep08 Julian Finn]]''' on ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Abandoned"

->But is {{ComicBook/Magneto}} really dead? No. [[JokerImmunity Of course he isn’t]]...'The Earth’s magnetic field has healed me, as a mother nourishes her son!' and that’s… that’s got some really weird implications. Like, Magneto was essentially incorporeal the last time we saw him, and now he’s back to normal. Is the implication here that Magneto is actually held together physically by magnetism? Is that one of those weird [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] things like how he used to be able to brainwash people with his 'magnetic personality?'
-->--'''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-4x07-sanctuary-part-2/ on]] ''WesternAnimation/XMen, "Sanctuary, Part 2"
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[[AC:Film]]

[[AC:Live-action TV]]

-> '''Amy''': You can drive a motorbike?
-> '''Rory''': I expect so. It's been that kind of day.

[[AC:Web original]]

->{{Franchise/Superman}} had at least 150 powers, and the [{{WesternAnimation/Super Friends}}] writers were making up two or three more every episode. If a script called for it, Superman would leak paste out of his ears that can control the weather.
-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', on [[http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/superman.htm Superman]]

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'''Krillin:''' [[FlatWhat ...What]]?\\

[[AC:Western Animation]]

[[AC:RealLife]]

->''If you could have any super power, what would it be?''
->"The 'my power beats your power' power."
-->'''Creator/JohnnyYongBosch''' on a Voice Actor question card.

->''Don't give the heroes a new power whenever they need one, and be very careful about writing laws into your system just so that you can use them in [[AssPull a single particular situation.]]"''
-->--'''Creator/BrandonSanderson''', ''[[http://brandonsanderson.com/article/40/Sandersons-First-Law Sanderson's First Law]]''

->Wha--? I'm genetically-engineered? I mean, I ''have been'' all this time? I was when was ''six?'' So I'm really [[Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan the Bionic Man]] and I've been playing this, like, loser for the last 3 years? It was one of those weird things that Tv did (does). "[[WheelOfDecisions Ahh, today you're 'genetically engineered']].''"''
-->--'''Siddig al-Fadil''' on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''

-->--'''Pisces Aphrodite''', ''WebVideo/SaintSeiyaAbridged''

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-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonballAbridged''

-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonballAbridged''

->But is {{ComicBook/Magneto}} really dead? No. [[JokerImmunity Of course he isn’t]]...'The Earth’s magnetic field has healed me, as a mother nourishes her son!' and that’s… that’s got some really weird implications. Like, Magneto was essentially incorporeal the last time we saw him, and now he’s back to normal. Is the implication here that Magneto is actually held together physically by magnetism? Is that one of those weird [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] things like how he used to be able to brainwash people with his 'magnetic personality?'
-->--'''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-4x07-sanctuary-part-2/ on]] ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}}, "Sanctuary, Part 2"

!!!Fiction
->'''Katara:''' ''(On her recently revealed HealingHands)'' I guess... I ''always knew''.
->'''Sokka:''' Oh? Well, then [[SarcasmMode thanks for all the first aid over the years]].
-->- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

->''"Well, that's '''bullshit'''! First, Hitomi's Seeing, and now my healing? What are you gonna steal next, Allen's sex appeal?"''
-->- '''Milerna''', ''WebVideo/VisionOfEscaflowneAbridged''

->''If you could have any super power, what would it be?''
->"The 'my power beats your power' power."
-->'''JohnnyYongBosch''' on a Voice Actor question card.

->'''Cartman:''' Hold on you guys, I actually have another power: I can see into the future too, but ''better than Kyle''. Let me try it.\\
'''Kyle:''' God dammit, Cartman, you can't keep making up new powers!\\
'''Stan:''' Yeah dude, that's like the fifth power you've come up with!\\
'''Cartman:''' I am Bulrog, and I have lots and lots of powers.\\
'''Kyle:''' No, asshole! From now on you only get to have ''one'' power, so what is it?!\\
'''Cartman:''' I have the power to have all the powers I want.\\
'''Kyle:''' That doesn't count, fatass!\\
'''Stan:''' Yeah! That it, Cartman! You don't get to have ''any'' powers!\\
'''Cartman:''' C'mon!
-->'''''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''''', "Good Times With Weapons"

->'''Sailor Moon:''' Tiara! Use your lesbian trapper!
->''(Sailor Moon's tiara becomes larger and binds the MonsterOfTheWeek)''
->'''Luna:''' How the f*ck did you do that?
->'''Sailor Moon:''' Hell if I know! This show makes no sense!
-->--''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged''

->''“No stop Marrissa you cannt kill me im yur mother!” I stopped an thot she was lyin but then I used my detective power an new it was true.''
-->-- ''FanFic/{{ITS MY LIFE}}!''

-> '''Amy''': You can drive a motorbike?
-> '''Rory''': I expect so. It's been that kind of day.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Let's Kill Hitler"

->''"[[LampshadeHanging Couldn't you have done that earlier]]?"''
-->-- '''Tristan''' (to Yvaine), ''Film/{{Stardust}}''

->''"Wow, Kakyoin, [Hierophant Green] can do what our Stands can't even ah whatever..."''
-->--'''Jean Pierre Polnareff''', ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJojo''

!!!RealLife
->''Resist the urge to use magic to solve problems unless you've already explained and shown that aspect of how the magic works. Don't give the heroes a new power [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands whenever they need one]], and be very careful about writing laws into your system just so that you can use them in a single particular situation."''
-->--'''Creator/BrandonSanderson''', ''[[http://brandonsanderson.com/article/40/Sandersons-First-Law Sanderson's First Law]]''

->{{Franchise/Superman}} had at least 150 powers, and the [{{WesternAnimation/Super Friends}}] writers were making up two or three more every episode. If a script called for it, Superman would leak paste out of his ears that can control the weather.
-->-- '''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', on [[http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/superman.htm Superman]]

->Tess. Just...everything about her. We saw this kind of thing all the time with Lana, where she became a utility character. Anytime you needed to throw a weird curveball into a season, just have Lana [[BodySurf possessed by a witch]] who is her [[IdenticalGrandson ancestor]] and is somehow [[IfJesusThenAliens connected to Krypton.]] Need to [[PutOnABus write her out]] of the series? Elevate her to superhero status but poison the source of her powers [[PoisonousPerson with Kryptonite]]. So far Tess has been Lex's [[TheDragon confidante]] and [[MeetTheNewBoss replacement]]...And now, in another ecstatically zany retcon, she's both [[EveryoneIsRelated Lex's sister]] and [[ComicBook/TheNewGods Big Barda]].
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville10-ep08 Julian Finn]]''' on ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', "Abandoned"

->But is Magneto really dead? No. [[JokerImmunity Of course he isn’t]]...'The Earth’s magnetic field has healed me, as a mother nourishes her son!' and that’s… that’s got some really weird implications. Like, Magneto was essentially incorporeal the last time we saw him, and now he’s back to normal. Is the implication here that Magneto is actually held together physically by magnetism? Is that one of those weird [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] things like how he used to be able to brainwash people with his '[[CharmPerson magnetic personality]]?'
-->--'''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-4x07-sanctuary-part-2/ on]] ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}}, "Sanctuary, Part 2"

!!!On works

->''"{{Franchise/Superman}} had at least 150 powers, and the [{{WesternAnimation/Super Friends}}] writers were making up two or three more every episode. If a script called for it, Superman would leak paste out of his ears that can control the weather."''
-->-- {{Creator/Seanbaby}}, on [[http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/superman.htm Superman]]

->''"But is Magneto really dead? No. [[JokerImmunity Of course he isn’t]]...'The Earth’s magnetic field has healed me, as a mother nourishes her son!' and that’s… that’s got some really weird implications. Like, Magneto was essentially incorporeal the last time we saw him, and now he’s back to normal. Is the implication here that Magneto is actually held together physically by magnetism? Is that one of those weird [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] things like how he used to be able to brainwash people with his '[[CharmPerson magnetic personality]]?'"''

->"Instead, we get [[spoiler:Aldritch Killian, an Ex-Nerd out for revenge after Tony skipped a meeting one time]], and his nameless henchmen with a confusing grab-bag of fire powers, like (sounding progressively more confused) glowing, getting hot, exploding, SuperStrength, [[HealingFactor regrowing limbs]], [[MagicPants flameproof clothes]], and... [[BreathWeapon shooting fire off their mouth]]?! They really made them up as they went along, huh?"

->''"Yes, my roses allow me to [turn invisible] as well... I won't lie to you, I am just as surprised about it as you are."''