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7	Examples of GodzillaThreshold from ComicBooks:
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9	* ''ComicBook/AnnihilationConquest'': In the final issue, an alliance of species are trying to bust through the Phalanx's inpenetrable barrier. One Rigellian reports to the Spartoi commander that the Badoon have tried using something called a "continuum ram" to break through with no results. He wonders which is worse; the fact the Badoon ''have'' such a weapon, the fact they don't care whether anyone knows this, or the fact it still didn't work.
10	* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'':
11	** In ''ComicBook/AvengersAssemble'', when ComicBook/{{Thanos}} shows up on Earth looking for the Ultimate Nullifier, ComicBook/IronMan calls the president and tells him to invoke the Cosmic Protocols (which are only for when the destruction of the planet is possible; Iron Man calls this "[[DefconFive DEFCON 1000]]"). They then proceed to detonate the atomic core of a helicarrier on top of Thanos, nearly killing the Avengers, certainly killing some of Thanos' lackeys, and [[spoiler: barely inconveniencing Thanos]].
12	** The opening arc of ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman'' is the discovery of a chain of collapsing universes, which begin when two parallel Earths 'incur' into each other and can be slowed if one of the Earths is destroyed. The Illuminati agree that this crosses the Godzilla Threshold, with a single dissenter who is promptly expelled from the group. [[spoiler:But when confronted with the reality of an entire planet of people dying, the Illuminati ultimately realize they can't stand back and let them die.]]
13	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
14	** It's revealed in ''ComicBook/JLATowerOfBabel'' that Batman, CrazyPrepared as ever, has secret contingency plans to take down every member of the Justice League in the event that they turn evil, including himself. He's formulated some extremely foolproof but extremely twisted methods like using the Scarecrow's fear toxin to make Aquaman hydrophobic or filling Martian Manhunter up with nanites that ignite on contact with oxygen. These were obviously meant as an absolute last resort, but unfortunately they fall into the hands of Ra's al Ghul and bad things ensue.
15	** It's implied that this is Commissioner Gordon's attitude toward Batman, at least in the early adventures before they became friends. In a WretchedHive like Gotham, where crime and corruption are rampant, and you can count the number of good cops and competent authority figures on one hand, letting this weirdo who likes to dress up like a bat and fight crime lend a hand couldn't make things much worse..\
16	Gordon actually {{discusse\|d}}s this trope in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', when he meets with his successor-to-be Ellen Yindel and talks about the Bat. Gordon steers the conversation to UsefulNotes/{{World War II}}, how President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt rallied the United States to join the War in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack... and the conspiracy theory that Roosevelt had advanced warning of the attack, and let it happen. Gordon says that after thinking about the moral implications, he decided that he couldn't judge -- "It was too ''big''. ''He'' was too big..." When Yindel says that she doesn't see what this has to do with Batman, Gordon simply replies, "Maybe you will." [[spoiler:Despite actively leading the police in hunting Batman after taking power, Yindel is forced to cooperate with him in desparate situations. Finally, when Batman leads the Sons of the Batman to the rescue of Gotham after an {{EMP}}-induced blackout and a prison break, Yindel orders her men not to interfere, only saying "He's too big."]]
17	** In ''ComicBook/BatmanEternal'', things have gotten so bleak for Gotham and Batman's still clueless as to who's pulling the strings and ruining his city and his allies. He seeks out several [[BigBad Big Bads]] of previous New 52 Batman-related story arcs [[spoiler:including Riddler, Ra's al Ghul, ''and the remnant of the Court of Owls'']], not only to challenge them on their relation to the massive attack on Gotham, ''but for help finding the true culprits.'' If the Joker had been present during the events of Eternal, it's highly likely Batman would've gone to him.
18	** ''ComicBook/BatmanVampire'':
19	*** Batman is turned into a vampire, and when he succumbs to his bloodlust by killing the Joker, he has Alfred and Gordon stake him to prevent him from killing anyone else. In the final story, ''Crimson Mist'', a ''massive'' crime wave has hit Gotham in Batman's absence, causing Alfred to return to Batman's resting place and remove the stake from Bats' heart in the hopes of giving Gotham a savior again.[[note]]Staking a vampire through the heart only incapacitates the vamp in a death-like state unless the head is subsequently removed.[[/note]] Unfortunately, Batman, having [[AndIMustScream spent months fully conscious but immobile as his body decayed and his bloodlust ran rampant]], has been driven completely insane by his condition, and does so by slaughtering the crooks for their blood.
20	*** Gordon crosses a similar threshold near the end, willingly forming an EnemyMine with Two-Face and Killer Croc after Batman has killed all the other villains.
21	** The events of ''ComicBook/BatmanContagion'', which sees a virus unleashed upon Gotham City, gets so bad that Batman turns to Azrael (even after Azrael let two people die during [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} his tenure filling in for Bruce]]) and Poison Ivy (one of Bruce's regular enemies) for help, and Robin regarding working with Catwoman as this as well. In the sequel, ''ComicBook/BatmanLegacy'', when the Clench flares back up and mutates, not only is Batman forced to work with Azrael ''again'', he willingly turns to Huntress, another vigilante he doesn't like, for help.
22	** ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'': Batman's EvilCounterpart, The Batman Who Laughs, is so dangerous that Batman is forced to team up with ComicBook/TheJoker to defeat him.
23	* ''ComicBook/{{Birthright}}'': In the world of Terrenos, there are purifying spirits of light known as Diviners that are summoned to destroy the minions of [[BigBad Lore]]. However, these are beings of terrifying power who destroy everything in their path, twist nature all around them and possesses innocents, and it will not stop until all Lore agents are destroyed. Only a madman would think about summoning a diviner because the price is not worth the risk, yet there are those desperate enough to do it anyway.
24	* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': Parodying this and CrisisCrossover, the Homelander tells the press that the appearance of a massive alien battlestation is causing every super, hero and villain alike, to go into space to fight it. Naturally, this being ''The Boys'', it's really an excuse for every super to go to Herogasm, a nonstop orgy on a tropical resort.
25	* ''ComicBook/CleanRoom'': On one particularly bad day, a leader of the anti-demon army is shot. With mere minutes to live, someone proposes allowing a demon to possess the body and use its flesh-shaping abilities to remove the bullet and fix the damage. There is no precedent for trusting a demon, nor any leverage over its result.
26	* In a number of Creator/DCComics {{Crisis Crossover}}s, such as ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'', the situation may reach a point where ComicBook/TheSpectre will step in and do battle with the villain.
27	* ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}'': In the story arc ''The Fatal Englishman'', the last surviving soldiers in Britain have agreed that the only sane reaction to the [[HatePlague Crossed virus]] is to set off a base full of chemical weapons and hope enough of the uninfected survivors (which they estimate at about 50,000, from a population of 60 million) have access to biohazard gear to rebuild in the aftermath.
28	* ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'': While so much as looking at {{Eldritch Abomination}}s is enough to drive a normal person mad, the sight of Mia going OneWingedAngel will ''outright kill them''. This is part of the reason why the Pale Court launches its attack in the middle of downtown New York City; the presence of so many innocent witnesses hamstrings the Vigil by preventing Mia from involving herself in the fight, thus stripping them of one of their most powerful assets. However, the Vigil decides the threat presented by the Court's public attack is so great that they have no choice ''but'' to unleash her despite the risk of collateral damage.
29	** [[TheGrimReaper Bernie's]] nature actually ''invokes'' this: No matter how much she might like to, her scythe won't even touch a monster that's ''below'' a certain power level. Once again, the Pale Court takes advantage of this by sending a monster to New York that's too far below that threshold, [[spoiler:and sends one that she ''can'' fight as a distraction to draw her away as part of Maria's plan]].
30	*** Bernie's own OneWingedAngel form falls under this as well; as apparently even her ''Death Knights'' can't tolerate the sight of her, so she's only "seen" using it once against a sufficiently powerful threat.
31	* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'':
32	** The people of Pacificus are a PerfectPacifistPeople, relying on their psychic "disapproval" powers to defend themselves from invaders. At times, however, that has failed... So their queen Reginella has come up with ''two'' such solutions:
33	*** Her go-to solution is to summon Donald Duck, knowing he'll unleash a terrifying amount of violence on the invaders and risk the peaceful ways of her people... But better ''that'' than let her subjects be enslaved or worse. Also, if he has the chance he's more than willing to use less violent means.
34	** In "The Terran Threat" a billionaire had managed to find a way to neutralize the "disapproval" by spreading consumism and built a vacation resort for the wealthy, thus creating a threat to Pacificus' way of life and eventually freedom much greater than Donald's violence would ever cause. Upon Donald's arrival he and Reginella came up with a ''peaceful'' plan to foil billionaire's plan by having Donald take over the resort and run it into the ground... But then it's discovered the Terrans' had unwittingly infected the Pacificans around the resort with a virus and they needed to be removed ''now'' before things could get worse, and while Donald could simply be asked to leave everyone else would resist... Thus pushing Reginella to use her full power and drive them all into a barely controlled panic, knowing that many could die in the resulting stampede to reach the spaceship and that the strain could well kill her (why she and her predecessors had resorted to literally everything else). It works and she survives, but she's so disfigured she takes to wearing a mask until she's healed.
35	** Played for laughs in ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''. In chapter "The King of the Klondike", Scrooge [=McDuck=] needs money ''quick'', so he resorts to means the stingiest duck in history would ''never'' want to consider.
36	--->'''Scrooge [=McDuck=]:''' "I need more cash, but I can't waste any more time '''''[[BoldInflation earning]]''''' it! I must resort to '''''desperate''''' and '''''shameful''''' means! I need to (shudder) ''get a loan!''"
37	* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': Doctor Strange has to pull out these options quite a bit. In one memorable multi-part storyline from the late 60's, he went through a whole ''chain'' of these; to defeat Dormammu's sister, Umar, he had to free the awesomely powerful demon Zom; to defeat Zom, he had to [[ItMakesSenseInContext yank out some of its hair]], which spread evil magic all over the world and also summoned the Living Tribunal, who threatened to destroy Earth unless Strange could remove all the evil magic he had unleashed; to gather together all the evil magic, he had to give it all to [[TheRival Baron Mordo]], giving him a tremendous power-up; to defeat the empowered Mordo, he had to use an ArtifactOfDoom given to him by the ObviouslyEvil entity Nebulos, which gave all the evil power to ''it'' instead. Finally, he aided the Living Tribunal in defeating Nebulos, and the Tribunal then declared Earth was safe, ending the chain.
38	* ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'': It takes the impending end of existence, facing ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} at the height of his power and with no other options left for ComicBook/{{Batman}} to finally [[BatmanGrabsAGun use a gun]]. The crisis is ''so'' bad that Superman, Wally West, and even the just-returned from the dead Barry Allen also make their own attempts to kill Darkseid.
39	* ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'':
40	** During the Blight sub-story, Constantine and Nightmare Nurse invoke the Blackmare Curse, manifesting their own repressed darkness, in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'' #27 to fight Blight. Just when they have Blight down, Nightmare Nurse turns on Constantine and hurls both of them off the George Washington Bridge into the river.
41	** In ''JLD'' #29, Zatanna uses a massive teleportation spell to get the freed mystic prisoners out of Nanda Parbat before the area's spirits complete their spell to teleport the entire temple complex to another realm. Phantom Stranger warns her that teleporting so many different mystics at once could be hazardous to reality itself, but she does it anyway and there seem to be no immediate repercussions.
42	* ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'': An issue of the original 1980's comic had a Cobra base at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico using ultrasonics to kill the local sea life. The base was so heavily armored that the government almost called in a nuclear strike against it. Averted at the last minute when someone realized they could just drop enough conventional explosives to achieve the same force.
43	* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'': In the Creator/IDWPublishing ''ComicBook/GodzillaOngoing'' comic, Boxer, former SAS soldier and leader of the team that captured most of the kaiju, decides it's time to free the monsters [[spoiler:to battle Hedorah, Gigan, Space Godzilla, and Monster X when they appear and attack.]]
44	* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': In ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', the heroes release the Parallax entity and allow it to repossess Hal Jordan in order to defeat Black Lantern [[ComicBook/TheSpectre Spectre]]. This is the same entity who nearly destroyed the ''entire universe'' with Jordan the first time. And then ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'' sees the heroes unleash not only Parallax again, but also Nekron, the BigBad of ''Blackest Night'', to defeat Volthoom.
45	* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': During ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'', Tony Stark gives his second-in-command the authority to send the whole of Manhattan into the Negative Zone if things with the Hulk get out of hand. Meanwhile, they repeatedly attempt to bring in ComicBook/TheSentry to fight the Hulk, and ComicBook/DoctorStrange sees fit to drink in the essence of a universe-destroying demon. Both of these options end up making the situation worse.
46	* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': After every attempt to stop the Plutonian has failed, world governments unleash their final gambit by releasing the Eleo, extra-dimensional beings whose radioactive presence will kill the majority of life on Earth (or what remains of it at least). As benevolent organisms who are also Plutionian's parents, they are powerful enough to forcibly send him to the end of time, where he will never hurt anyone again. He is later rescued to absorb the radiation, which kills him in the process, meaning the plan succeeded at the cost of extra death and destruction.
47	* ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'': Invoked when [[LaResistance a resistance group]] against [[TheCaligula the Death Queen]] are seriously considering releasing Satyricon, a powerful and terrible demon he nearly devastated the [[TheUnderworld the Underrealm]] and he had to be sealed inside a cave because it was impossible to destroy him. [[TheObiWan Wargoth]], who was responsible for locking him up in the first place, strongly opposes this idea but he is overruled, the rebels in favor say they prefer a quick destruction than a slow one. In the end, [[spoiler:they decide to not go through releasing him and Death Queen is later defeated through other means, with that said Satyricon manages to find his own way out...]]
48	* ''ComicBook/NickFury'': Nick Fury's worst case scenario plan for if Doctor Doom ever gets too out of hand is to drop the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] on one side of Latveria and ComicBook/ThePunisher on the other, and see who gets to the middle first.
49	* ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'': The story "Micro Managing" (DC run) had the Micro-Puffs--three sprite avatars of the girls who show up to yank their chains--brainwashing Bubbles and Buttercup into thinking they should be the leader of the team. It doesn't work on Blossom as she's already the leader. Things get out of hand, so Blossom is consigned to recruiting someone as treacherous as the Micro-Puffs to stop them: Mojo Jojo.
50	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
51	** When Sonic is roboticized into Mecha Sonic, the Freedom Fighters are forced to do the same to Knuckles, though they take precautions to make sure he keeps his free will.
52	** The "Enerjak Rising" storyline was just one big conga line of thresholds being reached. When Knuckles couldn't be found, the first thing they did was stop Dr. Eggman and called a truce in order to capture Enerjak. Sally was barely able to contact G.U.N. and they ended up sending ''their'' threshold, Shadow the Hedgehog. When Enerjak proved to be too much, Shadow reached his own and removed his limiters in an attempt to stop him. Locke grabs Sonic and Julie-Su and gives them a new version of the Chaos Siphon in an attempt to stop Enerjak, knowing it'll kill him (and knowing it's Knuckles in reality), but Sonic smashes it. Then, Sonic throws himself on the cursed Master Emerald in an attempt to become Super Sonic (which works). All of this leads to the last threshold: [[spoiler:Locke sacrificing himself to end the curse and rescue Knuckles]].
53	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'':
54	** Blaze notes that using all the Sol Emeralds to enter her SuperMode is extremely risky, but decides that [[spoiler:liberating Angel Island]] is worth that risk.
55	** The [[ZombieApocalypse Metal Virus]] survivors' plan in the "All or Nothing" arc is chalk-loaded with risks -- [[spoiler:especially Sonic and co.'s EnemyMine with Eggman and Metal Sonic]] -- but as Cream points out to Whisper, it's all worthwhile if it means restoring their Zombot-ified loved ones to normal and saving the world. Even Whisper [[spoiler:(who hates Eggman even more than Cream claims to know)]] can't deny that logic.
56	*** Another significant risk, as noted by Starline, is the Warp Topaz overloading from exposure to the Chaos Emeralds' power, with catastrophic results. The other survivors disregard his warnings, [[spoiler:but Super Sonic and Super Silver eventually find out Starline was right when they notice the Warp Topaz overreacting to their powers. Since they're out of time and options, they carry on, destroying the Metal Virus, but thereafter the Warp Topaz explodes from the overload. The results aren't as bad as Starline feared, but Sonic vanishes without a trace]].
57	* ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'': In issue #29, Amanda Waller plans to force the Thinker-possessed OMAC through an interdimensional portal and make him another universe's problem if Kevin Kho can't retake control of it. At the last second, Kho appears to have beaten the Thinker and taken OMAC's body back. Then Captain Boomerang jumps him and knocks him into the portal.
58	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}'': An EldritchAbomination is released in a desperate attempt to get it to communicate with another EldritchAbomination who's wreaking havoc on the world.
59	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
60	** The Doomsday Protocol was a backup plan in case of a threat similar to Doomsday (i.e., it can't be stopped by [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica the JLA]] combined), which was meant to avert this trope. [[RetGone It was never brought up again after Superman's return]].
61	** From ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'': "What have we got to '''lose'''? Release all those '''supervillains''' Luthor created over the years!" Doomsday was set loose on the National Mall in hopes of ''damage control''.
62	** In ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', Superman fears he may have to break his [[ThouShaltNotKill moral code]] and kill [[WellIntentionedExtremist H'el]] to stop him from trying to resurrect Krypton at the expense of Earth. [[spoiler:However, it's ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} who defeats H'el.]]
63	** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga'', Superman ''is'' forced to break his moral code to execute three Kryptonian criminals. He... doesn't take it very well.
64	** In ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomed'', Superman is being turned into a Doomsday-like out-of-control monster. Fearing hurting anybody, he leaves Earth. ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} -who back then [[ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton was using her rage to protect the galaxy as a Red Lantern]]- suggests he merely needs to learn how to channel his anger properly and takes him to a planet which is being devoured by a planet-eater so he can cut loose. When Superman objects he doesn't want to make everything worse she asks "How?"
65	--->'''Superman:''' They're... evacuating?\
66	'''Supergirl:''' Yes. Something down there's destroying the Moon. Everyone here's about to die... unless you help them. What's the problem, Kal?\
67	'''Superman:''' I... I don't want to make things worse.\
68	'''Supergirl:''' I don't see how that's remotely possible...
69	** In ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', the GreaterScopeVillain is [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]] and the only thing the cast knows about him at the time is that his power dwarfs even ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}. With the exception of the [[BigGood Big Three]] (Superman, Batman, & ComicBook/WonderWoman), almost the entire Justice League of America, virtually all of Earth's superheroes, go to confront him on Mars. [[CurbStompBattle It doesn't go well for them]], and the only person to come close to actually injuring him is his counterpart ComicBook/CaptainAtom.
70	** In ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'', Mr. Mxyzptlk reveals that he, as an immortal, has grown bored and decided to spend the next few millennia being evil. It's thanks to him that the events of the story play out, from previously harmless villains turning into murderers to his most dangerous foes showing up to kill him, all before Mxy himself tries to kill Supes. Seeing the sort of danger that [[RealityWarper a reality-warping sorcerer]] who could decide to be evil on a whim can be, Superman makes the choice to use the Phantom Zone projector. Not just banishing him, but giving him just enough time to see it and try to teleport back to the Fifth Dimension, [[PortalCut ripping him in half between realities.]] Lois comforts Superman and points out that there really was no other way to stop him, but [[ThouShaltNotKill Superman's]] ''intention'' to kill ultimately drives him to remove his powers and hang up his cape.
71	* ''ComicBook/TheThanosImperative'': Faced with the unstoppable and flat-out unkillable threat of the Cancerverse, Star-Lord figures a good idea is take Thanos and throw him at it, on the grounds the situation cannot get any worse (and if something goes wrong, at least Thanos will happen to a universe which has already been wrecked first). Notably, everyone, Thanos included, point out this is a ''bad'' idea.
72	* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'':
73	** In the ''Headmasters'' miniseries, Lord Zarak of the Nebulan Council of Peers did [[CorruptPolitician whatever he could]] to paint Fortress Maximus' band of Autobot colonists as hostile invaders, in contrast to his political opponent Galen, who was willing to negotiate peacefully. When Zarak couldn't turn public opinion against Galen and the Autobots fast enough, he resorted to inviting the Decepticons to Nebulos in the hopes that ''they'' would get rid of the Autobots. When Galen and his allies binary-bonded with several Autobots to become Headmasters to fight back against the Decepticons, Zarak opted to binary-bond with the Decepticon leader, Scorponok. Once he realized that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he had brought Nebulos to the brink of destruction]], he convinced Galen to take the Autobots and flee, while he would take the Decepticons to pursue them, exiling themselves from Nebulos but giving their homeworld a chance to recover.
74	** Later in the main series, Optimus Prime decides to surrender to Scorponok in order to bring the Autobots and Decepticons together so that they can combine their forces to fight [[PlanetEater Unicron]]. Prime considered it a necessary move because Thunderwing had disappeared with the [[MacGuffin Creation Matrix]]. Ironically, Zarak's influence on Scorponok made opening negotiations for the Autobots and Decepticons to fight together possible.
75	** In the City of Fear/Legion of the Lost/Meltdown storyline (only appearing in the UK Marvel Transformers comic), the Autobots face a zombie apocalypse in the Kalis region of Cybertron, when mad scientist Flame reanimates an army of undead Transformers. The Autobots first metaphorically cross the Godzilla Threshold by deciding to join forces with captured Decepticon, Flywheels, and then release him to allow him to go and get reinforcements (since the zombies pose a threat to the Decepticons as well). Flywheels then literally crosses the Godzilla Threshold by summoning the giant Decepticon Trypticon to come and help with the crisis, whose gigantic fire-breathing dinosaur alt-mode is itself strongly inspired by Godzilla.
76	* ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersMegaseries Transformers: Stormbringer]]'':
77	** The mere presence of [[TheJuggernaut Thunderwing]] is enough for Megatron to order his flagship to hit Cybertron with everything they have. Even the [[BadassCrew Predacons]] balk a little at this order, though Razorclaw says that if the choice is between destroying Cybertron or letting Thunderwing go on a rampage again, the planet is toast (though he is willing to give the Autobots time to TakeAThirdOption). For that matter, Thunderwing's original rampage resulted in the Autobots and Decepticons resorting to EnemyMine.
78	** A smaller scale version occurs in Spotlight: Arcee, where the Decepticon siege of Garrus-9 is bad enough that Jetfire and Fortress Maximus decide to release [[AxCrazy Arcee]] in order to prevent the Decepticons getting their hands on [[CombiningMecha Monstructor]]. While the Cons are still able do so, her presence does insure that they're driven off before they can slaughter everyone else.
79	* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'':
80	** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'':
81	*** Faced with the end of the world, Nick Fury tells his tech people to forget the budget restrictions so he can use his outfit's light-sensitive mode for sixty seconds. Doesn't work, since Herr Kleiser can see him anyway.
82	*** Banner's work on the Super Soldier Program was a failure, to say the least, but he got a huge budget increase nonetheless. The growing threat of super humans and super terrorists demand a solution, and pronto.
83	*** Faced with the Chitauri's last option, a big-ass bomb which will blow up the entire solar system, and with their previous three plans dead in the water, Fury gives permission to "traumatize Banner". Meaning, to force him to turn into the Hulk.
84	** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': The US government agreed to cease using Sentinels, but on finding out where Magneto's base is give them one list mission, figuring the opportunity is too good to pass up. It doesn't work. It really, ''really'' doesn't work.
85	** ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'': Reed figures out a way to hurt Gah Lak Tus, perhaps even kill it, but figures it's a crime against nature. [[spoiler:The idea is to build a BFG that shoots it with the energy of another universes' big bang.]]
86	** ''ComicBook/UltimateVision'': The satellite is blowing up, and a message that a scientist managed to send included the words "Gah Lak". Nick Fury ordered to deploy the bombers codenamed Ares.
87	--->'''Technician:''' Ares? Colonel, we can't use nukes so close to a major population center. Not without presidential authorization.
88	--->'''Nick Fury:''' Good point. [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight I'll raise it at my next confession]]
89	* ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'':
90	** Every time Kandrakar intervenes through the Guardians: as a rule, Kandrakar is neutral and meant to provide advice and training to heroes, and at most sending heroes from a world to one that needs them, so the Guardians of Kandrakar showing up to solve a situation means things have gone ''really'' south - or someone hostile to Kandrakar just won't listen to reason, hence [[GunboatDiplomacy the Oracle sending his five incredibly powerful agents to negotiate as a warning to stop pushing it]]. And then there are the rare occasions the Guardians are not (apparently) enough...
91	** The world of Metamoor was host to Phobos, an extremely dangerous mage who is implied to be incredibly ancient and reincarnating, and generations of Guardians have proven unable to capture him. Thus Kandrakar isolated Metamoor through a magical Veil that while it can be crossed by others through its holes it ''will'' keep Phobos contained until some generation of Guardians can finally capture him (the current generation being the one to finally succeed).
92	** Nerissa, [[FallenHero the corrupt Keeper of the Heart in the previous generation of Guardians]], managed to steal the Heart of Kandrakar, and is now attacking Kandrakar itself. The Oracle ''immediately'' orders to use the Resonance, a powerful spell that may destroy Kandrakar - because while the destruction of Kandrakar would mean the complete destruction of the universe using the Resonance carries a ''risk'', and not using it would mean Nerissa ''will'' destroy Kandrakar and the universe with it. The Resonance fails, but at least slows Nerissa long enough for the current Guardians to recover and stop her.
93	** During the third arc, some humans were on the verge of exposing Will and her friends as possessing magic, prompting the Oracle to intervene personally to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia make them forget]].
94	** The New Power arc takes name from what the Oracle resorted to: having realized there's some threat to Kandrakar but unable to identify it he releases the ''full'' power of the Guardians, weakening Kandrakar terribly in the process, and isolates the otherwise defenseless Kandrakar for the time being.
95	* ''ComicBook/XMen''
96	** Alpha Red from ''ComicBook/XMen 92'' is a MonsterProgenitor of such lethal efficacy that the X-Men are forced to use the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Darkhold]] to ''turn every vampire in existence human permanently''. As one might expect, tampering with reality on this scale has major consequences that come back to bite them further in the run.
97	** Clan Akkaba is an AncientConspiracy-perpetuating cult made up of descendants of perennial ''X-Men'' BigBad ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, and at any time the Clan can awaken and summon Big Blue if ever they need him. Thing is, Apocalypse is a SocialDarwinist of genocidal proportions and the Clan all subscribe to his philosophy, so any time they summon Apocalypse the strongest member of their Clan, dubbed "The Fittest", is slain by 'Poccy as the price for being so weak as to request a boon from him.
98	** One of the first X-villains to evoke this kind of response was the high-order RealityWarper Proteus, who was so powerful he made ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' break down sobbing. His one WeaksauceWeakness was metal, which ultimately forced GentleGiant Colossus to ShootTheDog as literally no one else on the team could possibly stop him.
99	** In the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' ComicBook/{{Magneto}} treats [[Characters/MarvelComicsExodus Exodus]] as this, intentionally holding back the full extent of the boy's abilities as a SuperpowerLottery winner out of concern that knowledge of his full power would corrupt him. When Sentinels attack a human settlement, he is forced to cross the Threshold and reveal to Exodus his ability to teleport.
100	** ''ComicBook/XMenRed2022'': During the events of ''ComicBook/AXEJudgmentDay'', Cable breaks out a {{BFG}} which even in the BadFuture he came from was outlawed, just to try and stop [[TheJuggernaut Uranos]]. And it doesn't do anything.
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