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1->''"I took the easy route, once. It got me fame, fortune and glory. But it was all hollow. [[RichesToRags When I fell, I fell hard]]. I lost everything. But I'm back now, [[TheAtoner and this time, I'm doing it right]]. And don't think for a moment that I'll let anything get in my way. [[BadassBoast 'Cause if you give me that moment... I win!]]"''
2-->-- '''T.J. Combo''', ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct2013''
3
4->'''Snake:''' Now you’re a mere mortal, just like us.\
5'''Vamp:''' But can you kill ''this'' mere mortal?
6-->-- ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''
7
8->''"I'm not the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] anymore. Just his dad."''
9-->-- '''Bruce Banner''', accompanying [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk his son Skaar]]'s DynamicEntry during ''ComicBook/DarkReign''
10
11->'''Buffy''': Okay, so we know where Glory's from. What do we know about her? You know, she's tough, yeah, but... but [[ShockAndAwe no bolts of lightning]]. No [[PlayingWithFire blasts of fire]]. Shouldn't a god be able to do that kind of stuff?\
12'''Giles''': Uh, usually, yes, but, um, [[GodInHumanForm being in human form]] must be severely limiting her powers. All we have to worry about right now is she's [[{{Immortality}} immortal]], [[NighInvulnerability invulnerable]], and [[AxCrazy insane]].\
13'''Xander''': A ''crazy'' hell-god? And the fun just keeps on leaving.
14-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E13BloodTies Blood Ties]]"
15
16->[''A BroughtDownToNormal Buffy comes across a thug harassing a girl in the park'']\
17'''Buffy''': Hey! Do we need to go over what "no" means? 'Cause I promise you won't like my lesson plan.\
18'''Thug''': What are you gonna do about it, Ronda Rousey? I mean, now that you're just a girl. That's right. I'm local, I know [[TheChosenOne who you are]]. And who you aren't anymore. I fight MMA. I'm more than twice your size. So maybe you apologize before this turned bad for you.\
19'''Buffy''': If you think I'm some kind of fragile flower all of a sudden, you're the one who's in for a rough night. I trained for years. I've got ''actual'' combat experience, not crossfit and "the Octagon." That doesn't just go away.
20-->--''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer, Season Eleven''
21
22->'''Mega Man:''' [[PowerCopying Now I've got your power!]]\
23'''Pharaoh Man:''' ...\
24[[TalkToTheFist (Pharaoh Man punches Mega Man away)]]
25-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears''
26
27->''"Puppet or not, I still got it!"''
28-->-- '''AP ([[ForcedTransformation formerly]] Captain Atomic)''', ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet''
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30->''"What would happen when we turn the magic off? ''[casts [[AntiMagic Anti-magic Field]]]'' Fascinating. It appears that you [[SquishyWizard cease to be a mighty wizard and become a fragile pointy-eared monkey]]. While I? I am still a dragon."''
31-->-- '''Black Dragon''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
32
33->'''Kai Chisaki''': Because people are endowed with these things called "Quirks," they can dream. [[IJustWantToBeSpecial Dream that maybe they can be someone that matters]]. They're all sick in the head! So wipe that smile off your face! [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Thanks to the power of that girl you were trying to save,]] everything you've worked so hard to cultivate...[[DePower has been reduced to naught!]]\
34'''[[spoiler:Mirio Togata]]''': ''[continuing to fight]'' Focus on your opponent, and predict their next action...! Nothing...! [[ShutUpHannibal Nothing I've done up to now will ever be useless!]] I will always be [[spoiler:Lemillion]]!
35-->-- ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''
36
37->'''Harry:''' [[PowerLimiter These bands?]] They don't turn off my psychic powers. They just prevent me from using them beyond my own body. It's why I could only break the mental enchantment on you when I was touching you. I've still got [[PsychicPowers all that power]]...it's just turned inwards. Which means I can use it to supercharge my body. Which means that while I'm not going to be winning any arm-wrestling contests with the Hulk, I'd still have my arm afterwards if I tried."
38-->--''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm''
39
40->''"Even without magic, I'm never powerless. Or any less dangerous."''
41-->-- '''Richard''', ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup''
42
43->''"I trained with Batman. With the Amazons. I know first level Klurkor. Just because I can't use heat vision doesn't mean I'm helpless."''
44-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman''
45
46->''"I was kicking butt long before I got this ring!"''
47-->-- '''[[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]]''', ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries''
48
49->''"Well played, but futile. You have reduced me from an immortal to a wizard of ultimate power over the ten levels of magic. Fools."''
50-->-- '''Lich''', ''Webcomic/EightBitTheatre''
51
52->''"The last vestiges of [[WorldsStrongestMan my title]], shed with thy wings. [[PurposelyOverpowered Thou shall not find me the weaker for it.]]"''
53-->-- '''The Old Man of the Mountain''', ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''
54
55->'''Matthew:''' We were the [[EnergyBeings blue electric angels]]. We could be in a thousand places at once and still be whole, we could bounce off the moon for sport and skim the sum total of the world's knowledge in an instant, ride the signal from America to Zimbabwe without even travelling, the world moving around us, we flew on radio waves three times around the Earth and knew every inch of atmosphere we touched as we went by. We were gods. Now we are just... ''mortal.''
56->'''Bakker:''' I see. [[ManChild You really are just a child in this place]], aren't you? A child [[PersonOfMassDestruction with a lot of power]].
57-->--''[[Literature/MatthewSwift A Madness Of Angels]]''
58
59->''"I spent ages desperately trying to regain the powers I'd lost... nothing worked. And yet, through all my miserable failures, I'd made big developments in areas of great value to a market I hadn't considered: villains. It wasn't until I'd struck it rich selling my goods to all those crooks that I realized something very important... you don't need powers to ''have'' power!"''
60-->--'''Professor Venomous''', ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''
61
62->Ozriel stood next to him in black armor, white hair flowing behind him, a satisfied smile on his face. "So Daruman told you I was weak, did he?"\
63Gerravon closed his eyes and remembered his life.\
64"Weak''er''," the Reaper said. "He should have said weak''er''."
65-->-- ''Literature/CradleSeries book 11: Dreadgod''
66
67->''"Sure, none of us can can't use our ki, and you've got 8 years of interpreted dance. However I've got 150 years of accumulated experience from the greatest warriors in the galaxy! [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Also]] [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Vegeta.]]"''
68-->-- '''Cell''', ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}''
69
70->''"This is quite a surprise. Most Devil Fruit power-holders with one such as his would be ineffective as soon as their trump card is taken away from them. Not so with Ace. His powers are not a crutch, but an aid to his own talents. We should expect no less from one of Whitebeard's commanders."''
71-->-- '''Van Auger''' on Portgas D. Ace, ''Manga/OnePiece''

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