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 Eldritch Transformation.
- Downplayed: After gaining new powers, Claire has a bit of a Red Right Hand.
- Justified:
- The powers have limitations so that whoever uses them doesn't become too strong.
- The tentacles are organs that help Claire control her strengthened powers.
- Inverted:
- With Great Power Comes Great Hotness
- Claire already had tentacles growing out of her back, but she lost them when her powers got stronger.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: Claire 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 Lovecraftian Superpower.
- Defied: Claire tries to use skills that don't cause the user of the skill to become deformed.
- Discussed: Claire talks with a friend about whether it would be worth strengthening her powers if it means growing tentacles out of her back.
- 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 horrifying Painful Transformation.
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