Contagious Powers/Playing With

Basic Trope: People around The Hero gains enough super power to put them on his or her level (and become shouldered with similar responsibilities).
 * Straight: In the Magical Girl anime Troper★Heart, Arisu's bestfriendforever Chiaki become a Magical Girl midway in the series.
 * Exaggerated: By the end of Troper★Heart, all of Arisu's classmates have become magical girls. (All 30 of them.)
 * Downplayed: Chiaki become Mysterious Protector instead.
 * Justified:
 * Anyone with enough "Heart" can become Magical Girl, Chiaki's "Heart" grows from her feeling of wanting to protect Arisu.
 * Arisu's mind generates a field that awakens the power of people around her. And Chiaki is almost always seen near her.
 * Inverted: Troper Heart starts with Arisu and Chiaki the magical girl duo. Midway in the series, Chiaki is Brought Down to Normal.
 * Subverted: Chiaki dons Magical Girl outfit and do the pose... but she can't actually use magic power. The villains promptly thrash her.
 * Double Subverted: But The Powers That Be is impressed with her determination, and exalts her into Magical Girl-hood.
 * Parodied: The contagiousness of Arisu's power turns his not-boyfriend Daisuke into a Magical Girl.
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: In Troper Heart, the nature of Magical Girl power is such that there are few and far between, thus it's a slim chance that people around Arisu have what it takes to be a Magical Girl (no, that quality is not "the ability to keep stiff upper lip").
 * Enforced: The crew behind the show is tired of having to write episodes around Arisu, they want to try Chiaki.
 * Lampshaded: "Tee~hee~, it seems that some of your cool-style rubbed on me!"
 * Invoked: ???
 * Exploited: ???
 * Defied: Queen Superbia kills all of Arisu's friends and families, to prevent Arisu's power to awaken them.
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???

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