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** Don't forget the piece he uses against A.M.A.Z.O. when it copies Superman's powers (and weaknesses.)
{{quote|'''Hawkgirl''': Do you always keep that in your belt?
'''Batman''': Call it...insurance. ([[Grappling Hook Pistol|grapples away]])
'''Hawkgirl''': And they call me scary. }}
** ''[[The Batman]]'' has an incredibly cynical version. When Batman got a piece of kryptonite off of Metallo, not only did he keep it, he ''lied about giving it back'' (he gave Supes a fake one and kept the real one). He did it to "get even" with Superman for finding out his identity. However, by the end of the episode, it's the idealistic version, as they have settled their differences, and when Batman offers to give Supes the ''real'' kryptonite, Superman says to keep it. It still goes to show you that Batman really doesn't like anyone being nearly as [[Crazy Prepared]] as him.
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** The ''Batman/Superman'' comic ''combines'' the idealistic and cynical versions: after a long-term mission to destroy all the kryptonite on Earth, Superman saves one piece, which he gives to Batman for emergencies. Batman takes it to a lead-lined room in the deepest area of the Batcave... which is ''already'' filled with multiple kinds of kryptonite!
** The trope is referenced, as always in combination with [[Crazy Prepared]], when in the first episode of ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', Jaime Reyes asks his friend who he thinks would win: Batman (no kryptonite) or mind-controlled Superman. He then informs his friend, who answered "Superman", that it was a trick question: "Batman ''always'' has kryptonite".
** To a lesser extent, the ''[[Shazam]]!'' Captain Marvel is employed occasionally as the one superhero tough enough to take on a controlled Superman if necessary. Or rather, he's tough enough to stall Supes in a fistfight long enough to call his magical lightning enough times to knock out his Kryptonian foe.
** From the Legion of Superheroes example above: General Zod's son, Drax, stole Brainiac 5's kryptonite and tries to use it on Supes, but Superman kicked him through a conveniently placed [[Phantom Zone]] portal, ''before he could even open the lead container''.
** [[Pre Crisis]], Superman's heat vision could melt kryptonite, rendering it useless [[Fridge Logic|somehow]]. This usually worked only on small pieces, though; in one instance a large meteor of the stuff fell next to him and incapacitated him before he could melt it.
** Referenced in ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', but it's noted that Superman has grown more and more powerful as he's aged and absorbed more solar energy, and Kryptonite doesn't really work on him anymore.
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** Given his backstory (and more than one other story arc), that might be less "in case he gets brainwashed" and more "when he gets brainwashed. Again."
*** Of course his son now has it. Though at least Wolverine was able to use to kill Sabertooth first (not sure if it actually stuck).
* There's no actual power-cancelling device, but ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise]]'' begins with Zuko asking Aang to kill him if he ever starts following in his father's footsteps. This comes directly after the series finale, which Aang spent trying to find a way around executing Zuko's dad (who is pretty much the most despicable man alive). And succeeded. He's not exactly thrilled, but Zuko insists he promise.
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