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While adding or removing characters' superpowers can be controversial (especially if it's just [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]), the actual ''mechanics'' don't need a lot of explanation for the fans to accept it. The [[Fan Wank|logic wonk]] occurs when, rather than go [[Power Creep, Power Seep|"up" or "down"]] with how his power works, the direction goes "cantaloupe", and the character gains an entirely new set of superpowers.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The obviously human Guy Gardner, an artifact-user [[Superhero]] in the [[Green Lantern]] Corps, suffered from this, when he was revealed to have an alien heritage with [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] powers, mainly to give him the ability to use [[BFG
** This eventually went ''both'' ways, with Guy having his alien DNA rewritten so that he lost the shapeshifting powers. At the same time, the brain damage that kept him from using the Green Lantern ring was cured, so he went back to being another Green Lantern.
* Speedball, a happy-go-lucky character who once had the power to bounce around invulnerably, recently turned into "Penance", an angsty, masochistic energy blaster who needs to torture himself to get his powers to work.
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* An example of the second kind appears in ''[[Kingdom Come]]'' in the form of the godlike [[The Flash|Flash]], who is so fast that he ''pulls the narrator into the story''.
** Needs clarification. The "narrator" is a character who lives in the setting, he's just hanging out on the ethereal plane with the Spectre watching the story when the Flash (who at this point is [[Power Incontinence|locked into]] [[Super Speed]] and thus is constantly on the threshold between dimensions) is able to see him and pull him back to the material plane.
* A recent popular fan idea was "What if [[Batman]] became a [[Green Lantern]]?", because for some reason giving the [[Memetic Mutation|Goddamn Batman]], who already has [[Plot Armor]] like crazy, a weapon based on intelligence, creativity, and willpower is ''such a good idea''. This was actually done in an Elseworld as an alternative to his choosing to become a tech- and detective-focused hero, and Geoff Johns answered the question in the canon DCU with "he couldn't handle it" (but did hint he'd be an excellent member of the Sinestro Corps) because a Green Lantern has to deal with his worst fears daily, and Batman has never managed to get past
** This was lampshaded in an episode of ''[[The Batman]]'' where he and [[Green Lantern]] teamed up to fight Sinestro.
*** ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' did this too. Although the more lighthearted version of Batman only got green armor that was fueled by Batsy's Willpower, it was still a hell of a combo.
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** Some fanboys have also wanted to see Superman with a ring because it's just that much more power. Clark did try out a ring during his year being powerless, but he was powerless in the first place because he wasn't ready to return to his superhero career so, while he could use the ring just fine, it didn't create a costume.
*** He took Guy Gardner's ring in an [[Armageddon 2001]] alternate future, but then he gave it back to Hal Jordan because he already had too much power, and absolute power corrupts.
*** At one point recently (? Within the last
** Alan Moore gave us Sodam Yat, a Daxamite Green Lantern, back in 1986, who possessed all of [[Superman]]'s powers, and all of [[Green Lantern]]'s as well. Granted he only appeared in a single panel, but he was a major figure in Moore's proposed ''Twilight Of The Superheroes'' mini-series.
* Marvel's ''[[Power Pack]]'', a team of four children and then teenage heroes with four different superpowers, have [[Powers as Programs|swapped them all around]], at least twice. The eldest, Alex, even used to swipe his siblings' powers for jaunts with the [[New Warriors]]. Check out [[The Other Wiki]] for who's had what.
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