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[[File:manhats.jpg|link=Watchmen (comics)|frame|Dr. Manhattan, giving "[[Flipping the Bird|the finger]]" a whole new meaning.]]

 

''I'm a walking disaster, I'm a demolition man''|'''[[The Police]]''', "Demolition Man"}}

 

*** {{spoiler|The writer notes that she is basically the Phoenix from ''X-Men'', sans-psychic powers.}}

** It's important to consider that the Doctor not only has the technological knowledge of the Time Lords, but also constant access to the same kind of omnipotence as mentioned above, which he probably could use even more effectively, thanks to his advanced understanding of physics. And using it would only cost him a regeneration, not result in any kind of permanent damage. The only reason he doesn't is that he doesn't trust his own morals.

 

 

* Id from ''[[Xenogears]]''. Destroying a village by a momentary outbreak, wiping out an entire army, fighting [[Humongous Mecha|Gears]] bare handed...

* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' has the Greybeards, who, much like Black Bolt above, have taken a vow of silence because their voices are too powerful. Only one of them can talk to you without making the ground shake. Luckily for others, they [[All Powerful Bystander|stay on their monastery at the world's tallest mountain, not getting involved with Skyrim's problems]]

* The player in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] II'' is constantly accused of being one, having destroyed worlds both accidentally and on purpose.

** Darth Nihilus is a frighteningly literal example. He's more like an [[Eldritch Abomination]] than a man at this point and when he sees the Force, he goes and devours the entire planet to sate his hunger. An entire planet, Katarr, had all life on it wiped out, except for one person who became his apprentice.

* Noor and all the outsiders really in ''[[Project 0]]''. Probably the reason for the [[Fantastic Racism]].

* Black Mage in ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]]''. The [[Kamehame Hadoken|Hadoken's]] effects were explicitly referred to as similar to a nuclear explosion when it was first used.

** It is explained early on that Black Mage is actually a nexus of magical energy in human form, which may explain his vast power.

** It probably helps that the Hadoken is literally fueled by [[The Power of Love]] as well. As in, it drains some love from the universe, enough to up the divorce rate slightly with each blast. Good thing it usually has a once-per-day limit.

== Web Original ==

* From the ''Union'' series, Tank born Shadow Agents, depending on the Country/Colony of origin, have a kill switch installed, resulting in [[The Berserker]]. To quote a passage from the story:

* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' there is Quantum, a who can [[Reality Warper|manipulate matter and energy on the quantum level]]. His death (he literally exploded after being mortally wounded while battling an alien invasion fleet) vaporized Triton. You know... the largest of Neptune's moons?

* Pretty much all the humans and humanoids housed by the [[SCP Foundation]] (and that may or may not include the ''researchers'').

** Or what we found out in "Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy": the part of her that is not Billie Wilson is older than Mankind and has destroyed entire interplanetary civilizations.

* Explored and deconstructed in Sam Hughes' [http://qntm.org/structure Fine Structure] science fiction series. Here's a relevant quote discussing why superhumans make terrible weapons of mass destruction:

It makes you think. }}

* Being a pilot in ''[[Pilots]]'' requires a mindset that is more or less directly antithetical to militarism or aggression, and you can't coerce them because that breaks the mental state required to [[Teleporters and Transporters|switch]]. However, the [[Teleporters and Transporters|mechanics of]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|the power]] can be quite destructive -- there are several cases of accidental pushback or too-small switch spheres that cause many deaths -- and it gets even worse with the ADPs. X is discovered when he creates pushback that is initially mistaken for a major earthquake, [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|by accident]].

* [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Aang]] (and any Avatar actually) when in his [[Physical God]] mode. In season one final he single-handly wiped out the Fire Nation fleet sent to destroy '''a whole nation'''. There were attempts to use this power as a [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]] -- all of which, as you can guess, [[Curb Stomp Battle|didn’t end well.]]

** And anyone in the Avatar State in general, in fact. Subverted, however, in that there is one critical weakness to this state, as Roku points out:

'''Roku:''' If you are killed in the Avatar State, the reincarnation cycle will be broken, [[Killed Off for Real|and the Avatar will cease to exist.]] }}