Spontaneous Power-ups cont

This kind of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_device]plot device[/url] shows itself in stories where the characters suddenly reveal hidden powers, strategies and techniques (moves) to save themselves from a pinch, no matter how severe the situation is. They either spontaneously invent these new strategies and techniques (moves) OR somehow suddenly acquire new powers OR remember things that they learned/found earlier, which rarely gets even mentioned before, etc. Examples are as many as shounen style stories go...

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