Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Achilles' Power Cord

 Achilles' Power Cord
type
FeatureClass
 Achilles' Power Cord
label
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord
page
AchillesPowerCord
 Achilles' Power Cord
comment
If a device requires a power cord to work, it presents a weakness, especially in the case of a Killer Robot, Powered Armor, or other machine that needs to move around. But even stationary ones that have the cords running where people can trip on them can play this one for drama or laughs.
Alternately, the cord is just a few inches too short to reach the outlet, and there's no time to find an extension cord.
Very often intersects with Cut the Juice, when the plug is pulled, although the plot can also revolve around preventing that from happening.
 Achilles' Power Cord
fetched
2024-03-11T14:46:09Z
 Achilles' Power Cord
parsed
2024-03-11T14:46:09Z
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to AIIsACrapshoot: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to DoomsdayDevice: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to EldritchAbomination: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to GoneHorriblyWrong: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to LightningBruiser: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to MegaCrossover: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to RoboticsNotes: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to TheNakedGunTwoAndAHalf: Not an Item - UNKNOWN
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingComment
Dropped link to TimeStandsStill: Not an Item - FEATURE
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingUnknown
RoboticsNotes
 Achilles' Power Cord
processingUnknown
TheNakedGunTwoAndAHalf
 Achilles' Power Cord
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_119b8d7b
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_119b8d7b
comment
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl contains perhaps the most literal example; some of the cronies utilized by Mr. Electricidad are literally powercords. This seems too easy, right? Reach the maximum distance they can stretch and you can beat them easily. Have no fear, though: They can plug into other powercord mooks for a shocking train of baddies.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_119b8d7b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_119b8d7b
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_119b8d7b
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_19528d6b
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_19528d6b
comment
South Park: The Fractured but Whole sees Toolshed (Stan) equipped with a sand blaster that can clear pathways...but he needs an air compressor to use it. Fortunately, the New Kid can use his Fart Powers to provide the necessary force. Before that is discovred, we get this gem between Toolshed and The Coon (Cartman):
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_19528d6b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_19528d6b
featureConfidence
1.0
 South Park: The Fractured but Whole (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_19528d6b
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1a262ab5
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1a262ab5
comment
Get Fuzzy. In the strip for February 26, 2013, Bucky has come up with a wacky invention: a fan that's attached to a person's backside to keep their wallet from overheating their bottom. Rob Wilco wears it as a test but complains that he can't move far due to the 3-foot power cord plugged into a wall socket.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1a262ab5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1a262ab5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Get Fuzzy (Comic Strip)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_1a262ab5
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1b021fcb
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1b021fcb
comment
Subverted during the finale of Tokyo Ghoul. During his battle against Mougan, Koma spots a cord attaching the BFG to its power source and closes the distance to slice it apart. Turns out, Mougan doesn't need the cord and is simply using it to lure his more agile opponent into position for a sneak attack.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1b021fcb
featureApplicability
-0.3
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1b021fcb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Tokyo Ghoul (Manga)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_1b021fcb
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1bd50652
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1bd50652
comment
Not an electrical power cord, but Bane's venom-tubes are a very vulnerable point. In most of his appearances throughout all Batman media, expect them to get severed or damaged at some point.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1bd50652
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1bd50652
featureConfidence
1.0
 Bane (Comic Book)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_1bd50652
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1eedcf3e
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1eedcf3e
comment
In Nicktoons Unite!, after the heroes defeat The Syndicate in the last battle, they're told the Doomsday Device is moments from activating. As the team tries to come up with ways to stop it, the machine suddenly deactivates, all thanks to SpongeBob pulling the plug at the last second.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1eedcf3e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1eedcf3e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Nicktoons Unite! (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_1eedcf3e
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1f77abea
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1f77abea
comment
In the "Horizons" expansion pack for Elite Dangerous, the ship-launched fighters are actually Attack Drones controlled via telepresence. Jumping out or moving more than 30 kilometers away will cause the fighter to self-destruct, and if the mothership is destroyed — with your body still in it — you get booted out of the fighter and ejected back to the insurance ship rebuy screen.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1f77abea
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_1f77abea
featureConfidence
1.0
 Elite: Dangerous / Videogame
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_1f77abea
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_21e76cae
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_21e76cae
comment
In YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG, Alex realizes the only way to defeat Proto-Alex and Essentia is to disconnect their division that will make them whole and leave them vulnerable, allowing Alex to destroy them for good.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_21e76cae
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_21e76cae
featureConfidence
1.0
 YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_21e76cae
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2365cd7a
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2365cd7a
comment
Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space. When a Tin-Can Robot tries to arrest them, Captain Proton and Buster Kincaid keep it busy while TuMok sneaks up behind it and yanks out its power cord.
Later when Proton and TuMok have to shut down a Doomsday Device...
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2365cd7a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2365cd7a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_2365cd7a
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2930aba2
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2930aba2
comment
In Squid Girl, when Ika is facing a robotic version of herself, it would have beaten her if it hadn't been for its power cord stopping it.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2930aba2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2930aba2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Squid Girl (Manga)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_2930aba2
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2bbcacd9
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2bbcacd9
comment
Looney Tunes:
In the short "Ducking the Devil", Daffy Duck tries to calm down the Tasmanian Devil with music and lure him back to the zoo. His first attempt is with a radio... except the cord doesn't reach all the way.
One Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner short has, as one of the Coyote's ideas to catch the Roadrunner, to chase after him on a skateboard with a sail, which would be funneled with an electric fan. The absurdity of him somehow finding a power outlet in the middle of the desert aside, there's only so much cord that will allow him to travel... And yep, it unplugs just before the Coyote sails over yet another cliff. Inertia and gravity then do the rest.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2bbcacd9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2bbcacd9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Looney Tunes
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_2bbcacd9
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2c290b58
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2c290b58
comment
In the first act of Superhero League of Hoboken, Dr Entropy's device is shielded by a force field... but its power cord extends outside the field and plugs into a nearby outlet. Once you've cleared away the trash on the floor to see this, it's easily vanquished.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2c290b58
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2c290b58
featureConfidence
1.0
 Superhero League of Hoboken (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_2c290b58
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2d79d43f
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2d79d43f
comment
Parodied in Hayate the Combat Butler much like everything else, in an early arc featuring Hayate battling a massive robot piloted by the arc's villain — yet another strange person with a weird grudge towards the lady he serves — when the robot suddenly stops dead in its tracks. Hayate and the villain look over and see Hinagiku standing next to an oversized wall outlet holding a giant plug and looking almost embarrassed. Then the villain yelled at Hina that she could have damaged the robot by unplugging it so suddenly while it was on.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2d79d43f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2d79d43f
featureConfidence
1.0
 HayateTheCombatButler
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_2d79d43f
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2e2efbf9
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2e2efbf9
comment
Back to the Future: Doc Brown needs to connect a power line from the top of the clock tower, where a lightning bolt will strike, to ground level, where the DeLorean will use the energy to travel through time. Unfortunately, a random lightning strike knocks a tree branch onto the power cord, disconnecting it.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2e2efbf9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2e2efbf9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Back to the Future
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_2e2efbf9
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f1032e5
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f1032e5
comment
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Mikazuki is unable to use his right eye, right arm, and right leg after using Gundam Barbatos past its safety limits unless he is directly linked to it. This does make it awkward yet humorous when he asks Kudelia for a hug and then asks her to walk towards him due to reaching the end of the cable.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f1032e5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f1032e5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f1032e5
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f3eb71f
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f3eb71f
comment
Invoked in Command & Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour with USA Laser specialist General "Pinpoint" Townes. His laser tanks are more powerful than the standard American Crusader MBT, but they're hooked into his power grid as a Necessary Drawback. His Generals Challenge mission even has "Destroy Six Cold Fusion Reactors" as a secondary objective, which stops his tanks dead in their tracks.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f3eb71f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f3eb71f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Command & Conquer: Generals (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_2f3eb71f
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_34de22dc
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_34de22dc
comment
Played with on two occasions in Mr. Bean.
"The Return of Mr Bean": When Mr Bean is shopping in a department store, he buys a telephone. He tries several of them on display by checking for a dialling tone; of course, none is heard, so he assumes they are not working. Finally, he picks up one not for sale which a member of staff had just used, puts it in his basket and walks off, ripping the plug out of the wall in the process.
"Merry Christmas Mr Bean": Mr Bean takes home a massive Christmas tree from a town display, putting it on the roof of his car and driving off, while the lights are still connected to the electricity. The connection is ripped out in the process.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_34de22dc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_34de22dc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Mr. Bean
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_34de22dc
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_36ee2abe
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_36ee2abe
comment
Paranoia
Adventure Send in the Clones. One of the R&D devices the Troubleshooters must test is a belt device that generates a force field around the wearer. One of its limitations is that it has to be plugged in for it to work, which will severely limit the user's mobility.
Adventure "The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues." The Troubleshooters are issued a Maxwell-Effect Moleculokinetic Field Device. It requires huge amounts of power to activate (too much for easily portable sources like power packs), so when the Troubleshooters go Outside of Alpha Complex they'll have to plug it into their vehicle's power supply. This will effectively prevent them from using it while away from the vehicle.
Supplement Acute Paranoia, adventure "Me and My Shadow Mark IV". When the Mark IV warbot was first designed, Power Services insisted that be powered by a long cord attached to their generators. Since the Mark IV was intended to operate in the Outside beyond Alpha Complex, this demand was ignored.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_36ee2abe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_36ee2abe
featureConfidence
1.0
 Paranoia (Tabletop Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_36ee2abe
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_41a04387
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_41a04387
comment
Gundam Wing has the Gundam Epyon, with a beam saber powerful enough to need a direct connection to the mecha's reactor.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_41a04387
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_41a04387
featureConfidence
1.0
 GundamWing
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_41a04387
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_44fe781e
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_44fe781e
comment
Neon Genesis Evangelion:
The titular EVAs need an external power source to operate for more than a minute at full capacity or five minutes in a weakened state, and an early episode even has Shinji do a power cord transfer at one point to move into an area that his current cord doesn't reach. An attempt was made to copy the S2 engines the Angels used, with disastrous results — although it was implied to have been sabotaged. Unit 01 ends up just taking one directly FROM an Angel.
In the third film, Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0 Q, this problem had been overcome with portable batteries (granted, they had a 14-year time frame to invent one).
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_44fe781e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_44fe781e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Neon Genesis Evangelion
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_44fe781e
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_455e3038
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_455e3038
comment
In the King of the Hill episode "Sug' Night," when Dale learns that Hank had an Erotic Dream of Nancy, he angrily threatens to throw a toaster into Hank's hot tub while he's in it, but the cord is too short.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_455e3038
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_455e3038
featureConfidence
1.0
 King of the Hill
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_455e3038
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_45a5656f
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_45a5656f
comment
BattleTech Expanded Universe:
In the very first novel, Decision at Thunder Rift, thanks to Early-Installment Weirdness, personal laser weapons required bulky, Ghostbusters-style backpacks as power sources, with a cable that ran to the weapon. A guard is equipped with such a weapon when he's attacked by someone with a vibroknife. Naturally, the power cord is cut before he can fire.
In the same trilogy, a fearsome Thunderbolt is crippled after the power cord to its primary weapon, a heavy laser, is severed in battle and unable to be repaired in a timely fashion. Why an integrated arm-mounted weapon needs a power cord is not addressed.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_45a5656f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_45a5656f
featureConfidence
1.0
 BattleTech Expanded Universe (Franchise)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_45a5656f
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_4afc2089
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_4afc2089
comment
In the short "Ducking the Devil", Daffy Duck tries to calm down the Tasmanian Devil with music and lure him back to the zoo. His first attempt is with a radio... except the cord doesn't reach all the way.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_4afc2089
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_4afc2089
featureConfidence
1.0
 Daffy Duck
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_4afc2089
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_4d30cecb
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_4d30cecb
comment
One Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner short has, as one of the Coyote's ideas to catch the Roadrunner, to chase after him on a skateboard with a sail, which would be funneled with an electric fan. The absurdity of him somehow finding a power outlet in the middle of the desert aside, there's only so much cord that will allow him to travel... And yep, it unplugs just before the Coyote sails over yet another cliff. Inertia and gravity then do the rest.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_4d30cecb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_4d30cecb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_4d30cecb
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_5d354f8
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_5d354f8
comment
In the Red Dwarf special "The Promised Land", Rimmer the hologram burns out his light-bee battery and is forced to string a chain of these across the ship in order to stay powered up.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_5d354f8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_5d354f8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Red Dwarf
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_5d354f8
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_6339ad11
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_6339ad11
comment
A Shadow of the Titans: In the Interlude chapter, Evil Dick's unstoppable doomsday weapon is defeated when Star Chan pulls its power cord. The Titans are seriously unimpressed.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_6339ad11
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_6339ad11
featureConfidence
1.0
 A Shadow of the Titans / Fan Fic
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_6339ad11
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_6da9a988
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_6da9a988
comment
Hiding in the basement from the drill-toting killer, the main character in The Slumber Party Massacre picks up a portable circular saw and tries to run with it upstairs to confront him, but it comes unplugged before she manages to get on top of the stairs. She then picks up a machete instead.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_6da9a988
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_6da9a988
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Slumber Party Massacre
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_6da9a988
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_7cfdc4b0
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_7cfdc4b0
comment
A strange mystical example happens in the animated version of Conan the Adventurer in which Conan fights a near-invincible foe only to learn he is powered by a wizard using what is essentially a magic, invisible power chord of mystical energy. Defeating the foe involves finding a way to sever the energy connection.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_7cfdc4b0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_7cfdc4b0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Conan the Adventurer
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_7cfdc4b0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_80797024
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_80797024
comment
In most of From the Depths' instant action missions, the player is confined to being within range of a Heartstone on their ships, aircraft, or fortresses; step outside the radius or lose the heartstone to damage, and the player will slowly run out of power as their vision fades until they die. This naturally prevents the player from engaging in Boarding Party actions on enemy ships, as they'll die from power loss before they can take over the ship. However, in the Wide-Open Sandbox campaign and in a few instant action missions the player is free to move around without needing a heartstone on a craft.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_80797024
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_80797024
featureConfidence
1.0
 From the Depths (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_80797024
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_82439e64
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_82439e64
comment
On The Office, Michael wanted to build a robotic memorial statue of his old boss, Ed Truck. Dwight suggested giving it a short power cord so it couldn't kill them all.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_82439e64
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_82439e64
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Office (US)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_82439e64
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_86772227
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_86772227
comment
Knights of the Dinner Table: During a Hacknoia game, B.A. proves to Bob that he is not making things up on the fly by showing him the schematic for the bomb he is trying to defuse. Bob as what the separate piece to one side is, and B.A. says it is the battery pack for the bomb's timer. Bob immediately unplugs it.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_86772227
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_86772227
featureConfidence
1.0
 Knights of the Dinner Table (Comic Strip)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_86772227
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_86c3beca
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_86c3beca
comment
In Girl Genius, Anevka is a clank (robot) body created for a fatally injured noblewoman. She needs to stay connected to the large container where her actual body is kept in stasis. Near the climax of the story arc, the cables are cut and she freaks out when she feels no different — it turns out the real body is long dead inside the container and she has become an autonomous A.I. with Anevka's memories.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_86c3beca
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_86c3beca
featureConfidence
1.0
 Girl Genius (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_86c3beca
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_87e00d8e
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_87e00d8e
comment
On one episode of Teen Titans, Starfire travels to a Bad Future where the Titans ended up splitting. Cyborg was the only one who stayed at the tower because he had burned all of his internal batteries long ago, so he had to be constantly plugged to a large machine to keep functioning, and couldn't go anywhere. He comes back to help by toting around a large external battery and repairs them at the end of the episode. Starfire returning to her time possibly prevents said future from happening in the first place.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_87e00d8e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_87e00d8e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Teen Titans (2003)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_87e00d8e
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_8ac4e993
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_8ac4e993
comment
Gundam:
Gundam Wing has the Gundam Epyon, with a beam saber powerful enough to need a direct connection to the mecha's reactor.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans: Mikazuki is unable to use his right eye, right arm, and right leg after using Gundam Barbatos past its safety limits unless he is directly linked to it. This does make it awkward yet humorous when he asks Kudelia for a hug and then asks her to walk towards him due to reaching the end of the cable.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_8ac4e993
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_8ac4e993
featureConfidence
1.0
 Gundam (Franchise)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_8ac4e993
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_8c810812
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_8c810812
comment
Little Wheel: To get past a security robot and to the main generator, all you have to do is disconnect the cord right behind the robot to deactivate and send it plummeting off the platform.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_8c810812
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_8c810812
featureConfidence
1.0
 Little Wheel (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_8c810812
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_90b916ba
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_90b916ba
comment
In the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Blind as a Bat", an explosion temporarily blinds Bruce Wayne. He carries on anyway with a headset that sends visual information directly into the brain that plugs into a power-cell on his belt or a port on the Batwing's main console. Naturally, the power cord breaks right before the climax. Batman still saves the day by determining the Penguin's location with sound (banging on walls, throwing wrenches, etc.).
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_90b916ba
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_90b916ba
featureConfidence
1.0
 Batman: The Animated Series
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_90b916ba
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_924b6d63
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_924b6d63
comment
In Xenogears, during the boss battle with Shakhan's gear, he counterattacks every time he's hit by the heroes. He's also able to connect a cable from his gear to the large generator behind him to restore his health, but while he's plugged into it, he's unable to counterattack because the cable is too short for him to reach where the heroes are standing.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_924b6d63
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_924b6d63
featureConfidence
1.0
 Xenogears (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_924b6d63
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_996edf24
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_996edf24
comment
Wonder Woman Vol 1: Saturnian ray guns have a cord in the handle which is attached to a pack worn by the wielder. At one point Steve grabs the cord to prevent a guard he's attacking from killing him and is next seen using the gun himself.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_996edf24
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_996edf24
featureConfidence
1.0
 Wonder Woman (Franchise)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_996edf24
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_9bbbad0f
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_9bbbad0f
comment
In Mr. Nice Guy, while fighting in a construction site, a mook tries to attack Jackie Chan with a circular saw, but the cord is too short.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_9bbbad0f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_9bbbad0f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Mr. Nice Guy
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_9bbbad0f
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a2add1d2
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a2add1d2
comment
In Splatoon, according to one of the Sunken Scrolls, the Great Octoweapons used by the Octarians during the Great Turf War would have secured their victory over the Inklings if it hadn't been for one key weakness: A plug being carelessly pulled from its socket. Learning from their mistake, the Octarians rebuilt the Great Octoweapons to use internal power sources for the next war.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a2add1d2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a2add1d2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Splatoon (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_a2add1d2
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a57cf54d
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a57cf54d
comment
In Darths & Droids, Kyle Katarn'snote the analogue of Saw Gerrera from the source movie prosthetic legs "won't work without mains power", so he can't leave his base without an extension cord or assistance strong enough to move 780 kilograms. Neither is forthcoming when the fortress is on the verge of destruction, so he declares I Will Only Slow You Down.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a57cf54d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a57cf54d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Darths & Droids (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_a57cf54d
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a779f5fb
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a779f5fb
comment
Journey into Mystery has one story about a society that ran on the direction of a Master Computer. Too much like a human, it gradually seized power by building its own robot servitors until it enslaved humanity into being nothing but its janitors. It was ultimately defeated, bypassing all its security measures, when a janitor accidentally unplugged its power line, something it never bothered to upgrade.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a779f5fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_a779f5fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Journey into Mystery (Comic Book)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_a779f5fb
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_aaa65d7e
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_aaa65d7e
comment
In the third film, Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0 Q, this problem had been overcome with portable batteries (granted, they had a 14-year time frame to invent one).
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_aaa65d7e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_aaa65d7e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Rebuild of Evangelion
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_aaa65d7e
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b36b5dbb
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b36b5dbb
comment
In the film Help!, a Mad Scientist has a lab full of assorted devices but keeps having to change the plugs to work with the power supply.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b36b5dbb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b36b5dbb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Help!
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_b36b5dbb
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3b15bc1
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3b15bc1
comment
The page quote is from Season 1 of X-Men: The Animated Series. Master Mold, attempting to escape from the dam-based factory in Genosha, takes a few steps from his chair but finds out that he's plugged in by the back of his leg. The page quote is his last words before he's swept away by the raging waters. It's one of the most Narm-filled villain defeats in the series.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3b15bc1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3b15bc1
featureConfidence
1.0
 X-Men: The Animated Series
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3b15bc1
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3f687d1
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3f687d1
comment
In one FoxTrot arc, Roger bought a giant mobile phone that needed to be plugged into the mains to work (or 23 cigar lighters in case of a highway accident). Andy pointed out how that defeated the 'mobile' part of 'mobile phone'.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3f687d1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3f687d1
featureConfidence
1.0
 FoxTrot (Comic Strip)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_b3f687d1
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b4fe32c9
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b4fe32c9
comment
The Megadoomer in Invader Zim, which was a robot death machine that had to be plugged in for power due to a dead battery.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b4fe32c9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b4fe32c9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Invader Zim
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_b4fe32c9
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b70c0e83
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b70c0e83
comment
In Metroid: Zero Mission, because Mecha Ridley was not finished, he is attached to several power cords and is thus unable to maneuver around.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b70c0e83
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b70c0e83
featureConfidence
1.0
 Metroid: Zero Mission (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_b70c0e83
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b778d139
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b778d139
comment
Toward the end of the Laff-A-Lympics giant comic book "The Man Who Stole Thursday", the villain Mr. Mastermind has a mainframe computer that he intends will remove all days from the calendar except his birthday. While Mr. Mastermind brags about every day being a testament to his superior intellect, Captain Caveman disables the computer by unplugging it from the wall.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b778d139
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_b778d139
featureConfidence
1.0
 Laff-A-Lympics / Comicbook
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_b778d139
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_bb50b512
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_bb50b512
comment
The Robot from The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest is taken out of the titular contest when The Cheat unplugs him. This is lampshaded in the animated remake ten years later, where the outlet is located on a tiny piece of wall jutting out in the middle of the field they're in.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_bb50b512
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_bb50b512
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_bb50b512
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_bcaa3743
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_bcaa3743
comment
One episode of Carl² has the protagonists being chased by a doctor wielding a power drill. He chases them across the street and the power cord reaches its limit and pulls the plug out of the outlet. The doctor laments about not spending a few extra bucks to purchase the cordless version of the drill.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_bcaa3743
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_bcaa3743
featureConfidence
1.0
 Carl²
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_bcaa3743
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_d5ddd6c1
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_d5ddd6c1
comment
Pokémon: The Series had an episode in which Meowth got a Humongous Mecha in his own image (it's actually somewhat closer to a tank with a big Mecha-Meowth strapped on). Clemont pulls the plug on it, only for Meowth to subvert the trope by switching to a diesel generator.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_d5ddd6c1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_d5ddd6c1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Pokémon: The Series
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_d5ddd6c1
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_d7aab7c1
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_d7aab7c1
comment
In the '90s Sailor Moon series, one of the Witches 5 invented a machine that could transport a person into a television screen, giving them tremendous power. But the screen still had to be plugged in, and if the plug was pulled while a person was inside, they would be sealed inside the machine forever. A rival member of Witches 5 intentionally pulled the plug on Mimete, sending her to her doom.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_d7aab7c1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_d7aab7c1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Sailor Moon
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_d7aab7c1
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_da73059
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_da73059
comment
In The Living Daylights, Necros attempts to kill the Battle Butler at the MI6 safehouse with an electric carving knife. The butler is able to hook his foot around the power cord and jerk it out of the plug.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_da73059
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_da73059
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Living Daylights
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_da73059
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e270b7e1
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e270b7e1
comment
Genius: The Transgression has many flaws that can plague your Wonders once finished, and "needs to be plugged into an electrical outlet'' is one of them. And it can apply to any Wonder, the need for an outlet ranging from inconsequential like in cloning vats, to the inconvenient like with ray guns, to the completely incapacitating such as transportation.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e270b7e1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e270b7e1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Genius: The Transgression (Tabletop Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_e270b7e1
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e33c6082
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e33c6082
comment
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water: in the final episode "Successor to the Stars", the viewer eventually learns Emperor Neo is a cyborg since the Doom of Tartessos. Once Emperor Neo starts to become independent, his puppet-master Gargoyle unplugs him. Subverted in that he was still able to save his sister Nadia from her brainwashing.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e33c6082
featureApplicability
-0.3
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e33c6082
featureConfidence
1.0
 Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_e33c6082
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e381e71f
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e381e71f
comment
In Digimon Tamers, the D-Reaper starts out as an amorphous blob of goo but learns to make solid constructs by absorbing a video camera. Because it was plugged in, all of the D-Reaper's "Agents" are attached to the main mass by very long cords. Cutting the cords at first greatly weakens Agents, but eventually cutting a cord is all it takes to make any Agent instantly revert to gunk. However, the larger ones have multiple, gigantic cords and so it's easier said than done.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e381e71f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e381e71f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Digimon Tamers
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_e381e71f
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e4b5f973
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e4b5f973
comment
Subverted by Apocalypse, who has what look like power cords running from his elbows to his sides. Informed Attribute tells readers the cords are part of his Celestial power armor, but this is actually a Retcon — originally (and even afterwards in practice) Apoc was a Master of Your Domain-level shapeshifter, and not once in thirty years of publication have the cords ever hampered him or been used as a weakness. The only times they're even relevant in a fight is when Apoc uses them◊ as Combat Tentacles to choke enemies like The Incredible Hulk out with.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e4b5f973
featureApplicability
-0.3
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e4b5f973
featureConfidence
1.0
 Apocalypse
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_e4b5f973
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e6267766
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e6267766
comment
According to Star Wars Legends, the first lightsabers suffered from this. They had to be connected to a belt-worn battery by a power cord, as depicted in the fan art shown above. They were almost purely ceremonial until this issue was solved.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e6267766
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e6267766
featureConfidence
1.0
 Star Wars Legends (Franchise)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_e6267766
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e694aadb
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e694aadb
comment
Ciaphas Cain: Subverted when Ciaphas ends up dueling a malfunctioning combat servitor. He aims for one of its power cables, but it's armored too thickly for his chainsword to go through.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e694aadb
featureApplicability
-0.3
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e694aadb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Ciaphas Cain
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_e694aadb
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e9e2b5e9
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e9e2b5e9
comment
Starslip: The android XLCR is equipped with a power cord which gives him some trouble. In actuality, the cord is not connected to anything - it's included in his design specifically to give the illusion of a weakness and limitation, so humans won't fear him as a potential threat.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e9e2b5e9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_e9e2b5e9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Starslip (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_e9e2b5e9
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_eb5d7301
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_eb5d7301
comment
Amphibia: The Greater-Scope Villain of the series, The Core uploads itself into a helmet which it uses to take control of Marcy. It is often attached to at least one cable which allows it to control and oversee its minions. But once the cable is severed in the last fight, it shuts down entirely. However, this only freed Marcy from its control, and The Core, still uploaded into the helmet, attempts one Last Villain Stand in the final episode to take down the heroes.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_eb5d7301
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_eb5d7301
featureConfidence
1.0
 Amphibia
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_eb5d7301
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_ecd87b9c
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_ecd87b9c
comment
A very odd case in Turtles Forever: The main weapon on the Technodrome, after Utrom Shredder modified the building, is taken out... by Bebop and Rocksteady tripping over its power cord. Then, Utrom Shredder walks in front of the damn thing when they plug it back in!
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_ecd87b9c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_ecd87b9c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Turtles Forever
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_ecd87b9c
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_ef4fd083
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_ef4fd083
comment
In The Brave Little Toaster, the appliances need to find a way to leave their cabin to find their master but need to stay close to an outlet to stay alive. The solution: a car battery attached to a rolling chair.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_ef4fd083
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_ef4fd083
featureConfidence
1.0
 The Brave Little Toaster
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_ef4fd083
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_f104cbdb
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_f104cbdb
comment
Comes up in Vexxarr.
In an early strip, his naturally hostile ship computer is upgraded so it can walk away... but turns out to be powered by a short power cord plugged in at its regular base.
Much later, Vexxarr deals with an Eldritch Abomination coming through a portal by unplugging the portal's power cable to kill it with a Portal Cut. He is then confronted by a maintenance bot who is programmed to keep the cable plugged in. This leads to many more horrors going through the portal, then getting decapitated.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_f104cbdb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_f104cbdb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Vexxarr (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_f104cbdb
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_f42befdb
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_f42befdb
comment
In Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers, George and Harold's first Dog Man comic involves Perry the Cat creating a robot vacuum cleaner (vacuum cleaners being something Dog Man is very scared of) that chases after him until it has him cornered. As it leaps for the killing blow, it accidentally unplugs itself, and Dog Man is able to follow its cord to Petey's hideout.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_f42befdb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_f42befdb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Captain Underpants
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_f42befdb
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_fa85cc4f
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_fa85cc4f
comment
In OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode "T.K.O.'s House", just as P.K.O. is about to lay the smackdown on Shadowy Figure, T.K.O. accidentally unplugs himself from the synchronizing device.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_fa85cc4f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_fa85cc4f
featureConfidence
1.0
 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_fa85cc4f
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_fd45a3d0
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_fd45a3d0
comment
Creep TV: Courage defeats the poltergeists running The Ghostly Quiz Show by simply cutting the wire to their filming camera.
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_fd45a3d0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Achilles' Power Cord / int_fd45a3d0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Creep TV (Video Game)
hasFeature
Achilles' Power Cord / int_fd45a3d0

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Achilles' Power Cord
processingCategory2
Speculative Fiction Tropes
 Neon Genesis Evangelion / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Rebuild of Evangelion / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Wonder Woman (Charles Moulton) (Comic Book) / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Knights of the Dinner Table (Comic Strip) / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Back to the Future / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Help! / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 The Living Daylights / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 The Slumber Party Massacre / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Squid Girl (Manga) / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Mr. Bean / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Space 1889 (Tabletop Game) / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Little Wheel (Video Game) / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Robotics;Notes (Visual Novel) / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Carl² / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord
 Conan the Adventurer / int_d84ff8ad
type
Achilles' Power Cord