Absolute Power

Absolute Power refers to a phenomenon where characters break the limits of their programming when put in an extremely dire scenario they were meant to encounter, drawing borderline divine power from nothing for a short period of time. When this happens, the user's eye color changes to a glowing blue with, in some instances, a slight bulk in their muscles. This occurs mostly throughout the Toon Wars up the Final Days where Bimm exceeded both her script limitations and that of reality itself against the Toon God. The last time we see this happen is at the end of Crossover Forces where Mao Mao and Tanya Keys defeated Black Hat and deflected an attack from Viral Catra. It's also seen briefly in the final chapters of Dark Disney whenever Max tapped into the Final Magisword. While there are instances where this state of being was briefly tapped into without having to fight, the consensus seems to be an intense need for focus triggered by intense situations not normally scripted for different shows.

## Instances of Usage (In order of Appearance)

1. Cattus the One Blade vs. Invaders - As seen in Fusion Wars, Cattus briefly used this ability to negate and absorb a fully-charged attack from one of the Invaders from space after being beaten mercilessly by her, causing his body to swell in muscle mass and shoot the energy back. This is also the first time Cattus has ever expressed any semblance of anger. This delayed him for a very short while as he recovered soon afterward.
2. Tak's Sacrifice - Although it was at first assumed Tak was using all of his shaman abilities to their fullest to protect everyone in the shield barrier in the Nicktoons Saga, its implied that he had briefly tapped into absolute power as his body quickly gave out from the energy output. Unlike his normal powers which, though could be drained, never made him tired.
3. Gumball's Transformation - While battling Rob in the Gumball Saga, Gumball was thrown into a stray energy blast from Nicole, causing him to absorb its power and unlock his hidden potential. This allowed him to destroy any and all remaining toybot and morphoid troops with relative ease, much like Nicole and Yuki with or without it. However, before attempting to take on Vlad, Gumball instantly fainted from exhaustion but retained a certain level of his power spike from then on.
4. Hali/Momotaro vs. Aku - After witnessing the death of Anais Watterson and the torture on the Toon Force by the Syndicate and Aku, Hali immediately began to unlock the Samurai Spirit. But unlike normal show limitations, Momotaro achieved such strength that it made her near impervious to damage. Even Aku was unable to wound her with his lethal eye-beams, while the Syndicate's Time Drive couldn't dent or delay her. Unlike other users, Momo was never drained of stamina as she was too focused on Anais and the villains. Though the limit break was lost, some of the strength and ability achieved from it had been retained.
5. Cattus vs. DeBizz - For a moment in the final battle against the Echo Corp in Magiswords Echoes, Cattus uses Absolute Power again to distract DeBizz so Princess Zange could jam the weak spot in his armor. Interestingly, instead of collapsing and trying to catch his breath, Cattus is breathing heavily but still remains standing.
6. Turbo and Fink vs. Shadowy Laserblast - In the tie-in to Toon Wars: The Final Days, Turbo your Fellow, Turbo and Fink unlock the ability after letting go of their hatred and sorrows, breaking their script limitations to unleash a devastating blow to Shadowy Laserblast. This ended up completely destroying the world of the show itself, but freed Professor Venomous with enough time to bring his children to safety via the Boxmore Teleporter. They retain this level from then on.
7. Danny Phantom Transformation - When Danny transforms in a scene in Toon Wars: The Final Days against Mechanikat's robots, his body flashes the same way Tak and Cattus' did; possibly hinting that Danny had at one point achieved its potential.
8. Jimmy Neutron's Breakdown - After being convinced he is indeed a cartoon character, Jimmy's eyes flash blue for a split second before he charges head first at Mandark despite the room being under-lit. It's at this time he noticeably doesn't use his gadgets and instead uses his fists, which Mandark says felt like the equivalent of getting hit by a truck. Though he was exaggerating, he did feel an incredible, yet odd, amount of pain from Jimmy. It's possible this sudden boost of strength carried over to his later fights with Timmy Phantom, the Crystal Gems, the Toon Goddess, and the Toon God.
9. Starfire vs. Robin and Raven - When Starfire is shocked to find that Robin's intentions under corruption were that of his own, she fired two distinct blue and yellow lasers instead of her traditional fiery green aura.
10. Bimm's Rage - After absorbing the antivirus and being pushed to the breaking point by the Toon Goddess, Bimm broke her script limitations and drove the Antisword through her. It occurs again multiple times during the reset whenever there's a situation where she or others are meant to get hurt. However, in the finale with the Toon God, after seeing both her brother and Spongebob sacrifice themselves against the Toon God, Bimm's mentality completely shattered; this time exceeding the limits of reality. Much like Cattus, Bimm's transformation caused her to change personality, acting impulsively yet very skillfully without thought. Because of how far she was upgraded, Bimm was able to retain every bit of strength and power she gained, becoming one of the few cosmic entities of the Toonverse.
11. Badgerclops lifts the barrier- When the Fourth Wall Controls via Jimmy's Lab were collapsing in on themselves, Badgerclops forced himself between the barrier. Though the pain was immense, damaging his robotic limb and missing eye, he became hyper focused and used enough strength to reactivate the controls.
12. Mao Mao and Tanya Keys' Ultimate Attack and Deflect - To defeat Black Hat in his duel, Mao Mao and Tanya use their secret ultimate attack, having Bob boost them in the air to throw a combined punch that spawns an energy construct of Cattus and Bimm through the villain. This strength was enough to greatly cripple Black Hat despite his tremendous power and regenerative abilities. It was especially saved for when Catra returned as Viral Catra. When she fired her erasure beam at them, they managed to hold it back with the Whirlwind and Ball of Yarn Magisword, briefly breaking their limitations to deflect the attack.
13. Max (Kitra) kills Judy Hopps - When Max is about to be struck down by a corrupted Judy Hopps, he's briefly possessed by the spirit of Kitra and knocks her into the current of the tear in reality.
14. Oswald, Max, and the Final Magisword - Oswald and Max were able to wield the Final Magisword in spite of it's cosmic powers, using it to defeat Mickey and Black Hat very easily. When Necro Bimm was summoned and prepared to perform her erasure attack, Max tapped into the Final Magisword through the Soul Retrievers to summon other spirits and reach into the trashbin of reality, resurrecting Bimm briefly to reset the timeline.

## Instances of Absolute Power outside of Toon Wars

* Toothless against 118 - During the final battle against the fearsome android created by Brainiac, Toothless was cornered and about to be killed the same way he was almost earlier in the story before momentarily gaining a new golden highlight and the power to destroy him instantly. The only major thing retained is his ability to speak afterward.
* Dragon Masters - Using the power of the mythical Gift of the Universe/Universe Matrix, the dragon riders thought about transforming into human/dragon hybrids based around their dragons should there ever be an emergency that calls for it. However, during an electrocution process in one of the cells they were captive in, it overloaded their devices, causing them to go feral and unlock hidden powers. With the exception of Astrid who remained unaffected, they were eventually exhausted and restored.
* Bergamo achieving Ultra Instinct - After a massive sparring match between Goku, Vegeta, and the newly founded Ultra Army goes horribly wrong, leading to the almost-certain death of Majora, a broken yet determined Bergamo reaches out to the very power of the Angels to achieve Ultra Instinct in order to heal Majora. He gave him and the rest of the team the power of God Ki to recover and match up against the Saiyan Warriors and Frieza Force. For the remainder of the story, characters who previously couldn't before were able to achieve even greater levels of strength, and at times, a variation of Ultra Instinct without expiring.

## Ways of Achieving it

### Rage Boost

A lot of the time at any rate, one would activate their hidden power through moments of pure rage, much like the Dark Side from Star Wars, using that power to briefly boost their overall strength and overpower their foes. Bimm being the best example of this, having been driven to such anger that she breaks reality while facing the Toon God, who was prior to her explosion the most powerful in the multiverse.

### Increased Energy Absorption

As demonstrated by Gumball, for a moment when facing Rob, he collides with a stray energy blast from his mother, Nicole, causing him to unlock his energy and gain extra level from absorbing the blast.

### Peace

In the total opposite of rage, Turbo K.O. along with Fink discovered through reconciliation with each other when it seemed all was lost in their fight against Shadowy Laserblast, they were able to break their limits by letting go of their anger.

## Users

* Nicole Watterson (Implied)
* Yuki Yoshida (Implied)
* Gumball Watterson
* Anais Watterson (Implied)
* Tak
* Momotaro
* Bergamo
* Toothless
* Dragon Riders
* Turbo K.O.
* Fink
* Cattus
* Danny Phantom (Hinted)
* Starfire (Hinted)
* Jimmy Neutron (Hinted)
* Bimm
* Toon God (Most Likely)

## Trivia

* The Toonverse considers Ultra Instinct to be an anime-version of Absolute Power due to the similarities.
* Bimm and Nicole are perhaps the biggest cases of script limitations being broken since they ended up exceeding the fabric of reality itself, making them cosmic entities.
* Out of universe by release, Toothless is the first character to be given a power boost on this scale.
* The level of which characters reach when they break their limits is never consistent. However, it's implied to be around Mega-Ultra Tier (20-50)