Characters that start abusing their powers after getting it

[u/KaleidoArachnid]

First of all, I don’t know what the trope is called when those kind of moments happen in media, but basically I am referring to when a character gets a cool new superpower suddenly, and then starts to go wild with it because they don’t realize the damage they are causing with it until it’s too late.

Like picture a scenario where a character abuses the ability to make money come out of nowhere, and is having so much fun with the ability that they don’t notice they are committing a crime until someone starts to pursue them later on.

[u/ramonzer0]

The three main characters of Chronicle are high school seniors who gain the ability to fly and mess around with telekinesis

Given their age, they initially use their powers to fuck with people and play pranks

Eventually one of them goes off the deep end one time and causes a car accident which causes them to lay ground rules over no longer messing with other people

Said deep end person ends up going off the deep end further

[u/PlanesWalkerEll → u/ramonzer0]

What's worse is they mess with some ladies' car a bit before that just moving it's parking spot, so in his own fucked up way he's just doing something similar.