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"". Basically a "back door" the writer puts in to allow the dust-mite heroes to win.

For example, the Star Trek TOS, *Charlie Ex*, there was no way to beat his powers, so the non-corporeal alien entities had to come along and rein him in.


 * Squire of Gothos*, *Who Mourns for Adonis*, and even *Catspaw* were similar in that there were hidden machinery which could be destroyed to take away the godlike powers. And *Squire* was like *Charlie* in that there were non-corporeal "parents" to say "play time is over".

And in *Where No Man Has Gone Before*, Garry Mitchell's powers were still growing and when over-taxed left him "discharged" long enough they could kill him. Mainly due to god-tier Elizabeth turning on him. Much like Darth Vader turned on the Emperor to save Luke.

Which if the scenarios spun for us were *realistic*, there would probably not be such convenient D.E.M.s