But even then, if he does, Lelouch's power can work on someone again. That is, unless Jeremiah uses his Geass Canceler to undo the effects. The duration can be permanent if worded correctly, but if the effect ends, that individual can never again be affected by the power.
Lelouch's mind control power in Code Geass only works once on any specific person.Because he has the power to control his and others' resistance to anything he's experienced and absorbed once before, if it didn't kill him the first time (and he's really hard to kill), it won't affect him at all the second. This is what makes defeating Askin so difficult.The only clear way to break the spell is to defeat the Zanpakutō spirit, but if that happens, Muramasa's power won't be able to affect it a second time. He does this by tapping into their most suppressed instinct and using it to control them. Muramasa is a Zanpakutō spirit whose power is bringing other Zanpakutō spirits to life and turning them against their masters. There's also Muramasa, main antagonist of the anime filler Zanpakutō Rebellion arc.Naturally, it also provides ways to regain their powers. The series has shown a couple of examples where a character can enter a Super Mode at the cost of losing all of their powers when it wears off.The Kido Cannon in Bleach: Memories of Nobody burns itself to ash after being fired only once.Wouldn't you know: He missed, and firing the one shot burns the gun to a crisp. In the final episode of The Big O Roger Smith finally puts some of the pieces of the Myth Arc together and unlocks the Wave-Motion Gun built into his mecha just in time to put an end to the Big Bad.
See also Limited-Use Magical Device, which involves a magical object or magic spells that can only be used a limited amount of times, often just once. Often overlaps with Death or Glory Attack. Most Wave Motion Guns apply a limited form of this trope by making its use prohibitively slow and energy-intensive, but the usual dramatic application is rather different. See also Adaptive Ability, Reed Richards Is Useless, and the Disposable Superhero Maker. Compare So Last Season, Forgotten Phlebotinum, Holding Back the Phlebotinum, No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup, and Won't Get Fooled Again. Never Recycle Your Schemes is a subtrope. When you're getting near the end of a show or film and you know the trope will be averted because it's near the end and not a tragedy work, you're being Spoiled by the Format. Occasionally a special attack that Only Works Once will end up being used in The Worf Barrage. The Big Bad will come up with some undefeatable plan that almost works save for some streak of luck on the part of the heroes (see the Road Runner shorts for some especially lucky breaks), but will never think of trying it again after being foiled the first time. Reversed, it is a common trope of cartoon series.
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