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'''Lucy Lawless:''' Wizard!|''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "[[Treehouse of Horror]] X"}}
The standard all-encompassing explanation for any continuity errors noticed by hardcore fans of any given fantasy show. If it doesn't make sense, A Wizard Did It. [[
Can be used to [[Hand Wave]] away minor nitpicks and [[Contrived Coincidence|Contrived Coincidences]] that should really be covered by [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]. However, using it to excuse major [[Plot Hole|Plot Holes]] that the creators really should've caught beforehand ''will'' make people rightly angry.
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This explanation can also often bring some extra [[Fridge Logic]] into a story, when [[A Wizard Did It]] is given as an explanation and the wizard later fails in a situation in some way that could have easily been solved by [[Forgotten Phlebotinum|the wizard just doing what he apparently did before.]] This can also lead to [[Reed Richards Is Useless]] when you realize the possible, fantastic uses of that random magic trick nobody seems to care about.
Contrast [[
Not to be confused with [[The Butler Did It]].
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSf9aEETnvE&NR=1 Now comes with didactic audio-visual summary!]
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== Anime and Manga ==
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{{quote| '''River Song''' I hate it when a wizard did it; {{spoiler|It always turns out to be him}}}}
** Also in the [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] revival, many [[Timey
** Inconsistencies in the Moffat era are usually explained away by blaming them on the Cracks in Time and the subsequent rebooting of the universe (aka Big Bang Two). On this very wiki, the phrase "timey-wimey" is used to explain just about everything.
* How is that all five of the Final Five managed to survive the Cylon destruction of the Twelve Colonies in ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica]]''? Along with an admiral whose family had history with the creator of the Cylons? And the Colonials and Cylons converge on the Algae Planet and in the Ionian Nebula despite the size of the universe? No doubt the higher power that doesn't like to be called "God" is responsible. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the Final Five and Algae Planet cases.
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== Web Comics ==
* In the webcomic ''[[
** A pretty apt description for somebody who completely ''fucks'' with the universe for his own convenience and/or amusement- an "omnipotent jackass" as Black Mage puts it. His otherwise-inexplicable cosmic jackassery includes, but is hardly limited to: shortening days from thirty-six hours to twenty-four hours just to make people hurry faster, bending time so his dinner will be done before he has to cook it (rewriting history in the process), dropping '''the entire continent of Australia''' on Black Mage, and crafting a spell designed to make Black Mage (and only Black Mage) vomit out his own organs. If anything in the world of Final Fantasy I just doesn't make sense, Sarda is somehow responsible.
*** Australia ''didn't actually exist in this version of the universe'', as Black Mage's first comment upon noticing the sign with "welcome to [[Meaningful Name|Hurt]], Australia" on it was "...and what's an Australia?"; and since our Earth was only in the prehistoric age at the time, as shown in an earlier strip. Sarda actually ''pulled the entire continent out of time and space just to fuck with Black Mage''.
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* Specifically mentioned in this ''[[Pokémon X (Webcomic)|Pokémon X]]'' [http://pokemonx.comicgenesis.com/d/20031215.html strip].
** [http://pokemonx.comicgenesis.com/d/20050502.html This one too.] Probably plenty of examples, but this one is good because it points out the stuff that needs to be [[Hand Wave|Hand Waved]] in the actual Pokémon game.
** There's also [http://pokemonx.comicgenesis.com/d/20030730.html this one] explaining why you can't catch [[Mons]] after it faints and why being unconscious in the middle of the wild [[Non
* [http://www.ansemretort.org\] ''[[Ansem Retort]]'' explains most everything with "It's supposed to be insane, stop thinking about it, it doesn't make sense, don't even try to reason it out." This seems to be working somehow.
* Used in [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/080308 this] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' (out of continuity) parody of harry potter strip to explain why [[Time Machine|Time-Turners]] can no longer be used for a quick solution to everything.
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* In the AD&D-based ''Monster Manual Comics'' by Lore Sjoburg, [http://badgods.com/owlbear.html\] the strip on owlbears has the crew meet the actual "insane wizard" most of the peculiar early D&D monsters were blamed on -- plus a guess as to his motives for doing so.
* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' uses this to explain [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/11/2/ "reverse necromancy"]. And [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/1/18/ childbirth.]
** The full first comic is notable because it features a villain using a magical technique, meaning that a literal wizard was involved. However, the players are complaining on the basis that [[Magic
* In the comic ''[[Skin Deep]]'' the characters transformation from human to their natural forms are explained as "Magic. Strong magic". Interesting case as the characters themselves admit they have no idea how that works. Asking them to explain the process is like asking someone how a television works. They know how it works, they just don't know how it works.
* Used in ''[[Bob and George]]'' to explain George's [[Contractual Immortality]] [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030824c\]
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'''Chick''': Magic.<br />
'''Critic''': What about the ''years of research'' that--<br />
'''Chick''': Magic, damn you! (she punches him.) Don't you ever try to bring logic into this movie again! This is [[Fern Gully]], [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bit]][[Crowning Moment of Funny|ch]]! }}
* Hellfire Comm's Let's Play of ''Sonic 06''. When asked by FTA to explain things like plotholes, magic mirrors, and all sorts, NTom64's answer is almost always "Magic" and that you shouldn't "come to him to question the logic of this game, as there is none."
* [[Uncyclopedia]] likes to have fun with this: [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/A_wizard_did_it\]
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* Toyed with in [[Harry Potty]]. Hermione is skeptical of this "physics" and believes magic is the force that throws you foreward when your vehicle comes to a sudden stop. [[Running Gag|There are many more examples]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7e0777z7AY The Answer to Every Question in the Universe.]
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
{{quote| '''Dark Magician Girl''': Dark Magician, How come we can talk in this movie?<br />
'''Dark Magician''': A wizard did it. }}
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* In ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', [[Word of God]] explained all one-off gags as being the result of Lucius being a [[Reality Warper]].
* When [[Kevin Spencer|Kevin]] dies, his parents ask the wizard living in their back yard to bring him back. Percy repays the wizard by telling him to get off his property.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', this is basically played straight by creator Lauren Faust in the form of "A Unicorn Pony Did It." Can be seen in [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/09/exclusive-season-1-retrospective.html this] interview with her. When questioned by either new fans or people who are unfamiliar with the show how vehicles move or tortoises are given the ability to fly with a propeller harness, well versed Bronies will simply respond with "Magic."
** To a certain degree, there is also "Because Pinkie Pie," referring to Pinkie's apparent ability to transcend dimensions, ignore physics, and ignore the [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Fourth Wall]].
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