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Note, however, that not all [[Magitek]] falls under this trope; it requires a slide toward the cynical end of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] as well.
This always involves [[Functional Magic]] of one kind or another. Depending on the dark tone of the piece, one may find things are often [[Powered
Compare with the mystic [[Masquerade|Masquerades]], where everything ''appears'' "normal" until you dig a little deeper...
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== Film ==
* Meanwhile, there's the 1940s magic-noir Earth in the 1991 TV movie ''[[
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** His ''War Between the Provinces'' is similar only with Civil War level tech.
** On a sillier note there is the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|pun-filled]] ''The Case of the Toxic Spelldump''
* The [[The Scar
* Used in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s 1940 novella ''[[Magic, Inc.]]'', making this [[Older Than Television]]. The story is an alternate reality where the 1940 USA is just like it really is, except that magic is real.
* Robert Asprin's ''Myth'' series.
* Kelly Mc Cullough's ''[[Ravirn]]'' series features classical Greek deities and demigods who travel through infinite parallel universes - organized as what amounts to a magical Internet - by casting spells in binary code, along with the help of magical familiars called webgoblins that can turn into laptops. Most of them are fond of black leather. This series seems particularly bent on confounding [[Science Fantasy|sci-fi and fantasy distinctions]].
* Glen Cook's ''[[Garrett
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* Randall Garrett's ''[[
* [[Dragaera]], when Vlad's narrating, has a lot of this going on. Paarfi, however, is writing [[High Fantasy|historical romances]].
* The ''[[
* Tad Williams's "War of the Flowers" has a fairy kingdom which has developed this sort of society. According to a diary in the book, it used to be [[Steampunk]], too.
* Simon Hawke's ''Wizard'' series.
* [[
* Jess Gulbranson's [[Antipaladin Blues]] series, which takes all the ultraviolent basement [[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]] tropes and skewers them with a bunch of anachronistic [[Magitek]] and pop culture [[Shout
* The [[Nightside]] series plays with this in some of its alternate universes, although the Nightside itself is modern-day [[Urban Fantasy]].
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* The ''[[Eberron]]'' campaign setting for ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' is a straightforward example of the trope. The punk aesthetic is becoming increasingly common in D&D at large as well.
** Privateer Press's ''Iron Kingdoms'' setting is another example; they refer to their specific blend of [[Steampunk]] and swords-and-sorcery as "Full-Metal Fantasy."
* The cityplane of Ravnica, in ''[[Magic:
* The [[Tabletop Games|tabletop roleplaying game]] ''[[Shadowrun]]'' mixes [[Dungeon Punk]] with more traditional [[Cyberpunk]], though it tends more towards the [[Cyberpunk]] end.
** Also, the much earlier FASAgame ''[[Earthdawn]]'' where magic and Magitek are much more commonplace and play a more central role. Not coincidentally, Earthdawn is canonically the setting of Shadowrun thousands of years earlier.
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* In ''[[Ultima VII]]'', the setting of the series, which was traditional [[Heroic Fantasy]], takes a [[Darker and Edgier|darker turn.]] Like [[Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura|Arcanum]], it features an analogue of the Industrial Revolution and the Workers' Movement.
* In ''[[Lost Odyssey]],'' magic energy is literally just a fuel source (albeit one that can do all sorts of horrible and miraculous things) and the recent development of it has lead to many [[Magitek]] machines being created, such as odd-looking cars and street lamps that run off of arcane glowing stuff.
* Many of the later games in the ''Zelda'' franchise take this approach, with pretty varied views on how cynical it actually is. Where the first few games were strictly magic and swords, as time progressed, you now have steam boats, trains, weird spinner tops, hookshots, and various [[Magitek]] automatons such as [[The Legend of Zelda:
* Some of the [[Final Fantasy]] games fit this, such as [[Final Fantasy VI|VI]], [[Final Fantasy VII|VII]], and [[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Crystal Bearers|The Crystal Bearers]].
* ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', being set in the D&D Planescape setting mentioned above and adding a thick layer of grime and rust and a grim, cynical storyline, is prime [[Dungeon Punk]].
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