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* Kat's anti-gravity device in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', which she somehow made out of a thermos and coat hangers.

* In ''[[Narbonic]]'', Dave tries to fix a friend's microwave and ends up creating an interdimensional portal that causes his gaming group to be attacked by angels. () Guess what was wrong with the microwave? It was unplugged.

* Padma Maharassa of ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'' uses a variation on this. Despite being a genuine engineering genius who has worked for the government before (for [http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20040322.html obscene amounts of money]), all of his inventions, homemade or not, have a disquieting tendency to, well... [http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20040417.html eject toast.] Why this is so is open to speculation, although it has been suggested that Padma simply really likes toast.

* Padma Maharassa of ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'' uses a variation on this. Despite being a genuine engineering genius who has worked for the government before (for [https://web.archive.org/web/20130602024001/http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20040322.html obscene amounts of money]), all of his inventions, homemade or not, have a disquieting tendency to, well... [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428142511/http://www.friendlyhostility.com/d/20040417.html eject toast.] Why this is so is open to speculation, although it has been suggested that Padma simply really likes toast.

* This is a staple ability of Sparks (mad scientists) in ''[[Girl Genius]]'', especially [[Gadgeteer Genius|Agatha]].

* Tony in ''[[Real Life Comics]]'' is known to do this with alarming frequency. And half of them are about 50% ''bubblegum''. And old modems.