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You can also fuse your '''Imported Alien Phlebotinum''' with the home-grown variety to produce hybrid devices which do wacky things. The process of contriving such devices leads to a good [[MacGyvering]]-style plot. |
You can also fuse your '''Imported Alien Phlebotinum''' with the home-grown variety to produce hybrid devices which do wacky things. The process of contriving such devices leads to a good [[MacGyvering]]-style plot. |
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Additionally, we get a reasonable explanation for [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]] and [[Disposable Superhero Maker]] if the |
Additionally, we get a reasonable explanation for [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]] and [[Disposable Superhero Maker]] if the Imported Alien Phlebotinum is something that [[Black Box|can't be reproduced]] with Earth technology. |
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Sometimes the aliens do this on purpose, to lend us humans a helping hand. Sometimes, it's an accident. In the latter case, they might show up later and want it back. Violently. |
Sometimes the aliens do this on purpose, to lend us humans a helping hand. Sometimes, it's an accident. In the latter case, they might show up later and want it back. Violently. |
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See [[Spice of Life]] when it is an edible resource with some use in space. |
See [[Spice of Life]] when it is an edible resource with some use in space. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* The aliens wanting their phlebotinum (the SDF-1) back was the driving force for ''[[Robotech]]''. |
* The aliens wanting their phlebotinum (the SDF-1) back was the driving force for ''[[Robotech]]''. |
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* [[Empathic Weapon|Raising Heart]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Given to Nanoha by a <s>[[Animorphism|Ferret]]</s> [[Human Alien]] during an emergency, [[Jumped At the Call|after which she decided to help him collect]] the [[Mineral MacGuffin|Mineral Macguffins]] his cargo ship dropped when it was destroyed on its way back from an [[Adventurer Archaeologist|archaeological expedition]]. |
* [[Empathic Weapon|Raising Heart]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Given to Nanoha by a <s>[[Animorphism|Ferret]]</s> [[Human Alien]] during an emergency, [[Jumped At the Call|after which she decided to help him collect]] the [[Mineral MacGuffin|Mineral Macguffins]] his cargo ship dropped when it was destroyed on its way back from an [[Adventurer Archaeologist|archaeological expedition]]. |
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* Some of the weirder technology in ''[[Darker than Black]]'' (like [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|memory erasure]]) is [[Handwaved]] as having come from [[Not of This Earth|the Gate]]. |
* Some of the weirder technology in ''[[Darker than Black]]'' (like [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|memory erasure]]) is [[Handwaved]] as having come from [[Not of This Earth|the Gate]]. |
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* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': The Lance of Longinus. OHKOs Angels and {{spoiler|is a big part of Instrumentality}}, or your money back! |
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== Comic Books == |
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* With the exception of the magic-based [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] version, the [[Green Lantern]] [[Green Lantern Ring|Rings]] are explicitly Imported Alien Phlebotinum, having been given to the various worthies by the [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|nigh-omnipotent]] Guardians of Oa. |
* With the exception of the magic-based [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] version, the [[Green Lantern]] [[Green Lantern Ring|Rings]] are explicitly Imported Alien Phlebotinum, having been given to the various worthies by the [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|nigh-omnipotent]] Guardians of Oa. |
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* Marvel's ''[[X-Men]]'' got a lot of Imported Alien Phlebotinum from the Shi'ar thanks to [[Interspecies Romance|Professor Xavier being Lilandra's consort.]] |
* Marvel's ''[[X-Men]]'' got a lot of Imported Alien Phlebotinum from the Shi'ar thanks to [[Interspecies Romance|Professor Xavier being Lilandra's consort.]] |
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