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{{quote|''"With what?" Spencer asks. "Don't tell me you know how to make a bomb with a stick of chewing gum." Wow, the first ever MacGyver joke was actually in the first ever episode of ''MacGyver''. That's actually kind of impressive.''|'''[[The Agony Booth (Website)|The Agony Booth]] [http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/MacGyver/Pilot.aspx?Page=4 recap]''' of the first ever episode of ''[[MacGyver]]''}}

 

 

Compare [[Homemade Inventions]]. Related to [[Duct Tape for Everything]]. See [[Locking MacGyver in The Store Cupboard]] for situations in which this is used to escape confinement. [[Merit Badges for Everything]] is when MacGyvering is institutionalized and parodied at the same time.

 

== Anime ==

* Notable mention goes to Shirou Amada from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]: MS 08th Team''. His team uses highly limited production RX-79(G)s made from leftover high spec parts of the namesake RX-78 Gundam, so spare parts for repairs are limited. Unfortunately enough, his mobile suit gets turned into a heap of junk. Rather than using the spare parts, which weren't enough anyway, he uses parts from normal military things such as jeeps, helicopters, and tanks to rebuild his RX-79(G) into the EZ-8, which performs * BETTER* than the RX-79(G). I personally call the EZ-8 the "MacGyver Gundam"

** And don't forget the one-shot Stargate in "Ascension", made out of (among other things) toaster parts.

** There's also a prank executed for the bloopers reel in "Solitudes," (planned by Amanda Tapping and episode director Martin Wood) where Carter and O'Neill are stranded in a glacier, and she laments that she's "stuck in a glacier with MacGyver" and he can't figure a way out for them.

* When ''[[The Wizard]]'' does not have a high-tech toy handy, he can also macgyver one to save the day.

* Real life example: Alton Brown of ''[[Good Eats]]''. Basically, his credo of cooking is "the only single-purpose item in your kitchen should be the fire extinguisher".