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* ''[[Bleach]]''. Everything in the Soul Society is made of [[Phlebotinum|spirit particles]].
** So is everything in Hueco Mundo.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. The world runs on Spiral Energy, quite literally the quintessence of determination, [[Hot -Blooded|hot blood]], love, and willpower.
** As one commenter on [[YouTube]] put it...
{{quote| Youtube Commenter: I'm not sure which is weirder, the way the universe in this series works, or the fact that the universe works EXACTLY HOW KAMINA THINKS IT DOES!}}
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Technology in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' is pure phlebotinum: the Sonic Screwdriver that can fix anything ([[Plot -Sensitive Items|unless it's deadlocked or wood]]), Psychic Paper (in the new series), Transmat teleporters, Dalek antigravity, time rings/vortex manipulators that fit on one's wrist, and of course the blue box that's bigger on the inside and travels through time and space. Despite its ostensibly scientific worldview, it's hard to think of a story that uses accurate science.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' probably is, too. Most tools in the Trekverse don't need to touch what they're working on, just to give one example.
 
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* ''[[Touhou]]'' is pretty much supposed to be where, when [[The Magic Goes Away]] on the rest of the Earth because [[Magic Versus Science|the progress of technology leads to a lack of faith in magic]], all the magic is swept up and kept inside Gensokyo so that all the monsters, demons, and Gods can still live their magically supercharged lives. The technology is generally [[Bamboo Technology]] hybrids with [[Magitek]], or simply stolen from "[[This Is Reality|the Real World]]". It is also worth noting that even the [[Muggles]] have ''some'' kind of superpower in Gensokyo, it's just that you only hear about the [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|world-bendingly powerful little girls.]]
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' and ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]]'' are like this. The main focus for most of both games is preserving the mana flow and thus preventing the collapse of the world. Without it, magic won't work, crops won't grow, etc.
* [[Mass Effect]] uses this as its ''[[Character Title]] [[Title Drop|Drop]]'', despite being one of the [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|hardest]] [[Space Opera|Space Operas]] to date. How does [[Casual Interstellar Travel|Casual]] [[Faster -Than -Light Travel]] work? [[Applied Phlebotinum|Mass Effect Fields]], generated by [[Unobtainium|Element]] [[Minovsky Physics|Zero]]. How do the [[Flying Car|Flying Cars]] fly? Mass Effect Fields, generated by Element Zero. How do [[Differently-Powered Individual|Biotics]] [[Mind Over Matter|move things with their minds]]? Mass Effect Fields, generated by Element Zero. How do the guns have [[Bottomless Magazines]]? Mass Effect Fields, generated by Element Zero. How do {{spoiler|the Reapers build a space station in the '''[[Useful Notes/Black Holes|galactic core?]]}}''' <s>[[His Dark Materials|Subatomic Angels]]</s> '''''[[Overly Long Gag|Mass Effect Fields, generated by Element Zero.]]''''' And of course, without Mass Effect Fields, generated by Element Zero, [[Anthropic Principle|there would be no interstellar civilization]].
** [http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_energy It's till pretty hard], [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy:Dark energy|all things considering]].
 
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