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** This is also a universe where every major government has a dedicated ([[The Masquerade|albeit secret]]) magic agency. Just because ''Tedd's'' not applying the phlebotinum doesn't mean somebody isn't.
** Tedd and his friends occasionally do break out the transformation gun for more practical purposes, like to turn Elliot into a [[Were Cat|werecat]] for battles.
* ''[[Drive (webcomic)|Drive]]'': [[Averted Trope|Averted]] viciously. If the space being pinched by a ring drive is occupied by a planet, then that planet will suffer massive tremors. The bigger the ship, the more severe the quakes. This ''has'' been taken to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130703002332/http://www.drivecomic.com/archive/110519.html logical] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130702233254/http://www.drivecomic.com/archive/110623.html conclusion].
* ''[[Vexxarr]]'' mocking ''[[Star Trek]]'': "It's like they were so confused by the weird conundrums inherent in their wacky technology that they couldn't see [[Mundane Solution|the solution staring them right in the ''face'']]."
** Also, [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=030617 on transporters]:
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* The eponymous object in ''[[Erikas New Perfume|Erika's New Perfume]]'' never really does more but take up space in Erika's bedroom after Sarah uses it, despite having at least two of its three demonstrated functions with a definite audience for them and having even more [[All There in the Manual]]. This might partially be because the characters themselves don't ''have'' the manual, though.
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [https://web.archive.org/web/20131016234318/http://www.cracked.com/article/138_6-magical-movie-items-they-wasted-bullshit/ 6 Magical Movie Items They Wasted on Bullshit].{{dead link}}
* Phase is single-handedly wrecking this trope in the [[Whateley Universe]]. Only a freshman at [[Super-Hero School|Whateley Academy]], he's already going around getting inventors to sign up with his financial service and marketing their inventions to fix this problem. Bugs had a weird gadget that faked painting on stuff: Phase saw how to turn it into the best toy ever. Jericho had some stuff that Phase is trying to patent and turn into the best medikit in the world. Loophole had a gadget that helped her get awesome performance out of her self-built car: Phase wants to market it as a way of cranking up automotive fuel efficiency world-wide.
* ''[[Sailor Nothing]]'' author Stephan Gagne's ''[http://www.pixelscapes.com/unrealestate/ Unreal Estate]'' is set [[In a World]] where technology that allows pocket universes to be created to order is ubiquitous. It's mostly used to create a few [[Planet of Hats|Worlds of Hats]]—the most unusual world is the [[First-Person Shooter]] world that automatically respawns "players" after lethal wounds. {{spoiler|The [[Big Bad]] reveals that he has a Vision about using the technology to its full potential, and [[You Can't Make an Omelette]]...}}
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