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{{trope}}
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You want to [[Reverse Polarity|reverse the polarity]] on your particle defibrillator? Better get it to Mr Fixit quickly.
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Unrelated to [[Incredible Hulk|the Incredible Hulk]], who used the alias "Mr. Fixit" in the late 1980s. And no, this page does not center around the fox in [[Richard Scarry]]'s Busytown, either.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Bulma from ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' is a clear example. Able to build nearly anything with time and resources. She even took an alien scouter, and within a few hours or days, somehow changed its language from whatever alien space language it used, to Japanese!
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* Yuusei Fudo from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' grew up in the slums of Satellite, but that didn't stop him from teaching himself mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering to the point where he could build his own D-Wheel from the scrap and spare parts tossed away by the people of New Domino... Twice. ( {{spoiler|thrice if you've watched the Japanese version}}) He also made a Duel Board (a skateboard with D-wheel capabilities) just by ''hearing about it'' from Rua...''''in one night''''!
** Also Bruno, who on his first appearance managed to increase the power of the guys' D-Wheels where Yuusei couldn't.
* Franky from ''[[One Piece]]''. Usopp as well, especially before Franky joined the crew.
* Winry, from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', shows the ability to fix most mechanical gadgets and break open locks (sealed with alchemy!) in addition to being a master of fixing automail.
* [[Speed Racer|Lionel "Pops" Racer]]. He's the one who designed and built the [[Cool Car|Mach]] [[Super Robot|5]].
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** That torch seems to have been passed to [[Badass Normal]] Mr. Terrific.
* Taken to the extreme in [[Marvel Universe|Marvel Comics]]'s Forge, whose mutant ability helps him build machines by simply imagining what they should do, rather than working out the pesky details.
* [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[Promethea]]'' has an unusual example - Stan of the Five Swell Guys is clearly the Mr. Fixit of the team, but Marv claims to be the [[The Smart Guy|team genius]]. This subversion of [[Super-Hero Speciation]] becomes a plot-point when {{spoiler|it's revealed that Stan created the team's arch-nemesis, the Painted Doll, due to his resentment of Marv.}}
* [[Death's Head|Deaths Head]]'s [[Sidekick]] Spratt is pretty competent with a toolbox, and rebuilt Death's Head after he was nearly destroyed by the Dragon's Claws.
* Dino Manolis aka The Machinist of ''[[Stormwatch PHD]]'' excels at this. Too bad, he sucks at most everything else in life.
* Herschel Clay, {{spoiler|aka "Mantium"}}, from ''[[PS238]]''. As the janitor for a school for [[Differently-Powered Individual|metahumans]], he's (obviously) a metahuman himself and has a love of tinkering. He's also implied to own Clay Industries, which sells most of the inventory, security doodads, and other components of the school and its security system. Exactly why the owner and main braintrust for a (presumably) multinational corporation [[Non-Idle Rich|works as a janitor at a school]] is anyone's guess.
* ''[[Spider-Man (comics)|Spider-Man]]'' villain the Tinkerer; a criminal weapons dealer, his specialty is building new devices from the recycled parts of old ones.
* Fix-It Felix from ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' and ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''
== [[Literature]] ==
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* Seamus Harper (The Engineer) from ''[[Andromeda]]''.
* Fred from ''[[Angel]]''.
* Chief Tyrol or Specialist Cally on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. Hell, even Starbuck gets into the tech mood now and then (see the Cylon Raider in the first season).
* Warren from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' might be an example of a villainous Mr. Fixit, while Willow was something of a [[Wrench Wench|Ms. Fixit]].
* Henry on ''[[Eureka]]''.
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* Heather from ''[[Jericho]]''. The term "Miss Fixit," was actually used as an insult by some members of the fandom who didn't like her. It somewhat backfired when the fans who did like her decided they ''liked'' the nickname.
* Sayid from ''[[Lost]]''.
* Referenced by name in an episode of ''[[
* Sam Carter from ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' is a Ms. Fixit, as well as a [[Hot Scientist]] and [[The Squadette]].
* Rodney McKay from ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''.
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* Steve, the director of the "''[[Top Gear]]'' Technology Centre," who became something of an [[Ascended Extra]] after the Britcar 24-Hour Race.
* [[MacGyver]].
* Gibbs on ''[[NCIS]]'' with anything mechanical as showcased in
** That's okay though, if it ''does'' have electricity, odds are both McGee ''and'' Abbey are capable of fixing it.
* Luis and Maria on ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
* Red Green of ''[[The Red Green Show]]'' is something of a subversion. He fancies himself a practical Mr. Fixit, but his duct-tape reinforced Rube Goldberg inventions only work about half the time.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Noah Antwiler]] of [[The Spoony Experiment]] fame got an Atari Jaguar to work by constructing a monstrous amalgamation of technology.▼
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* Rhinox from ''[[Beast Wars]]'' manages to create a device for "Extracting Metaphysical Essence from some alien probe." when Rattrap tells him to. Of course he isn't sure it'll work, but it does.
* Subversion: ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]''. Drake Mallard repeatedly ''calls'' himself this in "Dry Hard," but there's little evidence to support it—until the ending sequence.
* Gyro Gearloose (pictured above) from ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' and various Disney comics.
* Fixit from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''. Not only can he fix anything, but he chose the name "Fixit" for himself.
* Mr. Fixit the Fox from ''[[The Busy World of Richard Scarry]]''.
* Tracy, the gorilla from ''[[Filmation's Ghostbusters]]''.
* Wildcat from ''[[Tale Spin]]''.
== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* [[Noah Antwiler]] of ''[[The Spoony Experiment]]'' fame got an Atari Jaguar to work by constructing a monstrous amalgamation of technology.
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