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May overlap with [[Not So Invincible After All]]. Contrast with [[Mundane Utility]], where something exotic is used to solve something mundane, and [[Weaksauce Weakness]], where a no less powerful individual gets strange weaknesses or power. A favored tool of the [[Combat Pragmatist]]. [[Cut the Juice]] is one particular example of this, as is [[Cutting the Knot]] (the weakness of string is a sharp blade!). [[Percussive Maintenance]] is a subtrope. See also [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]], when the weakness is weaponized. Related to [[Muggles Do It Better]].
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== Web Originals ==
* In [[Journey Quest]] Perf demonstrates a terribly simple solution to an enemy mage. {{spoiler|He hits him in the head with a rock, causing a [[Critical Failure|spell backfire]] to roast the enemy.}}
* In [[Cracked.com]]'s ''After Hours'', they point out that that muggles had just known about [[Harry Potter|Voldemort]], we would have solved the problem by simply blowing him up.
{{quote|'''Katie:''' But he has unlimited dark magical powers!
'''Michael:''' Yeah, that he has to aim through a wand! We can fire a thousand missiles. From space. With iPhones. }}
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