Mundane Utility: Difference between revisions

* The title character of ''[[My Lovely Ghost Kana]]'' has discovered she can produce [[Ghostly Chill]] '''to cool cans of beer''' by tucking them into her cleavage for a minute or so. Her living boyfriend notices that area isn't especially cold at other times.

* In the [[Beach Episode]] of ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'', Mikoto Misaka (the third-most-powerful esper in a city of two million people) uses her electrokinetic powers to... cook rice. By induction. It requires her complete concentration so that the rice doesn't boil over.

* [[Ross Noble]] once joked about using laser eye-beams to heat soup.

* The [[Humongous Mecha|BattleMechs]] of ''[[BattleTech]]''. Mechs equipped with hands can be used in combat engineering and light construction duties, a high-power 6 ton military laser can be toned down for welding, and long ranged missiles can be used for clearing areas for civilian use.

** Since [[Industrial Mechs]] exist in the universe, with civilian standard equipment, using the military grade stuff in this way is probably a bit overkill (and likely to attract the wrong kind of attention). That being said, a recent rule book has stats for turning a short range missile launcher into a harpoon launcher. ''For Space Whaling''.

{{quote|When you're safe in your own haven, surrounded by furniture you've built yourself — that's Metamorphosis. Right now, I'm into working with lots of different materials. [[Dead Baby Comedy|Children's bones are very malleable]], but they don't bear much weight, [[Crosses the Line Twice|so you have to use a lot of them]]. I'm very happy with this fainting couch I just finished; it cries when you sit on it, but I'll show it to you if you like.|Ahriman Berney-Scott, feng shui enthusiast}}

* Mostly averted in ''[[Star Wars]]'' (it takes itself more seriously than the movies).