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** Also see D-rank missions, which consist almost entirely of this trope.

** In the Forest of Death, Naruto jumps into the river with Shadow Clone Jutsu, and forces several fish to the surface. Sasuke tosses kunai at them, and starts a fire with Fire Ball Jutsu.

*** And before that, in the written exam Sasuke used his Sharingan to cheat on the test while Neji used his Byakugan. To be fair, [[Secret Test of Character|the teachers actually expected the students to do things like that]].

** And before that, in the written exam Sasuke used his Sharingan to cheat on the test while Neji used his Byakugan. To be fair, [[Secret Test of Character|the teachers actually expected the students to do things like that]].

** In Shippuden they introduced a mundane but very effective method of using Naruto's clones. Rather than performing jutsus or attacking, they can... train, study, or spy. Everything they learn is instantly learned by their creator, so Naruto can increase his ability to learn a thousand-fold.

** In ''Shippuden'', they introduced a mundane but very effective method of using Naruto's clones. Rather than performing jutsus or attacking, they can... train, study, or spy. Everything they learn is instantly learned by their creator, so Naruto can increase his ability to learn a thousand-fold.

** Deidara frequently uses his explosive clay creatures as transport.

** Naruto's [[Super Mode]] which calls on the uncorrupted Ninetails chakra is used [[Fantastic Light Source|as a flashlight]], which is then properly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]].

* In ''[[Codename: Sailor V]]'', the prequel to ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Minako's pen and mirror show the truth. Minako uses said pen on all her tests to churn out expert essays on things she knows absolutely nothing about. Needless to say, her Guardian Cat Artemis is livid.

** This pops up in ~~Sister Series,~~ Sailor Moon. Usagi tends to use ~~the~~ disguise pen for mundane things, such as turning into an adult to sneak into a bar or a camera woman to sneak onto a boat, much to Luna's horror. Strangely, each time she uses it for something mundane it ends up being someplace she needs to get into to stop the baddies, though it's possible she's used it off screen without this happening.

** This pops up in ''Sailor Moon'' proper, where Usagi tends to use her disguise pen for mundane things, such as turning into an adult to sneak into a bar or a camera woman to sneak onto a boat, much to Luna's horror. Strangely, each time she uses it for something mundane, it ends up being someplace she needs to get into to stop the baddies, though it's possible she's used it off-screen without this happening.

* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', the protagonist at one point finds himself attending a fancy dinner party. Rather than use his nigh-unbeatable swordplay in battle, he picks up a knife and performs the: Hiten Mitsurugui Rui - Steak style- to cut up a steak.

** This trope is also subverted when he goes looking for the heir of a famous swordmaker: he uses one of the man's kitchen knives to slice up a daikon in the most [[Mundane Made Awesome]] way possible, and then reveals that he was testing the blade.

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* In ''[[Maoyuu Maou Yuusha]]'', it was a bit chilly in that part of the Human World when [[Cute Monster Girl|Grand Princess Fire Dragon]] showed up to strike a business deal with Young Merchant. Seeing her shiver -- apparently being a fire dragon doesn't provide enough internal heat to deal with external cold -- he went to light a fire in his fireplace. '''She''' lit it for him, [[Breath Weapon|blowing a thin stream of flame]] onto the logs. Judging by his expression, he hadn't fully taken in until then (despite her clearly visible smoldering lizard-tail) that the lovely [[Everything's Better With Princesses|princess]] '''is''' a [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|fire dragon]].

* 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 ~~cooking~~. It requires her complete concentration so that the rice doesn't boil over.

* 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.

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