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== Anime & Manga ==
* The Otome from ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' receive their powers via nanomachine injections; they self-destruct when the female body's [[Virgin Power|exposed to semen.]]
* The series ''[[Kiddy Grade]]'' bases a lot of technology on "Nano-mist" -- a fog made up of trillions of nano-scale machines, which can achieve amazing effects -- from keeping a 64 thousand kilometer long starship from collapsing under its own mass, to creating a barrier, to repairing damage, to [[Terraform|terraforming]] a planet. Also known as [
* In ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' exposure to terraforming nanomachines had an interesting effect on humans born on Mars. "Image Feedback System" Nanomachines were also used to interface with various machinery. On Mars, IFS nanomachines were required for pretty much any heavy equipment, but on Earth they served only as the [[Unusual User Interface]] for [[Humongous Mecha]] and other military vehicles. This led to Martian civilian Akito getting a lot of flak from [[The So-Called Coward|Earth-natives who assumed he was a military deserter]], and eventually getting [[The Call Knows Where You Live|press-ganged]] into piloting.
* ''[[Getter Robo]]'' [[Hand Wave|hand waves]] its [[Transforming Mecha]] in the Armageddon OVA by attributing the transformations to nanomachines.
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** One filler issue has an interview with a man who lost his legs stopping a [[Grey Goo]] outbreak -- and who was then fired for not following the standard procedure of letting Blue Goo devour the entire endangered block and everyone still in it.
** Also there's the foglets, who are people who [[Brain Uploading|download their consciousness]] into a cloud of utility fog.
* In Adam Warren's version of the ''[[Dirty Pair (Light Novel)|Dirty Pair]]'', nanotechnology is strictly regulated to the point of being outlawed, after a [[Grey Goo]] outbreak called the "Nanoclysm" [[Earth
** One villain uses nanobots to grant himself a [[Healing Factor]]; the Angels beat him up so much that the waste heat from the repairs does as much damage as the beating.
* [[Valiant Comics]] and the successor Acclaim Comics have multiple nanite-powered heroes. Valiant's Bloodshot has nanite-infused blood that, in the [[Valiant Comics]] incarnation, survives as the "Blood of Heroes" well into the 41st Century.
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** The Borg's nanoprobes are also revisited during their appearance in ''[[Star Trek Enterprise]]''. Although the details behind their ability to assimilate a ship from the inside out had been previously left offscreen, it's revealed that the Borg simply inject the nanite tubules into a wall panel, causing a wave of Borg technology to begin spreading and consuming the ship.
* In ''[[Andromeda]]'', High Guard ships of the line have nanomachines as part of their self-repair systems, their medical equipment and their anti-intruder defences. In the [[All There in the Manual|background information]] for the series (and sometimes alluded to on-screen) it's stated that nanomachines are ubiquitous in people as well as defense for nanomachine attacks. And Beka Valentine has them in her hair to make it change color.
* Nanomachines called "Nanogenes" ran amok to trigger the major crisis in the ''[[
* ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'': "Prisoner of the Judoon"
* Season eight of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' introduced the Nanites, who could do anything from hairstyling to blowing up planets. Lampooned because they were usually too busy dealing with the social problems of their microscopic society to actually do anything useful.
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* Most of the advanced Martian technology in ''[[A Miracle of Science (Webcomic)|A Miracle of Science]]'' is based on nanites.
* Similarly, much of Earth's technological superiority over New Abilene in ''[[Afterlife Blues (Webcomic)|Afterlife Blues]]'' is based on nanotech.
* Featured prominently in the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' [[Story Arc]] "[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=000101 Kiki's Virus]," where nanobots turn into a deadly virus thanks to [
* In the ''[[Blade of Toshubi]]'' a nano-virus was used in World War IV to rid the Earth's surface of Humans & is believed to have caused the mutation of animals to a sentient, humanoid form.
* At least two types of nanomachines showed up during the [[Crossover Wars]], mini-gnomes from ''[[Magical Misfits]]'' were sent to the Evil Overlords headquarter to sabotage things and nanite versions of ''[[Mindmistress]]'' were left there to monitor things.
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* Despite the reference, the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Tick Tick Tick" isn't really a good example. The tick was visible to the naked eye, there was just one, and it didn't do anything but explode. But nano still sounds about a hundred times better. Just because it's big, doesn't necessarily imply it isn't made out of very small components, of course.
** A better example of nanotechnology in the series could be the Hephaestus Project, a sort of living metal capable of repairing, modifying, and increasing in size when given the proper commands. Drakken used this technology in [[The Movie]] to create an army of robots disguised as toys.
* ''[[Max Steel]]'' was just an [[Ordinary High School Student]] until an accidental injection of [[Nanomachines]] gave him super strength and endurance. Gets pretty heavy with it, too, as the show loved to sneak in more complexity than most Saturday morning cartoons get away with; the nanomachines here run on a [[Applied Phlebotinum|unique form of power]] known as "Trans-Phasik Energy" or "T-Juice" -- the flipside being that said energy is [[Plot
* In the ''[[Gargoyles]]'' episode "Walkabout", [[Heel Face Turn|villain turned good guy]] Dingo acquires a living suit made of nanomachines, after helping the Gargoyles convince said nanomachines not to eat Australia.
* [[Big Bad]] Slade on ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' blackmails Robin into becoming his apprentice by infecting the rest of the Titans with nanomachines that will kill them if he should decide to activate them.
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** Nanomedicine: While we have no idea how to make ourselves immortal, superpowered badasses yet, doctors hope nanotechnology has the promise of eventually being able to cure the common cold. And HIV. And Cancer. The tricky part is actually getting the nanites to know what they should attack. This is being worked on mighty well. Nanites engineered to precisely exploit abnormally swollen pores in cancer tissue are in development. Ultra-tiny nanotube-based radio devices are also in development, which would allow for ''remote-controlled'' nanites, but those are somewhat farther away.
** Non-Newtonian liquid suspensions: Basically, funny-shaped particles made by nanoengineering, floating in thick oil. Flexible when subjected to the force of human muscles, but turn ultra-rigid when compressed by something faster. Like a bullet. Body armor that can stop a rifle round that also allows one to do crunches like it wasn't there. It's basically a man-made enhancement of the forces that allow [http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=720f7702c5ab116120e0&page=1&viewtype=&category= John Tickle to walk on custard].
* If you think about it, nanomachines are actually much [[Older Than They Think]], since proteins are essentially naturally occurring nanomachines. They are quite small, and they can accomplish functions like [
** Monoclonal antibodies ''already'' meet most of the criteria for medical nanomachines. Cultivate some that adhere to tumors, stick a radioactive isotope on each one, and turn 'em loose in the body to hunt down their prey like itty bitty Terminators.
** Another impressive example of an existing natural nanomachine is ATP synthase, which makes both the electric motor <ref>specifically, a proton-motive electrostatic motor, complete with armature and stator</ref> ''and'' the reciprocating engine <ref>the ATP-producing end is basically a 3-cylinder radial engine</ref>.
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