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* 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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** And they allow teleportation, regeneration and more.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Gundam 00]]'' uses nanomachines to explain why the crew of Ptolemaios can stay in space for extended periods of time and not suffer bone density loss and so on. They are also the explanation, together with genetic modification, on why Innovades like Tieria do not age.
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* In ''[[Blassreiter]]'', Amalgams/Demoniacs are created by nanomachines.
* In ''[[GaoGaiGar|GaoGaiGar FINAL]]'', Palparepa uses nanomachines during his fight with Guy. {{spoiler|After taking some damage from them, Guy uses his [[Evolutionary Levels|Evoluder]] [[Technopath|abilities]] to rewrite the nanomachines and send them back at Palparepa. However, instead of weakening him the nanomachines have the unforeseen effect of making Palparepa cross the [[Bishonen Line]]}}.
* Pretty much the reason a [[School Shock|Vanguard]] is a [[Super Soldier|superior fighter]] against… soldiers, tanks, spider tanks and helicopters: Somehow, they make them superstrong, fast, agile etc.. They are also, however, harmful to the body, which is why Vanguards of the newer generations are euthanized after a certain period of time, bing a military asset and damn expensive. A bunch of little machines pushing you to your limits, possibly straining the immune system, wearing you down… yep, sounds like [[Deconstruction]].
* In ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'', the Branch of Sin powers come from femtomachines called the Nameless Worm.
* After suffering life-threatening brain damage that left her semi-paralyzed for months, Ai from [[Planetes]] finally get better after a long treatment involving nanomachines reconstructing neural pathways and such.
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** NICOLE also occasionally uses those nanites to create a physical form for herself, though she just as often uses holograms instead.
* In the fourth volume of the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage]]'' comic book, it is revealed that Baxter Stockman had infected April O'Neil with "NanoBaxterBots", which were slowly killing her. As a response, utrom Glurin and Professor Honeycutt device NanoTurtleBots--nanomachines that draw their fighting skills from the turtles' memories, which they then insert into April.
* ''Xombi'', from [[Milestone Comics]], is about a scientist who becomes a superhero after being injected with a nanomachine "virus" that's [[Healing Factor|capable of extensive tissue regeneration]].
* ''[[Iron Man]]'' - Tony Stark once killed [[Yellow Peril|The Mandarin]] with nanomachines, also his "Extremis" Armour is supposedly this.
** Iron Man's new bleeding edge armor is made completely out of nanites and liquid metal.
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* ''[[Transformers Film Series]]'' - According to [[All There in the Manual|The Official Movie Guide]], Protoforms are made up of densely packed nanomachines. This is the semi-official [[Hand Wave]] for any transformation "cheats" in the films and where, for example, the rubber for Optimus' tires comes from.
* ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]'' features the nanites, originally created for medical intents and later weaponized (sometimes ''with medical intents'', for creating [[Super Soldier]] [[Elite Mooks]] who had a minor [[Healing Factor]] and [[Brainwashed and Crazy|parts of their brains destroyed to become fearless]]). And seems like [http://gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/Nanomites they already existed] in a [[G.I. Joe]] comic.
* One of the plots in the unproduced ''[[Plastic Man]]'' movie explained the technology which gave the titular character's powers. {{spoiler|It involves the use of a experimental chemical liquid that rubberized anything that comes in contact with... But to stabilize the transformation, the test subject has to have a nanomachine (inside its body) as a catalyst to render the liquid product safe in its organism. If the nanomachine isn't used in the process, the liquid continues to rubberize the subject until it decomposes from the liquid's grey goo attributes. According to the script's text, it described the nanomachine that it has the shape of a snowflake}}
* What the major antagonists are made up of in ''[[Ben 10: Alien Swarm|Ben 10 Alien Swarm]]''. An interesting thing is that they're inert initially but {{spoiler|this is a ploy by the hive queen to keep the heroes guessing while she prepares an invasion.}}
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== Toys ==
* ''[[Bionicle]]'': [[Incredibly Lame Pun|very small]] subversion, the inhabitants of {{spoiler|Mata Nui}} can be considered this. Given that {{spoiler|Mata Nui}} is a 40,000 foot tall [[Humongous Mecha]], the inhabitants would be like nanobots to him. Also, in a more literal sense, the microscopic Rahi, Protodites, could be seen as nanobots. Zaktan's body is entirely composed of them after a unfortunate encounter with the Shadowed One.
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* ''[[Total Annihilation]]'' used nanobots (via "Nanolathes") for construction. One of the creators explained it thus: "It would have been too complex and time consuming to have little guys with hammers and scaffolds every time something was built in the game. It also wasn't futuristic enough. We needed something like magic, but with a thin veneer of science around it. Nanotechnology to the rescue!"<br /><br />Ironically, this has turned out to be a fairly reasonable use of nanotech. Now imagine a game of total annihilation that drags out for months, and apply to the real world. ''[[Total Annihilation]]'s'' [[Spiritual Successor]], ''[[Supreme Commander]]'', uses Nanolathes as well, but calls them "Protocrafters" and gives each faction's unique graphics.
** ''Total Annihilation'' used nano''technology'' but not nano''machines''. The two are very different! ''Nanolathing'' is the process by which solid objects are created by fabrication systems, eg Commanders, Factories and Engineers. Things must be actively constructed by a fabricator; they cannot self-assemble. Once built, non-fabricating units and buildings cannot replicate or regenerate: they're just perfectly normal (albeit very high-tech) machines. A select few buildings can upgrade, but most buildings and units cannot and no unit can change itself dramatically. A nanolathe could be visualised as a very fast, very powerful, multi-material 3d-printer with molecular-scale resolution.
* The plotline of the video game ''[[Hostile Waters]]: Antaeus Rising'', by [[Warren Ellis]], is based on nanotechnology. In the year 2012, nanotech "Creation Engines" were developed and released to the world at large. Able to dispense anything a person could want, at any time - on demand - they cause [[The Singularity|"the world to go sane"]]; Revolution happened, [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|power cliques]] were overthrown and the world becomes a [[Utopia]]. The game takes place is the fictional year 2032, where {{spoiler|the old power elites have perverted nanotechnology for their own uses, creating weapons of war with which to blackmail the rest of the world into servitude again. Or so it seems, at first...}}
* ''[[Deus Ex]]'' - Nanites are central to gameplay and a strong part of the plot. The protagonist, JC Denton, has nano-augmentations, such augmented vision. During the game, fresh infusions of nanites add entirely new abilities and upgrades for existing abilities. All his augmentations were powered by his body's own bioelectrical energy -- a high tech equivalent of mana. The abilities themselves were fairly believable, though if you built your character right you were essentially an [[Invisible]], [[Super Speed|super-fast]], [[Super Strength|super-strong]], [[Healing Factor|rapid-healing]] dude wielding a [[Power Glows|sword that could kill robots in a single hit]]. Of course, you would completely drain your bioelectrical energy in about twenty or thirty seconds of pure awesomeness, but hey, what price glory?
** The sequel, ''[[Deus Ex: Invisible War|Deus Ex Invisible War]]'', starts with a cutscene where a terrorist detonates a pocket "Nanite Detonator" that turns everything in range into a big soup of gray [[Grey Goo|nano-goo]]. The kicker? He was in the middle of ''Chicago'', and the thing wipes out the city.
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* The spiritual predecessor, ''[[Xenogears]]'', makes even further use of them, though it's still limited to a few applications found only at the very highest tech level available to the game (Solaris, Shevat, {{spoiler|Zeboim and Deus}}). They are used to heal people, to turn people into monsters, to turn these monsters back into humans, to create artificial human beings, to build biological limitations into humans (and to remove the nanites that do the former, allowing humans to access their full potential), to build, upgrade, repair and modify some of the huge [[Powered Armor]] suits, to {{spoiler|partially cure the hero of his complex multiple personalities disorder}}, to mind-control people, and to build a complete fortress out of nothing in a matter of seconds. A playable character in the game is also herself an entire nanite colony whose method of fighting involves her reshaping her own body into various weapons at will.
* In ''[[System Shock|System Shock 2]]'', nanites are a mixture of nanomachines and base material used with replication technology to make items, and they have become the world's default currency. Quite naturally, replicators in the game are set by their [[Mega Corp]] manufacturer to rip off the consumer by skimming off the top with each transaction, which explains why the player (and according to in-game logs, everybody else) can hack replicators for better prices. In addition to buying things, nanites are used to power all the technical skills; hacking the replicators would use up nanites to create new circuit bypasses, repairing your weapon would need replacement parts, etc. Well, in theory, since in the game it's all [[Hollywood Hacking|just a minigame]].
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' has the appropriately named Omni-tool, a holographic tool that can dispense medigel, conduct electronic warfare, and function as a datapad, and repair vehicles and a certain plasma vent. It is also a definite threat in combat; if you bring her along, the tech-focused party member will brandish one as a threat while others draw weapons or take up their [[Pstandard Psychic Pstance]]. Since that description does nothing to suggest that this has anything to do with the trope: Omni-tools contain nano manufacturies, which permit them to create small items out of raw materials on the fly-- like very small high-power explosives. They can also apparently make [[Hard Light|drones made of light that shoot electricity]] if the sequel is any indication.
* The Necris from the ''[[Unreal]]'' series are humans who had all their blood replaced with Nanoblack, a "black goo" of nanomachines. The Necris are technically [[The Undead|undead]] (as the name implies), since Nanoblack is harmful to living organisms and the blood transfusion only works on dead people.
* ''[[Iji]]'' uses nanotechnology for everything. All the enemy soldiers and Iji herself use nano to enhance their movement and protect their bodies. Also, their "nanoguns" can shapeshift their internal components to act as any kind of weapon and assemble projectiles inside the barrel.
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* Nanomachines have been mentioned on various occasions in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', and several [[Story Arc|Story Arcs]] have featured them heavily.
* ''[http://www.littlelevers.com/Angels/ Angels and Aliens]'' is based on a secret group of humans given nanotechnology-based abilities such as speed, strength and healing by mysterious aliens. Drawbacks include rapid depletion of energy and oxygen while using the abilities, and the one-size-fits-all female template for the transformed humans - even if the recipient was [[Gender Bender|originally male.]]
* ''[[Alien Dice]]'' has healing nanites, one use ones used for repairing a particular injury, after which they deactivate, and ones that provide a permanent [[Healing Factor]], as well as the "relays" which are nanotechinologcal communications devices which implant themselves in your brain, they basically function as a form of machine assisted telepathy.
* Both used and subverted in ''Triquetra Cats'', nanites are a miracle cure for most any medical condition however each use increases your chances of contracting a disease called NCDS (nanite cellular disintegration syndrome) where the nanite user's cells can no longer support themselves and break down.
* Most of the advanced Martian technology in ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'' is based on nanites.
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== Western Animation ==
* 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-Driven Breakdown|burned rather quickly in combat]].<br /><br />The nanites have symbiotic relationship with the protagonist: if they go offline, he dies. Surprisingly not played for a plot point as often as one might think so much as an occasional inconvenience... until the show's ''entire third season'', where {{spoiler|the government forces the agency to disband after terrorists steal the generator and nearly wipe out the UN with it. It is implied that the main character is living on borrowed time without the full-size power generator, and that he will die in the near future with only the portable model to fall back on. Whenever he powers up, he's burning off said time. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice Job Killing Yourself, Hero?]]}}
* 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.
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* Alien nanomachines figure into the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Dark Heart", and manage to give the entire League a serious run for its money. Later on, things ''really'' get serious when {{spoiler|Brainithor}} gets a hold of that technology.
** Brainiac/Luthor is also an example. Years prior to those events (back in [[Superman: The Animated Series]]), Brainiac forced Luthor to build him a new body, and his first act in that body was to inject Luthor with a "nanoscopic payload" that carried a dormant copy Brainiac's entire consciousness.
** The [[DCAU]] version of Amazo the android was made of nanotech, which allowed him to evolve by duplicating whatever power he saw. Luthor and The Atom attempted to use this knowledge in an attempt to stop him, but he revealed that he had evolved beyond nanotechnology.
* In a [[Crossover]] between ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' and ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', Superman's foe Brainiac [[Mind Control|Mind Controls]] Bruce Wayne using nanomachines.
* In the ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' episode "Amnesia", XANA creates nanomachines that act like virus and [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|erase the memories]] of anyone infected. They are actually seen with a microscope, looking like minute spiders.
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* The second ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' series featured a recurring antagonist in Nano, a nanomachine colony that had somehow "personified" (acquired sentience) and which possessed the emotional maturity of an infant. Eventually, however, it outgrows its immature tendencies and joins super-hero team The Justice Force.
* <s> Nanomachines</s> Microbots create the first antagonist on Earth in ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. A cockroach is injected with them, and it grows, bursts out of the tube it's held in, and proceeds to merge with everything metal around it and grow into a skyscraper-sized, tentacled, rather blobby monster. In a later episode, the Microbots are reconfigured to eat garbage, and [[Grey Goo|again go out of control]] when exposed to an allspark fragment.
* In the title sequence of the [[Disney]] show ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' there is a passing reference to nanobots.
* Central to the premise of ''[[Generator Rex]]''. An industrial accident spread nanomachines all over the world and they have a tendency to warp living things into monsters, which the titular character must deal with.
* In the ''[[Ben 10]]'' [[Live Action Adaptation]] [[The Movie|movie]] ''Alien Swarm'', the main villains of the film were a [[Hive Mind]] swarm of alien nanitie-like chips that were capable of infecting and controlling any living creature. They even had a [[Hive Queen|queen]]. They weren't actually nanomachines, though, more like living microchips. Nano just sounds cooler.
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