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{{quote|''We stepped up on our important things''
''So we could reach the highest apple''
''We realized how precious they were after we lost them''
''Just another mistake we made when we were young''|'''Shangri-la''', ''angela'' (opening to ''[[Fafner in the Azure|Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor]]'')}}
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* Trope name partly taken from ''[[Charmed]]'' and its obsession with this subject, one example even leading to an alternate [[Bad Future]]!
** Lampshaded in "Mr. Wrong", after Paige is done sexing up the titular character (whom she conjured for that sole purpose):
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** For "good" characters, the use of their powers for minute tasks such as retrieving something from another room with telekenisis is [[Handwaved]]. However, manipulating events to improve your life is grounds for the removal of one's powers..
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', everyone treats it as very wrong when Willow uses her magic to do [[Mundane Utility|mundane things]].
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