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== [[Anime]] & Manga ==

* ''[[Slayers]]'' featured a version of the Philosopher's Stone, though one with not much in common with the original myth. This Philosopher's Stone had the property of amplifying magic a hundredfold. It ended up being swallowed by the Dark Lord Shabranigdu and presumably destroyed. There is no know way to produce a new one, as the Stone was a unique legendary artifact. Lina claims it was a piece chipped off the staff that supports the world; it's true origin is revealed in the final light novel to be {{spoiler|a piece broken off the black Demon Blood talisman}}.

* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (~~Manga~~)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', the Philosopher's Stone has the power to violate the law of equivalent exchange in alchemy, but it comes at a terrible price: [[Powered By a Forsaken Child|the stone is composed of human souls]]. It is even worse in the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (~~Anime~~)|2003 anime adaptation]], where thousands of souls are required to create a single stone.

* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', the Philosopher's Stone has the power to violate the law of equivalent exchange in alchemy, but it comes at a terrible price: [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|the stone is composed of human souls]]. It is even worse in the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2003 anime adaptation]], where thousands of souls are required to create a single stone.

** It turns out that the stone actually does ''not'' allow one to violate the law of equivalent exchange. As it happens, the stone actually acts like a massive battery for the alchemist, allowing them to perform energy-to-matter conversions which look to an outsider to be a total violation of equivalent exchange. Those human souls are converted into a "high-energy substance" which makes up the stone.

* The Soft Stone in ''[[Karakuri Circus]]'' is used to created Aqua Vitae, "Water of Life", which is used in the creation of Shiroganes.

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== [[Literature]] ==

* Appears, naturally enough, in ''[[Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Harry Potter And The]] <s>Sorcerer's</s>'' '''[[Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Philosopher's]]''' ''[[Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Stone]]'', displaying its traditional powers of turning lead to gold and creating the elixir of life. {{spoiler|There is also a nod to its origins in that the Mirror of Erised is used to protect it by ensuring that only someone who wanted to ''find'' the stone but not ''use'' it is able to retrieve it.}}

* Used In ''[[~~The Alchemist (Literature)|~~The Alchemist]]''. After all, it's the title character's Personal Legend.

* Used In ''[[The Alchemist]]''. After all, it's the title character's Personal Legend.

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* In ''[[Operators Side]]/Lifeline'', this is what drives the whole plot of the game.

* In ''[[~~Golden Sun Dark Dawn (Video Game)|~~Golden Sun Dark Dawn]]'', it is revealed that the Wise One is a Philosopher's Stone. Apparently, in this world, Philospher's Stones are [[Deus Ex Homine|extremely powerful and intelligent beings forged through Alchemy]].

* In ''[[Golden Sun Dark Dawn]]'', it is revealed that the Wise One is a Philosopher's Stone. Apparently, in this world, Philospher's Stones are [[Deus Ex Homine|extremely powerful and intelligent beings forged through Alchemy]].

* In ''Castlevania: Lament of Innocence'', there is brief mention of Alchemists' quest for the Philosopher's Stone leading them to create the Black Stone and Crimson Stone, both of which are less helpful to humans and extremely useful to vampires (one casts eternal night on the surrounding area, the other allows one to gain power from stealing the souls of others, but turns the user into a vampire). This is presumably intended to explain Dracula's mad h4x, as {{spoiler|the game turns out to be a Dracula origin story}}.

* [[Valkyrie Profile]] the Philosopher's Stone takes the form of the [[Great Big Book of Everything]]. It allows the sorcerer Lezard Valeth to look up and know just about any bit of lost information and in the end allows him to survive Ragnarok.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* The Philosopher's Stone appeared in an episode of ''[[The Real Adventures ~~of Jonny Quest (Animation)~~|The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]''. The villain greedily used the stone's power to make himself rich, and in consequence lost his soul. This [[Only the Pure of Heart|prevented him from using it to make more gold]], so he got around that limitation by kidnapping Hadji and forcing him to make gold to keep his friends alive.

* The Philosopher's Stone appeared in an episode of ''[[Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures|The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]''. The villain greedily used the stone's power to make himself rich, and in consequence lost his soul. This [[Only the Pure of Heart|prevented him from using it to make more gold]], so he got around that limitation by kidnapping Hadji and forcing him to make gold to keep his friends alive.

* The Philosopher's Stone made an appearance in an episode of the ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]'' series. In it, it was the source of all mystical power in the cosmos. The evil wizard Mozenrath created one with the aid of the wizard trapped in a book, Khartoum, only for Khartoum to double cross him and use the stone to escape the book and become the most powerful wizard in the world. However, while the stone's power was limitless, due to it growing unchecked, it exploded.

* The Philosopher's Stone made an appearance in an episode of the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' series. In it, it was the source of all mystical power in the cosmos. The evil wizard Mozenrath created one with the aid of the wizard trapped in a book, Khartoum, only for Khartoum to double cross him and use the stone to escape the book and become the most powerful wizard in the world. However, while the stone's power was limitless, due to it growing unchecked, it exploded.

* One of the reasons Gargamel pursues [[The Smurfs]] is that the Smurfs ''are'' the Philosopher's Stone. At least six Smurfs are needed to make gold.