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* In ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', the Ganmen's controls don't have a clear connection to the operation. When asked how to operate one, Simon says you just move the levers back and forth and it does what you want.

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' - Any time Kaiba uses his hax skills. Summed up quite nicely in [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|the abridged series]]:

'''Kaiba''': That's because I learned how to hack by watching old episodes of ''[[Star Trek]]''. }}

* In ''[[Heroman]]'', the remote control that Joey uses to control Heroman only has one button.

** In ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'', Padmé Amidala pressed a red button on her ship control panel to transmit Obi-Wan's message to the Jedi Council, and later pressed the same button to show Anakin the holographic map of Geonosis.

** In ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'', this was referenced when Padmé pressed the same button to start the ship. It was further parodied in ''Rifftrax'':

'''Mike''': (as Padmé) By pressing the ''only'' button on the ship that works! }}

* ''[[Star Trek]]''

 

* The transmogrifier in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' has an indicator that points to whatever animal Calvin wants to turn into. If he wants to turn into something that is not listed, he just writes it on the side. The Transmogrifier ''gun'', on the other hand, takes a much simpler approach: telepathy! The box that the transmogrifier itself is constructed from is context-sensitive: crawl underneath it and it's a transmogrifier, go into it from the side and it's a duplicator, and climb in the top and it's a time machine.

'''Calvin''': What? When the TOP is open, it's a time machine, remember? }}

** Actually weaponized when Calvin gets rid of his clones by tricking them into running into the duplicator, then flipping it over to turn it into a transmogrifier.