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{{trope}}
High technology (or magic) available to characters never seems to trickle down to the populace. In particular, if a villain is in possession of a weapon which would be worth millions to the Pentagon, why would he limit himself to robbing banks with it? This especially applies to one-shot enemies on [[Speculative Fiction]] series with amazing inventions that have never been seen
See also [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]], [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]], [[Reed Richards Is Useless]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* This was the original rationale for changing ''[[
** The villain Bloodsport had a [[Hyperspace Arsenal|teleporter capable of summoning weapons from a cache]] both the weapons and the teleporter were supplied by the corporate Lex Luthor who could surely have made a fortune selling this stuff to the military.
* The Four in ''[[Planetary]]'' are described as having stockpiles of technology like this. Which they intentionally keep to themselves. The Four are also shown to be plotting to sell mankind to alien monsters, then leave their Earth for some other world to conquer. All that ultra-tech would come in pretty handy. Logical, really.
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** There are shades of this in ''[[Iron Man]] 2''.
* After the registration act, the New Warriors were reformed by members with stolen parts and prototypes of devices used by other [[Marvel]] characters. A Doc Ock harness, Scarlet Spider Web shooters, and a patch work [[Iron Man]] were notable and they operated out of a deserted villain's base. The group did eat up some funds keeping everything working however.
* First [[Lampshaded]], then subverted by ''[[Starman (
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'' throws a spin on this by having "[[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]]" as a plot device, and after the Mad Scientist is treated for said disorder (and prevented from doing stereotypical mad science activities, another parody AMOS uses), the "Plot Tech" devices ''can'' be used by the general population. For example, early in the series the Lunar Cannons - remarkably similar to those used in ''[[Final Fantasy]] VIII'' - were introduced as made by the ''first'' [[Mad Scientist]].
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' there seem to be a handful of [[Mad Scientist
== [[Literature]] ==
* Justified in the ''[[Wild Cards]]'' series, wherein some examples of amazingly advanced technology ''appear'' to exist (independently of things brought by genuinely more advanced aliens); however, it turns out that the ability to build such machines is among the powers granted to some by the Wild Card virus. Most such devices will only work for the Aces who build
== [[Film]] ==
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