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'''Buffy:''' That was then... ''[[Muggles Do It Better|(raises a rocket launcher)]]'' This is now.
(Dru and Angel duck for cover.)
'''Judge:''' [[Famous Last Words|What's that do?]]
|''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''}}
Most fantasy is based on folklore, but what if you want to be really creative (or rip off someone who was really creative) and [[Urban Fantasy|set your fantasy in the modern age?]] When you do this, you are forced to update some of the trappings of your fantasy.
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** Pencil and Paper? Drawing in the dirt with a stick? Hand signs?
* ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' has Gilgamesh in an ancient Babylonian spaceship [[High Altitude Battle|dogfighting]] {{spoiler|Lancelot}} in a magically enhanced F-15, and King Arthur riding a motorcycle {{spoiler|to battle Alexander the Great in his divine chariot.}} [[Rule of Cool|Yeah, it's that kind of story.]]
* Possibly Devil Fruit in ''[[One Piece]]'', which were originally believed to have been extensions of the Sea Devil. While most examples of them confer "natural", body altering, or elemental-style powers on the recipient, some seem to rely on human achievement and man-made technology. For instance, Baby-5's ''Buki Buki no Mi'' lets her change into ''any'' weapon, including modern ones like guns and missiles, while Sugar's ''Hobi Hobi no Mi'' turns anyone she touches into [[Living Toy]]s. One of the weirdest in this regard is Capone Bege's ''Shiro Shiro no Mi'', which turns him into a living fortress, complete with cannons. Either the Sea Devil keeps informed about modern civilization or Devil Fruit has some stranger origin altogether.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' normally keeps magic and technology separate, even though two of the science teachers are practicing magicians. They probably want to avoid incidents like the one with the shadow-possessed robot.
** Recent revelations show this ''definitely'' hasn't always been the case- there's a large room full of functional "robots" with no moving or electrical parts, yet which
** And now it doesn't, since magic is being used ''as'' a branch of technology, connected to computers. Also, robots turned out to have a strange secondary function, as components of magical defenses.
** On the amusing side, Jenny uses lipstick for [[Geometric Magic|magical diagrams]]. Some of which is activated by "playing hopscotch" on them. And another was used as a guidance system slapped on a small drone.
* ''[[Dragon Tails]]'' goes along a similar line of reasoning as [[Buffy]] vs. the Judge. A malevolent legendary creature's only documented weakness involves mirrors and moonlight, but it turns out to have an undocumented weakness to rocket launchers.
** Also, a Gorgon's stare doesn't work if you look at it through a sniper scope and a stinger missle can take out a phoenix before it does the whole "ashes" thing.
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'''Demon Cockroach:''' He besieged me with science! }}
* Happens frequently in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':
** When they [https://web.archive.org/web/20030613151043/http://beta.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=980920 raid a vampire's lair], the characters bring along a [[Gatling Good|gatling gun]] that fires wooden stakes, a switchblade they silver-plated, and a whoopie cushion filled with holy water.
** Demons who [[Demonic Invaders|invade another dimension]] sell the human souls they capture in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160604014112/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=041005 supermarkets], and, after some hassle figuring out how they work, use [https://web.archive.org/web/20160130123224/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=040613 cellphones] to coordinate their battle plans.
** [[Cute Witch]] Gwynn [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=080121 creates a magical golem] out of the various pieces of clutter around the apartment, named "Clutter Monster."
** The Orsintos research center, though shrouded in mystery, seems to have been a government program designed to "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140929092805/http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=061022 weaponize ghosts]," at least one of which communicates with the heroes via cellphone.
** Three Words: [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=990321 Mecha Easter Bunny].
** And, of course, the [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=970825 very first strip]:
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'''Riff:''' Yes! Spam Satan! }}
* ''[[Xkcd]]'': ''Time passes differently in [[The Chronicles of Narnia|Narnia]], [http://xkcd.com/821/ so by putting the CPU and storage for my machine there, I was able to run through the Folding@Home and SETI@Home databases in about an hour.]"
== [[Web Original]] ==
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