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Even if a series tries to avoid modern day entirely, [[Powers as Programs|the tendency for magic to act like computer programs]] has bled into the "pure" magical genre.
Can be common in [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]], where you have robots and fairies both running around. However, many of those authors try to separate the sci-fi and fantasy elements; the most common way around this is to make a [[Magic
Note that this is not [[Magitek]]. Magitek is the use of magic to recreate modern inventions, like a camera which is really just [[Discworld|a box with an Imp inside drawing really fast]], or an "Internet" made from magic mirrors and living books. [[Post-Modern Magik]] is when cameras work as normal, but aren't able to take pictures of vampires due to the use of mirrors<ref>If the writer knew a bit more about camera technology, vampires might show up on digital cameras and film, but not the viewfinder of a film camera</ref>, and demons are real, but can be beaten up by [[Ultimate Marvel|mutants]] or be fooled by [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|realistic androids]].
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** A Dragon shows up, and can only be killed by a sword forged in dragon-blood. They found one, but it was trapped in a boulder ("it used to be all the rave"). When plan A (that the sword would accept Dean as a "valiant knight willing to step up and kill the beast") failed, out came plan B: Take out the C4 and blow up the boulder. {{spoiler|This had the minor side effect of breaking the sword, but it still worked.}}
** [[The Fair Folk|Faries]] have hidden their kidnappings, light appearances, and their other effects by forming [[Conspiracy Theorist|groups]] preaching it was done by aliens.
* Turned out to be quite a hassle for Jeannie and Tony in ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''. It is stated that [[Magic
* Reluctance to embrace this trope got a character on ''[[Highlander the Series]]'' in deep trouble. Having already dragged his feet for ages before he even learned to read, the immortal Hugh Fitzcairn finds himself at a serious disadvantage in modern times, as he is computer-illiterate and doesn't know how to {{spoiler|delete falsified evidence framing him for murder}}.
* In ''[[Being Human]]'', it's possible to {{spoiler|kill}} a werewolf by placing him or her in a pressurized chamber during a full moon. Vampires don't show up on video, making for a unique subgenre of [[Snuff Film]]. Meanwhile, Death (or an agent thereof) can talk to ghosts through televisions.
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