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** This trope is also applied to the [[The Fair Folk|Elves]] weakness to iron, in that Elves seem to have some sort of sixth sense based on magnetism and contact with iron (especially magnetic iron) basically amounts to sensory deprivation.
* Robert Louis Stevenson's story "The Bottle Imp" might be one of the earliest versions of this. The hero has purchased the title [[Artifact of Doom]] which grants wishes, but results in an eternity in hell if not sold for a price less than that which it was purchased. He is despondent after having to buy it back for a penny, but his wife astutely notes that due to exchange rates, coins do exist which are worth less than a cent.
* [[Carnacki, the Ghost
** One of his favorite weapons was the Electric Pentagram, a star formed out of early electric light tubes. Granted, this was a time when electricity was a pretty new idea and many people considered it pretty damn magical...
* [[China Mieville]] ''loves'' this trope. His recent novel ''Kraken'' has several examples, such as a prop phaser from Star Trek that's been enchanted so that it actually works.
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* In ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'', [[The Dragon|Pious]] normally uses magic but {{spoiler|is quite willing to use a pistol to try and take out Lindsey}}. One of the most prominent spells is enchanting weapons, which works on guns. Towards the end of the game, {{spoiler|Michael destroys the Forbidden City using enchanted C4.}}
* ''[[Touhou Project]]'' has plenty of this, thanks to being about magical beings hiding from the modern world, but still capable of stealing modern tech. ''Subterranean Animism'' takes the cake, however, as the plot involved [[Physical God|Physical Godesses]] feeding a dead sun god to a hell raven to create a [[I Love Nuclear Power|Nuclear-Powered Hell Raven]] with the power of Nuclear Fusion, so as to let their worshippers jump from [[Bamboo Technology]] to Hatate being introduced a year later as an ancient [[Youkai]] whose superpower related to her cellphone camera.
** ''Undefined Fantastic Object'' begins with the characters thinking that the sudden appearance of [[Flying Saucer|UFOs]] is connected to the [
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' has plenty of this, with Dante shooting enchanted bullets, shotgun blasts and grenades as readily as he swings an enchanted sword.
* Most of the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games have the main character using a specially-programmed personal computer to communicate with and summon [[Mons|demons]]. The ''[[Devil Survivor (Video Game)|Devil Survivor]]'' version explicitly notes that it is preforming the various "traditional" rituals on its own.
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' is set in a classic [[Medieval European Fantasy]] world, but also features a physics simulation that is realistic in most non-magical respects. This causes side effects that put it firmly in [[Post
** Magical diseases follow the same contagion rules as mundane ones, making it possible for a [[Zombie Apocalypse]] to infect your fort even when nobody's been bitten, if somedwarf wears a tainted tunic.
** Anything that came from an animal can be reanimated by a necromancer, including e.g. the empty pelt. This is an [[Ascended Glitch]].
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** Golems are made out of scrap metal and given heavy weapons.
* In ''[[Trinton Chronicles]]'' nearly everything runs on a blend of scientific principles and mystical energies. Robots can use pre-stored spells, magical items can double as personal protective shields, and even whole rooms can be enchanted to move objects around according to sorting needs.
* [[Mr. Welch]] attempted to use a roll of [
* ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'' takes place in the future, but it's a [[Modern Stasis|future that looks a lot like the modern age]], with magic. Most of the main characters apply modern science and societal notions to the fantastic, leading to a lot of [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]].
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'''Previously crippled Iron Man stands up surrounded by electricity.'''<br />
'''Jarvis:''' Armor energy reserves at 214%. }}
* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' often deals with [[Post
** One episode reveals that the Eiffel Tower is a primitive Magitek containment unit.
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