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* According to the ''[[Star Trek]]'' d6 RPG sourcebooks, reversing the polarity in different ways on the main deflector array can create a low power phaser, force someone out of warp, and allow you to [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|basically do ANYTHING you could think of]]. The Main Deflector Array; [[Swiss Army Weapon]] of the Federation. In fact players are encouraged to come up with [[Techno Babble]] explanations for whatever it is they are trying to do. |
* According to the ''[[Star Trek]]'' d6 RPG sourcebooks, reversing the polarity in different ways on the main deflector array can create a low power phaser, force someone out of warp, and allow you to [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|basically do ANYTHING you could think of]]. The Main Deflector Array; [[Swiss Army Weapon]] of the Federation. In fact players are encouraged to come up with [[Techno Babble]] explanations for whatever it is they are trying to do. |
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* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' made a card for "Reverse Polarity"—any damage taken so far that turn from artifacts is retroactively added to your health total. Lampshaded, but [[Better Than a Bare Bulb|most certainly not explained]], in that the picture shows a mace acting as a [[Healing Shiv]]. |
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' made a card for "Reverse Polarity"—any damage taken so far that turn from artifacts is retroactively added to your health total. Lampshaded, but [[Better Than a Bare Bulb|most certainly not explained]], in that the picture shows a mace acting as a [[Healing Shiv]]. |
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** The [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Tabletop Game)]] has a similar card: ''Rainbow Life''. |
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* ''[[Paranoia]]'' adventure "'The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues''. The Maxwell-Effect Moleculokinesic Field Device is basically a Pyrokinesis gun (e.g. it acts like a flamethrower). 50% of the time it fires at reverse polarity and freezes the target. |
* ''[[Paranoia]]'' adventure "'The Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues''. The Maxwell-Effect Moleculokinesic Field Device is basically a Pyrokinesis gun (e.g. it acts like a flamethrower). 50% of the time it fires at reverse polarity and freezes the target. |
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* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' adventure ''Hot Rods of the Gods''. If a Ghostbusters fires his proton pack at Meera at the same time as Meera shoots at him with the red devolvo ray, it will reverse the polarity. The devolvo beam will affect Meera and the Ghostbuster will evolve into a superior being with increased intelligence and [[My Brain Is Big|a large head]]. |
* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' adventure ''Hot Rods of the Gods''. If a Ghostbusters fires his proton pack at Meera at the same time as Meera shoots at him with the red devolvo ray, it will reverse the polarity. The devolvo beam will affect Meera and the Ghostbuster will evolve into a superior being with increased intelligence and [[My Brain Is Big|a large head]]. |
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* In ''[[Freedom Force]] vs. the Third Reich'', Sky King gets his jetpack to work and saves the day after Bullet tells him to reverse the polarity on his neutrino pack. Bullet is from the future and knew this from reading the Sky King comic books written after Sky King got his jetpack to work, but causality sucks anyway. |
* In ''[[Freedom Force]] vs. the Third Reich'', Sky King gets his jetpack to work and saves the day after Bullet tells him to reverse the polarity on his neutrino pack. Bullet is from the future and knew this from reading the Sky King comic books written after Sky King got his jetpack to work, but causality sucks anyway. |
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* It turns this is the way to reconnect Clockwerk's body in ''[[Sly Cooper|Sly]] 2''. |
* It turns this is the way to reconnect Clockwerk's body in ''[[Sly Cooper|Sly]] 2''. |
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