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* ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'' mentions this. In one flashback, they actually discuss a strange interface on Galeon, an alien mecha lion, and refer to it as a Black Box. Once they figure out how to activate it, it contains designs for half the [[Applied Phlebotinum]] in the show.
* In the Nausicaa manga, the Crypts of Shuwa are ''full'' of Black Boxes--most notably the God Warrior. More mundanely, nobody has the technology to build new airship engines any more, so when an airship is downed, there's a scramble to salvage the irreplaceable engines.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]!'' has a bunch of them, collectively called 'Black Technology', created by the mysterious 'Whispered'. Many are simply extrapolations of existing technologies, which are mass-produced and change the world drastically - [[Reed Richards Is Useless|Whispered are explicitly NOT useless.]] Others, however, are perfect examples of the trope - Foremost among them is the 'Lambda Driver', a true [[Black Box]] which enables users to [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|warp the laws of physics through sheer determination]].
** In ''The Second Raid'' it's mentioned that the Arbelest is optimised for the first person who used it (Sousuke) and as the designer died since then that means it can't be reset for another user. As Sousuke hates the unreliability of the weapon and is also undergoing a [[Heroic BSOD]] this causes major problems.
*** The FMP manga Arbalest won't work for anyone other than Sousuke because if anyone else tries to pilot it the AI just constantly asks for Sousuke, and no matter how many times the reset or reprogram the thing it still will only work for Sousuke.
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