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{{quote|'''Frink''': "Yes, over here, [...] in [[Xena: Warrior Princess|Episode BF12]], you were battling barbarians while riding a winged Appaloosa, yet in the very next scene, my dear, [[Headscratchers|you're clearly atop a winged Arabian! Please do explain it!]]
'''[[Xena: Warrior Princess|Lucy Lawless]]:''' Uh, yeah, well, whenever you notice something like that... [[Trope Namer|a wizard did it]].
'''Frink:''' Yes, alright, yes, in episode AG04-"
'''Lucy Lawless:''' Wizard!|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "[[Treehouse of Horror]] X"}}
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This explanation can also often bring some extra [[Fridge Logic]] into a story, when '''A Wizard Did It''' is given as an explanation and the wizard later fails in a situation in some way that could have easily been solved by [[Forgotten Phlebotinum|the wizard just doing what he apparently did before.]] This can also lead to [[Reed Richards Is Useless]] when you realize the possible, fantastic uses of that random magic trick nobody seems to care about.
Contrast [[Bellisario's Maxim]], [[MST3K Mantra]], [[Doing
Not to be confused with [[The Butler Did It]].
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* In a meta example from [[The Lord of the Rings]] films, during an interview director Peter Jackson praised the humility and amiability of Sir [[Ian McKellen]]. He recalled an example regarding the siege of Gondor, which is paraphrased:
{{quote|'''McKellen:''' ''Why doesn't Gandalf just use his magic to defeat them all?''
'''Jackson:''' ''The staff is out of [[Mana Meter|batteries]], and because of the war the alchemist's shop is closed and he can't get new ones.''
'''McKellen:''' ''Okay.'' }}
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Warhammer
** Tzeentch did it in normal ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', too. He's been working carefully for ~40,000 years and it still doesn't make any damn sense. [[Go Mad
** "The Tyranids ate it." Deep-fried Squat, anyone?
** When all else fails, [[Unreliable Narrator|the source of the story is lying or misremembering a detail]].
** [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLz6bTitUQE&feature=player_embedded here] to explain Dark Eldar technology
* Many bizarre, inexplicable, or just plain silly monsters from the early days of ''[[Dungeons
** Most of the more bizarre content in ''[[Spelljammer]]'' is explained by A Wizard Did It. Sometimes ''literally''. One sourcebook actually explains the sheer weirdness of the setting with "It's magic, and it ''knows'' it's magic."
* In ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic the Gathering]]'', YOU are the wizard that did it.
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