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== Anime and Manga ==
* Washuu in ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''.
* Li Kohran in ''[[Sakura Taisen]]''.
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Ami Mizumo (Sailor Mercury).
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* Nina from ''[[Ultra Maniac]]'' literally * is* a [[Techno Wizard]] because she needs to use a PC to cast spells due to her lack of skill.
* Yuki Nagato from ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''. She hacked a computer game ''while playing'' and disabled the cheating of it's creators they were playing against. She [http://i44.tinypic.com/2nqce4z.gif played it] from the motherfucking ''code''. And she learned all those computer skills [[Instant Expert|in a matter of days]], as you can see her [[Rapid-Fire Typing|typing faster and faster]] every day. Of course, {{spoiler|she's not even close to being human either.}}
* Although much of Section 9 from ''[[Ghost in
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** The Pied Piper/Hartley from ''[[The Flash]]'' series.
* ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]'': Brianna Diggers
* Forge from the various ''[[X
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== Literature ==
* Special mention ought to go to Ponder Stibbons from the ''[[
* Also Charles Stross' ''[[The Laundry Series]]'', which includes a Palm Treo being turned into a {{spoiler|petrification gun.}}
* Foaly the centaur from the ''[[
* Ax was the ''[[
== Live Action TV ==
* Marshall on ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' is the current top-dog Techno-Wiz.
* Both McGee and [[Perky Goth|Abby]] from ''[[NCIS]]'' fill this role as the plot demands.
* Chloe Sullivan on ''[[Smallville]]''
* The Technomages of ''[[Babylon
* Willow on ''[[
** Jenny Calendar was first.
* Any lab tech from ''[[CSI]]''.
* Adam on ''[[CSI: NY]]''
* Tosh in ''[[
* Mickey Smith and the Doctor on ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* Rodney and Sam from the ''[[Stargate Verse|Stargate]]'' verse.
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* Orion {{spoiler|a.k.a Chuck's father Stephen Bartowski}} of ''[[Chuck]]'' fame is revered as a Techno God by pretty much every organisation in the show.
** Chuck himself is quite adept, being able to bypass FULCRUM-encryption in minutes, amongst other things. He uses these skills to great effect as a [[Badass Normal]], in season five.
* ''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]'' - Birkhoff, [[Government Conspiracy|Division's]] chief computer expert. Bonus points for designing his own computer network ([[Awesome McCoolname|Shadownet]]) and making it look enough like a computer game that any of Division's recruits can easily learn how to use it.
* Cole on ''[[
* Several ''[[Power Rangers]]'' characters qualify; usually if there's one person responsible for development and maintenance of the team's gear. This can be either the team's [[Smart Guy]] or a separate [[Mission Control]] character. The list of these people can include Billy, Miss Fairweather, Trip, Cam, Hayley, Kat Manx, Dr. K, and Antonio.
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* Bugs, Delta Spike, and just about all the other devisers and gadgeteers (there's a difference!) in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]''.
* The [[Bastard Operator From Hell]].
* The Wireless Wizard from ''[[
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* "Brains" from ''[[Thunderbirds]]''.
* TechRat from ''[[Jem]]''
* Walter "Doc" Hartford from ''[[
* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Donatello definitely fits the trope-- humorously, he's been referred to as a wizard on more than one occasion: the ''Back to the Sewers'' episode "Superquest", and constantly called "Mr. Wizard" by his dimensional counterpart in ''[[Turtles Forever]]''.
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