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{{quote|''"Hey look, buddy, I'm an Engineer. That means I solve problems. Not problems like 'what is beauty?', because that would [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy]]. I solve '''[[Mr. Fixit|practical problems]]'''."''|'''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Engineer]]''', ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipYkuCZ2IYI Meet the Engineer]''}}

 

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== General ==

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* The [[Camp Gay|faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabulous]] Leeron of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. For the first half of the series, he practically takes care of all the Gunmen, the Gurren Lagann AND the massive Dai-Gurren all by himself! And post-timeskip, he's even MORE talented.

* The maintenance crew in ''[[Shinkon Gattai Godannar|Godannar]]''. Also a major source of comedy and [[UST]].

* Seiya Uribatake of ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' is the person in charge of maintaining the ship's mecha and gets very angry when one of them gets banged up.

* ''[[Code Geass]]'' features Rakshata on the side of the Black Knights, and Lloyd Asplund for Suzaku.

 

== Film ==

* Q from the [[James Bond]] movies. Seriously, where would 007 be without him?

* [[Star Wars|R2-D2]]

* In the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', Montgomery Scott is looking to be as brilliant a chief engineer as in the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|original series]]. The same cannot be said for his position's [[Red Shirt|predecessor]].

 

 

* ''[[The Cross Time Engineer]]'' is about how a single 20th century engineer thrown back to 13th century Poland manages to introduce heavy industry.

* ''The Engineer Trilogy'' by K.J. Parker features an engineer as the central character. Set in an alternate [[Middle Ages]], engineering pervades the story: design, manufacture the application of machines (particularly war machines) are all tightly interwoven into the plot. Ziani Vaatzes, the titular engineer is a subtly [[The Chessmaster|terrifying genius]] who [[Batman Gambit|applies]] his deep understanding of mechanics to manipulate everything from people to empires to achieve his own ends.

* Master Klopp in Scott Westerfeld's ''Leviathan''.

 

 

* Episodes of ''[[Band of Brothers]]'' have shown the Army Corps Of Engineers helping infantry and cavalry move. Also makes it an example of [[Truth in Television]].

* The multitude of engineering officers in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe. They've proven their worth many times over.

* ''[[Danger UXB]]'' is a case of the engineer as protagonist. Lt Brian Ash is an engineering student who [[Got Volunteered]] into the command of a [[Bomb Disposal]] section in [[World War Two]].

 

 

* [[Warhammer 40000]] has a variety depending on which army you're playing

** Space Marines have Techmarines, specially trained by the [[Machine Worship|Adeptus Mechanicus]] to maintain their battle-brothers' equipment. Due to being every bit as tough and skilled as other [[Space Marines]], they're the [[Genius Bruiser]] type.

* Subverted in ''[[Paranoia]]'': each Troubleshooter team generally has a designated Equipment Guy (among other Mandatory Bonus Duties), but it doesn't mean he's any good (especially when The Computer assigns roles based on ''who needs the most practice'').

 

 

* Quite obviously, The Engineer, Dell Conagher (and both his father and grandfather, likely to be a family tradition, considering a few images seemed to imply that his father is the engineer from [[Team Fortress Classic]]) from ''[[Team Fortress Classic|Team Fortress]]'' and ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''. He specifically is an example of a Combat Engineer, supplying ammo and equipment to fellow soldiers and constructing [[The Turret Master|turrets]] and [[Transporters and Teleporters|teleporters]].

** The Engineer is better at defense than offense, though he can be played as a "Battle Engie" with the right loadout (specifically, the Gunslinger and the Frontier Justice).

* Engineers in ''[[Civil War Generals]] 2'' build and remove obstructions, fortifications, and bridges, but are poor fighters.

* In ''[[Torchlight]] II'', the Engineer is not only capable of making turrets but is also the resident [[Meat Shield|Tank]] wearing [[Steampunk]] [[Powered Armor]] while wielding [[Drop the Hammer|hammer-like]] [[Wrench Whack|wrenches]].

 

== Western Animation ==

 

 

== Web Comics ==

* Every major character in ''[[Girl Genius]]''.

** Apart from the mad ''social'' scientist, of course.

* Both Kevyn Anderson and Para Ventura of [[Schlock Mercenary]] are terrifyingly competent engineers. Kevyn especially, having built, amongst other things, a telescope array from stocks of torpedoes; thereafter known as the Very Dangerous Array.

 

 

* Obviously [[Truth in Television]]. No major military operation since the dawn of time has advanced without the help of engineers, even if the term didn't even ''exist'' at that time. Any operation where terrain needs to be modified, fortifications built or machines and equipment used, engineers have made their mark.

** In fact, until relatively recently, ''all'' engineers were military engineers. The term "civil engineer" was coined in the late 18th century and originally referred to any engineer who wasn't associated with the military.