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* Basically all of Cid's incarnations in ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', except for ''I'', ''VIII'', ''XIII'', and the spinoffs. ''IV'', ''VI'', and ''XII'' are probably closest to the trope as written.

** King Edgar Figaro of ''VI'' is also an example of the trope. His mechanical, sand-diving, transforming castle just by itself is [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|an example of how incredibly COOL an Engineer can be.]]

** [[Truth in Television]], the flying machine was based on sketches Da Vinci made in his notebooks. [[Rule of Cool|On the other hand, those sketches never actually produced something that really worked...]]

* In the ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' titles, engineers are used to either sabotage/capture enemy structures or instantly repair one's own.