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For added irony, sometimes the Walking Techbane ''wants'' to be good with technology, but is prevented from doing so by the apparent plague of gremlins that follows them whenever they try to work anything with moving parts. In this case, they may overlap with [[Bungling Inventor]].
Sometimes this happens to characters with magical powers, in universes where [[Magic Versus Science|magic and science can't coexist]]. Compare [[Anti
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* You can become your own [[Walking Techbane]] in ''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]'' by enabling the "iamwarren" (Warren being the games development lead) cheat code - which makes literally anything computerized fizzle and die when you walk within five feet of it.
* Alicia, the title character of the game ''[[Bullet Witch]]'' seems to be one of these specifically for aircraft. Any time she's on an aircraft, ''something'' happens to cause it to crash -- it happens twice in the course of the game, and she's convinced not to attempt it a third time. {{spoiler|She also died in a plane crash before the game even started.}}
* Cole McGrath, the hero in ''[[In Famous (Video Game)|In Famous]]'', becomes a walking techbane at the beginning of the game. His [[Shock and Awe|electrical powers]] work well enough around electrical devices ([[Mundane Utility|enough to recharge batteries if need be]]), but devices with certain chemical components get very unstable around him: he can't sit in a car without it breaking down, and one attempt to handle a gun results in it exploding. And [[No Hugging, No Kissing|let's not get started on his girlfriend...]]
* Cyan/Cayenne from ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' is terrified of (though fascinated by) machinery, though the first time you meet him he jumps into a suit of Magitek armor and (eventually) pilots it without too much problem; at one point has a great deal of difficulty ''stepping on a simple pressure switch''.
* Major Zero in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3]]'' was heavily implied to be this. He usually needs to read Sigint's notes word for word when explaining what some of his technologies do, and Sigint also was about to tell a story about Major Zero and a Brand New Washing Machine before he was cut off, which resulted in a [[Noodle Incident]], although it could be assumed that the story was going to be about Zero unintentionally wrecking the washing machine somehow.
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