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== Anime and Manga ==

==Anime and Manga==

* In ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', a mook tries the Hokuto Shinken on [[The Hero|Kenshiro]], of all people, even daring to tell him [[Catch Phrase|"You're already dead"]] and count down the seconds to Kenshiro's death. Of course, it was the mook the one [[Your Head Asplode|who was already dead]].

* In ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', a mook tries the Hokuto Shinken on [[The Hero|Kenshiro]] of all people, even daring to tell him [[Catch Phrase|"You're already dead"]] and count down the seconds to Kenshiro's death. Of course, it was the mook the one [[Your Head Asplode|who was already dead]].

* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', [[Psycho Electro|Luxus]] attempts to use Marakov's, {{spoiler|his grandfather}} spell, Fairy Law, which targets anyone the user considers an enemy, to eliminate the entire guild. When it fails, despite having enough power and invoking it to activate, one of his friends reminds Luxus that his heart can't lie to his magic and the guild members are still his [[True Companions]].

* ''[[Bleach]]''. Kido spells are spoken, but they only have effect if used by spiritual beings such as Soul Reapers.

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Kido spells are spoken, but they only have effect if used by spiritual beings such as Soul Reapers.

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==Comic Books==

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== Comic Books ==

* In [[The DCU]], Johnny Quick's sidekick Tubby Watts tried reciting Johnny's [[Formulaic Magic|magical formula]] of [[E=MC Hammer|("3X2(9YZ)4A")]]<ref>It is a nonsense formula, do not bother searching for it.</ref> in order to give himself [[Super Speed|superspeed]] like Johnny's. It failed. A later [[Retcon]] established that the 'formula' was actually a personal mantra that would only work for Johnny (and eventually his daughter).

* One [[Story Arc]] in ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'' features [[Doctor Doom]] using [[The Magic Versus Technology War|magic against Reed Richards]]. At one point he [[Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard|locks Richards in the spellbook library]], [[Evil Gloating|secure in the knowledge that Mr. Fantastic cannot manage even the apprentice-level spell that would unlock the door]]. And he's right. Turns out, following the instructions exactly [[Magic Misfire|pisses]] [[Wild Magic|magic off]].

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==Film==

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== Film ==

* ''[[Fright Night]]''

{{quote|'''Jerry Dandridge''': You have to have ''faith'' for that to work, Mr. Vincent!}}

* ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', the [[Con Artist|man]] who [[Achievements in Ignorance|invented the spells from what he thought was a nonsense book]] could not use them, but [[Angela Lansbury]]'s character, Miss Eglantine Price, could because she actually believed in magic. It took a great deal of concentration before he could finally get one to work after being shown numerous times that magic existed.

* In ''[[Hellbound Hellraiser II]]'', the psychotic psychologist uses a traumatized girl to open the puzzle box, thus summoning the Cenobites to Earth, figuring that this way, it'll be the girl who get's dragged to Hell and not himself. But as Pinhead puts it, "It is not hands that call us, it is desire". They leave the girl in peace and go off in search of the one who ''truly'' summoned them.

* In ''[[Hellbound Hellraiser II]]'', the psychotic psychologist uses a traumatized girl to open the puzzle box, thus summoning the Cenobites to Earth, figuring that this way it'll be the girl who get's dragged to Hell and not himself. But as Pinhead puts it, "It is not hands that call us, it is desire". They leave the girl in peace and go off in search of the one who ''truly'' summoned them.

== Literature ==

==Literature==

* ''[[Discworld]]'' series

** Mentioned in ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]'': the [[golem]]s won't obey orders even spoken in their native tongue, unless {{spoiler|the person giving the order is dressed like an Umnian high priest in golden robes, aka Moist's suit.}}