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* In ''Anime/RoboticsNotes'', the [=GunPro 2=] and [=GunPro=] 1 [[spoiler:as refit for the final battle]] use a laser power link that makes them reliant on a truck-mounted laser for energy. The truck itself carries a reel of cable that connects it to a power line somewhere. [[spoiler:A near-miss during the battle knocks the truck over, severing the cable and leaving [=GunPro 1=] with five minutes of battery power.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The GreaterScopeVillain of the series, [[spoiler: [[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]]]] uploads itself into a helmet which it uses to take control of [[spoiler:Marcy]]. It is often attached to at least one cable which allows it to control and oversee its minions. But once the cable is severed in the last fight, it shuts down entirely. [[spoiler:However, this only freed Marcy from its control, and The Core, still uploaded into the helmet, attempts one LastVillainStand in the final episode to take down the heroes]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The GreaterScopeVillain of the series, [[spoiler:[[MindHive The Core]]]] uploads itself into a helmet which it uses to take control of [[spoiler:Marcy]]. It is often attached to at least one cable which allows it to control and oversee its minions. But once the cable is severed in the last fight, it shuts down entirely. [[spoiler:However, this only freed Marcy from its control, and The Core, still uploaded into the helmet, attempts one LastVillainStand in the final episode to take down the heroes]].

** ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'': The android XLCR is equipped with a power cord which gives him some trouble. [[spoiler:In actuality, the cord is not connected to anything - it's included in his design specifically to give the illusion of a weakness and limitation, so humans won't fear him as a potential threat.]]

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'': Doc Brown needs to connect a power line from the top of the clock tower, where a lightning bolt will strike, to ground level, where the [=DeLorean=] will use the energy to travel through time. Unfortunately, a random lightning strike knocks a tree branch onto the power cord so it isn't long enough to do the job, so he has to improvise.

* On ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', Michael wanted to build a robotic memorial statue of his old boss, Ed Truck. Dwight suggested giving it a short power cord so it couldn't kill them all.

* ''Anime/NadiaSecretOfBlueWater'': in the final episode "[[Recap/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWaterE39SuccessorToTheStars Successor to the Stars]]", the viewer eventually learns Emperor Neo is a [[DarkLordOnLifeSupport cyborg]] since the Doom of Tartessos. Once Emperor Neo starts to become independent, his puppet-master Gargoyle unplugs him. Subverted in that he was still able to save his sister Nadia from her brainwashing.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': Doc Brown needs to connect a power line from the top of the clock tower, where a lightning bolt will strike, to ground level, where the [=DeLorean=] will use the energy to travel through time. Unfortunately, a random lightning strike knocks a tree branch onto the power cord so it isn't long enough to do the job, so he has to improvise.

* Invoked in ''VideoGame/Command&ConquerGenerals: Zero Hour'' with USA Laser specialist General "Pinpoint" Townes. His laser tanks are more powerful than the standard American ''Crusader'' MBT, but they're hooked into his power grid as a NescessaryDrawback. His Generals Challenge mission even has "Destroy Six Cold Fusion Reactors" as a secondary objective, which stops his tanks dead in their tracks.

* On one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'', Starfire [[TimeTravel travels to]] a BadFuture where the Titans ended up splitting. Cyborg was the only one who stayed at the tower because he had burned all of his internal batteries long ago, so he had to be constantly plugged to a large machine to keep functioning, and couldn't go anywhere. [[spoiler:He comes back to help by toting around a large external battery and repairs them at the end of the episode. Starfire returning to her time possibly preventing said future from happening in the first place]].

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* VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole sees Toolshed (Stan) equipped with a sand blaster that can clear pathways...but he needs an air compressor to use it. Fortunately, the New Kid can use his Fart Powers to provide the necessary force. Before that is discovred, we get this gem between Toolshed and The Coon (Cartman):