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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': The power source for the city of Monstropolis is "scream," harvested from terrified children by the titular utility company. "Scream" is stored in steel canisters as if it were compressed gas. It's later replaced by laughter, which has ten times as much energy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'': The power source for the city of Monstropolis is "scream," harvested from terrified children by the titular utility company. "Scream" is stored in steel canisters as if it were compressed gas. It's later replaced by laughter, which has ten times as much energy.
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* In the first book of the series ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' the heroes are tasked to renew the bindings of Fenrir. Similar to the original rope, the replacement is created from impossible ingredients: Wi-fi with no lag, A politician's sincerity, A printer that prints, Healthy deep-fried food, An interesting grammar lecture.

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* In the first book of the series ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' the heroes are tasked to renew the bindings of Fenrir. Similar to the original rope, the replacement is created from impossible ingredients: Wi-fi with no lag, A a politician's sincerity, A a printer that prints, Healthy healthy deep-fried food, An and an interesting grammar lecture.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicKey'': About 50% of the ingredients the wizard Zandoodle uses in his spells consists of stuff like moonlight and ground stardust. (The other 50% consists of [[{{Magitek}} engine oil and screws]]).
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[[caption-width-right:350:...And ''how'' am I supposed to get most of these ingredients?]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:...And ''how'' am I supposed to get most of these ingredients?]]Let me see if the neighbor will lend me some cackle.]]
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A subtrope of EyeOfNewt. Compare IntangiblePrice, IntangibleTheft, and AbstractEater. See also MadeFromRealGirlScouts. Contrast SecretIngredient, where the ingredient is tangible enough, but the cook refuses to tell what it is.

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A subtrope of EyeOfNewt. Compare IntangiblePrice, IntangibleTheft, and AbstractEater. See also MadeFromRealGirlScouts. Contrast SecretIngredient, where the ingredient is tangible enough, but the cook refuses to tell what it is.
is. SisterTrope to TwentyPercentMoreAwesome, when the abstract items are somehow measured with statistics.
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* Among the many, many trade goods in ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' are some oddities such as Maniac's Prayers and Romantic Notions.

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* Among the many, many trade goods in ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' are some oddities such as Maniac's Prayers and Romantic Notions. Most can be sold at the [[BazaarOfTheBizarre bazzar]].
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* Among the many, many trade goods in ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' are some oddities such as Maniac's Prayers and Romantic Notions.
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** Some boutique health food brands cheekily include "love" in the actual list of ingredients. So far, none have had enough of a sense of humor to add a "This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA" disclaimer underneath.

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** * Some boutique health food brands also cheekily include "love" in the actual list of ingredients.ingredients on the label. So far, none have had enough of a sense of humor to add a "This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA" disclaimer underneath.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': Artsy director Jill Pill, when ordering omelett in a diner, asks "for the cook to whisper his dreams into the omelett". When she tries the omelett, she claims the cook didn't follow her instruction, because "this doesn't taste like dreams".
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* Discussed in Franchise/TheWitcher series, on one hand wizards intentionally overengineer their alchemical recipies like requiring albino tarantula venom when generic spider venom will do because they'd lose their prestige if everyone thought magic was simple, on the other hand sometimes you do need a specific ingredient even if its not for the reason you expect, in [[VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings the second game]] Geralt is tasked with finding some royal blood and asks if its one of those overengineered recipies and finds out it isn't, the cure needs blood from a person with specific genetic traits that a member of some royal family long ago happened to have, and since royal families tend to intermarry each other they all have it by now.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' features this in the episode ''The Doctor's Wife'', when companions Amy and Rory have to get through a locked door with the password Crimson Eleven Delight Petrichor. Turns out it's a ''psychic'' password and they have to call a memory of each in sequence to unlock the door. Petrichor trips them up until they realize it's the chemical that gives soil its distinctive scent when it rains

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' features this in the episode ''The Doctor's Wife'', when companions Amy and Rory have to get through a locked door with the password Crimson Eleven Delight Petrichor. Turns out it's a ''psychic'' password and they have to call a memory of each in sequence to unlock the door. Petrichor trips them up until they realize it's the chemical that gives soil its distinctive scent when it rainsrains.

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->'''Monk:''' This is terrible.\\
'''Jack:''' Really?\\
'''Monk:''' Yes. Yes, quite terrible. This tea has all the necessary ingredients, but it lacks the most important one. ...Balance.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', "[[Recap/SamuraiJackS5E7XCVIII Episode XCVIII]]"



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