History Main / SchematizedProp

* Each episode of the latter half of ''{{Patlabor}}'' began with a narrated CGI intro (then a new innovation) showing off the specs of the titular [[RealRobot mecha]].

* The ''MobileSuitGundam'' series is ''so'' schematized that they have grades of model kits for the HumongousMecha that actually have working, accurate gears, pistons, and the like, with full range of mobility, incredibly intricate components, and removable armor plates to show off the inner workings. One almost has to wonder what would happen if an engineer simply scaled up the models to 1:1. Possibly [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=oVwbUljGs3g something like this.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM6nUX57gCg Ahem... and they said it couldn't be done]]

* Likewise the weapons and vehicles of ''GhostInTheShell'', ''{{Appleseed}}'', ''RidingBean'' and ''GunsmithCats''. (Masamune Shirow for the first two, and Kenichi Sonada for the second two)
** In the ''GhostInTheShell'' manga, Masamune Shirow also loves continuously footnoting character talk with explanations, down to the point where entire scientific theories are outlined in a small block of footnote text.

* ''TwoThousandAD'' was rather fond of this trope in its early years with several cut-out-and-keep sections on gear from strips.

* ''GaoGaiGar'' uses line drawings and technical specifications sheets as commercial bumps. These can be for anything from the MonsterOfTheWeek to the [[SoLastSeason new weapon system]] to the car the protagonists happen to be in at the time.

* Par for the course when it comes to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', not only with the schematics and cutaways employed on the shows themselves, but taken to extremes with both official and fan publications, particularly with the full deck-by-deck blueprints of the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Enterprise-D]]''. All ''42'' of them.

Of course, this is endemic to any science-fiction series which might attract Geek fandom; ''StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', even many ComicBooks. For example, an entry in the ''OfficialHandbookOfTheMarvelUniverse'' describes {{Spider-Man}}'s webshooters: ''Because the fluid almost instantly sublimates from solid to liquid when under sheer pressure, and is not adhesive in its anaerobic liquid/solid phase transition point, there is no clogging of the web-shooter's parts''[[labelnote:note]]Sublimation refers to a solid/gas transition, such as when dry ice turns into carbon dioxide gas, and shear pressure (with an A) is pressure applied at an angle[[/labelnote]]. If only Stan Lee could have worked the phrase "anaerobic liquid/solid phase transition point" into Spidey's first appearance, imagine how well it would have sold!

* PacificRim's HumongousMecha were actually ''designed'' using these. Part of the development process included in-depth schematics of how the entire machine worked.

* ''KidsNextDoor'' parodies this by occasionally displaying a simple CG schematic of whatever piece of two-by-four technology they need for the episode. As if using BambooTechnology as a SchematizedProp wasn't silly enough, these displays came with a computerized voice reading out the name of the device, which is always an absurd acronym ([[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming not unlike their episode titles, actually]]).

* ''EscapeVelocity'' would show a schematic for any targeted ship in the status window.

Animators love machines (except [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki the ones that only like airplanes]]). If a series has any kind of [[BonusMaterial]], you are very likely to find whole pages devoted to detailed diagrams and blueprints of props and items used in said show. These can be as long as character biographies, and some end pages are specifically filled with this kind of information. For some series, this information is frequently AllThereInTheManual.

Animators love machines (except [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki the ones that only like airplanes]]). If a series has any kind of {{BonusMaterial}}, you are very likely to find whole pages devoted to detailed diagrams and blueprints of props and items used in said show. These can be as long as character biographies, and some end pages are specifically filled with this kind of information. For some series, this information is frequently AllThereInTheManual.

Animators love machines (except [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki the ones that only like airplanes]]). If a series has any kind of {{omake}}, you are very likely to find whole pages devoted to detailed diagrams and blueprints of props and items used in said show. These can be as long as character biographies, and some end pages are specifically filled with this kind of information. For some series, this information is frequently AllThereInTheManual.

If a show has the budget, this will even extend to the depiction onscreen. Even when objects might not ''behave'' in a realistic way or are slightly suoped up versions of real machines, they will certainly look accurate. Similarly, any show taking place in the present will feature technology right up to date to the time of the show's production (e.g., USB drives or Memory Sticks instead of {{Magic Floppy Disk}}s). If the obsession is extreme, there's usually a character who is an ''{{otaku}}'' about the subject, and a good chance that character is an AuthorAvatar.

* An Anime and Manga example without the mention of ''[[SuperDimensionFortressMacross Macross]]'' would not be complete. They went out of their way to extensively use BrandX to use which parts were used for what. Henceforth the names like Mauler, Bifors, Remmington, etc.

Animators love machines, except [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki the ones that only like airplanes]]. If a series has any kind of {{omake}}, you are very likely to find whole pages devoted to detailed diagrams and blueprints of props and items used in said show. These can be as long as character biographies, and some end pages are specifically filled with this kind of information. For some series, this information is frequently AllThereInTheManual.

If a show has the budget, this will even extend to the depiction onscreen. Even when objects might not ''behave'' in a realistic way or are slightly suped up versions of real machines, they will certainly look accurate. Similarly, any show taking place in the present will feature technology right up to date to the time of the show's production (e.g., USB drives or Memory Sticks instead of {{Magic Floppy Disk}}s). If the obsession is extreme, there's usually a character who is an ''{{otaku}}'' about the subject, and a good chance that character is an AuthorAvatar.

* There are two volumes of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGrommit's Cracking Inventions'', diagraming the RubeGoldbergTechnology Wallace invents.

Of course, this is endemic to any science-fiction series which might attract Geek fandom; ''StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', even many ComicBooks. For example, an entry in the ''OfficialHandbookOfTheMarvelUniverse'' describes {{Spider-Man}}'s webshooters: ''Because the fluid almost instantly sublimates from solid to liquid when under sheer pressure, and is not adhesive in its anaerobic liquid/solid phase transition point, there is no clogging of the web-shooter's parts''[[note:Sublimation refers to a solid/gas transition, such as when dry ice turns into carbon dioxide gas, and shear pressure (with an A) is pressure applied at an angle]]. If only Stan Lee could have worked the phrase "anaerobic liquid/solid phase transition point" into Spidey's first appearance, imagine how well it would have sold!

Of course, this is endemic to any science-fiction series which might attract Geek fandom; ''StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', even many ComicBooks. For example, an entry in the ''OfficialHandbookOfTheMarvelUniverse'' describes {{Spider-Man}}'s webshooters: ''Because the fluid almost instantly sublimates from solid to liquid when under sheer pressure, and is not adhesive in its anaerobic liquid/solid phase transition point, there is no clogging of the web-shooter's parts''. If only Stan Lee could have worked the phrase "anaerobic liquid/solid phase transition point" into Spidey's first appearance, imagine how well it would have sold!

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* Played with in ''[[{{Film/Batman}} Batman Forever]]'', where Bruce tries to use his cars in this manner to get Dick to stay. It fails. Then Dick sees the motorcycles, and ''he'' starts rattling off specs.

Its real origin is the cutaway drawings of airplanes in popular magazines during the Second World War, which were imitated in the British comic DanDare as centerfolds of spaceships.

* Played for comedy in ''Manga/OnePiece'''s Arabasta arc. While Usopp was fighting Mr. 4 and Miss Merrychristmas, Usopp suddenly whipped out a giant mallet that he called the Usopp Pound and knocked Mr. 4 out cold. After a game of whack-a-mole with Miss Merrychristmas, a cannonball set the Usopp Pound aflame, and its entire head vanished in the fire. A full schematic of the hammer revealed the whole thing to be an inflatable balloon lined by enormous frying pans to make its ends harder.

Animators love machines, except [[HayaoMiyazaki the ones that only like airplanes]]. If a series has any kind of {{omake}}, you are very likely to find whole pages devoted to detailed diagrams and blueprints of props and items used in said show. These can be as long as character biographies, and some end pages are specifically filled with this kind of information. For some series, this information is frequently AllThereInTheManual.

If a show has the budget, this will even extend to the depiction onscreen. Even when objects might not ''behave'' in a realistic way or are slightly souped up versions of real machines, they will certainly look accurate. Similarly, any show taking place in the present will feature technology right up to date to the time of the show's production (e.g., USB drives or Memory Sticks instead of {{Magic Floppy Disk}}s). If the obsession is extreme, there's usually a character who is an ''{{otaku}}'' about the subject, and a good chance that character is an AuthorAvatar.