History Main / TechnoWizard

* In ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', Donatello definitely fits the trope-- humorously, he's been referred to as a wizard on more than one occasion: the ''Back to the Sewers'' episode "Superquest", and constantly called "Mr. Wizard" by his dimensional counterpart in ''TurtlesForever''.

* Nina from ''Manga/UltraManiac'' literally * is* a Techno Wizard because she needs to use a PC to cast spells due to her lack of skill.

* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'''s {{adorkable}} genius Connor Temple. Among other magic, dude built the anomaly detector (and handheld versions) AND the anomaly locker AND figured out how to program a piece of future tech without ever having seen the equipment before. Now if he could just reverse-engineer Abby...

* Several ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' characters qualify; usually if there's one person responsible for development and maintenance of the team's gear. This can be either the team's SmartGuy or a separate MissionControl character. The list of these people includes but is not limited to [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Billy]], [[PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Miss Fairweather]], [[PowerRangersTimeForce Trip]], [[PowerRangersNinjaStorm Cam]], [[PowerRangersDinoThunder Hayley]], [[PowerRangersSPD Kat Manx]], [[PowerRangersRPM Dr. K]], and [[PowerRangersSamurai Antonio]].

* Considering the fact that Nanaki of the Literture/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote series single-handedly turns the house he's cloistered in to run nearly completely in artificial intelligence (and an occasional driverless car), he falls into this.

* I present [[http://www.bellard.org/ Fabrice Bellard]] 1997 - discovered a new, faster formula to calculate single digits of pi in binary representation. Won the International Obfuscated C Code Contest twice (including one entry being a self hosted C compiler). In 2004, he wrote the TinyCC Boot Loader, which can compile and boot a Linux kernel from source in less than 15 seconds. In 2005, he designed a system that could act as an Analog or DVB-T Digital TV transmitter by directly generating a VHF signal from a standard PC and VGA card. In 2011, he created a minimal PC emulator written in pure JavaScript. Broke the world record for calculations of pi using a desktop computer instead of a supercomputer. Has written both the QEMU emulator *and* FFmpeg (a widely used multimedia encoding, decoding and editing library).

* I present [[http://www.bellard.org/ Fabrice Bellard]] 1997 - discovered a new, faster formula to calculate single digits of pi in binary representation. Won the International Obfuscated C Code Contest twice (including one entry being a self hosted C compiler).
In 2004, he wrote the TinyCC Boot Loader, which can compile and boot a Linux kernel from source in less than 15 seconds. In 2005, he designed a system that could act as an Analog or DVB-T Digital TV transmitter by directly generating a VHF signal from a standard PC and VGA card. In 2011, he created a minimal PC emulator written in pure JavaScript. Broke the world record for calculations of pi using a desktop computer instead of a supercomputer. Has written both the QEMU emulator *and* FFmpeg (a widely used multimedia encoding, decoding and editing library).

* Also Charles Stross' ''Literature/TheLaundrySeries'', which includes a Palm Treo being turned into a [[spoiler: petrification gun.]]

Compare the GadgeteerGenius, who is more mechanically inclined than electronically inclined, and the {{Technopath}}, who is capable of magical control over technology. Not to be confused with MagicFromTechnology.

* By a similar token, the chief scientist of TheDCU's OSS is codenamed "Sorcerer".

* Li Kohran in ''Manga/SakuraTaisen''.

* Washuu in ''TenchiMuyo''.
* Li Kohran in ''SakuraTaisen''.

* Nina from ''UltraManiac'' literally * is* a Techno Wizard because she needs to use a PC to cast spells due to her lack of skill.

Compare the GadgeteerGenius, who is more mechanically-inclined than electronically-inclined, and the {{Technopath}}, who is capable of magical control over technology. Not to be confused with MagicFromTechnology.

Doesn't necessarily have to do with the music genre {{Main/Techno}}, though in that case you might be looking for MagicMusic.

* Downplayed with Caleb from ''Film/ExMachina''. Nathan mentions that as a programmer he's "okay" or "pretty good" - though that's from the perspective of the most groundbreakingly advanced programmer in the world. He does manage to access Nathan's computer system and reprogram the doors.

* Alec Hardison from ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' embodies this trope - he can hack ''anything'' (except a hick). Bonus points awarded for the fact that, like a real life hacker, he uses social engineering almost as much as technical know-how to get what he wants...although he does have a tendency to take things a bit too far.

** Orion [[spoiler: a.k.a Chuck's father Stephen Bartowski]] is revered as a Techno God by pretty much every organisation in the show.

* ''{{Series/Nikita}}'' - Birkhoff, [[GovernmentConspiracy Division's]] chief computer expert. Bonus points for designing his own computer network ([[AwesomeMcCoolname Shadownet]]) and making it look enough like a computer game that any of Division's recruits can easily learn how to use it.

* Professor Elvin Gadd, ''{{Mario}}'' series (specifically, ''Luigi's Mansion''.).

* In ''Webcomic/{{Life}}'', Madison can solve almost any problem with her programs. Take, for example, [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=61 her approach to a calculus test.]]

* Bugs, Delta Spike, and just about all the other devisers and gadgeteers (there's a difference!) in the ''WhateleyUniverse''.
* The BastardOperatorFromHell.

* Given that the majority of computer users don't step far outside of video games, browsing the internet and email, pretty much anyone with an education in the subject beyond high school level can appear to be this. However, old school hacker purists will always maintain that there is a clear and important difference between "hacking" (i.e., using an original, creative and/or unconventional procedure to get a computer or system to do something useful) and "cracking" (achieving unauthorized access to a secure system, usually for nefarious ends but occasionally just to see what's there or prove that one can do it.) Hackers in the original sense generally disdain and have no use for crackers, who are widely seen as inferior in terms of their knowledge and skill level (indeed they're more likely to trick the user into giving them access than force their way in) and who often use widely-known exploits to do Bad Things. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Script_kiddie Script Kiddie]]. Hollywood almost always ignores this distinction, to the extreme consternation of those that care about such minutiae.

* Chloe Sullivan on ''{{Smallville}}''

* Forge from the various ''Franchise/{{X-Men}}'' continuities.

* Downplayed with Caleb from ''Film/ExMachina''. Nathan mentions that as a programmer he's not really above average. However, he does manage to access Nathan's computer system and [[spoiler:reprogram the doors]].

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* Downplayed with Caleb from ''Film/ExMachina''. Nathan mentions that as a programmer he's not really above average. However, he does manage to access Nathan's computer system and [[spoiler:reprogram the doors]].

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Ami Mizumo (Sailor Mercury).

* The titular character from ''BattleProgrammerShirase''. He can take on even the most skilled and well-equipped hacker with '''just a cellphone.'''

* The duo of Fitz and Simmons (usually just referred to as Fitz-Simmons) fill this role in Series/AgentsOfSHIELD.

* Downplayed in ''Film/ExMachina''. Nathan mentions that as a programmer he's not really above average. However, he does manage to access Nathan's computer system and [[spoiler:reprogram the doors]].

* Downplayed with Caleb from ''Film/ExMachina''. Nathan mentions that as a programmer he's not really above average. However, he does manage to access Nathan's computer system and reprogram the doors.

* Several ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' characters qualify; usually if there's one person responsible for development and maintenance of the team's gear. This can be either the team's SmartGuy or a separate MissionControl character. The list of these people can include Billy, Miss Fairweather, Trip, Cam, Hayley, Kat Manx, Dr. K, and Antonio.