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* Parodied in ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'' when [[Film/{{Firefox}} fighters with thought-controlled weapon systems]] are chasing a FlyingSaucer and end up [[TriggerHappy destroying the LAX terminal]].

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* Parodied in ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'' when [[Film/{{Firefox}} fighters with thought-controlled weapon systems]] are chasing a FlyingSaucer and end up [[TriggerHappy destroying destroying]] the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_Building#/media/File:LAX_LA.jpg LAX terminal]].
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PstandardPsychicPstance is not ''required'' by these folks, but they might do it anyways.

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One SubTrope is ConcentrationBoundMagic, where magic lasts only so long as the wielder is exerting continuous focus and effort. PstandardPsychicPstance is not ''required'' by these folks, but they might do it anyways.


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* While most bending in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' requires some sort of movement, Combustion Man's [[HavingABlast explosions]] in ''Last Airbender'' and [[spoiler:[[PeoplePuppets bloodbending]] as used by Yakone and Noatak]] in ''Legend of Korra'' explicitly require only the user's focus. For the latter this is used to obfuscate that they were bending at all.

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* While most bending in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
** While most bending
requires some sort of movement, Combustion Man's [[HavingABlast explosions]] in ''Last Airbender'' and [[spoiler:[[PeoplePuppets bloodbending]] as used by Yakone and Noatak]] in ''Legend of Korra'' explicitly require only the user's focus. For the latter this is used to obfuscate that they were bending at all.all.
** Very skilled benders can also skip the limb movements, such as Bumi (able to bend using only his chin) and [[spoiler:Toph]] (able to move with her arms behind her back).
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E23Fury Fury]]", Kes returns to the ''Voyager'' with her PsychicPowers boosted UpToEleven. She is shown walking through a hallway with the bulkheads exploding around her without even a hand wave.

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* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E23Fury Fury]]", Kes returns to the ''Voyager'' with her PsychicPowers boosted UpToEleven.PsychicPowers. She is shown walking through a hallway with the bulkheads exploding around her without even a hand wave.
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* Parodied in ''Film/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'' when [[Film/{{Firefox}} fighters with thought-controlled weapon systems]] are chasing a FlyingSaucer and end up [[TriggerHappy destroying the LAX terminal]].

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* Parodied in ''Film/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'' ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'' when [[Film/{{Firefox}} fighters with thought-controlled weapon systems]] are chasing a FlyingSaucer and end up [[TriggerHappy destroying the LAX terminal]].

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