History MundaneUtility / Film

*** Starting in this movie and carrying into the next two, shapeshifter Mystique is shown using a "default" human form--simply Creator/JenniferLawrence without the prosthetics--to pass as normal in public when she doesn't need to impersonate anyone but doesn't want to draw attention with her natural blue skin. Since these movies are prequels, it's possible that she grew out of the practice by the time of the original trilogy, since in ''X2'' Nightcrawler asks her why she ''doesn't'' to use her powers this way and she replies, "I shouldn't have to." In reality, it gives her actress a break from the 7-hour makeup process.

* ''Film/XTheManWithXRayEyes'' has the protagonist use his x-ray vision to diagnose medical problems, peep at women, and cheat at blackjack.

* Inverted in ''Disney/BigHero6''. Hiro invents his microbots with peaceful purposes in mind, but the BigBad weaponizes them.
* At the end of ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', Queen Elsa uses her [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] to make an ice-skating rink in summer.
** ''Disney/OlafsFrozenAdventure'' introduces Elsa casually using her magic to apply frost trimming to the wreaths decorating the castle's stair railings, and at the end of the special, creating a giant Christmas tree of ice.
** ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', Elsa is seen using her magic to make a milkshake while relaxing backstage at Oh My Disney.
** ''Disney/FrozenII'' shows Elsa using her magic to make ice toys for children at the Harvest Festival.

* ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'' - Merlin's borderline RealityWarper powers are used to help "Wart" do his chores so Merlin can sneak Wart off for lessons. Though this inevitably backfires when Wart's guardians stumble upon this and ground Wart for quite some time.

** Dave is trying to clean up his lab (an abandoned subway station) before his date with his LoveInterest. Realizing he's running out of time, he uses magic to [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} enchant a broom]], a bucket, and a few other objects to do the cleaning for him. Naturally, it all goes out of control, flooding the place and nearly getting Dave electrocuted in the process. In fact, he's falling into the electrified water, as his [[Creator/NicolasCage master]] Balthazar comes back and freezes him in mid-air. Balthazar is ''not'' pleased.

** ''Disney/FrozenII'' shows Elsa using her magic to make ice toys for the children of Arendelle.

* In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', post-TimeSkip, Thor has repurposed Stormbreaker into a glorified bottle opener for the gallons of beer he drinks in the place of water.

* The title character of ''Film/{{Jumper}}'' apparently will use his power of teleportation even when it's just to retrieve the remote without having to physically walk to it..

* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' zig-zags this: In the future, we've perfected mech-suit technology... and we build them maybe twice the size of a human, tops, and use them as forklifts. And then Ripley uses it to fight the Xenomorph, because hell yes [[ChekhovsGun that's what we came here to see someone do with that]].

* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': Peter uses his webshooters to grab Gwen and twirl her in for a kiss when he's [[CannotSpitItOut unable to spit out to her]] that he's the masked Spider-Man her dad is chasing.
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'': Peter uses his webshooters to write a spider-webbed "I LOVE YOU" message to Gwen on the side of the Brooklyn Bridge.

* The titular ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', in addition to all the magical goings-on to confuse and deter intruders, also has some mystical things going on to keep the place ''clean''. Hoggle reveals at one point that [[PortableHole propping a door against the wall]] in the Oubliette the wrong way around accesses a broom closet instead of the exit, and the [[AdvancingWallOfDoom "Cleaners"]] Jareth unleashes to chase Jennifer actually ''does'' apparently just exist to clean the tunnels: the goblins operating it pay no attention whatsoever when Jennifer gets out of their way and just drive right by.

** The Parr's homelife in a nutshell — especially Helen, who finds a way to apply her superpowers to nearly every household chore despite her oft-expressed desire to live a normal life. And, related to PowerPerversionPotential, having an elastic body probably came in very handy during the pregnancies. (For that matter, a rubbery woman is the least likely for Bob to accidentally crush with his strength).

* At the end of ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', Queen Elsa uses her [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] to entertain her subjects, making an ice-skating rink in summer. She's also implied to create blocks of ice to be regularly delivered to people's ice boxes.

* ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' zig-zagged this: In the future, we've perfected mech-suit technology... and we build them maybe twice the size of a human, tops, and use them as forklifts. And then Ripley uses it to fight the Xenomorph, because hell yes [[ChekhovsGun that's what we came here to see someone do with that]].

** The [[Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer second movie]] keeps up this trend with Sue using her power to make Reed's Blackberry invisible when he's ignoring her and Reed using his stretching ability to dance up a storm at his bachelor party. As mentioned in the comic section above, the Fantastic Four use their powers in this manner all the time, since the comic has a very domestic atmosphere.

** Also, in ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', Elsa is seen using her magic to make a milkshake while relaxing backstage at Oh My Disney.

* The film version of ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' has a gag revealing the setting has lightsabers, and they only use them as bread knives (that simultaneously make toast).

* ''Film/{{Flubber}}'': This quasi-sentient green goo can release enormous amounts of energy. What does he use it for? Cheating at basketball.

* In ''Film/RealGenius'', Val Kilmer's character uses a sophisticated cutting tool to carve coin-sized slices of frozen nitrogen (which doesn't actually exist), which he uses to cheat the vending machine out of free soda.

* ''Film/{{Elysium}}'': Kruger uses his katana to help him cook food over an open fire.

* In ''Film/DoctorStrange'' the title character uses his AstralProjection to study up while his physical body is asleep.

* ''Film/XMen'':

** There's also the brief scene where Helen's arms stretch to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar pull Bob back into the bedroom with clearly amorous intent without actually ''leaving'' the bedroom.