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-> Early on in the War in Heaven Mag’ladroth, despite being one of the most physically powerful of the C’tan, was sidelined into building devices for the Necrontyr and the other C'tan. [[MadScientist He had more of a taste for it]], though the other C'tan all made fun of him behind his back.\\
Among the things he invented were the designs for the Cadian pillars and other such devices. Sure, he made a whole boatload of what might have appeared to be doomsday weapons, but never as actual weapons. Case in point, he made a long range mega gravitation inverter. Charge it up, point it at a thing and press the ominous red button. \\

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-> Early on in the War in Heaven Mag’ladroth, despite being one of the most physically powerful of the C’tan, was sidelined into building devices for the Necrontyr and the other C'tan. [[MadScientist He had more of a taste for it]], though the other C'tan all made fun of him behind his back.\\
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Among the things he invented were the designs for the Cadian pillars and other such devices. Sure, he made a whole boatload of what might have appeared to be doomsday weapons, but never as actual weapons. Case in point, he made a long range mega gravitation inverter. Charge it up, point it at a thing and press the ominous red button. \\



He said it would be useful in future mining endeavors. For when you want to mine a black hole.

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He said it would be useful in future mining endeavors. For when you want to mine a black hole.\\

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->'''[[ComicBook/JeanGrey:''' (snickering) That makes me think of the time we had to, oh, you know...\\

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->'''[[ComicBook/JeanGrey:''' ->'''[[ComicBook/JeanGrey]]:''' (snickering) That makes me think of the time we had to, oh, you know...\\


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-> Early on in the War in Heaven Mag’ladroth, despite being one of the most physically powerful of the C’tan, was sidelined into building devices for the Necrontyr and the other C'tan. [[MadScientist He had more of a taste for it]], though the other C'tan all made fun of him behind his back.\\
Among the things he invented were the designs for the Cadian pillars and other such devices. Sure, he made a whole boatload of what might have appeared to be doomsday weapons, but never as actual weapons. Case in point, he made a long range mega gravitation inverter. Charge it up, point it at a thing and press the ominous red button. \\
It makes a portion of the object's gravity turn into anti-gravity, usually resulting in an explosion and if you point it at a star, it could cause a supernova and irradiate whole swathes of space.\\
He said it would be useful in future mining endeavors. For when you want to mine a black hole.
-->-- ''Fanfic/NobledarkImperium''
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->'''[[ComicBook/JeanGrey:''' (snickering) That makes me think of the time we had to, oh, you know...\\
'''[[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Scott]]:''' What?\\
'''Jean:''' When we had to go to Europe to save the Professor and Banshee from Factor Three. And we didn't have the money?\\
'''Scott:''' Oh, nuts!\\
'''Jean:''' And, and both of us tried to get a job in construction, I levitated those girders, and you riveted...\\
'''Scott:''' Yeah. With my power beam.
-->-- ''Fanfic/XMen1970''
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->'''Jake:''' Some reason why you're [[VoluntaryShapshifting morphing]] to lobster?"\\
->'''Marco:''' <Ummmm. . . I dropped my keys down in the pool? I was going to go get them?>\\
->'''Jake:''' [[SarcasmMode Well, then it's a good thing you have the ability to turn into a lobster, because otherwise, what would you do]]? I mean, normal people, they drop their keys in the pool, they're just totally helpless. Those keys stay down there. Forever.\\
->'''Marco:''' You seem perky today. You want something to drink?"\\

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->'''Jake:''' Some reason why you're [[VoluntaryShapshifting [[VoluntaryShapeshifting morphing]] to lobster?"\\
lobster?"
->'''Marco:''' <Ummmm. . . I dropped my keys down in the pool? I was going to go get them?>\\
them?>
->'''Jake:''' [[SarcasmMode Well, then it's a good thing you have the ability to turn into a lobster, because otherwise, what would you do]]? I mean, normal people, they drop their keys in the pool, they're just totally helpless. Those keys stay down there. Forever.\\
Forever.
->'''Marco:''' You seem perky today. You want something to drink?"\\drink?"
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->'''Jake:''' [[SarcasmMode Well, then it's a good thing you have the ability to turn into a lobster, because otherwise, what would you do[[? I mean, normal people, they drop their keys in the pool, they're just totally helpless. Those keys stay down there. Forever.\\

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->'''Jake:''' [[SarcasmMode Well, then it's a good thing you have the ability to turn into a lobster, because otherwise, what would you do[[? do]]? I mean, normal people, they drop their keys in the pool, they're just totally helpless. Those keys stay down there. Forever.\\
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->'''Jake:''' Some reason why you're [[VoluntaryShapshifting morphing]] to lobster?"\\
->'''Marco:''' <Ummmm. . . I dropped my keys down in the pool? I was going to go get them?>\\
->'''Jake:''' [[SarcasmMode Well, then it's a good thing you have the ability to turn into a lobster, because otherwise, what would you do[[? I mean, normal people, they drop their keys in the pool, they're just totally helpless. Those keys stay down there. Forever.\\
->'''Marco:''' You seem perky today. You want something to drink?"\\
->'''Jake:''' [[DeadpanSnarker What are you going to do, morph to cow and squeeze me out a glass of two percent?]]
-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #54: The Beginning''
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->To hide from the eyes and minds of our enemies, that is the sole purpose of [[VoluntaryShapeshifting our art]]. It is not to keep our toes warm! Whatever next? Shall we grow rabbits' tails to serve as cushions? Instead of hats we could all develop snail shells on our heads or keep long weasel bodies if we consider [[LittlePeople our natural stature too diminutive]]. If we debase our gift, then we debase ourselves and [[SeriousBusiness only tragedy will follow]].
-->--'''[[SadistTeacher Terser Gibble]],''' ''[[Literature/{{Hagwood}} Thorn Ogres Of Hagwood]]''
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->"They say," Bellara broke the silence, "That before the war, we were used for entertainment."
->"We?" I ask, though I know what she means.
->"Wizards. We'd put on shows for hundreds of thousands of people. [[PlayingWithFire Fire-Spitters]] shooting flames toward the moon. [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Changers]] dancing in the flickering light. They say [[MasterOfIllusion Smiling Toms]] were given leave to create anything they could imagine."
->I snort. It seems like such a childish thought. These days, Smiling Toms are forbidden from using their strength [[MilitaryMage for anything but the war]]: stratagems, camouflage, misdirection.
-->--''War Cry,'' by Brian [=McClellan=]
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-->--'''Batman''', ''WebVideo/CollegeHumor'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRySgsgtnM Batman and Superman Team Up]]"

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-->--'''Batman''', ''WebVideo/CollegeHumor'', ''WebSite/CollegeHumor'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRySgsgtnM Batman and Superman Team Up]]"
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->'''Colossus''': I didn't know Jean and the professor were surgeons.
->'''Cyclops:''' They aren't, but they are as qualified as anyone within their mind-reading radius. Fifty times as far if the professor's mental abilities are enhanced by Cerebro.
-->-- ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''
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->"[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]?", he mumbled, using heat-vision to get the sleep out of his eyes and hoping he didn't burn the furniture.
-->-- ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''
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->''You're giving me a time machine to treat my sleep disorder.''\\
''You're giving me a TIME MACHINE to treat my SLEEP DISORDER.''\\
''YOU'RE '''GIVING ME A TIME MACHINE''' IN ORDER TO '''TREAT MY SLEEP DISORDER'''.''
-->--''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality''
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->I want to say I'm not going to use this to cheat on tests, but I'm going to use this to cheat on tests.
-->-- [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=282 Sarah discovering]] her TimeStandsStill spell, ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''
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->''"Now, if you ask me, a real human brain mapped into a computer would be more like MaxHeadroom, using his newfound power to play music videos, yammer on about golf, and probably [[TheInternetIsForPorn watch every porn flick on the Internet]] at once. Oh wait, I'm thinking of myself."''

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->''"Now, if you ask me, a real human brain mapped into a computer would be more like MaxHeadroom, Series/MaxHeadroom, using his newfound power to play music videos, yammer on about golf, and probably [[TheInternetIsForPorn watch every porn flick on the Internet]] at once. Oh wait, I'm thinking of myself."''
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->When all three of them got up, one by one, the next morning, [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] insisted on doing breakfast for the lot of them. Thankfully, pancakes, bacon, and eggs cooked at super-speed with heat vision tasted pretty much like the results of the normal process, and Kara was a competent cook.
-->-- ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel''
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->[[ComicBook/PowerGirl She]] took off her gloves, stuck them in her belt, walked over, and took the sandwich from him—beef and melted swiss cheese on a roll; it was good—and chomped some of it, getting the grease on her hands. She'd burn it off later with her heat-vision.
-->--''Fanfic/AForceOfFour''

->Oh, dear! The refrigerator wasn't turned low enough last night and the ice cream melted! Everyone will be disappointed! Hmm... Nobody is watching me, so... I'll blow my SuperBreath to super-cool it again!
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #253
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->'''Persephone:''' ...did you just use [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] to make toast?
->'''Baal:''' Power corrupts.
-->--''ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine''
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--> Once everyone cleared their plate, Chara instantly washed and dried them with a flex of her ability. Sure it was a little demeaning to use her [[SwissArmySuperpower vast, fundamental powers]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction that could erase universes]] to do the dishes, but she figured if she had them, she may as well use them.

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--> Once -> ''Once everyone cleared their plate, Chara instantly washed and dried them with a flex of her ability. Sure it was a little demeaning to use her [[SwissArmySuperpower vast, fundamental powers]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction that could erase universes]] to do the dishes, but she figured if she had them, she may as well use them.''
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--> Once everyone cleared their plate, Chara instantly washed and dried them with a flex of her ability. Sure it was a little demeaning to use her [[SwissArmySuperpower vast, fundamental powers]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction that could erase universes]] to do the dishes, but she figured if she had them, she may as well use them.
-->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12126095/22/Recursion Recursion]]''.
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-> ''I really hope the [[ItMakesSenseInContext phoenix living inside this spear]] doesn't mind me using it this way...and done!''
--->-- '''Stephen Colbert''', ''WebComic/FakeNewsRumble'', [[http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_9_24.html scratching a plan in the ground]]
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->''"The show opens with Doc Brown’s Legs under the [=DeLorean=] as he babbles on about about oil and french fries and transmissions and how he wishes he’d never invented the time machine. But hey, is sure did come in handy that time it was hot outside!\\\
Ummmm, what?"''
-->--'''''{{Website/Wrestlecrap}}''''' on ''WesternAnimation/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeries''
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-->--'''Batman''', WebVideo/CollegeHumor, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRySgsgtnM Batman and Superman Team Up]]''

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-->--'''Batman''', WebVideo/CollegeHumor, ''[[https://www.''WebVideo/CollegeHumor'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRySgsgtnM Batman and Superman Team Up]]''
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-->--'', Webcomic/AwkwardZombie #[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=090516 474]]''

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-->--'', Webcomic/AwkwardZombie -->--''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie #[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=090516 474]]''474]]''

->''You always use [your laser eyes] for something lame, like cutting through an iceberg or heating up an old woman's porridge. "Is that soup too cold madam? Zzzt!" I'd use that stuff to take off Bane's arm.''
-->--'''Batman''', WebVideo/CollegeHumor, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRySgsgtnM Batman and Superman Team Up]]''

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->'''John''': If he masters wormhole technology, what will he use it for?\\
'''Harvey''': Faster delivery of pizzas.
-->--''{{Series/Farscape}}'', "Could'a, Would'a, Should'a"
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-->--'', Webcomic/AwkwardZombie #[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=090516 No Use Crying]] 474]]''

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-->--'', Webcomic/AwkwardZombie #[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=090516 No Use Crying]] 474]]''
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-->--''[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=090516 No Use Crying]], Webcomic/AwkwardZombie''

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-->--''[[http://www.-->--'', Webcomic/AwkwardZombie #[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=090516 No Use Crying]], Webcomic/AwkwardZombie''Crying]] 474]]''
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-->--Webcomic/AwkwardZombie

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-->--Webcomic/AwkwardZombie-->--''[[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=090516 No Use Crying]], Webcomic/AwkwardZombie''
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->'''[[VideoGame/GhostTrick Lynne]]''': ''(accidentally bumps into a glass of soda and spills it over)'' Aw crud! ''(takes out pistol and points it at head)''SIGH!\\

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->'''[[VideoGame/GhostTrick Lynne]]''': ''(accidentally bumps into a glass of soda and spills it over)'' Aw crud! ''(takes out pistol and points it at head)''SIGH!\\head)'' SIGH!\\



'''Spirit!Lynne''': I killed me. When you go back in time, can you move my soda so I don't spill it?

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'''Spirit!Lynne''': I killed me. When you go back in time, can you move my soda so I don't spill it?it?\\
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->'''[[VideoGame/GhostTrick Lynne]]''': ''(accidentally bumps into a glass of soda and spills it over)'' Aw crud! ''(takes out pistol and points it at head)''SIGH!\\
''(JumpCut to scene of suicide and Sissel just discovered the dead body)''\\
'''Sissel''': Lynne! Don't worry, I'll use my powers of the dead to rewind time and stop whoever killed you!\\
'''Spirit!Lynne''': I killed me. When you go back in time, can you move my soda so I don't spill it?
'''Sissel''': Are you serious?!
-->--Webcomic/AwkwardZombie
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->...he has grown accustomed to [[DisabilitySuperpower compensating for the lack of his arm]] by using his magics to perform common tasks - an act that distresses many visitors to his laboratories, most of whom are unused to [[MindOverMatter flasks leaping from tables to pour themselves]].
-->--Image notes for '''al-Ashrad,''' ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Children Of The Night''

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