1 | Maybe the authors needed to give characters access to machines in a setting with no technological market. |
2 | |
3 | Maybe the authors were inspired by the sheer number of inventors that lived in the Industrial Revolution, like Thomas Edison, Robert Fulton, Nikola Tesla, Charles Babbage and George Stephenson. |
4 | |
5 | Maybe it's the RuleOfCool. |
6 | |
7 | Whatever the reason, at least one GadgeteerGenius or MadScientist is usually a part of the main cast of any SteamPunk or GaslampFantasy. Very commonly, inventors, mad scientists, [[WrenchWench mechanics]], gadgeteers, and other masters of technology and {{Magitek}} are scattered throughout the story like candy on Halloween night. |
8 | |
9 | Note: if there's only one GadgeteerGenius or MadScientist in a work, it's not this trope. If, however, there is a relatively high ratio of tech experts to normal people, then it falls under this trope. |
10 | |
11 | ---- |
12 | !!Examples: |
13 | |
14 | [[foldercontrol]] |
15 | |
16 | [[folder: Anime and Manga ]] |
17 | |
18 | * ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' |
19 | * ''Anime/SecretOfCeruleanSand'' |
20 | * ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' |
21 | |
22 | [[/folder]] |
23 | |
24 | [[folder: Comic Books ]] |
25 | |
26 | * ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika'' |
27 | |
28 | [[/folder]] |
29 | |
30 | [[folder: Live Action Television ]] |
31 | |
32 | * ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' |
33 | |
34 | [[/folder]] |
35 | |
36 | [[folder: Tabletop Games ]] |
37 | |
38 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'' |
39 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Space 1889}}'' has rules for making inventions and plenty of suggestions for such inventions. |
40 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Tephra}}'' places strong emphasis on building steamtech-savvy characters. |
41 | |
42 | [[/folder]] |
43 | |
44 | [[folder: Theatre ]] |
45 | |
46 | * ''Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM'' |
47 | |
48 | [[/folder]] |
49 | |
50 | [[folder: Video Games ]] |
51 | |
52 | * ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' |
53 | * ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'' technically counts, since [[spoiler: of the five real human beings in the cast, three - Layton, Don Paolo and Bruno - are canonically {{Gadgeteer Genius}}es.]] |
54 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has two entire races, [[OurGnomesAreWeirder gnomes]] and [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]], with this as their exclusive [[PlanetOfHats "hat"]]. |
55 | |
56 | [[/folder]] |
57 | |
58 | [[folder: Webcomics ]] |
59 | |
60 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' |
61 | * ''Webcomic/TheThrillingAdventuresOfLovelaceAndBabbage'' |
62 | [[/folder]] |
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