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1	Maybe the authors needed to give characters access to machines in a setting with no technological market.
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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.
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5	Maybe it's the RuleOfCool.
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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.
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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.
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12	!!Examples:
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16	[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]
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18	* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater''
19	* ''Anime/SecretOfCeruleanSand''
20	* ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}''
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22	[[/folder]]
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24	[[folder: Comic Books ]]
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26	* ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika''
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28	[[/folder]]
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30	[[folder: Live Action Television ]]
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32	* ''Series/TheWildWildWest''
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36	[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]
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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.
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44	[[folder: Theatre ]]
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46	* ''Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM''
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48	[[/folder]]
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50	[[folder: Video Games ]]
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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"]].
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58	[[folder: Webcomics ]]
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60	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''
61	* ''Webcomic/TheThrillingAdventuresOfLovelaceAndBabbage''
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