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Author: Tuckerscreator

Feb 3rd 2014 at 9:37:38 PM

* Mostly averted in ''Film/ThePrestige'', where the tricks's explanations are shown and discussed, and are easily attemptable by real illusionists. However, the greatest trick of the film, Angier's "The Transported Man" turns out to be done by [[spoiler:a cloning machine built by Nikola Tesla.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'': The episode "Riva Ras Regas" centers around the ghost of the recently deceased stage magician Rufus Raucous, who turns out to have faked his death to get out of the spotlight and retire. He was last seen in a straitjacket nailed to a spinning wheel inside a building being demolishing by a wrecking ball, yet no explanation is given for how he survived other than "he's just that good", apparently. Later, when Rufus is encouraged by the gang to hold one more show to lure out the ghost, he perfoms tricks like being able to sprout new disembodied hands out of his sleeves, which walk around with a life of their own. How he does that isn't explained either, unless he invested millions in animatronics. The "ghost" of him can also fly, which turns out to be by magnets in its shoes, far more powerful than any real world magnet.