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** Actually, the robot ''can'' be destroyed if you go out of your way to over-level your characters at that early point in the game so they can damage it faster than it heals itself.

''"It doesn't matter how much better or faster I do things. It just doesn't '''last''' like when you do it."''

* Most ''WorldOfDarkness'' characters have this problem, given that magic and mad science suffers from NoOntologicalInertia, while human technology does not.

*** And then there is MageTheAscension, in which this problem was deliberately caused and created by the Technocracy.

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* This is the [[{{Anvilicious}} Anvil]] in ''FanFic/TheReturn'' The Demons and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s have all these fantastic powers, but Humans have [[HumansAreSpecial inventiveness]] and are much better at being [[HumansAreBastards bastards]].

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' periodically showed that even the most BadAss of supernatural beasties could be taken down with [[RealLife real world]] firepower. While it's shown that guns can't kill vampires, they do "hurt like hell," and most other monsters have no such immunity, and even Buffy was once almost killed by an ordinary guy with a handgun. Since the [[WeirdnessCensor self-imposed]] {{Masquerade}} kept the police or military from getting involved in the plot much, and the MainCharacters could only occasionally get their hands on post-medieval weaponry, this didn't stop most fights from being superpowered slug fests. This got a little wonky in Season 4 and beyond, though, when the government ''did'' get involved, equipping a lot of {{Muggle}} soldiers with hi-tech weapons and sending them off to fight demons, but how successful this actually was tended to vary by episode.

** Look at it this way: TheBrigadier was a british soldier who had personally faced down the most evil and terrifying things in the entire universe - [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel the stuff of nightmares]] - and did not blink even once. That goes way beyond BadassNormal territory. The [[BigBad Destroyer Of Worlds]] never had a chance. There's a reason why he has [[TheBrigadier his own trope]].

* In the ''{{Doctor Who}}'' (Seventh Doctor) episode "Battlefield" retired Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart destroys the [[BigBad Destroyer Of Worlds]] by simply walking up and shooting it in the chest with silver bullets.

* A major plot point in ''{{Everworld}},'' where not only do [[spoiler:the Coo-Hatch almost hand the Hetwan a victory over Olympus with a fairly-primitive cannon]], but Senna's ultimate plan turns out to be [[spoiler:importing an army of gun-nuts into Everworld to help her overthrow the gods, who, it turns out, aren't ''quite'' as immortal as they thought]].

* Part of the ''HeraldsOfValdemar'' series' approach to magic and mages is that they can be taken down by physical force just as easily as any other mortals. This is a deliberate inclusion by the author, who didn't want magic to become an in-universe game breaker. It's neatly summed up in ''By the Sword'', when a company of PrivateMilitaryContactors is brought into Valdemar - a country where magic is all but unknown - specifically to help fight the mages of an enemy nation. When worried Valdemaran citizens stop them to ask what fighting mages is like, the inevitable response is, "They die."

* Part of the ''HeraldsOfValdemar'' series' approach to magic and mages is that they can be taken down by physical force just as easily as any other mortals. This is a deliberate inclusion by the author, who didn't want magic to become an in-universe game breaker.

* In ''TheDresdenFiles'' killing a wizard is considered a very dangerous proposition since, if they know they're going to die, they can expend their life energy to create a "death curse" that can do really horrible stuff to their killer. So Kincaid explains that, if he ever wanted to kill Harry, he'd do it from a mile away with a sniper rifle; the bullet would outrun its own sonic boom, making it impossible to hear coming, and once it plows through Harry's brains, he's not gonna have time left to cast any sort of spell. After being told this, Harry reflects on the fact that wizards are going to have to get used to modern day tech as the great equalizer. [[spoiler:And at the end of the book "Changes," it looks as if Kincaid has made good on his threat...]]

* The WW2-era weapons that have crossed over to the world of Halkeginia in ''ZeroNoTsukaima'' appear to far outpower all elements of offensive magic except that of the Void.

* An [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] example of this pops up in ''FinalFantasyVIII''. The giant spider robot during the Dollet mission has been hounding your squad all the way down the mountain. You can't kill this thing, as it autorepairs. All your superhuman strength, training, magic, Guardian Forces, and archaic weaponry cannot freaking stop this mechanical monster. [[ImplacableMan It just keeps coming.]] Then, you get to the beach, where Quistis is waiting in the gun turret of your hovercraft, manning a .50 caliber machinegun, and she ''tears'' the robot apart with nothing but [[MoreDakka intense, drawn out automatic fire.]]

** It's a shame this didn't come up in the books themselves, where Muggles were almost universally depicted as pathetic and useless despite the massive amount of FridgeLogic that said they shouldn't be.
*** The wizarding world is ''insanely'' isolated from Muggle society, probably more so than is logical. As a result, their culture still thinks of Muggles as if they were medieval dirt farmers (who ''didn't'' do things better than wizards did). They've adopted some of the trappings of the Muggle world (trains and buses), but they don't really seem to grasp how Muggle use of technology has reduced the gap between the two worlds.
*** That's because the wizards always have the drop on any Muggle characters in the book. They keep themselves a secret for the most part, remember?
****This troper has a bit of problem seeing how muggles would win a war against Harry Potter wizards. Wizards have got mind control, truth serum, magical napalm, teleportation...
**** [[WeHaveReserves Muggles have sheer numbers]] and few wizards understand even the basics of how modern day technology works or is used.
**** Don't forget that wizards are still human, and will suffer from trauma like any other muggle in addition to the fact that the act of casting magic is still slower than a speeding bullet. It's not inconceivable that muggles in the future will render once fanciful feats of magic obsolete because TechnologyMarchesOn. You hear that, wizards? WE'RE ON TO YOU!

Compare with KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter, which is when mundane weapons work better than fancy shiny phlebotinum-powered weapons.

** To be far it cheats quite a bit by making all of their mental powers, including the devastating ability to create portals from Hell wherever they like, are completely blocked by ''[[WeaksauceWeakness tinfoil]]''. It's not that hard to beat superpowers when they're neutralized by the contents of your kitchen cupboard. It's eventually explained that they're not really magic at all, and humans can replicate these effects. So this trope doesn't really apply.

***Well, in fairness, it's possible he ''did'' survive---Buffy's first instruction to the others was to gather his body parts, because they couldn't be completely sure he couldn't reassemble himself again. [[SoYeah But still]].

* ''TheSalvationWar'': Humans have modern day tech. Demons and angels have superpowers and Bronze Age tech. Humans are pretty quick to figure out how to counter the superpowers. It goes downhill from there for the angels and demons.

**** Don't forget that wizards are still human, and will suffer from trauma like any other muggle plus the act of casting magic is still slower than a speeding bullet. It's not inconceivable that muggles in the future will render once fanciful feats of magic obsolete because TechnologyMarchesOn. You hear that, wizards? WE'RE ON TO YOU!

**** Don't forget that wizards are still human, and will suffer from trauma like any other muggle. In addition the act of casting magic is still slower than a speeding bullet. It's not inconceivable that muggles will be rendering once fanciful feats of magic obsolete because TechnologyMarchesOn.