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* ''VideoGame/XComEnemyUnknown'' plays with this trope a bit. On the one hand it's played straight, since the scientists you have on your team work blindingly fast. On the other hand the trope is also inverted, since at several points the plot refuses to advance until the science is done...which can take weeks. Researching, constructing, and launching a Firestorm can take more than a month, and you haven't a prayer of taking down those faster [=UFOs=] until you do.
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* ''VideoGame/XComEnemyUnknown'' ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' plays with this trope a bit. On the one hand it's played straight, since the scientists you have on your team work blindingly fast. On the other hand the trope is also inverted, since at several points the plot refuses to advance until the science is done...which can take weeks. Researching, constructing, and launching a Firestorm can take more than a month, and you haven't a prayer of taking down those faster [=UFOs=] until you do.do.
* ''Averted'', however, by the original ''VideoGame/XCOMUFODefense'': the alien invasion is going to progress no matter ''what'' you do. If you're not prioritizing research and using science to keep up, you're going to lose.
** This is also true in the SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'', where failing prioritize DoingResearch means that you'll be woefully unprepared when the aliens complete ''their'' research and start invading in earnest.
* ''Averted'', however, by the original ''VideoGame/XCOMUFODefense'': the alien invasion is going to progress no matter ''what'' you do. If you're not prioritizing research and using science to keep up, you're going to lose.
** This is also true in the SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'', where failing prioritize DoingResearch means that you'll be woefully unprepared when the aliens complete ''their'' research and start invading in earnest.
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* Creator/MarvelComics is fond of this trope. Often, a hero will explain their hypothesis about how the science behind an action should work according their own scientific knowledge, or discover and explain a previously unknown scientific property of some aspect of their powers or abilities, at the very same time they are using those powers, often for the first time, in combat, during life threatening situations. Luckily for these characters, [[LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe their powers]] will protect them.
* Creator/MarvelComics is fond of this trope. Often, a hero will explain their hypothesis about how the science behind an action should work according their own scientific knowledge, or discover and explain a previously unknown scientific property of some aspect of their powers or abilities, at the very same time they are using those powers, often for the first time, in combat, during life threatening situations. Luckily for these characters, [[LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe their powers]] will protect them.
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* Creator/MarvelComics is fond of this trope. Often, a hero will explain their hypothesis about how the science behind an action should work according their own scientific knowledge, or discover and explain a previously unknown scientific property of some aspect of their powers or abilities, at the very same time they are using those powers, often for the first time, in combat, during
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* Averted in ''VideoGame/AnotherCode''. It took Richard a decade to build an new Another device because he had to relearn and do everything from scratch. [[spoiler:The original Another probably still took a few years and that was with a dedicated team and proper funding.]]
* ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise'': Wario manages to construct a helmet that lets him teleport into TV shows in a matter of seconds upon seeing the gobs of currency the show's master thief acquires.
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** ''Webcomic/Narbonic'' treats the speed engineering powers as [[ScaleOfScientificSins stereotypically evil]], but in an almost [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]] way.
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** ''Webcomic/Narbonic'' ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' treats the speed engineering powers as [[ScaleOfScientificSins stereotypically evil]], but in an almost [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]] way.
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* In 'WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo'' episode 59, "The Leprechaun's Gold", the Professor quickly invents a gun which can magnetically attract gold.
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* In 'WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo'' ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo'' episode 59, "The Leprechaun's Gold", the Professor quickly invents a gun which can magnetically attract gold.
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* Similarly, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers unfettered from the need to spend most of their time applying for grants for each stage of their work, and pharmaceutical companies unfettered from the need to research potential markets and profitability, designed, developed, tested, manufactured, and distributed multiple vaccines in record time.
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* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Averted in "A Box of Treasure and the Meemaw of Science". Thanks to Connie's knitting, Linkletter and Sheldon get their device working, and Connie is amazed by what they see on the monitor, thinking they're seeing neutrinos. But Sheldon points out it's just background radiation, and there are more decades of work to be done before actually detecting the neutrinos.
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* ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'' averts this with Light and Wily's greatest creations.
* ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'' averts this with Light and Wily's greatest creations.
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* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'' has an aversion existing side by side with a straight case. One of the members of MissionControl used to work for an institute that has been looking for a Rash cure for fifty years and found nothing. Meanwhile, the main cast discovers that a vaccine or cure may have been discovered JustBeforeTheEnd, but never made it to the surviving pockets of civilization. Given how fast the Rash spread, that had to mean discovering that cure over the course of a few months, which is a really short time to find a cure to a brand new disease in reality. The discovery of a working cure is eventually confirmed, but this comes with the news it had GoneHorriblyWrong [[spoiler:possibly because it treated only the physical aspects of a partially supernatural disease]].
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* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'' ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'' has an aversion existing side by side with a straight case. One of the members of MissionControl used to work for an institute that has been looking for a Rash cure for fifty years and found nothing. Meanwhile, the main cast discovers that a vaccine or cure may have been discovered JustBeforeTheEnd, but never made it to the surviving pockets of civilization. Given how fast the Rash spread, that had to mean discovering that cure over the course of a few months, which is a really short time to find a cure to a brand new disease in reality. The discovery of a working cure is eventually confirmed, but this comes with the news it had GoneHorriblyWrong [[spoiler:possibly because it treated only the physical aspects of a partially supernatural disease]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat'' episode 59, "The Leprechaun's Gold", the Professor quickly invents a gun which can magnetically attract gold.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat'' 'WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo'' episode 59, "The Leprechaun's Gold", the Professor quickly invents a gun which can magnetically attract gold.
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Several long-running webcomics use this trope as part of their MadScience premise.
* ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience'' involves government efforts to hunt down people with this ability.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' considers a world where the superpower version of this trope is present in a small but troublesome part of the population.
* ''Webcomic/Narbonic'' treats the speed engineering powers as [[SinsOfScience stereotypically evil]], but in an almost AddamsFamily way.
* ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience'' involves government efforts to hunt down people with this ability.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' considers a world where the superpower version of this trope is present in a small but troublesome part of the population.
* ''Webcomic/Narbonic'' treats the speed engineering powers as [[SinsOfScience stereotypically evil]], but in an almost AddamsFamily way.
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* Several long-running webcomics use this trope as part of their MadScience premise.
* ** ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience'' involves government efforts to hunt down people with this ability.
* ** ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' considers a world where the superpower version of this trope is present in a small but troublesome part of the population.
* ** ''Webcomic/Narbonic'' treats the speed engineering powers as [[SinsOfScience [[ScaleOfScientificSins stereotypically evil]], but in an almost AddamsFamily [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family]] way.
