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* In the ''{{Franchise/Tron}}'' universe, a human programmer who has entered the computer world has this ability. It is uncertain whether a person less skilled in controlling what goes on in a computer from the outside would have the same power.
* At the beginning of ''Film/KidnappingCaucasianStyle'', Shurik is riding a donkey, which suddenly stops dead in its tracks as they stumble upon Edik and his stopped truck he's fruitlessly trying to start. Then, as Nina happens to walk by past the two of them, the donkey follows her, while the truck starts on its own.
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* In the ''{{Franchise/Tron}}'' universe, a human programmer who has entered the computer world has this ability. It is uncertain whether a person less skilled in controlling what goes on in a computer from the outside would have the same power.
* At the beginning of ''Film/KidnappingCaucasianStyle'', Shurik is riding a donkey, which suddenly stops dead in its tracks as they stumble upon Edik and his stopped truck he's fruitlessly trying to start. Then, as Nina happens to walk by past the two of them, the donkey follows her, while the truck starts on its own.

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* In the ''{{Franchise/Tron}}'' universe, a human programmer who has entered the computer world Fonzie from ''Series/HappyDays'' has this ability. It ability due to his coolness. Not only will anything he performs PercussiveMaintenance on start working, but he can even use it to "fix" things that aren't broke, like making a vending machine dispense soda without money.
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coin-return system, causing the beginning of ''Film/KidnappingCaucasianStyle'', Shurik is riding a donkey, which suddenly stops dead in its tracks as they stumble upon Edik machine to spit soda and his stopped truck he's fruitlessly trying to start. Then, as Nina happens to walk by past the two of them, the donkey follows her, while the truck starts on its own.cash everywhere.



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* Fonzie from ''Series/HappyDays'' has this ability due to his coolness. Not only will anything he performs PercussiveMaintenance on start working, but he can even use it to "fix" things that aren't broke, like making a vending machine dispense soda without money.
** This is TruthInTelevision for older soda vending machines. Proper abuse would frequently result in merchandise or a failure in the coin-return system, causing the machine to spit soda and cash everywhere.
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* ''Toys/SuperThings'': Mech Fixer's superpower allows him to repair broken machines just by ''looking'' at them.
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* The Technomancer Crypteks from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are a subversion of this trope, they are technically androids, just with the faintest echo of their biological former selves, they don't use the [[MagicByAnyOtherName Warp]] to achieve magic effects but they apply for ClarkesThirdLaw which translates ingame in the form of them being capable to reanimate destroyed models, fix vehicles and make all Canoptek units fight with more lethality by just being close to them.



* The Technomancer Crypteks from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are a subversion of this trope, they are technically androids, just with the faintest echo of their biological former selves, they don't use the [[MagicByAnyOtherName Warp]] to achieve magic effects but they apply for ClarkesThirdLaw which translates ingame in the form of them being capable to reanimate destroyed models, fix vehicles and make all Canoptek units fight with more lethality by just being close to them.

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* The Technomancer Crypteks from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are a subversion of this trope, they are technically androids, just with the faintest echo of their biological former selves, they don't use the [[MagicByAnyOtherName Warp]] to achieve magic effects but they apply for ClarkesThirdLaw which translates ingame in the form of them being capable to reanimate destroyed models, fix vehicles and make all Canoptek units fight with more lethality by just being close to them.
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* The Technomancer Crypteks from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are a subversion of this trope, they are technically androids, just with the faintest echo of their biological former selves, they don't use the [[MagicByAnyOtherName Warp]] to achieve magic effects but they apply for ClarkesThirdLaw which translates ingame in the form of them being capable to reanimate destroyed models, fix vehicles and make all Canoptek units fight with more lethality by just being close to them.
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