History MundaneUtility / WesternAnimation

* Ian Peek in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has a belt that makes him immaterial and partially invisible. He uses it to spy on celebrities for his gossipy TV show. Well, ''used'' it, [[AFateWorseThanDeath at least...]]

** The third episode of the series opens with ComicBook/TheFalcon using his high-tech combat flight suit to arrive at a mission briefing on time.
** [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] and the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] made microwave popcorn with Mjolnir's lightning summoning, and in another episode went to the Moon to wrestle after breaking too many things in Avengers Tower during their weekly sparring matches.
** ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} uses his ImprobableAimingSkills to annoy his teammates by bouncing things off their heads, build sandwiches by tossing ingredients back over his shoulder without looking, and clean house at boardwalk carnival games.

** In "The Soringfield Connection", where Marge joined the Springfield police department, Homer used her pepper spray to season his food. He enjoys it even though it causes his eyes to swell and tear up in pain.

** In ''The Cartridge Family'' Homer likes his new gun so much he uses to do mundane things such as shooting lightbulbs to "turn off" the light and the television's dials to turn it off, all without having to get off the couch.

** In an episode where Marge joined the Springfield police department, Homer used her pepper spray to season his food. He enjoys it even though it causes his eyes to swell and tear up in pain.
** In one Halloween episode Homer uses a pair of telepods to allow him to get beer from the fridge without having to get off the couch. Marge draws the line when he tries to use it so that he doesn't need to actually go to the bathroom to relieve himself.

** "In Five Short Graybles", Princess Bubblegum uses all of her scientific technology from growth formulas, teleportation devices, and even magic to make a cheese and tomato sandwich. Though in her defense it was [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood the "perfect sandwich"]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', the Titans regularly use their powers for whatever reason.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice,'' we see members of the Flash family using their powers for tasks such as clearing the dishes (Barry) and cleaning out the ice cream when nobody's looking (Wally). Zatanna and Megan both can also use their powers (magic and shapeshifting, respectively) to change their outfits.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'', Mario and co. get in a fight with the Koopalings over a wizard's lost GreenLanternRing wand. When the wizard retrieves it at the end, he reveals that he only uses it to roast weenies.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' Christmas episode "Comfort and Joy", Green Lantern uses his [[GreenLanternRing Ring]] to snowboard and make snowmen. Then Hawkgirl gets in on the act, using her Energy Mace to snowball fight with GL.

* In the season 2 intro of WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}, we see what the Guardians use their power for;

* The title characters of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' frequently use their powers for other things when they're not fighting crime or monsters, such as cleaning their room. However the most frequent use of their ability of flight is used to simply get around. There is hardly a time they aren't floating around rather than walking.

** His crowning moment is probably turning himself into a sentient pickle... to get out of going to ''family therapy''. Naturally, all manner of HilarityEnsues, culminating in him fighting off {{Renegade Russian}}s and Creator/DannyTrejo, and finally ending in an EnemyMine with a huge explosion and helicopter escape. [[spoiler:He ''still'' ends up at therapy]].

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Wallykazam}}'', Wally has a magic stick that can make anything so long as it begins with the particular letter of the day. While the stick can create some fantastic things, it just as often used for practical stuff like making a ladder, dressing someone up in a jumpsuit, or making a bathtub to give a dragon a bath.

** "In Five Short Graybles", Princess Bubblegum uses all of her scientific technology from growth formulas, teleportation device, and even magic to make a sandwich. Though in her defense it was [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood the "perfect sandwich"]].

* In an episode of the 90's ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon, Wolverine uses his claws [[http://tsuidark.tumblr.com/post/10009997262/x to slice cold cuts for his sandwich.]]

** The third episode of the series opens with Comicbook/TheFalcon using his high-tech combat flight suit to arrive at a mission briefing on time.
** [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]] and The Comicbook/IncredibleHulk made microwave popcorn with Mjolnir's lightning summoning, and in another episode went to the Moon to wrestle after breaking too many things in Avengers Tower during their weekly sparring matches.
** Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} uses his ImprobableAimingSkills to annoy his teammates by bouncing things off their heads, build sandwiches by tossing ingredients back over his shoulder without looking, and clean house at boardwalk carnival games.

** "In Five Short Graybles", Princess Bubblegum uses all of her scientific technology from growth formulas, teleportation device, and even magic to make a sandwich. Though in her defense it was the "perfect sandwich".

* [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Rick Sanchez]] created a miniature universe and taught its first sentient inhabitants the ability to generate electricity, then mooched off their electricity generation... to power his car.

** Raven is so comfortable with her telekinesis that she's never seen physically opening a door, sometimes skipping the door altogether and just phasing through the wall. She also once used her epic magic powers, that could destroy the universe if used incorrectly, to give Beast Boy a wedgie.

** TheHypnotoad is arguably the most powerful being on the planet, and could rule the world if he so chose. Instead, he uses his powers to get himself a sitcom and win pet contests.

* While not super-powers per se, ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' often uses Wade's super-techno crime-fighting gadgets for mundane things like homework.
** In particular, one that had to be pre-emptively defied was the super suit from ''[[WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama so the drama]]'', which had to be written out because it was a complete StoryBreakerPower, and Kim had every intention of using it from everything to foiling her normal rogue's gallery (which would be complete overkill) to cats up trees.
* In ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', Lilo attempts to get ''all'' of Jumba's experiments to use their powers like this. For example, an experiment with freezing breath makes snow cones, an experiment that can melt solid objects is sent to a recycling plant, etc.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' all unicorns can use their magic for simple telekinesis, which effectively gives them an extra pair of hands. This is especially useful since ponies don't ''have'' hands. This makes tasks like turning pages, writing letters, and eating sandwiches much easier for them than they are for other ponies. Twilight Sparkle in particular [[TheRedMage can learn any magical spell]], and of course, [[SugarBowl being the universe this is]], a lot of what she has learned is mundane utility spells. That doesn't stop her from being a one-pony magical arsenal of destruction as well, though.
** Unicorn horns glow when they use their magic, which Rarity once used as an impromptu flashlight when caught in a darkened room.
** Pegasi can also use their wings to hold light things underarm. Rainbow Dash once held a ball with her wing this way, and in "Putting Your Hoof Down," Fluttershy even demonstrated feather-based dexterity comparable to that of human fingers (justified a few episodes earlier, where an X-ray shows that pegasi have small bones in the largest of their feathers).
*** Scootaloo, a pegasus too young to fly properly, uses her wings to give herself extra speed when on her scooter, rather like a propeller. She also uses this to get some sweet air to pull off tricks.
** Not to mention that as of "Lesson Zero," Rainbow Dash [[spoiler: has apparently managed to master the Sonic Rainboom to the point of [[FantasticNuke using it in demolition]].]]
** Spike's magic fire breath essentially makes him a living fax machine. Oh, and he can bake cupcakes and make popcorn too.

* And then in it's reboot series ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'':
** When not in the field, Glimmer uses her powers of teleportation all the time. She frequently uses it as a way to get out of an embarrassing or awkward situation (such as a conversation with her mother), and allows her to move about Bright Moon essentially at will. She even has her bed hanging about 5 meters in the air, which becomes a problem in one episode when she loses her powers.
*** The intro shows her and Bow running up to Adora, only for Glimmer to teleport the last 3 meters.

** While Adora normally only turns into She-Ra during combat or training, she also does so to impress people. And while she's She-Ra, she'll happily make mundane use of her enhanced strength and size.
*** After she masters the ability to transform her sword into other objects, she sometimes does so for mundane purposes.

** Frosta is actually very good at creating ice sculptures.

** In ''The Cartridge Family'' Homer likes his new gun so much he uses to do mundane things such as shooting lightbulbs to "turn off" the light and the the television's dials to turn it off, all without having to get off the couch.

** Star often uses her magic for this, such as summoning a sapient cloud to ride on, blasting a magical narwhal at doors to open them, and using her Mewberty SuperMode for casual flight (despite, again, already having a flying cloud). This seems common for her family; Eclipsa invented BlackMagic partly to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia to erase the memories]] of guards who caught her sneaking out of the castle, and Moon mentions at one point a spell to convince her husband to make the bed.
** At one point, Marco borrows Star's [[InterdimensionalTravelDevice dimensional scissors]] and starts making small portals everywhere so that he doesn't have to get up from his bed. He makes a portal to the dog park, to the fridge, and to the beach. Apparently, this is a bad thing, as Hekapoo, the creator of dimensional scissors, kidnaps him and confiscates the scissors. He has to go on a sixteen-year quest to get a new pair.
* WesternAnimation/{{Static|Shock}} uses his powers to grab his keys and charge his father's razor.
** He can also listen to [=CDs=] without a CD player. [[RuleOfFunny How that works is never explained.]]

*** In the {{Pilot}}, Steven uses this same hourglass to make [[ComebackTomorrow witty comebacks he thought of too late.]] Of course, because of the way the hourglass works, it could then only be used by him, ''only'' for making comebacks.

** Amethyst uses her shapeshifting powers for pranks; and she and the other Gems also typically use it to change their clothes.
** Garnet can generate electricity, but has rarely used it on screen and, until late into season two, never in combat. Instead, she's used it once to power an arcade game and a second time to recharge the battery in Greg's van.
** Steven used a magic wand in "Onion Trade" to make extra figurines to trade. It's also used, in [[{{Troll}} Amethyst's]] case, to conjure a whole heap of garbage in [[NeatFreak Pearl's]] room.
** While going to Funland in "Too Short to Ride", Amethyst and Steven use their shapeshifting powers to make themselves taller to rise a rollercoaster they're too short to ride and Amethyst later uses it to cheat on a (rigged) ring toss game. [[spoiler:[[SixthRanger Peridot]] later used her newly discovered [[ExtraOreDinary ferrokinesis]] to land ten rings.]]
** After being a {{NEET}} for a while, Lapis Lazuli becomes a gardener in the episode "Gem Harvest", using her [[MakingASplash water powers]] to help water the crops she and Peridot are growing at the farm.

*** Peridot sees [[spoiler:Garnet]]'s existence as a mundane utility, since from her upbringing fusions are supposed to be temporary power boosts used in battle or other things, while she's a "permafusion" that doesn't use her combined size and strength.
** The first time we see three of the Crystal Gems combined into the giant Fusion Alexandrite: pose as Steven's mom during a dinner with Connie's family. The second time, [[spoiler:chase down Steven and Connie after they tried to run away from the disaster dinner]].

** "In Five Short Graybles", Princess Bubblegum uses all of her scientific technology from growth formulas, teleportation device, and even magic to make a sandwich. Though in her defenses it was the "perfect sandwich".