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** The "magic" was actually just SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology, so it's only natural it can potrntially be reverse engineered.

* '''Subverted''': Bob attempts to study magic, but discovers ScienceCannotComprehendPhlebotinum.

* '''Downplayed''': Magic is so easy to analyze and reproduce that it's barely arcane.

** Magic is used in mundane home-use appliances, raising the quality of living to such an extent that it ushers in the magic equivalent of the Industrial Age, and later on, the Space Age and the Information Age, with all of their problems.

** ** Magic is used in mundane home-use appliances, raising the quality of living to such an extent that it ushers in the magic equivalent of the Industrial Age, and later on, the Space Age and the Information Age, with all of their benefits.

** Bob devises a spell, contained in a small flat metal rectangle with one side of glass, that when put to his ear, allows him to listen to and speak with other wizards who have this device. Over time, the wizards offer these devices to everyone who wants one, A few villagers and artisans learn spellcasting to create elaborate spells to create interactive displays on the glass, one of which depicts [[VideoGame/AngryBirds birds being thrown at castles with pigs in them]].

** Magic is used in mundane home-use appliances, raising the quality of living to such an extent that it ushers in the magic equivalent of the Industrial Age, and later on, the Space Age and the Information Age.
* '''Reconstructed''': Magic is transformed into being another branch of science, [[ScienceHero just as exciting as]] physics and biology.

* '''Parodied''': Bob, in a HighFantasy setting, wears a labcoat and has a {{Magitek}} laboratory that looks exactly like a modern one.

* '''Exploited''': Gods put traps in the cosmo rules so that specific not practical uses of magic will kill the agent using them. No scientific experimentation for you, mortal.

* '''Deconstructed''': Magic is reduced to being [[MundaneFantastic just another branch of science]], no more exciting than physics or biology.

* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is studying magic via TheScientificMethod, but it blows up in his face killing/injuring him or a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone loved one]]

'''Basic Trope''': Mages discover how magic works by using TheScientificMethod

* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out that Bob has to discard many assumptions of modern science in order to account for magic, but TheScientificMethod still works as he rebuilds science from the ground up.

* '''Conversed''': "What was wrong with magic being mysterious? Why did they have to try to ''[[DoingInTheWizard explain]]'' it?"

** Magic can be reduced to [[FormulaicMagic a set of equations]]. Anyone (including a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman "soul-less]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots machine"]]) who can write these equations can do magic.

** Magic can be reduced to [[PowersAsPrograms a set of equations]]. Anyone (including a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman "soul-less]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots machine"]]) who can write these equations can do magic.

** Gods, or some cosmic design actively prevent any scientific method, eventually modifying magic rules on the spot.

* '''Defied''': People who try and study magic GoMadFromTheRevelation.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is a better scientist than the {{Flat Earth Atheist}}s who call themselves scientists.

** Magic can be reduced to [[PowersAsPrograms a set of equations]]. Anyone (including a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman supposedly "soulless"]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots machine) who can write these equations can do magic.

** Magic can be reduced to [[PowersAsPrograms a set of equations]]. Anyone (including a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman supposedly "soulless"]] [[chine) who can write these equations can do magic.

** Magic can be reduced to [[PowersAsPrograms a set of equations]].

** Gods, or some cosmic design actively prevent any scientific method, eventually modifing magic rules on the spot.

* '''Exploited''': Gods put traps in the cosmo rules so that specific not practical uses of magic will kill the agent using them. No scientific sperimentation for you, mortal.

* '''Played For Laughs''': In Bob's universe, most spells come with a textbook. Sometimes a ''revised'' textbook, as for the "Lighting Arrow 2.01" (globular edition, battery not included. Not retrocompatible with 1.0 wands).

* '''Played For Laughs''': In Bob's universe, most spells come with a textbook. Sometimes a 'revised' textbook, as for the "Lighting Arrow 2.01" (globular edition, battery not included).

* '''Played For Laughs''': In Bob's universe, most spells come with a textbook. Sometimes a 'revised' textbook, as for the "Lighting Arrow 2.01" (globular edition, battery not included).* '''Deconstructed''': Magic is reduced to being [[MundaneFantastic just another branch of science]], no more exciting than physics or biology.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Magic is reduced to being [[MundaneFantastic just another branch of science]], no more exciting than physics or biology.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Inverted''': MagicVersusScience

* '''Deconstructed''': Magic is reduced to being [[MundaneFantastic just another branch of science]], no more exciting than physics or biology.
* '''Reconstructed''': Magic is transformed into being another branch of science, [[ScienceHero just as exciting as]] physics and biology.

* '''Averted''': WildMagic is in full force, and getting enough control over it to even ''attempt'' experimentation is impossible.

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