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Phlebotinum[[note]]or "phlebotinium" in the Commonwealth countries[[/note]] is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot. Examples include but are not limited to: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, and GreenRocks.
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Phlebotinum[[note]]or "phlebotinium" in the Commonwealth countries[[/note]] is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot. Examples include but are not limited to: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, and GreenRocks.
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In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's the science that powers the FTL drive on the starship so the characters can get somewhere, it's the magic that hatches the EggMacGuffin so the protagonist can save an endangered species, it's the strange things unknown to science or magic that do basically anything. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
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In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's the science that powers the FTL drive on the starship so the characters can get somewhere, it's the magic that hatches the EggMacGuffin so the protagonist can save an endangered species, it's the strange things unknown to science or magic that do basically anything.anything except those limits and dangers required by the plot. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
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According to JossWhedon, during the DVD commentary for the pilot episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the term "phlebotinum" originates from ''Buffy'' writer (and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' co-creator) David Greenwalt's sudden outburst: "Don't touch the phlebotinum!" apropos of nothing.[[labelnote:Fun Fact]]Whether or not he had the etymological connection in mind, "phlebotomy" is the drawing of blood, coincidentally appropriate in context.[[/labelnote]]
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According to JossWhedon, Creator/JossWhedon, during the DVD commentary for the pilot episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the term "phlebotinum" originates from ''Buffy'' writer (and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' co-creator) David Greenwalt's sudden outburst: "Don't touch the phlebotinum!" apropos of nothing.[[labelnote:Fun Fact]]Whether or not he had the etymological connection in mind, "phlebotomy" is the drawing of blood, coincidentally appropriate in context.[[/labelnote]]
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In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, it's magic, it's strange things unknown to science or magic. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
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In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, the science that powers the FTL drive on the starship so the characters can get somewhere, it's magic, the magic that hatches the EggMacGuffin so the protagonist can save an endangered species, it's the strange things unknown to science or magic.magic that do basically anything. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
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A.K.A. Handwavium. Compare AuthorPowers, HandWave, MacGuffin, DeusExMachina, and AWizardDidIt. Contrast MisappliedPhlebotinum
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A.K.A. Handwavium. Compare AuthorPowers, HandWave, MacGuffin, DeusExMachina, and AWizardDidIt. Contrast MisappliedPhlebotinumMisappliedPhlebotinum.
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Phlebotinum is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot. Examples include but are not limited to: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], vented drive plasma, and GreenRocks.
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Phlebotinum is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot. Examples include but are not limited to: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], vented drive plasma, and GreenRocks.
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Phlebotinum is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot. Examples include but are not limited to: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], vented drive plasma, and GreenRocks.
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A.K.A. Handwavium. Compare MacGuffin, AWizardDidIt, HandWave, and DeusExMachina. Contrast MisappliedPhlebotinum
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A.K.A. Handwavium. Compare AuthorPowers, HandWave, MacGuffin, AWizardDidIt, HandWave, DeusExMachina, and DeusExMachina.AWizardDidIt. Contrast MisappliedPhlebotinum
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According to JossWhedon, during the DVD commentary for the pilot episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the term "phlebotinum" originates from ''Buffy'' writer (and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' co-creator) David Greenwalt's sudden outburst: "Don't touch the phlebotinum!" apropos of nothing. [[labelnote:*]]Whether or not he had the etymological connection in mind, "phlebotomy" is the drawing of blood, coincidentally appropriate in context.[[/labelnote]]
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According to JossWhedon, during the DVD commentary for the pilot episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the term "phlebotinum" originates from ''Buffy'' writer (and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' co-creator) David Greenwalt's sudden outburst: "Don't touch the phlebotinum!" apropos of nothing. [[labelnote:*]]Whether [[labelnote:Fun Fact]]Whether or not he had the etymological connection in mind, "phlebotomy" is the drawing of blood, coincidentally appropriate in context.[[/labelnote]]
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Phlebotinum is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot.
Some examples: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], or even just some GreenRocks. In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, it's magic, it's strange things unknown to science or magic. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
Some examples: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], or even just some GreenRocks. In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, it's magic, it's strange things unknown to science or magic. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
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Phlebotinum is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot.
Some examples:plot. Examples include but are not limited to: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], or even just some GreenRocks. and GreenRocks.
In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, it's magic, it's strange things unknown to science or magic. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
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In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, it's magic, it's strange things unknown to science or magic. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
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-->--'''Creator/DavidLangford''', [[http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/dlnw.htm "A Gadget Too Far"]], as a corollary to Arthur C. ClarkesThirdLaw
Phlebotinum is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot.
Some examples: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], or even just some GreenRocks. In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, it's magic, it's strange things unknown to science or magic. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
According to JossWhedon, during the DVD commentary for the pilot episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the term "phlebotinum" originates from ''Buffy'' writer (and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' co-creator) David Greenwalt's sudden outburst: "Don't touch the phlebotinum!" apropos of nothing. [[labelnote:*]]Whether or not he had the etymological connection in mind, "phlebotomy" is the drawing of blood, coincidentally appropriate in context.[[/labelnote]]
If the phlebotinum in question is simply a physical substance with unusual/extreme properties you are almost certainly dealing with the element {{Unobtainium}}.
A.K.A. Handwavium. Compare MacGuffin, AWizardDidIt, HandWave, and DeusExMachina. Contrast MisappliedPhlebotinum
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[[index]]
!!Tropes
[floatboxright:
Categories:
+ {{A Sticky Index}}
+ ForensicPhlebotinum
+ FuturisticTechIndex
+ GravityTropes
+ HyperspaceIndex
+ InsecuritySystem
+ MagicAndPowers
+ MagicalComputer
+ ThisIndexHasMagicProperties
]
* AbnormalAmmo
* {{Aesoptinum}}
* AgonyBeam
* AmbiguousDisorder
* AmplifierArtifact
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome
* AmuletOfDependency
* AncientArtifact
* {{Antimatter}}
* AreTheseWiresImportant
* ArtifactOfDoom
* ArtificialGravity
* ArtInitiatesLife
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry
* AutomatedAutomobiles
* BackgroundMagicField
* BambooTechnology
* BigRedButton
* BioAugmentation
* BlackBox
* BlindJump
* BloodBath
* BodyToJewel
* ByThePowerOfGreySkull
* CaffeineBulletTime
* CameFromTheSky
* CantHaveSexEver
* CarryingTheAntidote
* ChemistryCanDoAnything
* ClarkesThirdLaw
* ClingyCostume
* ClingyMacGuffin
* CloningBlues
* ColdIron
* CollapsingLair
* CommLinks
* ContainmentField
* CorrespondenceCourse
* CureForCancer
* TheDarkSide
* DeflectorShields
* DepletedPhlebotinumShells
* DetachableLowerHalf
* DevolutionDevice
* DeusExNukina
* DivertingPower
* DisabilitySuperpower
* DiscoTech
* DoAnythingRobot
* DoomsdayDevice
* DuctTapeForEverything
* ElectricInstantGratification
* ElectricTorture
* ElementalAbsorption
* {{EMP}}
* EnergyAbsorption
* EveryCarIsAPinto
* EverythingSensor
* ExactTimeToFailure
* ExplosiveInstrumentation
* ExplosiveOverclocking
* ExpositionBeam
* FailsafeFailure
* FantasyMetals
* FasterThanLightTravel
* FertileFeet
* FountainOfYouth
* ForgottenPhlebotinum
* ForgottenSuperweapon
* FunctionalMagic
* GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy
* GrapplingHookPistol
* GravitySucks
* GreatBigBookOfEverything
* GreenLanternRing
* GreenRocks
* HardLight
* HarmfulToTouch
* HandyRemoteControl
* HealingPotion
* HelpingHands
* HiddenWire
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum
* HologramProjectionImperfection
* HulkingOut
* HumanPopsicle
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall
* HyperspaceLanes
* HypnoRay
* IKnowYourTrueName
* ImplausibleSynchrony
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum
* IncrediblyObviousBug
* InertialDampening
* InfiniteSupplies
* InfraredXrayCamera
* InventionalWisdom
* InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality
* InvisibilityCloak
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting
* ItemAmplifier
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum
* JackUpWithPhlebotinum
* JetPack
* LegoGenetics
* LeyLine
* LightningCanDoAnything
* TheLittleDetecto
* LivingBattery
* LosingYourHead
* LostTechnology
* LotusEaterMachine
* LovePotion
* LoyalPhlebotinum
* MadeOfExplodium
* MadeOfIndestructium
* MadeOfPhlebotinum
* MagiBabble
* MagicallyBindingContract
* MagicalParticleAccelerator
* MagicAntidote
* MagicAIsMagicA
* MagicFromTechnology
* MagicMeteor
* MagicMusic
* MagicPlasticSurgery
* MagicPoweredPseudoscience
* MagicTool
* MakeAWish
* MatterReplicator
* MayContainEvil
* MedievalStasis
* MenstrualMenace
* MentalPictureProjector
* MindControlDevice
* MindProbe
* MinovskyPhysics
* MirrorMoralityMachine
* MisappliedPhlebotinum
* {{Mithril}}
* MobileSuitHuman
* MutagenicGoo
* MyCarHatesMe
* {{Nanomachines}}
* NoBloodForPhlebotinum
* NoOffButton
* NotOfThisEarth
* NoWaterProofingInTheFuture
* TheNudifier
* ObfuscatedInterface
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter
* {{Orichalcum}}
* OurClonesAreIdentical
* OverclockingAttack
* OverrideCommand
* {{Panacea}}
* PercussiveMaintenance
* PerilousPowerSource
* PerpetualMotionMachine
* PhilosophersStone
* PhlebotinumAnalogy
* PhlebotinumBattery
* PhlebotinumBomb
* PhlebotinumBreakdown
* PhlebotinumDuJour
* PhlebotinumGirl
* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment
* PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements
* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs
* PhlebotinumMuncher
* PhlebotinumOverdose
* PhlebotinumOverload
* PhlebotinumPills
* PhlebotinumRebel
* PlacebotinumEffect
* PlotSensitiveButton
* PlotSensitiveItems
* PortalBook
* PortalPicture
* PortalPool
* PoweredByAForsakenChild
* PowerSource
* PowerUpFood
* PressureSensitiveInterface
* ProfessorGuineaPig
* ProjectedMan
* PsychicNosebleed
* PublicDomainArtifact
* PureEnergy
* QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything
* ReactionlessDrive
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale
* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale
* ReinventingTheTelephone
* RestrainingBolt
* ReversePolarity
* RewritingReality
* RubeGoldbergDevice
* SavedByThePhlebotinum
* ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum
* ScrewballSerum
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily
* SelfDefenseless
* SelfDestructMechanism
* SelfGuardingPhlebotinum
* SentientCosmicForce
* SentientPhlebotinum
* SharpenedToASingleAtom
* ShoePhone
* ShrinkRay
* SilverBullet
* SinglePhlebotinumLimit
* SolidClouds
* SoulFragment
* SoulPoweredEngine
* SpaceIsMagic
* SpySatellites
* StatesOfPhlebotinum
* SuperWristGadget
* SurgicalImpersonation
* SwirlyEnergyThingy
* TechnoBabble
* ThirtySecondBlackout
* ThunderboltIron
* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines
* TimTaylorTechnology
* TimeStandsStill
* TimeTravel
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth
* ToxicPhlebotinum
* TrackingDevice
* TransformationCauses
* TransformationRay
* TransformationTrinket
* TranslatorMicrobes
* TruthSerums
* {{Unobtainium}}
* UpgradeArtifact
* UtilityBelt
* UtilityMagic
* VillainBeatingArtifact
* VirginPower
* VirginSacrifice
* VirtualGhost
* WeaponOfMassDestruction
* WeatherControlMachine
* WeHaveForgottenThePhlebotinum
* WhatDoYouMeanItsPhlebotinum
* WheelOfPain
* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens
* WireDilemma
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* WithinParameters
* WordsCanBreakMyBones
* WorldHealingWave
* ZillionDollarBill
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-->--'''Creator/DavidLangford''', [[http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/dlnw.htm "A Gadget Too Far"]], as a corollary to Arthur C. ClarkesThirdLaw
Phlebotinum is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot.
Some examples: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], or even just some GreenRocks. In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, it's magic, it's strange things unknown to science or magic. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
According to JossWhedon, during the DVD commentary for the pilot episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the term "phlebotinum" originates from ''Buffy'' writer (and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' co-creator) David Greenwalt's sudden outburst: "Don't touch the phlebotinum!" apropos of nothing. [[labelnote:*]]Whether or not he had the etymological connection in mind, "phlebotomy" is the drawing of blood, coincidentally appropriate in context.[[/labelnote]]
If the phlebotinum in question is simply a physical substance with unusual/extreme properties you are almost certainly dealing with the element {{Unobtainium}}.
A.K.A. Handwavium. Compare MacGuffin, AWizardDidIt, HandWave, and DeusExMachina. Contrast MisappliedPhlebotinum
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[[index]]
!!Tropes
[floatboxright:
Categories:
+ {{A Sticky Index}}
+ ForensicPhlebotinum
+ FuturisticTechIndex
+ GravityTropes
+ HyperspaceIndex
+ InsecuritySystem
+ MagicAndPowers
+ MagicalComputer
+ ThisIndexHasMagicProperties
]
* AbnormalAmmo
* {{Aesoptinum}}
* AgonyBeam
* AmbiguousDisorder
* AmplifierArtifact
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome
* AmuletOfDependency
* AncientArtifact
* {{Antimatter}}
* AreTheseWiresImportant
* ArtifactOfDoom
* ArtificialGravity
* ArtInitiatesLife
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry
* AutomatedAutomobiles
* BackgroundMagicField
* BambooTechnology
* BigRedButton
* BioAugmentation
* BlackBox
* BlindJump
* BloodBath
* BodyToJewel
* ByThePowerOfGreySkull
* CaffeineBulletTime
* CameFromTheSky
* CantHaveSexEver
* CarryingTheAntidote
* ChemistryCanDoAnything
* ClarkesThirdLaw
* ClingyCostume
* ClingyMacGuffin
* CloningBlues
* ColdIron
* CollapsingLair
* CommLinks
* ContainmentField
* CorrespondenceCourse
* CureForCancer
* TheDarkSide
* DeflectorShields
* DepletedPhlebotinumShells
* DetachableLowerHalf
* DevolutionDevice
* DeusExNukina
* DivertingPower
* DisabilitySuperpower
* DiscoTech
* DoAnythingRobot
* DoomsdayDevice
* DuctTapeForEverything
* ElectricInstantGratification
* ElectricTorture
* ElementalAbsorption
* {{EMP}}
* EnergyAbsorption
* EveryCarIsAPinto
* EverythingSensor
* ExactTimeToFailure
* ExplosiveInstrumentation
* ExplosiveOverclocking
* ExpositionBeam
* FailsafeFailure
* FantasyMetals
* FasterThanLightTravel
* FertileFeet
* FountainOfYouth
* ForgottenPhlebotinum
* ForgottenSuperweapon
* FunctionalMagic
* GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy
* GrapplingHookPistol
* GravitySucks
* GreatBigBookOfEverything
* GreenLanternRing
* GreenRocks
* HardLight
* HarmfulToTouch
* HandyRemoteControl
* HealingPotion
* HelpingHands
* HiddenWire
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum
* HologramProjectionImperfection
* HulkingOut
* HumanPopsicle
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall
* HyperspaceLanes
* HypnoRay
* IKnowYourTrueName
* ImplausibleSynchrony
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum
* IncrediblyObviousBug
* InertialDampening
* InfiniteSupplies
* InfraredXrayCamera
* InventionalWisdom
* InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality
* InvisibilityCloak
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting
* ItemAmplifier
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum
* JackUpWithPhlebotinum
* JetPack
* LegoGenetics
* LeyLine
* LightningCanDoAnything
* TheLittleDetecto
* LivingBattery
* LosingYourHead
* LostTechnology
* LotusEaterMachine
* LovePotion
* LoyalPhlebotinum
* MadeOfExplodium
* MadeOfIndestructium
* MadeOfPhlebotinum
* MagiBabble
* MagicallyBindingContract
* MagicalParticleAccelerator
* MagicAntidote
* MagicAIsMagicA
* MagicFromTechnology
* MagicMeteor
* MagicMusic
* MagicPlasticSurgery
* MagicPoweredPseudoscience
* MagicTool
* MakeAWish
* MatterReplicator
* MayContainEvil
* MedievalStasis
* MenstrualMenace
* MentalPictureProjector
* MindControlDevice
* MindProbe
* MinovskyPhysics
* MirrorMoralityMachine
* MisappliedPhlebotinum
* {{Mithril}}
* MobileSuitHuman
* MutagenicGoo
* MyCarHatesMe
* {{Nanomachines}}
* NoBloodForPhlebotinum
* NoOffButton
* NotOfThisEarth
* NoWaterProofingInTheFuture
* TheNudifier
* ObfuscatedInterface
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter
* {{Orichalcum}}
* OurClonesAreIdentical
* OverclockingAttack
* OverrideCommand
* {{Panacea}}
* PercussiveMaintenance
* PerilousPowerSource
* PerpetualMotionMachine
* PhilosophersStone
* PhlebotinumAnalogy
* PhlebotinumBattery
* PhlebotinumBomb
* PhlebotinumBreakdown
* PhlebotinumDuJour
* PhlebotinumGirl
* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment
* PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements
* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs
* PhlebotinumMuncher
* PhlebotinumOverdose
* PhlebotinumOverload
* PhlebotinumPills
* PhlebotinumRebel
* PlacebotinumEffect
* PlotSensitiveButton
* PlotSensitiveItems
* PortalBook
* PortalPicture
* PortalPool
* PoweredByAForsakenChild
* PowerSource
* PowerUpFood
* PressureSensitiveInterface
* ProfessorGuineaPig
* ProjectedMan
* PsychicNosebleed
* PublicDomainArtifact
* PureEnergy
* QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything
* ReactionlessDrive
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale
* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale
* ReinventingTheTelephone
* RestrainingBolt
* ReversePolarity
* RewritingReality
* RubeGoldbergDevice
* SavedByThePhlebotinum
* ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum
* ScrewballSerum
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily
* SelfDefenseless
* SelfDestructMechanism
* SelfGuardingPhlebotinum
* SentientCosmicForce
* SentientPhlebotinum
* SharpenedToASingleAtom
* ShoePhone
* ShrinkRay
* SilverBullet
* SinglePhlebotinumLimit
* SolidClouds
* SoulFragment
* SoulPoweredEngine
* SpaceIsMagic
* SpySatellites
* StatesOfPhlebotinum
* SuperWristGadget
* SurgicalImpersonation
* SwirlyEnergyThingy
* TechnoBabble
* ThirtySecondBlackout
* ThunderboltIron
* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines
* TimTaylorTechnology
* TimeStandsStill
* TimeTravel
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth
* ToxicPhlebotinum
* TrackingDevice
* TransformationCauses
* TransformationRay
* TransformationTrinket
* TranslatorMicrobes
* TruthSerums
* {{Unobtainium}}
* UpgradeArtifact
* UtilityBelt
* UtilityMagic
* VillainBeatingArtifact
* VirginPower
* VirginSacrifice
* VirtualGhost
* WeaponOfMassDestruction
* WeatherControlMachine
* WeHaveForgottenThePhlebotinum
* WhatDoYouMeanItsPhlebotinum
* WheelOfPain
* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens
* WireDilemma
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* WithinParameters
* WordsCanBreakMyBones
* WorldHealingWave
* ZillionDollarBill
[[/index]]
----
AppliedPhlebotinum is among the JustForFun/TropesOfLegend.
----
-->--'''Creator/DavidLangford''', [[http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/dlnw.htm "A Gadget Too Far"]], as a corollary to Arthur C. ClarkesThirdLaw
Phlebotinum is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot.
Some examples: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], or even just some GreenRocks. In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, it's magic, it's strange things unknown to science or magic. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
According to JossWhedon, during the DVD commentary for the pilot episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the term "phlebotinum" originates from ''Buffy'' writer (and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' co-creator) David Greenwalt's sudden outburst: "Don't touch the phlebotinum!" apropos of nothing. [[labelnote:*]]Whether or not he had the etymological connection in mind, "phlebotomy" is the drawing of blood, coincidentally appropriate in context.[[/labelnote]]
If the phlebotinum in question is simply a physical substance with unusual/extreme properties you are almost certainly dealing with the element {{Unobtainium}}.
A.K.A. Handwavium. Compare MacGuffin, AWizardDidIt, HandWave, and DeusExMachina. Contrast MisappliedPhlebotinum
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[[index]]
!!Tropes
[floatboxright:
Categories:
+ {{A Sticky Index}}
+ ForensicPhlebotinum
+ FuturisticTechIndex
+ GravityTropes
+ HyperspaceIndex
+ InsecuritySystem
+ MagicAndPowers
+ MagicalComputer
+ ThisIndexHasMagicProperties
]
* AbnormalAmmo
* {{Aesoptinum}}
* AgonyBeam
* AmbiguousDisorder
* AmplifierArtifact
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome
* AmuletOfDependency
* AncientArtifact
* {{Antimatter}}
* AreTheseWiresImportant
* ArtifactOfDoom
* ArtificialGravity
* ArtInitiatesLife
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry
* AutomatedAutomobiles
* BackgroundMagicField
* BambooTechnology
* BigRedButton
* BioAugmentation
* BlackBox
* BlindJump
* BloodBath
* BodyToJewel
* ByThePowerOfGreySkull
* CaffeineBulletTime
* CameFromTheSky
* CantHaveSexEver
* CarryingTheAntidote
* ChemistryCanDoAnything
* ClarkesThirdLaw
* ClingyCostume
* ClingyMacGuffin
* CloningBlues
* ColdIron
* CollapsingLair
* CommLinks
* ContainmentField
* CorrespondenceCourse
* CureForCancer
* TheDarkSide
* DeflectorShields
* DepletedPhlebotinumShells
* DetachableLowerHalf
* DevolutionDevice
* DeusExNukina
* DivertingPower
* DisabilitySuperpower
* DiscoTech
* DoAnythingRobot
* DoomsdayDevice
* DuctTapeForEverything
* ElectricInstantGratification
* ElectricTorture
* ElementalAbsorption
* {{EMP}}
* EnergyAbsorption
* EveryCarIsAPinto
* EverythingSensor
* ExactTimeToFailure
* ExplosiveInstrumentation
* ExplosiveOverclocking
* ExpositionBeam
* FailsafeFailure
* FantasyMetals
* FasterThanLightTravel
* FertileFeet
* FountainOfYouth
* ForgottenPhlebotinum
* ForgottenSuperweapon
* FunctionalMagic
* GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy
* GrapplingHookPistol
* GravitySucks
* GreatBigBookOfEverything
* GreenLanternRing
* GreenRocks
* HardLight
* HarmfulToTouch
* HandyRemoteControl
* HealingPotion
* HelpingHands
* HiddenWire
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum
* HologramProjectionImperfection
* HulkingOut
* HumanPopsicle
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall
* HyperspaceLanes
* HypnoRay
* IKnowYourTrueName
* ImplausibleSynchrony
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum
* IncrediblyObviousBug
* InertialDampening
* InfiniteSupplies
* InfraredXrayCamera
* InventionalWisdom
* InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality
* InvisibilityCloak
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting
* ItemAmplifier
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum
* JackUpWithPhlebotinum
* JetPack
* LegoGenetics
* LeyLine
* LightningCanDoAnything
* TheLittleDetecto
* LivingBattery
* LosingYourHead
* LostTechnology
* LotusEaterMachine
* LovePotion
* LoyalPhlebotinum
* MadeOfExplodium
* MadeOfIndestructium
* MadeOfPhlebotinum
* MagiBabble
* MagicallyBindingContract
* MagicalParticleAccelerator
* MagicAntidote
* MagicAIsMagicA
* MagicFromTechnology
* MagicMeteor
* MagicMusic
* MagicPlasticSurgery
* MagicPoweredPseudoscience
* MagicTool
* MakeAWish
* MatterReplicator
* MayContainEvil
* MedievalStasis
* MenstrualMenace
* MentalPictureProjector
* MindControlDevice
* MindProbe
* MinovskyPhysics
* MirrorMoralityMachine
* MisappliedPhlebotinum
* {{Mithril}}
* MobileSuitHuman
* MutagenicGoo
* MyCarHatesMe
* {{Nanomachines}}
* NoBloodForPhlebotinum
* NoOffButton
* NotOfThisEarth
* NoWaterProofingInTheFuture
* TheNudifier
* ObfuscatedInterface
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter
* {{Orichalcum}}
* OurClonesAreIdentical
* OverclockingAttack
* OverrideCommand
* {{Panacea}}
* PercussiveMaintenance
* PerilousPowerSource
* PerpetualMotionMachine
* PhilosophersStone
* PhlebotinumAnalogy
* PhlebotinumBattery
* PhlebotinumBomb
* PhlebotinumBreakdown
* PhlebotinumDuJour
* PhlebotinumGirl
* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment
* PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements
* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs
* PhlebotinumMuncher
* PhlebotinumOverdose
* PhlebotinumOverload
* PhlebotinumPills
* PhlebotinumRebel
* PlacebotinumEffect
* PlotSensitiveButton
* PlotSensitiveItems
* PortalBook
* PortalPicture
* PortalPool
* PoweredByAForsakenChild
* PowerSource
* PowerUpFood
* PressureSensitiveInterface
* ProfessorGuineaPig
* ProjectedMan
* PsychicNosebleed
* PublicDomainArtifact
* PureEnergy
* QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything
* ReactionlessDrive
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale
* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale
* ReinventingTheTelephone
* RestrainingBolt
* ReversePolarity
* RewritingReality
* RubeGoldbergDevice
* SavedByThePhlebotinum
* ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum
* ScrewballSerum
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily
* SelfDefenseless
* SelfDestructMechanism
* SelfGuardingPhlebotinum
* SentientCosmicForce
* SentientPhlebotinum
* SharpenedToASingleAtom
* ShoePhone
* ShrinkRay
* SilverBullet
* SinglePhlebotinumLimit
* SolidClouds
* SoulFragment
* SoulPoweredEngine
* SpaceIsMagic
* SpySatellites
* StatesOfPhlebotinum
* SuperWristGadget
* SurgicalImpersonation
* SwirlyEnergyThingy
* TechnoBabble
* ThirtySecondBlackout
* ThunderboltIron
* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines
* TimTaylorTechnology
* TimeStandsStill
* TimeTravel
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth
* ToxicPhlebotinum
* TrackingDevice
* TransformationCauses
* TransformationRay
* TransformationTrinket
* TranslatorMicrobes
* TruthSerums
* {{Unobtainium}}
* UpgradeArtifact
* UtilityBelt
* UtilityMagic
* VillainBeatingArtifact
* VirginPower
* VirginSacrifice
* VirtualGhost
* WeaponOfMassDestruction
* WeatherControlMachine
* WeHaveForgottenThePhlebotinum
* WhatDoYouMeanItsPhlebotinum
* WheelOfPain
* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens
* WireDilemma
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* WithinParameters
* WordsCanBreakMyBones
* WorldHealingWave
* ZillionDollarBill
[[/index]]
----
AppliedPhlebotinum is among the JustForFun/TropesOfLegend.
----
to:
-->--'''Creator/DavidLangford''', [[http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/dlnw.htm "A Gadget Too Far"]], as a corollary to Arthur C. ClarkesThirdLaw
Phlebotinum is the versatile substance that may be rubbed on almost anything to cause an effect needed by a plot.
Some examples: [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], magic crystal emanations, pixie dust, a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]], or even just some GreenRocks. In essence, it is plot fuel. Without it, the story would grind to an abrupt halt. It's science, it's magic, it's strange things unknown to science or magic. The reader does not know how Phlebotinum would work and the creators hope nobody cares.
According to JossWhedon, during the DVD commentary for the pilot episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the term "phlebotinum" originates from ''Buffy'' writer (and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' co-creator) David Greenwalt's sudden outburst: "Don't touch the phlebotinum!" apropos of nothing. [[labelnote:*]]Whether or not he had the etymological connection in mind, "phlebotomy" is the drawing of blood, coincidentally appropriate in context.[[/labelnote]]
If the phlebotinum in question is simply a physical substance with unusual/extreme properties you are almost certainly dealing with the element {{Unobtainium}}.
A.K.A. Handwavium. Compare MacGuffin, AWizardDidIt, HandWave, and DeusExMachina. Contrast MisappliedPhlebotinum
----
[[index]]
!!Tropes
[floatboxright:
Categories:
+ {{A Sticky Index}}
+ ForensicPhlebotinum
+ FuturisticTechIndex
+ GravityTropes
+ HyperspaceIndex
+ InsecuritySystem
+ MagicAndPowers
+ MagicalComputer
+ ThisIndexHasMagicProperties
]
* AbnormalAmmo
* {{Aesoptinum}}
* AgonyBeam
* AmbiguousDisorder
* AmplifierArtifact
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome
* AmuletOfDependency
* AncientArtifact
* {{Antimatter}}
* AreTheseWiresImportant
* ArtifactOfDoom
* ArtificialGravity
* ArtInitiatesLife
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry
* AutomatedAutomobiles
* BackgroundMagicField
* BambooTechnology
* BigRedButton
* BioAugmentation
* BlackBox
* BlindJump
* BloodBath
* BodyToJewel
* ByThePowerOfGreySkull
* CaffeineBulletTime
* CameFromTheSky
* CantHaveSexEver
* CarryingTheAntidote
* ChemistryCanDoAnything
* ClarkesThirdLaw
* ClingyCostume
* ClingyMacGuffin
* CloningBlues
* ColdIron
* CollapsingLair
* CommLinks
* ContainmentField
* CorrespondenceCourse
* CureForCancer
* TheDarkSide
* DeflectorShields
* DepletedPhlebotinumShells
* DetachableLowerHalf
* DevolutionDevice
* DeusExNukina
* DivertingPower
* DisabilitySuperpower
* DiscoTech
* DoAnythingRobot
* DoomsdayDevice
* DuctTapeForEverything
* ElectricInstantGratification
* ElectricTorture
* ElementalAbsorption
* {{EMP}}
* EnergyAbsorption
* EveryCarIsAPinto
* EverythingSensor
* ExactTimeToFailure
* ExplosiveInstrumentation
* ExplosiveOverclocking
* ExpositionBeam
* FailsafeFailure
* FantasyMetals
* FasterThanLightTravel
* FertileFeet
* FountainOfYouth
* ForgottenPhlebotinum
* ForgottenSuperweapon
* FunctionalMagic
* GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy
* GrapplingHookPistol
* GravitySucks
* GreatBigBookOfEverything
* GreenLanternRing
* GreenRocks
* HardLight
* HarmfulToTouch
* HandyRemoteControl
* HealingPotion
* HelpingHands
* HiddenWire
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum
* HologramProjectionImperfection
* HulkingOut
* HumanPopsicle
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall
* HyperspaceLanes
* HypnoRay
* IKnowYourTrueName
* ImplausibleSynchrony
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum
* IncrediblyObviousBug
* InertialDampening
* InfiniteSupplies
* InfraredXrayCamera
* InventionalWisdom
* InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality
* InvisibilityCloak
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting
* ItemAmplifier
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum
* JackUpWithPhlebotinum
* JetPack
* LegoGenetics
* LeyLine
* LightningCanDoAnything
* TheLittleDetecto
* LivingBattery
* LosingYourHead
* LostTechnology
* LotusEaterMachine
* LovePotion
* LoyalPhlebotinum
* MadeOfExplodium
* MadeOfIndestructium
* MadeOfPhlebotinum
* MagiBabble
* MagicallyBindingContract
* MagicalParticleAccelerator
* MagicAntidote
* MagicAIsMagicA
* MagicFromTechnology
* MagicMeteor
* MagicMusic
* MagicPlasticSurgery
* MagicPoweredPseudoscience
* MagicTool
* MakeAWish
* MatterReplicator
* MayContainEvil
* MedievalStasis
* MenstrualMenace
* MentalPictureProjector
* MindControlDevice
* MindProbe
* MinovskyPhysics
* MirrorMoralityMachine
* MisappliedPhlebotinum
* {{Mithril}}
* MobileSuitHuman
* MutagenicGoo
* MyCarHatesMe
* {{Nanomachines}}
* NoBloodForPhlebotinum
* NoOffButton
* NotOfThisEarth
* NoWaterProofingInTheFuture
* TheNudifier
* ObfuscatedInterface
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter
* {{Orichalcum}}
* OurClonesAreIdentical
* OverclockingAttack
* OverrideCommand
* {{Panacea}}
* PercussiveMaintenance
* PerilousPowerSource
* PerpetualMotionMachine
* PhilosophersStone
* PhlebotinumAnalogy
* PhlebotinumBattery
* PhlebotinumBomb
* PhlebotinumBreakdown
* PhlebotinumDuJour
* PhlebotinumGirl
* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment
* PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements
* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs
* PhlebotinumMuncher
* PhlebotinumOverdose
* PhlebotinumOverload
* PhlebotinumPills
* PhlebotinumRebel
* PlacebotinumEffect
* PlotSensitiveButton
* PlotSensitiveItems
* PortalBook
* PortalPicture
* PortalPool
* PoweredByAForsakenChild
* PowerSource
* PowerUpFood
* PressureSensitiveInterface
* ProfessorGuineaPig
* ProjectedMan
* PsychicNosebleed
* PublicDomainArtifact
* PureEnergy
* QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything
* ReactionlessDrive
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale
* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale
* ReinventingTheTelephone
* RestrainingBolt
* ReversePolarity
* RewritingReality
* RubeGoldbergDevice
* SavedByThePhlebotinum
* ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum
* ScrewballSerum
* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily
* SelfDefenseless
* SelfDestructMechanism
* SelfGuardingPhlebotinum
* SentientCosmicForce
* SentientPhlebotinum
* SharpenedToASingleAtom
* ShoePhone
* ShrinkRay
* SilverBullet
* SinglePhlebotinumLimit
* SolidClouds
* SoulFragment
* SoulPoweredEngine
* SpaceIsMagic
* SpySatellites
* StatesOfPhlebotinum
* SuperWristGadget
* SurgicalImpersonation
* SwirlyEnergyThingy
* TechnoBabble
* ThirtySecondBlackout
* ThunderboltIron
* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines
* TimTaylorTechnology
* TimeStandsStill
* TimeTravel
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth
* ToxicPhlebotinum
* TrackingDevice
* TransformationCauses
* TransformationRay
* TransformationTrinket
* TranslatorMicrobes
* TruthSerums
* {{Unobtainium}}
* UpgradeArtifact
* UtilityBelt
* UtilityMagic
* VillainBeatingArtifact
* VirginPower
* VirginSacrifice
* VirtualGhost
* WeaponOfMassDestruction
* WeatherControlMachine
* WeHaveForgottenThePhlebotinum
* WhatDoYouMeanItsPhlebotinum
* WheelOfPain
* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens
* WireDilemma
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* WithinParameters
* WordsCanBreakMyBones
* WorldHealingWave
* ZillionDollarBill
[[/index]]
----
AppliedPhlebotinum is among the JustForFun/TropesOfLegend.
----
