History Main / EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife

* Manga/{{Iromonia}}: Thicket's hands have countless surgical tools where he uses it to steal the organs of his victims for profit.

* ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'': The multi-purpose cards, like the one that Shida uses, have several functions. It can be used as a transit pass, a [[CreditChip debit card]], a TrackingDevice and a digital bill that stores card's transactional records. The latter two functions of the card becomes [[ChekhovsGun important]] when [[spoiler:Shida manages to find Sui and Neri, who went missing, after visiting to another city.]] The downside of these cards is that Tetsunagi is a place full of AnachronismStew, as it uses paper bills and coins as a staple form of payment.

* ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'': The multi-purpose cards, like the one that Shida uses, has several functions. It can be used as a transit pass, a [[CreditChip debit card]], a TrackingDevice and a digital bill that stores card's transactional records. The latter two functions of the card becomes [[ChekhovsGun important]] when [[spoiler:Shida manages to find Sui and Neri, who went missing, after visiting to another city.]] The downside of these cards is that Tetsunagi is a place full of AnachronismStew, as it uses paper bills and coins as a staple form of payment.

* The multi-purpose cards, like the one that Shida uses, has several functions. It can be used as a transit pass, a [[CreditChip debit card]], a TrackingDevice and a digital bill that stores card's transactional records. The latter two functions of the card becomes [[ChekhovsGun important]] when [[spoiler:Shida manages to find Sui and Neri, who went missing, after visiting to another city.]] The downside of these cards is that Tetsunagi is a place full of AnachronismStew, as it uses paper bills and coins as a staple form of payment.

* The card that Shida has in ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'' functions as a [[CreditChip debit card]], a multi-use transit pass for the train and space shuttle, [[spoiler:a TrackingDevice]] and a digital log that stores all of the card's transactions. [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun They prove to be of use, when Shida tracked down Sui and Neri via all of them during their venture to another city]].]]

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** In addition to their use as lethal and nonlethal weapons, phasers can be used as cutting tools, incinerators, space heaters or hot plates (in conjunction with a convenient stone), or improvised explosives.

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* The Lancrastian Army Knife in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'' has a number of strange and metaphysical features such as the Device for Ascertaining the Truth of a Given Statement and the Attachment for Winning Ontological Arguments. Its inventor, Shawn Ogg, notes that if he keeps adding King Verence's suggestions it'll need a wheelbarrow to cart it around. There's ''probably'' a blade[[note]]which doubles as a Device for Ending Arguments Very Quickly[[/note]] in there somewhere as well.
* ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown'' uses "swissarmy" as a ''verb,'' describing one small device as having "a wide variety of tiny repair tools swissarmied into its side panels."

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* ''Series/JamesMaysManLab'' created the Swiss Army Bike, which is a normal, ridable bike that also has a squeegee for cleaning windows, a grindstone, a drill, a sprayer for creosote, and a blender.

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* In ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'', Manny's scythe can and will be used for practically everything, from opening vaults to locking cupboards, to digging through litter boxes, to fighting.
* The Pip-Boy in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series is a self-generating map, GPS, scanner (with friend-or-foe recognition), geiger counter, inventory manager, health scanner, radio, and can store computer files. It is the perfect tool for a wasteland wanderer, but it was built for Vault dwellers who'd have little to no use for most of those functions. Presumably [=RobCo=] thought they were building a device for people who would actually be rebuilding human civilization.

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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' had Buck getting a brand-new laser gun with a myriad of functions...so many, in fact, that he couldn't figure out how to make it shoot lasers.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has the [[IProduct eyePhone]], which plays games, records video, sends messages, etc. Fry complains that his eyePhone might be defective, because he keeps hearing this obnoxious ringing sound, at which time he is astonished to learn [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It's a phone too!?!?!?!]].

* The card seen in ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'' functions as a [[CreditChip debit card]], a multi-use transit pass for the train and space shuttle, [[spoiler:a TrackingDevice]] and a digital log that stores all of the card's transactions. [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun They prove to be of use, when Shida tracked down Sui and Neri via all of them during their venture to another city]].]]

* PlayedForLaughs with Randall Peltzer's inventions in ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''. Particularly the Bathroom Buddy.

* The card seen in ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'' functions as a [[CreditChip debit card]], a multi-use transit pass for the train and space shuttle and a digital log that stores all of the card's transactions. [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun They prove to be of use, when Shida tracked down Sui and Neri via all of them during their venture to another city]].]]

* The card seen in ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'' functions as a [[CreditChip debit card]], a multi-use transit pass for the train and space shuttle and a digital log that stores all card's transactions. [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun They prove to be of use, when Shida tracked down Sui and Neri via all of them during their venture to another city]].]]