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* Wayne Szalinski from the ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' franchise has filled his houses with gadgets. It's particularly noticeable in the second film ''Film/HoneyIBlewUpTheKid'' (which was set in the early 1990s when it was filmed) where the house has an elaborate electronic mailbox that the family dog Quark can activate, a PA system that can be activated from a control in the kitchen to every other room in the house, a robot duster/vacuum cleaner, a toaster that can deposit spread onto the bread itself and a special multistory playpen for his infant son.

* Professor Brainard's kitchen in ''Film/{{Flubber}}'' has a similar auto-breakfast setup to Doc Brown's, if slightly more modernized. (A ''[[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Mac Plus]]'' automatically runs all the machines around the house.) His two robot assistants, Weebo and Weber, don't necessarily qualify.

A sub-trope of CoolHouse. Contrast with MadScientistLaboratory, though there may be one of those in the basement as well. In television or film, expect some of the gadgets to be CowTools - even the authors and/or set designers don't know what they are supposed to be for. Compare RubeGoldbergDevice.

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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' begins inside Dr. Emmet Brown's house, where his alarm clock triggers a machine to automatically prepare breakfast for him and for his dog, Einstein. Since the Doc Brown's been missing for a few days, his kitchen is a mess of uneaten breakfasts.

* Professor Brainard's kitchen in ''Film/{{Flubber}}'' has a similar auto-breakfast setup to Doc Brown's, if slightly more modernized. (A ''[[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Mac Plus ]]'' automatically runs all the machines around the house.) His two robot assistants, Weebo and Weber, don't necessarily qualify.
* At the start of ''Film/DocSavageTheManOfBronze'', the title character is shown in his arctic Fortress of Solitude laboring on inventions that (TheNarrator declares) may one day be useful to Mankind! After gazing at the stars through a telescope, Doc appears to be building a RetroRocket to take him there, but it turns out to be a RubeGoldbergDevice for ice fishing.

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* In ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'', the local TechnoWizard Nanaki uses his skills to transform his house that [[TheShutIn he's forced to stay before majority]] into this. Specifically, it is pretty much managed by artificial intelligence, including driverless cars, robotic servants, and large numbers of sensors that reports literally everything in the house (to the point of enabling precision agriculture and horticulture). It's also self-sufficient in terms of food production, involving a fish farm and what the novel refers as miniature farm animals.

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* One of the short lived sitcom ''Series/APrinceAmongMen'''s sources of comedy comes from the range of devices that Gary has installed into his house going wrong in one way or another.
* Eccentric as it already was on ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'', Pee Wee Herman's home got itself an upgrade on ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'' with a fully automated brakfast-making machine.

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* In ''VideoGame/Dishonored2'', Kirin Jindosh's Clockwork Mansion is a tribute to his mechanical engineering genius and rearranges itself on the fly to better fit his current mood and desire to impress the guests.

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* The home shared by bumbling inventor Wallace and his faithful canine companion Gromit in ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' animations has all sorts of inventions built in. Examples include a hinged bed arranged next to a trap door so that Wallace can go straight from bed to the breakfast table, and a toy train that carries mail and other goods around the house.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' begins inside Dr. Emmet Brown's house, where his alarm clock triggers a machine to automatically prepare breakfast for him and for his dog, Einstein. Since the Doc Brown's been missing for a few days, his kitchen is a mess of uneaten breakfasts.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Gru and Vector's houses are filled with gadgets that improve their lifestyles.

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* At the start of ''Film/DocSavage'', the title character is shown in his arctic Fortress of Solitude laboring on inventions that (TheNarrator declares) may one day be useful to Mankind! After gazing at the stars through a telescope, Doc appears to be building a RetroRocket to take him there, but it turns out to be a RubeGoldbergDevice for ice fishing.

* At the start of ''Film/DocSavage'', the title character is shown in his arctic Fortress of Solitude laboring on inventions that (TheNarrator declares) may one day be useful to Mankind! After gazing at the stars through a telescope, Doc appears to be building a RetroRocket to take him there, but it turns out to be a RuthGoldbergDevice for ice fishing.

A sub-trope of CoolHouse. Contrast with MadScientistLaboratory, though there mayb be one of those in the basement as well. In television or film, expect some of the gadgets to be CowTools - even the authors and/or set designers don't know what they are supposed to be for. Compare RubeGoldbergDevice.

A sub-trope of CoolHouse. Contrast with MadScientistsLaboratory, though there mayb be one of those in the basement as well. In television or film, expect some of the gadgets to be CowTools - even the authors and/or set designers don't know what they are supposed to be for. Compare RubeGoldbergDevice.

A sub-trope of CoolHouse. In television or film, expect some of the gadgets to be CowTools - even the authors and/or set designers don't know what they are supposed to be for. Compare RubeGoldbergDevice.

A sub-trope of CoolHouse. Compare RubeGoldbergDevice.

* The home shared by bumbling inventor Wallace and his faithful canine companion Gromit in ''Franchise/WallaceAndGromit'' animations has all sorts of inventions built in. Examples include a hinged bed arranged next to a trap door so that Wallace can go straight from bed to the breakfast table, and a toy train that carries mail and other goods around the house.

A sub-trope of CoolHouse.

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* In , ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', Jimmy's bathroom has a machine that changes his hairstyle for him. He has a few in his room as well.

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* Creator/StephenFry's personal home is filled with a ridiculous amount of gadgets, from futuristic stoves, ice cream making balls, and a contraption bottle opener.

Bob has a bathroom with a machine that helps him brush his teeth. He also has a machine that automatically styles his hair for him. Bob also has a foot-activated door-opener. His lamps also have built-in gadgets that assist in the maintenance of the house and also gives Bob materials he will need for the day.