History Main / MagicTool

* ''Franchise/RedFaction Armageddon'' has the nanoforge, which can recreate structures exactly as they were, project a shield, break through walls and kill enemies in several different ways.

* In ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'', the handaxe is a weak but all-purpose tool that can cut grass, break rocks, and chop wood. It can be upgraded into the Magic Handaxe to destroy these in one hit.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': At the SuperHeroSchool Whateley Academy, Compiler has the power to control and animate nanites within five feet of herself. She has a nanotech MagicTool that she even calls a [[ShoutOut 'sonic screwdriver']]. We've seen it transform into a magic marker complete with working ink. It's nothing ''but'' nanites, so it doesn't work if it's not close to her.

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** Super Fly from [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]] sits on the vague line between this trope and GeniusLocus, being a ''parasitic'' Stand in the form of a radio tower that bonds with the spirit of any human who enters its confines and compels them to remain therein, or else they'll turn into a statue of lifeless metal.

Surprisingly, it is often not much use as a weapon. Carried by the universal {{Worker Unit}}s in RealTimeStrategy games, and the Engineer classes in team-based {{First Person Shooter}}s. Usually an AcceptableBreakFromReality, as it is more simple and elegant than showing the character carrying around an extensive toolbox or heavy equipment. Maybe some {{Technobabble}} tries to justify the tool's utility, but maybe a HandWave is enough. If it ''really'' is magic, then it is likely {{Magitek}} or a classic MagicWand.

Compare GreenRocks, DuctTapeForEverything, ImaginationBasedSuperpower (a common result of using a high-end Magic Tool). One common Magic Tool is a welding torch or something similar: compare BuildingIsWelding. Another is a hand-held EverythingSensor.

** The most recognizable and straightforward examples are Hol Horse's Stand "Emperor" from [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]] and Narancia Ghirga's Stand "Aerosmith" from [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]. Emperor takes the form of a pistol with telepathically guided bullets, so whilst it has shorter ranger than a normal pistol and is InvisibleToNormals, which negates its intimidation factor, it is ''very'' hard for Hol Horse to miss a shot with it, and he has infinite ammo. Aerosmith, on the other hand, is a toy airplane... which fires ''real'' bullets and can drop ''real'' bombs, flies wherever Narancia's mental commands order it, and can even track potential targets by their carbon dioxide emissions.

* The omnicoms used by DC's ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' resemble [=i=]Phones with all manner of scanning / sensing and computing capabilities, although they actually predate the [=i=]Phone (and the cell phone, and the laptop computer) by several decades.
* Also the Mother Boxes from Jack Kirby' ''ComicBook/NewGods'' metaseries. Usually looking something like a cassette tape, each is basically what gods use in place of a smart phone [[note]] And their first appearance actually predates the earliest PDA by 20ish years [[/note]]. The list of things they can do is mind-boggling: create a handy disguise, knock enemies out, open up a teleportation portal, change local gravity, heal injuries... also they're alive and sentient in their own right.

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has Fix-It Felix Jr.'s gold hammer, which has the ability to fix anything that he taps with it. He can even use it to [[HealingShiv fix up injuries]]. Unfortunately, this means he definitely cannot destroy anything with it or use it as a weapon. When Felix tries to break out of King Candy's dungeon, he strikes a loose bar with his hammer. Immediately, the bars become thicker and stonger.

* ''Film/JamesBond'': Any mobile phone. [[InstantSedation Taser]], remote control for your car, and hacking/lockpicking tool. Magic! Averted in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', where the phones are just, well standard cell phones. ProductPlacement ensures we get a ''good long look'' at them.
* In ''Film/SixStringSamurai'' all that is needed to fix a car is a ratchet, cranked a few time on the dashboard. This may have been intentional, as the rest of the movie is pretty ridiculous, too.

* ''Literature/ArlyHanks'': In ''Mischief In Maggody'', Kevin gets a job selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. The brand he's selling apparently does everything from regular vacuuming to leafblowing to paint-stripping to ''scaling fish''. Heaven help whoever has to clean out the vacuum's filters and dust bag....
* In ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', the Lancre Army Knife has many tools, several of which are quite esoteric like the Device for Ascertaining the Truth of a Given Statement. And this is ''after'' Shawn Ogg has "lost" many of the king's suggestions, out of fear he might end up with the only handy pocketknife that needs carried on a cart.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the sonic screwdriver is a piece of AppliedPhlebotinum that can basically fix, break, lock, unlock, or otherwise modify anything you want. The only things it specifically can't do are unlock a [[KryptoniteFactor deadlock seal]], inflict injury or kill. [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Unless you're a Cyberman]]. Oh, and it doesn't work on wood. And it's vulnerable to hair dryers. And you can't triplicate the flammability of alcohol either.[[note]]Though technically you can't do ''anything'' that doesn't actually mean anything.[[/note]] It may not be able to inflict injury, but if you're dumb enough to let him near the sound system it can sure as ''hell'' [[LoudOfWar hurt your ears]]. Oh, and one time, it was used to ''drive a screw''. It's also utterly useless as a conventional weapon -- the Doctor wouldn't carry it otherwise, as he has moral objections to carrying weaponry. The Master has been known to carry a 'laser screwdriver', a similar multifunction tool which is weaponiseable. Then the Eleventh Doctor appears to use it as a weapon against the Silence, while River Song is shooting them. The screwdriver emits a green beam as he whirls back-to-back with River, but he's simply using the screwdriver on the ship that surrounds them, preventing the Silence from absorbing it to power their attacks. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the War Doctor, who is dumbfounded by Ten and Eleven pointing them like "water pistols".

** "Assignment Earth" was a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for an Avengers-esque spinoff series. The protagonist of that episode, Gary Seven, had a do-anything gadget called a 'servo' which is sometimes suspected of being a direct ripoff of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver (it even looks almost identical), but which couldn't have been because the sonic screwdriver didn't make its screen debut until about a month after "Assignment: Earth" was filmed, and more than a year after Gary Seven's servo was first proposed in the [[http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/assignment.htm original unsold pilot script]] for ''Assignment: Earth''. Not to mention that ''Doctor Who'' wasn't seen in the US until the '70s.

** In 5th Edition, the aptly named All Purpose Tool is a magic item usable only by artificers that looks like a simple screwdriver but can turn into any type of tool the wielder wishes and grants proficiency with said tool if the wielder didn't already have it. It also gives a boost to the power of the artificer's spells and once per day you can choose one cantrip from any class spell list and the tool grants you the ability to cast it as if it were an artificer spell for the rest of the day.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series, the wrench is a miraculous device. Just grind it on any vehicle, destroyable object, or bridge to repair it. Surprisingly, it cannot be used to bash in someone's head, or sabotage enemy vehicles.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'' features the Repair Gun, which has some range unlike most variants, and does exactly what the name implies. They can also disarm enemy C4 and beacons by draining their health bar (nothing else can damage these things). The singleplayer version is only used by {{NPC}}s and has a damaging secondary fire, but not so the multiplayer version.

* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' is a rare first-person shooter that almost completely averts the trope. You have nano-lockpicks, which can reform themselves to, well, pick locks. But for electronic security, such as keypads or security cameras, you need to use a different device, called a multi-tool. The function of these tools is more magical than the lockpicks. Finally, to break things such as crates open, you need an object such as a crowbar, police baton, or sword, all of which are themselves usable as weapons. The sequel plays it straight, abolishing lockpicks, as all traditional locks have vanished and replaced with keypads.

* Engineers in ''VideoGame/EnemyTerritoryQuakeWars'' have a pair of pliers that can be applied to ''any'' part of any machinery, even if the player is lying prone and only able to reach a support leg. The pliers are almost as effective as the Contructor's futuristic repair tool (although they also have an automatic droid).
* ''Videogame/{{Factorio}}'' has the Repair Unit, a handheld tool which appears to be about the size of a screwdriver. It can quickly repair ''anything'', be it a stone wall or a highly advanced laser turret. However, they're disposable due to a non-replaceable battery, so it's recommended to carry at least a dozen of them.

* ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'': Living tools in the series. Use them to pick locks, sabotage stuff, repair stuff, anything. Of course, since it's a bunch of tentacles strong enough to bend metal and fine enough to do delicate work, it should be pretty versatile.

** Alyx Vance carries around an all-purpose electronic...[[http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/EMP_Tool thing]] that seems capable of overriding, reprogramming or destroying pretty much [[MasterOfUnlocking any electronic barrier]] that stands in your way. Alyx then uses a ''gun'' on humanoid adversaries. The player's near-multiversal-tool, the Gravity Gun, is useless on heavier objects and humanoid enemies [[spoiler: until the last level, where simply ''dragging'' a bad guy forward kills him]].

** In the sequel, harvesting is done by mechanical arms on the harvester, an apparent step back in technology. Probably taken from/inspired by ''Total Annihilation'' (see above), which predates ''Homeworld'' by a couple of years.
* ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance2'' plays with the trope a bit. Instead of a repair tool, you have repair tool''kits'', a consumable item that apparently contains the necessary spare parts and equipment to patch up ''anything''; firearms, night-vision goggles, body armour and even (in the v1.13 expansion pack) holsters and other load-bearing equipment.

** In the game's [[EncyclopediaExposita codex]], it's explained that the Omni-tool's functionality is provided by [[PowersAsPrograms downloadable programs]], and that its miniature nano-assemblers can perform programmed tasks in seconds. The encyclopedia does not explain the combat effectiveness of this ability, but playthroughs demonstrate that the omni-tool generates a mine (possibly an EMP generator of some variant) that the squad member then throws at the enemy like a grenade. The third game takes this even one step further by letting them produce a [[LaserBlade specialized weapon]] on command for melee attacks. Oh -- and they can [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking run video games]] as well.

* ''VideoGame/{{PlanetSide}} 2'' features the Engineer class's handheld Nano Armor Kit, a pistol-sized tool capable of repairing any damage to faction specific machinery through the power of white [[NanoTechnology nanite]] beams, which have no limit aside from OverHeating. Averted by the Nano Dispenser and the Body Armor Nano Kit in the first game, which repaired vehicles and armor (respectively) using cartridges of nanites loaded into the tools, which needed to be reloaded on a semi-regular basis when repairing lots of items.
* ''Franchise/RedFaction Armageddon'' has the nanoforge, which can recreate structures exactly as they were, project a shield, break though walls and kill enemies in several different ways.

* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' has variant for the Protoss and Zerg, since neither really builds or repairs their structures. Protoss teleport theirs from their homeworld, and the Zerg buildings are living organisms grown from the ground by converting a harvester unit into a cocoon.

-->Continue swinging wrench [[HealingShiv in an aggressive manner in the direction of your sentry]] in order to extend dual rotational barrels and remove rear lid from ammunition housing container.

** Cybran: Swarm of small drones, shoot red beams, similar to [=UEF's=].
** Aeon: Unit transformed from amorphous ball of silver sludge.
** The first two are the same when building units, structures, repairing and reclaiming resources.
* ''{{VideoGame/Tribes}}'': The Repair Backpack. Point it at a friend, hold down the trigger, and watch the laser beam heal him back up to health. Turn around and use the same laser thingy to repair a crushed generator to perfect condition. Do a [[RocketJump Spinfusor jump]] and then [[HealThyself heal yourself with it in midair]]. You can also used it to repair ''enemy'' equipment and players.

** The axes used by human peasants and orc peons in the games can chop wood, fix buildings and repair siege equipment, and chop up enemy infantry, if you gang up on him.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': the [[http://www.wowhead.com/item=40772 Gnomish Army Knife]] is a straight example of this trope. Created by high level engineers, this device give you the functionality of a blacksmithing hammer, skinning knife, Gyromatic Micro-Adjuster (screwdriver), Arclight Spanner, and a mining pick. Also, has a function to bring a player back from the dead, if you are a skilled enough engineer. Originally had a option for flint and tinder in order to create camping fires, but the need for them was removed from the game entirely and from the item specifically.
* ''[[Videogame/{{X}} X3: Terran Conflict]]'' and its expansion pack feature the [[HealingShiv Repair Laser]], a spacesuit-mounted tool which is capable of fixing up any ship. Fire the repair laser at a [[FragileSpeedster M5 scout ship]], and it'll be in tip-top shape in about a minute. Place a brick over your fire key while aiming at a [[MileLongShip M2 Destroyer]] then go watch a movie, and come back; the hull health will have gone up about 20%.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'''s "Kimmunicator" has whatever kind of EverythingSensor she might need, universal computer access, extensible robot arms for her MissionControl to help with and even the ability to fly back home if she loses it.

* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' has keytools, especially Glitch, which can morph into anything their user requests.

* Modern smartphones: Your basic Internet-connected computer, GPS receiver, digital still/video camera, music player, alarm clock and pocket watch. Some of them even make telephone calls!

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* The proposed [[http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0220.html?printable=1 Utility Fog]] [[spoiler:Hob is [[AllThereInTheManual made from]] ]]in ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak''.
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* ''Mischief In Maggody'': Non-scifi example: Joan Hess played with this trope when Kevin gets a job selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. The brand he's selling apparently does everything from regular vacuuming to leafblowing to paint-stripping to ''scaling fish''. Heaven help whoever has to clean out the vacuum's filters and dust bag....

Compare GreenRocks, DuctTapeForEverything, ImaginationBasedSuperpower (a common result of using a high-end MagicTool). One common Magic Tool is a welding torch or something similar: compare BuildingIsWelding. Another is a hand-held EverythingSensor.

Compare GreenRocks, DuctTapeForEverything. One common Magic Tool is a welding torch or something similar: compare BuildingIsWelding. Another is a hand-held EverythingSensor.

** In the game's [[EncyclopediaExposita codex]], it's explained that the Omni-tool's functionality is provided by [[PowersAsPrograms downloadable programs]], and that its miniature nano-assemblers can perform programmed tasks in seconds. The encyclopedia does not explain the combat effectiveness of this ability, but playthroughs demonstrate that the omni-tool generates a mine (possibly an EMP generator of some variant) that the squad member then throws at the enemy like a grenade. The third game takes this even one step further by letting them produce a [[LaserBlade specialized weapon]] on command for melee attacks. Oh - and they can [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking run video games]] as well.

--> '''Data Bank:''' Most people don't care why it works, just that it saved their life that one time -- but in case you're curious, it combines scanner and fabricator technologies to determine the proper specifications for the targeted object, and then rearranges the available physical material to match the original specs.

--> Continue swinging wrench [[HealingShiv in an aggressive manner in the direction of your sentry]] in order to extend dual rotational barrels and remove rear lid from ammunition housing container.

** Averted in the third game, where the workers use different tools for building or gathering wood. Human peasants can also be temporarily turned into stronger milita units to defend, while the peons can hide in bunkers and shoot from inside.

* Although not strictly a tool, [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/prestidigitation.htm prestidigitation]] has the most functions of any single spell.
** It is often nicknamed "Least Wish," after the high-level spells that can be used to duplicate many different functions.

Surprisingly, it is often not much use as a weapon.

Carried by the universal {{Worker Unit}}s in RealTimeStrategy games, and the Engineer classes in team-based {{First Person Shooter}}s. If it ''really'' is magic, then it is likely {{Magitek}}.

Compare GreenRocks, DuctTapeForEverything, BuildingIsWelding. For one of these that can break things instead of fixing them, see SwissArmyWeapon. Not related to {{Ancient Artifact}}s of [[Manga/SoulEater tremendous power]] or {{Magic Wand}}s, which are usually magical.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant It does not refer to a wizard who is a gigantic jerk.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has Fix-It Felix Jr.'s hammer, which has the ability to fix anything that he taps with it. He can even use it to [[HealingShiv fix up injuries]]. Unfortunately for him, because of this he can't actually use it as a weapon of any kind. For instance, when trying to break out of King Candy's dungeon, he tried to use his hammer to break down a loose window bar. Unfortunately for him, this immediately reinforced the bars, making them thicker than before.
-->'''Felix:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S_SKkEt8MM Oh! Why do I fix everything I touch?!]]

* All mobile phones of Film/JamesBond. [[InstantSedation Taser]], remote control for your car and hacking/lockpicking skill of 5000. Magic! Averted in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', where the phones are just, well standard phones. ProductPlacement ensures we get a ''good long look'' at them.

* The Lancre Army Knife in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'' which has many tools, several of which are quite esoteric like the Device for Ascertaining the Truth of a Given Statement. And this is ''after'' Shawn Ogg has "lost" many of the king's suggestions, out of fear he might end up with the only handy pocketknife that needs carried on a cart.

* ''{{VideoGame/Tribes}}'': The Repair Backpack. Point it at a friend, hold down the trigger, and watch the laser beam heal him back up to health. Turn around and use the same laser thingy to repair a crushed generator to perfect condition. Do a [[RocketJump Spinfusor jump]] and then [[HealThyself heal yourself with it in midair]]. You can also used it to repair ''enemy'' equipment and players.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''
** The axes used by human peasants and orc peons in the games can chop wood, fix buildings and repair siege equipment, and chop up enemy infantry, if you gang up on him.
** Averted in the third game, where the workers use different tools for building or gathering wood. Human peasants can also be temporarily turned into stronger milita units to defend, while the peons can hide in bunkers and shoot from inside.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': the [[http://www.wowhead.com/item=40772 Gnomish Army Knife]] is a straight example of this trope. Created by high level engineers, this device give you the functionality of a blacksmithing hammer, skinning knife, Gyromatic Micro-Adjuster (screwdriver), Arclight Spanner, and a mining pick. Also, has a function to bring a player back from the dead, if you are a skilled enough engineer. Originally had a option for flint and tinder in order to create camping fires, but the need for them was removed from the game entirely and from the item specifically.
* The wrench from the ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series is a miraculous device. Just grind it on any vehicle, destroyable object, or bridge to repair it. Surprisingly, it cannot be used to bash in someone's head, or sabotage enemy vehicles.

* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' has a more "realistic" depiction, for the Protoss and Zerg, since neither really builds or repairs their structures. Protoss teleport theirs from their homeworld, and the Zerg buildings are living organisms grown from the ground by converting a harvester unit into a cocoon.

* While no one save for the developers at Treyarch know what it would have done, it's worth mentioning a canceled perk for vehicles for ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: World at War'' was called [[http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Wrench 'Magic Wrench']]. Presumably, it would be used to repair tanks.
* The Engineer's wrench in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is an exception to the rule: you ''can'' brain people with it. In fact, one repairs a structure or upgrades a sentry gun by [[PercussiveMaintenance whacking it with the wrench.]] The game's "manual" hangs a lampshade on the practice, as it's actually an instruction booklet on Sentry Gun maintenance. The instructions on upgrading the gun say, for example:
---> Continue swinging wrench in an aggressive manner in the direction of your sentry in order to extend dual rotational barrels and remove rear lid from ammunition housing container.
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII'', the engineer's fusion cutter can fix destructible objects, disarm mines, and cut into enemy tanks to hijack them, but not cut open an enemy.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'' features the Repair Gun, which has some range unlike most variants, and does exactly what the name implies. They can also disarm enemy C4 and beacons by draining their health bar (nothing else can damage these things). The singleplayer version is only used by {{NPC}}s and has a damaging secondary fire, but not so the multiplayer version.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' has the appropriately named Omni-tool, a holographic tool that can dispense [[HealingPotion medigel]], conduct electronic warfare, act as an InfiniteFlashlight, function as a datapad, and repair vehicles and a certain plasma vent. It is also a definite threat in combat; if you bring her along, [[TheEngineer Tali]] will brandish one as a threat while others draw weapons or take up their PstandardPsychicPstance.
** In the game's [[EncyclopediaExposita codex]], it's explained that the Omni-tool's functionality is provided by [[PowersAsPrograms downloadable programs]], and that its miniature nano-assemblers can perform programmed tasks in seconds. The encyclopedia does not explain the combat effectiveness of this ability, but playthroughs demonstrate that the omni-tool generates a mine (possibly an EMP generator of some variant) that the squad member then throws at the enemy like a grenade. The third game takes this even one step further by letting them produce a [[LaserBlade specialized weapon]] on command for melee attacks. Oh - and they can [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking run video games]] as well.
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' series
** Alyx Vance carries around an all-purpose electronic...[[http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/EMP_Tool thing]] that seems capable of overriding, reprogramming or destroying pretty much any electronic barrier that stands in your way. Alyx then uses a ''gun'' on humanoid adversaries. The player's near-multiversal-tool, the Gravity Gun, is useless on heavier objects and humanoid enemies [[spoiler: until the last level, where simply ''dragging'' a bad guy forward kills him]].
** The mod ''Empires'' features engineer classes with these kinds of tools. They do everything from constructing turrets to repairing personal armor to dismantling enemy buildings to reviving fallen troops (aka [[BackFromTheDead necromancy]]).
* The multiplayer game ''VideoGame/{{Warhawk}}'' features a wrench that repairs any friendly or unoccupied vehicle or turret by whacking it repeatedly. However, it can be used to destroy enemy equipment or just smack someone upside the head for an instant kill.
* Construction units and Commanders in ''VideoGame/TotalAnnihilation'' had nanolathes, which could create buildings and units, absorb terrain objects and wrecks for resources, repair damaged units, restore wrecked units and structures to full combat readiness, and even capture enemy units.

** And in the sequels you somehow repair all damage to vehicles (including broken windshields and blown tires) with an oxyacetylene cutting torch.
* ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'': The mysterious green beam, which fixes ships, is apparently the reverse operation of the mysterious ''red'' beam which gathers resources. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the backstory]], the red beam is a "Phased Disassembler Array", a device that uses fusion torches to break materials down to their constituent atoms - the green beam would thus be a device that reorganises said atoms into the desired form, and is in fact a smaller-scale use of the same technology used by the Mothership to build ships in the first place.
** In the sequel, harvesting is done by mechanical arms on the harvester, an apparent step back in technology. Probably taken from/inspired by ''Total Annihilation'' (see above), which predates ''Homeworld'' by a couple of years.
* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'': "Repair Powder," which takes this to a whole new level: merely sprinkling this miraculous powder on a weapon will instantaneously repair it.
* ''VideoGame/{{Savage}}'': There's no problem that can't be solved by hitting it with a sword.
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' is a rare first-person shooter that almost completely averts the trope. You have nano-lockpicks, which can reform themselves to, well, pick locks. But for electronic security, such as keypads or security cameras, you need to use a different device, called a multi-tool. The function of these tools is more magical than the lockpicks. Finally, to break things such as crates open, you need an object such as a crowbar, police baton, or sword, all of which are themselves usable as weapons. The sequel plays it straight, abolishing lockpicks, as all traditional locks have vanished and replaced with keypads.
* In ''VideoGame/SinsOfASolarEmpire'', the construction ships can build any structure. ''With a blowtorch''

* The three factions from ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander'' have three different Magic Tools:
** [=UEF=]: Similar to a laser printer, consists of blue beams buzzing around the structure/unit.
** Cybran: Swarm of small drones, shoot red beams, similar to [=UEF's=].
** Aeon: Unit transformed from amorphous ball of silver sludge.
** The first two are the same when building units, structures, repairing and reclaiming resources.
* In ''VideoGame/GadgetTrial'', Izen medics use a ''giant syringe'' to heal/repair all other E-series. Which means from other Izens (infantry units), to ''battleships'' and ''bombers''.
* ''VideoGame/DesertStrike'' features "Armor Repair" Toolboxes scattered about each level, pick one up and it inexplicably repairs your chopper to full strength.
* In the ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' game, a watch is used for everything, including a cutting torch, a deadly laser, to receive communications, the pause and inventory menu...
* VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame'':

* ''[[Videogame/{{X}} X3: Terran Conflict]]'' and its expansion pack feature the [[HealingShiv Repair Laser]], a spacesuit-mounted tool which is capable of fixing up any ship. Fire the repair laser at a [[FragileSpeedster M5 scout ship]], and it'll be in tip-top shape in about a minute. Place a brick over your fire key while aiming at a [[MileLongShip M2 Destroyer]] then go watch a movie, and come back; the hull health will have gone up about 20%.

* ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance2'' plays with the trope a bit. Instead of a repair tool, you have repair tool''kits'', a consumable item that apparently contains the necessary spare parts and equipment to patch up ''anything''; firearms, night-vision goggles, body armour and even (in the v1.13 expansion pack) holsters and other load-bearing equipment.
* ''Franchise/RedFactionArmageddon'' has the nanoforge, which can recreate structures exactly as they were, project a shield, break though walls and kill enemies in several different ways.
* ''Videogame/{{Factorio}}'' has the Repair Unit, a handheld tool which appears to be about the size of a screwdriver. It can quickly repair ''anything'', be it a stone wall or a highly advanced laser turret. However, they're disposable due to a non-replaceable battery, so it's recommended to carry at least a dozen of them.
* For [[GameMod cross]][[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} -mod]] compatibility, you can use the BuildCraft wrench on almost any tech mod's machines.
* The Replicator in ''VideoGame/PlanetExplorers''. It can craft almost any item for which it has the script, although advanced items such as aircraft parts need an Industrial Replicator.

Compare GreenRocks and DuctTapeForEverything. For one of these that can break things instead of fixing them, see SwissArmyWeapon. Not related to {{Ancient Artifact}}s of [[Manga/SoulEater tremendous power]] or {{Magic Wand}}s, which are usually magical.

* ''VideoGame/{{PlanetSide}} 2'' features the Engineer class's handheld Nano Armor Kit, a pistol-sized tool capable of repairing any damage to faction specific machinery through the power of white [[NanoTechnology nanite]] beams, which have no limit aside from OverHeating. Averted by the Nano Dispenser (also known as a [[FanNickname Glue Gun]]) and the Body Armor Nano Kit in the first game, which repaired vehicles and armor (respectively) using cartridges of nanites loaded into the tools, which needed to be reloaded on a semi-regular basis when repairing lots of items.

** ''VideoGame/LegoIndianaJones'' and other LEGO games feature Lego hammers and/or wrenches which are used to fix broken machinery. Often this will require recruiting someone with a tool or finding the tool yourself. ''VideoGame/LegoStarWars'' and its sequels dispense with tools and have broken machines fixed with TheForce.

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* ''* In ''Literature/FactoryOfTheGods'', Julian's phone becomes this after it touches a Godcore, allowing him to essentially play ''Factorio'' while everyone around him is playing a tabletop RPG.

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* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' has Fix-It Felix Jr.'s hammer, which has the ability to fix anything that he taps with it. He can even use it to [[HealingShiv fix up injuries]]. Unfortunately for him, because of this he can't actually use it as a weapon of any kind. For instance, when trying to break out of King Candy's dungeon, he tried to use his hammer to break down a loose window bar. Unfortunately for him, this immediately reinforced the bars, making them thicker than before.

A universal, mundane looking, multi-purpose hand tool whose user can magically fix any machine or structure without raw materials or effort, simply by waving it at the target from close range. Surprisingly, it is often not much use as a weapon.

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!! Examples:

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* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the sonic screwdriver is a piece of AppliedPhlebotinum that can basically fix, break, lock, unlock, or otherwise modify anything you want. The only things it specifically can't do are unlock a [[KryptoniteFactor deadlock seal]], inflict injury or kill. [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Unless you're a Cyberman]]. Oh, and it doesn't work on wood. And it's vulnerable to hair dryers. And you can't triplicate the flammability of alcohol either.[[note]]Though technically you can't do ''anything'' that doesn't actually mean anything.[[/note]] It may not be able to inflict injury, but if you're dumb enough to let him near the sound system it can sure as ''hell'' [[LoudOfWar hurt your ears]]. Oh, and one time, it was used to ''drive a screw''.
** It's also utterly useless as a conventional weapon -- the Doctor wouldn't carry it otherwise, as he has moral objections to carrying weaponry. The Master has been known to carry a 'laser screwdriver', a similar multifunction tool which is weaponiseable.
** Then the Eleventh Doctor appears to use it as a weapon against the Silence, while River Song is shooting them. The screwdriver emits a green beam as he whirls back-to-back with River, but he's simply using the screwdriver on the ship that surrounds them, preventing the Silence from absorbing it to power their attacks.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the War Doctor, who is dumbfounded by Ten and Eleven pointing them like "water pistols."
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''

* Leela's "thing on my wrist" in ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', AKA her "wristal jackometer".

-->[[HehHehYouSaidX Heh, heh... Magic Tool...]]