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If you have to use something that's recognizable to the viewer as a machine, you're not Sufficiently Advanced. (See HigherTechSpecies.) If you can just wave your hand and things happen, you probably are (visual machines are allowed for really ''big'' effects, like making galaxies explode or transporting a planet from one side of the galaxy to another). If you ''[[MechanicalLifeforms are]]'' [[MechanicalLifeforms a machine]], there's some wiggle room (and some overlap with DeusEstMachina).

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If you have to use something that's recognizable to the viewer as a machine, you're not Sufficiently Advanced. (See HigherTechSpecies.) If you can just wave your hand and things happen, you probably are (visual machines are allowed for really ''big'' effects, like making galaxies explode or transporting a planet from one side of the galaxy to another). If you ''[[MechanicalLifeforms are]]'' [[MechanicalLifeforms a the machine]], there's some wiggle room (and some overlap with DeusEstMachina).
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* ''ComicBook/PrimalWarriorDracoAzul:'' Eric Martinez--who was raised Catholic--is shocked to discover that the gods worshiped by the Maya were real in the short story "Reminiscence", Ekchuah stating that the gods worshipped by ancient civilizations were actually members of a hyper-evolved species of aliens with borderline-supernatural powers, shapeshifting abilities, and the ability to grow stronger by feeding off their worshipers' life force; though he notes he's not sure if the same is true for the gods of modern-day religions.
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** [[spoiler: The asari got a massive boost from the Protheans in the past when they began uplifting the primitive asari by teaching them the basics of civilization such as mathematics and argirculture, as well as genetically augmenting the asari to have natural biotic abilities and leaving them a Prothean Beacon to help boost their technological progression. All of this allowed the asari to become the first spacefaring species following the Prothean extinction and go on to more or less become the dominant race of the Galaxy, thanks to being the first to rediscover the Citadel and being the founders and leaders of the Galactic Council.]]

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** [[spoiler: The asari got a massive boost from the Protheans in the past when they began uplifting the primitive asari by teaching them the basics of civilization such as mathematics and argirculture, agriculture, as well as genetically augmenting the asari to have natural biotic abilities and leaving them a Prothean Beacon to help boost their technological progression. All of this allowed the asari to become the first spacefaring species following the Prothean extinction and go on to more or less become the dominant race of the Galaxy, thanks to being the first to rediscover the Citadel and being the founders and leaders of the Galactic Council.]]
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* The Great Houses from the ''Literature/FactionParadox'' continuity. They anchored the relationship between cause and effect whilst the universe was still in its infancy, and their home planet acts as a mean time for the entire universe. When they go to war, they use entire cultures as weapons.

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* The Great Houses from the ''Literature/FactionParadox'' continuity. They ''Franchise/FactionParadox'' continuity anchored the relationship between cause and effect whilst the universe was still in its infancy, and their home planet acts as a mean time for the entire universe. When they go to war, they use entire cultures as weapons.
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* Jeff Bridges's species in ''Film/{{Starman}}'' might count -- there seems to be nothing his [[AppliedPhlebotinum magic balls]] couldn't do.[[note]]Considering he makes an infertile woman pregnant, [[IncrediblyLamePun he may really have magic]] ''[[IncrediblyLamePun balls]]'', [[IncrediblyLamePun too.]][[/note]]

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* Jeff Bridges's species in ''Film/{{Starman}}'' might count -- there seems to be nothing his [[AppliedPhlebotinum magic balls]] couldn't do.[[note]]Considering he makes an infertile woman pregnant, [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} he may really have magic]] ''[[IncrediblyLamePun ''[[{{Pun}} balls]]'', [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} too.]][[/note]]

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