History Main / Technophobia

* In general people who came from different eras with the time became uncomfortable with the new (or actual) technology, staying the the old one they used instead to embrace the new one. The example transforms into LuddWasRight with some extremist groups like Luddites (who are against technology) and Amish (who reject it, though to different degrees-they have independent communities with varying rules. For example 97 percent used motorized washing machines, but only 6 percent use tractors.)

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': The religion of Yevon teaches that technology (Machina, as they call it) resulted in the destruction of their once-great civilization and the emergence of the creature known as Sin as their [[AndManGrewProud penance for their pride]], which puts them at odds with the highly-mechanized Al-Bhed. [[spoiler:Of course, this is a case of "[[{{Hypocrite}} do as we say, not as we do]]", as the party finds the Yevon headquarters to be quite technologically advanced, which causes major issues for devout Yevonites, like Wakka. Even more so when Measter Seymore just says, "Pretend you don't see them".]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode "Dan vs Technology", Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much, he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. Ditmer stole Hiram's ideas and inventions before taking full credit for them. He then kicked Hiram out of Omicrom. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode "Dan vs Technology", Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much, he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. He stole Hiram's ideas and inventions before taking full credit for them. He then kicked Hiram out of Omicrom. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''Film/{{Umma}}'': Because of Amanda's sensitivity to electronics, farm has a sign that reads "No motorized vehicles beyond this point". When Amanda's partner drives in to pick up cases of her honey, he leaves his phone and wristwatch in the car's glove compartment.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode "Dan vs Technology", Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much, he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer, who stole Hiram's ideas and inventions. Ditmer then took full credit and kicked Hiram out of the company. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode "Dan vs Technology", Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much, he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/RoswellConspiracies'': The Banshees are a tribe of aliens that arrived on Earth and settled in the wilds of Ireland. Their society is close to the earth and nature, which makes them distrustful to downright homicidal when machines are involved. Sh'lainn is the only known exception, having a more progressive attitude toward technology (she was in favor of steam engines), but even she is frequently heard exclaiming, "I hate technology, I ''hate'' it!"

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* In ''Film/{{Surrogates}}'', there are "dread reservations" which consist of communities that strongly oppose the use of surrogate robots, which are used by the vast majority of the world's population to live their daily lives risk-free, while they consider them abominations and will attack surrogates if they come into their communities.

* The remaining human population in ''Literature/TheChrysalids'', which is basically a PostApocalyptic version of the Amish, living in some of the few places hospitable to human habitation, albeit very pre-industrial.

* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': The Church of Humanity Unchained started out this way. After landing on Grayson, the church split between the mainstream Graysons who saw technology as a tool (and an essential one if they wanted to survive) and the Faithful who still called for the destruction of the colony's technology.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': The Yuuzhan Vong are a race that utilize engineered organic creatures where other races would use mechanical devices or droids. They see any mechanical technology as an affront to their gods and seek to destroy it and those who use it wherever they are found.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': The religion of Yevon teaches that technology (Machina, as they call it) resulted in the destruction of their once-great civilization and the emergence of the creature known as Sin as their [[AndManGrewProud penance for their pride]], which puts them at odds with the highly-mechanized Al-bhed. [[spoiler:Of course, this is a case of "[[{{Hypocrite}} do as we say, not as we do]]", as the party finds the Yevon headquarters to be quite technologically advanced, which causes major issues for devout Yevonites, like Wakka. Even more so when Measter Seymore just says, "Pretend you don't see them".]]

* The majority of the characters in ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier2'', except Gustav and his army who use it and Iron Armour to make up for their lack of magic.
* In the ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' games, Technophobia is a negative trait that be attached to Wizards at creation. It lowers that Wizard's production points in all cities.

* ''VideoGame/{{Arcanum}}'':
** Because [[MagicVersusScience Magick and Technology are seen to be mutually exclusive and cannot be safely mixed without interfering with one another]], mages generally embrace a technophobic mindset and see technology as a threat to the "established order". Technologists, on the other hand, see magic as a relic of ancient times and a barrier to progress.
** Custom characters can be given the "Technophobia" trait during character creation. Being raised in a backwater potato farm means that they have never encountered technology before, and are too afraid of technological items to risk touching them or picking them up.
* A trait introduced in ''VideoGame/TheSims3''. Sims who are technophobes generally try to avoid any forms of technology, including television.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode "Dan vs Technology", Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much, he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

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* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''

* ''Videogame/{{Arcanum}}'':

* A trait introduced in the Sims 3. Sims who are technophobes generally try to avoid any forms of technology, including television.

--> Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! I love the future!
--> Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.
--> Security technicians: *takes a deep swig of whiskey* I wish I had been born in the neolithic.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode ''Dan vs Technology'', Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much, he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode ''Dan vs Technology'', Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much, that he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode ''Dan vs Technology'', Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology, so much, that he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode ''Dan vs Technology'', Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much that he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In the episode ''Dan vs Technology'', both Dan and Chris encounter a hermit named Hiram. He hates technology so much that he is angered by hearing about it. He threatens to kill Dan and Chris after learning Dan likes television. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, it is revealed that Hiram used to be the partner of Omicron CEO Barry Ditmer. His ideas and inventions were stolen by Ditmer. As the result, Hiram disappeared from society and decided to shun technology.]]