History Main / TheMagicTouch

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Berserker has the ability to turn anything he holds into a Noble Phantasm and has InstantExpert, ImplausibleFencingPowers and SuperStrength, with the result that he can rip a telephone pole out of the ground and use it to completely overwhelm a legendary swordsman with an InfinityPlusOneSword. Oh, and any magic weapon he holds responds to him as if he were its master. One of the biggest OhCrap moments in the story comes when [[spoiler:he manages to get his hands on a ''jet fighter'']].

It potentially can be used to strengthen your weapons. You can, for example, make your pointy stick [[{{Vibroweapon}} vibrate for extra killing potential]] or make your BladeOnAStick acidic. The important thing is that it is possible without a long amount of time or outside influence, such as TheBlacksmith or, in extreme cases, tools.

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* ComicBook/{{Gambit}} of the ''Comicbook/XMen'' has the ability to turn anything he touches into an explosive. Although he prefers to [[DeathDealer charge and flick playing cards]] at his opponent. The ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' version claims that he joined Fenris because he was losing control of his powers (basically an even suckier version of Midas since all the food he touches turns into a ''bomb'') and their experiments stabilized him.
** OlderThanTheyThink: Though it's oft-forgotten about now, Gambit's original connections to Mister Sinister were because he originally went to Sinister to ''get some of his brain excised'' to permanently dampen down his powers, so he couldn't lose control. He also had to deal with a short-lived villain called "New Sun", who turned out to be [[spoiler: a version of himself from an ParallelUniverse slash BadFuture who never got his powers dampened, grew to PhysicalGod status, and lost control]]. He's called "New Sun" because he ''vaporised the entire planet Earth'' with his powers.
* The Silver Samurai of Creator/MarvelComics, after his reveal as a {{mutant}} with AbsurdlySharpBlade as his power.
* Another MarvelUniverse character, Harpoon, could charge a metal spear with his own bio energy and use it as a devastating weapon.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story arc ''ComicBook/TheDominusEffect'', Jimmy Olsen in the first Silver Age reality story accidentally drank a vial of Profession Hamilton's alien isotopes and was believed to have been [[ForcedTransformation transformed into a simple-minded alien]] that can turn anything he touches into gold. As it turns out, though, an actual alien swapped places with Jimmy and had him trapped in the Daily Planet storage room without his clothes.

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* Two characters in ''FanFic/JusticeSocietyOfJapan'' have this. One of them is Electra Pendragon, who enchants pretty much anything she touches into a magic item, with the catch that it falls apart when she lets go. In contrast, Ino has little control over her AntiMagic powers, disenchanting anything she touches aside from her Keyblade.
* In one part of ''[[FanFic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic My Brave Pony: Starfleet Magic II]]'', Rarity essentially gets the Midas Touch.

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* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Johnny can imbue anything he touches with hellfire, often transforming it to look even more metal. This is most prominent with his motorcycle and a random shotgun.

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* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1015 SCP-1015 ("Poor Man's Midas")]] is a cursed penny that causes whoever possesses it to turn everything they touch into pennies. The original owner died after rubber bullets fired by [[Website/SCPFoundation Foundation]] agents turned into pennies and ruptured his abdominal cavity.

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* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has [[http://inverse.org/e/bkg/magic/sp1.shtml#astralvine Astral Vine]] to enchant anything sharp [[spoiler:including corporeal spell effects]] to damage targets immune to normal weapons.

* In ''Manga/ShuumatsuNoWalkureRecordOfRagnarok'', this turns out to be the ''true'' power of [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper]]'s volund. A pair of HighClassGloves that turns anything he touches into a divine weapon capable of slaying gods.

* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1015 SCP-1015 ("Poor Man's Midas")]] is a cursed penny that causes whoever possesses it to turn everything they touch into pennies. The original owner died after rubber bullets fired by [[Wiki/SCPFoundation Foundation]] agents turned into pennies and ruptured his abdominal cavity.

* ''Manga/OnePiece:'' Some Devil Fruit powers are activated with a touch.
** Vander Decken's Mark Mark Fruit lets him mark someone/thing with his hand, and then anything he "throws" with said hand will [[HomingProjectile home in towards that marked target]]. As he has only 2 hands, he can only mark 2 people at a time; his marking can also be washed away with water to his hand. In particular, he always keeps one hand for Princess Shirahoshi, who he has touched since a decade ago and he hasn't washed that hand ever since.
** Sugar's Hobby Hobby Fruit lets her turn people or animals into toys with the touch of her hands. It has the side effect of [[RetGone making everyone forget about the victim.]] When Robin got her pinned with her hand-multiplication powers, Sugar simply touches one of Robin's "growth hands" with her own hand and Robin gets turned into a toy. She gets better though.
** Gladius' Pop Pop Fruit makes everything he touches inflate and then pop, releasing deadly shrapnel all around.
** Aside from turning himself invisible, Absalom can also make everything he touches invisible with his Devil Fruit power. This becomes much worse when,[[spoiler: he's killed]] and his [[spoiler: devil fruit stolen]] by [[spoiler: Shiryu of the Rain. A very dangerous member of the Blackbeard Pirates and the former Warden of Impel Down]]. Who you can bet will use [[spoiler: his new devil fruit powers to their fullest extent]].

* In the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story arc ''ComicBook/TheDominusEffect'', Jimmy Olsen in the first Silver Age reality story accidentally drank a vial of Profession Hamilton's alien isotopes and was believed to have been [[BalefulPolymorph transformed into a simple-minded alien]] that can turn anything he touches into gold. As it turns out, though, an actual alien swapped places with Jimmy and had him trapped in the Daily Planet storage room without his clothes.