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14	A hand-tool that either:
15	* is capable of doing many things (akin to a swiss army knife), and/or
16	* is capable of doing just one or two things, but applicable ''to'' many things (e.g a hammer that can only fix things, but has virtually no limitations on the "things" it can fix).
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18	Surprisingly, it is often not much used 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.
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20	Compare GreenRocks, DuctTapeForEverything, and 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.
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22	For a weapon that fixes or restores things, compare HealingShiv. For one of these that can break things instead of fixing them, contrast SwissArmyWeapon.
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24	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Does not refer to a wizard who is a gigantic jerk.]]
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27	!!Examples:
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30	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
31	* The rarest form that [[FightingSpirit Stands]] take in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' is that of the "Object Stand", where the Stand materializes in the form of a physical object that must be interacted with in order to access the Stand's unique powers.
32	** 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 a 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.
33	** A more unusual example is the Stand Anubis, also from [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]. Anubis takes the form of a sword... because, technically, it ''is'' a sword, just one that has had the Stand of its smith imbued into it somehow -- Anubis the Stand manifests as a ghostly humanoid jackal. This Stand can't physically interact with the world, but can instead possess anyone who dares to wield the sword, having its own will and sadistic personality, and the sword can selectively phase through matter, allowing it to cut only what it ''wants'' to cut, making it impossible to physically defend against.
34	** [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]] also has the Stand Thoth, used by Boingo; it takes the form of a manga that can foretell the future... unfortunately, its predictions are incredibly short-term and hard to decipher, making it one of the most ''[[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway useless]]'' Stands seen in the series.
35	** Super Fly from [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]] sits on the vague line between this trope and [[GeniusLoci Genius Locus]], 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.
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38	[[folder:Comic Books]]
39	* Parodied and averted in ''ComicBook/GiantDays''; the highly practical [=McGraw=] carries a multitool which he can employ to generally good effect -- but he has his limits.
40	-->'''Daisy:''' ''(as [=McGraw=] is trying to pick a lock)'' Can you...pick faster?\
41	'''[=McGraw:=]''' It's a 12-in-1 multi-tool, Daisy. That means it does twelve different things ''very badly.''
42	* The Omnicom 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.
43	* 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 smartphone [[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, and heal injuries... also they're alive and sentient in their own right.
44	* ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'' was centered around this trope. It's the size of a toolbox, but can be programmed to perform any task, from raising a skyscraper to clearing a polluted gulf. It runs on no visible power source, synthesizes new components and materials out of thin air, and is apparently indestructible.
45	* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': Nautica's wrench. It started out as an ordinary wrench, but [[MadScientist Brainstorm]] upgraded it for her and added "a billion new functions". Including a light that turns on when she exaggerates. And eventually, a button that causes it to say "Brainstorm is an ass" when pushed. It's overall a pretty blatant shout out to [[Series/DoctorWho the sonic screwdriver]].
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48	[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
49	* ''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 stronger.
50	-->'''Felix:''' Oh! Why do I fix everything I touch?!
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53	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
54	* ''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.
55	* In ''Film/SixStringSamurai'' all that is needed to fix a car is a ratchet, cranked a few times on the dashboard. This may have been intentional, as the rest of the movie is pretty ridiculous, too.
56	* Batons in ''Film/TronLegacy'' can do many different things depending on how they are used. The first example is creating a [[CoolBike light cycle]] . They can also create [[CoolPlane light jets]], a LaserBlade or [[DualWielding Two]], a [[DoubleWeapon staff]] version of said blades, a [[GrapplingHookPistol Grappling hook]], and.... a parasol.
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59	[[folder:Literature]]
60	* ''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 helps whoever has to clean out the vacuum's filters and dust bag....
61	* 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 to be carried on a cart.
62	* 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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65	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
66	* 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 that is weaponizable. 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".
67	* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
68	** The Tricorder and related items, which often allow a skilled user to discover, diagnose, and fix almost anything with no other tools.
69	** "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.
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72	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
73	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
74	** 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.
75	** 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 the 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.
76	* Most mechanics in ''[[TabletopGame/IronKingdoms Warmachine]]'' come with one very large wrench that is of limited use as a weapon and no other obvious tools. That one wrench lets them fix anything, up to and including Circle Orboros constructs made of wood and stone animated with the blood of sacrifices.
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79	[[folder:Video Games]]
80	* 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 someone's head or sabotage enemy vehicles.
81	** ''Battlefield 2142,'' in keeping with its theme, replaces wrenches with a repair-gun/welder device, but it has the same functionality as the wrenches of previous games. You still can't hurt anyone with it.
82	** The "Power Tool" in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'' will repair any vehicle if held up to it and spun. It will also kill enemies if ... held up to them and spun.
83	*** The second usage is quite possibly more sensible than the first. After all, having a spinning power tool shoved into your face would likely hurt.
84	** ''Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam'' and ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' replace the engineer's impact wrench with a blowtorch. It still repairs friendly vehicles, damages hostile vehicles, and can kill enemies.
85	* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: World at War'': A cancelled perk for vehicles would have been called [[http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Wrench 'Magic Wrench']]. Presumably, it would be used to repair tanks.
86	* ''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 single-player version is only used by {{NPC}}s and has a damaging secondary fire, but not so the multiplayer version.
87	* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'': "Repair Powder," which takes this to a whole new level: merely sprinkling this miraculous powder on a weapon will instantaneously repair it.
88	* ''VideoGame/DesertStrike'' features "Armor Repair" Toolboxes scattered about each level, pick one up and it inexplicably repairs your chopper to full strength.
89	* ''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 been replaced with keypads.
90	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' have Repair Hammers and Morrowind has less powerful Repair Prongs, good for fixing all swords, bows, armor, hammers, axes, daggers, and shields.
91	** Some official mods in ''Oblivion'' add forges and other such things which boost your Armorer skill when you're near them, which seems to imply that the Repair Hammers are imperfect at their job unless the player is a master at the craft.
92	** Oblivion had a skill book that explained how hammers could be used for repairing most pieces of armor. Though it suggested that [[{{Lampshade Hanging}} needle and thread would be more useful for fur and leather, and advised care when repairing glass armor]]
93	* 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 Contractor's futuristic repair tool (although they also have an automatic droid).
94	* ''Videogame/{{Factorio}}'' has the Repair Unit, a handheld tool that 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.
95	* In ''VideoGame/FarCry2'', any kind of damage to any vehicle (short of complete destruction, natch) can be fixed by taking a few moments to tighten a bolt somewhere under the hood with your ratchet of awesome.
96	** And in the sequels you somehow repair all damage to vehicles (including broken windshields and blown tires) with an [[BuildingIsWelding oxyacetylene cutting torch]].
97	* 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''.
98	* ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'': Living tools in the series. Use them to pick locks, sabotage stuff, repair stuff, or 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.
99	* ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'': A watch is used for everything, including a cutting torch, a deadly laser, to receive communications, and a DiegeticInterface.
100	* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' series
101	** 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]].
102	** 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]]).
103	* ''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 reorganizes 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.
104	** 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'' for a couple of years.
105	* ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance 2'' 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 armor, and even (in the v1.13 expansion pack) holsters and other load-bearing equipment.
106	* VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame:
107	** ''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 the Force.
108	** ''VideoGame/LegoHarryPotter'' has Arthur Weasley and his magic wrench. Of course in this case, [[AWizardDidIt it being magical is justified.]]
109	* ''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.
110	** 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.
111	* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': In ''VideoGame/BuildCraft'', you can use the wrench on machines from almost any compatible GameMod.
112	* ''VideoGame/ThePlanetCrafter'' has a hand-wielded tool that emits a beam. The beam is used to mine resources and construct/deconstruct various structures.
113	* In ''VideoGame/PlanetExplorers'', the Replicator can craft almost any item for which it has the script, although advanced items such as aircraft parts need an Industrial Replicator.
114	* ''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.
115	* ''VideoGame/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.
116	* In ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'', the handaxe is a weak but all-purpose tool that can cut grass, break rocks, chop wood, and till the land. It can be upgraded into the Magic Handaxe to destroy the first three in one hit.
117	* ''VideoGame/{{Savage}}'': There's no problem that can't be solved by hitting it with a sword.
118	* In ''VideoGame/SinsOfASolarEmpire'', the construction ships can build any structure [[BuildingIsWelding with a blowtorch]].
119	* In ''VideoGame/{{Spiritfarer}}'', the Everlight, a golden glowing orb that Stella wears on her belt and Daffodil wears on his collar, can be used to manifest different tools that seem to be made of pure light, from oven mitts to a fishing rod.
120	* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'': in full effect with Terran SCVs. Cutting up minerals when gathering, constructing buildings, fighting - all fusion torch. Dozen SCVs can blast a single bunker or a siege tank with their torches and repair it to full in seconds. Mostly avoided for 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.
121	* 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.
122	* ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'': The Repair Tool resembles [[BuildingIsWelding a welding torch]] and can be used to repair almost any device. The Data Bank encourages you to accept a HandWave about how it works.
123	-->'''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.
124	* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Engineer's wrench is for whacking foes and applying PercussiveMaintenance to machines. The game's "manual" {{Lampshades}} the practice: the instructions on upgrading the gun say, for example:
125	-->Continue swinging wrench [[HealingShiv in an aggressive manner in the direction of your sentry]] in order to extend dual rotational barrels and remove the rear lid from the ammunition housing container.
126	* ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander'': Units with the complete engineering suite can construct, repair, reclaim wrecks and [[ImprovisedWeapon not-yet-wrecks]] and capture enemy units. When constructing and repairing, the four factions have four cosmetically different Magic Tools:
127	** [=UEF=]: Similar to a laser printer, consists of blue beams swiping back and forth the side of the structure/unit, row by row from the top.
128	** Cybran: Swarm of small drones that shoot red beams at random points of the constructed target.
129	** Aeon: Unit transformed from the amorphous ball of silver sludge.
130	** Seraphim: Unit grows from a singular point into its full size while decreasing in transparency.
131	* ''{{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 use it to repair ''enemy'' equipment and players.
132	* ''VideoGame/TotalAnnihilation'': Construction units and Commanders have nanolathes, which can 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.
133	* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''
134	** 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.
135	** 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 militia units (using their axes) to defend, while the peons can hide in bunkers and hurl javelins from inside.
136	* ''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.
137	* ''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 gives 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 an 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.
138	* ''[[Videogame/{{X}} X3: Terran Conflict]]'' and its expansion pack feature the [[HealingShiv Repair Laser]], a spacesuit-mounted tool that 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%.
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142	* ''WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob'': In "pikea3," Weebl is annoyed that Bob is playing in the cardboard box instead of helping him assemble their pie, so he welds the box shut.
143	-->'''Bob:''' [[LampshadeHanging How do you even weld cardboard]]?!
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147	* ''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 Magic Tool 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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151	* Penny's "book" in ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' seems to be a complete electronic warfare system packed into a notebook computer.
152	* Leela's "thing on my wrist" in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', a.k.a. her "wristal jackometer".
153	* ''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.
154	* Moltar can perform all of his duties in ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' with a single lever.
155	* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' has key tools, especially Glitch, which can morph into anything their user requests.
156	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' has the plumbus. You all know what it does since everyone has one.
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159	[[folder:Real Life]]
160	* Multitools. The name says it all.
161	* Swiss army knives use this trope as a major selling point.
162	* 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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165	->[[HehHehYouSaidX Heh, heh... Magic Tool...]]

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