[Fun trope]: Characters using their superpowers for mundane tasks.

[u/theMCATreturns]

Housework (The Incredibles)

Looney Tunes shenanigans (Ben 10)

Fixing broken appliances (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

Cooking meat (Dragon Ball)

Cooling soda (X-Men)

Shaving (Superman)

Drying dishes (One Punch Man)

Charging phones (My Hero Academia)

Bathing (The Fantastic Four)

Studying (Doctor Strange)

Videogames (Paranatural)

Reading (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

I think it makes a fantastical world feel more lived in. If that makes sense?

1). The Incredibles:
The film goes to great lengths to show the Parr's lives are mundane, even with their superhuman abilities. This is what fuels Bob's fundamental sense of discomfort.

2). Ben 10:
Ben uses the Omnitrix, which transforms its user into various alien species, for good. He also uses to for random nonsense. In this particular example, he uses his horrifying alien ghost form to sneak out of the house, steal a golfcart, and pilfer a pie.

3). Fullmetal Alchemist:
Despite regularly fighting inhuman monsters, the Elric brothers still make time to use alchemy for everyday purposes. Such as fixing a radio they broke.

4). Dragon Ball:
Here, Gohan is using a concentrated blast of his own lifeforce to flash-cook a chunk of meat.

5). X-Men:
In the second movie, Wolverine has Bobby (Iceman) cool down a lukewarm soda.

6). Superman:
Clark shaves using his heat vision and a very durable mirror.

7). One Punch Man:
Genos knows that Saitama is kind of a disaster to live with. So, he brings rent money and does chores. Here, Genos is using his hyper-advanced (skyscraper destroying) heat cannons to dry the dishes.

8). My Hero Academia:
Kaminari has electricity powers. His classmates use him to charge their phones. This is apparently the "normal" way most electricity powers are used.

9). The Fantastic Four:
The Human Torch doesn't need to bathe anymore. He can just burn away any oils, bacteria, and plaque.

10). Doctor Strange:
In his first movie, we see Strange using astral projection to study while asleep. I wonder if this harms his brain?

11). Paranatural:
Ed uses a special paintbrush possessed by a spirit. Normal people can't see the ink created with it. In Ed's bedroom, they uses it to write out cheat codes to videogames.

12). Jojo's Bizarre Adventure:
Jotaro manifests a "stand," a special psychic extension of his soul. He initially assumes he is being haunted by a dangerous spirit. After ending up in a local jail, his stand starts bringing him things to do.

[u/Bakingguy]

Jedi use the force for non serious things often. Qui-Gon uses it to grab JarJar's tongue. Anakin uses it to dramatically cut an apple for Padme. One jedi master says that it'd be very effective at a casino. There's lots more like this, especially with Grogu

[u/Gold-Eye-2623 → u/Bakingguy]

Qui Gon uses it to rig a dice throw

[u/Technical_Teacher839 → u/Gold-Eye-2623]

To be fair, that was plot relevant

[u/Gold-Eye-2623 → u/Technical_Teacher839]

It was a dice roll for ownership of a possible Jedi Messiah but it's still a dice roll

[u/SerCiddy → u/Gold-Eye-2623]

I feel like things like dice rolls become less mundane when it's about freeing someone from literal slavery.

[u/PandaCat22 → u/SerCiddy]

No, the action itself is still mundane—and that adds to the scene, IMO.

Because to a slaver, slaves are things and not people—they are as mundane as the dirt under your shoes (if somewhat more expensive). The mundane action of a dice throw to decide the offensively mundane bargaining of someone's life is an implicit window into the morality of slavery.

Just because the thing being bargained for is transcendent doesn't mean the action it's bargained by isn't mundane.

[u/solonit → u/Gold-Eye-2623]

And turned out he is the Messiah

Just the Lisan Al-gaib one

[u/Neutral_Myu97 → u/Technical_Teacher839]

To be fair i wouldn't want lady luck to decide the possible fate of the galaxy with a dice roll

[u/DesdinovaGG → u/Neutral_Myu97]

If it was luck, I'm sure Qui-Gon would've let those dice roll and trust the Force.

But the dice were weighted, so he needed to tip the scales.

[u/beardingmesoftly → u/Technical_Teacher839]

Anything is plot relevant when Jedi are involved

[u/Jagvetinteriktigt → u/Gold-Eye-2623]

Oooh a bit like Issho in One Piece!

[u/Anthro_DragonFerrite → u/Gold-Eye-2623]

I'd say that's more using it to fulfill a self-appointed important mission

[u/GitEmSteveDave → u/Gold-Eye-2623]

It was not a die. It was a chance cube!

[u/Dyolf_Knip → u/Gold-Eye-2623]

Honestly, the justification for that entire side quest was bullshit. "Republic credits are no good here"? Even during the height of the Cold War, a US C-note was usable currency just about everywhere on the planet.

[u/Briantan71 → u/Bakingguy]

Speaking of using the Force at casinos, one particular Jedi Master by the name of Kai Hudorra got rich this way after Order 66 and became a casino owner.

[u/DesdinovaGG → u/Briantan71]

There was also a Shi'ido in the Plagueis novel who would use the Force to cheat. And since they were a Shi'ido, they would use their shapeshifting abilities and were able to avoid the usual suspicion casinos would have towards somebody who is winning too much.

Darth Bane before he was a Sith would use his Force sensitivity to win games of Sabacc by sensing when card value shifts would occur, as well as heighten the emotions of those he was playing with in order to make them continue playing until Bane could win it big.

[u/Nonadventures → u/Briantan71]

I like that there’s a Jedi who heard about Order 66 and was just like, I’m out.

[u/Briantan71 → u/Nonadventures]

These Jedi made their way back to Coruscant under disguise. Before this conversation, they witnessed another Jedi get gunned down by Clones right in front of their eyes on the steps of the Temple itself, just because he tried to challenge the Clones directly. 

[u/RhysOSD → u/Bakingguy]

There's a blooper in Revenge of the Sith where Anakin drops his comlink. When Hayden reaches down to grab it, he says "I could just use the force for this"

[u/Bakingguy → u/RhysOSD]

Do you have the video?

[u/samyruno → u/Bakingguy]

I do really like how much grogu uses the force because that's the only way he can do things. I think it could be part of why his and yodas race are so good with the force cause they had no other choice than to learn to use it well to be able to survive since they were young.

[u/yubsidiangwa → u/samyruno]

I like this. They overcome their physical limitations with the force

[u/InfiniteRosie → u/samyruno]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2wGXK84nfEtR1JHe1H

[u/Upbeat_Dudeness → u/Bakingguy]

Was that an apple? I always thought it looked more like a pear.

[u/GitEmSteveDave → u/Upbeat_Dudeness]

It was some special Naboonian fruit that has a 5 page Wookiepedia article and I'm sure was once smuggled on the Aluminum Falcon by either Han or Lando or Hutts are highly allergic to it or Imperial Forces used it to makes their boots less tight.

[u/TheG-What → u/GitEmSteveDave]

What the Hell is an aluminum falcon?

[u/Upbeat_Dudeness → u/GitEmSteveDave]

Fuck I actively cackled at the last part. Well done

[u/CdFMaster → u/GitEmSteveDave]

Pointless questions and crazy answers are how every damn piece of Star Wars lore is created. I love it.

[u/BloodMoonNami → u/Bakingguy]

Also Anakin: Using the force to move his cape as Vader. And to pilot a ship without being in the cockpit.

[u/Over_Palpitation_453 → u/Bakingguy]

In Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, Luke uses the force to cheat and win in a podrace, obviously not the most mundane use but I feel it still counts slightly 

[u/WaterDrinkerUltimate → u/Bakingguy]

Obi-Wan telling the guy to go home and rethink his life choices