Signature Device

A tool, weapon, or object that all members of a certain group (usually Differently Powered Individuals) possess. Often a Transformation Trinket.


 * Most stock costumes, which are themselves generally examples of Truth in Television. Particularly:
 * Scrubs, stethoscopes and clipboards for doctors
 * Guns and badges for police officers
 * Cellphones, PDAs or Bluetooth headsets for businessmen
 * Morphers for the titular Power Rangers
 * Digivices for the Digidestined from Digimon
 * Green Lantern Rings for the Green Lanterns and the other corps
 * Controllers in Hunter X Hunter each have one.
 * The Swords that the Shadow Chasers use.
 * The Guns from Letter Bee that the Letter Bees all use.
 * The Beyblades from Beyblade
 * The eponymous Gundams
 * Pokeballs and the Pokedex from Pokémon
 * In the Dresden Files, the silver, anti-magic sword and unstainable grey cloak of the Wardens is this.
 * Played with - focii help focus a wizard's magic in large part because they believe it will. However, there are also items imbued with power. Harry's are the staff and wand and duster (and gun).
 * Wizards robes are both a symbol of office and because magic interferes with electronics, including heaters.
 * The sonic screwdriver and Tardis of Doctor Who and the Time Lords
 * Star Wars: Lightsabers, for Jedi
 * The Guardians and their keytools in Re Boot
 * The communicators designed by Robin and Cyborg in Teen Titans, which actually serve as a plot point.
 * The transporter has appeared in every incarnation of Star Trek.
 * Anything starting with the word "bat" in Batman.
 * Keyblades in Kingdom Hearts.
 * "Garage Door Openers" for all Stargate team members.
 * Legion flight rings from The Legion of Super Heroes
 * Transformation Trinket belts for Kamen Riders.
 * The Books from Zatch Bell
 * Zanpakouto in Bleach. (Dolls for the Filler Arc's Bounts.)
 * Player Pins for Players in The World Ends With You
 * In Castlevania, the Belmontsalmost always have the same set of secondary weapons: throwing knives, throwing axes, cross, holy water, and stopwatch.
 * The transformation wands from Sailor Moon.
 * The Vongola (Mare/Acrobaleno Pacifiers) Rings from Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
 * Air blades (roller blades?) in Air Gear.
 * Diaries (of all sorts) in Future Diary.
 * Knightmare Frames from Code Geass.
 * Tennis rackets in Prince of Tennis
 * Zoids in...you guessed it!...Zoids
 * Duel Disks in all their shapes and forms.
 * The Assault Weapon Systems in Centurions.
 * In the Sword of Truth it's the ... Sword of Truth. For the Seeker of Truth.
 * At the palace of the prophets, the Rada'Han is this for wizards.
 * Confessors' dresses.
 * Higher-rank wizards wear simpler clothes.
 * Defenders of the Lord Rahl wear special weapons with his crest.
 * War Wizards' gear is this.
 * The rings in the lips of the female slaves of the Imperial Order.
 * Darken Rahl's curved knife.
 * The Mord-Sith Agiel. Various colors of leather outfits, too.
 * Masks in Bionicle.