Essential
Fix
Fix noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.
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His only ability is being able to fix a phone, a useful but non-essential skill which Bernard duplicates anyway, and he is the only partner character without an ability to reach the final area.
Source: Video Game / Maniac Mansion - At first, the plan was to ration out safe food to the essential staff that could fix the rescue beacon while the non-essentials survived on the toxic stuff until help arrived.
Source: Disappointed by the Motive - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion inverts this: Martin who is the only one who can fix the Oblivion Crisis has spent the whole game tagged as Quest-Essential, meaning he can't be killed.
Source: Eleventh Hour Superpower
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Fix and Essential. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/essential/fix
Essential & Fix. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/essential/fix>.
Fix or Essential. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/essential/fix.
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