MacGyver

MacGyver is an action/adventure TV series that ran from the mid `80s to early `90s, starring Richard Dean Anderson in the lead role of MacGyver, a secret agent who was excellent with whipping up inventions from things that are actually fairly useless.

It is generally covered by the Sub-Department of Rare Fandoms in those instances where the series and characters catch a Sue's eyes.

As a Verb
As a verb, "to MacGyver" means to create or do something by using fairly common materials in a creative way.

While in Headquarters, agents are generally encouraged to leave the creation of inventions to the Department of Sufficiently Advanced Technology and discouraged from MacGyvering, since they have a tendency of doing this to facilitate their own bad ideas. That, and things tend to explode when most agents try it, and it's a real headache for the Janitorial Division.

In the field, on the other hand, creativity is often the biggest asset the average agent has at her disposal, and MacGyvering up a way out of a tricky situation can mean the difference between a dead badfic and a dead pair of agents. Of course, agents are generally constrained to obey the local laws of physics, but if these are warped enough by badfic, well, anything can happen. Invisible yarn, anyone?

In Badfic
There are two agents active in this fandom, Steve Holmes and Allison Carter. There's not much for them to do, seeing as they've only been on five missions, only two of which contained an actual Sue. The mullet must be keeping the Sues at bay.

Missions in this Continuum

 * Agents Allison Carter and Steve Holmes (DMS - Rare Fandoms)
 * "Mac's New Partner" (alternate link)
 * "Time Difference" (alternate link)
 * "Kelly Meets MacGyver" (alternate link)
 * "And Here Are The Things You Must Forget" (alternate link)
 * "Macthology" (alternate link)