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{{trope}}
{{quote|"''Simply put: Genesis is life, from lifelessness.''"|'''Dr. Carol Marcus''', ''[[Star Trek II:
Sure, watching planets getting [[Earthshattering Kaboom|
This trope occurs whenever a planet is born.
Some form of this occurs in every religious [[Creation Myth]]. It's also fairly common in [[Science Fiction]]. Sometimes it's a naturally occurring event, sometimes [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|someone]] just possesses the technology to make planets. Typically is used as a symbol for birth and renewal, usually with a hefty amount of [[Scenery Porn]] special effects thrown in for good measure, while the sheer amount of energy required can stretch [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]].
Due to the precarious nature of this trope, writers tend to [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|avoid using it]], even when it would be appropriate or interesting to do so.
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[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused]] with "Blast Processing" on [[Sega Genesis|the other Genesis]].
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== Comic Books ==
* The High Evolutionary created his own [[Counter
* At one point the canonical source of the Marvel Universe was that [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Eternity]] sent Reed Richards back in time to design it. At other times it was caused naturally by a "Big Crunch" of the previous universe or by the Phoenix Force.
* In [[Jack Kirby]]'s ''[[The Fourth World]]'' the planets of New Genesis and Apokolips were created from the [[Earthshattering Kaboom|destruction]] of the planet Urgrund.
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== Film ==
* ''[[Star Trek II:
** And due to the circumstances that it happened in, also becomes a case of {{spoiler|[[Outrun the Fireball]]}}
** The plot of the movie is driven by the fact that if the Genesis Device is aimed at a lifeless rock (or nebula), it will create a living, breathing planet... if aimed at a living, breathing planet, it'll erase it entirely and create a brand-new living, breathing planet. Which makes it a weapon of mass destruction as well as mass creation. {{spoiler|Subverted; we later learn that Genesis doesn't work. Completely the opposite of its creators' intention, it's only a weapon of mass destruction.}}
* In ''[[Titan
** In the novelization, formation of the new planet took almost exactly [[Rule of Symbolism|seven days]]. Cale thinks his father programmed it to take that long as a joke.
* The first part of the "Rite of Spring" segment from ''[[
== Literature ==
* [[
* ''[[The
== Live-Action TV ==
* During the ''[[
== Video Games ==
* It's almost as easy to create planets in the ''[[Space Empires]]'' games as it is to [[Earthshattering Kaboom|blow them up]]. So easy, in fact, that you can keep destroying and reforming planets if you don't like the atmosphere.
* Planets in ''[[
* In [[Spore]], there are a multitude of different tools for use in making worlds habitable. The easiest to use of these is the Staff of Life, which will instantly transform any planet into a lush paradise, but it only has [[Shout
* Not the funnest part of ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', or the most dramatic use of the trope, but a world has to be born and grow up a little before play.
* The Hungry Lumas from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', if fed enough starbits or coins, will actually transform into either a new planet or galaxy.
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== Other ==
* There are a few professional 3D procedural world generation applications, some which render planet-birth to stunning real-time effect similar to ''[[
* Every religion or mythology ever has had its version of the Creation Myth.
* The formation of the Earth in [[Real Life]] makes this ''literally'' older than dirt.
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