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{{trope}}
{{quote|"''54. Do you not realize how much gold actually weighs?''"
|'''[http://www.rinkworks.com/fnovel/ The Fantasy Novelist's Exam]'''}}
Writers frequently misapply, distort, or outright forget about the concept of density and its implications. This results in such oddities as most metals, including gold, being treated as weighing the same as an equivalent volume of iron or steel, with the possible exceptions of aluminum (famous for weighing less) and lead (famous for weighing a lot). The only thing typically treated as denser than lead is matter from a neutron star, by orders of magnitude—there's apparently nothing in between.
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Sometimes an [[Acceptable Break From Reality]], sometimes not. Keep in mind that sometimes reality can make something incredibly boring. (One of the most common house rules for most tabletop games is that gold is weightless) [[Soft Water]] follows this trope.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* In a case where density is exaggerated rather than underestimated, the Geico gecko recently{{when}} stepped in the cement for a starlette's new Hollywood Walk-of-Fame paving square. He leaves deep tracks in the wet cement, even though such a tiny reptile shouldn't even weigh enough to dimple the surface.▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* ''[[X-Men]]'': Piotr Rasputin has an official weight of 114 kg, and a height of 198 cm. When transforming into his [[Chrome Champion|metal form]], his height becomes 226 cm, while his weight doubles to 228 kg. Assuming these numbers are correct, refers to him turning into metal instead of just gaining a metal coating, his human density is roughly equal to 1 kg/l, his metal form would have a density of 1.35 kg/l, or about half the density of aluminium. The kicker? The metal he transforms into is explicitly compared to osmium, the element with the highest density (22.6 kg/l, or exactly twice as dense as lead). If his metal form actually was osmium, Colossus would weight 3826 kg.
* ''[[Welcome to Tranquility]]'': Minxy builds a plane out of solid gold, and it is specifically mentioned that it will not fly because it is too soft and dense a metal. [[Rule of Cool|It does anyway.]]
▲* In a case where density is exaggerated rather than underestimated, the Geico gecko recently stepped in the cement for a starlette's new Hollywood Walk-of-Fame paving square. He leaves deep tracks in the wet cement, even though such a tiny reptile shouldn't even weigh enough to dimple the surface.
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