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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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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* On ''[[Thirty30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]'', Kenneth has an idea for a game show in which contestants guess which suitcase being carried by models is filled with gold. The show was discontinued for being too easy, as one had only to look for the model who had trouble holding up the suitcase. This perhaps qualifies as both a lampshade ''and'' a straight example of this trope; even a small briefcase will have a volume of some 1,000 cubic inches, so one ''full'' of gold would weigh over 700 pounds, and no human of ordinary strength could possibly carry it at all.
* At the other end of the scale, one episode of ''[[CSI]]'' has the team investigating a casino heist, supposedly of ten million dollars in cash. Grissom realizes the money would weigh around two hundred pounds -- far too much for one man (seen in security footage) to practically carry. (It isn't stated, but it would also be unfeasibly bulky.)
** The 200 pounds (actually closer to 220) presumes it's all in $100 banknotes. A more normal mix of currency would about double this. A million US dollars in mixed currency fills a large suitcase, and one would probably have to pay over-weight charges to fly with it. $250,000 (in $100 bills) fits carefully into an [[Evil Mastermind]]-syle aluminum attache case.
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== Western Animation ==
* The episode of ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'' that debuted Scarface has a scene where his men are stealing a load of platinum. They unload the ingots one at a time and it's shown that of the three, only Rhino, who's twice the size of Batman, can lift an ingot with no problem. Batman is captured in the ensuing fight when Rhino tips what should be several tons of the stuff over. Surprisingly, Batman is only knocked out for a few hours with no noticeable injuries.
* In [[The Stinger]] at the end of ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', the water in the fish bags floats above the water in the ocean.
* ''[[Futurama]]''
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