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== Literature ==
* Averted, then subverted in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' novel [[Star Trek: Millennium|''War of the Prophets'']]. The future starship ''Phoenix'' has effective seat restraints, even though the Federation is falling apart and the universe is about to end. They're so effective, Captain Nog uses them to restrain the bridge crew so he can sell them and the ship out to the Romulans. (He has a very good reason.)
* Averted in the ''[[Star Trek: Titan]]'' series, then [[Double Subverted]] when only Riker (The belts work perfectly for Vale and Troi) gets thrown to the floor anyway as he wasn't sitting down when they were hit, leading him to note "Obviously the lesson here is to stay in my chair".
* Subverted in Larry Niven's later [[Known Space]] stories: No one uses or even needs seatbelts since every vehicle in the universe is comprehensively equipped with outrageously effective automatic safety, restraint and crash protection systems. Who need a seatbelt when your driver's seat has a built-in force field?
** Actually makes sense given the high speeds of the vehicles in question. Even as an emergency backup, a seat belt is not going to save you if your supersonic flying car crashes and all the other mechanisms fail.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Black Mage made a similar comment and carried out the same actions as Bender did in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Roswell That Ends Well". However, this was his plan (that he would be thrown clear of the burning wreckage). Of course, the [[Word of God|fact]] that {{spoiler|the [[The Chew Toy|universe hates Black Mage]] meant that he was immediately crushed by a giant, and the others escaped thanks to quick thinking on the part of [[Genius Ditz|Red Mage]] (for further irony, this was at the cost of the very items that could have saved Black Mage from his predicament).}}
* ''[[Quentyn Quinn, Space Ranger]]'' mentioned this problem during the ''Star Trek'' -mocking arc. It's not that they ''don't have'' any seat belts, it's that only [[Only_Sane_Man|Dweebley]] ''[http://www.rhjunior.com/quentyn-quinn-space-ranger-0032/ actually uses]'' one.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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