No Seat Belts: Difference between revisions

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There are No Seat Belts on the [[Cool Ship]] (when there are even ''seats''), particularly not on [[The Bridge]]. Whenever the ship is hit by [[Energy Weapons]], even if the [[Deflector Shields]] hold, everyone on board will be flung about by the [[Star Trek Shake]]. Either the designers assumed that [[Space Is an Ocean]], or everyone has a standing battle station.
 
''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek]]: [[The Movie|The Motion Picture]]'' did a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on this, giving [[The Captain]] a chair whose arms folded down to function as a seat belt. Kirk wound up being tossed around anyway despite this. ''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' also had an impressive sequence of the bridge crew aboard the Excelsior buckling up in similar fashion before activating the transwarp drive—which instantly [[Phlebotinum Breakdown|broke down]].
 
The lack of seat belts is part of [[No OSHA Compliance]] (as well as no common sense).
 
Since the lack of seat belts is far more pervasive than their presence, list only exceptions and aversions here.
=== Exceptions ===
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Inconsistently done in the [[Mobile Suit Gundam]] franchise, which varies by the series if Mobile Suits have seat belts or not. Averted in the original, where Amuro being thrown around despite a cross harness is heavily re-used [[Stock Footage]]. Averted in ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Victory Gundam]]'', where all mobile suits have a fairly sizable, inflatable lap restraint that expands to cover the torso in an emergency.