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* ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' had Schroedinger's Whales, which traverse the entire space-time continuum. They are an exceedingly rare treat to see, considering the chance of one existing could only happen in a ''near-infinite space''; naturally, they have a very hard time finding other Schroedinger's Whales with whom to breed.
* ''[[Macross 7|Macross Dynamite 7]]'' features space whales in a bizarre cross of [[Moby Dick]] and [[The Power of Rock]].
* In ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', space explorer George Glenn discovers a fossilized Space
** Rather notable as [[Gundam]] typically has [[Absent Aliens|no aliens at all]].
** In ''Turn A Gundam'' A number of whales thrive in human built waterways on the moon. Turn A's connections with other Gundam universes leads me to question whether SEED's Space Whales are related.
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== Comic Books ==
* ''Abraxas and the Earthman'' by Rick Veitch (originally serialized in ''Epic Illustrated,'' later released as a graphic novel) is all about this trope: There are space whales (which look exactly like Earth's whales, and "swim" through space with their fins and tails), and space whalers. The whalers are from a civilization based on Organic Technology; they fly in ships which look like small asteroids covered with
* Ultra Boy of the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' originally got his powers from being swallowed by a space whale. (To make it even better/worse, his real name is Jo Nah.)
** Still better/worse: Superboy calls him on the coincidence the first time they meet.
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== Film ==
* ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home|Star Trek IV the Voyage Home]]'' didn't have whales floating through the void, but implied that they had a strong connection with space, when the probe blasted weaponized frequency-shifted humpback whalesong into the depths of space. It was explained that the reason for the probe using whalesong was because the last time it had visited the Earth, humans had not yet evolved and that whales were the most intelligent organism at the time. When the probe returned, it expected to be able to talk to the whales again. (Eventual backstory in a novel revealed that the probe was designed by a sentient cetacean
* The 1965 Belgian animated movie ''Pinocchio in Outer Space'' was a [[Recycled in Space]] sequel to Disney's [[Pinocchio]] that had Astro, a
* ''[[Treasure Planet]]'' - Wins bonus points for having [[Space Pirates|full-rigged sailing ships in space]] as well. Still, that was kind of the POINT.
* In the "Pines of Rome" sequence of ''[[Fantasia]] 2000'', some sort of [[Negative Space Wedgie]] gives a pod of whales the power of flight, whereupon they rise into the atmosphere, enter space itself, and [[Disney Acid Sequence|ultimately breach the surface of the 'ocean' of the atmosphere]] - the animators [[Shrug of God|assure us it's intended to be ambiguous]]. Besides, the sequence's [[Crowning Music of Awesome|titular song]], by Ottorino Resphigi, is so majestic [[Rule of Cool|we can pretty much not care about that]].
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* [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s novel ''Cachalot'' (1980), part of the [[Humanx Commonwealth]] universe. In the future, Mankind had decided to save the last survivors of the cetacean species of Earth (whales, dolphins, orcas) and transplant them to a planet almost completely covered by oceans which had no native sentient species (or so they thought, because they didn't look deep enough in the oceans). The cetaceans prospered, on a world that belonged to them and on which humans and thranx were only allowed as traders and researchers. By the time of the novel, all the cetaceans are sentient to some degree, with the toothed whales more so than the baleen whales (either due to evolution or genetic Uplifting done prior to the whale diaspora or shortly afterwards, it's not entirely clear). Some species of toothed whales have even grown more intelligent than humans and live for hundreds of years since they are no longer hunted. The book ends with the revelation that these whales have developed [[Psychic Powers|psionic powers]] like telekinesis and telepathy (since they have no hands and thus a civilizations based on song, not artifacts and tools), and with the help of these powers they can levitate their bodies from the water and travel into space.
* Wayne D. Barlowe's ''Expedition'' not only gives us a planet with a wide variety of "Floaters", several of whom are basically Air-Whales, one of these is of human-like intelligence.
* [[Timothy Zahn]] wrote a series of short stories in the mid 1980s which featured "Space Horses," small
* [[Iain M Banks|Iain M. Banks]]
** ''Consider Phlebas'' briefly mentions the chuy-hitsi warp animal, spacebourne creatures capable of interstellar travel.
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** The Doctor Who novel ''The Resurrection Casket'' has a variation with Krarks, which are small, very vicious space [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|sharks]].
*** Not to mention in "A Christmas Carol", when there are sharks and fish in the atmosphere.
* It was revealed in commentary for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' that the Enterprise-D was planned to carry
** According to the ''Enterprise'' blueprints, cetacean engineers actually '''designed''' much of the navigation system. That's engineers who are cetaceans. From Earth.
** In the TNG episode "Galaxy's Child", they're under threat by a Space Whale baby who thinks the Enterprise is its mother, and is sucking the energy from the ship.
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* ''[[Farscape]]'' is set on board a [[Living Ship]] known as a Leviathan, named "Moya"; an initial conceptual design for which greatly resembled a whale, complete with eyes. The actual production version was much more "spaceshippy", though her silhouette is still suggestive of a humpback. Many of Moya's sound effects are also reminiscent of whale song.
** ''Farscape'' also features budongs, natural creatures that can grow to the size of a small moon. In one episode Talyn gets swallowed by one.
* Some episodes in the various ''[[Star Trek]]'' TV series occasionally feature lifeforms of deep space that resemble marine lifeforms or other tentacly things, such as a space-squid (''[[Deep Space 9]]''; although this was actually a [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|changeling disguised]]
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'' and ''[[Farscape]]'' both had episodes set inside the stomach of a
* The [[Speculative Documentary]] ''Alien Worlds: Blue Moon'' features Sky Whales.
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== Other ==
* During the pre-release online hype for ''Cloverfield'', numerous [[Epileptic Trees]] abounded about what the monster would look like and where it had come from. One sketch of a multi-fluked whale with legs, which would've stood several times ''taller'' than the actual creature from the film, was widely circulated as "the ''real'' Cloverfield monster"; this spawned its own flood of debate over whether it was an unknown sea creature, a ''mutated'' sea creature, or a
* In [[The Nineties]] a popular art-style for folders and binders was a dolphin or whale swimming through symmetrically-arranged coral and star clusters and sparkly purple nebulae? They were marginally darker and less [[Tastes Like Diabetes|diabetes-flavored]] than the Lisa Frank rainbow-and-unicorn kind.
* ''[http://rodneymatthews.com/stopslaughter.htm Stop the Slaughter]'' painting by Rodney Matthews shows [[Space Sailing]] whalers.
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== Video Games ==
* [[X (video game)|X3: Terran Conflict]] has spaceflies, which are basically tiny
** Which the Split [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|utilize as fuel]].
* What exemplifies this trope more than the ''[[Darius]]'' series' Great Thing? Nothing, that's what.
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* The [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Ever 17]]'' doesn't feature any actual space whales, but its aquatic theme park does have a "Cosmic Whale Room," with a lifelike animatronic whale suspended in a room painted to look like outer space.
* While no space whales are found in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', there is a space Flounder, and its Space Flounder spawns which all look like tadpoles with a guys face on it.
* Arcwhales in ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''
** Given the way Vyse and Aika react when they first encounter Rhaknam, and the fact that you never see any other arcwhales through the course of the game in spite of traversing the entire world, it's reasonable to assume that arcwhales are incredibly rare and seeing one is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. {{spoiler|Or they don't exist.}}
** It is not likely that they do not exist, as Rhaknam was mentioned to be an existing creature that was modified, rather than constructed from scratch. {{spoiler|Rhaknam may be the last one though.}}
* ''[[Grandia III]]'' has a whale floating above the clouds. It's surprised to see humans there when you approach it. It seems all the [[Magitek|airplanes]] in that world don't like to go that high.
* ''[[Starscape]]'' had space fire dragon-''things''...
* The reason the [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Zerg]] can survive in space, according to ''[[Starcraft]]'' [[Backstory]], is that they absorbed a flock of
** That's because the Overlords ''are'' mutated versions of said Space Whales.
** On the tournament version of the ''[[Starcraft]] II'' map ESV Cloud Kingdom, there is a Space Shark in floating about in the center.
* In the 1994 PC game ''Commander Blood'', 'Ma' is a genetically modified, unique captive
* ''Jumping Flash'' has air whales in World 3-2. Uniquely for the game, they [[Everything Trying to Kill You|aren't trying to kill you]], and just sort of float there, wiggling their flukes, and letting you use them as platforms.
* ''[[Kirby]]'' ''Air Ride'', of all things, features big flying whale-like ''things'' on the Frozen Hillside stage.
* ''Spore'' has the ability to easily make any vehicle you want. A good number of the Featured creations are spaceships shaped sea creatures. Including one of a whale and a giant squid fighting.
* Let's not forget the Liir of ''[[Sword of the Stars]]''. Some peculiar cross between
** Now, with ''SotS 2'', we finally know that the {{spoiler|Suul'ka}} are actually Liir who have grown so large that, normally, the [[Square-Cube Law]] would cause them to die underwater. Instead, they choose to teleport themselves into space using their immense [[Psychic Powers]] and go mad with power. Screenshots reveal that they are, in fact, several times larger than the new ''Leviathan''-class warships (which are about 800 meters long).
* The exact species of Tanzer in ''[[Saga Frontier]]'' is not ever revealed, but it's a giant space something or other that devours ships and has a colony of people living in its innards.
* A
* In the 1993 [[Amiga]]-Game ''Whale's Voyage'' http://hol.abime.net/1692 you're cruising around in a spaceship shaped like, well, a whale.
* ''[[Ratchet and Clank]] Future: Tools of Destruction'' has what appear to be space whales or sharks in two of its [[Space Pirate]] levels (though the first of which is on a planet with an atmosphere). Also, Stratus City has floating jellyfish. Additionally, there are the Basilisk Leviathian enemies (space serpents) in two levels and ''Quest for Booty'' had Pythors (space python-thingies).
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== Real Life ==
* [[wikipedia:Cetus|The constellation Cetus]] is the closest thing you can get to a [[Real Life]]
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