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{{quote|''"And she's buying a stairway to heaven"''|'''[[Led Zeppelin]]''', "Stairway to Heaven"}}
Sometimes when a character [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|ascends to a higher plane of existence]] they also have to ascend the stairs to that higher plane of
For example, in [[The Bible|Genesis 28:12]], Jacob dreams of a stairway (or ladder, translators disagree) connecting earth to [[Heaven]] with angels going up and down it. The [[Ancient Egypt
A more "modern" take is to replace the stairway with an escalator; though even that iteration of the trope is [[Older Than Television]], dating back to at least to the 1941 movie ''Here Comes Mister Jordan''.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''Here Comes Mister Jordan'' -escalator
* ''[[A Matter of Life and Death]]'' (which was released as ''
* ''The Heavenly Kid'' - escalator
* ''[[Futurama]]: Beast With a Billion Backs'' has the golden escalator version, although subverted as {{spoiler|they lead to a planet-sized being, who sent shkler/sklis image to primitive man, thus creating our universe's concept of [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]].}}
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{{quote|'''Brad''': Zach... Led Zeppelin was wrong, man.
'''Tom Servo''': ''Shut up!''
'''Brad''': There is no
'''Tom Servo''': ''Zep is '''never''' wrong, man''!
'''Mike Nelson''': ''Is '''[[Black Sabbath|Sabbath]]''' wrong too, man''? }}
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* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' "Satan's Waitin'" - escalator to both Heaven and Hell. Unfortunately for Sylvester, the up escalator is corded off.
* ''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' cartoon "Wet Blanket Policy" - Buzz Buzzard has just been [[Anvil on Head|crushed by a large object]], ahd he arrives at a lobby with elevators to both heaven and hell with Woody as the doorman: one opens and the angelic operator says "Going up" and woody forces it closed, the other opens and the demonic operator says "going down" and Woody gives Buzz Buzzard a kick in the rear forcing him into the elevator
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation|Tiny Toon Adventures How I Spent My Vacation]]'' - appears as ''[[The Theme Park Version|theme park]] rides''; there's the titular
== Theater ==
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