Stairway to Heaven: Difference between revisions

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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 ~~existence -- Which~~ is usually a [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]] or a [[Celestial Bureaucracy]].

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 existence—Which is usually a [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]] or a [[Celestial Bureaucracy]].

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~~|Ancient Egyptians~~]] actually tried to ''build one'' (known today as the Step Pyramid of Djoser).

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]]ians actually tried to ''build one'' (known today as the Step Pyramid of Djoser).

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 ''[[Stairway to Heaven]]'' in the US) -escalator

* ''[[A Matter of Life and Death]]'' (which was released as ''Stairway to Heaven'' in the US) -escalator

* ''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 [[Stairway to Heaven]].

'''Brad''': There is no Stairway to Heaven.

'''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 [[Stairway to Heaven]] (pictured above)...and the '''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Bullet Train To]] [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Heck!]]'''

* ''[[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 Stairway to Heaven (pictured above)...and the '''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Bullet Train To]] [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Heck!]]'''

== Theater ==