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Line 15: {{examples}} == Played Straight == === Film === * ''[[~~Clockstoppers (Film)\|~~Clockstoppers]]'' has [[Applied Phlebotinum\|hypertime watches]] that effectively stop time by [[Hand Wave\|making the wearer move really, really fast]]. The atmosphere never presents any problems.▼ === Literature ===▼ * Frank Herbert's ''Heretics of [[Dune]]'' * ''The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything'' by John D. MacDonald * [[~~Momo (Literature)\|~~Momo]], from the novel by Michael Ende, can move just fine even when everything else has been frozen in time.▼ * ''[[Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "Wink of an Eye"▼ * ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV)\|The Wild Wild West]]'' episode "The Night of the Burning Diamond"▼ === Live-Action TV === ▲* ''[[Star Trek: ~~the~~The Original Series]]'' episode "Wink of an Eye" ▲* ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)\|The Wild Wild West]]'' episode "The Night of the Burning Diamond" * ''[[UFO]]'' episode "Timelash" * ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episode "A Kind of Stop Watch" ▲* ''[[Clockstoppers (Film)\|Clockstoppers]]'' has [[Applied Phlebotinum\|hypertime watches]] that effectively stop time by [[Hand Wave\|making the wearer move really, really fast]]. The atmosphere never presents any problems. ▲* [[Momo (Literature)\|Momo]], from the novel by Michael Ende, can move just fine even when everything else has been frozen in time. * ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' TOS episode "The Premonition" * ''[[Star Trek: ~~the~~The Next Generation]]'' episode "The Next Phase". Geordi and Ro are accidentally phased so that they can pass through solid matter, but breathing (which is inhaling tiny particles of unphased matter) is not an issue. Nor is walking on unphased floors. === Aversions === === Anime &and Manga ===▼ ▲== Anime & Manga == * Generally averted in ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'': when the Esper protagonists teleport, it always causes a short but violent air displacement, both at the spots of departure and arrival. One episode feature the variant of time-stopped people ignoring air, though. * In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', Guldo of the Ginyu Force can only stop time as long as he can hold his breath. This makes sense, since he wouldn't be able to breathe if the air was frozen in place. === ~~Comics --~~Comic Books ===▼ ▲== Comics -- Books == * Nightcrawler from the ''[[X-Men]]'' goes "BAMF" on teleporting in and out because he's displacing air molecules. ** The sound is actually the air ''collapsing'' on the space he has suddenly vacated (the 2nd movie actually uses a very realistic sound for the collapse of a human-sized vacuum). Why he also makes the sound when ''appearing'', on the other hand . . . * The various speedsters know as [[The Flash]] all have an aura specifically to protect them from air friction. (Wally West even once ''removed'' it from someone he was carrying...) === Film === * In ''[[The Incredibles]]'', when Edna Mode explains to Helen about the [[My Suit Is Also Super\|suits]] she designed for the Parr family, she mentions specifically making Dash's suit out of a material that can "withstand enormous amounts of friction without heating up or wearing out" so he can run hundreds of miles per hour in it. ▼ === ~~Film -- Animated~~Literature === * In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[~~Discworld (Literature)/Thief of Time\|~~Thief of Time]]'', the Monks of History use special equipment to slow down time relative to themselves, but can still move and breathe because the time dilation field extends beyond their own bodies.{{verify}} This would have unfortunate effects if the field partly eclipsed a living thing, so extreme care with the equipment is needed.▼ ▲* In ''[[The Incredibles]]'', when Edna Mode explains to Helen about the [[My Suit Is Also Super\|suits]] she designed for the Parr family, she mentions specifically making Dash's suit out of a material that can "withstand enormous amounts of friction without heating up or wearing out" so he can run hundreds of miles per hour in it. ▲== Literature == ▲* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thief of Time\|Thief of Time]]'', the Monks of History use special equipment to slow down time relative to themselves, but can still move and breathe because the time dilation field extends beyond their own bodies. This would have unfortunate effects if the field partly eclipsed a living thing, so extreme care with the equipment is needed. ** Note that this trope is justified for Susan, who has no special equipment or training to shield herself from the time-stoppage, yet doesn't need to worry about obstructing air molecules because walking through objects is one of her occasional talents as Death's granddaughter. * In [[HGH. G. Wells]]'s short story "The New Accelerator", moving thousands of times faster than normal causes the protagonists to heat up due to friction with the air. * In the ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]]'' [[Tie-in Novel]] ''Nuclear Time'', when the Doctor's personal timeline briefly un-reverses, he chokes on air that is suddenly being inhaled rather than exhaled. * In [[Sergey Lukyanenko]]'s ''The Stars Are Cold Toys'', it is strictly forbidden to activate the jumper prior to exiting the atmosphere. The protagonists are forced to do this when escaping, even though they know the displaced air may cause hurricanes. * ''The Cyborg and the Sorcerers'' by [[Lawrence Watt -Evans]] is one of the few works with a [[Disintegrator Ray]] to consider the issue of the ray having to disintegrate all the intervening air molecules before it reaches its intended target. * Every instance of teleportation into air in the ''[[Young Wizards]]'' series is accompanied by a loud bang of displaced air, frequently described as sounding like a gunshot or a car backfiring. The gust of air has also knocked stuff over at least once. * In ''[[~~Good Omens (Literature)\|~~Good Omens]]'', when the Hellhound transforms into a small terrier as per his master's wishes, the narration makes reference to the sound caused by air rushing into the vacuum it had previously occupied. === Live-Action TV === * ~~''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)\|Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'':~~ It is subtle, but when ships perform FTL jumps in the [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)\|2000s version of ''Battlestar Galactica'']], they cause a small, localised vaccuum around them. When air is present (inta-atmos jumps, leaking from space stations, etc.), it is seen getting sucked out alongside the jump. It should be noted that the FTL "bubble" around the ship sucks in ''any'' matter, not just air. This was shown on several occasions, first when {{spoiler\|Galactica jumped just above the surface of New Caprica, causing huge gusts of wind as more air filled the newly-created vacuum}}, then when {{spoiler\|Boomer's jump away from Galactica tore the ailing ship's hull}} and later when a group of Raptors jumping from the unused landing bay caused the whole bay to rip like paper. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Trope~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Hollywood Science]] [[Category:Rule of Perception]] [[Category:Sublime Rhyme]] ~~[[Category~~{{DEFAULTSORT:~~The~~ Air Not There]], The}} ▲[[Category:Trope]]