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** 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 [[HG 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 ''[[
* 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.
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== Live-Action TV ==
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