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Line 7: Eclipses are inherently dramatic. That's why they're often used in fiction to punctuate dramatic events, or as a major plot element. They frequently mark something supernatural or magical in nature, even if the eclipse itself is a normal event. In [[Real Life]], eclipses don't usually last very long, a matter of minutes, ~~but~~and inmost are only partial eclipses; total eclipses are very rare. In fiction, however, they seem to be able to last however long they darn well please, and are usually the total kind. (Justified for places with smaller suns and/or bigger moons, although this is rarely addressed and opens further questions.) Alternately, the story can play the time straight and create a [[Race Against the Clock]] scenario when there's something that must be done during the eclipse (and there always is). Also, solar eclipses only completely block out the light in one relatively small area and the light reduction gets less pronounced the further away from the center of the eclipse, but in fiction tend to block out the sun completely wherever they happen to be. Lunar eclipses can be seen anywhere on the nightside of the earth. Line 87: == [[Web Comics]] == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120607082214/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4825172/ It was a part of the summoning of Ygrassnoj] in ''[[The KAMics]]'' == [[Web Original]] == Line 107: * And episode of ''[[Western Animation/Kassai And Leuk\|Kassai And Leuk]]'' had an eclipse happen at a moment when the party was relying on Marana's sun-triggered gazelle form. * In the ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Boogie Frights", the Boogie Man blocks out the sun with a giant disco ball, and the girls have to destroy it [[Star Wars\|Death Star style]]. * In ''[[The Owl House]]'', the [[Big Bad]]'s [[Evil Plan]] involves a ritual that must be conducted during a total solar eclipse, the reason he puts so much emphasis on the date he intends to cast it. {{reflist}} [[Category:Narrative Devices]]