Total Eclipse of the Plot: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', the main characters use the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Day of Black Sun]] to attack the Fire Nation. Also, a lunar eclipse had been utilized by the Fire Nation to attack the Northern Water Tribe. In explanation, Firebenders are powered by the sun, and Waterbenders by the moon; an eclipse of their respective heavenly body leaves them powerless. The lunar eclipse was artificially induced by the {{spoiler|temporary death of the Moon Spirit.}} The solar eclipse was noted as only lasting about eight minutes, providing an unusually realistic interpretation. And of course their world is much smaller than ours, so it's not inconceivable that it could cover the whole world quite well.

* ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' parodied the scene in ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' described below in a [[Time Travel]] episode. Darkwing attempts to use foreknowledge of an eclipse to terrify the locals by pretending to block out the sun, but the eclipse he's predicting doesn't occur until the day ''after'' he makes the threat, and so ends up stalling for 24 hours until his "magic" pays off.

** ''[[Tale Spin]]'' did a very similar plot a few years later in "The Time Bandit".

* There was a ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' TV Special titled ''Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court'' where [[Bugs Bunny]] traveled back to medieval times and got out of a pickle by declaring he would put the sun out and clicking his fingers just before an eclipse occurred. He was suddenly worshiped as a powerful God, of course, being from the future he knew an eclipse was about to occur at that moment (it was still AWFULLY convenient for him).

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