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* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', whenever the 4 main Gundams go into the [[Super Mode|super powered Trans-Am mode]], they gain Tron Lines and a healthy red glow.

* In ''[[Infinite Ryvius]]'', the Ryvius lights up with Tron Lines when first activated.

* People with the Boson Jump-enabling [[Nanomachines]] in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' get glowing Tron Lines over their body when they activate them.

* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' both have some on their suits that light up whenever they use their Hundred Power.

 

== Comic Books ==

* ''[[Iron Man]]'' has had at least one armor with this feature.

* Grant Morrison's redesign of DC's ''[[New Gods]]'' feature this, particularly Darkseid, Metron, and Mister Miracle.

* The latest big Marvel storyline has some ancient evil Norse god creating a bunch of knockoffs of Mjolnir and giving them to carious characters such as Hulk and Juggernaut, [http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7251/ff1legioncps037038.jpg with varying levels of Tron Lines accompanying them].

* The current ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' comic book has the heroes wearing uniforms with Tron Lines.

 

== Films -- Animation ==

* In ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'', Flint invokes this trope by painting Tron lines all over his inventions.

* [[Megamind]] has blue Tron Lines on his "Black Mamba" outfit.

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* It shouldn't seem surprising that ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'', the movie sequel, uses this. What is surprising is how controlled this effect is.

** Interestingly, [[Technology Marches On|Technology Marched Sufficiently Onward]] that what was expensive visual effects in the original film was replaced by ''actual glowing light strips'' sewn into the costumes. Yes, you now can have [[Tron Lines]] in the real world with relatively little effort.

* The Fallen from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''.

* [[Busby Berkeley]] used an early version of this aesthetic during the "Shadow Waltz" sequence in ''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]'', by outlining a few dozen violins with neon lights; unfortunately, the visible electrical cords coming from each violin (which apparently shocked more than a couple dancers, who were wearing dresses that were lined with metal wire) undermines the effect.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

** In ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]],'' the in-scene non-[[Transformation Sequence]] morphs and demorphs are very much like ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'', though a lot faster and with optional dramatic use of [[Sigil Spam|the Overdrive logo]].

* In ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', one mid-series episode had some of Seven's nanoprobes infect the Doctor's 29th century mobile emitter, eventually resulting in a highly-advanced Borg drone, featuring extrapolations of the Borg in that century. More sleek and organic-looking than the usual drone, it also had embedded Tron Lines which pulsed at regular intervals.

 

== Music Videos ==

* A rap song by [[Caparezza]] with lots of videogame citations in the lyrics + ''[[Tron]]'' = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AFI0LYzSIw This other music video].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPAVDHo1Elc "12:51" by The Strokes.]

* Another video clip heavily influenced by ''[[Tron]]'': "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0EBqZFhfOY From Paris to Berlin]". The Tron Lines are even on the bikinis.

* No surprise: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4cgLL8JaVI the clip for "Derezzed"], the main score for ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'', by [[Daft Punk]].

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* The Necrons in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' revel in this trope, as nearly all of their buildings possess these. Depending on the painter, they themselves might be glowing as well.

 

 

== Video Games ==

* Nezha from [[Warriors Orochi]] has these.

 

* Lisa Basil from ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]: Trials and Tribulations'' has a futuristic suit with flashing lights running up and down the sides and front of it. It's implied that she may or may not be a robot (yes, the game is that vague).

 

== Web Comics ==

* ''[[Goblins]]'': Anyone wielding the Axe of Prissan gets a magical armor whose design was directly inspired by the outfits in ''[[Tron]]''.

* Trawn from ''[[Electric Wonderland]]'' has these on her traditional outfit.

 

== Web Original ==

* ''[[Fate Nuovo Guerra]]'' has the sword Clarent, owned by the heroic spirit Mordred. The red lines very well reflect his... erm... [[Gender Bender|her]] status as an antihero.

 

== Western Animation ==

* The kids' fluorescent costumes give off this effect in the dark.

* In ''[[Monster Buster Club]]'', parts of the kids' costumes are fluorescent and give off a Tron Line effect in the dark.

 

== Real Life ==

** This has even bled into the world of computing, there is no modder unfamiliar with blue CCFLs.

* The Luxor casino/hotel in Las Vegas was designed as a huge black glass pyramid with Tron Lines flowing to and from the giant column of light at the peak.

** Though those are more [[wikipedia:Blinkenlights|Blinkenlights]], actually.

** The Connection Machine is one of the most beautiful computers ever made, but pretty much every supercomputer made after the '70s looks pretty awesome. After all, if a machine's going to cost over a million dollars, why not throw a few thousand into the case?

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