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* In ''Akira'', Tetsuo visits space for a couple of seconds to punch out a satellie laser weapon.
* {{Gurren Lagann}} has Simon, Yoko and Kamina do this as they break through to the surface in the first episode. They may not leave the atmosphere but the curvature of the world is quite clearly visible.

* In ''[[Anime/{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'', whenever Ash's Charizard uses Seismic Toss on his enemies, a globe will inexplicably appear as soon as Charizard starts to gain momentum so he can throw said enemy onto the ground.

* From the second film onward, this was the standard ending shot for ''{{Superman}}'' movies.

* Happens to Arthur Dent in TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy when Slartibartfast takes him on a tour of Earth Two in a sort of hyperspeed elevator.

* The edge of Aslan's Country in ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia: The Silver Chair'' overlook Narnia in this fashion, with a [[CliffsOfInsanity sheer cliff face]] high enough up that giant storm clouds floating over the ocean look like sheep grazing on grass below. Naturally, one of the protagonists accidentally [[IdiotBall pushes a friend off the edge]] in the first chapter.

* The story of Daedaleus and Icarus from ClassicalMythology. While attempting to escape King Minos' guards, Daedaleus and his son Icarus build fake wings as an attempt to fly off the island of Crete, but Icarus flies to high and as a result the sun (which is unusually very low in the sky) burns off his wings causing him to fall into the ocean and drown.

* ''SpongebobSquarepants'' uses the surface of the ocean for this, often times cutting to that little live-action island from the opening. When Patrick believes he won an award in "Big Pink Loser", he shows it off to the island. At the end of "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost", Spongebob blows a bubble that carries Squidward out of the water, and the island is seen when his bubble reaches the surface. In "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired", Spongebob goes flying straight up from a ramp on a driving course (while crawling, no less) and pops up out of the water briefly. Depending on whether basic physics feel like applying to the situation, a character going this high might fall back down as if through air, or float down gently.
* In "Rollercoaster", first episode of ''Phineas and Ferb''
* Used seriously in AvatarTheLastAirbender in the episode "The Guru", when Aang is trying to induce the Avatar State. He is standing on a pathway in space, and looks down on his world [[spoiler: before he comes crashing down when he realizes Katara's in danger.]]
* Occurs in the ''HouseofMouse'' animated shorts "Donald's Pool" and "Mickey's Rival Returns."

* Whenever the [[SuperMarioBros Mushroom Planet]] is seen from [[SuperMarioGalaxy outer]] [[SuperMarioGalaxy2 space]], there's always clouds above it, and clouds underneath.

* In ''[[Anime/{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'', whenever Ash's Charizard uses Seismic Toss on his enemies, a globe (pictured above) will inexplicably appear as soon as Charizard starts to gain momentum so he can throw said enemy onto the ground.

* However, since the curvature of the planet is also clearly visible from the top of a tree in a later episode, it could just be that the world is smaller than Earth.

* The ending of ''KingsizedCanary'', which shows the Earth floating in the middle of an endless sky.

* The ending of ''KingSizedCanary'', which shows the Earth floating in the middle of an endless sky.

* In ''SweetBroAndHellaJeff'', the Big Man (in a dream) gets some "[[TotallyRadical unreal]]" air [[InASingleBound just by jumping]]. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope Well, this is only the background information to the example]]. In ''{{Homestuck}}'', Dave creates a skateboard in the true ''SBAHJ'' style (i.e., composed of horrible JPEG artifact recombination), whose name is the "Unreal Air". It simply keeps going up and never comes back down.

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* Whenever [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Ash's Charizard]] uses Seismic Toss on his enemies, a globe (pictured above) will inexplicably appear as soon as Charizard starts to gain momentum so he can throw said enemy onto the ground.

[[caption-width-left:300: "Charizard, use Seismic Toss!"]]

** And it's one of the funniest scenes in the movie, because it's a perfect parody of the most famous scene of ''DieHard 2'' and R.J. the raccoon is voiced by Bruce Willis. Second-best ParentalBonus in the movie.

* {{Gurren Laggan}} has Simon, Yoko and Kamina do this as they break through to the surface in the first episode. They may not leave the atmosphere but the curvature of the world is quite clearly visible.

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* Parodied in ''HomestarRunner'' game Stinkoman 20X6, where the title character jumps this high to get over a wall that is only just out of his normal jumping reach, spending the rest of the stage first flying upwards, then falling down.
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* The ''Unreal Tournament'' map "Morpheus" is based on an absurdly tall triplet of skyscrapers, said to be 12 miles high. The version in the sequels takes this to even more ridiculous proportions.

A character, rising to some challenge, ascends to such incredible heights that the sky goes black, stars shine brightly, sattelites in orbit hover just overhead, and the planet itself can now be seen floating in space below him.

* The first ''Droopy'' cartoon DumbHounded has the Wolf jumping off a skyscraper that's so tall the view down shows all of the northeastern U.S., with state lines delineated!

A character, rising to some challenge, ascends to such incredible heights that the planet can be seen floating in space below him. Countries may even be labeled on the planet surface, as on a globe.

* A recent ad for a sports drink has NASCAR driver Tony Stewart climbing a speedway fence in victory. And keep climbing. Disregarding the fact that no-one actually, you know, builds fences THAT high to begin with ...

* ''TheBluesBrothers'' contains a "live-action" example, where a car, full of pursuers of the main characters, falls from a bridge, from an indefinite height, while the passengers can spot the city under them. Finally, they blow a hole in the ground precisely on the way of the Blues Brothers, so you have also to ask about the speed of the cars...

** There was also the time they went to Mars. When they returned Calvin said he was pretty sure they lived in a big purple country and their house was by the E in the word 'States'.