History Main / AbsurdAltitude

* Recurring trope in {{Phineas and Ferb}}: they get shot into space by the rollercoaster in the opening episode and build a high-rise that goes all the way up to the moon in a later one

* Recurring trope in [[Phineas and Ferb]]: they get shot into space by the rollercoaster in the opening episode and build a high-rise that goes all the way up to the moon in a later one

* The La Costa Lotta hotel in ''[[LeisureSuitLarry Leisure Suit Larry 6]]'' has a bungee jumping facility so high up that it reaches into ''space''.

* The edge of Aslan's Country in ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia: TheSilverChair'' overlook Narnia in this fashion, with a 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.

* In the flash game ''Dolphin Olympics'' you can jump over the moon or reach the [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]".

** And it's one of the funniest scenes in the movie, because it's a perfect parody of the most famous scene of ''DieHard2'' and R.J. the raccoon is voiced by Bruce Willis. Second-best ParentalBonus in the movie.

* Shows up a few times in ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. In "A Pinch to Grow an Ed", the adjustable shoes Edd makes for Eddy extend into Earth orbit when they malfunction. In "They Call Him Mr. Ed", Ed manages to build a space elevator from [[BambooTechnology random junk]].

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

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Ed! Get down from the exosphere or I'm telling mom!]]

* ''AvalonCode'' allows you to use a technique that literally combos an enemy into the sky, as the background shifts from the map you're on to the world map... then to the planet... then to the ''galaxy''... and if you're really, really good (it's quite a feat even to get to this level, since the window gets smaller with each hit), you can make even the galaxy a small blue dot.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Ed! Get down from the exosphere or I'm telling mom!]]]]

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' 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.

* ''TheBluesBrothers'' contains a "live-action" example, where a car, full of pursuers of the main characters, run off the end of a bridge and suddenly find themselves plummeting onto downtown Chicago from a height of thousands of feet.

* One Sunday strip of ''CalvinAndHobbes'' shows views of Calvin ascending the ladder for the 'big' slide in the playground, climbing higher and higher and finally reaching orbit from Calvin's POV.

* ''AvalonCode'' allows you to use a technique that literally comboes an enemy into the sky, as the background shifts from the map you're on to the world map... then to the planet... then to the ''galaxy''... and if you're really, really good (it's quite a feat even to get to this level, since the window gets smaller with each hit), you can make even the galaxy a small blue dot.

* ''KatamariDamacy'' games tend to do this towards the end, when the size of your katamari becomes comparable to the size of the Earth.

* In the FlashGame ''DolphinOlympics'' you can jump over the moon or reach the [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]".
* Whenever the [[SuperMarioBros Mushroom Planet]] is seen from [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy outer]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 space]], there's always clouds above it, and clouds underneath.

* In ''SweetBroAndHellaJeff'', the Big Man ([[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=010.jpg in a dream]]) gets some "[[TotallyRadical unreal]]" air [[InASingleBound just by jumping]]. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope Well, this is only the background information to the example]]. In ''Webcomic/{{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.

* Happened on a Roller Coaster in ''RockosModernLife''.

* And on a diving board in ''TheFairlyOddparents''.

* Shows up a few times in ''EdEddNEddy''. In "A Pinch to Grow an Ed", the adjustable shoes Edd makes for Eddy extend into Earth orbit when they malfunction. In "They Call Him Mr. Ed", Ed manages to build a space elevator from [[BambooTechnology random junk]].
* There is a bit of LampshadeHanging in one episode of ''FamilyGuy'' when Brian and Stewie are flying over Europe in a balloon. Brian notes that he didn't know that borders and labels were actually visible from far up.
* This happens once in ''JohnnyTest'', when Johnny's sisters made an amusement park ride that literally went all the way into space just to scare him out of having an amusement park all around the house.
* ''LooneyTunes'' anyone? Especially in the early episodes where the sky was still blue and cloudy even though earth was getting smaller and smaller....

* ''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 ''PhineasAndFerb''

* Occurs in the ''HouseOfMouse'' animated shorts "Donald's Pool" and "Mickey's Rival Returns."

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

Despite the fact they've clearly left the atmosphere, ExplosiveDecompression is rarely invoked on a character in this situation.

* An ad for a sports drink has NASCAR driver Tony Stewart climbing a speedway fence in victory. And keep climbing. [[RuleOfFunny Disregarding the fact that no-one actually, you know, builds fences THAT high to begin with ...]]
* Another sports/energy drink ad has a basketball player jumping through Earth's atmosphere and space to make a slam dunk on the moon.

* In ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Eddie Valiant falls off an incredibly high building in Toontown, so high only clouds are visible below and even an airplane flies underneath him.

* ''TheBluesBrothers'' contains a "live-action" example, where a car, full of pursuers of the main characters, run off the end of a bridge and suddenly find themselves plummeting onto downtown Chicago from a height of thousands of feet.

* Parodied in ''VideoGame/{{Stinkoman 20X6}}'', where Stinkoman 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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* 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.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Rei Ayanami after [[spoiler: merging wih the angel Lilith]] in ''End of Evangelion''.
* In ''{{Akira}}'', Tetsuo visits space for a couple of seconds to punch out a satellie laser weapon.

* The edge of Aslan's Country in ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia: TheSilverChair'' 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.

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

* In ''OverTheHedge'', a propulsive propane tank sends Verne and R.J. over an airplane in flight.

* The DeliveryStork in ''{{Dumbo}}'' looks down from the clouds and sees the southern United States, with all the states clearly labeled and colored.

* The ''UnrealTournament'' 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.

* 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.]]

** 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.

* In ''SweetBroAndHellaJeff'', the Big Man ([[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=010.jpg 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.