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* The Space Elevator, a proposed alternative to using shuttles to reach low earth orbit, would consist of a counterweight in geosynchronous orbit tethered to the surface with a super-strong cable which could then be "climbed" by the car. Sounds like something right out of one of these cartoons, but provided we're able to develop a strong enough material for the cable, it could become a reality in our lifetime.

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* The Space Elevator, a proposed alternative to using shuttles to reach low earth orbit, would consist of a counterweight far enough away to be unaffected by Earth's gravity tethered to the surface with a super-strong cable which could then be "climbed" by the car. Sounds like something right out of one of these cartoons, but provided we're able to develop a strong enough material for the cable, it could become a reality in our lifetime.

* ''ArTonelico 2'': When your party is going up the space elevator to the satellite. The floors are made of glass!

* ''WesternAnimation/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 ''Film/OverTheHedge'', a propulsive propane tank sends Verne and R.J. over an airplane in flight.
** And it's one of the funniest scenes in the movie, because it's a perfect parody of the most famous scene of ''Film/DieHard2'' and R.J. the raccoon is voiced by Bruce Willis. Second-best ParentalBonus in the movie.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' lets you visit the uppermost layer of the world, named the Atmosphere. Depending on your gear and the size of your world, you could reach it in a single leap.

* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Ocean Gem" features [[MakingASplash Lapis Lazuli]] trying to reach her Homeworld on a distant planet. Without a spaceship, she tries to leave Earth by hoisting the ocean's water into a column that stretches far above the atmosphere.

* In World 5 of ''SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland'' Yoshi climbs from DeathMountain to BubblyClouds and eventually SpaceZone.

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* 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 too 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.

* {{Terraria}} lets you visit the uppermost layer of the world, named the Atmosphere. Depending on your gear and the size of your world, you could reach it in a single leap.

* Happened on a Roller Coaster in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
** Also a parking garage in the CreditCardPlot episode and an office building in another.

** 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.

* Recurring trope in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': 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.

Despite the fact they've clearly left the atmosphere, ExplosiveDecompression is rarely invoked on a character in this situation. In fact, [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace they could still breathe with no respiratory problems.]]

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

* 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

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

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Rei Ayanami after [[spoiler: merging wih the angel Lilith]] in ''End of Evangelion''.

* One {{Animaniacs}} episode had a shopkeeper get an item from the highest shelf, first running into a mountain goat and then a floating astronaut.