History Main / EngagingChevrons

* Granted this is the least of ''Anime/GundamSeedDestiny's'' sins, but the FighterLaunchingSequence and TransformationSequence for the Impulse Gundam was blocked to eat up an excessive amount of screen time.

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* ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe'' parodies this when Dr. Evil tells Frau to initiate a 30 second countdown for his rocket (overcompensating for the first countdown being too short). He eventually gets bored and tells her to just say 'go'.
* Parodied in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' by [[{{Pun}} Colonel Sandurs]], who prefaces these statements with "Prepare to [do mundane task]", e.g. :
--> '''Colonel Sandurs''': Prepare to fast-forward!
--> '''{{Mook|s}}''': Preparing to fast-forward!
--> '''Colonel Sandurs''': Fast-forward!
--> '''Mook''': Fast-forwarding, sir!

-->'''Dark Helmet:''' What are you preparing for? You're always preparing. Just go!

-->'''Sanders:''' Driver, just go. * to Helmet* Sir, hadn't you better sit down? * Helmet gets a lesson in why you don't stand up in an open-topped vehicle*
* One of the many criticisms of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' was that it contained many [[LeaveTheCameraRunning long tracking shots]] of the ships and little action, leading to its FanNickname "[[{{Pun}} Star Trek: The Slow-Motion Picture]]".
** Also "Star Trek: The Motionless Picture".

--> "Is it soup yet?"
--> "No."
--> "Is it soup yet?"
--> "NO!"

* ''Series/StargateSG1''

** ''Stargate SG-1'' also periodically uses a falling-through-the-wormhole animation for similar purposes. It's also the {{Trope Namer|s}}, as despite the movie using the exact same format, it was not really intended as filler, but suspense. On one occasion, when O'Neil while [[TouchedByVorlons under the influence of an Ancient Repository of Knowledge]] rigs the computer to dial an address automatically, Walter goes through with the chevron announcements anyway despite having no control over the dialing. The characters are all thrown for a loop, though, when Walter announces the seventh chevron...and the gate continues to dial an ''eighth'' one. Since at the time it was believed that every stargate in the universe could be reached via a 7-chevron address, this time the announcement actually ''was'' dramatic.

* ''Series/StargateUniverse'' does this, without a trace of irony (because that wouldn't be [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark or Edgy]]) for all ''nine'' chevrons. Twice! But thankfully they don't bother doing it beyond that point, even though the old-style rotary gate dials slowly enough. Though the first nine chevron dialing could be deemed as being as dramatic as the (now standard) seven were in the original movie.
** Lampshaded by Rodney [=McKay=] in ''Seizure'': "I may just be the brilliant scientist relegated to shouting out the obvious in terms of chevrons here, but..."

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--> "Ready to begin speaking in {{technobabble}}, sir."
--> "Oh, shut up, it's just us. Turn it on!"

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'' and its {{Spinoff}} ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' each had their own very similar OnceAnEpisode TransformationSequence that would show each character transforming both themselves and their AnimalCompanion into their superheroic identities
--> '''Prince Adam''': By the Power of Grayskull! I AM HE-MAN!"
--> '''Adora''': For the Honor of Grayskull! I AM SHE-RA!"

** Hawk Moth captures a butterfly, evilizes it, and it flies out his window.

->''Sadly, the twenty-minute scene where Archer convinces the computer he does not want a full starship wax done for only an extra 100l of warp plasma had to be cut for time.''
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2015/04/06/star-trek-enterprise-dead-stop-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "Dead Stop"

** ''[[Anime/DigimonFrontier Frontier]]'' is made a little less painful by having [[AwesomeMusic/DigimonFrontier an extremely cool evolution insert song, though.]] Note that this does not in any way imply that the [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome music]] used for evolution in ''Adventure'' was not Awesome.

** ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' is no different when it comes to the TransformationSequence. It can come off as a bit [[{{Narm}} Narm-y]] at times, especially since it's often done at the episode's climax where it's intended to be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, but the fact that it's the same StockFootage that goes on for ages makes it seem more like a RunningGag.

* Granted this is the least of ''GundamSeedDestiny's'' sins, but the FighterLaunchingSequence and TransformationSequence for the Impulse Gundam was blocked to eat up an excessive amount of screen time.

** The Shuttle is particularly funny, because the countdown has "built-in holds". For missions to the ISS, the launch window is only five minutes long; if you don't hit it, there's a scrub. So they have a clock saying it's X amount of time before the launch, but it's really more than that, and they stop the clock now and then for a predetermined amount of time, so that by the time the final hold is over, the displayed time to launch is equal to the actual time to launch. This probably doesn't make a whole lot more or less sense than Daylight Savings Time if you really think about it...

* In ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', Rocky's "creation scene," where Frank brings him to life.
** Leading the AudienceParticipation:

* Gerry Anderson's works tended to suffer from this, most prominently breakout hit ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'': The first time you see the full TechnologyPorn-laden launch sequence for each craft, it's cool. By the sixth or seventh the novelty has honestly begun to wear off. They cut down the length of such sequences in later works, and in the case of ''WesternAnimation/GerryAndersonsNewCaptainScarlet'''s infamous [[CoolTank Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle]] requisitioning scenes actually came up with a different set every time to show that SPECTRUM is CrazyPrepared enough to cache these things all over the globe. But even then it got to be an OverusedRunningGag and TheRemake did away with it apart from a couple of homages.

** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' had load time elevators but they were pretty short due to the quick load time of the Gamecube and awesome because it was the best way to check out suit upgrades. The more annoying version was that doors sometimes stayed closed until the rooms behind them finished loading. In a game with much {{Backtracking}}, that got old really fast, especially in ''Hunters'' where there were {{Timed Mission}}s that kept the timer counting down while you had to wait for the doors to open.

** According to NASA, "Pauses in the countdown, or 'holds,' are built into the countdown to allow the launch team to target a precise launch window, and to provide a cushion of time for certain tasks and procedures without impacting the overall schedule. For the space shuttle countdown, built-in holds vary in length and always occur at the following times: T-27 hours, T-19 hours, T-11 hours, T-6 hours, T-3 hours, T-20 minutes, and T-9 minutes." Activities during the holds can range from being as important as clearing personnel away from the launch site and preparing tracking antennas or as apparently trivial as vacuuming the crew module.

** I imagine this is so that if there's a last minute error in one of their systems they have time to fix it built into the countdown rather than having to rush the repair to remain on schedule.

* ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'''s transformation/assembly sequence. ''Especially'' [[ReplacementScrappy Vehicle Voltron]], which would go on to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSIQkMS6HoI ruthlessly mocked]] by ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''.

* In the [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 second]] and [[Anime/DigimonFrontier fourth seasons]] of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}},'' many an episode is padded with the TransformationSequence. Digimon's known for its complex and awesome scenes of 'digivolving,' {{Mons}} undergoing temporary AppliedPhlebotinum-induced changes from their standard forms to stronger ones. The ''full'' sequence is often very long and only seen rarely. However, seasons two and four will often show the complete sequence, and of ''all'' characters transforming, without a split-screen. ''Five solid minutes'' of digivolving is not unheard of in season four.

* [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Chicken Fights]] anyone?

* ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'''s transformation/assembly sequence. ''Especially'' [[ReplacementScrappy Vehicle Voltron]], which would go on to be [[http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/voltron-force-assemble.html ruthlessly mocked]] by ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''.

In the early seasons of ''Series/StargateSG1'', the required settings for the stargate were made with a great deal of [[MundaneMadeAwesome pomp and ceremony]]. Stirring music was played under a series of announcements...

* ''Thunderbirds'' has International Rescue heading out to much drama, right down to Thunderbird 2's loading procedures. Say it with me: "Five! *chord* Four! *chord*...."

* ''Film/AustinPowers 2'' parodies this when Dr. Evil tells Frau to initiate a 30 second countdown for his rocket (overcompensating for the first countdown being too short). He eventually gets bored and tells her to just say 'go'.

* The Chevron Engaging TransformationSequence in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' actually has a purpose in the story. The first two times Nanoha transforms, she must hold Raising Heart while reciting a long speech and must endure a minute-long transformation sequence; later, she learns to transform without reciting the speech, then she learns the quick transformation, much to the surprise of Yuuno, who says few mages can pull this.

* ''[[Series/Thunderbirds Thunderbirds]]'' has International Rescue heading out to much drama, right down to Thunderbird 2's loading procedures. Say it with me: "Five! *chord* Four! *chord*...."

* ''Series/Thunderbirds'' has International Rescue heading out to much drama, right down to Thunderbird 2's loading procedures. Say it with me: "Five! *chord* Four! *chord*...."

* CodeLyoko had quite a lengthy and very often copy-pasted sequence of the gang traveling from their school to the factory, then finally being virtualized into Lyoko almost OnceAnEpisode.

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** According to NASA, "Pauses in the countdown, or "holds," are built into the countdown to allow the launch team to target a precise launch window, and to provide a cushion of time for certain tasks and procedures without impacting the overall schedule. For the space shuttle countdown, built-in holds vary in length and always occur at the following times: T-27 hours, T-19 hours, T-11 hours, T-6 hours, T-3 hours, T-20 minutes, and T-9 minutes." Activities during the holds can range from being as important as clearing personnel away from the launch site and preparing tracking antennas or as apparently trivial as vacuuming the crew module.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' spent much of its fourth season engaging chevrons by having whole episodes devoted to a disagreement with an obvious logical compromise that any viewer with two brain cells to rub together could come up with in about three minutes.