History Main / MeltingFilmEffect

* Dr. Forrester accidentally does this to ''This Island Earth'' in TheMovie of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

* At the end of the 1968 Monkees film ''Head'', a grand and beautiful version of the Columbia Pictures torch lady fades in. As the ending orchestral theme blasts on, the film begins to flutter increasingly on the logo, wriggles around and slides wildly until it stablizes again; to a complete jammed stop it seems as the film begins to melt away to the top-left corner upon a background of flames, and is only just a little black shrivel when the lens finally shuts.

* Used on ''WesternAnimation/KickMe'' as a DeuxExMachina to save the main character from a GiantSpider.

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' begins with the Dreamworks Animation title melting away, revealing the real film beneath. Especially effective on [[ThreeDMovie 3-D]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' begins with the Dreamworks Animation title melting away, revealing the real film beneath. Especially effective on [[ThreeDMovie 3-D]].
* Happens on ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', when the Gremlins appear to [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou take over the theater projector]].

* Happens in ''Film/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie''.
* ''Film/CinemaParadiso'' actually shows a film that's being projected melting on the screen, just before it disastrously catches fire. Of course we're talking about nitrate film here, pre-safety stock.
* Another in-universe example is seen in ''The Smallest Show on Earth'', a film about a couple running a broken-down old cinema in the north of England.
* Happens in the AnimatedCreditsOpening of ''Film/TheGreatRace''.
* The beginning of the ''WebVideo/{{Unskippable}}'' intro sequence.
** Only in the archives, the more recent ones just have the Escapist's logo.
* The Music/LadyGaga video for "Alejandro"
* Happened on ''Series/{{Mash}}'' during a film night, when they were trying to watch ''Film/MyDarlingClementine''. They had a sing-along and impression contest while Klinger tried to fix it.
* The 1966 film ''Film/{{Persona}}'' directed by Creator/IngmarBergman might be the TropeMaker here (or, at least, the TropeCodifier).

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', one of Granny Smith's long-ago flashbacks in "Leap of Faith" ends this way.

* LadyGaga video "Alejandro"

* Halfway through ''Series/TheMuppetMovie'', the film melts. It takes a few moments before the Swedish Chef has things going again.
* ''MonstersVsAliens'' begins with the Dreamworks Animation title melting away, revealing the real film beneath. Especially effective on [[ThreeDMovie 3-D]].
* Happens on ''Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', when the Gremlins appear to [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou take over the theater projector]].
* Happens during the reel changes in ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}: Planet Terror.''

* ''CinemaParadiso'' actually shows a film that's being projected melting on the screen, just before it disastrously catches fire. Of course we're talking about nitrate film here, pre-safety stock.

* Happens in the AnimatedCreditsOpening of ''TheGreatRace''.
* The beginning of the ''{{Unskippable}}'' intro sequence.

* The 1971 cult film classic ''{{Two Lane Blacktop}}'' uses this trope to bring the movie to a disjointed end. The audience is placed in the back seat of a suped-up 55 Chevy in a drag race at a track, looking forward over the shoulder of the driver (James Taylor). Just before the car accelerates down the track the sound drops out and as the car picks up speed the film slows until it starts to melt through and then the screen goes to black. The audience never sees the end of the last race.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', one of Granny Smith's long-ago flashbacks ends this way.

* Ultravox's "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" ends with the family's HappierHomeMovie film melting, possibly due to nuclear radiation.

* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendShipIsMagic'', one of Granny Smith's long-ago flashbacks ends this way.

* The 1971 cult film classic ''{{Two Lane Blacktop}}'' uses this trope to bring the movie to a disjointed end. The audience is placed in the back seat of a suped up 55 Chevy in a drag race at a track, looking forward over the shoulder of the driver (James Taylor). Just before the car accelerates down the track the sound drops out and as the car picks up speed the film slows until it starts to melt through and then the screen goes to black. The audience never sees the end of the last race.

* Halfway through ''TheMuppetMovie'', the film melts. It takes a few moments before the Swedish Chef has things going again.

* Happens during the reel changes in ''{{Grindhouse}}: Planet Terror.''
* Happens in MST3K: The Movie.

* Happened on ''Series/{{Mash}}'' during a film night, when they were trying to watch ''MyDarlingClementine''. They had a sing-along and impression contest while Klinger tried to fix it.

* Happened on ''{{MASH}}'' during a film night, when they were trying to watch ''MyDarlingClementine''. They had a sing-along and impression contest while Klinger tried to fix it.

* The 1966 film ''Film/{{Persona}}'' directed by IngmarBergman might be the TropeMaker here (or, at least, the TropeCodifier).

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* Happens on ''{{Gremlins}} 2: The New Batch'', when the Gremlins appear to [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou take over the theater projector]].