History Main / MidairMotionShot

* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' was very fond of this trope, with it showing up in the title sequence and in shots within episodes themselves. Considering the show was about a group of kids that loved pretty much every TotallyRadical extreme sport in existence, it lended itself well to this (sometimes it was even invoked by the resident magazine publisher in training or the resident videographer in training).

* On several Golden Age ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' covers Di is depicted riding a jumping white horse. Diana very rarely even rides a horse in the tale inside.

* ''VideoGame/{{God of War}}'''s Kratos is often pictured in [[http://images.wikia.com/godofwar/images/1/1f/Kratos_2.jpg his]] "Kratos is about to stab something huge" pose.

-> ''oh ever notice how if a cartoon guy has a skateboard the wheels will NEVER be on the ground EVER.''

-> ''"oh ever notice how if a cartoon guy has a skateboard the wheels will NEVER be on the ground EVER."''

-> ''[[LampshadeHanging "oh ever notice how if a cartoon guy has a skateboard the wheels will NEVER be on the ground EVER."]]''

This follows simple logic - a picture of someone on a skateboard would be realistic but boring, right? [[ViewersAreGoldfish You have to capture the attention of those looking with edgy poses!]] Nothing sells a stunt sports game like a shot of someone in midair.

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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has a photo fad that involve [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/attack-on-titan-photo-fad people jumping on "giants"]].

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* In a body-painting challenge on ''Series/FaceOff'', one of the backgrounds in front of which a team's models posed depicted an elephant on a skateboard in mid-jump.

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* Sean White, the "Flying Tomato", was shown on NBC's Olympic coverage to get at least a good two feet or more of air above other contestants on the halfpipe.

* Fred's bowling ball sometimes does this on ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''. Moreover, a lot of HannaBarbera toons do this with cars.

* Played with in the movie version of ''Film/EllaEnchanted'': Ella was [[BlessedWithSuck "blessed"]] with obedience, so she must do what she's told. When Ella is ordered by someone to "stop!" during a leap over a barrel, Ella is stopped in mid air with one leg stretched out in front and the other stretched behind her.

* ''JumpStart5thGrade''[='s=] cover art. Most noticeable in the deluxe edition.

* VideoGame/JumpStart 5th Grade's cover art. Most noticeable in the deluxe edition.

* Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}: Dave Strider provides the page quote, and in-story [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003729 ends up making the UNREAL AIR]]... [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003730 which flies off on its own soon after.]]

* [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Dave Strider]] provides the page quote, and in-story [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003729 ends up making the UNREAL AIR]]... [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003730 which flies off on its own soon after.]]

* Played with in the movie version of ''Literature/EllaEnchanted'': Ella was [[BlessedWithSuck "blessed"]] with obedience, so she must do what she's told. When Ella is ordered by someone to "stop!" during a leap over a barrel, Ella is stopped in mid air with one leg stretched out in front and the other stretched behind her.