History Main / OceanAwe

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%%* Ayumi from ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma''

%%* Featured in episode 9 of ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', appropriately titled "You, who are going to the sea".

* Tigre in ''LightNovel/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'' was in so much awe of seeing the ocean for the first time that he was just wordlessly standing there for 30 whole minutes just admiring it.

* In ''LightNovel/FateZero'' this is a major motivation for Rider [[spoiler: Alexander the Great]]. In life, he conquered his way across Asia because he wanted to see the Pacific Ocean, but he died before he got all the way there.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' there are a lot of SceneryPorn seascapes. In fact quite a lot of the pirates chose piracy in the first place because they love the sea.

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* In the ''Film/LegendOf1900'' a film with Creator/TimRoth, a guy the main character meets talks about seeing the ocean for the first time and hearing it scream (metaphorically) that the world is immense. Later he meets the man's daughter and she seems to think similar things about the ocean.

* In ''Film/BlastFromThePast'', Creator/BrendanFraser's character (who has been living in a fallout shelter for 30 years and has only just come up into the sunlight) has what might be described as a religious experience when he finally sees the ocean.

%%* Seen at the end of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''
* Used in the movie ''WesternAnimation/ThePlagueDogs''. Tod is the first to describe the ocean's vastness and Snitter is the most enthusiastic to get to coast.

* Films set in the Pacific Islands will naturally have [[SceneryPorn long, sweeping panoramas of the endless sea,]] often combined with [[CoolBoat magnificent ships]] if it's a PeriodPiece or about traditional island culture. ''{{WesternAnimation/Moana}}'' and ''Film/WhaleRider'' are among the most prominent examples of the 2000s. In RealLife, Pacific Islanders [[InvokedTrope invoke this]] as the Pacific Ocean is an essential part of their culture, to the point where an alternate name for their cultural sphere is literally ''Oceania.''

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* On ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' Detectives Pembleton and Ballard took a crack dealer who'd witnessed a murder to Chesapeake Bay in order to convince him to come forward. He believes he's looking at the ocean, and while Pembleton [[InsistentTerminology insists on correcting him]], the sight gives him a new perspective and he helps the squad.
* In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the ship encounters an ocean literally floating in space as a giant ball of water. (Some Precursors had separated it from its planet for unknown reasons.) It inspired a group of aliens to make a home there, and it stirs up Paris's childhood fantasies of being a sailor.

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%%* ''La Mer'' by Music/ClaudeDebussy.
%%* "Four Sea Interludes" from ''Theatre/PeterGrimes'' by Benjamin Britten

* An old Fremen in ''Literature/DuneMessiah'' was, by his own words, healed of the Jihad by the sight of the Caladanian ocean. Remarkable in that he came from a planet devoid of any kind of rain or surface water.

* Brian Jacques uses this in a number of the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' books. ''High Rhulian'', ''Legend of Luke'' and ''Pearls of Lutra'' probably make the most of it. Also used by the same author in the ''Castaways'' trilogy. Pirates, Greek sailors, slaves and monks in ''The Angels Command and Voyage of Slaves'' all have their share of ocean gazing moments. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], Ben and Ned have a special relationship with the brine too. It's probably relevant that Brian Jacques worked as a merchant sailor before settling down as a writer.

* Brian Jacques uses this in a number of the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' books. ''High Rhulian'', ''Legend of Luke'' and ''Pearls of Lutra'' probably make the most of it. Also used by the same author in the ''Castaways'' trilogy. Pirates, Greek sailors, slaves and monks in ''The Angels Command and Voyage of Slaves'' all have their share of ocean gazing moments. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], Ben and Ned have a special relationship with the brine too.

* Ayumi from ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma''

* The civilians on ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
* Gretel does this in ''Manga/BlackLagoon''.
* ''Anime/TheLittlBits'' episode "Let's Go to the Sea".
* The whole point of the series ''{{Manga/ARIA}}''.

* ''Anime/GunXSword'' has an episode "Thank You Ocean" where captain Kaiji really really likes the briney blue.
** Earlier in the series, Wendy also displays some awe of the ocean in "Light My Fire." Van, naturally, is unimpressed.
* Featured in episode 9 of ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', appropriately titled "You, who are going to the sea".

* Exhibited by the titular character in the BeachEpisode of ''Manga/MaidSama''

* Happens to Coo in ''Anime/SummerDaysWithCoo''.

* Used in the movie ''WesternAnimation/ThePlagueDogs''. Tod is the first to decribe the ocean's vastness and Snitter is the most enthusiastic to get to coast.

* A major point in the book ''Literature/KiraKira''. (No, not [[VisualNovel/KiraKira that one]].)

* ''La Mer'' by Music/ClaudeDebussy.
* "Four Sea Interludes" from ''Theatre/PeterGrimes'' by Benjamin Britten

* This happens in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''.

* One of the earliest examples appears in the ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'', when the Ten Thousand (the army of Greek mercenaries fighting their way through hostile Persian territory) reaches the Black Sea: the Black Sea was dotted with Greek colonies, meaning that the worst of the Ten Thousand's troubles were over.

* A major point in the book ''Kira Kira''. (No, not [[VisualNovel/KiraKira that one]].)
* Tolkien was clearly fond of having a character who'd never seen the sea be impressed by it on first sight. The same happens to Tuor in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''.

* This is a major theme in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', where humanity only managed to escape extinction at the hands of the Titans, a race of man-eating giants, by hiding within skyscraper-sized walls. In their childhood, the main characters managed to find a rare book that spoke about the ocean, and one of their dreams is to defeat the titans so that they can see the ocean for themselves. [[spoiler:They eventually make it (turns out they live on an island), but [[{{Irony}} Eden is the only one who can't enjoy it]], because all he sees is the last barrier between them and their enemies — the rest of the world.]]

* This is a major theme in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', where humanity only managed to escape extinction at the hands of the Titans, a race of man-eating giants, by hiding within skyscraper-sized walls. In their childhood, the main characters managed to find a rare book that spoke about the ocean, and one of their dreams is to defeat the titans so that they can see the ocean for themselves.

* "Four Sea Interludes" from ''Theatre/PeterGrimes'' by Music/BenjaminBritten

* Exhibited by the titular character in the BeachEpisode of ''Manga/MaidSama''.

* A major point in the book ''Kira Kira''. (No, not [[VisualNovel/KiraKira that one]])

* In the ''Legend of 1900'' a film with Creator/TimRoth, a guy the main character meets talks about seeing the ocean for the first time and hearing it scream (metaphorically) that the world is immense. Later he meets the man's daughter and she seems to think similar things about the ocean.

* In ''Literature/WarriorCatsTheNewProphecy'', the four [[TheChosenOne chosen ones]] and their two [[TheUnchosenOne partners]] set out to see the ocean to fulfill their prophecy. They are all impressed when they finally get there.

* Seen at the end of ''Film/LordOfTheRings''

[[quoteright:350:[[Disney/{{Moana}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moana_sea_1_3.png]]]]

* Films set in the Pacific Islands will naturally have [[SceneryPorn long, sweeping panoramas of the endless sea,]] often combined with [[CoolBoat magnificent ships]] if it's a PeriodPiece or about traditional island culture. ''{{Disney/Moana}}'' and ''Film/WhaleRider'' are among the most prominent examples of the 2000s. In RealLife, Pacific Islanders [[InvokedTrope invoke this]] as the Pacific Ocean is an essential part of their culture, to the point where an alternate name for their cultural sphere is literally ''Oceania.''
* Discussed and parodied in ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', when the Disney Princesses talk about gazing at "Important Water" and [[IWantSong singing about your hopes, dreams, and ambitions]]. Vanellope tries to invoke it by gazing at a ''puddle''.

* Used in the movie ''Film/ThePlagueDogs''. Tod is the first to decribe the ocean's vastness and Snitter is the most enthusiastic to get to coast.

* Played around with Garet in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'', who has never seen the sea. We do see his surprise once when he sees "its vastness", then again when he is told that what he saw was a (really big) lake / inland sea. Later, when the party obtains its CoolShip, Garet says they're going to see the real ocean.

* Briefly touched upon in the third episode of ''Anime/DragonBall'' where Goku sees the sea for the first time. Given that he'd only lived in the mountains and the largest body of water he'd seen before that was a river, it's an understandable reaction.

* Discussed and parodied in ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', when the Disney Princesses talk about gazing at "Important Water" and [[IWant singing about your hopes, dreams, and ambitions]]. Vanellope tries to invoke it by gazing at a ''puddle''.

* From Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance"