History Main / SolarCPR

** In ''[[TheSpaceOdysseySeries 2010]]'', the alien monolith turns Jupiter into a star, which gets the name Lucifer.

* The very first ''SpaceQuest'' starts off with Roger Wilco working on a science ship that is carrying one of these devices. The problem is, the device can also be used to cause a star to go nova, which is what the [[SpacePirates Sariens]] try to do after boarding the ship and killing everyone on it (except Roger who was sleeping in a broom closet). The sequel reveals that the person behind the Sariens, Sludge Vohaul, the evil clone of Dr. Slash Vohaul, the designer of the device, wanted to destroy Xenon ForTheEvulz and claim the credit for the invention.

** After Hal destroys the Green Lantern corps, the Sun-Eater is killing Earth's sun in ''ComicBook/TheFinalNight'', and he does a HeroicSacrifice that saves it and restores the damage. In the process, it shines green for a day.

* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' had an episode based on the "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Planet Jackers]]," who ''steal planets'' to drop into the sun their home planet orbits, in hopes that their burning will continue to fuel the sun. We didn't get to see if it actually works, but presumably it does since there's evidence that they'd been doing it for a while.

Either through natural causes or galactic vandals who go around StarKilling [[ForTheEvulz for fun]] and profit, the local star is set to die; this usually involves YouFailPhysicsForever even ''with'' liberal uses of {{Phlebotinum}}. [[labelnote:(Science!)]]Most people have no conception of how vast a sun is, nor what happens during a star's life as a main-sequence star. Our sun is 30% brighter now than when the Earth formed, and some time in the next 0.5-1.1 billion years it will grow bright enough that the Earth will become uninhabitable in its current orbit. Said orbit, however, is projected to change, making Earth gradually veer ''further'' from the sun, allowing it to stay in the habitable zone for more time than originally predicted. In either case, our sun has billions of years left before it leaves the main sequence (and it's not quite massive enough to ever go nova).[[/labelnote]] You can imagine the desperation a planetary civilization will feel when it's ''their'' turn to see their sun die. Cue an attempt at SolarCPR. A [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien sufficiently advanced]] civilization may develop a MagicAntidote or solar-scale WorldHealingWave that can stop this from happening (or at least discover a group of aliens who do).

* In ''GreenLantern'', Blue Lanterns can rejuvenate dying stars with the Hope of those on a nearby planet, the process turns the star blue.
** After Hal destroys the GreenLantern corps, the Sun-Eater was killing Earth's sun in ''TheFinalNight'', and he does a HeroicSacrifice that saves it and restores the damage. In the process, it shone green for a day.

* One of the four TV movies that made up "season 1" of ''{{Lexx}}'', entitled ''Supernova'', featured the ancient, and at that point uninhabited, home planet of the Brunnen-G, in a system of binary suns. A huge automated "stabilizing" device on the planet kept the mutual orbit of the two suns stable, and when it is shut down, the orbit decays and the two stars collide with a cataclysmic explosion.

* This is the plot of ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'', using a type of bomb to restart Earth's dying sun.
** Or rather, in an attempt to disrupt a [[AllThereInTheManual barely-understood sub-atomic particle that is putting a dampener on the fusion reaction therein]].

* An entire episode of ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'' is based around this. The sun is repaired by changing a lightbulb.

* ''InvaderZim'' had an episode based on the "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Planet Jackers]]," who ''steal planets'' to drop into the sun their home planet orbits, in hopes that their burning will continue to fuel the sun. We didn't get to see if it actually works, but presumably it does since there's evidence that they'd been doing it for a while.

* The titular device in ''The Neutronium Alchemist'', the second book of ''Literature/TheNightsDawnTrilogy'' by PeterFHamilton is capable of turning gas planets into neutron stars.

* The very first ''SpaceQuest'' starts off with Roger Wilco working on a science ship that is carrying one of these devices. The problem is, the device can also be used to cause a star to go nova, which is what the [[SpacePirates Sariens]] try to do after boarding the ship and killing everyone on it (except Roger who was sleeping in a broom closet). The sequel reveals that the person behind the Sariens, Sludge Vohaul, the evil clone of Dr. Slash Vohaul, the designer of the device, wanted to destroy Xenon ForTheEvulz.

* The very first ''SpaceQuest'' starts off with Roger Wilco working on a science ship that is carrying one of these devices. The problem is, the device can also be used to cause a star to go nova, which is what the [[SpacePirates Sariens]] try to do after boarding the ship and killing everyone on it (except Roger who was sleeping in a broom closet).

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q Continuum'' novel trilogy, the T'Kon Empire spent roughly a century or more building a giant transporter array that would teleport their old dying sun out of their solar system and immediately replace it with a younger one. Unfortunately, an [[BigBad evil entity]] called '''[[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien 0]]''' spent decades toying with them for his own amusement, creating conflict among the T'Kon to interfere with their project. When it looked like the T'Kon were about to pass his "test" and succeed despite the obstacles he'd placed, '''0''' caused their sun to go supernova prematurely [[SoreLoser out of spite]].

* Implied in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', where it's said that if the Hogfather (Discworld's answer to SantaClaus, who in this case is actually a minor god who used to be associated with more... primal midwinter celebrations) isn't saved, the sun won't rise on Hogswatch Day. As it turns out, [[spoiler: Death meant that instead, "[[AC: A mere ball of glowing gas would have illuminated the world]]".]]

* In ''Phoenix'' by ClarkAshtonSmith the sun is resurrected with a bomb that ignites the elements.

* At the end of ''TransformersEnergon'', Primus uses the Super Energon to recreate the sun of Alpha Q's solar system.

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* Breakfast-cereal ads have depicted the Sun eating a bowl of their brand to give it the energy to rise in the morning.
** Jimmy Dean sausage uses this as well for its line of frozen breakfast sandwiches.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_a_Life_(TNG_episode) Half a Life]] a planet's sun is going to go supernova in a few years. The one scientist they have whose work has come closest to fixing the problem is required by custom and law to commit suicide at age 60, just a few days away. He refuses, and his planet refuses to use his research because he's a traitor to their way of life (their deeply held commitment to this way of life is also why they don't just evacuate their home planet instead of trying to fix the star).

** After Hal destroys the GreenLantern corps, the Sun-Eater was killing Earth's sun, and he does a HeroicSacrifice that saves it and restores the damage. In the process, it shone green for a day.

* The very first ''SpaceQuest'' starts off with Roger Wilco working on a science ship that is carrying one of these devices.

* Implied in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', where it's said that if the Hogfather (Discworld's answer to SantaClaus, who in this case is actually a minor god who used to be associated with more... primal midwinter celebrations) isn't saved, the sun won't rise on Hogswatch Day. As it turns out, [[spoiler: Death mean that instead "[[AC: A mere ball of glowing gas would have illuminated the world]]".]]

* Variation in ''StargateSG1'' "Red Sky" when a sun is tainted by heavy metals accidentally introduced to it by the passage of a Stargate wormhole, and the team have to reverse the process by adding even heavier elements to bind the first lot. Needless to say, the usual scale problems are very obvious here.

Either through natural causes or galactic vandals who go around StarKilling [[ForTheEvulz for fun]] and profit, the local star is set to die; this usually involves YouFailPhysicsForever even ''with'' liberal uses of {{Phlebotinum}}. [[hottip:(Science!):Most people have no conception of how vast a sun is, nor what happens during a star's life as a main-sequence star. Our sun is 30% brighter now than when the Earth formed, and some time in the next 0.5-1.1 billion years it will grow bright enough that the Earth will become uninhabitable in its current orbit. Said orbit, however, is projected to change, making Earth gradually veer ''further'' from the sun, allowing it to stay in the habitable zone for more time than originally predicted. In either case, our sun has billions of years left before it leaves the main sequence (and it's not quite massive enough to ever go nova).]] You can imagine the desperation a planetary civilization will feel when it's ''their'' turn to see their sun die. Cue an attempt at SolarCPR. A [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien sufficiently advanced]] civilization may develop a MagicAntidote or solar-scale WorldHealingWave that can stop this from happening (or at least discover a group of aliens who do).

Either through natural causes or galactic vandals who go around StarKilling [[ForTheEvulz for fun]] and [[StepThreeProfit profit]], the local star is set to die; this usually involves YouFailPhysicsForever even ''with'' liberal uses of {{Phlebotinum}}. [[hottip:(Science!):Most people have no conception of how vast a sun is, nor what happens during a star's life as a main-sequence star. Our sun is 30% brighter now than when the Earth formed, and some time in the next 0.5-1.1 billion years it will grow bright enough that the Earth will become uninhabitable in its current orbit. Said orbit, however, is projected to change, making Earth gradually veer ''further'' from the sun, allowing it to stay in the habitable zone for more time than originally predicted. In either case, our sun has billions of years left before it leaves the main sequence (and it's not quite massive enough to ever go nova).]] You can imagine the desperation a planetary civilization will feel when it's ''their'' turn to see their sun die. Cue an attempt at SolarCPR. A [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien sufficiently advanced]] civilization may develop a MagicAntidote or solar-scale WorldHealingWave that can stop this from happening (or at least discover a group of aliens who do).

* In ''AllStarSuperman:'' [[spoiler:Superman]] dies fixing the sun that had been turned red/blue.