Arivne
Since: Jan, 2001
Mar 22nd 2022 at 2:05:14 AM
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Over the last seven years, more Zero Context Examples have been added to the page.
They have been commented out on the page and copied to here. Please don't add them back or uncomment them unless you add enough information to make it clear that they're valid examples.
Remember that just giving the plane's name, saying "<name> is a Cool Plane" or giving a link to another site isn't enough. You need to say in the example how it's a Cool Plane so that the average reader who isn't an expert on planes can understand it.
Anime and Manga
- Future Boy Conan has Monsley's Falco.
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind features the Valley of the Wind Gunship.
- The Castle of Cagliostro, one of the Lupin anime that Miyazaki directed, features the Count's autogyro.
- Castle in the Sky has a number of smaller wacky/cool ships. The titular Castle, however, is a Cool Airship!
- The Wind Rises, being a fictionalised biography about a gifted aircraft designer most famous for designing the Zero fighter, naturally features a lot of them. In a case of Shown Their Work, all aircraft (except for the first Dream Sequence) featured in it actually exist in Real Life, and most of them are cool planes in both cases. Its poster also features a prototype of Mitsubishi A5M "Cluade"
in all its inverted gull wing glory.
^ I added the last sentence of the last example as a separate entry because it actually said why the plane was cool ("in all its inverted gull wing glory").
- Lupin III: Stolen Lupin has a nod to Cagliostro in the form of two autogyros.
- In Ah! My Goddess, the Motor Club finds the lost fuselage of the second J7W1 Shinden prototype (in real life the second Shinden is presumed destroyed) underneath Nekomi Tech, and restore it to flight capability for Keiichi to pilot.
Fan Works
- In The Student Prince, Arthur is very proud of his Learjet 40, Excalibur. He also has a brief but excited monologue about the Typhoon.
- In Thirty Seconds over To-ki-rin, the P-86's being flown by our heroes are clear Expies of the American F-86, used from the Korean War through the whole Cold War (mostly by US allies later, though). They are even called "Sabres," just like the F-86.
- The XF/A-1 'Harrier' is a direct copy of the VTOL fighter of the same name, down to having been manufactured at least in part by the Hawker Aerocraft company.
- The Bow-Wing Bo-26 "Seaddler" is based largely on the Dornier Do-26 flying boat, albeit kitted out with side gunner positions and two autocannons in the nose.
- In Repairs, Retrofits and Upgrades, a The Legend of Korra fanfiction, Asami designs and builds a VTOL craft dubbed the Satohawk.
Films — Animation
Films - Live Action
- Thunderball: A NATO Avro Vulcan carrying nuclear bombs is hijacked by a SPECTRE agent, then abandoned at the bottom of the sea after they retrieve the nukes.
- See also the Real Life section for the star aircraft of the film, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
Live-Action TV
- JAG: Harmon "Harm" Rabb more than once climbs into the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat and also flies F-18s, C-130s (and lands one on an aircraft carrier at sea), a stolen MiG-29 in Russia, a Boeing 747 airliner (Oceanic of course), and the Aurora spy plane by the time the series ends. Not to mention his very own Stearman biplane "Sarah". (named after his grandmother and not his co-worker).
Video Games
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert has the Soviet Yak fighters (for infantry, ala the first mission) and Su bombers for armor and structures.
- The games are full of these. Specific aircraft include the Interceptor, the Firestorm, and the Avenger from UFO Defense, and the Barracuda, Manta, and Leviathan from Terror from the Deep.
Western Animation
- In the episode "Zatanna", the Villain of the Week is also flying a Norman Geddes Airliner No. 4.
The following examples were deleted for violations of Example Indentation in Trope Lists, Conversation in the Main Page and/or Repair, Don't Respond.
- The real Saber was called the XP-86 when it first flew, but then "P for Pursuit" was changed to "F for Fighter".
- Aviation experts will dispute its worthiness of the title, citing that the radio-controlled flying models of the titular fighter-jet could barely stay airborne, but the first time the plane is shown in the film? It looks like an angry dragon.
- Ironically, that would've probably make it a tactical bomber in Real Life:note in the Soviet Union only odd indexes were assigned to fighters — even numbers were for pure bombers and transports.
- Here's a rarity. The writer of the book liked the movie better than his own novel. Mr. Eastwood, Badass Planes. You're doin' it right!
- In fact, Craig Thomas changed its description in the sequel novel Firefox Down to match the cinematic design.
The following Zero Context Examples have been commented out on the page and copied to here. Please don't add them back or uncomment them unless you add enough information to make it clear that they're valid examples.
Remember that just giving the plane's name, saying "<name> is a Cool Plane" or giving a link to another site isn't enough. You need to say in the example how it's a Cool Plane so that the reader can understand it.
Anime and Manga
Comic Books
Film
Literature
Live-Action TV
Pinball
Tabletop Games
Video Games
Western Animation
- The Javelins from Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. (If Wonder Woman's flying, count on her to have it cloaked whether necessary or not, a Shout-Out to the invisible jet.)
- Most of the aircraft on Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines.
- The SWAT Kats' custom-made jet, the Turbo Kat, from SWAT Kats.
- C.O.P.S. Bullseye's Air Raid helicopter.
- Jimmy Two-Shoes
- The episode "Air Force None" plays this straight.
- The Equalist biplanes seen in the first season finale (Which also doubles as the Series Faux Nale) of The Legend of Korra.
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