History BeyondTheImpossible / LiveACtionTV

* ''MythBusters'' deconstructs this trope. They demonstrate what is possible and what is not.

** [[spoiler: Though to be frank they later discover that their whole lives were a TV show.]]

** Played straight in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' in the episode in which the warp ten barrier is introduced. Voyager reaches Warp 10 and [[spoiler:exists at every point in the universe, but also causes the humans on board to evolve into salamander-like creatures]]. The episode has since been [[CanonDiscontinuity officially disowned by the writers]].
*** There were [[AllThereInTheManual two distinct warp scales]] used in Star Trek. The one that was used in original series was a cubic function (velocity '''=''' warp factor cubed '''x''' the speed of light) and had no upper limit. The one used from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' on is hyperbolic and made warp 10 equal to infinite velocity--even if you were traveling at warp factor 9.99999..., you would still be infinitely far from warp factor 10 in this scale.
**** There was yet another warp scale used in ''All Good Things...''. The future version of the Enterprise travels at Warp 13 on this new scale. (Some of the ExpandedUniverse materials attempt to rationalize Warp numbers as being, mostly, the most EFFICIENT speeds, where there's a sort of dip in the energy output needed to sustain the speed.)

*** There were [[AllThereInTheManual two distinct warp scales]] used in Star Trek. The one that was used in original series was a cubic function (velocity '''=''' warp factor cubed '''x''' the speed of light) and had no upper limit. The one used from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' on is hyperbolic and made warp 10 equal to infinite velocity--even if you were traveling at warp factor 9.9, you would still be infinitely far from warp factor 10 in this scale.

*** There were [[AllThereInTheManual two distinct warp scales]] used in Star Trek. The one that was used in original series was a cubic function (velocity '''=''' warp factor cubed '''x''' the speed of light) and had no upper limit. The one used from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' on is hyperbolic and made warp 10 equal to infinite velocity--even if you were traveling at warp factor 9.999999...., you would still be infinitely far from warp factor 10 in this scale.

** Unless you are soulmates, you are limited to your own personal sphere of Heaven. Unless your name is [[spoiler: ''Ash'' however, who managed to discover a means to '''hack''' Heaven and walk between the difference spheres, for the express purpose of partying with famous figures from history.]]
** The only thing that can kill an angel is another angel, but then without so much as saying anything about it, [[spoiler: it becomes possible with one of their swords.]]
*** Justified in this case, however. [[spoiler: Their swords are manifestations of their Grace, which is what gives them the power to kill each other.]]
* Series/TopGear: Their reaction to ''somehow'' managing to set fire to a car-wash, which is made of "90% water".

** Really, most of their Specials contain some instance of them [[WeDoTheImpossible doing the utterly impossible]]!

* Monica Mancuso from ''LasVegas'' flies off the roof of the casino [[TheFlyingNun when a gust of wind catches the "winged-style" dress she was wearing]]. She flies around for about five minutes before crashing into a shoe store ''more than a mile away''. Characters spend the episode debating [[DiscussedTrope the impossibility of it]], and buying shoes from the store.

* ''{{Seinfeld}}'': Parodied as part of Jerry's ridicule of Kramer's claim that Keith Herandez spat on him. He traces the imaginary path of the spittle which involves changing directions and pausing in mid air. "''that'' is one magic lugee." The point being to illustrate how impossible it was for the event to happen in real life.

* ''PawnStars'': Rick buys a car for Old Man's birthday and needs it restored. It's estimated that it would take 6 to 8 months to restore the car, and that's if [[NamesTheSame Rick the restorer]] didn't have any other jobs the entire time. Rick needed it in three, and somehow, it was done in three. While Rick's shop worked on other projects.

*** Though they can feel hatred, so it is implied that they just can't feel the more traditionally positive emotions, like love and optimism.

* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' has a plot where Dez deep fries an entire restaurant, including the tables and chairs. How he made an ordinary deep frier do that is a mystery.

** Really, most of their Specials contain some instance of them [[WeDoTheImpossible doing the utterly impossible]]!

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' states that only one slayer can exist at a time; when one dies, the next awakens. That's what the Council decreed. The show skirts this trope with ''clinical death'' which creates two slayers, but doesn't fully play it straight until [[spoiler: Willow]] decides to break the rule and [[TheChosenMany wake up EVERY possible slayer.]]

** [[spoiler: the moment you take your eyes off of one of the Silence, you ''completely forget about them.'' River]] wasn't just shooting something she couldn't see, she shot something she literally ''could not have known was there.''

** The only thing that can kill an angel is another angel, but then without so much as saying anything about it, [[spoiler: it becomes possible with one of their swords.]]

** Unless you are soulmates, you are limited to your own personal sphere of Heaven. Unless your name is [[spoiler: ''Ash'' however, who managed to discover a means to '''hack''' Heaven and walk between the difference spheres, for the express purpose of partying with famous figures from history.

* Series/{{Supernatural}}: Normally, unless you are soulmates, you are limited to your own personal sphere of Heaven. Unless your name is [[spoiler: ''Ash'' however, who managed to discover a means to '''hack''' Heaven and walk between the difference spheres, for the express purpose of partying with famous figures from history. They also said in Supernatural that the only thing that can kill an angel is another angel, but then without so much as saying anything about it, they are able to kill angels if they have one of their swords.]]

* Series/{{Supernatural}}: Normally, unless you are soulmates, you are limited to your own personal sphere of Heaven. Unless your name is [[spoiler: ''Ash'' however, who managed to discover a means to '''hack''' Heaven and walk between the difference spheres, for the express purpose of partying with famous figures from history.]]

* Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger stars showbiz sentai whose battles take place [[MindScrew more or less]] in their heads. [[spoiler: In episode #9,Nobuo transforms into Akiba Red for real through sheer HeroicResolve.]]

* Series/AustinAndAlly has a plot where Dez deep fries an entire restaurant, including the tables and chairs. How he made an ordinary deep frier do that is a mystery.
* XenaWarriorPrincess features numerous Gods, (of Greek, Norwegian, Turkish and Roman orgins, [[CrossoverCosmology among others]]) which like any Gods, are {{immortal}}. This is a universe where ImmortalLifeIsCheap. For the first five seasons, it doesn't matter what you did to a god, they would '''not''' die. However, in the Season 5 finale, Xena gains the power to "Kill the unkillable." In the span of 12-15 hours after gaining this power, Xena had killed [[spoiler: Poseidon, Hephaestus, Deimos, Hades, Artemis and Athena]], with no signs of slowing down.

* DoctorWho:

* MythBusters deconstructs this trope. They demonstrate what is possible and what is not.
* BuffyTheVampireSlayer states that only one slayer can exist at a time; when one dies, the next awakens. That's what the Council decreed. The show skirts this trope with ''clinical death'' which creates two slayers, but doesn't fully play it straight until [[spoiler: Willow]] decides to break the rule and [[TheChosenMany wake up EVERY possible slayer.]]

* PawnStars: Rick buys a car for Old Man's birthday and needs it restored. It's estimated that it would take 6 to 8 months to restore the car, and that's if [[NamesTheSame Rick the restorer]] didn't have any other jobs the entire time. Rick needed it in three, and somehow, it was done in three. While Rick's shop worked on other projects.
* {{Seinfeld}} Parodied as part of Jerry's ridicule of Kramer's claim that Keith Herandez spat on him. He traces the imaginary path of the spittle which involves changing directions and pausing in mid air. "''that'' is one magic lugee." The point being to illustrate how impossible it was for the event to happen in real life.

* PawnStars Rick buys a car for Old Man's birthday and needs it restored. It's estimated that it would take 6 to 8 months to restore the car, and that's if [[NamesTheSame Rick the restorer]] didn't have any other jobs the entire time. Rick needed it in three, and somehow, it was done in three. While Rick's shop worked on other projects.

**** There was yet another warp scale used in '''All good things...'''. The future version of the Enterprise travels at Warp 13 on this new scale. (Some of the ExpandedUniverse materials attempt to rationalize Warp numbers as being, mostly, the most EFFICIENT speeds, where there's a sort of dip in the energy output needed to sustain the speed.)

* Subverted in ''Franchise/StarTrek''. Warp 10 is said to be the highest warp and it is; the only thing that increases is the speed of Warp 10. However, no matter how fast it becomes, its still TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot and therefore not really changing at all.
** Played straight in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' in the episode in which the warp ten barrier is introduced. Voyager reaches Warp 10 and [[spoiler:exists at every point in the universe, but also causes the humans onboard to evolve into salamander-like creatures]]. The episode has since been [[CanonDiscontinuity officially disowned by the writers]].

* DoctorWho: After it had been made clear that it could never happen, [[spoiler: Rose reappears in the same dimension as The Doctor in "Turn Left."]] There's only one possible explanation: [[OhCrap All reality is falling apart.]]