History Main / ColourCodedTimeStop

* In ''VideoGame/Persona2'' we have Tatsuya Suou's ''[[SignatureMove Nova Kaiser]]''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Raven inadvertently froze time to stop the resurrected-Slade, who with pyrokenesis, became too much for the Titans. The surroundings turned completely blue save for Raven (who wears a lot of bluish purple anyway), and unfortunately, Slade.

* A Fuzetsu/Seal from ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' colors the enclosed area in completely red, while turning any ordinary humans inside greyscale.

** Pictured above, Dio Brando's Stand ability of stopping time is depicted in a negative color in the series' OVA.
** Also mentioned above, the 2015 version of the World's time stop starts with a flash of negative color before turning to grey scale.

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* ''Anime/StarDriver'' has Zero Time, which activates whenever somebody uses their [[HumongousMecha Cybody]] and makes time stop in this visual fashion. It should be noted, however, that this only applies to the real world, the actual Zero Time is its own realm and, visually, [[SceneryPorn somethig else entirely]].

Sometimes, however, the plot demands time to freeze during a scene with no cops shooting bullets to stop in mid-air or falling debris that refuses to fall or clumsy waitresses who drop glasses of water and are comically frozen in an awkward pose trying to catch it. Movies can avoid this easily; they may just refrain filming a timestopped sequence without these visual aids, or perhaps zoom the camera in a bug that froze above the hero's head. Videogames that offer timestop as an ability have no such luxury; a player could try and stop time anywhere from a crowded street to a small empty room, and, as such, a new visual representation is needed. Such a visual representation is also useful in media such as manga and comic books, where the pictures are ''never'' moving; it would be rather clunky to include text to the effect of "yep, time's still stopped" in every panel until it starts up again, after all.

** This also holds true in the [[DoujinSoft fangame]] ''GriefSyndrome''.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': The titular object, when activated.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'':

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' as one of its many homages to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', complete with the spreading circle.

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* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': The episode featuring ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Metal Sonic]] vs. [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]]'' had both fighters with TimeStop abilities. Metal Sonic's is an inverted color timestop, while Zero's is a grayscale one. [[spoiler:The former occurs when Metal Sonic (as [[OneWingedAngel Metal Overlord]]) uses Chaos Control to stop Zero from using his finishing move while preparing his own finishing move, and the latter occurs when Zero counters Chaos Control with his more effective Dark Hold to freeze Metal Overlord in time. When the color returns to normal, Metal Overlord's [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cleaved in two]].]]
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* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow''.

* The Time Stop spell in the various ''Franchise/TalesSeries'' games, such as ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', make the affected enemies turn grey.

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* [[CastingAShadow Dark Hold]] from ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man X}}5'' does this to the screen except for the user.

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* In the 2015 anime of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', when DIO activates The World's time stop, everything around him turns to greyscale after a brief negative-color flash.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':

** Mentioned above, the 2015 version of the World's time stop starts with a flash of negative color before turning to grey scale.

* ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'' has a yellow tint for Dio's time freeze [[spoiler:and a monochrome coloration for Jotaro's]].

Please note that this trope applies to any {{Color Coded|ForYourConvenience}} BulletTime as well

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Pictured above, Dio Brando's Stand ability of stopping time is depicted in a negative color in the series' OVA.

* Guldo's time stopping powers in ''DragonballZ'' turn the area purple until he has to breathe again.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Teen Titans]]'', Raven inadvertently froze time to stop the resurrected-Slade, who with pyrokenesis, became too much for the Titans. The surroundings turned completely blue save for Raven (who wears a lot of bluish purple anyway), and unfortunately, Slade.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''.

* In the anime "Anime/CardcaptorSakura", use of The Time card to stop the flow of time causes all affected people and scenery to turn sepia. Characters who can move while time has stopped retain their original coloring.

* In the 2015 anime of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', when DIO activates The World's time stop, everything around him turns to greyscale after brief negative-color flash.