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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', the [[HatePlague hate energy]] incited by the [[MusicalAssassin Dazzlings]]' song is depicted as a [[SicklyGreenGlow radioactive-green miasma]]. In the audio commentary, the creators allude to the VisualOdor subtrope, joking that the green smoke is caused by [[ToiletHumor Taco Tuesday]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', the [[HatePlague hate energy]] incited by the [[MusicalAssassin Dazzlings]]' song is depicted as a [[SicklyGreenGlow radioactive-green miasma]]. In the audio commentary, the creators allude to the VisualOdor VisibleOdor subtrope, joking that the green smoke is caused by [[ToiletHumor Taco Tuesday]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', the [[HatePlague hate energy]] incited by the [[MusicalAssassin Dazzlings]]' song is depicted as a [[SicklyGreenGlow radioactive-green miasma]]. In the audio commentary, the creators allude to the smell version of this trope, joking that the green smoke is caused by [[ToiletHumor Taco Tuesday]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', the [[HatePlague hate energy]] incited by the [[MusicalAssassin Dazzlings]]' song is depicted as a [[SicklyGreenGlow radioactive-green miasma]]. In the audio commentary, the creators allude to the smell version of this trope, VisualOdor subtrope, joking that the green smoke is caused by [[ToiletHumor Taco Tuesday]].
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* Played with in a Demetri Martin sketch on lines... he drew a cup of coffee with wavy lines. "That means this coffee is hot". He flips to another sheet with a drawing of a coffee cup but with the wavy lines straightened out. "Now it's loud." Then he placed the lines to one side. [[MotionLines "Now it's fast."]]

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* Played with in a Demetri Martin sketch on lines... he drew a cup of coffee with wavy lines. "That means this coffee is hot". He flips to another sheet with a drawing of a coffee cup but with the wavy lines straightened out. "Now it's loud." Then he placed the lines to one side. [[MotionLines [[BriffitsAndSqueans "Now it's fast."]]
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* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' bright flashes of light are used to indicate pain, especially from electricity or blunt force trauma.

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* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' bright flashes of light are used to indicate pain, especially from electricity or blunt force trauma.
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Named after Synaesthesia/Synesthesia, a condition where sensory areas in a person's mind overlap/interconnect, so they may see sound, taste letters and so on (see the book ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Tasted_Shapes The Man Who Tasted Shapes]]'' by Richard Cytowic).

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Named after Synaesthesia/Synesthesia, a condition phenomenon where sensory areas in a person's mind brain overlap/interconnect, so they may see sound, taste letters and so on (see the book ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Tasted_Shapes The Man Who Tasted Shapes]]'' by Richard Cytowic).
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Since most entertainment is experienced exclusively through vision and sound, anything that a fictional character perceives by other means (such as smell) cannot be conveyed directly; when it's important for the audience to sense it, the artist must find a way to visually portray whatever it is the character is sensing (especially true of the SmellySkunk and TechnicolorToxin).

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Since most entertainment media is experienced exclusively through vision and sound, anything that a fictional character perceives by other means (such as smell) cannot be conveyed directly; when it's important for the audience to sense it, the artist must find a way to visually portray whatever it is the character is sensing (especially true of the SmellySkunk and TechnicolorToxin).
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* As does Creator/TerryPratchett, for [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], in some Literature/{{Discworld}} books.

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* As does Creator/TerryPratchett, Creator/TerryPratchett,
** Does this
for [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]], in some Literature/{{Discworld}} books.



* If a video game will allow you to drink outside of a cut scene, it will often portray drunkenness by either continuously skewing your view, or by changing the configuration of your movement slightly, so by going forwards normally you end up tilting your character slightly to the left or right. ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' does this. See also InterfaceScrew.

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* If a video game will allow you to drink outside of a cut scene, it will often portray drunkenness by either continuously skewing your view, or by changing the configuration of your movement slightly, so by going forwards normally you end up tilting your character slightly to the left or right. See also InterfaceScrew.
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''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' does this. See also InterfaceScrew.this.



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* Inversion: There have been a handful of attempts at creating "Smell-O-Vision", but none of them have sold very well. Probably for the best. Imagine a typical episode of ''Series/DirtyJobs'' with one of those. On second thought, '''[[NauseaFuel don't]]'''.
* Toyed With at Ride/WaltDisneyWorld not only with the ride SOARIN' but through out the parks there are scents pumped in to make the world seem more real.
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* Inversion: There have been a handful of attempts at creating "Smell-O-Vision", but none of them have sold very well. Probably for the best. Imagine a typical episode of ''Series/DirtyJobs'' with one of those. On second thought, '''[[NauseaFuel don't]]'''.
* Toyed With at Ride/WaltDisneyWorld not only with the ride SOARIN' but through out the parks there are scents pumped in to make the world seem more real.
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** Similarly, asphyxiating underwater is almost universally represented by the screen flashing blue and your view jerking slightly.

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** Similarly, asphyxiating * Asphyxiating underwater is almost universally represented by the screen flashing blue and your view jerking slightly.



* A lot of signs and guides use this to illustrate such things as Noise, Electricity, Radiation and Pain. This is a frequent source of humour, as the caption above demonstrates.
** The most famous example is the illustrations on bathroom hand dryers. Also known as [[http://thacant.com/wp-content/uploads/fb35ad04796f447f3a865e2a4cb0b22b.png Press Button, Receive Bacon.]]
** Justified in the case of the example image itself, as it is using the "lightning strike" representation of arcing electricity -- which is exactly what would visibly occur should you be struck, only bright blue-white rather than black, in most situations where such signs are necessary.
** Also justified when wavy lines are used to depict heat. Cool air and hot air have different refractive indices, so the light passing through heat is distorted and we see a wavy image.

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* A lot of signs and guides use this to illustrate such things as Noise, Electricity, Radiation and Pain. This is a frequent source of humour, as the caption above demonstrates.
** The most famous example is the illustrations
Illustrations on bathroom hand dryers. Also known as [[http://thacant.com/wp-content/uploads/fb35ad04796f447f3a865e2a4cb0b22b.png Press Button, Receive Bacon.]]
** Justified in the case of the example image itself, as it is using the "lightning strike" representation of arcing electricity -- which is exactly what would visibly occur should you be struck, only bright blue-white rather than black, in most situations where such signs are necessary.
** Also justified when wavy lines are used to depict heat. Cool air and hot air have different refractive indices, so the light passing through heat is distorted and we see a wavy image.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', the [[HatePlague hate energy]] incited by the [[MusicalAssassin Dazzlings]]' song is depicted as a [[SicklyGreenGlow radioactive-green miasma]].
** In the audio commentary, the creators allude to the smell version of this trope, joking that the green smoke is caused by [[ToiletHumor Taco Tuesday]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', the [[HatePlague hate energy]] incited by the [[MusicalAssassin Dazzlings]]' song is depicted as a [[SicklyGreenGlow radioactive-green miasma]].
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miasma]]. In the audio commentary, the creators allude to the smell version of this trope, joking that the green smoke is caused by [[ToiletHumor Taco Tuesday]].

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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', while [[{{Animorphism}} Wolf Link's]] senses are activated he can "see" smells as clouds and spirits as their true forms.
** One of Link's masks in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' gives him the same ability to see smells.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', while ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': One of Link's masks in the game gives him the same ability to see smells.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': While
[[{{Animorphism}} Wolf Link's]] senses are activated he can "see" smells as clouds and spirits as their true forms.
** One of Link's masks in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' gives him the same ability to see smells.
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This just seems to describe acting rather than the trope. Also check out Example Indentation.


* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' has a nice moment when (paraplegic) Jake first jacks into his Na'vi body and goes for an unscheduled run... curling his toes through the alien soil on coming to a halt in a mighty SenseFreak moment. Feel-o-vision and Simstim may be a long way off, but damn if that piece of 3D motion picture didn't have you momentarily imagining the dirt beneath your feet and the simple joy of being able to walk and feel pressure, temperature and texture again.
** The pleasure is written all over his face when he bites into a natural, alien fruit... appropriate for someone who's been eating [[FutureFoodIsArtificial artificially processed food]] his whole life.
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* Averted by ''Film/{{Polyester}}'', in which audience members were given "Smell-O-Rama" scratch and sniff cards.
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* Though it barely flirts with the idea of character-POV or game-style 3rd person view (odd, considering the name and the story's central concepts, and missing a massive opportunity to go all Miyazaki on us during the dragon-ride sections), and otherwise plays an entirely straight camera view, ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' has a nice moment when (paraplegic) Jake first jacks into his Na'vi body and goes for an unscheduled run... curling his toes through the alien soil on coming to a halt as pretty much the only properly telegraphed SenseFreak moment in a movie that should have been full of them (the taste of fruit poisonous to humans? adapting to having a tail? cutting room floor). Feel-o-vision and Simstim may be a long way off, but damn if that piece of 3D motion picture didn't have you momentarily imagining the dirt beneath your feet and the simple joy of being able to walk and feel pressure, temperature and texture again.
** You can also see the foodgasm on his face when he bites into that fruit... appropriate for someone who's been eating [[FutureFoodIsArtificial artificially processed food]] his whole life.

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* Though it barely flirts with the idea of character-POV or game-style 3rd person view (odd, considering the name and the story's central concepts, and missing a massive opportunity to go all Miyazaki on us during the dragon-ride sections), and otherwise plays an entirely straight camera view, ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' has a nice moment when (paraplegic) Jake first jacks into his Na'vi body and goes for an unscheduled run... curling his toes through the alien soil on coming to a halt as pretty much the only properly telegraphed in a mighty SenseFreak moment in a movie that should have been full of them (the taste of fruit poisonous to humans? adapting to having a tail? cutting room floor).moment. Feel-o-vision and Simstim may be a long way off, but damn if that piece of 3D motion picture didn't have you momentarily imagining the dirt beneath your feet and the simple joy of being able to walk and feel pressure, temperature and texture again.
** You can also see the foodgasm on The pleasure is written all over his face when he bites into that a natural, alien fruit... appropriate for someone who's been eating [[FutureFoodIsArtificial artificially processed food]] his whole life.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'',
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-04-23 stars and lightning when Squigley wakes up from exercising]], plus a broken heart for existential angst.
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-04-22 an explosion where Tomey bites]] -- this one has lightning to indicate Tomey's fury.
** [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2004-06-02 Squigley's hangover.]]
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* ''VideoGame/TheCrownShadowOfTheVale'' Alex is a blind woman. In order to visually represent her perception of the world around her, there are motes that float in the air that keep their position in space when Alex turns her head or walks around. These motes seem to represent motion, as they become streaky during chase sequences, or drop vertically when it rains.

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