History Main / GravityScrew

* In ''Discworld/ColourOfMagic'', Rincewind gets the spell Atavarr's Personal Gravitational Upset cast upon him, and spends the next few hours standing on a wall.
* Subverted in ''[[Literature/NurseryCrimes The Big Over Easy]]'': Upon entering one of the rooms in Spongg Manor, the most famous [[{{Bizarchitecture}} surrealist building]] in Britain, Jack is baffled to find himself sent flying into a wall and then finding himself standing on the ceiling. He eventually figures out nothing's happening to gravity -- the room ''rotates''.

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* In the video for Lionel Ritchie's "Dancing on the Ceiling", a rotating set was used to allow Ritchie and a whole roomful of party-goers to do ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Doubles as a ShoutOut to the Astaire example above.
* OK Go hired the "Vomit Comet" to film their video for "Upside Down & Inside Out".
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* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
** In the season 6 episode titled "Abyss", the System Lord Ba'al is shown to be experimenting with gravity. Ba'al's fortress has prison cells which at first appear to be long hallways, however, once a prisoner is added to said cell, Ba'al turns on some artificial gravity in the cell and the far wall becomes the new floor. Any prisoner within said cell then sees their cell as a 50 foot tall pit with sheer walls and no doors. The only way to escape said cell to power down the entire fortress, thus turning off the artificial gravity.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. The "sweet spot", located halfway between the bow plate and the artificial gravity generator, is the one place on the NX-01 Enterprise where you can sit on the ceiling. Captain Archer uses it in one episode to get the drop on some aliens who decided that AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs.

* ''Series/MythBusters'' filmed part of one episode on a zero-G airplane similar to the Vomit Comet. They used a lunar gravity equivalent to test several of the running motions used on the lunar surface. Jamie pointed out the downside of using such an airplane: you go from zero G (or, in their case, 1/6 G) to 2G ''many'' times.

* An episode of ''Series/DoctorWho'' had the TARDIS materialise on its side, with the door uppermost. Gravity inside the TARDIS was therefore at ninety degrees to gravity operating in the world outside. The Doctor and his assistant did not realise this until they opened the door and tried to step out through the interface between the two gravities. Interesting things happened.
** The Doctor used a similar trick to save an assistant who was falling to their death -- by parking the TARDIS perpendicular to the nearest surface, so they felt straight in and got caught by the TARDIS's [[InertialDampening internal gravity]]. An awkward landing, but a nonfatal one.

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* In the forest temple of DT3 there are crystals that reverse the gravity of large rooms. Turning the whole place into some sort of weird [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDfx-PHZdYg 'which way do I need gravity to go now']] puzzle.

** ''VideoGame/MegaMan 5'' had Gravity Man's level (variable gravity) and Star Man's level (low gravity).
** ''V'' in the Game Boy series has Saturn's level, with examples of high and low gravity.
** Cyber Peacock's level in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 4'' had buttons that flipped the stage (gravity still pointed downwards) every so often.
** Gravity Antonion's stage in ''X8''. Dark Dizzy's level in X5 has a similar gimmick.

** ''[[VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork Megaman Network Transmission]]'' has the Strange Grav Area, which is basically a Variable Gravity Chamber [[labelnote:Details]]This network has Heavy Zone areas, some stronger than others, along with Reverse Gravity areas.[[/labelnote]], and the No Grav Area, which works as a Light Zone throughout. The given HandWave for Gravity Screw in CyberSpace is that these areas affect Navis' processing speeds.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' had a level late in the game that worked just like Gravity Man's level, with flipping gravity. Given that the game was a tribute to ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' and ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games, it's no surprise, really.

** In the season 6 episode titled "Abyss", the System Lord Ba'al is shown to be experimenting with gravity. Ba'als fortress has prison cells which at first appear to be long hallways, however, once a prisoner is added to said cell, Ba'al turns on some artificial gravity in the cell and the far wall becomes the new floor. Any prisoner within said cell then sees their cell as a 50 foot tall pit with sheer walls and no doors. The only way to escape said cell to power down the entire fortress thus turning off the artificial gravity.

* The [[EldritchLocation Reverse World]] in Anime/{{Pokemon}} is a place where RealityIsOutToLunch and gravity doesn't seem to abide by any particular rules. A researcher who's been there for years seems to have memorized where gravity is normal, lessened, heightened, or nonexistent, but because there's really no pattern to it, no one else can figure it out (including the viewers).

* ''TheMagicSchoolBus Explores The Solar System'' computer game features Heavy Zone/Light Zone gravity for the planet-based platforming levels in the game. Planets with less gravity, like Mercury and Pluto, would allow you to jump really high, while planets with a lot of gravity, like Jupiter (or rather, its moon Io) and Saturn('s rings) would make it so you could barely jump at all. (There were also items that would increase or decrease your jumping ability.)

* ''Film/{{Inception}}'' has several scenes in the dreamworld where gravity is sideways, rotating, or simply doesn't exist. This is because whatever the character's bodies are feeling in one dream level (or reality) is carried over to the next lower level. The fact that the dreamers' [[YearInsideHourOutside perception of time is accelerated in each dream level]] only heightens the experience. Thus, the centrifugal force of driving around a corner results in the dreamers sliding across a hotel's hallway, several seconds of freefall allow a few minutes of weightlessness, and a van rolling down a hill results in an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome absolutely awesome fight scene]].

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* ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'' Part II features a running/falling battle down the side of a miles-high stone tower. And it is ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome.]]''

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* Kael'thas Sunstrider in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' turns the gravity off completely, leaving players "swimming" in the air.

* The main way you can move Locorocos left and right in ''LocoRoco'' is based on that.

* In the video for Lionel Ritchie's "Dancing on the Ceiling", a rotating set was used to allow Ritchie and a whole roomful of party-goers to do ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* A third of the levels in ''{{Elebits}}'' have no gravity, and any user-made level can have weakened gravity.

* ''VideoGame/TriOfFriendshipAndMadness'' has a '''lot''' of fun with this trope. Nearly every chapter incorporates some form of gravity defiance, and almost all examples in the trope's list are covered in this game. You'll be scaling walls and ceilings with the TRI and dealing with the constant shifting gravity of cylindrical rooms, misty hallways, and planets.

* Two Stands from Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure have the power to mess with gravity, one of them can create a zero gravity environment in any closed place, and the other can make things fall away from him, making it seem like if the floor were a wall.

* Later on in ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'', you make it into the UNN Rickenbacker, where the artificial gravity has flipped upside down. Fighting cyborg assassins [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic in an inverted chapel]] is a rather creepy experience. And by reversing the gravity, you have most likely caused the death of a certain character by dropping him unexpectedly on the ceiling.

* In ''Rogue Legacy'' if your character is "born" with vertigo, ''every bloody room'' is upside-down. This is about as much fun as it sounds and makes an already {{Nintendo Hard}} game so much more difficult that deliberately suiciding isn't uncommon.

* ''[[{{VideoGame/TriOfFriendshipAndMadness}} TRI: Of Friendship and Madness]]'' has a '''lot''' of fun with this trope. Nearly every chapter incorporates some form of gravity defiance, and almost all examples in the trope's list are covered in this game. You'll be scaling walls and ceilings with the TRI and dealing with the constant shifting gravity of cylindrical rooms, misty hallways, and planets.
* The first level of the planet Fog in ''VideoGame/BlenderBros'' takes place in the planet's rings, and has low gravity to go along with it.

* Two examples from ''[[LOLCats I Can Has Cheezburger]]'' are "[[http://cheezburger.com/1577846528 Up yours, gravity!]]" and "[[http://cheezburger.com/533046016 Turn gravity back on QUICK!]]."

* ''[[VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures The Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation]]'' has "Shitty Security Breach", where switches control the direction of gravity, and "[=WhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhy=]", a parody of ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}'', where gravity flips with every press of the Jump key.