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* Early airplanes did not have fully enclosed cockpits, and later aircraft didn't feature pressurized and heated cabins until around the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, which is why military pilots often wear [[ScarfOfAsskicking scarves]] and fancy leather jackets: they started out as protective gear to wear in the windy subzero temperatures at higher altitudes, and became traditional garb. To this day, a leather jacket with a fur-lined collar is usually referred to as a "Bomber Jacket" in reference to those worn by high-altitude bomber crews.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}:'' One episode of the anime sees this happen to a brave Pidgey that tried to fly to the moon. A [[Anime/PokemonTheMovieBlackAndWhite later movie]] has this happen to Ash and Pikachu, via getting launched into space.

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One episode of the anime sees this happen to a brave Pidgey that tried to fly to the moon. A [[Anime/PokemonTheMovieBlackAndWhite later movie]] moon.
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has this happen to Ash and Pikachu, via getting launched into space.

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Incredibles 2 example has nothing to do with this trope which deals with ice forming on a flying vehicle or creature as they fly at high altitudes and the ice hampering their ability to fly


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* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGahoole'': This happens to Digger while he and the others are on their way to the Great Tree where the titular Guardians reside. Fortunately, one of said Guardians manages to save him before he falls to his death.
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* The "thin air" variation shows up in ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' when Elastigirl pursues the BigBad onto a jet. The villain (who has an oxygen supply) takes the jet up high enough to incapacitate the heroine (who doesn't).
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* Reaching a high enough elevation in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' will automatically turn rain to snow, complete with a sharp line showing snow above and immediately thawing into rain below.

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* ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': Putting a Cry Legionnaire in a multigunner turret/IFV changes the weapon to a cryobeam that slows and eventually freezes up the target, turning it into a OneHitPointWonder. Flying units that get frozen instead crash to the ground (and in the campaign, [[TheWorfEffect are introduced doing this to a wave of Kirov airships]]).



* In the WestrnAnimation/BarneyBear short ''The Flying Bear'', Barney flies too high up and is subject to HarmlessFreezing before he literally hits "ceiling zero".

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* In the WestrnAnimation/BarneyBear WesternAnimation/BarneyBear short ''The Flying Bear'', Barney flies too high up and is subject to HarmlessFreezing before he literally hits "ceiling zero".
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* Interestingly, the Greek tale of Icarus and Daedalus inverts this: As both are flying over the sea with their fake wings, the former flies up too close to the sun, something that the latter warned not to do since it could melt the glue for the wing construction and make the wings break. Predictably enough, Icarus ultimately fell to the sea and perished. As ever, though, Science Marches On; we now know that high altitude doesn't (exactly) mean increase in heat, but rather the reverse. You need not just space travel, but ''interplanetary'' travel to get close enough to the sun so heat kicks in.

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* Interestingly, the Greek tale of Icarus and Daedalus inverts this: As both are flying over the sea with their fake wings, the former flies up too close to the sun, something that the latter warned not to do since it could melt the glue for the wing construction and make the wings break. Predictably enough, Icarus ultimately fell to the sea and perished. As ever, though, Science Marches On; we now know that high altitude doesn't (exactly) mean increase in heat, but rather the reverse. You need not just space travel, but ''interplanetary'' travel to get close enough to the sun so heat kicks in. Icarus would still have fallen, though--[[RightForTheWrongReasons the frozen wax/glue would turn brittle and it would]] ''[[RightForTheWrongReasons break]]'' [[RightForTheWrongReasons instead of melt]].
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* ''TabletopGame/FlyingCircus'''s ruleset for flight combat simulates the freezing dangers of high heights. The core rulebook notes the rate that the temperature drops as altitude increases, and the advanced rules describe how batteries hold half their charge in extreme cold, on top of increased flight stress.
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