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* Magician Creator/LanceBurton's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjHiX_F9-v4 levitation]] in ''Lance Burton: The Legend Begins'' featuring him and his female assistant under the blanket. Overlaps with ZeroGSpot though. An alternate version can be seen [[https://youtu.be/NKb08-aAgfc?t=638 here]], starting from 10:38.
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* Magician Creator/LanceBurton's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjHiX_F9-v4 levitation]] in ''Lance Burton: The Legend Begins'' ''Film/LanceBurtonTheLegendBegins'' featuring him and his female assistant under the blanket. Overlaps with ZeroGSpot though. An alternate version can be seen [[https://youtu.be/NKb08-aAgfc?t=638 here]], starting from 10:38.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': In "The Great Escape", Bert's ImagineSpot of being a great stage magician includes him levitating Melissa.
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* Magician Creator/LanceBurton 's [[[[https://www.Creator/LanceBurton's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjHiX_F9-v4 levitation]] in ''Lance Burton: The Legend Begins'' featuring him and his female assistant under the blanket. Overlaps with ZeroGSpot though. An alternate version can be seen [[https://youtu.be/NKb08-aAgfc?t=638 here]], starting from 10:38.
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* In a ''Sesame Street'' Muppet skit, StageMagician The Amazing Mumford has Grover climb up on a pedestal. Mumford then recites magic words, removes the supporting pillar, and the platform remains in mid-air! After the magician leaves, Grover decides to do the same trick on one of his larger monster friends (while not knowing the secret), with disastrous results!
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* Magician [[https://www.Magician Creator/LanceBurton 's [[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjHiX_F9-v4 Lance Burton]]'s levitation levitation]] in ''Lance Burton: The Legend Begins'' featuring him and his female assistant under the blanket. Overlaps with ZeroGSpot though. An alternate version can be seen [[https://youtu.be/NKb08-aAgfc?t=638 here]], starting from 10:38.
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* A gender-flipped version occurs in ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', where magician ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} (in her evil days) discovers a power source that can make her invincible. One drawback is that this power is so raw that absorbing it directly is fatal. Zatanna manages to paralyze Superman, levitate his body overhead, then absorb the godlike power filtered through Superman's body. -
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* In a ''Sesame Street'' Muppet skit, StageMagician The Amazing Mumford has Grover climb up on a pedestal. Mumford then recites magic words, removes the supporting pillar, and the platform remains in mid-air! After the magician leaves, Grover decides to do the same trick on one of his larger monster friends (while not knowing the secret), with disastrous results! https://youtu.be/JN9YxOAPBHk
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To start, the magician and his LovelyAssistant enter together. On stage there is a flat board that is clean and clear. The girl lies down on the board in a straight position.
The magician stands along with the board and starts his magic. After some time the girl starts rising in the air. When the magician points his finger downward, the girl also starts lowering in the air. It amazed the whole audience.
Sometimes, the magician will put a blanket over his assistant, then make her disappear.
Can sometimes overlap with ZeroGSpot and LoveFloats.
Compare SawAWomanInHalf, another common routine done by the magician and his assistant, and PullARabbitOutOfMyHat, for another stock magic trick.
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* A gender-flipped version occurs in ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', where magician ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} (in her evil days) discovers a power source that can make her invincible. One drawback is that this power is so raw that absorbing it directly is fatal. Zatanna manages to paralyze Superman, levitate his body overhead, then absorb the godlike power filtered through Superman's body. -
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* In ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', Oz makes May disappear and levitate in the start of the film.
* ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'' has Orson Welles levitate and vanish an assistant, played by Penny Riley.
* In ''Film/StardustMemories'', Sandy mentions that he used to do magic when he was a kid, and Daisy asks him for a demonstration. Cue an ImagineSpot where Sandy makes Daisy float in mid-air.
* In ''Just You and Me, Kid'' (1979), Bill and his other retired magician friends hide Kate from some pursuing drug dealers by floating her high in the air, as a form of misdirection. When the dealers give up and leave...
-> Magicians: We will only let you down if you promise not to tell how the trick is done.
-> Kate: But how ''is'' it done?
-> Magicians: (all laugh)
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[[folder: Literature]]
* In ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'', the Fairy Godmother Lilith Weatherwax takes a hostage whilst fighting three other Witches. To get the undivided attention of her sister Esmerelda, she levitates Magrat Garlick, and moves her to the wrong side of a high battlement of Genua Castle. Then threatens to let go.
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[[folder: Live Action TV]]
* On the ''Series/HappyDays'' episode "The Magic Show" (S 6 E 14), The Fonz fills in for magician Randi the Great (playing himself). One of the tricks he performs is the floating lady, the version where he moves hoops around the assistant to "prove" there are no wires holding her up.
* ''Series/BreakingTheMagiciansCodeMagicsBiggestSecretsFinallyRevealed'' has the Masked Magician do this trick to female assistants many times, both with and without the blanket.
* Magician [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjHiX_F9-v4 Lance Burton]]'s levitation in ''Lance Burton: The Legend Begins'' featuring him and his female assistant under the blanket. Overlaps with ZeroGSpot though. An alternate version can be seen [[https://youtu.be/NKb08-aAgfc?t=638 here]], starting from 10:38.
* Magician ''Creator/DavidCopperfield'' levitating Creator/BernadettePeters with the blanket during the special ''The Magic of David Copperfield''. In this version, Creator/BernadettePeters sings disco.
* In ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' episode "The Magic Secret", it turns out Perry White can perform a more impressive version of the trick (the performer can do it anywhere and the woman magically becomes super-stiff). Jimmy's quest to find out the secret ends up with him, Lois, and Superman trapped in a pit with a Kryptonite ray keeping the Man of Steel from breaking them out. Luckily, Superman knows the same trick. He manages to use Lois as a brace to stop the [[TheWallsAreClosingIn encroaching walls]] long enough for Jimmy to redirect the ray.
* In a ''Sesame Street'' Muppet skit, StageMagician The Amazing Mumford has Grover climb up on a pedestal. Mumford then recites magic words, removes the supporting pillar, and the platform remains in mid-air! After the magician leaves, Grover decides to do the same trick on one of his larger monster friends (while not knowing the secret), with disastrous results! https://youtu.be/JN9YxOAPBHk
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* ''WesternAnimation/ItsMagicCharlieBrown'': Snoopy levitates Lucy in the air during his magic act, and does the same to her once she insults him and his magic abilities.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS4E10PrestoTinaO Presto Tina-O]]", Jimmy Jr. asks Tina to be his magic assistant. She has an ImagineSpot that she is part of a floating woman trick and levitates to his face so they can kiss each other.
* In WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheCrow cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicFluke'', a stage magician is in the middle of levitating a lady when Crow steals the magician's wand right out of his hand, sending her crashing to the ground.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': In "The Great Escape", Bert's ImagineSpot of being a great stage magician includes him levitating Melissa.
[[/folder]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Ok... relax...]]
To start, the magician and his LovelyAssistant enter together. On stage there is a flat board that is clean and clear. The girl lies down on the board in a straight position.
The magician stands along with the board and starts his magic. After some time the girl starts rising in the air. When the magician points his finger downward, the girl also starts lowering in the air. It amazed the whole audience.
Sometimes, the magician will put a blanket over his assistant, then make her disappear.
Can sometimes overlap with ZeroGSpot and LoveFloats.
Compare SawAWomanInHalf, another common routine done by the magician and his assistant, and PullARabbitOutOfMyHat, for another stock magic trick.
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Comic Books]]
* A gender-flipped version occurs in ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', where magician ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} (in her evil days) discovers a power source that can make her invincible. One drawback is that this power is so raw that absorbing it directly is fatal. Zatanna manages to paralyze Superman, levitate his body overhead, then absorb the godlike power filtered through Superman's body. -
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Film - Live Action]]
* In ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', Oz makes May disappear and levitate in the start of the film.
* ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'' has Orson Welles levitate and vanish an assistant, played by Penny Riley.
* In ''Film/StardustMemories'', Sandy mentions that he used to do magic when he was a kid, and Daisy asks him for a demonstration. Cue an ImagineSpot where Sandy makes Daisy float in mid-air.
* In ''Just You and Me, Kid'' (1979), Bill and his other retired magician friends hide Kate from some pursuing drug dealers by floating her high in the air, as a form of misdirection. When the dealers give up and leave...
-> Magicians: We will only let you down if you promise not to tell how the trick is done.
-> Kate: But how ''is'' it done?
-> Magicians: (all laugh)
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Literature]]
* In ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'', the Fairy Godmother Lilith Weatherwax takes a hostage whilst fighting three other Witches. To get the undivided attention of her sister Esmerelda, she levitates Magrat Garlick, and moves her to the wrong side of a high battlement of Genua Castle. Then threatens to let go.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live Action TV]]
* On the ''Series/HappyDays'' episode "The Magic Show" (S 6 E 14), The Fonz fills in for magician Randi the Great (playing himself). One of the tricks he performs is the floating lady, the version where he moves hoops around the assistant to "prove" there are no wires holding her up.
* ''Series/BreakingTheMagiciansCodeMagicsBiggestSecretsFinallyRevealed'' has the Masked Magician do this trick to female assistants many times, both with and without the blanket.
* Magician [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjHiX_F9-v4 Lance Burton]]'s levitation in ''Lance Burton: The Legend Begins'' featuring him and his female assistant under the blanket. Overlaps with ZeroGSpot though. An alternate version can be seen [[https://youtu.be/NKb08-aAgfc?t=638 here]], starting from 10:38.
* Magician ''Creator/DavidCopperfield'' levitating Creator/BernadettePeters with the blanket during the special ''The Magic of David Copperfield''. In this version, Creator/BernadettePeters sings disco.
* In ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' episode "The Magic Secret", it turns out Perry White can perform a more impressive version of the trick (the performer can do it anywhere and the woman magically becomes super-stiff). Jimmy's quest to find out the secret ends up with him, Lois, and Superman trapped in a pit with a Kryptonite ray keeping the Man of Steel from breaking them out. Luckily, Superman knows the same trick. He manages to use Lois as a brace to stop the [[TheWallsAreClosingIn encroaching walls]] long enough for Jimmy to redirect the ray.
* In a ''Sesame Street'' Muppet skit, StageMagician The Amazing Mumford has Grover climb up on a pedestal. Mumford then recites magic words, removes the supporting pillar, and the platform remains in mid-air! After the magician leaves, Grover decides to do the same trick on one of his larger monster friends (while not knowing the secret), with disastrous results! https://youtu.be/JN9YxOAPBHk
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ItsMagicCharlieBrown'': Snoopy levitates Lucy in the air during his magic act, and does the same to her once she insults him and his magic abilities.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS4E10PrestoTinaO Presto Tina-O]]", Jimmy Jr. asks Tina to be his magic assistant. She has an ImagineSpot that she is part of a floating woman trick and levitates to his face so they can kiss each other.
* In WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheCrow cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicFluke'', a stage magician is in the middle of levitating a lady when Crow steals the magician's wand right out of his hand, sending her crashing to the ground.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': In "The Great Escape", Bert's ImagineSpot of being a great stage magician includes him levitating Melissa.
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