History Main / NoGravityForYou

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' novel ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', Harry uses a specialized form of earth magic to temporarily create this. His main goal is the extremely crushing, localized gravity that results when the spell ends. It works very well.

* In {{Warren Ellis}}'s Ocean, the protagonist uses not only antigravity but also inverted and perpendicular gravity.

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* ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'', during Jim and Scroop's fight on the Legacy the gravity is turned off. [[spoiler:Since the ship is completely open-topped, Scroop goes flying out into space.]]

* At the conclusion of the second ComicBook/{{Thanos}} war, {{Spider-Man}} and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] are wiping the floor with Thanos's henchmen. Thanos turns the tide by announcing "stage zero environment" and turning off the gravity.

* Inverted in SergeyLukyanenko's ''[[Literature/TheStarsAreColdToys Star Shadow]]''. When Colonel Danilov decides to take the Geometer scoutship back to Earth over Pyotr's objections, Danilov tries to fight him for it. Being a war vet and an experienced cosmonaut, trained in zero-g fighting, he forgets that the Geometer ship has ArtificialGravity and tries to fight as if he's in zero-g (he strikes and gently pushes off the floor to float to the ceiling). Pyotr, having gotten used to the Geometer ship, fights as if he's on solid ground and wins. Then Danilov's partner hits him with a StunGun.

A special kind of attack a character uses when they're in space and realize something. With gravity, this week's villain is a total BadAss who can take out all of the heroes singlehandedly. But turn the gravity off, and all of a sudden he's a flailing ninny helplessly floating around in the air. It would seem that in this situation knowing eighty forms of martial arts isn't that useful a skill.

Still, as gimmicks go, it's a pretty cool one. After all, where else can you see people fighting each other IsaacNewton style? A GravityMaster may have this as an ability, thus not needing to be in space in the first place to use it.

Still, as gimmicks go, it's a pretty cool one. After all, where else can you see people fighting each other IsaacNewton style? A GravityMaster may have this as an ability.

* In HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality, Harry has to participate into an underwater battle. He has read EndersGame. Underwater is not quite the same as no-gravity, but someone who's "experienced" in the latter may successfully adapt quite a few tactics into the former, especially against an entirely unprepared opponent.

* Sort of subverted in ''EndersGame''. The characters learn special tactics for fighting in zero gravity.

* Ochako Uraraka from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has this as her power (called "Zero Gravity"). She can make people and objects helplessly float by simply touching them with her fingertips, removing the effects of gravity from them. A Twitter sketch from the author lampshaded this by showing her curbstomping the arc's main threat through this.

* Ochako Uraraka from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has this as her power (called "Zero Gravity"). She can make people and objects helplessly float by simply touching them with her fingertips, removing the effects of gravity from them.

* Ochako Uraraka from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has this as her main ability (called "Zero Gravity"). She can make people and objects helplessly float by simply touching them with her fingertips, removing the effects of gravity from them.

* Ochako Uraraka from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has this as her main ability (called "Zero Gravity"). She can make people and objects helplessly float by simply touching them with her fingertips.

Still, as gimmicks go, it's a pretty cool one. After all, where else can you see people fighting each other IsaacNewton style? If a character can do this anywhere at will, then he is also a GravityMaster.

Still, as gimmicks go, it's a pretty cool one. After all, where else can you see people fighting each other IsaacNewton style? This is also a favorite tactic of certain {{Gravity Master}}s.

Still, as gimmicks go, it's a pretty cool one. After all, where else can you see people fighting each other IsaacNewton style? For characters whose superpower allows them to do this anywhere, see GravityMaster.

Still, as gimmicks go, it's a pretty cool one. After all, where else can you see people fighting each other IsaacNewton style?

* Subverted/Defied in ''{{Bionicle}}''. [[KnifeNut Lariska]] is [[GenreSavvy aware of this trope]], so when she is assigned to kill a [[GravityMaster Toa of Gravity]], she first spends quite some time using levitation disks to practice fighting/assassination/both in zero-g conditions.

* At the conclusion of the second {{Thanos}} war, {{Spider-Man}} and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] are wiping the floor with Thanos's henchmen. Thanos turns the tide by announcing "stage zero environment" and turning off the gravity.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': one of Graviton's tactics.

* In ''Literature/PayMeBug'', part of the drill for repelling boarders on the ''Fool's Errand'' is to switch the gravity on and off at predetermined intervals. Since the boarders wouldn't know the schedule, they wouldn't be prepared for the sudden shifts.

** The same trick is used in an early ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' episode. A group of teenagers obsessed with killing all [[NietzscheWannabe Nietzscheans]] and Magog have taken over the bridge of the ''Andromeda Ascendant''. Harper has just finished building an android body for Rommie, the ship's avatar. Suddenly, everyone on the bridge collapses and is unable to move. Rommie (in all her naked glory) walks out on the bridge and explains to the teens that she is God aboard the ship and can adjust ArtificialGravity as she sees fit.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' features a fight between Mister Terrific and TheFlash who's had a FreakyFridayFlip with LexLuthor. As Mister Terrific's only superpower is that he's really smart, this proves problematic, and he evens the fights by turning off the Watchtower's ArtificialGravity. Flash Luthor is non-plussed, and used his SuperSpeed to turn his arms into propellers. Mr. Terrific responds by turning the ArtificialGravity back ''on'', causing Flash Luthor to plummet painfully to the ground, getting knocked out in the process.

-->'''Kirk''': Spock, when was the last time you practiced anti-gravity combat?\\
'''Spock''': Two days ago, Captain. And as I recall, with you. (Cue OhCrap look on Tchar's face)

* ''KimPossible'' pulled this on Monkey Fist and his army of monkey ninjas while on a space station.
* ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' sees Cad Bane use this trick to help even the odds in a fight against Anakin, Ahsoka and some Clone Troopers.

* ''{{Firefly}}'' uses a variation of this trope. Rather than turning the ship's AntiGravity systems off, Mal and River trick a villain into going outside the ship into the Zero-G environment of outer space. One well-placed punch is enough to send him flying endlessly into space with no way of getting back.

* ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' features a fight between Mister Terrific and TheFlash who's had a FreakyFridayFlip with LexLuthor. As Mister Terrific's only superpower is that he's really smart, this proves problematic, and he evens the fights by turning off the Watchtower's ArtificialGravity. Flash Luthor is non-plussed, and used his SuperSpeed to turn his arms into propellers. Mr. Terrific responds by turning the ArtificialGravity back ''on'', causing Flash Luthor to plummet painfully to the ground, getting knocked out in the process.