History Main / SpaceSuitsAreSCUBAGear

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' the Elemental PoweredArmor was based of a scuba suit developed by Clan Goliath Scorpion, Clan Hell's Horses later redesigned the suit for combat. The elemental armor is capable of fighting in outer space making it useful for boarding enemy ships, and can withstand battlemech grade weapons.

* Lampshaded in the Literature/CaptainFuture homage novel ''Avengers of the Moon''. Captain Future has to stop a man in a spacesuit from sabotaging his rocketship, and notes that attempting to disconnect the air hose is a standard tactic in hand-to-hand space combat (though he doesn't get the chance).

Sci-fi space suits inevitably have exposed tubes leading from the air tank to the helmet, like [[SpaceIsAnOcean twin-hose SCUBA gear]]. Since space suits are fully pressurized, not just the helmet, these [[FridgeLogic serve no purpose]] but to be [[AreTheseWiresImportant yanked out]] either to provide a moment of tension or an easy way to end a hand-to-hand fight, depending on if the luckless wearer is a hero or a villain. Even if reconnected, this may lead to an oxygen crisis.

* In ''[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', the space suits had an attached air line. When HAL's pod attacks Frank Poole it rips out his air line, causing him to die of vacuum exposure/lack of air. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbCsAlweJXk#t=48s here, as Frank frantically tries to re-attach the line.]]

* In Series/TheExpanse the pressure-suits worn by the crew of ''Rocinante'' feature helmets connected to a "breather" backpack by a corrugated rubber hose.

* The ClockPunk spacesuits in ''Discworld/TheLastHero''. Possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since Leonard's notes reveal that they ''are'' using repurposed diving helmets.

* In ''TheEmpireStrikesBack'', an infestation of mynocks required the crew of the ''Millennium Falcon'' to venture outside in whatever paltry atmosphere can be found on a large asteroid. They wear face-mounted masks with tubes leading back to oxygen tanks.

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* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' features space suits like these, purely for RuleOfDrama.
** In "Minefield," Malcolm Reed tries to pull a HeroicSacrifice by yanking an oxygen tube. Archer puts it back in before [[WhatTheHellHero yelling at him for it]].
** In "Damage," a cracked-out T'Pol, jonesing for some literal rock, falls into a depressurized cargo bay, leading to her air hose coming undone and a frantic struggle to put it back.

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* Inverted in ''Film/TheAbyss'', where Bud's deep diving suit looks a lot like an armored spacesuit. Which is TruthInTelevision for deep-sea diving suits which are designed to shield the wearer from outside pressure.

* In the old Lucasfilm adventure game ''{{Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders}}'' the lead character builds a spacesuit out of SCUBA gear (the helmet is a fish bowl sealed with tape). Obviously, not the most serious of games.
* In the video game adaptation of ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'', some of Rogue's melee animations involve ripping these tubes out of Nort environment suits, exposing them to the toxic air of [[DeathWorld Nu Earth]].

* ''Film/SupermanII''. One of the astronauts has an extended hose leading to the life support system on his moon buggy. Zod kicks him off the surface of the planet, then breaks the hose.

* In ''[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', the space suits had an attached air line. When HAL's pod attacks Frank Poole it rips out his air line, causing him to die of vacuum exposure/lack of air. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbCsAlweJXk#t=48s here, as Frank frantically tries to re-attach the line]].

* Inverted in ''Film/TheAbyss'', where Bud's deep diving suit looks a lot like an armored spacesuit.

* In the video game adaptation of ''RogueTrooper'', some of Rogue's melee animations involve ripping these tubes out of Nort environment suits, exposing them to the toxic air of [[DeathWorld Nu Earth]].

* In the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Damage," a cracked-out T'Pol, jonesing for some literal rock, falls into a depressurized cargo bay, leading to her air hose coming undone and a frantic struggle to put it back.

* ''BattleTech'' the Elemental PoweredArmor was based of a scuba suit developed by Clan Goliath Scorpion, Clan Hell's Horses later redesigned the suit for combat. The elemental armor is capable of fighting in outer space making it useful for boarding enemy ships, and can withstand battlemech grade weapons.

* ''BattleTech'' the Elemental PoweredArmor was based of a scuba suit developed by Clan Goliath Scorpion, Clan Hell's Horses later redesigned the suit for combat. The elemental armor is capable of fighting in outer space.

* ':BattleTech'' the Elemental PoweredArmor was based of a scuba suit developed by Clan Goliath Scorpion, Clan Hell's Horses later redesigned the suit for combat. The elemental armor is capable of fighting in outer space.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Space 1889}}'' A variant, perhaps "Space Suits are Hard Hat Diving". The analogy diving-suit space suit is there, and justified, because they are based on hard-hat diving suits. Space suits are based on hard-hat diving suits rather than the not-yet-invented SCUBA Gear.

* ''{{Futurama}}'' has the classic air tank and hose.

* In ''[[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', the space suits had an attached air line. When HAL's pod attacks Frank Poole it rips out his air line, causing him to die of vacuum exposure/lack of air. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbCsAlweJXk#t=48s here, as Frank frantically tries to re-attach the line]].
* Inverted in ''TheAbyss'', where Bud's deep diving suit looks a lot like an armored spacesuit.

* Used in ''{{Armageddon}}'' so that [[spoiler:Bruce Willis can subvert his future son-in-law's HeroicSacrifice by yanking his air line and taking his place.]]
* Happens in cheapy productions like ''MissileToTheMoon'' where they just used air force jumpsuits, helmets and oxygen cylinders.
* Averted in ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. Both Spock's and Kirk's space suit air systems were contained within a backpack type suit which fed directly to the helmet.
** Likewise averted with Chekov's and Capt. Terrell's suits in [[StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Wrath of Khan]].

* The Analog Surface Suit ([[FunWithAnacronyms ASS?]]) used at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah.