History Main / UnrealisticBlackHole

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

** In ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', Sonic can become one by harnessing the power of the violet wisps. And one is created after the defeat of the final boss. The final level is Sonic trying to escape it. [[spoiler:He fails around the 31 second mark.]]

* Halfway through ''Series/LostInSpace2018'' it's revealed that [[spoiler: the planet they're stranded on is in a binary system and the 2nd star is a black hole. This acts as a looming threat for why they have to get off the planet immediately, because said black hole is "sucking" the planet out of orbit and tearing it apart in the process - so quickly that they have only days or weeks before the planet is uninhabitable. The only POSSIBLE way this would work is if it were a stray black hole flying through the system, not a binary system as they clearly stated, and even then it's happening WAY too fast. Any planet orbiting a star that collapses into a black hole will continue to orbit at its same distance because gravity doesn't change when a black hole forms. To make matters worse. Their first hint it existed was that the "day was getting longer, too fast". A changing orbit would in no way change the day length, only rotational velocity or axial tilt, and they had no point of reference for how quickly seasons changed day length on this planet so had no basis to make such a claim]].

** In "New Order", the evil Replicators use a black hole's distortion of time and some AppliedPhlebotinum to escape from its accretion disk (at least it was made clear they weren't trapped in the black hole ''itself''!) As with everything in ''Stargate'', moderately plausible science is liberally mixed with RuleOfCool, and black holes get to interact with Stargates (and ''[[DeusExNukina nuclear weapons]]'') in lots of interesting ways.

UsefulNotes/{{Black holes}}. They're the most terrifying things in the known universe. They're huge masses of... well, ''nothing'' (but they do have a lot of [[ShapedLikeItself mass]]); and [[PowerOfTheVoid nothing, not even light, can travel fast enough to escape them]]. [[note]] A black hole is any object which has an escape velocity that is greater than the speed of light. The event horizon (or [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Schwarzschild radius]]) is the boundary within which this condition is met.[[/note]] Unfortunate items which do fall in are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghettification spaghettified]] (the official scientific term), stretched thin by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_force tidal forces,]] the black hole ripping individual molecules apart. But that's only if you get too close. From far away enough, in a stable orbit, being near a black hole would just be the same as orbiting a massive, [[StealthInSpace invisible]] [[note]] The [[ShadowDiscretionShot gravitational lensing effect]] is hard to overlook so the black hole would appear as a silhouette against the stars — see the Other Wiki for a simulation thereof. And then Hawking's radiation would actually make the thing pretty bright.[[/note]] star, only the black hole would be much smaller. [[note]] For a nice size comparison, see [[https://youtu.be/QgNDao7m41M this video.]][[/note]] For example, if the sun were to suddenly be magically converted into a black hole of the same mass, the earth's orbit would continue on exactly as before, completely unaffected (gravitationally, that is — the lack of heat and light would, of course, rapidly end almost all life).

** In "The New Order", the evil Replicators use a black hole's distortion of time and some AppliedPhlebotinum to escape from its accretion disk (at least it was made clear they weren't trapped in the black hole ''itself''!) As with everything in ''Stargate'', moderately plausible science is liberally mixed with RuleOfCool, and black holes get to interact with Stargates (and ''[[DeusExNukina nuclear weapons]]'') in lots of interesting ways.

* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros Ultimate]]'' contains a black hole as an item. It pulls in nearby fighters, but then releases them, doing absolutely no damage. Not to mention that you can pick one up and throw it like it was a rock.
** The boss [[GiantHandsOfDoom Crazy Hand]] has had two different moves involving this. In ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U]]'', he could rip open a rift in space to reveal a black hole, sucking you if you get in. In ''Ultimate'', he got a new one where he throws a small black hole that would chase your fighter around the arena.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'' has [[HandsomeLech Miroku]] who has a uni-directional black hole (in his palm!) which he can control by using magic beads and a strip of cloth. It's capable of absorbing any size of enemy (or object) yet won't absorb Miroku [[spoiler: yet]].

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': The protagonist Akira eventually gets his hands on illegal {{Antimatter}} rounds that cause a singularity, which sucks up surrounding mist into a sphere and then explodes outwards. The artificial mist in question has GravityScrew effects designed to slow down bullets and reduce CollateralDamage.

* Marx, the final boss of ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'', has an attack where he splits in half and creates a black hole that tries to suck you in. If you get caught in it the black hole will deal considerable damage and then spit you out. He also uses this attack in his appearance as a boss in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E8TheImpossiblePlanet "The Impossible Planet"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit "The Satan Pit"]] features a planet in a stable orbit around a black hole; in the show the orbit is only maintained due to the expenditure of great amounts of energy to cancel out the gravity of the black hole. In reality, objects can orbit black holes just as easily as they can orbit any other massive object (our entire galaxy orbits one). That said, the episode ''actually'' seems to depict a planet that's maintaining a stable orbit within a black hole's event horizon without actually describing it as such. This ''should'' indeed be impossible without some fairly fancy tricks that are beyond physics as we understand it. That said, if that were true, it's hard to see how anyone could have found out about it in the first place, as anything within a black hole's event horizon should be completely invisible. Although the planet is generating a "gravity corridor" which allows for safe ship landing, so it's quite possible that someone discovered that and followed it through.

* [[https://sites.google.com/site/largenumbers/home/2-1/microcosm This site]] calculates that the smallest object possible (based on current knowledge) is a black hole with the mass of a neutrino, the least massive baryon (non-massless particle) known, which would have a schwartzchild radius of about 10^63 meters. The reason it's unrealistic is the Plack Length (about 10^35 meters) is currently thought to be the [[ArbitraryMinimumRange smallest length possible,]] although [[ScienceMarchesOn improvements on quantum theory]] may solve this problem.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

* Disney's ''Film/TheBlackHole'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, including a notable accretion disk that gives it the appearance of a [[SwirlyEnergyThingy swirly purplish hurricane]]. At the end the heroes [[spoiler: fall through the hole and [[OurWormholesAreDifferent emerge]], evidently, in another universe]]. Meanwhile, the bad guys end up in [[spoiler:''{{hell}}'']]. Good ol' [[NightmareFuel/TheBlackHole NightmareFuel]] for the kiddies. It's actually implied that [[spoiler:they all died. The heroes ended up in Heaven, the baddies in Hell. And apparently the robots were sentient enough to have a soul. Granted that the robots in charge of the technical duties were not [[OurZombiesAreDifferent robots]]..]].

* Music/{{Rush}} sends the ''Rocinante'' on a trip through one of these in the songs that make up "Cygnus X-1". "Book 1" from ''Music/AFarewellToKings'' has the ship flying in; it comes out halfway through "Book 2" from ''Music/{{Hemispheres}}''.

Even orbiting a black hole wouldn't be a safe place for organic lifeforms, as you would be constantly pelted with orbiting dust and debris flying at ludicrous speeds, all while simultaneously being cooked alive and having your DNA melted by the incredible temperatures and intense emissions of radiation, including X-rays and Gamma rays. Needless to say, black holes are pretty scary things. Scary, yet deeply fascinating and mystifying things. At least they have a rather well defined list of things they can and can't do.

'''Butthead:''' So like, a black hole is like, this giant bunghole in outer space. It's like, it sucks up the whole universe, and then it's like, it grinds it up and sends it all to Hell or something.

* In ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', an ''[[AnimateInanimateObject animate]]'' black hole, aptly named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Black Hole]], appears as a boss in one of optional dungeons, guarding the strongest armor item for one of the party members. It's subjectable to physical and magical attacks and can even be DrivenToMadness! (much like everything else in the game, which is expectable, given the protagonist)
* VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans has the Black Hole Gun, the last handheld weapon unlocked in ''Path of the Furon''. The player can charge the gun at a spot to develop a black hole, which will then proceed to suck in absolutely everything around it. People, cars and debris will be absorbed into it while it is active before the hole spews out the brains of its victims before dissipating, making it handy as a way to get yourself out of a tight situation and to collect plenty of DNA if you're short on currency. The only enemy that's able to resist its pull are the [[EliteMooks Nexo Warriors.]]

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-094 SCP-094]] is an InUniverse one (measuring 7 meters across), and a pretty scary one too. (''Nothing'' it touches seems to ever return. Worse, it's very slowly expanding.)

* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2249 SCP-2249]] ("The Failed Dreamland"), a Russian hospital that contains a extra-dimensional realm filled with wilting forest plants. The hospital and its forest realm also contain several tiny black hole-like objects (they range from 11 cm to 1.67 m in diameter) that emit gamma radiation; they are designated SCP-2249-2.

UsefulNotes/{{Black holes}}. They're the most terrifying things in the known universe. They're huge masses of... well, ''nothing'' (but they do have a lot of [[ShapedLikeItself mass]]); and [[PowerOfTheVoid nothing, not even light, can travel fast enough to escape them]].[[note]]A black hole is any object which has an escape velocity that is greater than the speed of light. The event horizon (or [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Schwarzschild radius]]) is the boundary within which this condition is met.[[/note]] Unfortunate items which do fall in are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghettification spaghettified]] (the official scientific term), stretched thin by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_force tidal forces,]] the black hole ripping individual molecules apart. But that's only if you get too close. From far away enough, in a stable orbit, being near a black hole would just be the same as orbiting a massive, [[StealthInSpace invisible]][[note]] The [[ShadowDiscretionShot gravitational lensing effect]] is hard to overlook so the black hole would appear as a silhouette against the stars — see the Other Wiki for a simulation thereof. And then Hawking's radiation would actually make the thing pretty bright.[[/note]] star, only the black hole would be much smaller.[[note]]For a nice size comparison, see [[https://youtu.be/QgNDao7m41M this video.]][[/note]] For example, if the sun were to suddenly be magically converted into a black hole of the same mass, the earth's orbit would continue on exactly as before, completely unaffected (gravitationally, that is — the lack of heat and light would, of course, rapidly end almost all life).

* Lampshaded in ''Manga/MobPsycho100'', where Ishiguro, leader of the 7th division of Claw, has a psychic technique he says allows him to produce black holes. As Reigen points out, they don't behave like actual black holes at all and his insistence on pretending that they are only serves to emphasize his childishness.