Line #109 Main/CoolShip


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3	You have a ship! And it's cool! It's got TheCaptain, a BadassCrew, and maybe a WaveMotionGun and other cool stuff!
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5	You can park it in the ElaborateUndergroundBase, but then, the whole point of it is that you can TravelCool to places with it.
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7	Where to?
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9	Well, that depends on the kind of ship or vehicle.
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11	[[index]]
12	* CoolAirship
13	* CoolBoat
14	* CoolStarship
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17	And there are other ships, that do not fold neatly into one of these categories. Please add only examples that do not fit in one here. (Such as falling into more than one. Or sailing through dimensions and the like.) If you're still not sure, consult the TravelCool vehicle index.
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19	If you're looking for a ''relation-''ship, please see ShippingTropes.
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21	!!Examples
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25	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
26	* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Salude and Bood, Baron Ashura's submarine fortresses. The former could disguise itself like an island.
27	* The Dai-Gurren in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Although it eventually gets the ability to [[CoolBoat swim]] and [[CoolAirship fly]], it was originally designed as a land-based battleship.
28	** Specifically it was designed as a fully-functioning HumongousMecha with a battleship for a torso.
29	* The ''Mother Vanguard'' from ''Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam'' - it's a CoolStarship that's a [[HumongousMecha mecha-scale]] pirate ship, complete with beam sails for propulsion, a full-body beam shield and a golden figurehead of a woman on the prow.
30	* Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato deserves mention for being a cool ship that was sunk and later converted to a CoolStarship.
31	* The Bardanos from ''Anime/{{Ozuma}}'' which is a cool sand submarine.
32	* In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', the schools are set in a city on top of an aircraft carrier: the protagonist's school ship is [[http://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/quantifying-the-size-of-the-aircraft-carriers-in-girls-und-panzer/ 7 km long and 1.5 km wide]]: the surface is vast enough to have mountains and rivers. Curiously, this is one of the smaller carriers seen: the others are even larger in size. Also, all of them are up-scaled versions of real-life warships made during the two [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]].
33	* The invading countries of ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' II each get one. Autozam's is a standard battleship, [[ArabianNightsDays Chizeta]]'s is shaped like a magic lamp, and Fahren's is shaped like a Chinese dragon. It's hard to say if they are air or spaceships, though, since the medium between the worlds is ambiguous.
34	* ''Literature/FateZero'': Gilgamesh has the ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana#Vimanas_and_the_Vaimanika_Shastra Vimana]]'', or a "Chariot of the Gods'' in his seemingly endless repository of "treasures". It appears to be mentally controlled, flies using no visible propulsion, and can outmaneuver an F-15J. It doesn't seem to have any built-in weapons, but Gilgamesh being [[StoryBreakerPower who he is]], [[StormOfBlades that isn't a problem]].
35	* ''Manga/QueenMillennia'': Queen Millennia's private ship is a large space cruiser with a female portrait sculpted over the entirety of the ship's front.
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38	[[folder:Comic Books]]
39	* In ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'', the android {{ComicBook/Hourman}} travels through time on a sailing ship.
40	* ''ComicBook/StarTrekTheNextGenerationDoctorWhoAssimilation2'' finds [[Series/DoctorWho The Eleventh Doctor]] complimenting the design of the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Enterprise-D]]'''s bridge.
41	* As seen in the ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''/Franchise/GreenLantern crossover ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', [[BadassCrew the Red Lanterns]] have the Kaalvar, their flagship. It's large, sleek and armed with a WaveMotionGun.
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44	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
45	* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'': The yellow submarine isn't just a CoolBoat--it can ''fly.'' It also has its own HyperspaceArsenal controlled by [[ContextSensitiveButton Context Sensitive Buttons]], and the 7th Cavalry standing by in case of attack.
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48	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
49	* One could be excused for thinking that the impossibly cool Bubbleship (pictured above) is the ''true'' star of ''Film/Oblivion2013'', with Creator/TomCruise co-starring as her pilot.
50	* The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier as depicted in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' melds CoolBoat and CoolPlane as an AirborneAircraftCarrier.
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53	[[folder:Gamebooks]]
54	* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'':
55	** The gamebook ''Literature/CreatureOfHavoc'' has the ''Galleykeep'', a flying ship owned by the main villain, the EvilSorceror Zharaddan Marr, which the protagonist -- the titular Creature -- must seek in order to find a way to transform himself back to human. [[spoiler: In the conclusion, after reversing his curse, it turns out the Creature used to be the ''Galleykeep'''s captain, before Marr stole his ship from him, massacred his crew and turned him into a monster]].
56	** Balthazar Sturm, the villain of ''Literature/{{Stormslayer}}'', travels around on a fish-shaped battleship called the ''Eye of the Storm'', going from land-to-land to wreak all sorts of havoc. A large portion of your adventure have you tracking the ship and attempting to infiltrate it in order to defeat Sturm.
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59	[[folder:Literature]]
60	* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', the Durmstrang students travel to Hogwarts in a submerged sailing ship with only the crow's nest visible, but [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome dramatically bursts up out of the water]] when it arrives at the school.
61	* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Eärendil's ''Vingilot''. It starts out as a fairly CoolBoat and ends up a very CoolAirship / CoolStarship... which also happens to carry the Morning Star through the sky.
62	* In Creator/JohnCWright's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos'', Amelia has Vanity summon her CoolBoat in outerspace. It surprises Vanity, but turns out to be a CoolStarship as well; they go to Mars (the planet) in it. Amelia also sees others sailing through space in what are clearly Cool Boats.
63	* Robur's airship from Creator/JulesVerne's novel ''Literature/RoburTheConqueror''. First published in 1886, it is possibly the ur-example. Though ''Albatross'' is not lighter-than-air, it is a huge multi-propeller helicopter. The viability of heavier-than-air craft was disputed back then, and such a dispute is part of the plot, with Robur showing his ship is superior to any silly balloon.
64	* ''Literature/DarkLife'': The [[FloatingCity Ocean]] [[MobileCity Townships]]. [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} They are shaped like sea creatures]], thought the old ones are describe as mountains of Metals be Fiberglass.
65	* ''{{Literature/Destroyermen}}'': Where to begin? Well, the four-stacker USS ''Walker'', of course, despite being horribly outdated for UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Nevertheless, it becomes the flagship and, for a time, is the most powerful ship in known waters on the alternate Earth. Its sister ship the USS ''Mahan'' constantly ends up being sunk, blown up, or torpedoed (that last one was an accident on the ''Walker''[='=]s part) and rebuilt every time. On the [[CatFolk Lemurian]] side, the ''Salissa'' (later USNR ''Salissa''), a carrier-sized wooden sailing ship originally only armed with ballistae but is eventually turned into a proper carrier/seaplane tender while still capable of devastating broadsides with cannons. On the opposite side, we have the Japanese battlecruiser ''Amagi'' and later [[spoiler:Japanese/[[LizardFolk Grik]] ironclads]]. Listing every CoolShip would take half a page, though.
66	* ''Literature/TheDreamsideRoad'': [[SignatureTeamTransport The Aesir]] looks like a retro camper, but is actually a heavily armored custom [[AmphibiousAutomobile amphibious machine]], that [[FlyingCar flies]] and has [[RayGun energy weapons]] and [[DeflectorShield shields]].
67	* At the end of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', the Great Glass Elevator turns out to be capable of flying through the air if one presses a certain button, despite looking like no CoolAirship known to man. In the sequel ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'', the elevator is...well...elevated to CoolStarship status.
68	* In Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus Leo builds the Argo II, a warship based on Ancient Greek triremes that can sail the seas or the sky with ease, plus it has a bronze dragon automaton figurehead, capable of sensing incoming dangers, and all the control interfaces an ADHD demigod could want.
69	* ''Literature/OddlyEnough'': "The Golden Sail" has Jan watching the harbor constantly for his father's return, since the man had gone off in search of the titular ship years ago. When the ship finally appears, Jan and his friend Samos board it, where they find it sails itself, can sail up a waterspout into the sea and can shrink itself into a coin for easy transport on land. In the end, after completing their mission on the island they've landed again, he's told that the ship is his now, and he and Samos board it once more and set off in search of adventure.
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74	* The TARDIS of ''Series/DoctorWho''. The most powerful ship in the universe- BiggerOnTheInside, sentient, can travel anywhere in time and space....and [[ShapeshifterModeLock stuck in the form]] of a blue police box, and so old that it's pretty much held together by string.
75	** At least it's the most powerful ship in the universe since the competition of every other TARDIS was eliminated. To give the Doctor's TARDIS its full name, a TT Type-40 Mark III Time Travel Capsule, its make and model was long-since obsolete compared to newer TARDIS models and on its way to the scrap heap when the Doctor first stole it.
76	* ''Series/{{JAG}}'' showcases much of what the U.S. Navy has in store, and some episodes were filmed on actual ships.
77	* International Rescue had a whole cool base full of cool ships on ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''.
78	* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': The ''Razor Crest'', an Old Republic-era gunship flown by the titular Mandalorian, is considered a "classic" in-universe and proves to be incredibly resilient despite its age. It takes multiple batterings, including being stripped to the bones by Jawas and dunked in an ocean, but keeps flying even when it's held together with ropes.
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81	[[folder:Music]]
82	* Music/{{Journey\|Band}}'s Scarab Escape Vehicle from their 1981 album ''Escape'', which also appeared in the video game ''VideoGame/JourneyEscape''.
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85	[[folder:Pinball]]
86	* The Glidecraft from ''Pinball/{{Stargate}}'' comes out of Ra's Pyramid and flies around the playfield.
87	* Creator/SegaPinball's ''Pinball/StarshipTroopers'' is decorated with a Viking DropShip and a TAC
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90	[[folder:Video Games]]
91	* The titular battleship ''Antaeus'' from ''VideoGame/HostileWatersAntaeusRising'' is the last functioning Adaptive Cruiser capital warship, preserved in case [[PerfectPacifistPeople humanity ever needs to fight a war again]]. Not only does the ship survive being sunk for 20 years with only moderate amounts of damage, but it also can [[{{Nanomachines}} create armies out of junk]].
92	** Of the 2 such ships kept at the bottom of the sea, only the ''Antaeus'' managed to surface again. Coincidentally, she's also [[SuperPrototype the first Adaptive Cruiser ever built]], Prototype 00.
93	* In the ''VideoGame/TieFighter'' series, the Missile Boat. It is regarded by all fans of the series as the prime example of MoreDakka and in [[LetsYouAndHimFight X-Wing vs Tie Fighter]], it was left out for balance reasons, but it still had an entry in the craft library that reads: "This is the King Hell God Emperor Starfighter of Death and you can't fly it yet!"
94	* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'' has a ship class all on its own, comprised by five ships - the ''Lightning'', the ''Red Sprite'', the ''Blue Jet'', the ''Gigantic'' and the ''Elve''. How cool are they? ''They have VTOL capabilities''. Despite being essentially several-story high, massively shielded tanks. Equipped with plasma armor. Fabrication laboratories. Hospital sections. Its very own on-board AI navigator. ''And dimensional-crossing tech.''
95	** The ''Lightning'' is even capable of [[RealityWarper recreating hostile dimensional terrain to better suit the navigator's needs]].
96	* In the PC-98 ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' game ''VideoGame/TouhouYumejikuuPhantasmagoriaOfDimDream'', the final boss Yumemi and her assistant Chiyuri cross into Gensokyo from an alternate world with a Probability Space Hypervessel.
97	* The headquarters of ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' is the ''Virgin Victory'', which first appears to be a rocket-propelled flying ship with [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131124135259/the-wonderful-101/images/d/d7/Virgin_Victory.png vaguely naval overtones]], but which is later revealed to be capable of both underwater and space travel. Immorta's personal spaceship is arguably more impressive, as it's equipped with a drill that lets it tunnel through the ground.
98	* The Van Eltia from ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'': Is a massive boat with customizable rooms and looks to be made out of stained glass. It starts off as a simple boat, but later gets upgraded into a cool airship, and then a cool starship with mini-submarine pods.
99	* The [[http://i.imgur.com/Eiz7jil.jpg teaser image]] for ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'' features one.
100	* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder:'' During the events of Lostbelt 5, you eventually get access to the Storm Border, a high-tech ship built using the Shadow Border as its core and the Nautilus as its stern. The end result is a ship that looks taken straight out of a space opera, is capable of maneuvering in both sea, air, and ''space'', and retains the Shadow Border's capability to Zero Sail - that is, to say, ''it can traverse imaginary space and travel to other dimensions.'' It eventually gets upgraded with a version of ''Excalibur'' as its main gun. Did we also forget to mention that if the need arises, it can eject the Shadow Border as an escape vehicle?
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104	* ''Webcomic/DeepDiveDaredevils'': The ''Custer'' looks like an ordinary sub of TheThirties, but it's packed with advanced technology decades ahead of its' time.
105	* In ''Webcomic/DelilahDirkAndTheTurkishLieutenant'', [[http://www.delilahdirk.com/content/?p=60 her sail boat, it turns out, can fly.]]
106	* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', Captain Plaidbeard, land pirate, has a land ship that runs on railroad tracks.
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110	* The titular ''Literature/{{Skipjack}}'' doubles as both a submarine and an interplanetary vessel, which is useful for traveling to the ocean world that is terraformed Mars.
111	* ''Website/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'' has yet to introduce a [[DimensionalTraveler Void Ship]] design that ''isn't'' in some way cool, though the Cupids' Fog Ships are also fairly silly at the same time. This is eventually parodied in ''The Metafictional Meddler'':
112	--> "It was… a capsule. A Void ship, no doubt. Even if they hadn’t gotten that from the context, they surely would have from the look of the thing, which screamed “I am a futuristic dimensional transporter” louder than an actual machine should have any rights to; it was to the point that Pessimist wondered if the ship’s builder hadn’t deliberately designed it after a machine from some anime or other in an effort to be cool."
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115	[[folder:Western Animation]]
116	* ''WesternAnimation/ObanStarRacers'': The show has a plenty of these. It has a number of cool-looking aircraft, such as [[CoolStarship starships]], [[LivingShip sentient ships]], and hovercrafts.
117	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'': The ''Calico'' is essentially based on Creator/JacquesCousteau's ''Calypso'', but with a fast hydrofoil mode when it really needs to get somewhere. In one concession to reality, the TeamPet, Godzooky, usually has to take to the air to reduce the weight on the ship in order to reliably maintain this form of propulsion.
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