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* ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Space'' features several over the span of the series, most notably in the episode "A Planet Blown to Pieces" the fighting between the Omega ships that are escorting civilian ships requested to save people in a planet orbiting a star that has gone supernova and a Cassiopeian Nautilus-class warship and especially the titanic battle [[spoiler: between the Cassiopeian and Humanoid fleets, in which the former is [[CurbStompBattle almost entirely annihilated.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Space'' features several over the span of the series, most notably in the episode "A Planet Blown to Pieces" the fighting between the Omega ships that are escorting civilian ships requested to save people in a planet orbiting a star that has gone supernova and a Cassiopeian Nautilus-class warship and especially the titanic battle [[spoiler: between the Cassiopeian and Humanoid fleets, in which the former is [[CurbStompBattle almost entirely annihilated.]]]]]]
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*''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Space'' features several over the span of the series, most notably in the episode "A Planet Blown to Pieces" the fighting between the Omega ships that are escorting civilian ships requested to save people in a planet orbiting a star that has gone supernova and a Cassiopeian Nautilus-class warship and especially the titanic battle [[spoiler: between the Cassiopeian and Humanoid fleets, in which the former is [[CurbStompBattle almost entirely annihilated.]]
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*''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Space'' features several over the span of the series, most notably in the episode "A Planet Blown to Pieces" the fighting between the Omega ships that are escorting civilian ships requested to save people in a planet orbiting a star that has gone supernova and a Cassiopeian Nautilus-class warship and especially the titanic battle [[spoiler: between the Cassiopeian and Humanoid fleets, in which the former is [[CurbStompBattle almost entirely annihilated.]]
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* ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'': Bonus points for the hero's ship looking like a mash-up of a submarine, battlecruiser and galleon.
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* ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'': ''Manga/CaptainHarlock'': Bonus points for the hero's ship looking like a mash-up of a submarine, battlecruiser and galleon.
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[[caption-width-right:350:An age of [[WoodenShipsAndIronMen duralium ships and plasteel men]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[TalkLikeAPirate Yarr! Firin' a broadside of]] [[SlowLaser Slow Lasers]], [[TalkLikeAPirate cap'n!]][[note]]A scene from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', as digitally rendered by Jim Varner.[[/note]]]]
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* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Despite being about a space-faring species engaged in a ForeverWar, ship-to-ship combat is surprisingly rare in the franchise due to most of the action generally being about small groups stranded on Earth. On the few occasions ship-to-ship combat is portrayed, however, it is played straight. In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', the ''Nemesis'' gets up close to the ''Ark'', though this is partially justified by Megatron wanting to pull a boarding action (the version of these events told in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'' makes it clear a vicious fight was fought before the Decepticons were able to board). A similar occurence happens in ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron'' where the Decepticons aboard the ''Nemesis'' attack the Autobots aboard the ''Ark'': the ''Nemesis'' comes in so close while engaging in a firefight with the ''Ark'' that [[CombiningMecha Bruticus]] is able to simply '''jump''' onto the ''Ark''. In ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', the ''Axalon'' and the ''Darksyde'' shoot each other down when both ships are extreme close range. Part of the reason the Transformers seem to prefer space combat in this way appears to be the desire to make sure their target is actually dead, as in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' Galvatron attacks an Autobot shuttle from long range and relies on his scanners to confirm the kill... not realising that the Autobots had separated the rear of their shuttle and allowed that part of the ship to be destroyed.
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* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Despite being about a space-faring species engaged in a ForeverWar, ship-to-ship combat is surprisingly rare in the franchise due to most of the action generally being about small groups stranded on Earth. On the few occasions ship-to-ship combat is portrayed, however, it is played straight. In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', the ''Nemesis'' gets up close to the ''Ark'', though this is partially justified by Megatron wanting to pull a boarding action (the version of these events told in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'' makes it clear a vicious fight was fought before the Decepticons were able to board). A similar occurence happens in ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron'' where the Decepticons aboard the ''Nemesis'' attack the Autobots aboard the ''Ark'': the ''Nemesis'' comes in so close while engaging in a firefight with the ''Ark'' that [[CombiningMecha Bruticus]] is able to simply '''jump''' onto the ''Ark''. In ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', the ''Axalon'' and the ''Darksyde'' shoot each other down when both ships are extreme close range. Part of the reason the Transformers seem to prefer space combat in this way appears to be the desire to make sure their target is actually dead, as in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' Galvatron attacks an Autobot shuttle from long range and relies on his scanners to confirm the kill... not realising that the Autobots had separated the rear of their shuttle and allowed that part of the ship to be destroyed.
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* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': There is a space battle scene fitting this trope.
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* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': There is a space battle scene fitting this trope.
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** The series in general is the TropeCodifier; this sort of space combat shows up with frequency in all its incarnations. In the later series, the trope is sometimes averted by having giant capital ships engage in an OldSchoolDogfight, but it's still played straight very, ''very'' often.
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** The series in general is the TropeCodifier; this sort of space combat shows up with frequency in all its incarnations. In the later series, the trope is sometimes averted by having giant capital ships engage in an OldSchoolDogfight, but it's still played straight very, ''very'' often. It was considerably less common in ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]'', but that was mainly for budgetary and special effects limitations reasons (combining a StarTrekShake with a character reporting weapon fire was cheap. Moving two models on screen at the same time while also adding in weapon and impact effects, not so much).
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* Lampshaded and averted by Creator/HarryHarrison in ''Literature/{{Starworld}}''. The admiral in charge of the rebel colonists shows the protagonist an old space movie before pointing out how real space battles aren't anything like this -- spaceships don't fight at close range and energy weapons don't work in the [[ArbitraryMaximumRange vast distances of space]]. Although missiles are being used by both sides, the rebels use [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter linear accelerators firing unguided cannon balls]] to gain the decisive edge, then finish them off with a FlechetteStorm of rocket-propelled bullets -- all this happens before anyone is close enough to see their opponent.
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* Lampshaded and averted by Creator/HarryHarrison in ''Literature/{{Starworld}}''. The admiral in charge of the rebel colonists shows the protagonist an old space movie before pointing out how real space battles aren't anything like this -- spaceships don't fight at close range and energy weapons don't work in the [[ArbitraryMaximumRange [[ArbitraryWeaponRange vast distances of space]]. Although missiles are being used by both sides, the rebels use [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter linear accelerators firing unguided cannon balls]] to gain the decisive edge, then finish them off with a FlechetteStorm of rocket-propelled bullets -- all this happens before anyone is close enough to see their opponent.
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** Battles between capital ships often fit this trope closely, as large ships can't manoeuvre very well, and have [[ArbitraryMaximumRange fairly short-ranged weapons]]. They will often slowly drift past each other, or park within arm's reach of each other, and trade beam and cannon-fire until one of the ships bursts into flames and explodes... You can even order the ships into formations, one of which takes the traditional sea-bound Line of Battle and transforms it into a 3D Wall-of-Battle for much the same effect!
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** Battles between capital ships often fit this trope closely, as large ships can't manoeuvre very well, and have [[ArbitraryMaximumRange [[ArbitraryWeaponRange fairly short-ranged weapons]]. They will often slowly drift past each other, or park within arm's reach of each other, and trade beam and cannon-fire until one of the ships bursts into flames and explodes... You can even order the ships into formations, one of which takes the traditional sea-bound Line of Battle and transforms it into a 3D Wall-of-Battle for much the same effect!
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