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* FeatherFall\\
Countering gravity to reduce fall damage.
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Life that evolved or adapted to live in a place without gravity.

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Life that evolved evolved, adapted, or adapted was created to live in a place without gravity.
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* LifeInZeroG\\
Life that evolved or adapted to live in a place without gravity.
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* PoweredByABlackHole\\
Harnessing a black hole to generate energy.
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* AllGravityIsTheSame\\
When multiple planets in a science fiction setting have vastly different masses and diameters, yet characters and objects move as if they were on a single planet the whole time.

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Compare FallingAndLandingIndex, for more effects of gravity.





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'''Related:'''
+ FallingAndLandingIndex
+ {{Power}}
+ RadioactiveTropes
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When you fall through a clothesline, you end up wearing whatever is on it.

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When you fall through a clothesline, you end up wearing whatever is on it.it.
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* ImprovisedMicrogravityManeuvering
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The theory of gravitation was first proposed by Sir IsaacNewton in the late 17th century. Before then, the idea that things fell when dropped was known, but the mechanism for it was not. After the publication of the ''Principia Mathematica'', it has been featured somewhat sporadically in media. This index lists all the various ways that the topic appears, whether serious or silly, wrong or right. Many of these will overlap with ArtisticLicensePhysics.

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The theory of gravitation was first proposed by Sir IsaacNewton UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton in the late 17th century. Before then, the idea that things fell when dropped was known, but the mechanism for it was not. After the publication of the ''Principia Mathematica'', it has been featured somewhat sporadically in media. This index lists all the various ways that the topic appears, whether serious or silly, wrong or right. Many of these will overlap with ArtisticLicensePhysics.
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* GravityIsPurple\\
Gravity visually depicted in pretty purple colors.
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Compare FallingAndLandingIndex, for more effects of gravity.
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No. Not even slightly. Rotation is not even as good a simulation of gravity as simply accelerating in a line.


When gravity is simulated by putting things on the inner surface of a rotating object. This is the only one that modern physics knows how to do.

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When gravity is simulated by putting things on the inner surface of a rotating object. This is the only one that modern physics knows how to do.

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Placing someone in zero gravity as a means of negating their combat advantage.

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Placing someone in zero gravity as a means of negating their combat advantage.abilities.
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* BlackHole\\
The thing with the most gravity of all.
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AKA CartoonGravity, this is gravity played for RuleOfFunny.

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AKA CartoonGravity, Cartoon Gravity, this is gravity played for RuleOfFunny.
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* GravityScrew\\
When gravity pulls in a nonstandard direction.
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Please note that "things fall when dropped" falls under LikeRealityUnlessNoted.

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When gravity, like pi and [[UsefulNotes/{{Evolution}} evolution]], is considered a legislative or philosophical matter rather than a scientific one.

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When gravity, like pi [[MouthfulOfPi pi]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Evolution}} evolution]], is considered a legislative or philosophical matter rather than a scientific one.

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%% Centrifugal Gravity is being cut pending a redo in YKTTW.
%%* CentrifugalGravity\\
%%When gravity is simulated by putting things on the inner surface of a rotating object. This is the only one that modern physics knows how to do.

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* CentrifugalGravity\\
%%When When gravity is simulated by putting things on the inner surface of a rotating object. This is the only one that modern physics knows how to do.
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The theory of gravitation was first proposed by Sir Isaac Newton in the late 17th century. Before then, the idea that things fell when dropped was known, but the mechanism for it was not. After the publication of the ''Principia Mathematica'', it has been featured somewhat sporadically in media. This index lists all the various ways that the topic appears, whether serious or silly, wrong or right. Many of these will overlap with ArtisticLicensePhysics.

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The theory of gravitation was first proposed by Sir Isaac Newton IsaacNewton in the late 17th century. Before then, the idea that things fell when dropped was known, but the mechanism for it was not. After the publication of the ''Principia Mathematica'', it has been featured somewhat sporadically in media. This index lists all the various ways that the topic appears, whether serious or silly, wrong or right. Many of these will overlap with ArtisticLicensePhysics.

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When AppliedPhlebotinum can turn gravity on or off at a whim.

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When AppliedPhlebotinum can turn gravity on or off at a whim. AntiGravity redirects here.
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* NoGravityForYou\\
Placing someone in zero gravity as a means of negating their combat advantage.



When you fall through a clothesline, you end up wearing whatever is on it.

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When you fall through a clothesline, you end up wearing whatever is on it.

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* CentrifugalGravity\\
When gravity is simulated by putting things on the inside of a rotating object. This is the only one that modern physics knows how to do.

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CentrifugalGravity\\
When %%When gravity is simulated by putting things on the inside inner surface of a rotating object. This is the only one that modern physics knows how to do.

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A spacecraft that loses its engines will be immediately pulled toward the nearest gravity source.

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A spacecraft that loses deactivates its engines propulsion system will be immediately pulled toward the nearest gravity source.

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When gravity, like pi and [[UsefulNotes/{{Evolution}} evolution]], is considered a legislative matter rather than a scientific one.

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When gravity, like pi and [[UsefulNotes/{{Evolution}} evolution]], is considered a legislative or philosophical matter rather than a scientific one.
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* CentrifugalGravity\\
When gravity is simulated by putting things on the inside of a rotating object. This is the only one that modern physics knows how to do.
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* BlackHole\\
The thing with the most gravity of all.

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The theory of gravitation was first proposed by Sir Isaac Newton in the late 17th century. Before then, the idea that things fell when dropped was known, but the mechanism for it was not. After the publication of the ''Principia Mathematica'', it has been featured somewhat sporadically in media. This index lists all the various ways that the topic appears, whether serious or silly, wrong or right. Many of these will overlap with ArtisticLicensePhysics.

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!!Tropes about gravity:
* ArtificialGravity\\
When AppliedPhlebotinum can turn gravity on or off at a whim.
* GravityIsAHarshMistress\\
AKA CartoonGravity, this is gravity played for RuleOfFunny.
* GravityIsOnlyATheory\\
When gravity, like pi and [[UsefulNotes/{{Evolution}} evolution]], is considered a legislative matter rather than a scientific one.
* GravityMaster\\
A character whose superpower is to control gravity.
* GravitySucks\\
A spacecraft that loses its engines will be immediately pulled toward the nearest gravity source.
* SelectiveGravity\\
In VideoGames, gravity only affects specific objects, while others just float unsupported.
* UnrealisticBlackHole\\
When Hollywood screws up the thing with the most gravity of all.
* VariableTerminalVelocity\\
When the velocity at which things fall seems determined by the plot and not by physics.

!! Tropes with gravity in the name, but otherwise not about gravity:
* EdgeGravity\\
When game mechanics prevent characters from falling off the edge of cliffs or platforms.
* GravityIsAHarshSeamstress\\
When you fall through a clothesline, you end up wearing whatever is on it.

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