History Main / WeWillAllFlyInTheFuture

* In ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'', floating bubbles are used as public transportation.

One way to establish a setting as occurring in the future is to show everyone -- or at least a nontrivial portion of the population -- flying about. Whether it is by personal jetpacks, mass transit aircars, or simply letting everyone flit around like birds, the power of flight will be as effortless and casual as walking on the grass. People flying for the shortest and most frivolous reasons will be commonplace, and may even qualify as idle recreation for some.

* Common in various ways in the works of Creator/RobertAHeinlein. From two of his "Heinlein juveniles": In ''Literature/SpaceCadet'' there's a passing reference to the protagonist's kid brother flying the family helicopter; in ''Literature/TheStarBeast'' teenagers routinely get around in "flight harnesses".

* Australian company Optus Enterprise has a TV commercial showing a future where business people fly around inside and outside an office building.

* Once ''Film/TheLastMimzy'' has returned to the future with a sample of Emma Wilder's DNA, humanity is brought back from the brink of extinction, and the future looks bright as children float through the air to assemble on a grassy knoll for their school lessons, which last about three minutes. Everyone then floats away like dandelion seeds.

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': Played with. In addition to FlyingCars, any soldier belonging to an even slightly competent military will wear low-profile PoweredArmor that looks like regular clothing but is bulletproof, gives SuperStrength, and lets them fly. However, they rarely actually use them to fly, since it's AwesomeButImpractical most of the time.

* In ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'', floating bubbles are used as public transportation.

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* As originally presented, the ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' gave everyone in the 30th century flight rings to allow effortless flight.

[[AC:Film - Animated]]
* Not quite flying, but all the crew aboard the ''Axiom'' in Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' lives their lives in hoverchairs, which were originally intended for the elderly and infirm. Any humans who need something done for them must summon a robot to do it for them, including exercise.

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* Once ''Film/TheLastMimzy'' has returned to the future with a sample of Emma Wilder's DNA, humanity is brought back from the brink of extinction, and the future looks bright as children float through the air to assemble on a grassy knoll for their school lessons, which last about three minutes. Everyone then floats away like dandelion seeds.
* In ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'', floating bubbles are used as public transportation.
* Not a future but in a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' series, everyone and their mom owns a flying car, motorcycle, speeder, etc.

[[AC:Literature]]
* In the ''Literature/TimeWarpTrio'' book "2095" personal anti-gravity discs the size of large lapel pins are commonplace, and worth only a few cents (when a slice of pizza is over a hundred dollars).

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* A borderline example: On the third season of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', the BadFuture has literally ''everyone'' having superpowers after apparently a superpower-granting serum becomes commonplace. Peter only realizes he is in the future by how many people on their normal daily routines started to fly around or teleport, or use superspeed in their business suits, with briefcases.

[[AC:{{Pinball}}]]
* In the futuristic setting of ''Pinball/{{Xenon}}'', everyone flies around just because they can.

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has numerous units with flight capabilities, usually either via a JetPack or by flying wings.
* Iron Crown Enterprises' ''Cyberspace'' RPG had ubiquitous jet packs, though they were usually limited to police, military, and corporate use.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Required in ''VideoGame/ShatteredHorizon'', which takes place entirely in zero gravity.
* Everyone flies in ''VideoGame/{{Tribes}}'', due to ubiquitous nature of jet packs in the series. These are built into every single suit of PoweredArmor ever produced, effectively giving every notable character flight capabilities.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', the predominant forms of movement are either moving walkways or flying around using aircars or jet packs.

* In Creator/DamonKnight's novella ''Dio'' (or ''The Dying Man''), humans have genetically engineered themselves into gorgeous, model-quality (or better) immortals. Their ability to levitate is a plot point in the first couple of pages, where the title character loses this ability (in midair).

* There is a short story by Creator/RobertSheckley, where everyone on Earth has learned to levitate efficiently, and then the protagonists gets infected with a MindVirus that disrupts his levitation and spreads quickly onto others, so TheGovernment comes after him.

* ''{{Film/Metropolis}}'' has a number of shots biplanes flying between skyscrapers.

* Not a future but a futuristic distant universe, but in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' series, everyone and their mom owns a flying car, motorcycle, speeder, etc.

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[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* As originally presented, ''TheLegionOfSuperHeroes'' gave everyone in the 30th century flight rings to allow effortless flight.

If a visible means of flight is used, it will probably be either a JetPack or a HelicopterPack.

* in 'WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', they do not even know what a wheel is because all cars have been floating, flying, and/or hovering for so long that wheels are too ancient to remember. And if that doesn't fit the bill, they also have tubes that wind through the city of New New York that people hop into and are whisked away in to whatever destination they need to get to in the city. And if that is still not enough to qualify, they also have every other means of insta-flight available to them. Such as rocket boots, antigrav belts, and jet packs. Want to fly in Futurama-verse? Pick your poison.

* in WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} they do not even know what a wheel is because all cars have been floating, flying, and/or hovering for so long that wheels are too ancient to remember. And if that doesn't fit the bill, they also have tubes that wind through the city of New New York that people hop into and are whisked away in to whatever destination they need to get to in the city. And if that is still not enough to qualify, they also have every other means of insta-flight available to them. Such as rocket boots, antigrav belts, and jet packs. Want to fly in Futurama-verse? Pick your poison.

* in Western Animation/Futurama they do not even know what a wheel is because all cars have been floating, flying, and/or hovering for so long that wheels are too ancient to remember. And if that doesn't fit the bill, they also have tubes that wind through the city of New New York that people hop into and are whisked away in to whatever destination they need to get to in the city. And if that is still not enough to qualify, they also have every other means of insta-flight available to them. Such as rocket boots, antigrav belts, and jet packs. Want to fly in Futurama-verse? Pick your poison.

* As originally presented, ''ComicBook/TheLegionOfSuperHeroes'' gave everyone in the 30th century flight rings to allow effortless flight.

Oddly enough, this trope is seldom ever crossed with BigFatFuture, perhaps because the visual appeal of a flying populace requires [[WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture future folks who are fully fit.]]

* Not quite flying, but everyone aboard the ''Axiom'' in Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' lives their lives in hoverchairs, which were originally intended for the elderly and infirm. Any human who needs something done for them must summon a robot to do it for them, including exercise.

* Not a future but a futuristic another universe, but in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' series, everyone and their mom owns a flying car, motorcycle, speeder, etc.

* A borderline example: On the third season of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' the BadFuture has literally ''everyone'' having superpowers after apparently a superpower-granting serum becomes commonplace. Peter only realizes he is in the future by how many people on their normal daily routines started to fly around or teleport, or use superspeed in their business suits, with briefcases.