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Love is a many-splendored thing. It can cause those who are in the throes of it to do amazing things. Go into war against a nigh-insurmountable foe, climb the tallest mountain you can find, put down the toilet seat after they're finished, lots of stuff. Many people like to say that true love gives them a feeling like they're walking on air. In some forms of fiction, this is taken literally.

A man and a woman are shown in an embrace, they are both smiling, happy and content. As the camera backs away, we see that their feet are a few inches above the ground, but they are both so enraptured, they don't even notice their sudden lack of gravity. This is what is known as a Lovitation (a portmanteau of love and levitation). This is usually shown in fantasies, science fiction stories and occasionally romantic comedies to show that there is an overall magical quality to The Power of Love. No not that one. Or that one.

See also Power Floats and Zero-G Spot.


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    Anime & Manga 
  • In the Bloom Into You Anthology story, "Free Floating Maidens", Toukjo finds Yuu reading a romance manga, and floating a few inches above the ground, apparently while Yuu is reading a particularly romantic moment. Touko points this out, and Yuu, oblivious, comes back to earth. When Yuu goes back to reading, she floats even higher, while still oblivious. After she lands this time, Touko joins her and they both float near the ceiling just as Sayaka walks in. She has the same shocked face Touko had at the start, and the narrative box notes that later, she floats too.

    Comic Strips 

    Fan Works 
  • During Bruce and Diana's Big Damn Kiss in "Christmas in Kansas", part of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Hearts series, Diana is so caught up in the moment that she levitates them both.

    Films — Live-Action 
  • Casper: The title ghost is turned human for a few hours so he can attend Cat's Halloween party. As they dance together they start to rise off the floor, but Cat is so busy staring into his eyes that she doesn't immediately notice.
  • Flirting Scholar: The main character Tong sings so well, his audience floats into the air bedazzled by the story and temporarily infatuated with the singer.
  • In Grease, the ending has Sandy and Danny getting back together and their car flying off into the sky.
  • In Hook, as Tinkerbell flies the grown-up Peter Pan to Neverland, she leaves a trail of pixie dust in her wake. We see it fall on a couple embracing on the tower bridge, and they begin to rise.
  • In the Spanish film Una Hora Mas en Canarias, Mónica, played by Juana Acosta, floats in the air when she is in love.
  • In I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK, when Il-soon tries to kiss Young-goon, she lifts off the ground since he has trouble bending down to her.
  • In the short film Left or Right for Love, by Magali Charrier, the woman floats when she is in love.
  • In the French film Odette Toulemonde, Odette, played by Catherine Frot, is an eternal optimist who floats in the air when she is in love.
  • In Simply Irresistible, the characters played by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean Patrick Flannery begin to float uncontrollably while in a passionate embrace. As this was a romantic comedy, it was Played for Laughs, however, as Sean bumps his head on the ceiling, alerting the two to their floating state.
  • In the short film Up Here, by Kantu Lentz, people float when they are in love.

    Literature 
  • Parodied in the Discworld novel Thief of Time, when Jeremy asks Lady Le Jean on a date, she declines. But as she walks away, she literally floats a few inches off the ground. Given what she is, it's justified in-universe.
  • In the novels John and Jeanie Fly: Living the Law of Attraction (2-volume set), a happily married husband and wife are surprised one morning that they have the ability to fly.
  • The People series: In "Captivity", when Twyla and Francher dance together at the school social, Francher levitates them both. Twyla is apparently so caught up in the moment that she doesn't even notice.

    Live-Action TV 
  • Tara and Willow were shown on at least two occasions to be floating in the throes of love on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Once while they were dancing at a party, and the next time while they were making love.
  • Herman's Head: Angel, the sensitivity part of Herman's personality, floats up in the air when Herman realizes he's in love with his bosses' daughter.
  • Though it was West using his flight powers, West Rosen and Claire Bennett did the classic embracing float scene on an episode of Heroes.
  • Interview with the Vampire:
    • "In Throes of Increasing Wonder...": Lestat de Lioncourt, who's very much in love with Louis de Pointe du Lac, levitates himself and his lover off the floor while they're having sex.
    • "Like Angels Put in Hell by God": It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but while Lestat is making love to Louis on their bed, their bodies hover just above the mattress.
  • On Lois & Clark, Lois and Superman floated several times together. Once while making love, and at least twice while in a vertical embrace. In fact, a famous scene of Lois and Clark kissing while wrapped in Clark's cape and floating in front of a large full moon became part of the credits sequence. This imagery starts in the pilot, where it's a little more prurient: When Lois dramatically appears on the stairs at Lex's ball and confronts him in front of the entire assembly ("Lex Luthor! Why aren't you returning my calls?" [thunderclap]), Clark, standing the crowd behind Jimmy, rises a few feet off the ground before settling back down again, in all senses of the expression. The DVD commentary implies it means exactly what you think it means.
  • In Parker Lewis Can't Lose, one episode shows this happening to Jerry Steiner every time Shelly says something nice to him.
  • Saturday Night Live: The Love at First Sight sketch has Chance the Rapper and Cecily Strong experiencing true love and begin to fly.
  • The floating-together thing in Lois & Clark was also mirrored in Smallville during season 10 when Lois and Clark share a dance in Mid-air.

    Music Videos 
  • Music video "High" by Ledisi shows several people and couples in love and floating in the air.
  • Tears for Fears: In the "Head over Heels" music video, Roland Orzabal's character floats from the ground floor to the upper floor (and vice versa) of the library because he's so head over heels (pun intended) in love with the Hot Librarian.

    Theatre 
  • Severely averted in The Light Princess; while Althea is floating, her emotions are too stunted for her to feel real love. It's once she's back on the ground that it's clear how truly in love she is with Digby.

    Video Games 
  • In The Sims 2, the cinematic that plays when a Sim gets his or her very first kiss has the kissing Sims levitate briefly.

    Webcomics 

    Western Animation 
  • Happens to everyone in love in the Valentine's Day Episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy. Edd even looks below May and sees her hovering off the ground with a perplexed look on his face.
  • On The Fairly OddParents!, Timmy floats in the air after Trixie kisses him on the cheek.
  • Miraculous Ladybug: During the special in New York, Marinette and Adrien eats a magic hotdog, and are sent in weightlessness. They start to dance a slow mid air, in front of the full moon. Even Alya says next morning that it was romantic.
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
    • Spike often floats off the ground when he's enamored with Rarity. In fact he starts floating the very first time he meets with her in Episode 1, with his dragon tail used as a propeller for added thrust. In "Party of One", while Spike is floating Rarity gently nudges him to send him on his way.
    • Also a case of Power Floats: in the Series 2 finale, Shining Armor and Cadence float while using their mutual love to supercharge Shining Armor's shield spell.
  • In the Tex Avery cartoon, "Swing Shift Cinderella", towards the end of Red's number, the enamored Wolf floats in the air toward the ceiling before being yanked back down to the table by the Fairy Godmother via the chain attached to their legs.

Alternative Title(s): Lovetation

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