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Hemisphere Bias

130 statements
24 feature instances
19 referencing feature instances

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Hemisphere Bias	label	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias	page	HemisphereBias
Hemisphere Bias	comment	Any shot of a spacecraft or other object orbiting or approaching the Earth will only show that side of the planet where the target audience of the production lives. It will almost always be in full sunlight as well, regardless of whether ground-based scenes in that hemisphere are in day or night. The one big exception is when they copy "The Blue Marble", a famous space shot of Earth taken by the crew of Apollo 17. That shot is centered on Madagascar. See also Creator Provincialism. Might be part of some Standardized Space Views if what it's being shown is our Earth. Examples
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Hemisphere Bias	isPartOf	DBTropes
Hemisphere Bias / int_1a7918e3	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_1a7918e3	comment	Terranigma centers the charts of Earth's continents on Japan, because, of course, the developers are located in Neotokio.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_1c4cf6	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_1c4cf6	comment	Averted in the remake of Survivors, wherein each episode ended with a sudden pullback to a view of the Earth...centered on Gibraltar. The series itself was filmed and set in and around Manchester.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_2acb12c5	comment	Averted in X3: Terran Conflict. Egosoft is in Germany and mainly targets Europe, but the view of Earth is centered on Ecuador in South America, and the Torus Aeternal's geosynchronous docking area is directly over the country.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_2bbcacd9	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_2bbcacd9	comment	In the Looney Tunes cartoon "Haredevil Hare," Bugs Bunny, from on the Moon, admires the "beautiful Earth out tonight"; he's looking at the Western hemisphere, of course.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_43e9884a	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_43e9884a	comment	The covers of books 1 and 4 of The Long Earth show a string of Earths, all showing Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_44127c7c	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_44127c7c	comment	Inverted in Power Rangers (Mighty Morphin and Zeo) where it is always pointed at Japan, because production couldn't afford to shoot new footage to replace the Super Sentai footage. Then "uninverted" in Dino Charge, where the shot of Earth from space during the meteor shower that wiped out the dinosaurs is centered in North America.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_546f4d9a	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_546f4d9a	comment	Then "uninverted" in Dino Charge, where the shot of Earth from space during the meteor shower that wiped out the dinosaurs is centered in North America.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_61c6b600	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_61c6b600	comment	Averted in Star Trek: First Contact, where a 21st century woman's first view of Earth from orbit is of Australia. Montana (her home), she's told, won't be in view for a little while yet. Played straight with the emblem of the Terran Empire, focusing on North and South America. Enterprise redraws the model to show both hemispheres though.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_755b343f	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_755b343f	comment	In the original Halo trilogy, whenever there's a view of Earth from space it centers on Africa. This is most likely because pretty much all of the Earth levels are set in Africa.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_7668653b	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_7668653b	comment	Averted in Mass Effect 3: the development team is stationed in Vancouver and the game begins from this city, but the final mission is set in London, and only Europe is clearly visible during the approach to Earth.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_7a18e2c8	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_7a18e2c8	comment	The 1924 Soviet science fiction film Aelita has the Queen of Mars fall in love with the protagonist while watching him via a telescope. Since our hero is naturally a good Soviet citizen, most of the shots of Earth center on Eurasia.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_8066b291	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_8066b291	comment	Evolution: The Americas are visible as the alien spacecraft sails to Earth.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_8d8157e0	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_8d8157e0	comment	Lexx introduces the Earth by showing Newfoundland.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_9173be2b	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_9173be2b	comment	In Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan and its sequel, the "victory" image after the final level shows Asia and Japan. In the Americanized Elite Beat Agents, the results-screen image is of North America.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_976efc02	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_976efc02	comment	Lampshaded in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, when Mike and the robots are watching This Island Earth. As the heroes return to Earth, a clear shot of North America is visible, and Crow remarks, "Ah, just like we left it, with the U.S.A. in charge!"
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Hemisphere Bias / int_97ac70db	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_97ac70db	comment	What on Earth!: Yes, that's North America front and center as the Martian spacecraft hurtles to Earth.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_a144cb39	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_a144cb39	comment	Spoofed in the opening credits of Moral Orel, where the Earth is seen from an angle placing the United States in full view, and there's nothing there but the U.S.: no Canada, no Latin America, just water. Also seen on Homestar Runner. It can be worse though: at least the Earth zooms in to the state (Statesota) and city (Moralton) where the series takes place in. In the Bad Future implied in "Geniusis", by the time the epilogue happens, Moralton has taken over the entire continental United States.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_a40b1126	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_a40b1126	comment	When the aliens arrived in Independence Day we see North America, of course. It was noted that to do this, the Earth's tilt was wrong for July.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_a4514a75	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_a4514a75	comment	Averted in Iji, in which the cutscene showing the Komato fleet approaching Earth has the Earth centred at South America. Averted even more so when you consider that the creator is actually Swedish.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_ad82bcd4	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_ad82bcd4	comment	Averted in Heroman, where most shots are of North America, where the show takes place, rather than Japan, where it was made.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_c43df4d8	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_c43df4d8	comment	In Doctor Who shots hang over the British Isles, typically speaking. Though this is averted at the end of Earthshock - the views of Earth quite clearly show Indonesia, China and Australia. note (Which is an obvious production error, given that the scene took place relatively shortly after the breakup of Pangaea. Fixed on the DVD.)
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Hemisphere Bias / int_d461f757	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_d461f757	comment	The third season of the new Battlestar Galactica (2003) ended with a shot of Earth which showed North America. (This should be a spoiler, but given the topic of this trope, it's fairly obvious what that spoiler would hide.) Averted in the fourth season, which shows Africa prominently. Note the clear (and admitted) use of Audience Provincialism. They wanted to show Africa in the first shot too, but executives suggested changing it for fear that the dominantly-North-American audience wouldn't recognize their own planet. But audiences are anticipating the second shot (there's been a Plot Arc built around it), priming them for Africa the second time around.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_e25322af	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_e25322af	comment	Also seen on Homestar Runner.
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Hemisphere Bias / int_e4732abc	type	Hemisphere Bias
Hemisphere Bias / int_e4732abc	comment	Averted in the series finale of Stargate Atlantis, for one small part. When Sheppard's F-302 is in orbit around Earth, it is very clearly over Italy.
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Hemisphere Bias	processingCategory2	Speculative Fiction Tropes
A Brief History (Animation) / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
The Multiversity (Comic Book) / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Prehistoric Park: Returned from Extinction (Fanfic) / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Going To Blazes / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Independence Day / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Terminator 2: Judgment Day / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
The Great White Silence / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
To Fly! / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
2001: A Space Odyssey / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Destroy the Godmodder (Roleplay) / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Walking with Beasts / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Elite Beat Agents (Video Game) / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Portal 2 (Video Game) / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (Video Game) / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Haredevil Hare / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Strange Invaders (2001) / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
What on Earth! / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias
Aelita / int_573da164	type	Hemisphere Bias

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