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Hemisphere Bias
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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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Terranigma centers the charts of Earth's continents on Japan, because, of course, the developers are located in Neotokio. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Evolution: The Americas are visible as the alien spacecraft sails to Earth. | |
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Lexx introduces the Earth by showing Newfoundland. | |
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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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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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What on Earth!: Yes, that's North America front and center as the Martian spacecraft hurtles to Earth. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Also seen on Homestar Runner. | |
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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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