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Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice is a 3 minute 1987 short film from Symbolics Graphics Division. It can be viewed on YouTube here.In a structure in space reassembling a spherical snow globe two colonies of animals are separated by a sheet of ice. In the top part there are birds, and the bottom has fish. Stanley, a bird, calls to a fish named Stella. They meet each other on both sides of the ice. Soon they form a friendship, and spin around for fun. Then Stella taps the ice with her tail. Stanley gives an approving look, flies as high as he can, then smashes through the ice at full speed. he appears to be unconscious until Stella touches him. The camera zooms out, showing that the fish and birds are no longer separated, and can go anywhere in the sphere they want.This was also included in many different compilations of 3D animation from The '80s and '90s. These include the 1989 Pioneer LaserDisc demo Laser Optics II and the 1990 compilation The Mind's Eye. The latter retitles it "Love Found" and uses different music.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Artificial Gravity: Zig-zagged. The sphere is in space, and the orientation of the animals suggests that an objective "up" direction exists. However, they all appear to float, and can even fly/swim in water/air, respectively. The fact that Stanley can land and rest on the ice proves there is some kind of gravity there. However, when Stanley breaks the ice, he doesn't fall straight to the bottom, he slowly descends as if he was in water, and can float where he is without hitting the bottom. No water surface is visible, either, showing that birds fly and fish swim in the same substance.
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