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features an alien life-form dubbed specimen ID-F86 held in suspended animation within the Eternal Capsule at Lab Discovera after it was captured by the research team and an accident occurred that resulted in the alien splitting in two. One half, Fecto Forgo, was the one kept within the capsule while
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features a main protagonist who is a space colonist placed in suspended animation during transportation to the Halcyon Colony. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the journey takes 70 years instead of the intended 10 years. The colony's scientists are unable to unfreeze the colonists due to their
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travel, making it a viable means of interstellar transportation. In fictional renditions, the cells typically remain viable, and the revival process is depicted as straightforward or even spontaneous. Accidental freezing scenarios are prevalent in many stories, with
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depict the title character entering suspended animation during the 20th century and awakening in a vastly different future. In the 1939 version, Buck Rogers and his sidekick Buddy Wade intentionally preserve themselves using experimental "Nirvano Gas" after their
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and consumes their moonshine. As a result, he falls into a 20-year slumber and awakens to find his village and country dramatically transformed due to the passage of time. This story has since become a prototype for narratives exploring social displacement.
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features a malevolent alien creature that crashed into Earth's polar regions and was frozen for millennia. The creature is inadvertently revived by human explorers in the 20th century, leading to a suspenseful story that inspired the 1951 film
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uses a comedic approach to the same concept. Both movies depict prehistoric individuals being naturally flash-frozen without any special preparation and thawing without lasting damage to their physical or mental abilities. In
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episode "Original Sin," the founder of the Mr. Meaty food chain cryogenically freezes himself in 1904 to continue his domination plan in the future. He is later thawed out by Josh and Parker, the show's protagonists.
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crashes over the North Pole. In the 1979 version, Buck Rogers, an astronaut, inadvertently enters suspended animation when his spacecraft encounters a space phenomenon, only to be discovered centuries later in 2491.
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Although relatively few stories explore cryonics for medical time travel, Edgar Allan Poe's mentioned story (1845) includes a mummy, mentioning the use of mummification for time travel in Egyptian civilization.
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undergo suspended animation. Steve Rogers was frozen in the Arctic after World War II and the same happens with Bucky. Later, they wake up in the 21st century. Bucky is placed in suspended animation again in
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extended time in suspended animation. Resuscitation efforts by a rogue scientist aim to disrupt the control of the Halcyon Holdings Company and save the other colonists trapped in suspended animation.
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Suspended animation often plays a role in stories about kings or heroes who are believed to be slumbering or kept alive until they are needed to confront great dangers. Examples include
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films (1997, 1999, 2002) use suspended animation to transport a 1960s spy character and arch villain to a future world, highlighting the contrast in their behavior and expectations.
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is placed into suspended animation after being deemed as a threat by a military organization named the Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.). Fifty years later, during the events of
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in 1969, where a corpsicle is depicted as "a zombie frozen in Alaska." An earlier variation of the term, "corpse-sicle," also credited to Pohl, appeared in the essay "
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changed the origin story of its main character, depicting him as an astronaut frozen during a deep space mission for 500 years due to a life support system failure.
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The methods employed for the suspension and subsequent revival of characters can vary greatly. In early stories, a general approach involves the use of
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titled "Head Case," where the investigation is complicated by a cryonics company recovering the murder victim's body before the police can examine it.
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20 years later, but they mistakenly believe that only a day has passed before being informed of the truth a few days later by their principal.
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within the Sacred Tree of Ages. This was done at the request of her demon lover, Sesshomaru, and she has remained in this state for a decade.
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cryogenically frozen in a freezer. The first episode of the series' second season/2023 revival saw most of the clones being thawed out with a
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can voluntarily enter a suspended state, which allows brief survival without oxygen and may be mistaken for death. In the serial "
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In the 19th century, notable science fiction short stories featuring suspended animation, both deliberate and accidental, include
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Suspended animation, referred to as "cryosleep", "hypersleep", or "hibernation", is used during space travel in films such as
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is temporarily frozen to demonstrate the concept of suspension, which serves as a means of restraining prisoners for travel.
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A 1965 press photo of actors portraying the Robinson Family being placed in suspended animation for their space voyage in
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presents well-researched portrayals of cryonics. These shows depict dying individuals seeking the right to elective
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narratives. It is frequently utilized to transport a character from the past to the future (a form of forward-only
962:, the crew encounters aliens who placed themselves in suspended animation to escape a solar flare in the episode " 835:" (1967) involves the discovery of 72 humans adrift in space, preserved in a state of suspended animation, led by 219:." The earliest known printed usage of this term in its current form can be traced back to science fiction author 821:, where a family of space travelers undergoes suspended animation for a five and a half-year journey to the star 757: 575: 359:
in 1819. The tale revolves around a British individual in the American colonies who stumbles upon fairies in the
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enchantments that induce a prolonged slumber. In contrast, many modern narratives aim to present the concept as
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revolves around a prehistoric man who is revived after being frozen for 40,000 years, while the 1992 film
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On television, suspended animation has been featured in various shows since the 1960s. In the original
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in its final mission, Battle Shrine, the protagonist, Joanna Dark, recognizes that the Skedar
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Moving into the 20th century, science fiction stories featuring suspended animation include
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Suspended animation is a recurring concept in various video games. For example, in the
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are in a state of suspended animation, and must be killed as a part of an objective.
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In American fiction, one of the earliest stories involving suspended animation is "
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Various terms are employed to describe the state of suspended animation, including
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Suspended animation and cryonics can sometimes play into music, typically in
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While many early stories depict unwilling subjects in suspended animation,
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utilized to rationalize how the characters managed to survive the process.
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where the kingdom undergoes magical suspended animation for 100 years (by
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series, it is used to prevent aging during long interstellar voyages.
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explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective
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Mary Shelley's 'Reanimated Englishman' in Futures from the Past
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series (1968–1997) to enable interstellar travel. In Clarke's
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