Helicopter Blender: Difference between revisions

Trying this in real life, is, of course, very, ''very'' ill-advised. Helicopter blades are quite fragile—or at least, fragile if slamming themselves against something very hard. Even birds damage blades.

 

 

Subtrope of [[Deadly Rotary Fan]]. Compare [[Turbine Blender]].

 

 

* A character is gorily shredded by an out of control helicopter in ''[[Final Destination]]: Spring Break''.

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' has this (and is indeed the [[Trope Codifier]]). Everybody's favorite secret agent [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] finds himself in a large square on a motorbike, with a helicopter leaning forward and trying to blend him (and his female companion). It fails, as they manage to slide under it and motor away, but cuts up plenty of material while trying. The chopper does crash in the end - not due to physics exacting its revenge, but because a heavy rope gets thrown in the blades, tangling them and causing it to lose lift and crash. Because the blades can shred metal, but rope, that's ''tough''!

* Done in ''[[Fantastic Four (film)|Fantastic Four]]: Rise of the Silver Surfer''. The Silver Surfer flies above the place where Mr Fantastic and Invisible Woman are having their wedding, disrupting the controls of a nearby press helicopter. It careens wildly and crashes right on the place where the ceremony is being held. As it's skidding, its rotor blades hit the ground and start throwing chairs and other assorted objects in the air. The chopper is then stopped rather unceremoniously by The Thing, who proceeds to rip its tail off. It's a bit less unrealistic, as the helicopter is not deliberately used as a weapon, but the rotor really should have broken up and/or flipped the helicopter over...

** That one scene being unrealistic was the least of that movie's problems...

** This seems slightly less unlikely after seeing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSsnEdteQ8 this]. Still, surely a permanent vertical position would make things a lot harder, if nothing else for fuel reasons...

* The flying saucers ("Velocipods") that Syndrome's minions used in ''[[The Incredibles]]'' were apparently designed with this trope in mind. The craft fly by means of a spinning metal disc—a cross between helicopter rotors and a sawblade—around the edge. The rotor is capable of tilting (for keeping the craft upright while turning, and for trying to slice trespassers to bits) and strong enough to cut through a palm tree without sustaining notable damage.

** Additionally, the writers don't take any thought to the aerodynamics of the passing train, which would leave a VERY low-pressure area immediately behind it, which would make maneuvering the helicopter EXTREMELY difficult as it neared the train—particularly in a tunnel due to the inability for air to move freely; however the movie features the chopper maneuvering as easily as if it was in an open field with no wind.

*** they also forgot to take into account that the train in question (the TGV) has an average speed of 300 km/h, most helicopters can only manage 220–250 km/h at best, that little chopper would've been very quickly left behind

** Not so strange if you remember this is the show that featured almost no on-screen deaths despite enormous amounts of gunfights and explosions. It is however a little difficult to justify anyone being only mildly bruised and with a slight layer of dirt on them after a blender encounter.

* ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'': In the first episode, the Torchwood team narrowly avoids getting blended by the rotor of a helicopter that they just shot down.

 

 

== Videogame ==

* ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]'' introduced helicopters to the series as a vehicle you could drive, and this trope came as part of the package. It's difficult to pull off in a full-sized rig, but it will kill whoever you manage to hit. Somehow, the ''RC'' helicopter can do this, too, which is actually vitally important in the story mission where you use it (it's the only way to take out the armed guards). You know you're living in [[Vice City]] when even kids' toys [[My Little Panzer|double as a lethal weapon]].

** In ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', helicopter blending is the most popular (if not the only) pastime in online multiplayer. In "Chopper vs. Chopper" mode of ''The Lost And Damned'' add-on, this is one of the best ways to kill your opponent.

* In "Urban Chaos: Riot Response": after you shoot some hostage-taking psycho he will [[Railing Kill|fall off the edge of the building]] and get cut to pieces by the T-Zero helicopter much to the annoyance of the pilot ("Damn it Mason, I only just got it cleaned!")

* In ''[[Achewood]]'', two of the characters argue if helicopter blades either cleanly slice peoples' heads off or causes skull-shattering blunt trauma.

* The thirty-eighth ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]'' plays this for laughs in a [[Crosses the Line Twice]] sense, playing up the [[Gorn]] to incredible heights.

 

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