Sometimes it goes the other way, with time manipulation being the explanation for a character's Super Speed. This means that the illusion of time standing still can be achieved with enough raw Super Speed. To emphasize this, sometimes you'll get a shot of something that should move really quickly, like the wings of a hummingbird, moving very slowly. Occasionally Hand Waved by saying that the characters aren't really stopping time, they're just speeding up themselves (and their minds) to a point where everything else seems stopped.
If the formula for power is work divided by time, what happens if the value for time is zero? Or if sight is the process of photons entering the eye and striking the retina, what happens when photons are frozen in place? Another color pattern often used is color reversal-whites become blacks, greens become reds, and so on.Ĭan be a source of Fridge Logic for those who have a mild grasp of physics. When time starts moving again, expect color to gently flood back into the world. In some cases, a world frozen in time is depicted in deliberate monochrome, perhaps evoking a visual analogy of a still photograph. In some stories, this phenomenon happens by accident in others, the heroes can stop time by using magic, a super power or Applied Phlebotinum. The characters find themselves in an eerie, calm, silent world where the people and objects around them have become motionless statues. Time freezes (or seems to) for everyone and everything in the entire universe, except for the main cast of the story.