Movies and TV Series
- Kaena: The Prophecy, a CG movie featuring an orbital "tree" comparable with a space elevator.
- Kamen Rider Kabuto Movie God Speed Love
- Mystery Science Theater 3000, television series, Dr. Clayton Forrester attaches a tether to the Satellite of Love called the "Umbilicus", turning the SOL into a space elevator. In subsequent episodes, experiments would be sent up the umbilicus for the show's weekly "Invention exchange" skit. It is suggested that the Umbilicus is an extension of Gypsy's hoselike body.
- Star Trek: Voyager, episode "Rise"
- In Doctor Who, The Waters of Mars it is mentioned by Ed Gold (Peter O'Brian) the second-in-command to Adelaide Brook (Lindsay Duncan), the Doctor's then-new companion that a space elevator was constructed off the coast of Western Australia in the year 2044.
- In the animated television show Generator Rex the international organization Providience has constructed a space elevator.
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