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== Anime & Manga ==
* Battles throughout the entire ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' franchise are a lot like this when two monsters are of equal power, and at least one or two intro's per series feature a stylized bout of Air Jousting.
* Much of the combat in ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]] Z'' is some form of this, when it actually [[Inaction Sequence|gets to combat]].
* ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' uses this a lot between the titular Otome, though a few have other melee capabilities.
* Aerial battles in the ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' were often more interesting than this, given that the characters ''could'', in fact, turn around or fly backwards. It only got very lazy and commonplace for the third season, to skimp out on better choreography.
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* Used all the time in ''[[Bleach]]'', especially after Zangetsu pointed out to Ichigo that Soul Reapers can solidify spirit particles beneath their feet to walk on air.
** The Fake Karakura Town arc is entirely this, particularly where the captains and Aizen are involved.
* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' features literal air jousting- two knights on giant birds with lances bouncing around the sky like this.
* Some battles in the ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' movies are like this, especially Mew versus Mewtwo and the most recent movie (''The Rise Of Darkrai''), in which the effects of Dialga and Palkia repeatedly ramming each other in battle is a plot point.
* In the Anime ''[[S-Cry-ed]]'', the later stages of the series, the two [[Enemy Mine|protagonists]] engage in this.
* In ''[[B't X (Anime)|B't X]]'', Teppei prescribes to this strategy. It doesn't always work, although once X starts using his Super Mode it becomes a lot more effective.
* Takes place during the FLClimax of ''[[FLCL]]'' in a final battle between Haruko and Naota (who is actually Atomisk)
* ''Space'' jousting, effectively, in ''[[Stellvia of the Universe]]'', where Bianca pilots play the game.
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** There was another scene involving Kakashi's kunai and Hidan's scythe.
** There are other innumberable scenes too.
* ''[[Fairy Tail (Manga)|Fairy Tail]]'''s second opening sequence has Natsu and Erza doing this.
 
 
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== Film ==
* ''[[Eragon (Filmfilm)|Eragon]]''. The last battle involves the titular hero on his dragoness against the [[Big Bad]]'s henchman on his own flying mount. {{spoiler|Played even straighter when Saphira uses her tail to throw Eragon at the said henchman, knocking him off his mount so they can continue their fight in the air on the way down.}}
* Neo and Agent Smith, several times in their final battle at the end of ''[[The Matrix]] Revolutions''.
* Played for laughs in ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'' as the two swordfighting characters do it several times in the same fight.
** Even funnier when they both fly alongside each other and fight the entire time.
* ''[[Mission Impossible (Filmfilm)|Mission Impossible]] II''. Sigh...
* A version is done in the ''[[The Return of the King]]'' film, where the Eagles come at the battle at the Black Gate to grapple in the air with the Ringwraiths.
* In the 2008 film ''[[The Incredible Hulk (Filmfilm)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', the climactic battle between the Hulk and the Abomination begins this way.
* Briefly in [[Revenge of the Sith]] during Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel, the two attack each other while swinging on cables.
 
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Ace Combat Zero]]'' uses this in the [[Final Battle]] to tie into its heavy use of [[King Arthur|Arthurian motifs]].
* In the GBA-game ''[[Astro Boy Omega Factor (Video Game)|Astro Boy Omega Factor]]'', where Astro Boy fights an airborne joust against Blue Knight. Requires careful timing.
* This is the basis of the 80s arcade video game ''[[Joust]]'' by Williams (which was also released on the [[Atari Twenty Six Hundred|Atari 2600]]), factoring in altitude as the key to victory.
** A highly similar game on the Mac was ''Glypha''.
*** Glypha was an unauthorized remake of Joust.
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* Air Jousting is also one of the basic air-to-air engagement tactic in ''[[Air Rivals]]''. B-Gears equipped with Air Bombing Mode will find that this tactic ''works'', and it ''works'' '''well''', [[Game Breaker|especially]] with the low-reattack-but-heavy-damage-disher Bawoo-type missiles.
* Literal example in the 10th ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' game, flying characters will do this.
* Not quite at high speed, but the world 6 boss battle in ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii (Video Game)|New Super Mario Bros Wii]]'' involves the players and Bowser Jr both riding Clown Cars like the one from ''[[Super Mario World (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario World]]'' and trying to send each other flying into electric fences in mid air.
* Most combat involving small craft in the ''[[Escape Velocity]]'' series becomes ''[[Recycled in Space|Space]]'' Jousting. Especially the Thunderhead and its primary weapon, the Thunderhead Lance. If you want big craft doing space jousting, then it's Thunderforge time.
** Nearly Polaris spacecraft and all Vell-os craft come with a beam weapon (the Bio-Relay laser or the much more powerful but energy-draining Capacitor Pulse laser) too. However, Vell-os ships are inertia-less, which makes jousting effectively impossible as they can neither strafe nor coast.
* Can happen to some degree in ''[[Final Fantasy Dissidia]]''. The two characters can air dash right into each other but once they make impact, they bounce off each other and become momentarily stunned as if parried.
** [[Up to Eleven]] if doing Kain vs Kain.
* Possible in the multiplayer mode of [[Halo: Reach]] by giving everybody [[Jet Pack|jet packs]] and limiting weapons to the [[Laser Blade|Energy Sword]] and the [[Drop the Hammer|Gravity Hammer]]. It's just as awesome as it sounds.
* In ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]'', the [[Press X to Not Die]] segments of the final battle involve [[Air Jousting]] with {{spoiler|Satan}}.
* The ''[[Dragonlance]]'' computer game, ''[[Dragon Strike (Video Game)|Dragon Strike]]'', was a dragon flight simulator where you battled enemy dragons and other flying monsters using a lance and the dragon's breath weapon.
* In the first ''[[Star Fox 1 (Videovideo Gamegame)|Star Fox]]'' for the [[SNES]], the first battle with the [http://starfox.neoseeker.com/wiki/Great_Commander Great Commander] involves both it and Fox [[Air Jousting]] repeatedly.
* In the Doomwood II finale from ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'', {{spoiler|Drakath and Gravelyn engage in one of these over the skies of Battleon as you throw down with the Doomblade-possessed armor of Sepulchure}}.
 
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== Web Original ==
* Nostalgia Critic abreviates this trope to 'jousting' and lists it in one of his videos in the 'Top 11 Coolest Cliches'.
* A version appears [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002771 here] in ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]''. Granted, it's technically supposed to be a series of [[Flash Step|Flash Jumps]], but we're talking [[Rule of Cool]] territory here.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* Supergirl sometimes resorts to this in ''[[Justice League]]'', especially in the episode "The Return". Superman also uses this against Captain Marvel in "The Clash", and the collision makes the windows on several nearby buildings shatter.
* In keeping with the knightly theme of the world in ''[[Storm Hawks (Animation)|Storm Hawks]]'', air jousting is an actual sport practiced by the Sky Knights of Atmos.
 
 
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