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{{quote|''"From here you can get an excellent view of my foot."''|'''Pai Mei''', [[Kill Bill]] Volume 2.}}
{{quote|''"From here you can get an excellent view of my foot."''|'''Pai Mei''', [[Kill Bill]] Volume 2.}}
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Can rarely be justified by anything other than [[Rule of Cool]], as a 70kg warrior with leverage on your arm is not something you'd call trivial. It may be [[Justified Trope|justified]]/[[Hand Wave|handwaved]] with [[Super Strength]].
Can rarely be justified by anything other than [[Rule of Cool]], as a 70kg warrior with leverage on your arm is not something you'd call trivial. It may be [[Justified Trope|justified]]/[[Hand Wave|handwaved]] with [[Super Strength]].


Not to be confused with the notably blade-free ''[[Blade Runner (Film)|Blade Runner]].'' Or the villain from ''[[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|Goseiger]]'' who is named for the film.
Not to be confused with the notably blade-free ''[[Blade Runner]].'' Or the villain from ''[[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|Goseiger]]'' who is named for the film.
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* Hiko Seijuro of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' does one of these after a [[No One Could Survive That]] moment while facing off with a ''giant''. The fun part is that he's standing ''on the bottom of the sword''.
* Hiko Seijuro of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' does one of these after a [[No One Could Survive That]] moment while facing off with a ''giant''. The fun part is that he's standing ''on the bottom of the sword''.
** Kenshin himself does this in his fight against Sanosuke, running down his Zanbato to hit him in the face. This also occurs in the ''[[Samurai X]]'' adaptation.
** Kenshin himself does this in his fight against Sanosuke, running down his Zanbato to hit him in the face. This also occurs in the ''[[Samurai X]]'' adaptation.
* Played RELATIVELY straight in ''[[Futaba Kun Change (Manga)|Futaba Kun Change]]'', where a SUMO-WRESTLER does this. The owner of the sword couldn't hold for long.
* Played RELATIVELY straight in ''[[Futaba-Kun Change!|Futaba Kun Change]]'', where a SUMO-WRESTLER does this. The owner of the sword couldn't hold for long.
* Not yet outdone by Katsuhiko Masaki, Tenchi's grandfather in the eponymous ''[[Tenchi Muyo]]''...by standing ''on a lightsaber''.
* Not yet outdone by Katsuhiko Masaki, Tenchi's grandfather in the eponymous ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''...by standing ''on a lightsaber''.
* In ''[[Appleseed Ex Machina]]'', Deunan runs upon an enemy's outstretched [[Humongous Mecha]] hand, taking the direct route to his cockpit. It's not the same as the blade but looks just as awesome.
* In ''[[Appleseed Ex Machina]]'', Deunan runs upon an enemy's outstretched [[Humongous Mecha]] hand, taking the direct route to his cockpit. It's not the same as the blade but looks just as awesome.
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', little Goku has to save Master Roshi's Turtle from an evil monster trying to eat it. The huge monster takes an impossibly fast swing at Goku, and to his surprise, Goku is perched on the tip of his sword! Which of course leaves Goku free to punch the monster between the eyes, KO'ing it immediately.
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', little Goku has to save Master Roshi's Turtle from an evil monster trying to eat it. The huge monster takes an impossibly fast swing at Goku, and to his surprise, Goku is perched on the tip of his sword! Which of course leaves Goku free to punch the monster between the eyes, KO'ing it immediately.
* ''[[Devil Hunter Yohko]]'' uses this, though she seems to have more of an 'Eep!' reaction to the attack. Of course, she then uses it as a springboard to make a classic anime flying sword strike.
* ''[[Devil Hunter Yohko]]'' uses this, though she seems to have more of an 'Eep!' reaction to the attack. Of course, she then uses it as a springboard to make a classic anime flying sword strike.
* In ''[[Berserk]]'', where Griffith jumps up on Guts' [[BFS|sword]] in their fight. Much later, Guts uses Azan's spiked sraff as a ramp to get past him.
* In ''[[Berserk]]'', where Griffith jumps up on Guts' [[BFS|sword]] in their fight. Much later, Guts uses Azan's spiked sraff as a ramp to get past him.
* In ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', Captain Kuro moves fast enough to jump onto Luffy's ''[[Rubber Man|stretched-out arm]]''.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Captain Kuro moves fast enough to jump onto Luffy's ''[[Rubber Man|stretched-out arm]]''.
* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]:'' Vajramon has a ''lot'' of dialogue with Renamon while she's standing on his sword. Of course, it helps if you're as strong as he is (arm doesn't get tired, and you're ''totally'' unconcerned about losing.) Unusual for this trope, he has his blade turned so she's on its ''flat,'' not its edge.
* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]:'' Vajramon has a ''lot'' of dialogue with Renamon while she's standing on his sword. Of course, it helps if you're as strong as he is (arm doesn't get tired, and you're ''totally'' unconcerned about losing.) Unusual for this trope, he has his blade turned so she's on its ''flat,'' not its edge.
* Gintoki in ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]'' does this in Benizakura arc while fighting Nizo's Benizakura, as seen above.
* Gintoki in ''[[Gintama]]'' does this in Benizakura arc while fighting Nizo's Benizakura, as seen above.
* A variation in ''[[Saint Seiya]]'': After Shun has sent his Andromeda Chain towards an opponent and ensnared a piece of scenery, said opponent usually leaps onto the chain (which is attached to Shun's gauntlet) and kicks him in the face.
* A variation in ''[[Saint Seiya]]'': After Shun has sent his Andromeda Chain towards an opponent and ensnared a piece of scenery, said opponent usually leaps onto the chain (which is attached to Shun's gauntlet) and kicks him in the face.
* Claire Stanfield from ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'' puts his own spin on this by performing a blade ''handstand'' on the top of Graham's [[Improbable Weapon User|monkey wrench]]
* Claire Stanfield from ''[[Baccano]]'' puts his own spin on this by performing a blade ''handstand'' on the top of Graham's [[Improbable Weapon User|monkey wrench]]
* Done in a ''[[Detective Conan (Manga)|Detective Conan]]!'' episode where Heiji confronts a murderer while a Kendo competition is going on in the background. The man attacks Heiji while he has only a cellphone to protect him. The phone ends up being cut, Heiji lands on the blunt end of the blade with cat-like percision, and cue the killer's dumfounded and fearful look when he not only recongnize him (Heiji is accually one of the best H.S. Kendoists and is a famous detective)but could not save himself from the one-hit beatdown given to him.
* Done in a ''[[Detective Conan]]!'' episode where Heiji confronts a murderer while a Kendo competition is going on in the background. The man attacks Heiji while he has only a cellphone to protect him. The phone ends up being cut, Heiji lands on the blunt end of the blade with cat-like percision, and cue the killer's dumfounded and fearful look when he not only recongnize him (Heiji is accually one of the best H.S. Kendoists and is a famous detective)but could not save himself from the one-hit beatdown given to him.
* Happens in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fFrm9E2nTM&feature=player_embedded this Korean bootleg Gundam ripoff], in which the blade holder (definitely not Char) ''lifts the blade up and flinging the stander across the room''.
* Happens in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fFrm9E2nTM&feature=player_embedded this Korean bootleg Gundam ripoff], in which the blade holder (definitely not Char) ''lifts the blade up and flinging the stander across the room''.
{{quote| '''"[[Char Clone|Char Aznable]]"''': [[Gag Dub|My God, she's standing on it]].}}
{{quote| '''"[[Char Clone|Char Aznable]]"''': [[Gag Dub|My God, she's standing on it]].}}
* Subverted in the opposite manner in ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' when Priscilla has her [[A Mech By Any Other Name|Armor]] Brownie stand on the edge of Dan's blade and tries to slide down in, but Van lets the blade drop and Brownie with it, which would have let Van ''punch her mech in the gut across the ring'' if she hadn't reached the ground and jumped back to lighten the impact.
* Subverted in the opposite manner in ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' when Priscilla has her [[A Mech by Any Other Name|Armor]] Brownie stand on the edge of Dan's blade and tries to slide down in, but Van lets the blade drop and Brownie with it, which would have let Van ''punch her mech in the gut across the ring'' if she hadn't reached the ground and jumped back to lighten the impact.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Fate Averruncus does a variation where he briefly balances on Negi's fist. Negi himself balances on {{spoiler|Yue's}} sword/lance hybrid thing a couple chapters later.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Fate Averruncus does a variation where he briefly balances on Negi's fist. Negi himself balances on {{spoiler|Yue's}} sword/lance hybrid thing a couple chapters later.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'' one of the fillers (Land of Birds arc) takes this [[Up to Eleven]] by having the [[Big Bad|baddy]] (a shinobi with a weight problem) standing on the very end of the goody's pike. As a bonus, the goody is a young woman and the baddy delivers his [[Incoming Ham|introduction speech]] without stepping off the end.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'' one of the fillers (Land of Birds arc) takes this [[Up to Eleven]] by having the [[Big Bad|baddy]] (a shinobi with a weight problem) standing on the very end of the goody's pike. As a bonus, the goody is a young woman and the baddy delivers his [[Incoming Ham|introduction speech]] without stepping off the end.
* The first episode of the ''[[All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Anime)|All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku]]'' sees the title character do this, only it's a ''concrete pillar'' the enemy swings at her instead of a sword.
* The first episode of the ''[[All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku]]'' sees the title character do this, only it's a ''concrete pillar'' the enemy swings at her instead of a sword.
* Done twice in [[Claymore]] : the first one is a classical blade run executed by Theresa, the second one is a [[Combat Tentacles|tongue run]] done by Clare.
* Done twice in [[Claymore]] : the first one is a classical blade run executed by Theresa, the second one is a [[Combat Tentacles|tongue run]] done by Clare.
* In ''[[Rental Magica (Anime)|Rental Magica]]'', Sekiren manages to land on Daphne's foot and tell her to calm down when she tries to kick him. Her leg doesn't budge when he jumps off. {{spoiler|She does calm down}}.
* In ''[[Rental Magica]]'', Sekiren manages to land on Daphne's foot and tell her to calm down when she tries to kick him. Her leg doesn't budge when he jumps off. {{spoiler|She does calm down}}.




== Fan Fic ==
== Fan Fic ==
* Spoofed in [http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2097/1186099777539aq5.jpg this] ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' fan comic.
* Spoofed in [http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2097/1186099777539aq5.jpg this] ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' fan comic.




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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* [[The Adventures of Samurai Cat (Literature)|Miaowara Tomokato]] does this with a lance, during the Knights of the Round Table segment of ''More Adventures''.
* [[The Adventures of Samurai Cat|Miaowara Tomokato]] does this with a lance, during the Knights of the Round Table segment of ''More Adventures''.




== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
* An unlockable video in ''[[Prince of Persia]]: Warrior Within'' features the Prince doing this on the handle of a halberd, after a Sand Monster struck at him, and missed (naturally).
* An unlockable video in ''[[Prince of Persia]]: Warrior Within'' features the Prince doing this on the handle of a halberd, after a Sand Monster struck at him, and missed (naturally).
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]],'' when fighting [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Captain Barbossa]], Sora stomps down on Barbossa's sword, pinning it to the ground. Barbossa goes for his gun, and Sora goes for his Keyblade. Rather a cool moment.
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]],'' when fighting [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Captain Barbossa]], Sora stomps down on Barbossa's sword, pinning it to the ground. Barbossa goes for his gun, and Sora goes for his Keyblade. Rather a cool moment.
* Dark Link is capable of doing this in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' if you use the stab move to attack him by freezing Link in place somehow and jumping onto the blade. This can be used to your advantage, however; if you use the broken "Giant's Knife" or the Biggoron Sword, he falls off.
* Dark Link is capable of doing this in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' if you use the stab move to attack him by freezing Link in place somehow and jumping onto the blade. This can be used to your advantage, however; if you use the broken "Giant's Knife" or the Biggoron Sword, he falls off.
** What makes it worse is that, as the fight foes on, he'll stab you whenever he does this. This becomes incredibly annoying, given that most players will at this time be conditioned to stab a fleeing enemy.
** What makes it worse is that, as the fight foes on, he'll stab you whenever he does this. This becomes incredibly annoying, given that most players will at this time be conditioned to stab a fleeing enemy.
* In the Playstation 2 game ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'', the third Colossus is a giant humanoid whose weak points can be reached only by running up his sword after he embeds it in the ground following an attack. This particular example isn't really physics-defying though - being the blade of a ''Colossus'', it's pretty much a highway.
* In the Playstation 2 game ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'', the third Colossus is a giant humanoid whose weak points can be reached only by running up his sword after he embeds it in the ground following an attack. This particular example isn't really physics-defying though - being the blade of a ''Colossus'', it's pretty much a highway.
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** Yoda also does the same thing to Astaroth in the apening video for ''[[Soul Calibur]] IV'', minus the nunchaku.
** Yoda also does the same thing to Astaroth in the apening video for ''[[Soul Calibur]] IV'', minus the nunchaku.
* Reversed in ''[[Final Fantasy VII|Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]'', where in duels, Kadaj or his companions frequently run on Cloud's sword which, to be fair, ''is'' [[BFS|the size of a gangplank]].
* Reversed in ''[[Final Fantasy VII|Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]'', where in duels, Kadaj or his companions frequently run on Cloud's sword which, to be fair, ''is'' [[BFS|the size of a gangplank]].
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', Vamp does this to Raiden in their fight in South America at the end of Act II.
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'', Vamp does this to Raiden in their fight in South America at the end of Act II.




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* [http://www.centralcitytower.com/2012/05/page-by-page-224-forcible-arms.html Kareem runs along Noor's fist constructs] in [[Project 0]] this way.
* [http://www.centralcitytower.com/2012/05/page-by-page-224-forcible-arms.html Kareem runs along Noor's fist constructs] in [[Project 0]] this way.
* Justified in ''[http://www.noneedforbushido.com No Need For Bushido]'': the main character Yori leaps onto Ken's sword - which is absolutely ''[[BFS|massive]]''.
* Justified in ''[http://www.noneedforbushido.com No Need For Bushido]'': the main character Yori leaps onto Ken's sword - which is absolutely ''[[BFS|massive]]''.
* As with so much else, [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030619.html parodied] in ''[[Adventurers (Webcomic)|Adventurers]]!''
* As with so much else, [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20030619.html parodied] in ''[[Adventurers]]!''
* [http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/chapter-03/page-142/ This] strip of [[The Dreamland Chronicles]] is a rare case where the character jumping onto the sword happens on screen. Vaguely justified as this is dreamworld, so regular physics don't necessarily apply.
* [http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/chapter-03/page-142/ This] strip of [[The Dreamland Chronicles]] is a rare case where the character jumping onto the sword happens on screen. Vaguely justified as this is dreamworld, so regular physics don't necessarily apply.


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