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* Simon and Yoko in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' do this ''by sticking the Gurren Lagann's drills on enemy aircraft!''
* Simon and Yoko in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' do this ''by sticking the Gurren Lagann's drills on enemy aircraft!''
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team]]'', Norris Packard does a little swinging in his [[Humongous Mecha|Gouf]] using the dozens of enemy aircraft bombing his base.
* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team]]'', Norris Packard does a little swinging in his [[Humongous Mecha|Gouf]] using the dozens of enemy aircraft bombing his base.
* Teana of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S (Anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'', lacking the [[Flight|ability]], [[Not Quite Flight|or an alternate way]], to fly, has to resort to this using the [[Grappling Hook Pistol|Anchor Shot]] function of [[Empathic Weapon|Cross Mirage]].
* Teana of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'', lacking the [[Flight|ability]], [[Not Quite Flight|or an alternate way]], to fly, has to resort to this using the [[Grappling Hook Pistol|Anchor Shot]] function of [[Empathic Weapon|Cross Mirage]].
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', this is just one of the many tricks Makie can do with her gymnastics ribbon.
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', this is just one of the many tricks Makie can do with her gymnastics ribbon.
* The Tachikomas in ''[[Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'' have artificial spider silk shooters that let them do this.
* The Tachikomas in ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' have artificial spider silk shooters that let them do this.
* Hei of ''[[Darker Than Black]]'' pulls one or two of these with his snap hooks (along with using them to catch victims in an electric garrote) as well.
* Hei of ''[[Darker Than Black]]'' pulls one or two of these with his snap hooks (along with using them to catch victims in an electric garrote) as well.
* Several of the mercenaries in ''[[Desert Punk (Manga)|Desert Punk]]'' have sort of pulley/grappling hook back packs that allow them to do this.
* Several of the mercenaries in ''[[Desert Punk (manga)|Desert Punk]]'' have sort of pulley/grappling hook back packs that allow them to do this.
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', Kotetsu/Wild Tiger has a [[Grappling Hook Pistol]] in his [[Powered Armor]] (as well as in his civilian wear's wrist watch) that he sometimes uses in this fashion.
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', Kotetsu/Wild Tiger has a [[Grappling Hook Pistol]] in his [[Powered Armor]] (as well as in his civilian wear's wrist watch) that he sometimes uses in this fashion.
* In ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', Kodachi [[Instant Knots|snags]] female Ranma by the neck with her gymnastics ribbon and pulls her up to the top of the gymnasium (a height of at least three stories) so that she'd fall into the wreck of the combat arena. Ranma quickly tosses the end of the ribbon towards the lighting at the top of the building and manages to swing to safety, without injury.
* In ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', Kodachi [[Instant Knots|snags]] female Ranma by the neck with her gymnastics ribbon and pulls her up to the top of the gymnasium (a height of at least three stories) so that she'd fall into the wreck of the combat arena. Ranma quickly tosses the end of the ribbon towards the lighting at the top of the building and manages to swing to safety, without injury.
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== Comics ==
== Comics ==


* The various incarnations of ''[[Spider Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]''. Along with wall-crawling, web-slinging is his defining characteristic. His web-shooters manufacture the lines from chemicals, and in most incarnations are technological devices rather than an innate power (though the 21st-century movies used organic webs, and the comics followed suit... [[One More Day|for a while]]). In the '60s Spider-Man cartoons, Spidey was often shown swinging ''above'' the skyline, prompting a few people to wonder just what the heck he was attaching his webs to. Famously subverted in the story "When Cometh the Commuter" by [[Peter David]] (in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #267), in which Spidey chases a criminal back to Suburbia, where most of his signature powers are completely useless.
* The various incarnations of ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]''. Along with wall-crawling, web-slinging is his defining characteristic. His web-shooters manufacture the lines from chemicals, and in most incarnations are technological devices rather than an innate power (though the 21st-century movies used organic webs, and the comics followed suit... [[One More Day|for a while]]). In the '60s Spider-Man cartoons, Spidey was often shown swinging ''above'' the skyline, prompting a few people to wonder just what the heck he was attaching his webs to. Famously subverted in the story "When Cometh the Commuter" by [[Peter David]] (in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #267), in which Spidey chases a criminal back to Suburbia, where most of his signature powers are completely useless.
** Spidey's arms not coming out of his sockets, as would generally happen with normal people, is [[Handwaved]] (justifiably) with his super-strength. On one occasion in the 90s cartoon, he loses his powers temporarily, and mentions how much it hurts when he tries to use the webshooters to get around. He also uses his wall crawling ability to stick his hands to the web strings, otherwise it'd easily slip out of his hand when he swung from it.
** Spidey's arms not coming out of his sockets, as would generally happen with normal people, is [[Handwaved]] (justifiably) with his super-strength. On one occasion in the 90s cartoon, he loses his powers temporarily, and mentions how much it hurts when he tries to use the webshooters to get around. He also uses his wall crawling ability to stick his hands to the web strings, otherwise it'd easily slip out of his hand when he swung from it.
** Pretty much all of the issues there are with web-slinging are justifiable in Spidey's case. The aiming of the lines? Spider-sense. The construction of the lines? An adhesive that the chemistry-savvy Peter Parker made on instinct.
** Pretty much all of the issues there are with web-slinging are justifiable in Spidey's case. The aiming of the lines? Spider-sense. The construction of the lines? An adhesive that the chemistry-savvy Peter Parker made on instinct.
*** How he manages to carry enough web-mix to swing his way all over New York, without the shooters' fluid-cartridges ruining the smooth lines of his costume's sleeves, is still a mystery.
*** How he manages to carry enough web-mix to swing his way all over New York, without the shooters' fluid-cartridges ruining the smooth lines of his costume's sleeves, is still a mystery.
**** Certain comics and other adaptations (such as the ''[[Marvels]]'' mini-series and the upcoming Spider-Man reboot film show the bulge of the web-shooters under his costume.
**** Certain comics and other adaptations (such as the ''[[Marvels]]'' mini-series and the upcoming Spider-Man reboot film show the bulge of the web-shooters under his costume.
** In the [[Spider-Man (Film)|Spider-man Films]], this becomes more organic, as he is given organs to produce said web. Becomes a problem when he carries too much emotional baggage in the second, though.
** In the [[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-man Films]], this becomes more organic, as he is given organs to produce said web. Becomes a problem when he carries too much emotional baggage in the second, though.
** In an issue of ''[[X-Factor (Comic Book)|X-Factor]]'', Spidey lands on a building without any taller buildings nearby. When asked what he used to websling there, he comments "Passing cloud."
** In an issue of ''[[X-Factor (Comic Book)|X-Factor]]'', Spidey lands on a building without any taller buildings nearby. When asked what he used to websling there, he comments "Passing cloud."
* When not in the Batmobile, the [[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|animated Batman]] often uses a high-tech grappling gun to swing dramatically across Gotham City. Maybe just when the traffic's bad. In the live action ''[[Batman (TV)|Batman]]'', clumsily-produced Batarang and rope sequences were used from time to time, along with the lame sideways-wall bit. Batman first used his grappling gun in the 1989 Tim Burton movie, though in this case he tended to use them just to go straight up, or horizontally on a zipline rather than swinging like Spider-Man.
* When not in the Batmobile, the [[Batman: The Animated Series|animated Batman]] often uses a high-tech grappling gun to swing dramatically across Gotham City. Maybe just when the traffic's bad. In the live action ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', clumsily-produced Batarang and rope sequences were used from time to time, along with the lame sideways-wall bit. Batman first used his grappling gun in the 1989 Tim Burton movie, though in this case he tended to use them just to go straight up, or horizontally on a zipline rather than swinging like Spider-Man.
* Batman's cohorts Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl, Huntress, etc., travel in the same way.
* Batman's cohorts Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl, Huntress, etc., travel in the same way.
** ''Batgirl Year One'' showed Barbara trying to swing from buildings for the first time. Batman and Robin had to intervene, however, because she used the wrong kind of cord. She would've died otherwise. (Eventually Robin gave her a sturdier cable to use.)
** ''Batgirl Year One'' showed Barbara trying to swing from buildings for the first time. Batman and Robin had to intervene, however, because she used the wrong kind of cord. She would've died otherwise. (Eventually Robin gave her a sturdier cable to use.)
*** It wasn't that Barbara's cable wasn't sturdy enough, it was that it wouldn't stretch. Her cord would have put all the force of her fall onto her shoulders in an instant, ripping her arms out of her sockets.
*** It wasn't that Barbara's cable wasn't sturdy enough, it was that it wouldn't stretch. Her cord would have put all the force of her fall onto her shoulders in an instant, ripping her arms out of her sockets.
* Ted "the [[Blue Beetle]]" Kord often used a grappling hook, as well as a trapeze suspended from his private hover-plane.
* Ted "the [[Blue Beetle]]" Kord often used a grappling hook, as well as a trapeze suspended from his private hover-plane.
* The grappling-hook armbands worn by ''The [[Dirty Pair (Light Novel)|Dirty Pair]]''.
* The grappling-hook armbands worn by ''The [[Dirty Pair]]''.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade hung]] by an issue of the ''Bartman'' comic: "Almost there! And good - I'm out of tall things to swing from!"
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade hung]] by an issue of the ''Bartman'' comic: "Almost there! And good - I'm out of tall things to swing from!"
** In the same series, a "letter to the editor" asks how Bartman can swing when there's nothing in the background to hang a rope from. The answer? Springfield's notorious air pollution has apparently given clouds the consistency of ballistics gel.
** In the same series, a "letter to the editor" asks how Bartman can swing when there's nothing in the background to hang a rope from. The answer? Springfield's notorious air pollution has apparently given clouds the consistency of ballistics gel.
* Lampshaded in an issue of ''[[Catwoman (Comic Book)|Catwoman]]'' where she has an adventure in Miami and notes that she will soon run out of rooftops if she doesn't change up her strategy that works so well in Gotham and NYC.
* Lampshaded in an issue of ''[[Catwoman (Comic Book)|Catwoman]]'' where she has an adventure in Miami and notes that she will soon run out of rooftops if she doesn't change up her strategy that works so well in Gotham and NYC.
* In ''[[Bookhunter (Comic Book)|Bookhunter]]'', [[Cowboy Cop]] Agent Bay shoots down a power line and uses it to swing between two rooftops.
* In ''[[Bookhunter]]'', [[Cowboy Cop]] Agent Bay shoots down a power line and uses it to swing between two rooftops.




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* An oft-talked about gaffe in ''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'' is that Luke and Leia's [[Building Swing]] off of Jabba's skiff involved a rope that could not physically be attached to either Jabba's skiff or the rescue speeder.
* An oft-talked about gaffe in ''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'' is that Luke and Leia's [[Building Swing]] off of Jabba's skiff involved a rope that could not physically be attached to either Jabba's skiff or the rescue speeder.
* Both [[Indiana Jones]] and [[Zorro]] are known to swing from their [[Whip It Good|bullwhips]], though, of course, over much shorter distances than most of the examples here.
* Both [[Indiana Jones]] and [[Zorro]] are known to swing from their [[Whip It Good|bullwhips]], though, of course, over much shorter distances than most of the examples here.
{{quote| Indy: "[[Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Film)|Damn! I thought that was closer]]!"}}
{{quote| Indy: "[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|Damn! I thought that was closer]]!"}}
* Used to transport Ethan Hunt to an adjacent roof in ''[[Mission Impossible]] III''. Surprisingly realistic, in that the rope was (apparently) properly anchored, and the swing was the equivalent of a human pendulum.
* Used to transport Ethan Hunt to an adjacent roof in ''[[Mission Impossible]] III''. Surprisingly realistic, in that the rope was (apparently) properly anchored, and the swing was the equivalent of a human pendulum.
* The 2008 ''[[Get Smart (Film)|Get Smart]]'' film subverts this at one point with an attempted swing into a window in the next building. [[Catch Phrase|Missed it by THAT much!]]
* The 2008 ''[[Get Smart (film)|Get Smart]]'' film subverts this at one point with an attempted swing into a window in the next building. [[Catch Phrase|Missed it by THAT much!]]
* Done realistically at the end of ''[[Darkman]]'', in which Westlake stands on top of a hook at the end of a construction-site cable, rather than simply clinging to the line with his hands.
* Done realistically at the end of ''[[Darkman]]'', in which Westlake stands on top of a hook at the end of a construction-site cable, rather than simply clinging to the line with his hands.
* A fair bit of this takes place in the climax of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End'', with combatants from both ships swinging back and forth on lines of rigging.
* A fair bit of this takes place in the climax of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End'', with combatants from both ships swinging back and forth on lines of rigging.
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== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==


* The defining characteristic of ''[[Bionic Commando (Video Game)|Bionic Commando]]''. Unique for its time in that the protagonist cannot jump and must use this to clear any obstacles in the way.
* The defining characteristic of ''[[Bionic Commando]]''. Unique for its time in that the protagonist cannot jump and must use this to clear any obstacles in the way.
* Ryu Hyabasa does this briefly, for one building, in his ending on ''[[Dead or Alive]] 4''.
* Ryu Hyabasa does this briefly, for one building, in his ending on ''[[Dead or Alive]] 4''.
* The Grappling Beam in later ''[[Metroid]]'' games allows you to swing from special ceiling blocks and some enemies.
* The Grappling Beam in later ''[[Metroid]]'' games allows you to swing from special ceiling blocks and some enemies.
* Link's Grappling Hook in some ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' titles. More games use a form of hook shot, but those don't require swinging.
* Link's Grappling Hook in some ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' titles. More games use a form of hook shot, but those don't require swinging.
* Lara Croft has a magnetic [[Grappling Hook Pistol]] in ''Legend,'' ''[[Tomb Raider]] Anniversary'' and ''Underworld''.
* Lara Croft has a magnetic [[Grappling Hook Pistol]] in ''Legend,'' ''[[Tomb Raider]] Anniversary'' and ''Underworld''.
* [[Ratchet and Clank|Ratchet]] sometimes uses a grappling gun to get around. In fact, he's kept it in each game since aloing with his Grind Boots.
* [[Ratchet and Clank|Ratchet]] sometimes uses a grappling gun to get around. In fact, he's kept it in each game since aloing with his Grind Boots.
* In ''[[Champions Online (Video Game)|Champions Online]],'' one of the travel powers available to players is "Swinging," which is basically a grappling gun. It always fires straight upwards and connects to ''something,'' even if you're in the middle of the desert with nothing to latch onto.
* In ''[[Champions Online]],'' one of the travel powers available to players is "Swinging," which is basically a grappling gun. It always fires straight upwards and connects to ''something,'' even if you're in the middle of the desert with nothing to latch onto.
* The ''Thunder Claw'' in ''[[Mega Man 8 (Video Game)|Mega Man 8]]'', which acts like Samus' Grapple Beam on certain blocks. He also had the ''Wire Adaptor'' in ''4'', but it just raised him to the ceiling.
* The ''Thunder Claw'' in ''[[Mega Man 8]]'', which acts like Samus' Grapple Beam on certain blocks. He also had the ''Wire Adaptor'' in ''4'', but it just raised him to the ceiling.
** In ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]] 2'' there's Wire Sponge's weapon, which has a limited use to pull X towards the walls or power ups to him.
** In ''[[Mega Man X]] 2'' there's Wire Sponge's weapon, which has a limited use to pull X towards the walls or power ups to him.
* The various Spider-Man games, of course, use this as well. Depending on the game, you either swing off nothing (and ignore the physics of swinging) or you're required to anchor the swingline (and must obey physics while swinging). Which one works better depends on whether or not you're trying to swing over Central Park.
* The various Spider-Man games, of course, use this as well. Depending on the game, you either swing off nothing (and ignore the physics of swinging) or you're required to anchor the swingline (and must obey physics while swinging). Which one works better depends on whether or not you're trying to swing over Central Park.
* Amaterasu in ''[[Okami]]'' can summon vines from [[Benevolent Architecture|conveniently-located]] hovering flowers and either pull herself along or use them to snare other objects.
* Amaterasu in ''[[Okami]]'' can summon vines from [[Benevolent Architecture|conveniently-located]] hovering flowers and either pull herself along or use them to snare other objects.
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* Frequently executed by the ''[[Totally Spies]]'' with the gadget, the Expandable Cable Bungee Belt.
* Frequently executed by the ''[[Totally Spies]]'' with the gadget, the Expandable Cable Bungee Belt.
* ''[[George of the Jungle]]'''s titular hero was always hitting stuff while swinging through the jungle.
* ''[[George of the Jungle]]'''s titular hero was always hitting stuff while swinging through the jungle.
* An episode of ''[[Neds Newt]]'' had Newton save Ned from a bunch of island natives who were about to throw him into a volcano by swinging across on a vine and grabbing him. One of the natives [[Lampshade Hanging|immediately asks what the vine can possibly be hanging off of, since they are atop a volcano]].
* An episode of ''[[Ned's Newt]]'' had Newton save Ned from a bunch of island natives who were about to throw him into a volcano by swinging across on a vine and grabbing him. One of the natives [[Lampshade Hanging|immediately asks what the vine can possibly be hanging off of, since they are atop a volcano]].
* [[South Park|General Disarray]], [[The Dragon|the dragon]] of Professor Chaos, does this to ambush 'The Coon'. All the more impressive, since they are all powerless elementary-schoolers in homemade costumes.
* [[South Park|General Disarray]], [[The Dragon]] of Professor Chaos, does this to ambush 'The Coon'. All the more impressive, since they are all powerless elementary-schoolers in homemade costumes.
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' Christmas episode, Ferb does this to hang Christmas lights throughout Danville.
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' Christmas episode, Ferb does this to hang Christmas lights throughout Danville.
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|Thundercats 2011]]'' the jungle vine variant is depicted when introducing Thundera's [[Blood Sport]] [[Gladiator Games]], used by a [[Catfolk]] competitor to knock his rival off the giant tree that serves as their arena, and into a [[Ring Out]] in the water below.
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011]]'' the jungle vine variant is depicted when introducing Thundera's [[Blood Sport]] [[Gladiator Games]], used by a [[Catfolk]] competitor to knock his rival off the giant tree that serves as their arena, and into a [[Ring Out]] in the water below.
* In the ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' episode "Welcome To Republic City," The Republic City Police perform this to debark from their [[Zeppelins From Another World|patrol zeppelin]], via [[Extra Ore Dinary|metalbending]] [[Retractable Weapon]] [[Variable-Length Chain|cables]] dispensed from [[Grappling Hook Pistol|wrist-mountings]] on their uniforms.
* In the ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' episode "Welcome To Republic City," The Republic City Police perform this to debark from their [[Zeppelins from Another World|patrol zeppelin]], via [[Extra Ore Dinary|metalbending]] [[Retractable Weapon]] [[Variable-Length Chain|cables]] dispensed from [[Grappling Hook Pistol|wrist-mountings]] on their uniforms.


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