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[[File:SpidermanSwing_6915SpidermanSwing 6915.jpg|link=Spider-Man|frame| [[Trope Codifier|Face it, you knew he was gonna be the trope picture.]]]]
 
 
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== Film ==
 
* 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.
{{quote|Indy: "[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|Damn! I thought that was closer]]!"}}
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== Live-Action Television ==
 
* Subverted in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Runaway Bride" in which Donna swings to safety -- andsafety—and straight into a concrete wall.
* The Batmobile "turn radius" grapple and standard "get up the building" grapple guns have been examined on ''[[Myth Busters]]'', to the detriment of both.
 
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