Cable Car Action Sequence: Difference between revisions

A subtrope of [[Interesting Situation Duel]]. Compare [[Elevator Action Sequence]], [[Traintop Battle]]. Contrast [[Stuck Onon a Ski Lift]].

* Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, from ''[[Bobobobo Bobobo (Manga)|Bobobobo Bobobo]]'', uses a special attack called "Gondola Tour". It involves him riding a cable-car to the ceiling and then dropping it on his opponent's head.

* During the Ruby & Sapphire arc of ''[[Pokémon Special (Manga)|Pokémon Special]]'', Sapphire battles Team Aqua Admin Ark/Matt inside a stalled cable-car filled with water. N also forces White to battle him inside a Ferris wheel cabin during the Black & White arc.

* ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]''

** In ''[[Moonraker (Film)|Moonraker]]'', a fight between Jaws and James Bond happens aboard the gondola leading to Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.

** A non-action but still nail-biting suspense scene involves Bond's escape in ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''. Bond is locked up in the cable car room, and the only way out is by crawling out over a sheer drop along the cable, and then dropping onto the roof of a cable car just before his fingers are severed.

* Toward the end of the movie ''[[Where Eagles Dare (Film)|Where Eagles Dare]]'', a lengthy fight inside and on top of a cable-car happens, complete with jumps between two crossing gondolas.

* The climax of the episode "Sanctuary" of ''[[Human Target (TV)|Human Target]]'' also has a gondola fight.

* The ''[[MacGyver (TV)|MacGyver]]'' episode "Cease Fire" has him dispose of a bomb on a gondola.

* ''[[Indiana Jones and The Emperors Tomb (Video Game)|Indiana Jones and The Emperors Tomb]]'' features a cable-car complete with a mounted machine gun, and a bunch of [[Mooks]] to use it on.

* ''[[Resident Evil 4 (Video Game)|Resident Evil 4]]'' has one of these on a ski lift, which shows off the [[Jiggle Physics]] on Ashley. Earlier, ''[[Resident Evil 2 (Video Game)|Resident Evil 2]]'' also had a fight against G in a cable car.

* Twice in ''[[Halo 2 (Video Game)|Halo 2]]'', first with the two gondolas on the Lake of Regret, and the gondola ride to the Library in the Quarantine Zone.

* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Video Game)|Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' has a short cable-car battle after escaping the castle.

* In ''[[Snakes Revenge (Video Game)|Snakes Revenge]]'', one of the later stages forces the player to ride atop a series of cable-cars in order to get from one place to the next. The game switches to a side-view perspective, where the player must avoid being discovered by the guard inside the gondola.

* The escape from the Boiling Rock in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' involves an epic fight over a steam-powered gondola lift.

* In ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'' season 2 episode 7, the heroes ride on a [[Clock Punk]] cable-car and are attacked by [[Sky Pirate|flying pirates]] above a sea strait. The fight scene is a bit more extensive than usual, since the gondola is the size of a house and armed with a cannon, and the pirates have magical flying steeds.

* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'': When the family goes to Brazil and Homer gets kidnapped, they decide to do the hand-over on two cable-cars. Naturally throwing the money over was a lot easier than Homer jumping over; when he does the cable snaps. The kicker is that it turned out to be Homer's idea in the first place.