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Compare with [[Take My Hand]]. See also the [[Inevitable Waterfall]] and [[No OSHA Compliance]] for places to fall from.

 

 

* ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'': Minmay falls from Hikaru's Valkyrie during the attack on South Ataria Island, and Hikaru not only does a power dive to save her, but manages to open the jet canopy, pull her in, close the canopy, and pull up in time.

* In episode 6 of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', Spike catches Giraffe on the Swordfish after he falls out a window.

** A technique he'd had a chance to practice on Ein four episodes earlier, when the pooch threw himself off a bridge to escape a dognapper.

* Near the end of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] StrikerS'', just as Vita exhausts her magical energy and falls from a great height, Hayate reaches the room where Vita is and catches her badly battered body.

* Played with in ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'': every time the girls are summoned to Cephiro, they pop into existence several kilometers above ground. They scream all the way down, until they're caught by Fyula, Clef's giant, [[Summon Magic|summoned]] flying fish. They actually ''bounce'' on impact with Fyula's back before settling down, [[Not the Fall That Kills You|none the worse for wear]].

* Renton and Eureka pull this off at least twice in ''[[Eureka Seven]]''.

* In the final episode of ''[[Gate Keepers]] 21'', Miyu catches Yukino after the latter is struck down in a [[Blast Out]] and falls from the top of a [[Humongous Mecha]]. {{spoiler|Yukino is mortally wounded, however, and dies in Miyu's arms.}}

* The finale of ''[[Sailor Moon]] SuperS'' has Moon and an unconscious Chibimoon falling to their deaths. After catching Chibimoon, Moon spends the rest of the fall trying to get her to wake up so that they can use the Golden Crystal to save them. When she finally does, the Golden Crystal gives them wings which they use to land safely. It's a touching scene, as long as you ignore how long they spend falling.

** There ''is'' some attempt at physics in this scene. Chibimoon is flung, unconscious and limp, off a huge floating platform; Moon jumps after her using her weight and the velocity of her dive to make up the distance between them. Chibimoon is a little girl no older than 7, so she's also light enough to be blown by the wind. By the time Moon catches her, they have matched velocity. But don't ask me how [[Rule of Cool|transforming into Princess Serenity, flowing gown and all, helped here]].

* And, of course, we can't forget Spock halting Kirk's fall from El Capitan in ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier|Star Trek V the Final Frontier]]''... [[Broad Strokes|although much of that film is officially dubious as to its canon status....]]

** And let's not omit Kirk catching Sulu mid-air over Vulcan in [[Star Trek (film)|XI]]. But at least they do take some physics into account and have Kirk's chute be unable to hold them both.

* In ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action|Looney Tunes Back in Action]]'', Jenna Elfman is hurled off the top of the Eiffel Tower, and Brendan Fraser leaps after her, busting out a grappling hook after successfully grabbing her. The movie goes in a different direction from the rather obvious ''Spider-Man'' element by having them swing right through some road stalls, getting stuck with a bunch of flowers, and landing comfortably at a roadside cafe, looking like they're really on a date...

* Subverted in the ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' movie, where instead of catching the falling jet pilot, Iron Man just activates his jammed parachute.

* In ''[[Spacetrawler]]'', both Emily and Growp get knocked out a window during a fight. Both of them snatch passing hoverbikes to stop their descent... and then crash their bikes into the ground.

* In the [[David Gonterman]] comic ''[[Sailor Moon]] USA'', Gonterman's [[Author Avatar]] at the time does this to Sailor Moon herself. What's worse was that this was done after Queen Beryl launched her from ''Tokyo to St. Louis''. And the worst Usagi suffered was passing out and a ravaged uniform. [[MST3K Mantra|It's best not to think of it too much.]]

 

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