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** This is pretty much what [[Superman]] ''does''. Word of advice: If you plan on killing yourself by jumping off a building, don't do it in Metropolis. If you're looking for an exclusive interview, on the other hand, by all means jump out that 30th-story window...
** This is pretty much what [[Superman]] ''does''. Word of advice: If you plan on killing yourself by jumping off a building, don't do it in Metropolis. If you're looking for an exclusive interview, on the other hand, by all means jump out that 30th-story window...
*** Parodied in [[52]] when Perry tells a (depowered) Clark Kent that he's losing his edge and tells him he's fired unless he takes something out of his wife's play book. Clark immediately jumps out of the high office window... {{spoiler|and is caught by new hero Supernova, who Clark immediately presses for a story.}}
*** Parodied in [[52]] when Perry tells a (depowered) Clark Kent that he's losing his edge and tells him he's fired unless he takes something out of his wife's play book. Clark immediately jumps out of the high office window... {{spoiler|and is caught by new hero Supernova, who Clark immediately presses for a story.}}
*** This is [[Deconstruction|deconstructed]] in [[The Incredibles]]. A guy jumps off a building, Mr. Incredible catches him at an 90-degree angle, smashing through a glass window in the process. Mr. Incredible is [[Hilarity Sues|sued]] for the resulting injuries.
*** This is [[Deconstruction|deconstructed]] in [[The Incredibles]]. A guy jumps off a building, Mr. Incredible catches him at an 90-degree angle, smashing through a glass window in the process. Mr. Incredible is [[Sued for Superheroics|sued]] for the resulting injuries.
** Superman (again) does it to Batman (again) after the Batplane is eaten by alien nanomachine dogs, and his ejection seat is destroyed. Fortunately, Batman is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know he's got time, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unl8l8VdONw calmly calls for help over the radio].
** Superman (again) does it to Batman (again) after the Batplane is eaten by alien nanomachine dogs, and his ejection seat is destroyed. Fortunately, Batman is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know he's got time, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unl8l8VdONw calmly calls for help over the radio].
** Dr. Light bails Batman out ''the second time he plummets in the same episode''.
** Dr. Light bails Batman out ''the second time he plummets in the same episode''.
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