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{{quote|"Eject! EJECT! I can't shake him!"|'''Porkins''', ''[[Star Wars]]''}}
{{quote|'''Q:''' Now this I'm particularly proud of. You see the gear-stick here? Now if you take the top off, you'll find a little red button. Whatever you do, don't touch it.
'''[[James Bond]]:''' And why not?
'''Q:''' Because if you do, you'll release this section of the roof, and engage and fire the passenger ejector seat. ''Whoosh!''
'''James Bond:''' Ejector seat? You're joking!
'''Q:''' I never joke about my work, 007.|''[[Goldfinger]]''}}
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* In ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'', when Baron Bomburst commands Grandpa to make the eponymous car fly, Grandpa presses a button at random that sends the Baroness shooting skyward out of her seat (she is saved by her [[Parachute Petticoat]]).
* ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]'' has several. They also work in an opportunity for [[Exact Words]].
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"Goodbye asshole!" *ejection seats fire* }}
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** And they learned it was still functioning and in all the years it had been owned and used as a chair in someone's living room, no one decided to randomly try the eject button.
* Played straight, averted, and subverted in several episodes of ''[[JAG]]''. Appropriate, as several of the characters on the show are fighter pilots. Even part of the story behind Harm's [[Disappeared Dad]].
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