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'''Q:''' I never joke about my work, 007.|''[[Goldfinger (Film)|Goldfinger]]''}}
[[Space Fighter|Space fighters]], [[Cool Plane|normal fighters]], [[Humongous Mecha|giant mecha]], [[Cool Boat|submarines]], [[Back to The Future|time travel cars]], [[Cool Car|secret agent super cars]], [[Black Helicopter|helicopters]], [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|piano recital vans]]... just about ''everything'' has an ejection seat installed. Expect its success rate to be determined by the plot.
It should be pointed out that shooting an airman after he or she's ejected is a war crime, though this is a relatively recent idea and wasn't in force until 1977.<ref>Yes, it doesn't make much sense when you think about it. Can you imagine anyone letting a crewman jump out of his tank, wrap a bit of silk around himself and walk away from the battle? Perhaps the most bizarre example of this is that if you shoot down a plane carrying paratroops (who are not granted the same protection), you ''can'' shoot at the parachuting soldiers, but shooting at the plane's actual aircrew is a war crime. Erm... The technical answer is that an airman without a plane is no longer unable to discharge his or her functions and is therefore ''Hors de combat'', whereas paratroops are still able to do some damage. (Tank crews, though...)</ref>
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Distinct from just Abandon Ship; rather than just getting the heck out of (the) Dodge, a machine's helping you out (the door).
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* During the 1980s, the [[Moral Guardians]] were all concerned about damaging fragile child minds, so [[Never Say Die]] was in full effect. This was particularly noticeable on ''[[G.I. Joe]]''. Any aerial dogfight between the Joes and Cobra ended up with the loser ejecting and parachuting to safety before their plane was destroyed. [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|Peril sensitive ejector seats FTW!]]
* ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]'' examples:
** The animated Batmobile ''does'' have ejector seats, as evidenced in [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?|the episode with Earl Cooper]].
** In the episode "Joker's Millions" of ''Batman: The Animated Series'', [[The Joker]] is so poor that he could afford only one ejection seat. Boy, was Harley mad!
* Batman in ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' has an ejector seat in the Batplane. He hovered a finger over the button because Plastic Man was getting on his nerves.
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