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{{quote|'''Robert:''' Is this a habit of yours, falling off of stuff?<br />

Because [['''Falling Into His Arms]]''' is so romantic, it can be easily parodied by having a ''man'' fall into a man's arms, for a bit of comedic [[Ho Yay]]. That can also be combined with one of the standard subversions.

The baby [['''Falling Into His Arms]]''' has two standard subversions too. One is for the man to miss the catch, and the other is for it to turn out to be something else wrapped up in swaddling clothes, such as an ugly pet. Or an ugly baby, for that matter. Maybe he wouldn't have gone to the trouble to save that face.

A standard parody of the baby toss is for the woman to toss an ever-growing number of increasingly large and heavy objects into her hero's waiting arms, until eventually -- waiteventually—wait for it -- ''he gets squashed''. [[Rule of Funny|Because it's funny!]]

* This is how Senjougahara Hitagi meets Araragi Koyomi in ''[[Bakemonogatari (Light Novel)|Bakemonogatari]]''. It kick-starts the supernatural plot of the show because {{spoiler|she only weighs 5 kilos, due to a "heavy crab" stealing her weight.}}

* This is how Suzaku meets Euphemia in ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]''.

* Happens twice to [[Chick Magnet]] Van in ''[[Gun X Sword]] ''. The first time, Van catches Wendy when she faints; the second time, Priscilla tumbles into his arms. Both girls are potential love interests. However, it's subverted in episode 6 when would-be bandit Klatt fails to catch his girlfriend Bunny. Van mocks him for it.

* This is how [[Yandere|Kodachi]] ''thinks'' she met [[Ranma One Half½|Ranma Saotome]], although she'd actually met "[[Gender Bender|her]]" a few hours earlier. Ironically, the reason he had to catch her in the first place was that he'd accidentally beaned her with a kettle, but no matter -- shematter—she finds it very romantic and falls immediately in love with him, to his vast dismay.

{{quote| '''Barnaby:''' It's been a while since I carried you like this. Have you gained weight?<br />

* Played straight AND subverted to good effect in the movie ''[[Enchanted]]'' -- in—in the fairy tale world Prince Edward easily catches Princess Giselle in his arms in a straightforward fashion. Later, in "real world" New York, Princess Giselle falls on Robert and knocks him over. (Which is probably what would really happen if a woman fell on a man.)

** If you've seen the ending of the film, this trope gets {{spoiler|inverted! After Robert wakes Giselle with [[True Love's Kiss]], Narissa transforms into a dragon, kidnaps Robert and goes to the top of the Woolworth Building. Later, she falls down to her death, and Giselle, who chased after Narissa, catches Robert and both managed to stay on the roof, away from sure death. To add effect to the scenes, they pulled an [[Ironic Echo|ironic echo]] of the "Is this a big habit of yours, falling off stuff?" question.}}

{{quote| '''Jo:''' If only ''I'' were the swooning type! [''dramatically falling from the carriage'']<br />

* Variation on ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'': Due to Ned being [[Blessed Withwith Suck]], when his love interest trips right in front of him he has to step out of the way to avoid touching her, leaving room for someone else to swoop in and be the hero. He gets the girl anyway, but not before he nurses his inferiority complex for a while.

* In [[Once Upon a Time]], Rumpelstiltskin catches {{spoiler|Belle}} when she falls ripping down curtains. 'Cause they're falling in love.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'', the main character catches Amalia in just this fashion.

** The dramatic version is also used in ''FFVIII'' when the team stages a commando raid on the facility about to freeze the love interest. Squall smashes the tank and Rinoa falls forward into his arms.

* Somewhat subverted in ''[[Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga (Video Game)|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', when Luigi's parachute gives, and the shiny bishounen Prince Peasley holds his arms out to catch him... only to have Luigi knock him aside and the two to hit the ground anyway.

* In ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|Psychonauts]]'' one of Milla's Memory Reels shows this happening with her and Sasha (that's a guy with an arguably [[Gender Blender Name]], for the record).

* The webcomic ''[[College Roomies From HellCRFH]]''... repeatedly. People fall out of that building a lot. Sometimes wearing a bungee jumping cord.

* Happens a lot in ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' with [[Official Couple|Robin and Starfire]], usually with Starfire getting knocked out the air by something and Robin rushing to catch her.

* This is how Will and Caleb meet on ''[[WITCH (Animationanimation)|WITCH]]''.

* Used in ''[[9 (Animation)|Nine]]'', when 9 {{spoiler|rescues 7 from The Seamstress}}.

** The second combines this with [[PietaPietà Plagiarism]], as she {{spoiler|catches his falling corpse after [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Azula turns off]] his [[Power Floats|floating]] for him.}}

=== Examples of tossed babies: ===

* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' once ended an issue with the doctor reflexively catching a baby before knowing about it as part of a [[Brick Joke]].

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