Grappling Hook Pistol: Difference between revisions

* ''[[View Askewniverse|Mallrats]]'' explicitly references not just the trope, not just its most famous practitioner, but one of the most famous scenes using it, when, chased by LaFours (the best security guard in the mall), Silent Bob pulls out a grappling hook pistol and hauls himself and Jay up to safety; LaFours rounds the corner and doesn't see where they've gone. Then, at the top of the line:

{{quote| '''Jay:''' [[Shout-Out|Where do you get those wonderful toys]]?}}

* In ''[[Sky High]]'', the <s>Sidekick</s> [[Sidekick|Hero Support]] training includes learning to use one of these; as with the ''[[Batman Begins]]'' example, the whole mechanism is built into the [[Utility Belt]], which acts as a harness. It also has the option to launch a net or an inflatable raft rather than a line.

 

**** ''[[From Russia with Love]]'' featured the "Rappel Belt." True to the '60s flair of the game, this was a hook that detached from Bond's belt and had to be thrown onto ledges, and climbing would retract it. It was a little more flexible than ''[[Eon]]'s'' rappel gun in that Bond could swing across ledges with it.

* The ''[[Lego Star Wars]]'' games go one up on ''Phantom Menace'' by allowing any character with a blaster to connect it to a grappling hook. The "blaster" category includes all varieties of pistols as well as Chewbacca's crossbow and the Ewok's slingshot.

* Goemon from the ''[[Legend of the Mystical Ninja]]'' games never left home without his chain pipe.

* Lucas from ''[[Earthbound|Mother 3]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros]] Brawl'' makes use of a "rope snake", a happy stretchy snake.