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What goes up must always come down. In this case, it comes down ''hard''.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Happens a few times in ''[[Ranma
* Also in ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'', when the Saiyans land their space pods. Raditz's makes quite a crater, and Nappa and Vegeta's actually destroy buildings before leaving their mark on the Earth. And that's not to mention what happens during the fights that the characters get into.
** The series also features Ground Shattering Takeoffs - As the characters get stronger, the [[Chunky Updraft]] climbs to ridiculous levels, usually culminating in a violent explosion just as a character launches into flight.
* Major Kusanagi does it both in the ''[[Stand Alone Complex]]'' and [[Ghost in
* In the [[Appleseed]] manga Briareos (a full conversion cyborg) inflicts a fair amount of damage to things he lands on.
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* Added as an ability in the first patch to [[Crackdown]].
** Oddly enough, the ground ''heals''.
* When the title characters in ''[[
* In ''[[Warcraft]]'', Infernals are summoned demons that land meteor-style, doing damage and stunning any unfortunate enough to have been landed on.
** In War3, stomp-type spells leave a small crater around the caster, despite going no more than an inch or so in the air (and ''this'' assuming they didn't simply raise a single foot and bring it down in an almighty impact).
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* [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] can do this with the bounce/bound attack in some of the games. Knuckles can also do this.
* Shogun type enemies in [[The Dishwasher]]: Vampire smile do this either when they spawn or when they leap in the middle of combat. And at higher difficulties, ''[[For Massive Damage|they really, really hurt.]]''
* Jarvan in ''[[League of Legends]]'' does this, leaping on someone and trapping them within the circle of rock that shoots up around the impact point.
* Ezio in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' does this to a wooden platform during the opening cinematic, after escaping from his impending hanging by wrapping the rope around the hangman's neck and jumping off, untying himself while dangling in midair, then falling at least three stories and finishing with a [[Three-Point Landing]]. Better, this is [[Canon]], as gameplay starts immediately following the event, from which Ezio [[Unflinching Walk|walks away]] [[Made of Iron|without a scratch]]. Did we mention that he's [[Badass Grandpa|52]] at the time?
* You can do this everytime you respawn in [[Section 8 (video game)]]'s multiplayer, complete with [[Three-Point Landing]]... which is to be expected since 'respawning' includes dropping in (Being shot out of a [[Drop Ship]]) from 15 kilometers above ground with nothing but your [[Power Armor]]. While you do have airbrakes to give you a somewhat softer landing, there's always the possibility of some self-induced [[Death From Above]] on some poor sap who forgot to look up to see you coming.
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* [[Dishing Out Dirt|Earthbenders]] in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' and its [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' can do this to greater or lesser degrees.
** Also to [[Not the Fall That Kills You|soften their landing]]
* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]''. He also tends to leave indents and craters when starting his leaps, in according to Newton's third law.
== Webcomics ==
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