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* [[Spider-Man]] on at least one occasion created a parachute using his web shooters.
* In some [[Silver Age]] ''[[Batman]]'' stories, Batman's [[Badass Cape|cape]] doubles as a parachute.
** In the [[Modern Age]], it's sometimes used as glider to slow his fall, with the added bonus of allowing him to reach the safety of rooftops, all while [[Rule of Cool|looking really cool]]. Same basic principle.
* [[Indiana Jones]] used a blanket once.
* In the comic-only sequel to ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'', it is revealed that Rattigan survived his fall from Big Ben by using his cape as an improvised parachute.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* Indiana Jones used an inflatable liferaft when the plane he was on was about to crash into a mountain in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Film)|Temple of Doom]]''.
* The Baroness' long skirt in ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' also acts as a parachute when she is shot into the air by Grandpa.
* In ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', Robert Langdon saves himself with a piece of plastic this way. Probably the least expected object to become a [[Chekhov's Gun]].
* In ''[[Pee Wees-wee's Big Adventure]]'', Pee-Wee and Mickey drive off a cliff, and the convertible top of their car serves as a parachute.
* Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'': Aladdin and Abu use a rug as one when they jump out a window during the song "One Jump Ahead".
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Angels and& Demons]]'', Langdon used a tarp to slow down the fall from an exploding helicopter.
* In ''[[Super Folks]]'', the Lois Lane expy's skirt acts as a parachute when she is thrown off a skyscraper. It turns out she is [[Going Commando|not wearing underwear]] which gives quite a show to the rescue workers below.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Using various items as parachutes was part of an experiment on ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]]''.
* The ''[[Myth BustersMythBusters]]'' tested an inflatable raft as a parachute. It technically worked, but was not reliable.
** They also tried [https://web.archive.org/web/20090420112533/http://www.mythbustersfanclub.com/mb2/content/view/64/27/ the plywood parachute]. It didn't work... at all.
* An odd example: In one episode of the 2010 ''[[Human Target]]'' TV adaptation, Christopher Chance and his client use one to stop from great speed, rather than fall safely.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'': While ''[[The Skydivers]]'' doesn't use this trope at any point, Tom Servo quips that one character's enormous, sculpted hairdo could be used in this way.
{{quote| '''Tom Servo''': I predict that in the final scene, she jumps without a parachute and then her hair opens up.}}
 
== [[Oral Tradition]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[American McGee's Alice]]'': Alice's dress slows down her fall (and also helps her float over air vents).
* Princess Peach uses her dress as a parachute in ''[[Super Mario Bros 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' and several other Mario games.
* ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|Psychonauts]]'': Raz can use his psychic powers to create an improvised parachute - he creates a literal [[Thought Bubble]] and grabs onto the dotted bit.
* Mario's Cape in ''[[Super Mario World (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario World]]'' can be used like this to glide.
* Kurt Hectic's coil suit in ''[[MDK 2MDK2|MDK]]'' has long streaks that, when held like a hood, lets Kurt either glide or float downwards softly, or get carried to great heights if he's in an updraft.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'', when the amorphous Schlock plans to jump off the top of a skyscraper with a big canister of valuables, using himself as a parachute... but it doesn't work, and he winds up having to improvise on the way down, turning the parachuting into a bungee-jump...
* In ''[[Casey and Andy (Webcomic)|Casey and Andy]]'', Quantum Crook saved himself from falling into lava by making a parachute out of his trenchcoat and boot laces.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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** In "Mekkor" Gleep provides this for Dorno.
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'': Jack uses his own clothes as a parachute in order to reach greater heights using blasts of air from the ground.
* In one ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoon, Jerry uses a bra as a parachute.
* In ''[[The Incredibles]]'', Elastigirl uses ''herself'' as an improvised parachute after {{spoiler|Syndrome blows her plane out of the sky}}.
** Using her ''kids'' as ballast.
** She does this again during the climax when she has to save {{spoiler|Jack-Jack after he falls out of the arms of Syndrome.}}
* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'': After a fight against the Dark Hand off a snowy cliff, Jackie grabs the shirt off Tohru and uses it as a parachute.
** Happens again in a later episode when he jumps out the window of a castle to escape the Shadowkahn and uses the curtain as a parachute to get down the side of the cliff safely.
* ''[[The Magician (French TV series)|The Magician]]'' often used his [[Badass Cape|cape]] this way.
* On the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Animationanimation)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' episode "Day of the Dungeon Master", Presto's magic hat acts as a parachute when the gang fall off the back of a roc — for all of them but Eric, who misses his grip and has to be saved by Hank.
* Alice's skirtdress in [[Disney]]'s animated version of ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* This also happens in the 1988 Burbank Films Australia Version.
* In the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Pizza Delivery", the pizza SpongeBob is delivering becomes a parachute, held to the box by strings of cheese.
* Early in the "Jungle Jeopardy" episode of ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]'', Penelope uses her scarf as a parachute after her airplane falls apart in flight.
* One episode of the 1960s ''[[Pink Panther|Inspector Clouseau]]'' cartoon had him and Sgt. Deux-Deux falling from the cliff. Deux-Deux grabbed the tent he was carrying, saving both him and Inspector. Unfortunately they landed next to a hungry tiger.
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