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== [[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
* 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
* 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]] ==
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** They also tried [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.
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Tom Servo''': I predict that in the final scene, she jumps without a parachute and then her hair opens up.}}
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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 ''[[
* ''[[
* Mario's Cape in ''[[Super Mario World (
* Kurt Hectic's coil suit in ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[
* In ''[[
== [[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 ''[[
* 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.}}
* ''[[
** 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]]'' often used his [[Badass Cape|cape]] this way.
* On the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (
* Alice's skirt in [[Disney]]'s animated version of ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* In the ''[[
* 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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