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** That, and the fact that the entire rest of the film was totally shitty.

*** So much that the rocket-boots were the ''best'' part of it... "I feel your pain."

* Do the Stompers in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' count?

* ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]'' (2004). [[Action Girl]] and [[Ace Pilot]] 'Franky' Cook [[Ejection Seat|ejects]] from her [[Military Mashup Machine|submersible airplane]] just in time to avoid a [[Macross Missile Massacre]]. After breaking the surface of the water a Jet Pack boosts her the rest of the way up to her [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]]. Even the [[Love Triangle|rival for the hero's affections]] is impressed.

* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]''. General W. R. Monger has one of these for travelling around his [[Elaborate Underground Base]] and talking to [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|49 foot, 11 inch women]]. They also come in useful for reaching giant floating alien spaceships.

== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Seeing Red": villains with jet packs. Of course, this being the nerd trio, one of them tried to fly while underneath a ceiling and knocked himself out.

* George Michael receives one of these in an ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' episode, with [[Hilarity Ensues|predictable results]].

* ''[[Farscape]]''. The engine room of a Peacekeeper Command Carrier is so large it requires jetpacks to conduct routine maintenance. Needless to say this leads to a mid-air jetpack fight between the protagonists and a group of Peacekeepers.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** Though most of these people are slightly more realistically set-up, Crisis suits, Assault Marines, Raptors, and Seraphim have angled thrusters so that they don't set their butts on fire, Stormboyz don't really care about safety, and Swooping Hawks use anti-gravity vanes sculpted to look like wings instead of proper jetpacks. Also, given the rules' remarks that soldiers don't have unlimited ammunition but are instead assumed to have enough to last six turns of gameplay, it is reasonable to assume that these people merely have enough fuel in their jetpacks to last a normal-length battle instead of being unlimited-fuel affairs.

** At least the Seraphim usejump packs in more sane tactics than usual for 40k "I'm too hardboiled to live" charge. They ''don't'' mistake themselves for slow ultra-light aircraft, but are trained as close-combat specialists with short-range weapons (flamer or [[Dual Wield]]ing bolters), that is, skirmish and harass buzzing around an enemy, and are supposed to be used in combination with ground troops.

* The Cyborg class in ''[[Ghouls vs. Humans]]'' has a jetpack, which has limited fuel. Apart from flying, it can be used for super-jumps, or to make a rapid dodge forwards, not unlike a [[Flash Step]].

* ''[[Dead Space 2]]'': Isaac has thrusters in his boots and shoulders. However, they only work in zero gravity. (and certain cut scenes)

* ''[[Jabless Adventure]]''. Jables even [[Lampshades]] the fact that, since you have the jet pack, you must be near the end of the game.

* In the ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberium]]'' series, GDI has specialist infantry units with jetpacks in ''Tiberian Sun''. The Zone Troopers, Zone Raiders, and Commandos in ''Tiberium Wars'' also use jetpacks, although they are for leaping rather than flying.

* Agent K from ''[[The Replacements]]''.

* Used regularly by Batman in ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''.

* In ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'', the Jet Bootsu are... [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|jet boots]].

* In ''[[Exo Squad]]'', James Burns and the Venus Resistance make extensive use of jetpacks.

* ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' makes a lot of use of these as well, particularly in the opening of the first mini-series, and even more spectacularly in the opening of the animated movie. Cobra has their own version in the C.L.A.W., which is essentially a jet pack with wings.

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