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A standard piece of equipment for anyone from [[The Future]]. A backpack that lets the wearer fly by shooting jets of fire (or concentric rings of [[Pure Energy]]) out of the back, parallel to the wearer's legs. Strangely enough, nobody ever suffers [[Toasted Buns]] as a result. Nor do they ever run out of fuel, or even consume any fuel of any sort in the first place.

== Anime and Manga ==

* [[Robot Girl|Chachamaru]] of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is equipped with one, though even in her upgraded form, she can only use it for up to fifteen minutes before needing to recharge.

** ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'': Grendizer had THREE of them (not counting its spaceship): Double Spacer -to fly inside and outside of atmosphere-, Marine Spacer -to fly and dive underwater- and Drill Spacer -to fly and burrow underground-.

* The Principal in the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' manga had one that exploded.

 

== Film ==

* ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]''

** Hell, the first time they fire it up you can see an air intake fan start to move under the housing. ''Everything'' we're shown in the movie marks the device as a Jetpack, but ''everyone'' in the movie keeps calling it a "Rocket," Even Howard Hughes who built it and presumably know the proper name.

* In ''[[Star Wars]]'', both Fetts have jetpacks, and both of them fail them in one way or another. Since they wear armor, it's at least justified why they never get burned.

** 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?

* ''[[J-Men Forever]]'' (1979). Rocket Jock (a [[Gag Dub|re-dubbed]] Commando Cody) mutters constantly about the problems of using his atomic-powered jetpack, including the worry that his tailor might have forgotten to include the lead-lining, the need to hit his springboard in order to launch himself into the air, sore arches whenever he lands, his feet setting on fire, and the risk of drowning inside his full-face helmet should he get airsick.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[The Running Man (film)|The Running Man]]''. Used by the Stalker named Fireball.

== 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.

* A sketch from ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' has a scientist complain that he's sick of people asking him all the time, "It's the future now, where's my jetpack?" They gave up on it and just decided to keep making iPods smaller.

* On ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', 21 tries to get 24 to become full-fledged archvillains with him, using stolen jet packs as their motif - 24 burns his shoes with his, and 21 is too heavy to fly more than a foot off the ground.