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* One of the first things to introduce Parkour to a mainstream British audience was a stunning [[BBC]] 1 ad featuring David Belle [[Roof Hopping]] home to watch his favourite show.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDe7bXqsF04 Austrian Army TV-Ad.]
* There was an old Nike commercial that aired around 2000-01 or thereabouts where a traceur blasted across rooftops to avoid... [[
* A commercial for AT&T High Speed Internet shows a man learning Parkour via online videos.
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* Robot S13 of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' does this in his temporary body in Ch 25. The author's comments [[Lampshade]] S13's outfit's resemblance to the Hunter from ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' (see Videogames, above), though this was [http://twitter.com/gunnerkrigg/status/5362290445 unintentional].
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' features a martial art called "Parkata Urbatsu", which is described as a descendant of Parkour, free-running, and "Youtubing". It appears in "Mallcop Command". However, since it's on a space station, you have to take into account the fact that the station is rotating whenever you jump. Inevitably, to catch their targets {{spoiler|(who turn out to be pro Parkata Urbatsu enthusiasts illegally filming their stunts)}}, the mercenaries have to master it via a crash course by Commander Shodan. With emphasis on the ''crash'' part. Schlock got really good at it, and now he sometimes uses it just for general moving around. Shodan actually asked one of the Mallcop Command perps to help him "un-teach Schlock Parkata Urbatsu" (she declares Schlock an artist and refuses).
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* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'': "[http://www.lastres0rt.com/2010/06/if-real-zombies-ever-learn-parkour-were-doomed/ If real zombies ever learn Parkour, we're doomed.]"
** Technically that's a vampire, not a zombie.
* In ''[[Rusty and Co.|Rusty and Co]]'', Gelatinous Cube knows Parkour. [http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-5-3/ No, really.]
* In ''[[Snow By Night]]'', Blaise [https://web.archive.org/web/20130308115311/http://www.snowbynight.com/pages/ch1/pg19.html does this] to evade three disgruntled rooks. His pursuers are rather taken aback.
* In [[The Zombie Hunters]], at least one "hunter" zombie is depicted in this way. The author described them as "urban ninjas" but without human inhibitions, like pain, tiredness, or fear of death.
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** Zuko's used it a couple of times, notably in "The Firebending Masters" when he ran along a wall to avoid a spike pit.
** Also, in one episode during the Ba Sing Se arc, the [[Fan Nickname|Gaang]] make a straight run toward the Earth King's Palace, using [[Elemental Powers|bending]] to clear some obstacles, namely the [[Mooks|palace guards]].
* [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' takes place in a "[[Steampunk]] metropolis" and uses a lot of parkour-style fighting and chase scenes. This helps represent the way the Avatar world's societies have begun moving away from more traditional, form-based bending styles as society industrializes. And as with the martial arts in both ''Korra'' and
** However, the more traditional martial-arts based forms of bending are still practiced, especially by [[The Mentor|Tenzin]], the last real
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' has ''finally'' added this to Spider-Man's repertoire, making his [[Roof Hopping]] and [[Wall Crawl]]ing action sequences a lot more interesting.
** Meaning Parker can now [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Parkour]]?
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* Done in an episode of ''[[American Dad]]!'' where Stan and Francine start hanging out with a younger, more active couple and pretend to be young themselves to maintain the friendship. There's a pretty neat scene where they go free-running; Francine does quite well for a first timer, while Stan (despite his CIA training) messes up, gets his head caught in a banister, and ends up landing so hard on his leg that it makes his shin bone protrude through his skin. [[Squick|Ouch]].
** [[Played for Laughs]] later in the episode when Stan and Francine's attempt to make their friends slow down [[Gone Horribly Wrong|goes horribly wrong]]. After a fight, the wife throws her ring into the husband's face and free-runs away, screaming angrily.
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