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* Although the animators based it more on surfing and skateboarding movements, Disney's ''[[Tarzan]]'' movie has the title hero do lots of Parkour-style movement through the jungle. |
* Although the animators based it more on surfing and skateboarding movements, Disney's ''[[Tarzan]]'' movie has the title hero do lots of Parkour-style movement through the jungle. |
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* Probably an example before this style, but in the claymation ''[[Santa Claus is Comin' to Town]]'', Kris Kringle uses some fairly sweet moves to escape the Burgermeister Meisterburger's troops. |
* Probably an example before this style, but in the claymation ''[[Santa Claus is Comin' to Town]]'', Kris Kringle uses some fairly sweet moves to escape the Burgermeister Meisterburger's troops. |
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{{quote|'''Troop:''' He climbs like a squirrel, leaps like a deer, and is as slippery as a seal!}} |
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* ''[[Resident Evil: Degeneration]]'', a CGI movie based off the series, has Leon do an incredible Parkour sequence near the end of the movie to escape a [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]. |
* ''[[Resident Evil: Degeneration]]'', a CGI movie based off the series, has Leon do an incredible Parkour sequence near the end of the movie to escape a [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]. |
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* Parkour seems to be the main mode of locomotion for the stray boys Black and White in ''[[Tekkon Kinkreet]]''. |
* Parkour seems to be the main mode of locomotion for the stray boys Black and White in ''[[Tekkon Kinkreet]]''. |
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* Subverted in one episode of ''[[The Unit]]'', where Sam McBride, {{spoiler|on the run after attempting to rape Bridget}} runs across a row of parked cars. One of them pulls out just before he reaches, causing him to fall and break his ankle. |
* Subverted in one episode of ''[[The Unit]]'', where Sam McBride, {{spoiler|on the run after attempting to rape Bridget}} runs across a row of parked cars. One of them pulls out just before he reaches, causing him to fall and break his ankle. |
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* Mocked on ''[[The Office]]'' when Dwight, Andy, and Michael have just discovered the existence of Parkour, which Jim describes as a fad from several years ago. The trio excitedly jump around the office shouting "Parkour!" and generally just knock things over. |
* Mocked on ''[[The Office]]'' when Dwight, Andy, and Michael have just discovered the existence of Parkour, which Jim describes as a fad from several years ago. The trio excitedly jump around the office shouting "Parkour!" and generally just knock things over. |
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{{quote|'''Jim:''' The goal is to get from point A to point B as creatively as possible... so technically they are doing Parkour, as long as point A is delusion and point B is the hospital.}} |
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* Bryce Larkin uses this in the pilot episode of ''[[Chuck]]''. |
* Bryce Larkin uses this in the pilot episode of ''[[Chuck]]''. |
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** Chuck picks up some Parkour skills in the intersect 2.0 |
** Chuck picks up some Parkour skills in the intersect 2.0 |