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[[Older Than They Think|Parkour actually predates itself]]. It is a refinement of human movement rather than a brand new skill, the movements have been practiced in various ways for a long time. For example, stuntmen and martial arts film actors have been doing similar things for years, a good recent example being [[Jackie Chan]].
The difference between Parkour and "Free Running" is similar to the difference between "function" and "form." One of the central "rules" of Parkour is that it is not a competitive sport, and emphasizes efficiency, self-discipline, and [[Don't Think, Feel|oneness with the surroundings]], whereas "free-running" is based on display stunts and acrobatics that can be done in one location, just for the hell of it. Note that often, traceurs will be able to and will perform flips and the like and can be considered both a traceur and a free-runner. The main distinction of traceur and free-runner is in the mindset of the person.
Parkour has begun to appear more frequently in TV shows, owing to its growing popularity. Its moves are commonly employed by martial artists, notably [[Ninja]] and practitioners of [[She Fu]]. With special effects and wirework, it becomes an even more impressive feat than it already is. That could be considered proof positive that movie producers are dedicated to [[Completely Missing the Point]], because Parkour is [[Rule of Cool|cool]] because it is ''[[Real Life|real]]''.
A realistic version of [[Roof Hopping]] -- most Parkour is done at or near ground level, because that's where one encounters the most obstacles. If used well this can be a great help to a person running a [[Mobstacle Course]].
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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.
{{quote| '''Troop:''' He climbs like a squirrel, leaps like a deer, and is as slippery as a seal!}}
* ''[[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
* Parkour seems to be the main mode of locomotion for the stray boys Black and White in ''[[Tekkon Kinkreet]]''.
* ''[[Batman Under the Red Hood]]'' has some of this while Batman and Nightwing are chasing Red Hood.
* Shows up, weirdly enough, in the ''[[Toy Story]]'' movies (particularly 3), with Woody, Buzz and Jessie pulling off borderline ninja moves.
* In the DVD commentary for Shane Acker's ''[[
* The [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] always had a bit of Parkour in them, but TMNT, the CGI movie, has them doing full on parkour runs of the city. Even more impressive is that each turtle has his own preference and style of moving.
* In [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame]], Quasimodo pulls off a lot of neat parkour-style moves on the rooftops of the cathedral.
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* You can gain ''Free Running'' as a skill in the browser-based [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombie]] [[Survival Horror|survival]] game ''[[Urban Dead]]''. It lets you enter normally inaccessible buildings, and move from building to building without having to go outside.
* Not necessarily used by ''[[Splinter Cell]]'''s Sam Fisher, who prefers silent approaches, but slowly added to the repertoire of the Shadownet spies throughout the series.
* ''[[Prototype (Video Game)|Prototype]]'' is [[Spiritual Successor]] to the ''Hulk'' game and often involves running up whatever surface will accommodate you. While Alex can climb up on vertical surfaces [[Spider Man]]-style, simply sprinting vertically upwards on the same surface is generally faster, even if he's carrying someone in one hand. He can even run sideways on vertical surfaces in complete defiance of gravity. Then there are the numerous smaller tidbits like backflipping off walls, vaulting over cars, ''dodging sideways in mid-air''... And while the soldiers react to him playing Spiderman almost instantly, they don't even bat an eyelid while he's doing Parkour tricks, even if he's disguised. In fact, their reaction can be summed up as pointing in Alex' general direction and exclaiming "[[What the Hell, Player?|You seeing this shit?!]]"
* ''[[In Famous (Video Game)|In Famous]]'' is largely realistic in its use of parkour, aside from Cole never taking falling damage and eventually throwing gliding, grinding and turbo-jumping into his repertoire. There are side-missions based around getting to a series of points in order as quickly as possible, and if you want to complete them you ''will'' have to hone your ''traceur''-sense (and your reflexes).
* The Xbox ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' series. It gets rather over-the-top when Ryu can chain wall-runs by jumping from wall to wall so that he can ascend a tall shaft, but hey, the titles are adherents of [[Rule of Cool]]. Also, [[Ninja]].
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