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* A common sight in [[Kaiju|daikaiju]] movies with flying creatures. |
* A common sight in [[Kaiju|daikaiju]] movies with flying creatures. |
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* ''[[The Rocketeer (Film)|The Rocketeer]]'' did this. It would have looked cooler if there wasn't a hiccup with his rocket pack just then. |
* ''[[The Rocketeer (Film)|The Rocketeer]]'' did this. It would have looked cooler if there wasn't a hiccup with his rocket pack just then. |
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** More like he was [[How Do I Shot Web|still figuring it out]] - he hit the starter on his jetpack on his helmet! |
** More like he was [[How Do I Shot Web?|still figuring it out]] - he hit the starter on his jetpack on his helmet! |
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* There's a hilarious bit at the end of ''[[Flubber]]'' using the little boy [[Running Gag]] that has been going through the whole movie. |
* There's a hilarious bit at the end of ''[[Flubber]]'' using the little boy [[Running Gag]] that has been going through the whole movie. |
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* During the climax of ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|Addams Family Values]]'', the baby somehow gets catapulted high enough to come eye-to-eye with a commuter plane... specifically, the one that's currently flying the [[Alpha Bitch]] and her family home from the disaster that was summer camp. |
* During the climax of ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|Addams Family Values]]'', the baby somehow gets catapulted high enough to come eye-to-eye with a commuter plane... specifically, the one that's currently flying the [[Alpha Bitch]] and her family home from the disaster that was summer camp. |
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== Live Action TV == |
== Live Action TV == |
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* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" starring [[William Shatner]] is the ultimate "scared passenger" example, and one of the few that can be said to be evil. This example also is true for [[The Movie]]. A remake of this episode used [[John Lithgow]] as Shatner's character. ''[[3rd Rock From the Sun]]'' worked in a double [[Shout |
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" starring [[William Shatner]] is the ultimate "scared passenger" example, and one of the few that can be said to be evil. This example also is true for [[The Movie]]. A remake of this episode used [[John Lithgow]] as Shatner's character. ''[[3rd Rock From the Sun]]'' worked in a double [[Shout-Out]] when one episode had Dick Solomon (Lithgow) claiming to see something on the wing of the plane, and a later one has the previously-only-mentioned Big Giant Head (Shatner, [[Large Ham|of course]]) gets off the plane drunk, saying the same thing (with Dick excitedly saying "That happened to me too!") and explaining that the crew gave him liquor to calm him down. |
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** According to Shatner himself, his children would ask him to try this with cabin crew on [[Real Life]] flights. Mostly, the crews found this amusing. (This Troper would not advise trying this post-9/11, at least unless you are in fact William Shatner.) |
** According to Shatner himself, his children would ask him to try this with cabin crew on [[Real Life]] flights. Mostly, the crews found this amusing. (This Troper would not advise trying this post-9/11, at least unless you are in fact William Shatner.) |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* Arthur and Fenchurch in ''[[So Long and Thanks For All The Fish]]''. They took a somewhat inventive approach to joining the [[Mile |
* Arthur and Fenchurch in ''[[So Long and Thanks For All The Fish]]''. They took a somewhat inventive approach to joining the [[Mile-High Club]]. |
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