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{{quote|"Who on board is smart enough to fix the propeller, but stupid enough to climb out there to do it?"|'''Scrooge McDuck''', ''[[DuckTales (1987)|The Uncrashable Hindentanic]]''}}
Our heroes are in an aircraft, falling. Perhaps they've been shot down, or maybe their vehicle didn't work in the first place. No need to worry, though. Someone (usually the [[Gadgeteer Genius]] or [[Mad Scientist]] of the cast) will get everything back into working order. In mid-air. Before hitting the ground.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Read or Die]]'' has two examples - once in [[Read or Die|the original OVA]], where Yomiko's paper airplane takes a nosedive off of a skyscraper because she forgot the tail, and once in [[
* In an episode of ''[[Code Geass]] R2'', not only was Kallen's [[Humongous Mecha]] repaired as it was falling into the ocean, it was ''upgraded''.
** By shooting the necessary parts at it from a submarine. [[Rule of Cool|In Missiles]]. [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]
* In ''[[Air Gear]]'', tuner(read: [[Wrench Wench]]) Kururu Sumeragi rebuilds main character Ikki's titular Cool Rollerblades. Rather than being with him when starting the fall, she ''jumps off a building to tackle him as he falls'', and proceeds to dismantle and rebuild the mass of tiny parts.
{{quote|'''Kururu:''' How many seconds until impact?!
'''Ikki:''' [[Talking Is a Free Action|Uh... Three seconds... I'd guess]]?
'''Kururu:''' [[Oh Crap|Three seconds]]?! (thinking during two-page spread of her spilling tools from her backpack) [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|In that case... I've got more than enough time!]]
(And Kururu ''very quickly'' rebuilds Ikki's skates.) }}
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