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* Anybody else remember [[The Order of the Stick|Roy Greenhilt's]] monologue before hitting the ground? "(I'm) an adventurer, (I) can weasel my way out of this!" {{spoiler|No, he can't.}}
* Anybody else remember [[The Order of the Stick|Roy Greenhilt's]] monologue before hitting the ground? "(I'm) an adventurer, (I) can weasel my way out of this!" {{spoiler|No, he can't.}}
* Done pretty reasonably in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''. When Antimony falls off the bridge, the TicTocs grab her and slow her fall until she's at a safe height... then they drop her [[Soft Water|into the river]].
* Done pretty reasonably in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''. When Antimony falls off the bridge, the TicTocs grab her and slow her fall until she's at a safe height... then they drop her [[Soft Water|into the river]].
* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''—apparently Doc can land safely from [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=41&issue=3 any height] as long as he has [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=42&issue=3 the cord of his grappling hook] [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=38&issue=8 in his hands].
* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''—apparently Doc can land safely from [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025075325/http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=41&issue=3 any height] as long as he has [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025075330/http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=42&issue=3 the cord of his grappling hook] [https://web.archive.org/web/20091205084622/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=38&issue=8 in his hands].
** Even his Honda can stick a [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=39&issue=8 pretty deft landing].
** Even his Honda can stick a [https://web.archive.org/web/20091205084627/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=39&issue=8 pretty deft landing].
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Thief survives an extremely long fall via the aforementioned "double jump" method.
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Thief survives an extremely long fall via the aforementioned "double jump" method.
** In another strip this is averted when the main characters are falling at a fast speed from hundreds of feet in the air. Even though they are teleported to the ground, that doesn't stop the acceleration from the fall. Bloody mess.
** In another strip this is averted when the main characters are falling at a fast speed from hundreds of feet in the air. Even though they are teleported to the ground, that doesn't stop the acceleration from the fall. Bloody mess.
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* Parodied in [http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=29 this] strip from [[Mezzacotta|Lightning Made of Owls]].
* Parodied in [http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=29 this] strip from [[Mezzacotta|Lightning Made of Owls]].
* [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zigzagged]] in ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' on Coruscant: They have force fields to slow you down, but there's lava on the ground.
* [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zigzagged]] in ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' on Coruscant: They have force fields to slow you down, but there's lava on the ground.
* After dropping ''[[Buck Godot]]'' from a great height and allowing him some time to panic, the elusive Teleporter proceeds to gradually [http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20070403 break his fall] by repeatedly punching him in the stomach. Ouch.
* After dropping ''[[Buck Godot]]'' from a great height and allowing him some time to panic, the elusive Teleporter proceeds to gradually [https://web.archive.org/web/20150409232406/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20070403 break his fall] by repeatedly punching him in the stomach. Ouch.
* ''[[Bug Martini|Bug]]'' explored this. [http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/plunging-prepubescents/ Sort of].
* ''[[Bug Martini|Bug]]'' explored this. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130516090259/http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/plunging-prepubescents/ Sort of].
* Simultaneously averted and somewhat played straight in ''[[Drowtales]]'' when Ariel [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=813 falls from the top of one tower] down to the bottom, though she does stop briefly at one point. It's hard to see, but she briefly uses air sorcery to slow her descent. That said, when she hits the ground she's in [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=222 bad shape] with internal bleeding (both from the fall and an earlier stab wound) and it's strongly suggested that if it wasn't for the resident [[Empathic Healer]] that she would have died.
* Simultaneously averted and somewhat played straight in ''[[Drowtales]]'' when Ariel [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=813 falls from the top of one tower] down to the bottom, though she does stop briefly at one point. It's hard to see, but she briefly uses air sorcery to slow her descent. That said, when she hits the ground she's in [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=222 bad shape] with internal bleeding (both from the fall and an earlier stab wound) and it's strongly suggested that if it wasn't for the resident [[Empathic Healer]] that she would have died.
* Various methods of doing this in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' are explored in [http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=050409 this] ''[[Awkward Zombie]]'' strip.
* Various methods of doing this in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' are explored in [http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=050409 this] ''[[Awkward Zombie]]'' strip.
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