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[[File:f7f18e60.jpg|link=Super Smash Bros.|frame|Don't laugh, or he'll [[Parasol of Pain|beat you up with it.]]]]
{{quote|''"The sun shines on this Parasol of mine. Where I walk, enemies balk, and I float gently down..."''|'''Description of the Parasol ability''', ''[[Kirby]]: Nightmare in Dreamland''.}}
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Improvised Parachute]] and [[Puny Parachute]], in many cartoons and video games, an umbrella or parasol can be used as an improvised parachute, allowing someone who opens it in midair to float safely down to the ground.
Of course, the umbrella or parasol may fail, turning inside-out and sending the unfortunate user plummeting to the earth below. [[Don't Try This At Home]], especially not off the roof. ''[[
Compare [[Parachute Petticoat]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The Ame-Warashi in ''[[
* Miss Valentine in ''[[One Piece]]'' has this as her main gimmick, which along with the ability to change her weight to anywhere from 1 to 10,000 kilos allows her to float using her
* This is a primary mode of transportation, both up and down, for the stuffed-animal Mary Land characters in ''[[Onegai My Melody]]''.
* In the manga and a season one episode of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Usagi uses a parasol to gently float down from a 4th floor balcony. As if that isn't bad enough, she had Tuxedo
* This is [[Older Than They Think]], actually. In a [[Nightmare Fuel|rather creepy]] episode of ''[[Mahou no Mako-chan|Mahou no Mako Chan]]'', one of the titular [[Magical Girl]]'s rivals is a [[Creepy Child]] who uses his parasol this way when he jumps off a building and escapes from her.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' - Mary P could somehow ''propel herself upwards'' with one, as well. Then again, [[A Wizard Did It|she's got magic.]]
* [[Jackie Chan]] does this at some point in ''[[Who Am I]]'', as he is chased in Turkey. There are no special effects in the scene, he really did it himself. Like almost every other crazy thing he has done in his movies (of course, lots of the times he ends up severely injured... while in the movie he immediately continues to run or whatever)... Medallion was a lot less realistic in this aspect (although to be fair, {{spoiler|people died from falls, it was the titular Medallion that brought them back to life with super-natural powers}}).
* Played straight in the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movie ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]''.
** It ''is'' a large umbrella, and a short fall - and it's useful as a momentary visual shield to avoid bullets.
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* Princess Peach uses parasols in several games.
** ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''.
** In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' Peach levitates with glittery magic for a [[Double Jump]]. She uses the umbrella for a third jump.
** In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' to increase her jumping distance.
** ''[[
* The umbrella in the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' games also works like this, automatically slowing your descent if you jump while holding it. It's reproduced from the Kirby games, and is more useful to the combatants who can't fly.
* There's a level of ''[[Power Stone]]'' where you are falling from a broken airship, and have to grab umbrellas to slow you as you fall.
* In ''[[Power Stone|Power Stone 2]]'', Julia came pre-equipped with an umbrella, letting her do this. In the aforementioned level, she still needs to grab one of the other umbrellas, though, or splat.
* The tutorial of ''[[Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure|Zack and Wiki Quest For Barbaros Treasure]]'' uses this to slow your descent after jumping from a blowing up plane. The tutorial then uses the opportunity of you holding an item to show you how to drop items. While you're still falling. It doesn't tell you that what it's just asked you to do is how to drop items until you've done it, of course.
** You ''are'' told that that's how to drop items, but you [[Stupidity Is the Only Option|still need to do it.]]
* ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' lets you do this with Big's umbrella.
* At one point of ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]'', Guybrush fell from a cliff and had to use the umbrella he had in the inventory to float safely to a cave in there. Else he'd fall, crash with the rocks and the bottom and splash on the water...just to surface at the shore seconds later to try again.
* Subverted in ''[[Mega Man Battle Network|Mega Man Battle Network 6]]'', Lan tries this...and the umbrella collapses.
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', released in 1985 for the [[Commodore 64]]. Though most plummeting descents would leave Alice stunned on her ass with her bloomers in the air, with the parasol she could guide her descent to reach ledges she otherwise couldn't. Alternating this with the top hat, which allowed her to float up in the same way, she could reach a lot of hidden characters, treasures, and [[Easter Egg
* An ancient [[ZX Spectrum]] ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' ripoff named ''Monkey Biznes'' used this, making it [[Older Than the NES]].
* Another [[ZX Spectrum]] game, ''CJ's Elephant Antics'' had your character do this. Oh, and your character just happened to be the titular elephant.
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* P.B. Winterbottom's umbrella from ''[[The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom]]''. Doubles as a weapon.
* The Penguin has one of these in the ''[[Lego Adaptation Game|Lego Batman]]'' game, which can also be used as a weapon.
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Rachel Alucard]] of ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Done by an imp [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/index.php?s=6&p=002556 here] in ''[[Homestuck]]''.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Played with in ''[[RWBY]]'' in V3E11, when Ruby triggers Neo's [[Parasol of Prettiness]] and [[Parasol of Pain|Pain]] just as Neo's about to throw her off the Atlesian battleship on top of which they're fighting; it pops open and the wind yanks Neo off the battleship and (presumably) to her death.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* Parker does this in ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' after falling off a cable car and is forced to use Lady Penelope's umbrella as a parachute. The scene serves as a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Mary Poppins]].
* In ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', Dr. Henry Killinger uses his umbrella to float away like Mary Poppins. However {{spoiler|a}} Hank Venture is shown trying the same from the roof of the Venture compound {{spoiler|and plummeting to his death}}.
* ''[[The Three Caballeros]]''/''[[Saludos Amigos]]'' - José Carioca is typically seen carrying an umbrella. And since he never seems to use it to keep the rain off of him,
* ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'' - This is Jiminy Cricket's chosen mode of conveyance.
* An early [[Classic Disney Shorts]] had [[Minnie Mouse]] try this. The umbrella went inside out after a few seconds, causing [[Parachute Petticoat|her skirt to puff out instead and slow her fall]].
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* A man in China once tried this, and found that this trope doesn't work in real life (he injured his legs).
* ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]]'' once did this along with attempting other makeshift parachutes.
* ''[[
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[[Category:Skydiving Tropes]]
[[Category:Video Game Physics]]
[[Category:Tropes Examined By the Mythbusters]]▼
[[Category:Parasol Parachute]]
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]
[[Category:Falling, Dropping, and Plummeting]]
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