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A type of [[Balloonacy]], with [[Parasol Parachute]] as a distinct subtrope. See also [[Improvised Parachute]], which often fits this trope.
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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', the main character jumps from a building and uses an approximately 2x2 foot scarf to soften his fall. Try that and good luck in not reducing your leg bones to shards.
* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''. When Undercover Brother falls over the edge of the cliff near the end of the movie, he floats to the ground using his bell-bottom pants as a parachute. They are much smaller than a normal parachute.
* ''[[Pee Wee's Big Adventure]]'' - when Pee-Wee drives Mickey's Edsel convertible off a cliff, after several seconds of screaming, he raises the top, which balloons out a small amount and floats the two-ton car to a soft landing.
* ''[[The Great Race]]'' - Professor Fate has a small pedal-powered airship - but the envelope component looks too small to lift the metal gondola framework, let alone a person - and it carries ''two'' people. Still, it looks cool.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Herculoids]]''. Whenever Gloop or Gleep turn themselves into an [[Improvised Parachute]], they're significantly smaller than a regular parachute - too small to provide the braking power they do.
* Any and every [[Warner Brothers]] cartoon parachute.
* Many cartoons show umbrellas being used as parachutes - the real-life consequences are shown on ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' when Hank jumps off the roof of the compound with an umbrella (in a Batman Halloween costume), with fatal results.
* One episode of ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He-Man]]'' shows the short-but-massive Ram-Man descending on a parachute only slightly wider than his shoulders.
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