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* ''[[Quake]]'' The game which popularized the modern concept of aiming a rocket at your feet, jumping, and firing a rocket immediately after to gain a much higher altitude. It was initially discovered as a glitch, but was left in the game for one reason or another. Also a very important staple of Quake's sequels. It is used extensively [http://youtu.be/cALELmIo8zk?hd=1&t=3m20s here, especially after 3:20]

** ''[[Quake III Arena]]'' In this game, ID managed to hit a very good ratio for the damage rockets inflict, knockback, and their speed in units per second. As such, rocket jumping became such an integral part of Quake 3 that an entire mod and subculture of the game was based around being able to conquer maps based on rocket jumping, plasma, strafing, and over bouncing technique. Exemplified in its height [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVVVvVCD5Fo here ]

* At some point, somebody realized that the [[Splash Damage]] from the Phoenix in ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' (which is fairly minor compared to other explosives) could be used to propel the player forward at greater than normal speeds. This has little utility outside of speedruns, though.

 

* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[Twilight Princess]]'' you can do a bomb jump by dropping a bomb and powering up one of your jumping techniques. If you time it just right, you can reach various ledges you weren't meant to walk on. Most of the time falling out of bounds though as the ground isn't completely solid up there.

** On the other hand, the ''other'' kind of bomb-jumping used in ''[[A Link to The Past]]'' (using a bomb to propel you horizontally, ignoring pits and other hazards), while not required, was useful in a couple stages--at the least, Dark World Level 3 to escape from that one room (you know the one), and in Ganon's Tower to access a faerie spring. A lot of romhacks of the game ''do'' require it, to the annoyance of [[No Damage Run|No Damage Runners]].

* In ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'', some creative players have used the exploding arrows to reach otherwise inaccessible parts of the world, similar to the Zelda examples.

 

* Goblins in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' can use the rockets on their tool belts to propel themselves forward, engineers also get shot straight up if their rocket boots (Normally a running speed increase) malfunction

* Cannoneers in [[Maple Story]] have Cannon Jump, which has the added bonus of not damaging the character.

* Tristana of [[League of Legends]] has this as her 2nd spell in which she propels herself into the air and causes [[Ao E]] damage where she lands, With no damage to herself, though its a risky move to use, often leaving her open to attack.

 

* ''[[Metroid]]'' has Samus' Bomb Jump, which is used in her Morph Ball form. It's often the only way to jump in that form, or normal ball-jumping isn't available until later. Unlike the other examples, this doesn't hurt Samus.

** There are two peculiar intricacies to the Morph Ball Bomb: they can be laid in midair, and they [[Selective Gravity|don't obey gravity]]. This results in a technique known as the Double Bomb Jump, which requires timing bombs so that she gets propelled up to a midair bomb just as it goes off, propelling her even further. In some of the ''Metroid'' games, it's possible to do a triple-, or even [[Sequence Breaking|''unlimited''-bomb-jump]], with the right timing of bomb placement and the bomb-restock counter.

* "Flint jumps" are a traditional part of races and method to bypass obstacles in battles in ''[[Clonk]]''. With timed explosives (and a lot of health) it's possible to do a (mostly horizontally-propelling) mid-air flint jump as well. There's also a fan-made scenario where players compete to see who can blow themselves the furthest.

 

* One of the bomb parts in ''[[Custom Robo]]'' is made for this: It does no damage, has the highest possible recoil, and fires ''at your feet.''

** The default position of the targeting reticule is at your feet though it is possible to move it so that you launch your enemy into the air.

 

* This is possible, but very tricky, in ''[[Minecraft]]''.

* The "Rhino boost" in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto (series)|Grand Theft Auto]]'' games (from ''[[Grand Theft Auto III|III]]'' onwards) is a variation on this. When driving the Rhino tank, you can turn the turret around so that it is pointed behind you. The recoil created by firing the cannon provides you with a speed boost, which easily turns one of the slowest vehicles in the game into one of the fastest. Combine that with the fact that any vehicle that the Rhino so much as bumps into [[Every Car Is a Pinto|explodes]], as well as the vehicle's [[Made of Iron|astounding durability]], and the Rhino practically becomes a [[Game Breaker]]. ''[[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas|San Andreas]]'' [[Nerf|nerfed]] this ability, though it came back in the later ''Stories'' games.

 

 

* In an episode of ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', Gargomon uses his canons to do a [[Rocket Jump]] to the top of a skyscraper.

* Kallen in ''[[Code Geass]]'' uses her Guren's Radiant Wave to jump after the Lancelot on at least one occasion. The Lancelot itself seems to be able to use its slash harkens to vault itself into the air before it gets a flight module.

 

* In ''[[Tokyo Gore Police]]'', Ruka gears up for battle by hauling a rocket launcher onto her shoulder, then plants it into the ground to leap up a skyscraper.

* ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' contains one (performed by a robot).

* Cherry uses her [[Leg Cannon]]'s grenade launcher to vault a concrete barrier in ''[[Planet Terror]]''

 

* [[Mafalda]] does it with a siphon bottle that's used in making alcoholic beverages' she plays with it like she were a spacewoman, and so do her friends... [http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m2/asdkant/comics/mafalda-traje-espacial.jpg Here]'s a pic.

 

* In ''[[Level 30 Psychiatry]]'' [[Team Fortress 2|The Soldier]] [http://lvl30psy.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/185079 attempts this but] [[Reality Ensues]].

* Attempted by a Green soldier in ''[[Gone With the Blastwave]]'', [[Reality Ensues]]. They aren't to bright.

 

* [[Freddie Wong]] has a video literally called "Rocket Jump", where he recreates a TF2-style rocket jump in order to bypass a mounted machine gun using VFX.

 

 

* The [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for this trope is the Orion Engine, a proposed starship drive that could be built with today's technology, which does this ''with nukes''. Like the ''[[Half-Life 2]]'' example above, the ship is protected by a large shield (the "pusher plate") and some enormous shock absorbers. The pusher plate is in turn protected from the heat by spraying oil onto it between shots.

** Something similar to this shows up in ''[[Anathem]]'', where it is used as a starship's chief means of steering and propulsion. The ship is quite large and carries a large stockpile of relatively small nuclear explosives to "spank" itself around the universe with.