Slo-Mo Big Air: Difference between revisions

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An [[Ramp Jump|actual ramp]] or other apparatus for launching the car into the air may be required - unless the chase takes place in [[San Francisco]], whose steep "stair streets" make for an excellent place to grab a lot of air.

Furthermore, being that the heroes typically have a [[Cool Car]], the matter that landing from such jumps would mean serious and irreparable damage to the car's structural integrity is never an issue.

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''Der Clown – Payday''. Not only do all cars that are sent flying in this movie adaptation of a German action show perform corkscrews and other insane maneuvers in slow motion—the heroes even manage to drive their minivan out of town after it flew some 10 feet high, spun around, smashed hard into the concrete, and rolled over, a stunt which would lead to [[Every Car Is a Pinto|the immediate explosion of the car]] in many Hollywood flicks.

** Don't forget his leap over the lawn chairs in the race home at the end.

* The final car chase in ''[[Gone in Sixty Seconds]]'' features a car that's apparently capable of entering low earth orbit.

* As one might guess, ''[[The Matrix]]'' trilogy loves this trope. It's subverted once in the first movie when Morpheus demonstrates the roof-to-roof jump to Neo. He covers so much height and distance that a slow-mo would be needless.

* Done by the main character in ''[[Rad]]'' on his BMX while he's being chased by the local law enforcement.

 

* Each and every episode of ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''. As a matter of fact, that show would be unrecognizable without this trope.

* Happens in an episode of ''[[The Professionals]]'', thereby revealing there are [[Special Effects Failure|two crash test dummies]] in the front seat. One of whom has its head fall off in slow motion.

 

** San Andreas had this for one of the missions for the predetermined path for the player to go by. Hearing Catalina curse at you while the game was playing in slow motion during your big jump is exceptionally hilarious.

* Every single ''[[Need for Speed]]'' game from ''Hot Pursuit 2'' onwards punctuates Big Air with Slo Mo, though there's always an option to disable this.

* The Interceptor in the 2001 ''[[Spy Hunter]]'' game has a turbo boost which results in this if used while approaching a ramp (or other suitable terrain.)

** There was also a cheat in ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4'' to achieve this effect; on the cheat select screen it was called "Matrix air".

 

* Possibly the earliest example is the Mach 5 in ''[[Speed Racer]]''.

 

 

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