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* ''[[Fruits Basket]]''. At the end, {{spoiler|Akito corners Tohru on a cliff. The cliff collapses, Tohru falls.}}
* In a [[Filler]] episode of ''[[Ranma ½]]'', both Akane and Ranma jump over a cliff to retrieve a [[MacGuffin]]. Ranma catches the MacGuffin, Akane catches Ranma's hand and a convenient branch on the side of the cliff.
* A [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] is delivered to a character in ''[[Futakoi Alternative]]'' as she is being held up by her arm by the male protagonist. She's dangling a few hundred feet above the ocean, he's trying to left her up onto a collapsing bridge.
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== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[The Lion King]]'' plays this twice. The first time, Mufasa is thrown into the chasm by Scar. The second time, Simba jumps and attacks Scar.
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'': Eddie ends up hanging from a flagpole in Toon Town by one hand. Unfortunately, Tweety Bird is nesting there, and he wants to play "this widdle piddie".
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'': Tank goes off a cliff, Nazi dies, Dr. Jones mourns, Indy climbs up a vine behind him and sneaks up during his eulogy.
** Also in ''The Last Crusade,'' Elsa Schneider finds herself dangling from a cliff created by the earthquake she caused when trying to leave a temple with the Holy Grail. In a pure [[Take My Hand]] scene, she attempts to recover the Grail resting underneath her arm's reach. Her persistence is her ultimate undoing and she falls to her death. Indiana then tumbles over and finds himself in the exact predicament, but his father is able to act as the voice of reason.
** The ending of ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom|Temple of Doom]]'' also has this, though they're hanging off a broken [[Rope Bridge]] above a crocodile-filled lake.
* In ''[[The Great Race]]'', Professor Fate jumps out a window. When the horrified observers rush over and look down, they see him hanging from a pole below the window.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S24
** Another ''[[Doctor Who]]'' example: "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S16
** Also, "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S2
** "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S1
** "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S12
* The first season finale of ''[[Green Wing]]'' was a literal cliffhanger, with three characters in an ambulance about to go off a cliff. The second season also ends in a literal cliffhanger with a stolen campervan which happened in an almost identical fashion. Martin was in both of these and had a major case of deja vu the second time.
* Towards the end of the ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' episode "The Norwegians".
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