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A version of [[Colossus Climb]] controlled by the [[Rule of Cool]]. A character somehow jumps and runs along a rain of falling debris or
Technically due to Newton's Third Law of Motion this isn't actually impossible, it just requires that the rocks have enough mass to be worth pushing against, and that the character [[Super Speed|can run and jump faster than they are falling]]. It all becomes much more plausible if their destination is in freefall along with them.
Not to be confused with [[Floating Continent
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** What really sells this one is [http://bit.ly/ozhq74 Shungo's reaction].
* Optimus Prime in ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' does this to stop the Predacons interfering with a race. Slapper [[Lampshade Hanging|complains that he's breaking the laws of physics]].
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'': Justified in episode
* Justified in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' where the homunculus Wrath used his [[Evil Eye]] to know how to escape a train going off destroyed tracks by running up the rubble the blast created.
* The title character of ''[[Naruto]]'' eventually discovers he can gain some level of aerial maneuverability by [[Doppleganger Attack|making a Shadow Clone]] in midair then either kicking/shoving off of it or [[Fastball Special|having it throw him]].
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* Near the end of one episode of the short-lived ''[[Spider-Man]] Unlimited'' series, Spidey easily executes this to escape a [[Collapsing Lair]], with Venom and Carnage right behind.
* [[The Flash]] can get away with this because he's not just quick, he's supersonic. Running up the side of a building is a standard Flash trick. But Barry Allen, the [[Silver Age]] Flash, didn't stop there; he took this trick (and so many others) to truly hilarious lengths. Barry would routinely run along things like smoke particles
* In the Archie continuity of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]], the Hedgehog hero once pulled it off using sand he got out of his shoes to go from falling off a cliff to running to safety.
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