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In animation, seeing a tall, skinny tree anywhere is a sure sign that someone is about to go flying.
In the world of cartoons, any sufficiently tall, flexible tree can be transformed into a
# Have the villain chase the hero through a forest, tree farm, or any other sufficiently wooded area.
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# We have a [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress|few seconds]] to register the [[Oh Crap|look of terror]] on the villain's face before the tree, freed of the excess weight, snaps back up. ''Thwwwwpp!'' The villain goes flying.
A frequent variation is for a character to use a tree
Another variation is the villain ''choosing'' to catapult himself with a tree, either to reach something higher or to jump over a wall. The effect varies from catapulting directly into the ground to missing the target by one inch.
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Yet ''another'' variation is the hero using it to launch himself. This works, [[Spoiled by the Format|unless it's too early in the story for success]].
Tree Buchets are named after ''[[wikipedia:Trebuchet|trebuchets]]'' (pronounced 'treh-byu-shay'). Note that the classic
Compare [[Catapult to Glory]], where this is done with an actual catapult.
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