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* Near the end of ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'', a number of SWAT officers are seen rappelling down the side of a building. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x77ay9la8BM here, starting at 3:55].
* Used several times in [[James Bond]] films, sometimes with gadgets and sometimes improvised but nearly always fast roping.
** Xenia in ''[[
** In [[The World Is Not Enough]] he improvises a rope using the blind in a banker's office.
* ''[[Star Wars]] Episode III: [[Revenge of the Sith]]''. Clone troopers come down on ziplines, guns blazing.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In the Cities of Death expansion for [[Warhammer
* ''[[GURPS]]: High-Tech'' has rules not just for rappelling but for using the climbing equipment to ''run'' straight down the side of a building.
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* Done at the end of ''[[Recess|Recess: The Movie]]'' by the teachers.
* Done by the Monarch's henchmen in the 'best entrance EVER' scene from [[The Venture Brothers]]
* Done at the end of [[Fillmore!]] episode "Immune To All But Justice" by the Safety Patrol.
* The CDA is almost contractually obligated to do this (the window-opened-not-broken variant) in [[Monsters, Inc.]] whenever a 23-19 is reported. One of the [[Hilarious Outtakes]] features a CDA agent splatting on a window instead of rappelling through it.
* Parodied in [[South Park]] when Mr. Slave tries this, only to pass out on impact and collapse on the floor.
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