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* Happens to [[Donald Duck]] in the [[Don Rosa]] comic ''Incident at McDuck Tower''. After falling something like 50 meters from the top of a sky-scraper, he lands on a pole, which cracks under his weight. Just when he's about to reach a window, a bird settle on his head and the pole breaks.
* Jeff Smith's ''[[Bone]]'':
{{quote|'''Fone Bone:''' Those rat creatures [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?|would have to be pretty stupid]] to follow me onto this small, frail branch.
''(next panel, both rat creatures are hanging off the branch)'' Stupid, STUPID rat creatures!! }}
* ''[[Elf Quest]]'', [http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ09/DisplayOQ09.html?page=39 here]. Yes, there are dead trees growing from the sheer cliff face. This was originally meant to be Skywise's big death scene but Richard Pini vetoed Wendy killing him off, so he lives to this day.
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== Fan Works ==
* The german ''[[World of Warcraft]]''-Parody radio drama "Allimania" has a scene at the end of one episode where the character Cliff was literally hanging on a cliff off the Hellfire Citadel. His comment? "Oh no... It's a goddamn CLIFFHANGER!"
* In the fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4191221/1/Stripped "Stripped"], when [[Blue Beetle]] II and [[Booster Gold]] are [[Title Drop|stripped]] of their technological advantages, they get beaten and thrown to a cliff. Beetle's leg, broken, catches on a tree and Ted tries to bear the pain while he holds on to the dangling Booster for hours. [[Tear Jerker]], [[Heartwarming Moments
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== Web Animation ==
* In ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', Strong Bad was asked in an email to "Please resolve all the cliffhangers." Strong Bad replies, "Okay," and cuts to the page picture.
{{quote|'''[[Cloudcuckoolander|Homsar]]:''' This dinner party is top dollar!
'''Strong Bad:''' ''(while carrying the [[Running Gag|Bigg Nife]])'' Okay, cliffhangers! Prepare to be resolved! }}
* Tucker invokes this trope in the finale of ''[[Red vs. Blue]]: Revelation'' when {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|the Meta]] drags Grif along with him to his untimely demise over a cliff}}.
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