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* ''[[Toy Story]] 3'' gives a [[Shout Out]] to this early in the film.
* In ''[[Tangled (Disney)|Tangled]]'', this is how Flynn steals the crown at the start of the film.
* In ''[[Spice World]]'', Mel C is introduced doing a drop to a [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Subbuteo |Subbuteo]] table and making a half-field shot.
* Done by super-agent Finn McMissile in ''[[Cars 2]]''.
* Done ''without the cables'' in ''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter]] and the Order of the Phoenix'', when Harry and company infiltrate the Ministry of Magic's prophecy holding room towards the climax of the movie. Rather than being lowered, they're ''falling'' down a chasm and using their magic to stop themselves harmlessly above the floor in this fashion.
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* Used in ''[[The Latest Buzz]]'', of all places, with one of the teen reporters trying to retrieve a column from the editor's desk.
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' did it in the Easter special, "Planet Of The Dead" - with the bionic woman. It also did the ''[[Charlies Angels|Charlie's Angels]]'' version in "The Doctor's Daughter".
* Parodied on the TV show ''[[The Soup]]'' in the segment [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soup:The Soup#Clip_of_the_WeekClip of the Week|"Clip of the Week"]].
* Parodied in ''[[The Basil Brush Show]]'', when the group finds a pool of [[Lethal Chef|Anil's]] [[Lava Pit|chilli sauce]] between them and a safe containing the answers for the Quiz Night.
* Used in episode six of the third season of ''[[Primeval]]'' when Danny Quinn is testing the security systems at the Anomaly Research Center.
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