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== Comics ==
* In ''[[
* In the comic ''[[Lucifer (Comic Book)|Lucifer]]'', the imp Gaudium uses this technique to get from London to New York. To be fair, Gaudium's wings are shorter than his arms and his best flying speed is only a bit faster than a human can walk, so hitching a ride on a commercial jet is ''practical''.
* In the comics, [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] swings by helicopters all the time. In the game of the second movie, you end up chasing one... if you go too close to the rotors, exactly what you'd expect happens.
* In one ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' storyline, Calvin thinks a motorized propeller beanie will let him fly, complete with fantasy sequence where he waves at a plane. Another Sunday fantasy has his parents letting him drive the car, and he drives so fast he breaks the speedometer, goes airborne and ''passes'' a jet.
* Rogue does this in the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' comics, buzzing Air Force One and giving ol' [[Ronald Reagan|Ronnie Reagan]] a thrill. She does it again in the first issue of her limited series, this time planting a kiss on one of two fighter jets.
* Inverted in ''[[
* A 1970s ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]]'' comic has the title heroes engaged in a battle against Thanos's starfleet. The heroes are flying around in small, vaguely ''[[Star Wars]]''-ian ships, but [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] is flying around smashing apart enemy ships under his own power!
* When [[Bamse|Skalman's]] [[Cool Airship|balloon]] outperforms a passenger jetplane, the pilot and co-pilot wonder why they are having the same hallucination.
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== Films -- Live Action ==
* In the second ''[[Fantastic Four (
* In ''[[Superman (
* ''[[Iron Man (
** Though actually, Tony unknowingly invaded USAF training space. When Rhodey tries to contact him, he at first lies that he's "driving with the top down", but then admits to be flying in a rocket-powered suit of armor so his men won't shoot him out of the sky.
* A common sight in [[Kaiju|daikaiju]] movies with flying creatures.
* ''[[The Rocketeer (
** More like he was [[How Do I Shot Web?|still figuring it out]] - he hit the starter on his jetpack on his helmet!
* There's a hilarious bit at the end of ''[[Flubber]]'' using the little boy [[Running Gag]] that has been going through the whole movie.
* During the climax of ''[[The Addams Family
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" starring [[William Shatner]] is the ultimate "scared passenger" example, and one of the few that can be said to be evil. This example also is true for [[The Movie]]. A remake of this episode used [[John Lithgow]] as Shatner's character. ''[[3rd Rock
** According to Shatner himself, his children would ask him to try this with cabin crew on [[Real Life]] flights. Mostly, the crews found this amusing. (This Troper would not advise trying this post-9/11, at least unless you are in fact William Shatner.)
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== Western Animation ==
* In the '90s ''[[X-Men (
* [[Danny Phantom]] has phased through at least one plane.
* Plane ''[[Transformers]]'' have been getting closer to real planes of late. Usually fighter jets, and there's sometimes a misunderstanding. (Or it's a Decepticon, in which case, they're right to shoot, but it [[Immune to Bullets|tends to do them little good.]])
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