Super Window Jump: Difference between revisions

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[[File:~~greatbatman13_1744~~.jpg|link=Batman|frame|He does this all the time...]]

[[File:greatbatman13 1744.jpg|link=Batman|frame|He does this all the time...]]

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Supernatural beings (especially [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]]) love this one. Simply put, to get to or from the scene in a hurry, they jump through a window. A closed window. [[Dramatic Shattering|The shards of glass flying everywhere make it very dramatic.]]

Human heroes can do this too, but usually have the benefit of a motorcycle taking the impact. [[Ninja~~|Ninjas~~]] and Special Forces do it via skylights from the ceiling, the latter normally [[Fast Roping|using rope]].

Human heroes can do this too, but usually have the benefit of a motorcycle taking the impact. [[Ninja]]s and Special Forces do it via skylights from the ceiling, the latter normally [[Fast Roping|using rope]].

The power of the supernatural, body armor, being [[Made of Iron]] or [[Nigh Invulnerable]], or dramatic entrance/exit is required to prevent one's skin from being torn to ribbons by this maneuver. Wrapping a cape or [[Badass Longcoat|long jacket]] around yourself in a tumble helps too. In television and film, this visual effect is achieved thanks to using [[Soft Glass|carefully crystallized sugar to stand in for glass]].

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* [[Hayate the Combat Butler|Hayate]] jumps through (or is thrown through) windows without any protection, as just one of his near-superhuman abilities. Klaus does this later on, as well, but he was [[Shout-Out|spoofing]] [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure|an immortal vampire]] at the time...

* Seto Kaiba did this once in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' anime; so did Edo Phoenix in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|GX]]''.

* Spoofed in the "New Year's Cleaning" episode of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', where Keroro does a [[Super Window Jump]] into the bathroom to tell Natsumi she's not cleaning the bathtub properly... only to get knocked back ''out'' the window for getting broken glass all over the floor.

* Spoofed in the "New Year's Cleaning" episode of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', where Keroro does a Super Window Jump into the bathroom to tell Natsumi she's not cleaning the bathtub properly... only to get knocked back ''out'' the window for getting broken glass all over the floor.

** In one episode, Keroro is watching a movie where a hero jumps through a window into the villains' lair. He actually thought it was open, though.

* In ''[[Sumomomo Momomo]]'', Uma Kamen bursts through a stained glass window in an outfit FAR too small to avoid the death of a thousand razors. None of the debris even reaches the ground to harm the non-martial artists in the wedding ceremony.

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* In the CG-animated ''[[Appleseed]]'', several cyborgs bust through the stained glass windows of a church to surround Deunan. In the sequel film, Briareos does it. Twice.

* Zelgadis in ''[[Slayers]]'' does this as his stylish return to the series, also providing some much-needed reinforcements for the heroes.

* Used totally straight in the ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' episode "Black Shoes", when Fakir jumps through a window to face the [[Dark Magical Girl]]~~--and~~ then proceeds to pick up a glass shard from the window to use as a weapon. He has no powers that would protect him from the glass, and he's only wearing his school uniform...he's just fond of being very dramatic and [[Badass]].

* Used totally straight in the ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' episode "Black Shoes", when Fakir jumps through a window to face the [[Dark Magical Girl]]—and then proceeds to pick up a glass shard from the window to use as a weapon. He has no powers that would protect him from the glass, and he's only wearing his school uniform...he's just fond of being very dramatic and [[Badass]].

* The various [[Fan Nickname|MADMs]] from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' would indulge in this from time to time, but there was a subversion early in the story: after being tossed out an open (third-story) window, Ranma bounces back up from a tree branch to get back inside... only to smack solidly on the pane of glass when Akane closes the window on him.

* In the anime version of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' Nekozawa jumps through a second story window to save his little sister. Just from a cat, [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|but it was still cool.]]

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*** [[Subverted Trope|Only that time it actually hurt.]]

** But the Fourth Doctor did it first. ''And'' headfirst. So there.

* In ''[[The Adventures of Superman]]'', George Reeves as the title character wouldn't bother finding a ~~window -- he~~'d just break through a ''wall''. (One, he's '''Superman''', ~~dammit -- and~~ two, foam and papier mache debris was cheaper and safer than stunt glass.)

* In ''[[The Adventures of Superman]]'', George Reeves as the title character wouldn't bother finding a window—he'd just break through a ''wall''. (One, he's '''Superman''', dammit—and two, foam and papier mache debris was cheaper and safer than stunt glass.)

* Ray Kowalski on ''[[Due South]]'' did this on a motorcycle once.

* Claire Bennet does this on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' to get away from the Petrelli clan. And honestly, if Mama Petrelli cornered me in my real father's office, and he were on her side, and I ''knew'' I'd [[Healing Factor|regenerate]] from any wounds I suffered anyway, I'd jump out a 10-story window, too.

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* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: Twilight Princess'', Link, in wolf form, has to break through a window to get into one of the buildings. It's not particularly dramatic, but it ''is'' effective without being harmful to Link.

* Played to the hilt in ''[[Mirror's Edge]]'', where Faith goes through windows just like she goes through doors: with a hefty kick or shoulder charge and nary a pause. This is a Dystopia with a giant nanny state and [[Trains Run On Time|a very overworked janitorial staff]], so [[Fridge Brilliance|presumably safety glass has been mandated by law ''everywhere'']].

* In ''[[Prince of Persia]] 2: The Shadow and the Flame'', a [[Super Window Jump]] marks the moment the gameplay starts.

* In ''[[Prince of Persia]] 2: The Shadow and the Flame'', a Super Window Jump marks the moment the gameplay starts.

** Similarly, level 4 of the first [[Prince of Persia]] had a Super ''Mirror'' Jump.

* The intro to ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak X: Combat Racing]]'' has [[Badass Driver|Jak]] drive through [[Exploding Fishtanks|an aquarium]] and into a bar in order to rescue [[Deadpan Snarker|Daxter]].