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* 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]].
* The various [[Fan Nickname|MADMs]] from ''[[Ranma ½
* 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.]]
* Subaru of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' jumps through glass windows at times, but it is eventually justified since {{spoiler|she's revealed to be a cyborg}}
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* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Abel Nightroad]], from ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' does this twice, and even [[Lampshade Hanging|says something about it]]. "This is becoming something of a habit for me, it seems.
* [[Lupin III]] has bailed through several windows, open and closed alike, in the course of his career.
* An immortal leaps out a window in ''[[Baccano!]]'' to escape the one thing that can truly kill him.
* ''[[Berserk]]'''s Skull Knight does this to {{spoiler|a ''solar eclipse'' when he rides in to save Guts and Casca during the Eclipse.}}
* ''[[Nichijou]]'' - When Mio sees her crush walking arm-in-arm with another girl, the ''first'' thing she does is jump headlong out the window and start running. And that's only '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K4Ry2rFWhI the beginning].'''
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* In ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy Returns]]'' Rick and Jonathan jump through a window, land on an awning, roll off that awning onto another one, and finally jump to the ground.
* Subverted in ''The Parole Officer'', when a character attempts to escape from a police officer in the bank he has just robbed by swinging out through a window, only to bounce off of it. He picks himself off the floor and sheepishly says "toughened glass" to which the officer replies ''[[Where Do You Think You Are?|"Its a bank!"]]''.
* ''[[Wanted]]'' LOVES this trope.
* Subverted in the Made For TV ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]'' movie. After knocking down the British agent who had captured them, they try crashing through the window to escape. Unfortunately, the window features a new invention - bulletproof glass. They bounce.
** . . . and later on use a different trope to get away.
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* The 1977 Universal version of ''[[Dracula]]'' has Mina, now undead (Lucy and her roles were switched in this film) escaping from a insane asylum like this after [[Eats Babies|feeding on a baby]] and being discovered by the horrified mother.
* Done [[Crowning Moment of Funny|to hilarious effect]] in ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]''. [[Refuge in Audacity|And Scott reaches back through the open window to grab his coat.]] The scene alone is worth price of admission.
* Averted in the Tony Jaa movie ''[[Tom Yum Goong|The Protector]]''. Tony's character is being chased by a four-wheeler down a hallway with large window at the end. Instead of jumping through, Tony ''runs vertically up the glass,'' and the four-wheeler crashes through below him.
* Waring Hudsucker, in ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'', sets off the events of the film by impulsively leaping to a spectacular death through the window of his company's boardroom.
* ''[[The Matrix]]'': Deconstructed. Trinity jumps through a glass window and gets her face cut for it.
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* Omar Little did this to escape certain death on ''[[The Wire]]''. Unusually for the trope he is badly injured by this move.
{{quote|'''Marlo Stanfield''': That's some spider-man shit right there.}}
* Col. Flagg tries this in an episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M* A* S* H]]'', after telling the others in the room to look away since he has to leave like the wind, traceless. Crash. 'The wind just broke his ankle.'
* In ''[[Father Ted]]'', Father Jack repeatedly exits the parochial house by jumping through the window, whether it's fleeing in terror from a nun or just because he can't be bothered to use the door. Subverted when they install the Plexiglass. The window remains undamaged as Jack bounces to the floor.
* When Seth Green gets ''[[Punk'd]]'', the setup involves a supposed raid on an illegal casino, requiring at least one federal agent to enter by somersaulting through a window. In the post-prank interview Seth Green recalls thinking "that was really unnecessary".
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* In the second episode of ''[[Third Watch]]'', Maurice "Bosco" Boscorelli tackles an armed felon and they both go through a ''second floor'' window.
* Daniel Jackson pulls this in an episode of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. He has to shoot the glass ahead of time, but manages to get through without injury ({{spoiler|of course, the radiation on the other side was not so accommodating}}).
* Sam and Dean in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' do this to escape from the demon Alistair. Unfortunately for them, they aren't made of steel -the following scene has them pulling shards of glass out of their bodies, and Dean even dislocated his shoulder from the fall.
* Season 2 Opener of ''[[Sanctuary]]'' has {{spoiler|Ashley and her squad of near-vampires entering through sanctuaries throughout the world through their skylights and proceed to tear things apart.}}
* A ''[[24]]'' Day 8 episode deconstructed this; a suicide bomber broke out of the window when he was surrounded by Jack Bauer and his crew, but ended up limping as he walks into the oxygen chamber.
* ''[[The A-Team]]'' does this frequently. Usually by Murdock.
* In ''[[Danger 5]]'', this is done [[Once an Episode]] by no one other than ''Hitler''. The Danger 5 team, having fought their way through another slew of [[Widget Series|improbably freakish bad guys]], will confront Hitler only for him to escape through the nearest window. Head first. Sometimes while he's duel-wielding machine guns.
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* In ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'', Leon is capable of jumping through windows without injury, simply by covering his face, which is good, because he tends to exit buildings this way. He also almost never climbs ''down'' a ladder.
** Leon really takes it to the extreme in this game. Almost any window you can walk up to can be leapt through with no consequence (and thanks to the giant flashing button on the screen, it's encouraged). Leave a house through the door? NEVER; OUT THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOW! Climb down a ladder in the three story tower? NO, JUST JUMP STRAIGHT DOWN! It's worth noting you can break a window and still jump through it, but it often just has Leon hop over the windowsill instead of [[Rule of Cool|diving through it]].
* Marle in ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' does this (in slow motion) to rescue her father on trial. Bonus points, though a ''[[Bloodstained-Glass Windows|stained glass window]].''
* ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops|Call of Duty Black Ops]]'': Double points here.
** Once during the campaign, while zip-lining INTO a window.
** In multi-player, diving through a window into a prone position, then offing an opponent within 2 seconds or so will get you a gamerscore achievement.
* Averted in the old click and drag game ''[[Uninvited]]'', any attempt to break the windows to get out of the haunted house lead to you bleeding to death; no you can't clear the shards with a chair or something; it just doesn't work.
* Possible in ''[[Deus Ex]]'', but only with ceiling glass, and unless you have something soft to break your fall or the right augments it will likely result in broken legs.Impossible to do with windows, as they have to be shot or otherwise broken before making the jump.
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* 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.
** 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]].
* ''[[Die Hard]]'' for the NES allows you to jump through a window, out of a building from thirty stories up. {{spoiler|This kills you}}.
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** Happens to not just Elan, but to [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0284.html Belkar and Miko] too.
* Subverted in ''[[Megatokyo]]'': "[[Great Teacher Onizuka|Great Teacher]] Largo" jumps through a window to escape Ping, and badly hurts his leg. It later bites him in the rear in a DDR match.
** Of course, he ''does'' heal astonishingly fast.
* ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]'': Dan did this [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1205.php off-panel].
* Ellen tries this in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' shortly after her creation and subsequent [[Cloning Blues]], with added coolness from making her duplicate (or original?) throw her at the window. The coolness factor is negated when the window lacks any glass. And is a story up. THUMP.
* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', Dr. McNinja gets the jump on some thugs by entering the warehouse via the skylight. This comes immediately after he asks himself "What would [[Batman]] do?"
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