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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.]]

 

 

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]].

* [[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]]''.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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.]]

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

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

* 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.

* 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'']].

** 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]].