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* In ''[[Change 123]]'', when [[Hot-Blooded|Hibiki]] {{spoiler|(merged with [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Zero]])}} chases Sora, at one point she does a spectacular three-point landing (presented on a double page spread, no less) after jumping off from a moving truck.
* In ''[[Change 123]]'', when [[Hot-Blooded|Hibiki]] {{spoiler|(merged with [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Zero]])}} chases Sora, at one point she does a spectacular three-point landing (presented on a double page spread, no less) after jumping off from a moving truck.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'': You're on a soon-to-explode artificial island, running for your life towards the blimp that is your only means of escape, but your [[Morality Pet]] kid sibling can't keep up. What do you do? If you're Seto Kaiba, the answer is: pick him up and throw him onto the blimp's ramp with one hand, then jump clean over him and land like so. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGjBqQM87uo Seriously.]
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'': You're on a soon-to-explode artificial island, running for your life towards the blimp that is your only means of escape, but your [[Morality Pet]] kid sibling can't keep up. What do you do? If you're Seto Kaiba, the answer is: pick him up and throw him onto the blimp's ramp with one hand, then jump clean over him and land like so. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGjBqQM87uo Seriously.]
* In ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', Sena unintentionally pulled this off as he was thrown into the air and thus making his [[Big Entrance]] against the first game of the tournament against the Cyborgs.
* In ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', Sena unintentionally pulled this off as he was thrown into the air and thus making his [[Big Entrance]] against the first game of the tournament against the Cyborgs.* Major Kusanagi does it when she's pursuing a guy in the first ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)|Ghost in The Shell]]'' movie.


== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Animatrix]]'' uses this, in particular ''Last Flight of the Osiris''.
* ''[[The Animatrix]]'' uses this, in particular ''Last Flight of the Osiris''.
* Major Kusanagi does it when she's pursuing a guy in the first ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)||Ghost in The Shell]]'' movie.
* Tifa does it [[Rule of Cool|against a wall]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''.
* Tifa does it [[Rule of Cool|against a wall]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''.
* Jim from ''[[Treasure Planet]]'' does this when the ship sets sail into space. There's a few seconds where he and the rest of the crew start to float in the air, before Captain Amelia has the gravity turned on and everyone gets a quick drop to the ground. Jim's the only one who does it, while most everyone else just lands on their feet, unfazed (and Dr. Doppler [[Crowning Moment of Funny|lands on his head with a loud crash, because of the clunky space suit he was wearing]])
* Jim from ''[[Treasure Planet]]'' does this when the ship sets sail into space. There's a few seconds where he and the rest of the crew start to float in the air, before Captain Amelia has the gravity turned on and everyone gets a quick drop to the ground. Jim's the only one who does it, while most everyone else just lands on their feet, unfazed (and Dr. Doppler [[Crowning Moment of Funny|lands on his head with a loud crash, because of the clunky space suit he was wearing]])