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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Kurogane Pukapuka Tai (Manga)|Kurogane Pukapuka Tai]]'', Commander Kuki lands like this after sliding down a rope to repel boarders, just before kicking ass overboard.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' uses this twice on one page in volume 3; when Asuna face-kicks Evangeline on the bridge, both of them execute a three-point landing. Asuna with rotation pivioting around her right foot, while Evangeline has to [[Knockback Slide|bleed off momentum]]. And this was a few pages before Asuna enters the probationary pacto with Negi.
* [[Vigilante Man|Juliet]] from ''[[Romeo X Juliet (Anime)|Romeo X Juliet]]'', after bursting through a prison skylight to free one of her friends.
* Subverted in Asuka's debut episode in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Unit 02 destroys an Angel while underwater (an environment the EVA is not designed to handle), launches itself into the air via the resulting explosion, does a perfect three-point landing onto an nearby aircraft carrier... and then collapses into a useless heap as its power supply runs out.
* Subverted in ''[[Slayers (Anime)|Slayers]]'': Amelia tries to perform acrobatics, but ''accidentally'' lands head down, and it hurts.
* In ''[[Change 123 (Manga)|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 (Animeanime)|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.
 
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== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[The Animatrix (Anime)|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 (Animefilm)|Ghost in The Shell]]'' movie.
* Tifa does it [[Rule of Cool|against a wall]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''.
* Jim from ''[[Treasure Planet (Disney)|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]])
* [[Action Girl|7]] in ''[[9 (Animation)|Nine]]'' finishes her proper introductory scene with one of these, showcased on her [http://www.scifiscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/9_poster_7.jpg character poster]. It is ''incredibly'' badass.
 
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* Trinity from ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]'' does this a few times, most notably {{spoiler|when she spectacularly makes this landing in front of a small building, having just backflipped off a motorcycle moving at an extreme speed through the air. As she lands, the motorcycle smashes into the building and [[Every Car Is a Pinto|explodes]].}}
* The Bride does this at one point in ''[[Kill Bill]]''.
* Chun-Li does this in ''[[Street Fighter: theThe Legend of Chun -Li (Film)|Street Fighter the Legend of Chun Li]]''
* [[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Iron Man]] does this basically whenever he lands at high speed (and at one point, hovering at head level before cutting thrust and literally dropping himself into this pose); Black Widow does it in ''Iron Man 2'', as seen in the page image, but it's not a landing; she's actually getting up from a slide along the ground.
* Jet Li does it a lot, but hell he and Vicent Zhao (who also does it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amjjD18lFbE&feature=related here]) have a whole fight scene almost entirely crouching in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBs4VpNcV5o Fong Say Yuk]''.
* Donnie Yen and almost everyone in ''[[Dragon Tiger Gate]]''.
* Whenever the girls from ''[[Sucker Punch (Film)|Sucker Punch]]'' land from leaping out of their transport during the dream sequences. Also, after Baby Doll kills off a samurai.
* ''The Man from Nowhere'' features a three-point landing onto the hood of a fleeing car.
* Over the run of ''[[Tron Legacy (Film)|Tron: Legacy]]'', this is seen being performed by Quorra, Sam, and Rinzler. This seems to be carried over to ''Tron Uprising''.
 
 
== Literature ==
* [[Conan the Barbarian]] does this from time to time since he'd rather hit the ground a bit harder than be disarmed.
* Lara and her sisters from ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'' does this on one occasion in ''Turn Coat''. From a helicopter. Without descent lines. It was flying above treetops before it reach the drop zone.
 
 
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Devil May Cry (Video Game)|Devil May Cry]]''
** Dante does this at the beginning of ''Devil May Cry 2''.
** In ''Devil May Cry 4'', both Dante and Nero land this way every time an enemy knocks them off their feet.
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]'', while fighting the Storm Rider in [[Mulan (Disney)|Mulan]]'s world, one can perform an reaction command which will stun the Storm Rider. Afterwards, Sora lands in the described way. It can be seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyj0Ce_5Nb0#t=2m08s this video].
* [[Badass|Mace]] [[Samuel L. Jackson|Windu's]] jump attack in ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]] 2'' looks like this, except that the hand in question is holding a lightsaber. And it does area damage.
* Samus Aran from ''[[Metroid (Video Game)|Metroid]]'' does this several times, usually after a spinning jump in the air. Kind of the ''only'' way for her to land, given that one of her suit's hands is an [[Arm Cannon]] and therefore lacks a hand.
* The ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' do this often.
* Blood Elves in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' do this after jumping.
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* Snake, Raiden, Drebin, and just about everyone from the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' games do this all the time.
* Vincent does this a few times in the cutscenes from ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]''.
* ''[[Crisis Core (Video Game)|Crisis Core]]''
** Zack does this twice in the intro train cutscene -- once when he jumps out of a helicopter onto the roof of a speeding train, and once when he dismounts from the train after it stops.
** Sephiroth also finishes his [[Spam Attack|Octaslash]] attack with this.
* The Prince from the 2008 ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' lands like this after finishing a mid-air combo.
* Captain Falcon in ''[[Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|Super Smash Bros Brawl]]''. Heck, most athletic characters in the game do this, but Falcon tends to be a more obvious example.
* Kasumi from ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]'' lands with one of these after disabling {{spoiler|Donovan Hock's Mantis gunship's shields.}} Funilly enough, this is less impressive than the moves she pulled to get onto the gunship just before.
* Satele Shan from ''[[Star WarstheWars: The Old Republic]]'' performs one, complete with area of effect damage, during her [[Big Damn Heroes|big damn heroes]] moment in the Return cinematic.
* Link does this from long falls in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', like going to the ground from the sky, or entering [[Floating Continent|Skyloft]].
* Ryu, the player character of ''[[Ninja Gaiden (Video Game)|Ninja Gaiden]]'', can be seen in this position frequently.
* The characters of ''[[Section 8 (video game)]]'' will do this if, while dropping in from low orbit in nothing but your [[Power Armor]], you think "You know what? I don't need airbrakes." As awesome as it looks, it does leave you immobile for a second while your character and his armour recovers from the landing, which isn't always a good thing in a multiplayer shooter.
* ''[[Dead Space 2 (Video Game)|Dead Space 2]]'': Isaac Clarke manges this {{spoiler|after being fired from a rocket ejector seat, flying though space, crashing though a vent and firing his rocket boots to slow his descent.}} Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOzJYm0YPmw here] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ2Kwz4 here] for context.
* In ''Crysis 2'', whenever someone falls for a long but not quite fatal distance they do this, especially while in Armor Mode.
* ''[[Oni]]'''s Konoko lands like this after jumping from an airplane to infiltrate the [[Very Definite Last Dungeon|Big Bad's base]]. Without a parachute. Bonus points for [[Ground-Shattering Landing|ground shatter]].
* The second opening cutscene of ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' has the protagonist Ezio Auditore freefall ''from several stories up'' only to land like this ''[[Made of Iron|with no negative physical effects]]''.
* Adam Jensen of ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Video Game)|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'' falls into this stance every time he uses the [http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Icarus_Landing_System Icarus Landing System].
* Player Characters in ''[[DC Universe Online (Video Game)|DC Universe Online]]'' do this after drops from great heights, including a proper spray of dust and debris.
 
 
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== Web Comics ==
* Kareem of ''[[Project 0]]''. Ciro [http://www.centralcitytower.com/2010/12/project-0-page-210-sunrise-falling.html opts out].
* Elliot of ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' performs one of these [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-07-26 while sneaking into PTTAPUTASF].
* Dan's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_939.php here] in ''[[Dan and MabsMab's Furry Adventures]]'', although the wings probably helped.
* [[The Big Girl|Tiren]], of ''[[Dubious Company]]'', jumps off the airship, does several flips and lands this way [[You Shall Not Pass|between]] a cornered [[Distressed Damsel|Sal]] and advancing [[The Dragon|Izor]]. Too bad the acrobatics gives her motion sickness and [[Vomit Discretion Shot|ruins]] the [[Big Damn Heroes|moment]].
 
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== Western Animation ==
* In the ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' episode "Flippin' Burgers", Flippy does this after his [[Ax Crazy|burger joint massacre]]
* [[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|The Powerpuff Girls]] often do this.
* In the ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' episode "The Revengencers", when the band manager Charles is thrown out of a third story window, he lands in a perfect three-point landing.
* Aang, from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', sometimes lands this way.
* True to the comic, film, and video game examples, Iron Man pulls this off fairly often in [[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]], too.
 
 
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