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Compare [[Catapult to Glory]], where this is done with an actual catapult.
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* In the first ''[[Shrek]]'' movie, Shreck bends a tree to use as a bridge for Fiona. After she crosses, he lets the tree go... unwittingly (or maybe not) sending poor Donkey flying.
* In ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'', Po tries to launch himself with a bamboo catapult, but he's just too heavy. When he gets off, the bamboo hits him in the face as it snaps back, then hits him again in the head on the rebound. He uses this trick to his advantage during his fight with Tai Lung at the climax of the film.
* Horton gets rid of Vlad the vulture this way in [[The Movie]] of ''Horton Hears a Who''. The elephant manages a [[Bond One
* The first two ''[[Ice Age]]'' movies do something with this. In one it uses a tilting rock to launch Sid the Sloth. In the other the classic tree. The tree in question is not only a full grown pine, but also being held down by Manny the Mammoth.
* Happens to one of the two dogs that were constantly pursuing Edgar during their first chase scene from ''[[The Aristocats (Disney)|The Aristocats]]''.
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== Films -- Live Action ==
* The troll in the beginning of ''[[Enchanted]]'' has this happen to him.
* Shows up in ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', during the bamboo forest fight.
* In ''[[Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Film)|Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull]]'', an amphibian vehicle lands on a huge tree that was growing on the ravine's side. The car is gently lowered in to the river below, then the tree recoils and hits the cliff wall, knocking down several Soviet soldiers.
* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: On Stranger Tides'', Jack launches himself from palm tree to palm tree to get across the Spaniards' encampment and escape.
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', Belkar does this to Durkon after the dwarf had already climbed onto a palm tree ([[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|to fight it]], [[It Makes Sense in Context|of course]]). As a variant, the tree doesn't send him flying, but instead unbends even further and smacks the dwarf into the ground on the other side. And then his own hammer falls on him.
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* Near the beginning of ''[[Goliath II]]'', the titular elephant accidentally gets knocked into a puddle while attempting to knock over ''a flower''.
* ''[[The Herculoids]]'' episode "The Raiders". In a light-hearted moment Igoo uses his great strength to turn a tree into a catapult to throw Dorno into a really high dive into the water.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Applejack uses a handy tree branch to catch up with Rainbow Dash in a race in the episode "Fall Weather Friends".
** In "Family Appreciation Day", the Cutie Mark Crusaders get launched by a tree while trying to pick Zap Apples.
* Happens in the ''[[Jimmy Two Shoes]]'' episode "Lucius Lost". Trapped on a [[Far Side Island]], Jimmy's plan is to use this trope to catapult him and Lucius to safety. When Lucius cuts the rope prematurely (He'd rather leave Jimmy on the island), the tree doesn't move. Once he gets off and complains, ''then'' the tree whips, slamming him into the sand.
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