History Main / BanisterSlide

* In ''Literature/EllaEnchanted'', Ella's father and new step mother walk in on her and the prince enjoying themselves sliding down the giant banister in the castle in which the wedding has just taken place. Her new family members are not amused.

* In ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]'', the banister slide is weaponized in a fight, when one character uses it to gain momentum before launching himself at their foes.
* ''The Queen's Museum and Other Fanciful Tales'', short story "The Christmas Truants". The boy Tomtit does one of these while the title characters are trying to escape the castle of a band of robbers.
* In Helen Wells' ''Literature/CherryAmes: Private Duty Nurse'', the heroine does this, causing her mother to jokingly remark, "Shocking behavior for a graduate nurse!" Cherry says her brother Charlie used to do it without using his hands.
* A throwaway detail in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' is that when the tour group reaches a flight of stairs that leads to the Nut Room, Willy Wonka chooses to slide down the banister and the three remaining kids in the tour group follow suit.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' has a variation: Marco, Ax and Tobias slide down several stories of banister ''as cockroaches''. From their perspective, it's like bobsledding with rockets strapped to your back. Once it's over, they spend a few seconds [[WasntThatFun exulting in how awesome it was]] before declaring they will '''never''' be doing it again.

* The ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "A Night of Fright Is No Delight". As the two green ghosts are fleeing Shaggy and Scooby, they jump on to a stair's banister and slide down in an attempt to escape.

* In the WesternAnimation/{{Tex Avery MGM cartoon|s}} "One Ham's Family", a BrattyHalfPint slides down a banister with a pricey-looking vase on the finial. He comes to a ScreechingStop just millimeters from the vase, then tells the audience, "I've got me good brakes, haven't I, folks?"

** In "Adoptcalypse Now", Coco grinds down a banister, then jumps off.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' does this facing forward, and has to deal with the finial problem [[GroinAttack the hard way]]. Fortunately, [[BallsOfSteel ogres are tough]].

* Lincoln Loud in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' does this in the show's opening sequence.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "Adoptcalypse Now", Coco grinds down the banister, then jumps off. Later, in "Cuckoo for Coco Cards", Edwardo attempts to go down the banister backwards, going so slowly that the finial isn't an issue.

* Lincoln Loud in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' does this in the show's opening theme.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''. As Andy is playing with Woody near the beginning, he sends Woody sliding on a banister. He must have done this before, as he catches Woody after the latter's bonk into the end of the banister sends him flying.

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* Among the LoadsAndLoadsOfRules in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' 3rd edition are rules for sliding down bannisters, including the [[GroinAttack consequences of colliding with the finial]].

* In ''[[Series/The10thKingdom]]'', the false Prince Wendell enters his coronation party by jumping on a banister and sliding down into the crowd.

* In ''[[Series/TheTenthKingdom The 10th Kingdom]]'', the false Prince Wendell enters his coronation party by jumping on a banister and sliding down into the crowd.

** In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', he and Silva slide down the separator between escalators in the London subway system during their chase sequence. Needless to say the producers have [[RuleOfCool removed the barriers put there to stop people from doing this]].

* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Machinima/FreemansMind'', episode 44, when Freeman sees a giant industrial pipe on the cliffs of Black Mesa:

** In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', he and Silva slide down the separator between escalators in the London subway system during their chase sequence. Needless to say the producers have [[RuleOfCool removed the barriers meant to stop people from doing this]].

** In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' he and Silva slide down the separator between escalators in the London subway system during their chase sequence.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. As Andy is playing with Woody near the beginning, he sends Woody sliding on a banister. He must have done this before, as he catches Woody after the latter's bonk into the end of the banister sends him flying.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': To rescue Lumiere from being melted by [=LeFou=], Cogsworth slides down the stair banister and jabs [=LeFou=] in the butt with a pair of scissors and rescued Lumiere.

* Utilised by multiple fraternity boys (admittedly, most likely drunk and stoned at the time) during a musical number in ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse''.

-->'''Freeman:''' Hmm, I'm really tempted to [[TitleDrop slide down that pipe like a banister]], but [[RealityEnsues I think I'll regret it as soon as I get to the end of it]].