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-->'''"[[CharClone Char Aznable]]":''' [[GagDub My God, she's standing on it]].

* In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', the third Colossus is a giant humanoid whose weak points can be reached only by running up his sword after he embeds it in the ground following an attack. This particular example isn't really physics-defying though -- being the blade of a ''Colossus'', it's pretty much a highway.

** A similar scene with a blue ranger jumping on a monster's weapon and then attacking them while standing on it happens in ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' when Denzi Blue lands on Kokelar's trident.

* Dark Link is capable of doing this in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' if you use the stab move to attack him by freezing Link in place somehow and jumping onto the blade. This can be used to your advantage, however; if you use the broken "Giant's Knife" or the Biggoron Sword, he falls off. The other way to bypass this ability is to [[DropTheHammer use a weapon other than a sword]]. What makes it worse is that, as the fight goes on, he'll stab you whenever he does this. This becomes incredibly annoying, given that most players will at this time be conditioned to stab a fleeing enemy.

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', Vamp does this to Raiden in their fight in South America at the end of Act II.

* In ''Literature/RentalMagica'', Sekiren manages to land on Daphne's foot and tell her to calm down when she tries to kick him. Her leg doesn't budge when he jumps off. [[spoiler: She does calm down]].

* In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', the third Colossus is a giant humanoid whose weak points can be reached only by running up his sword after he embeds it in the ground following an attack. This particular example isn't really physics-defying though - being the blade of a ''Colossus'', it's pretty much a highway.

* ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' did this twice, both times against huge weapons. First against Midou Shingo and his [[BladeOnAStick Onidachi spear]] (Demon Splitter), and later with Kibe Ryuho's club Kokusoso (Black Clawed Comb).

* Claire Stanfield from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' puts his own spin on this by performing a blade ''handstand'' on the top of Graham's [[ImprobableWeaponUser monkey wrench]]

* In ''LightNovel/RentalMagica'', Sekiren manages to land on Daphne's foot and tell her to calm down when she tries to kick him. Her leg doesn't budge when he jumps off. [[spoiler: She does calm down]].

* In the PlayStation 2 game ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', the third Colossus is a giant humanoid whose weak points can be reached only by running up his sword after he embeds it in the ground following an attack. This particular example isn't really physics-defying though - being the blade of a ''Colossus'', it's pretty much a highway.

This should be impossible -- one combatant cannot support or balance the other this way, especially by mistake -- but that is ignored by RuleOfCool. This can characterize the runner as TheLightfooted, so agile and dexterous that they seem able to ignore gravity on a whim. It may further suggest that the nimble character is {{Just Toying With|Them}} the other, teasing their opponent by how gracefully they can avoid an attack. It can be {{Justified|Trope}} if the weapon's wielder has a SuperStrength or is [[DavidVersusGoliath much larger than their enemy]]. Compare WeaponStomp.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas Not to be confused with the]] [[NonIndicativeName notably blade-free]] ''Film/BladeRunner'', or the villain from ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' who is named for the film.

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', Peter likes to jump on Captain Hook's rapier while they are dueling, just to annoy him.

* In the Playstation 2 game ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', the third Colossus is a giant humanoid whose weak points can be reached only by running up his sword after he embeds it in the ground following an attack. This particular example isn't really physics-defying though - being the blade of a ''Colossus'', it's pretty much a highway.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' one of the fillers (Land of Birds arc) takes this UpToEleven by having the [[BigBad baddy]] (a shinobi with a weight problem) standing on the very end of the goody's pike. As a bonus, the goody is a young woman and the baddy delivers his [[IncomingHam introduction speech]] without stepping off the end.

** Raiden gets to pull this off in the next game, ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''... only with the tutorial boss. [[UpToEleven Which is a modified Metal Gear Ray.]]

The hero and his enemy are in the midst of a fighting duel. The enemy makes some flashy move with his [[{{BFS}} conspiciously large sword]] that's [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat guaranteed to reduce any mortal to tomorrow's worm feast]].

But as the [[SmokeShield dust clears]], the enemy is in for a nasty surprise, as the hero is ''balancing on the blade of his sword'' in an AssKickingPose, which is the perfect place for him to run across the blade toward his unguarded opponent.

Can rarely be justified by anything other than RuleOfCool, as a 70+kg warrior with leverage on your arm is not something you'd call trivial. It may be {{justified|Trope}} if the weapon's wielder has a ''[[SuperStrength really]]'' strong wrist or is [[DavidVersusGoliath much larger than their opponent]].

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' has an optional variant of this with Shadows, transforming liquid panther beasts: one of their attacks is quickly turning into a spike and stabbing Dante with it, which can be countered by doing a low jump to avoid it, allowing Dante to land on it and shoot at their now-exposed core, potentially reducing them to critical health right away if you're quick enough.

* ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': Vajramon has a ''lot'' of dialogue with Renamon while she's standing on his sword. Of course, it helps if you're as strong as he is (arm doesn't get tired, and you're ''totally'' unconcerned about losing.) Unusual for this trope, he has his blade turned so she's on its ''flat,'' not its edge.

* Done in a ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' episode where Heiji confronts a murderer while a Kendo competition is going on in the background. The man attacks Heiji while he has only a cellphone to protect him. The phone ends up being cut, Heiji lands on the blunt end of the blade with cat-like precision, and cue the killer's dumbfounded and fearful look when he not only recognizes him (Heiji is actually one of the best H.S. Kendoists and a famous detective) but could not save himself from the one-hit beatdown given to him.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas Not to be confused with]] the notably blade-free ''Film/BladeRunner'', or the villain from ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' who is named for the film.

* A variant appears in ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'', where the mage Sypha tries to skewer a vampire by conjuring a thin wall of sharpened ice at him. The vampire decides to run along the top of it towards her. Cyper demonstrates one of the reasons why this trope is a bad idea by pushing the wall upwards, bisecting him vertically.

** In Guts and Griffith's duel on the hill to decide whether he will join the Hawks, Guts swings a mighty blow with his BFS only for Griffith to suddenly dodge, and then land with his feet balanced on Guts' blade and his saber pointed at Guts' face. Pointing out that Guts won't be able to lift his sword with the extra weight on it, Griffith invites him to surrender, but Guts responds by [[NowThatsUsingYourTeeth biting down on Griffith's sword point]] and using his sword as a lever to send both of them tumbling down the hill, where they engage in fisticuffs.

* ''Anime/DigimonTamers:'' Vajramon has a ''lot'' of dialogue with Renamon while she's standing on his sword. Of course, it helps if you're as strong as he is (arm doesn't get tired, and you're ''totally'' unconcerned about losing.) Unusual for this trope, he has his blade turned so she's on its ''flat,'' not its edge.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII,'' when fighting [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Barbossa]], Sora stomps down on Barbossa's sword, pinning it to the ground. Barbossa goes for his gun, and Sora goes for his Keyblade. Rather a cool moment.

* ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice:'' In a more realistic variant, the Mikiri Counter lets Wolf ''stomp down'' enemy weapons being used to stab, doing enough [[BreakMeter Posture damage]] to open most enemies up to a death blow.

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Can rarely be justified by anything other than RuleOfCool, as a 70+kg warrior with leverage on your arm is not something you'd call trivial. It may be {{justified|Trope}} if the weapon's wielder has SuperStrength or is [[DavidVersusGoliath much larger than their opponent]].