History Main / EjectionSeat

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanSoulOfTheDragon''. Lady Shiva uses the ejection seat in Bruce Wayne's WeaponizedCar (not the Batmobile, but a disguised civilian car) to blast herself onto an overpass where the villains were. Without clearing it with Batman first.

* Film/JamesBond's cars have had ejector seats in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' and ''Film/DieAnotherDay''.

* The Vipers in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' have ejector seats, although ejecting usually means that you'll either be in a [[WholeEpisodeFlashback flashback episode]], or have a long, ruminating episode full of wangst while you [[RuleOfDrama contemplate your slow demise]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Critical Mass|1995}}'', if you don't eject before your ship is destroyed, you have FinalDeath. This is true of most flight-simulation games, unless there ''is'' no ejection option.
* In ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'', playing on [[FinalDeath "Strict Play"]] mode makes buying an escape pod a wise move. There's an auto-eject option which automatically launches it if your ship is breaking up.

* ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion'' would [[FinalDeath delete your save]] if you didn't use the molly-guarded BigRedButton on the insanely expensive custom controller to bail out of your HumongousMecha.

* Neil Shusterman's insanely fucked up short story ''The Dirt on Our Shoes'' has people get ejected from a spaceship that is coming down towards an alien planet. There are no parachutes and they fall to their deaths on the side of a mountain mountain.

* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars''. Sador has to lower the forcefield on his MileLongShip to fire his [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Stellar Converter]], so [[BloodKnight Saint-Exmin]] stops this by crashing her spaceship into it while ejecting in an EscapePod which is immediately surrounded by three enemy fighters. She's tells the others ItHasBeenAnHonor and destructs the pod, [[TakingYouWithMe taking the fighters with her]].

* Neil Shusterman's insanely fucked up short story The Dirt on Our Shoes has people get ejected from a spaceship that is coming down towards an alien planet. There are no parachutes and they fall to their deaths on the side of a mountain mountain.

* ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars''. Sador has to lower the forcefield on his MileLongShip to fire his [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Stellar Converter]], so [[BloodKnight Saint-Exmin]] stops this by crashing her spaceship into it and ejecting in an EscapePod which is immediately surrounded by three enemy fighters. She's tells the others ItHasBeenAnHonor and destructs the pod, [[TakingYouWithMe taking the fighters with her]].

* ''Austin Powers In Goldmember''. Used in the ShowWithinAShow ''Austinpussy''. An InUniverse Creator/TomCruise playing Austin ejects from his Shaguar just before it's blown up by a helicopter gunship, using this trope to do a LeapAndFire over the rotor blades while firing mini-Uzis GunsAkimbo. Yeah, baby!

* Used in the ShowWithinAShow ''Austinpussy'' in ''Film/{{Goldmember}}''.

** In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', Bond takes [[spoiler:the Aston Martin from ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', complete with gadgets]] out of a garage so that he [[spoiler:and M]] can escape London. The seat isn't actually used, but Bond does [[spoiler:flip up the secret panel on the gear-stick, revealing the red button, as if threatening to eject M]]. This is PlayedForLaughs.

* ''Film/DeathRace'' has an ejector seat in the hero's car. The eject was never for the driver, just [[MsFanservice the navigator]]. Assuming it's the same for all the vehicles, it makes sense seeing as how viewers would like to think the ladies don't die. An ejector seat is [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised into a mortar]] to take out a pursuing car, and later having worked out that the navigator has sabotaged his vehicle, the driver forces a confession by driving under a low-roofed warehouse and threatening to eject her if she doesn't talk.

* ''Film/DeathRace'' has an ejector seat in the hero's car. The eject was never for the driver, just [[MsFanservice the navigator]]. Assuming it's the same for all the vehicles, it makes sense seeing as how viewers would like to think the ladies don't die. An ejector seat is [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised into a mortar]] to take out a pursuing car, and later having worked out that the navigator has sabotaged his vehicle, the driver forces a confession by driving under a low-roofed warehouse and threatening to eject her if she doesn't confess.

* ''Film/DeathRace'' has an ejector seat in the hero's car. The eject was never for the Hero, just [[MsFanservice the navigator]]. Assuming it's the same for all the vehicles, it makes sense seeing as how viewers would like to think the ladies don't die. On at least one case, an ejector seat is [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised into a mortar]] to take out a pursuing car.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'': Italy and Poland both of them used it in different moments. Sadly, they got stuck in a tree immediately after.
* Daitetsu in ''UrayasuTekkinKazoku'' has an ejection seat in his taxicab.

* Neil Shusterman's insanely fucked up short story The Dirt on Our Shoesnhas people get ejected from a spaceship that is coming down towards an alien planet. There are no parachutes and they fall to their deaths on the mountain.

* The American Gemini spacecraft had extra-strong ejection seats that were designed not only to blast the astronaut clear of the spacecraft, but outside the danger zone of a potential launcher fire, ''and'' high enough for a parachute to work. They were never used, and would probably have permanently crippled the user. This design was unusual: most manned spacecraft have used a Launch Escape System consisting of a solid fuel rocket in a tower connected to the crew capsule. If the launcher is about to explode or otherwise fail catastrophically, the crew capsule is detached and the LES activated to put it at a safe distance. The LES is typically jettisoned when the spacecraft nears orbit. This has only ever been used once for real, when the two-man crew of Soyuz T-10-1, waiting for a trip to Salyut 7 in 1983, were ejected clear of their launcher just before a fire destroyed it. (In 1975, another Soyuz mission had its capsule ejected while heading for orbit as the third stage was deviating too much, but by then they had already jettisoned the LES and the crew capsule was sent clear by the explosive bolts detaching it from the launcher.)

* ''Franchise/{{Archie|Comics}}'':

* ''Film/TheCannonballRun'' features the Aston Martin DB V from ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', complete with ejector seat, driven by Creator/RogerMoore playing [[Film/JamesBond man who thinks that he is Roger Moore]].

'''[[Film/JamesBond Bond]]:''' And why not?\\

{{Space fighter}}s, [[CoolPlane normal fighters]], [[HumongousMecha giant mecha]], [[CoolBoat submarines]], [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture time travel cars]], [[CoolCar secret agent super cars]], [[BlackHelicopter helicopters]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking piano recital vans]]... just about ''everything'' has an ejection seat installed. Expect its success rate to be determined by the plot.

It should be pointed out that shooting an airman after he or she's ejected is a war crime, though this is a relatively recent idea and wasn't in force until 1977.[[note]]This seems counterintuitive, especially since you could still shoot at paratroopers, or a tank crew abandoning their vehicle. The long and short of it was that the airmen are now considered ''hors de combat'', or "outside of the fight" (that is, no longer a combatant) -- somewhat justified, as pilots are rarely armed with anything more than a pistol for self-defense, and not trained to be a OneManArmy, at least not without their plane. Plus, if you shot at the enemy's downed airmen, ''they'' may start shooting at ''yours''...[[/note]]

Smaller cousin of the EscapePod. Contrast ArmoredCoffins.

A SubTrope of AbandonShip; rather than just getting the heck out of (the) Dodge, the seat is helping you out (the door). When the pilot nears the ground, he may find himself hanging from a ParachuteInATree. See also EjectEjectEject.

** Earlier, in "Treehouse of Horror IX", Bart and Lisa are [[TrappedInTVLand stuck in an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon] where the title characters are trying to kill them. They get picked up by a police car, only to find that Itchy and Scratchy are driving. Bart then draws an "Eject" button and presses it so he and Lisa can escape.