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* ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'': The Volume 9 sneak peak shows a brief sequence of two characters fighting while they're falling. [[spoiler:A recap of the Volume 8 ending is shown from Ruby's perspective, and includes additional footage; while falling into the Void, Neo manages to reach Ruby and starts trying to punch and strangle her as they fall. Ruby fends her off as Neo shapeshifts through a variety of forms that resemble Ruby's friends.]]

* ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'': The Volume 9 sneak peak has [[spoiler:a recap of the Volume 8 ending from Ruby’s point of view, including some additional footage. When Ruby and Neo fall into the abyss, [[CuteAndPsycho Neo]] continues punching Ruby as they fall. Ruby fends Neo off as Neo shapeshifts through a variety of forms resembling Ruby’s friends, and it seems that the battle ends when Ruby pushes Neo far enough away for Neo to lose sight of her.]]

* ''WebAnimation/RWBY'': The Volume 9 sneak peak has [[spoiler:a recap of the Volume 8 ending from Ruby’s point of view, including some additional footage. When Ruby and Neo fall into the abyss, [[CuteAndPsycho Neo]] continues punching Ruby as they fall. Ruby fends Neo off as Neo shapeshifts through a variety of forms resembling Ruby’s friends, and it seems that the battle ends when Ruby pushes Neo far enough away for Neo to lose sight of her.]]

* In the ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' episode "Razor", a young William Adama collides with a Cylon fighter in atmosphere, forcing both to eject. The Cylon, apparently upset by this turn of events, attempts to shoot Adama while falling to its death. [[RealityEnsues Unfortunately for the Cylon]], a handgun is a poor choice of weapons while moving at terminal velocity and it fails to hit Adama.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro Dawn of the Dragon'' has the second part of the FinalBattle with [[BigBad Malefor]] take place as the entire stage the battle is taking place on plummets down a volcano to the core of the world. Probably justified by the fact that Malefor ''has'' to be stopped and Spyro and Cynder can't afford to risk him surviving. It's every bit as epic as it sounds. [[spoiler:They stop when they reach the core and end the fight with a BeamOWar that Spyro and Cynder win.]]

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' features a free-fall fight [[spoiler: during the climactic battle between Cloud and the returned Sephiroth. If you assume that Final Fantasy VII's planet has the same mass and atmospheric density as ours, it's possible to calculate the height of the Shinra building off of which they fall (though "fall" is a poor approximation of the complexity of what's happening to them, not least because Sephiroth can warp gravity and fly), and it is at least ''2.8 miles tall or more.'']]

* In ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', Urek engages with Viole in a fight that's partially free fall, inside a giant monster that just turned on it's belly.

* Freesia vs. Jubei's Freefall Fight in the second season of ''Anime/JubeiChan''. This was also the season's GrowingTheBeard.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' scales things up: Heero and [[spoiler:Wu Fei]] start off dueling in low Earth orbit, but during a BladeLock they plunge through the atmosphere, stop fighting long enough to worry about re-entry, then start fighting again. While Wing Zero can fly, [[spoiler:Altron[=/=]Nataku]] can't, which is why the fight falls under this trope and not HighAltitudeBattle.

* The final battle with [[BigBad Ragyo Kiryuin]] in ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
* Played with in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'':
** In the finale, Celty [[spoiler:after regaining her head and realizing just how inhuman she is, decides to leave Ikebukuro via a shadowy staircase in the sky]]. However, Shinra having convinced [[spoiler:Kasane to loan him Saika]] gets Shizuo to [[spoiler:chuck him into the sky after Celty]]. Afraid for Shinra's safety, Celty [[spoiler:attempts to catch him as they go into free-fall, at which point Shinra takes out Saika and severs Celty's head. It's only by miracle Celty is able to get a hold of herself in time to save him]].
** Also in the finale season, after [[spoiler:Izaya fails to kill Shizuo, as Celty intervened at the last second, Shizuo grabs a hold of the scaffolding Izaya was standing on and shakes it until the informant loses his balance and falls. As Izaya tries to turn himself around in the air to save himself, Shizuo grabs a conveniently placed steel beam and hits Izaya into an adjacent building]].

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' season 9 episode 15 brings us the scene (appropriately, [[LampshadeHanging with "Falling Towards the Sky" in the background]]), where Tex, Wash, Carolina, and York battle the flying mooks and ''Hornets'' to get the Package into 479er's Pelican. Wash shoots one of the Hornet pilots out while standing on the falling package.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' season 9 episode 15 brings us the scene (appropriately, with [[LampshadeHanging Falling Towards the Sky]] in the background), where Tex, Wash, Carolina, and York battle the flying mooks and ''Hornets'' to get the Package into 479er's Pelican. Wash shoots one of the Hornet pilots out while standing on the falling package.

** In ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', you fight the Egg Dragoon while standing on a standard platform, but that platform (along with everything else) is in freefall ''towards the earth's core''. On occasion, Eggman destroys the platform you're on, turning it into an actual freefall fight until Sonic lands on another one.
** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'''s final boss combines this with ColonyDrop. The final battle is [[SpaceZone in space]], fighting a lizard attached to the [[SpaceStation Space Colony Ark]] [[ColonyDrop as it's falling to Earth]]; if you take more than 5 minutes to beat the fight, you lose... Although you'd deliberately have to drag out the entire fight in order to lose that way. Far more likely is that you'll lose from the '''other''' time limit that is your rings, which your SuperMode needed for flight runs on.

* The end of Sanae Kochiya's storyline in ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Touhou Hisoutensoku]]'' has one of these, specifically Suwako's final attack. Also, the previous attack of the same fight is fought on a rising shockwave from an explosion.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for 3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU'' for the inclusion of GuestFighter Bayonetta, they take the famous scene mentioned above from both games of fighting on the face of the Umbra Clock Tower, as it plummets down an endless cliff face.

** The final boss battle in ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamland2'' is also a free fall battle, but instead of outright killing Kirby, he just takes damage until he's dead.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'':

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''

** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'''s final boss combines this with ColonyDrop. The final battle is [[SpaceZone in space]], fighting a lizard attached to the [[SpaceStation Space Colony Ark]] [[ColonyDrop as it's falling to Earth]]; if you take more than 5 minutes to beat the fight, you lose... Although you'd deliberately have to drag out the entire fight in order to lose that way. Far more likely is that you'll lose from the OTHER time limit that is your rings, which your SuperMode needed for flight runs on.

* One ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch begins as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5dkuoMBzbA skydiving marriage proposal]] but eventually becomes this.

* Happens a few times ''Manga/OnePiece'' first time was when Luffy had just beaten the evil pirate Don Krieg, but Krieg doesn't take defeat well and throws iron net around Luffy planing to sink him when they hit the water TakingYouWithMe. But Luffy just uses his rubber powers to swing Krieg down like a mace, taking him out.
** ChefofIron Sanji became the staple of the "free fall flight" having the most examples of it so far, first when he was fighting the WolfMan Jabra during the climax of their fight they were falling down the Tower of Justice. Jabra stabs Sanji with his claws but Sanji with his burning leg sends the Wolf-Man to ground first and then lands on his feet like a badass.
** During the Time Skip Sanji has learned the "Sky Walk" enabling him with the power to give the finger to gravity and physics and kick the air so fast he can move around in the air, NotQuiteFlight. This how Sanji defeated the giant Wadatsumi by kicking him into the sky, falling alongside him and then finishing him off with a hell fire kick.
** Zoro does it twice, once during a non-canon movie against his "sword buddy" Saga and another time against giant Pica, Zoro (never one for complicated plans) has one of his allies throw him at high speeds at the stone giant and then slices him up in mid-air.
** The Franky vs. Fukuro fight which resulted in the two fighting over a waterfall and trying to finish each other once they were above land. [[spoiler:Franky wins.]]

* The season one finale of ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'' has Tari fighting off Belle as she fall down the mountain in ''Tempest'' in order to execute the [[GameBreakingBug Deep Mountain Clip]].

* Played with in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': In the finale, Celty [[spoiler:after regaining her head and realizing just how inhuman she is, decides to leave Ikebukuro via a shadowy staircase in the sky]]. However, Shinra having convinced [[spoiler:Kasane to loan him Saika]] gets Shizuo to [[spoiler:chuck him into the sky after Celty]]. Afraid for Shinra's safety, Celty [[spoiler:attempts to catch him as they go into free-fall, at which point Shinra takes out Saika and severs Celty's head. It's only by miracle Celty is able to get a hold of herself in time to save him]].

* In ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 3'', the final boss fight. You end up falling through the atmosphere while battling the alien overmind. And use his dead body as a platform to protect yourself from the impact.
** The final boss of ''6'' also does this once it takes enough damage. Interestingly, it becomes invulnerable, and you're supposed to HoldTheLine while it fires showers of destructible projectiles. Eventually, it falls to its death while you manage to cling onto the side of the shaft.

* ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed II'' has the Jedi protagonist fighting a giant monster with Force Lightning while they free fall to the surface of the planet.

* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'', Gandalf fights the [[EldritchAbomination Balrog]] while falling into the [[DugTooDeep chasms of Moria.]] In both this and the book, they hit a lake on the bottom, but they are both too powerful to be killed by the impact.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': In the penultimate episode, "The Bells", the Hound and the Mountain are locked in a DuelToTheDeath amidst [[spoiler:the collapsing Red Keep]], which culminates with Sandor charging his brother Gregor in a final attempt to kill him. They continue fighting all the way down until [[spoiler:they're both engulfed by a sea of dragonfire.]]

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': In the penultimate episode, the Hound the Mountain are locked in a DuelToTheDeath amidst [[spoiler:the collapsing Red Keep]], which culminates with Sandor charging his brother Gregor in a final attempt to kill him. They continue fighting all the way down until [[spoiler:they're both engulfed by a sea of dragonfire.]]

* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Two Towers'', Gandalf fights the [[EldritchAbomination Balrog]] while falling into the [[DugTooDeep chasms of Moria.]] In both this and the book, they hit a lake on the bottom, but they are both too powerful to be killed by the impact.

* Also part of the fight against Erynnis' OneWingedAngel form in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarGhostOfSparta''.

* The Kratos versus Icarus battle in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar II''. The winner gets a pair of wings to make a safe landing with. [[LudicrousGibs The loser...]]

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''