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-->--'''Music/{{Gunship}}''', ''Fly For Your Life''

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'': When Bowser is defeated for the third and final time and his Galaxy Reactor is collapsing, Mario swoops in to catch Princess Peach after she falls form Bowser Jr.'s airship (though "falling" is a bit subjective, given the wonky gravity for which the game is famous).

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' Between Kirito and Lizbeth in episode 7 of the anime. After escaping a dragons nest by [[DragonRider hitching a ride on its inhabitant]], the two free-fall down to the surface with a [[SceneryPorn BEAUTIFUL]] Aincrad sunrise in the background. As they fall, Lizbeth confesses to Kirito, but he can't hear her over the sound of the wind.

* ''Anime/SpiritedAway'': A very beautiful example with other creatures and teardrops of happiness accompanying the heroes. Also a plot-relevant moment, as the main "reveal" in the movie is what triggers The Fall.
* At the end of another Ghibli movie - ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' there is a sequence that starts as this trope. After narrowly missing the ground, the characters take off on a flying dream sequence.

'''Lizbeth:''' ''[laughing as she hugs him]'' Nevermind!

* ''Manga/ImmortalRain'' Chapter 30: The main heroes reunite after [[spoiler:being separated for a year]], he leaps high (like, hundreds of feet!?!) into the air with her in his arms, while escaping danger. It's very sweet, there's a great view and fireworks (literal ones). But how they're going to land safely is never mentioned or explained. They're happily sitting on some grass in the next panel. Part of a larger NotTheFallThatKillsYou recurring trope in this work.
* ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' has a BelligerentSexualTension variant of this occur between Tomoe and Nanami after he accidentally drops her off a skyscraper.
* There is one of these between Yuuhi and Samidare at the end of their final battle in ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer'', ultimately leading to their LoveConfession and TheBigDamnKiss.

* Between James Bond and Madeleine in the opening credits of ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', {{foreshadowing}} their escape from a rigged building in the film's climax.
* Short film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TuOe4Slpxc In Passing]] has two strangers jump off a building and fall in love as they fall.

* In the first ''{{VideoGame/Bayonetta}}'' game, after a FreeFallFight in the playable intro-scene, Bayonetta and Jeanne go BackToBackBadasses as they plummet from the remains of the Umbra Clock Tower. They survive, of course, but ''how'' they survive is never shown. This then becomes a CallBack later on after the FinalBoss, once again Bayonetta and Jeanne are back to back in the exact same pose (with the exact same diologue), and again, they survive with nothing shown of how they managed to pull it off. While love is certainly between them, its implied to be a very strong sisterly/platonic sort of love ... [[LesYay maybe]].

* ''VideoGame/Haven2020'''s closing credits cinematic depicts a nude Yu and Kay embracing in free fall, though this doesn't actually happen during the story. The OST track is even titled "Free Fall".

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* The SignatureScene of ''Anime/TokyoMarbleChocolate'' using the Tokyo tower as the backdrop, and it's a DreamSequence.

* The very end of ''Anime/{{REDLINE}}'' ends in a flying kiss. No, we won't tell you who it involves, or how they got in the air, because you need to see something that awesome for yourself.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'' where Scrat and Scratte both appear to be doing this... but then it turns out to be part of Scratte's plan to steal Scrat's acorn.

* While the two people at that point in their story were not yet in full admission of a relationship, Audrey Burne/[[RebelliousPrincess Mineva Lao Zabi]] invokes a partial version of this in an episode of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''. After rejecting the offer of alliance by Riddhe Marcenas (an impetuous Federation pilot whose approach to her has some very romantic undertones), she chooses to instead jump out into the stratosphere while psychically calling out to Banagher Links, the pilot of the eponymous Gundam. Banagher, even if he was locked in battle with the antagonistic Unicorn Banshee, [[DulcineaEffect immediately drops it]] and flies to her side, coupled with GiantRobotHandsSavesLives. Obviously, the fact that he's piloting a HumongousMecha means [[JustifiedTrope landing at terminal velocity is not a risk to both of them]].

* While the two people at that point in their story were not yet in full admission of a relationship, Audrey Burne/[[RebelliousPrincess Mineva Lao Zabi]] invokes a partial version of this in an episode of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''. After rejecting the offer of alliance by Riddhe Marcenas (an impetuous Federation pilot whose approach to her has some very romantic undertones), she chooses to instead jump out into the stratosphere while psychically calling out to Banagher Links, the pilot of the eponymous Gundam. Banagher, even if he was locked in battle with the antagonistic Unicorn Banshee, immediately drops it and flies to her side, coupled with GiantRobotHandSavesLives. Obviously, the fact that he's piloting a HumongousMecha means [[JustifiedTrope landing at terminal velocity is not a risk to both of them]].

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* ''Manga/ImmortalRain'' Chapter 30: The main heroes reunite after [[spoiler:being separated for a year]], he leaps high (like, hundreds of feet!?!) into the air with her in his arms, while escaping danger. It's very sweet, there's a great view and fireworks (literal ones). But how they're going to land safely is never mentioned or explained. They're happily sitting on some grass in the next panel. Part of a larger NotTheFallThatKillsYou recurring trope in this work.
* ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' has a BelligerentSexualTension variant of this occur between Tomoe and Nanami after he accidentally drops her off a skyscraper.
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* Short film {{In Passing}} has two strangers jump off a building and fall in love as they fall.