History Main / GymClassRopeClimb

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', Lincoln tries to get out of having to climb a rope by asking to go see the nurse, apparently having done so many times before, since the Gym Teacher immediately knew what Lincoln was going to say.

* Peter Parker shows up Flash Thompson in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' by beating him at rope climbing in gym.

* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' Tim has to do a rope climb in gym which he fakes having a lot of difficulty with in order to help maintain his identity separate from Robin.

* ''Series/FamilyMatters'' gave this its usual preposterous spin: Gangly 97-pound-weakling [[ExtravertedNerd Urkel]] has to race a much more athletic rival in the rope-climb. Urkel uses a jet-pack to get up the rope. The gym coach seems okay with this. Urkel then flies away and [[CrossOver lands in]] ''StepByStep''. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext It doesn't make sense in context]].

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', the students at Springfield Elementary stage an uprising after being trapped in the school by a blizzard. One of the things they do to Principal Skinner is tie him in a sack and force him to do this.

* In the ChuckNorris vehicle, ''Sidekicks'', this is a cause for some of the angst and ridicule that the protagonist suffers through.

* In ''{{Daria}}'', one of Jake Morgendorffer's multiple PTSD moments about his dominating macho father and his miserable childhood involves freezing with fear while halfway up a rope and suffering the consequent scorn of the PE coach ''and'' his father.
* One episode of ''{{Doug}}'' has him climbing the rope. Rare for this trope, he actually does so without being threatened by a PE teacher (He's training for a fitness competition.)! He even makes it to the top...only to slide back down and spend the rest of the episode with his hands in bandages. Ouchies.

* In The ''CompleteSavages'' episode "Tutoring", Sam fails P.E. because he can't climb the rope.
* On ''{{Seinfeld}}'', George and Jerry are said to have first met in gym class during this activity.
* ''FamilyMatters'' gave this its usual preposterous spin: Gangly 97-pound-weakling [[ExtravertedNerd Urkel]] has to race a much more athletic rival in the rope-climb. Urkel uses a jet-pack to get up the rope. The gym coach seems okay with this. Urkel then flies away and [[CrossOver lands in]] ''StepByStep''. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext It doesn't make sense in context]].
* In an episode of ''{{Frasier}}'' where he's dating a gym teacher, he visits the school and sees her exhorting an unfit girl to climb a rope, and immediately has a horrible flashback to his own schooldays.

* In the ''BraceFace'' episode "worst first date ever, period", when Sharon walks into gym class, some of the kids are seen in the background, climbing ropes.
* Peter Parker shows up Flash Thompson in an episode of ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' by beating him at rope climbing in gym.

* In "The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School" by Creator/KimNewman, the rope climb is a trope-standard pit of horrors, but the protagonist avoids the worst of it by judicious use of her floating-in-the-air superpower.

* In ''CodeLyoko'', Ulrich climbs up a rope. Everything's just fine, but then his vertigo kicks in, and his vision gets all blurry and he falls off (from almost the very top).

-->'''Skinner:''' "I told you, no one can climb a rope, it's physically impossible!"

* A rare positive example is used in the first book of the ''Literature/AlfieTheWerewolf'' series to show how becommng a werewolf has changed Alfie for the better. First he had great trouble climbing the rope, but after becoming a werewolf, he is suddenly the best rope climber in his class.

* A rare positive example is used in the first book of the ''AlfieTheWerewolf'' series to show how becommng a werewolf has changed Alfie for the better. First he had great trouble climbing the rope, but after becoming a werewolf, he is suddenly the best rope climber in his class.

Fast becoming a DeadHorseTrope, as many schools don't require a rope climb anymore (mainly due to [[FrivolousLawsuit parents taking legal action if it happens]]).

* In ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Tommy refuses to climb rope in gym class, asking "What's at the top?" Dick asks the same thing when he later talks to the gym teacher, and doesn't understand why anyone should climb the rope when there is nothing at the top.
* ''StillStanding'': Brian had to climb a rope against a wall or get his gym credit in [[EasyModeMockery square dancing]].

* In ''{{Daria}}'', one of Jake Morgendorffer's multiple PTSD moments about his dominating macho father and his miserable childhood involves freezing with fear while halfway up a rope and suffering the consequent scorn of the PE coach ''and'' his father.

* A rare positive example is used in the first book of the ''AlfieTheWerewolf'' series to show how becomming a werewolf has changed Alfie for the better. First he had great trouble climbing the rope, but after becomming a werewolf he is suddenly the best rope climber in his class.

** In "Thursdays with Abie," the scheduled gym activity was rope climbing but the ropes had disappeared, so Coach Krupt made Milhouse mime climbing the ropes.

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* A variation occurs in ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' with the goal being to get to the top of a pole while carrying weights. Mulan slings them around the pole and knots them together.

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