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* At one point the Batmobile gets stolen while parked. When Franchise/{{Batman}} and Robin in turn take the crook's car to follow it Tim starts crawling out the window in order to jack back the Batmobile mid chase. When Bruce tries to stop him Tim points out he's ''actually trained for this'' and wonders what the point was if he never gets to actually use his training, then successfully gets the Batmobile back.

* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Tim tries jumping from one car onto a speeding stolen semi with the intent to steal it back at speed in order to minimize property damage. When the crook starts shooting at him while he's clinging to the outside of the cab he decides to disable the thing in order to bring the criminal in instead.

* Action Hijacking is an oft-used mechanic in ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs2012''. Wei Shen can jump from his vehicle (except scooters) to any other 4-wheeled vehicle that's on the driver's side and moving in the same general direction.

* Action Hijacking is an oft-used mechanic in ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs''. Wei Shen can jump from his vehicle (except scooters) to any other 4-wheeled vehicle that's on the driver's side and moving in the same general direction.

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* In ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance'' #9, Sable jumps from [[HeroStoleMyBike his stolen motorcycle]] on to the back of the truck carrying [[EmptyQuiver the stolen nuke]].

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* In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', Indy hijacks the truck carrying TheArkOfTheCovenant from horseback, [[CarFu then uses it to bust up the rest of the convoy]].
* In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Leia gets her speeder bike up next to a scout trooper so Luke, riding second seat, can hop to the other bike and throw the unfortunate {{mook}} off.
* ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid''. The Sundance Kid jumps down from a nearby hill onto the top of a moving train, then runs along the top to the engine and makes the train crew stop it at gunpoint.
* Matt Helm movie ''Film/TheWreckingCrew''. After using a ploy to slow it down, eight of Count Contini's men climb aboard a moving train, kill the guards and hijack its cargo: a billion dollars in gold.
* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'':
** One of the most badass examples in film history is a scene in which the T-1000 (the evil one) rams his tanker into the rear of the good guys' pickup truck and the T-800 (Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger) responds by grabbing an assault rifle, walking from the back of the pickup to the front of the tanker, shoots the T-1000 through the glass, grabs the wheel from the outside and makes it turn on its side and then rides the top of the sliding truck until it comes to a stop.
** A bit earlier, the T-1000 rides its motorcycle out through the window of a building and takes over a police helicopter while it's in the air.

* Joy does this to stop the truck getting away at the end of ''Film/BangkokKnockout'': climbing along the top of the truck, and swinging through the cab window to knockout the driver, so she can bring the truck to a stop.
* ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'': During the battle with the Japanese troops, Tae-goo leaps from his motorcycle into a jeep which he immediately commandeers. The soldier who jumps from the jeep to the motorcycle is less lucky, as the bike immediately crashes.
* In ''Film/TheTournament'', Bogart leaps from an overpass onto the top of a moving bus, and then smashes through the back window to get inside and fight Lai Lai.
* In ''Film/FairGame'', Ringo jumps from the Beast onto Jessica's ute, then clambers over the top and onto Sparks' truck while all three vehicles are in motion.
* In ''Film/{{Speed}}'', Jack must use this method to board a bus wired to explode if it drops below 50 mph. Interestingly, this was Plan B, after he fails to get on the bus ''before'' it reaches the crucial speed. Unlike most other examples, Jack is able to warn the driver about the bomb so the driver helps out as much as he can by keeping the door open and keeping the bus' speed constant to make it easier for Jack to get on board.
* In ''Film/DeadAgainInTombstone'', Boomer's men capture the stagecoach by galloping up to it on horse, jumping aboard, and battling the stage crew.

* In ''Film/ThirteenWomen'', Sgt. Clive has to jump from the police car on to the running board of Laura's driverless limousine.

* In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', Harley wears roller skates and gets towed behind Huntress' motorbike before being launched onto a car full of {{mook}}s to wreak havoc. Shortly afterwards, they repeat the trick with Huntress using her bike to whip Harley forward to catch hold of Black Mask's Roll-Royce.

* In ''Film/MadMax'', Toecutter's gang are shown jumping onto the back of a fuel tanker as it's driving past and syphoning out the fuel.
* ''Film/BetYourLife'': When Sonny steals a truck full of fuel drums, Joseph jumps on to the back, and then climbs across the top of the load before sticking his gun through the driver's window.

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Parker attempts to rob an armoured car while it is motion in "The First David Job". It would have actually worked if [[spoiler: Sterling hadn't known she was coming.]]

* While not explicitly given rules in the sourcebook, lots of promotional art and related fiction for ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' describes hijacking [[CoolAirship airships]], or the [[{{Magitek}} Lightning Rail]]. It's also one of the encounters in the published adventure, "Voyage of the Golden Dragon".

* The ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' games, starting with ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'', allow Horse-jacking, either when you're leaping from above or from a horse of your own. Cart-jacking is done too, in a few sequences.
* ''VideoGame/JustCause'' runs wild with this, because Rico's GrapplingHookPistol lets him get onto pretty much any vehicle with ease and then steal it with equal ease. Stealing helicopters is a favorite trick for many players, partly because it's less dangerous than trying to fight them from the ground and partly for the many benefits of having a flying gunship.
* This is possible in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series starting in [[VideoGame/Halo2 the second game]]. Enemies can hijack your vehicles in single-player, and there's a medal for doing it to another player during a multiplayer game. If the vehicle is moving at speed, you do have to be careful not to get run over attempting this. Spartan-[=IIs=] can also hijack enemy vehicles in ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' and ''VideoGame/HaloWars2''.

* This is a bonus-point granting activity in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird''.
* In ''Videogame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'', while being chased on horseback by [[ItMakesSenseInContext lesser werewolves riding hulking wargs]], Gabriel can leap from his horse onto the back of the warg, kill first the rider, then its mount, and then leap right back onto his horse without missing a beat.
* Par for the course in ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}''. Once Alex Mercer [[CannibalismSuperpower eats enough tankers and pilots]] he [[GeneticMemory gains their skills in driving tanks and flying helicopters]], whereupon he can fling himself at high speed onto a tank or a helicopter even if they're in the middle of traveling by or attacking him, instantly and gruesomely [[ImAHumanitarian consume everyone inside]], and then turn the vehicle on its former owners.
* Among other additions of ''VideoGame/FarCry4'', one of the available takedowns that the player can purchase is the "vehicular takedown", which is this. One DLC mission revolving around Hurk and [[Film/{{Speed}} a truck with a bomb that will trigger if it slows down too much]] outright requires you to use this to take control of the truck without detonating it. Another story mission has a unique animation for if you manage it on [[spoiler:what turns out to be Pagan Min's body double]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrOIgxQ--Tc Possible, if VERY difficult,]] in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}''. You can hijack enemy aircraft by jumping out from your own jet, shooting the pilot in the head and then enter the enemy jet mid-air. [[OutsideTheBoxTactic Notable due to not being a trick intended by it's creators, unlike most video-game examples.]]
* The ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' series features this in their signature convoy chase scenes, starting with ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves''. ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' adds a grappling hook into the mix, allowing Nate to drag behind a larger enemy truck without missing a beat in the action.
* ''VideoGame/PursuitForce'' and its sequel, ''Extreme Justice'', allow you to leap speeding cars or boats (whether those vehicle belongs to gang members or ordinary citizens) and take over. When jacking a car belonging to the gang members, you have to shoot and kill every last gang member as they try to shoot you out of their car. You could jack motorcycles and if it belongs to a gang member, you push the original driver out of the bike without too much resistance.
* The ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'' mission "Violence and Timing" focuses heavily on this after the first half, where you fall out of a chopper and are required to take control of the nearest vehicle to continue chasing down a kidnapped ally.

This trick has long been a staple of action movies of all types, and not just ones where gas-powered vehicles are common. Horse-jacking or carriage-jacking are fair game for action movie period pieces, and stealing a {{Phlebotinum}}-fueled FlyingCar is remarkably similar to stealing a rolling one.

* TheBerserker of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' does this on a ''still-airborne'' F-15 Jet in order to engage a dogfight with Gilgamesh in his nuclear-powered Babylonian spaceship. And by hijacking, we mean "climbing ''on top of the jet'' and piloting it from there without even getting into the cockpit." His magic drastically enhances the jet's speed, causing the helpless pilot to be [[LudicrousGibs reduced to pulp]] from the G-forces.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': During the Rainbow Road sequence, Mario's kart gets blown up by the Koopa Captain, forcing him to jump off it. He gets a hold of a Koopa Troopa riding a bike, and uses him to get near another whose kart he steals and continues to drive for a while.

* Among other additions of ''VideoGame/FarCry4'', one of the available takedowns that the player can purchase is the "vehicular takedown", which is this.

* This was commonplace in [[WoodenShipsAndIronMen Age of Sail]] maritime warfare.

* At one point the Batmobile gets stolen while parked. When Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] in turn take the crook's car to follow it Tim starts crawling out the window in order to jack back the Batmobile mid chase. When Bruce tries to stop him Tim points out he's ''actually trained for this'' and wonders what the point was if he never gets to actually use his training, then successfully gets the Batmobile back.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' tried experimenting with the new engine to create some unusual hijacks. The first Mike Toreno mission involved speeding alongside a fuel truck so your sidekick, Caesar, can leap into the cab and yank out the driver. Ouch. A later mission involves ''flying'' beside a private jet and then bailing out of the plane, whereupon CJ grabs hold of the entry hatch and hijacks the jet in mid-air.

* In ''Videogame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'', while being chased on horseback by [[ItMakesSenseInContext lesser werewolves riding hulking wargs]], Gabriel can leap from his horse onto the back of the warg, kill first the rider, then its mount, and then [[UpToEleven leap right back onto his horse without missing a beat.]] 

* In ''Film/{{Speed}}'', Jack must use this method to board a bus wired to explode if it drops below 50 mph. Interestingly, this was Plan B, after he fails to get on the bus ''before'' it reaches the crucial speed.

* This is possible in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series starting in [[VideoGame/Halo2 the second game]]. Enemies can hijack your vehicles in single-player, and there's a medal for doing it to another player during a multiplayer game. Spartan-[=IIs=] can also hijack enemy vehicles in ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' and ''VideoGame/HaloWars2''.