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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In "Wingin' It", when Mime falls out of a plane, the skin on his face comes lose and functions as a parachute. He gets caught in a tree and has to cut off his skin to get free.
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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In "Wingin' It", "[[Recap/HTFWinginIt Wingin' It]]", when Mime falls out of a plane, the skin on his face comes lose and functions as a parachute. He gets caught in a tree and has to cut off his skin to get free.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}'': This happens in the comics, usually involving an evil German soldier who finds our hero in such a helpless state and is about to shoot him, until a third party pulls a BigDamnHeroes.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}'': ''ComicBook/CommandoComics'': This happens in the comics, usually involving an evil German soldier who finds our hero in such a helpless state and is about to shoot him, until a third party pulls a BigDamnHeroes.
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* In ''Film/WakeMeWhenItsOver'', [[spoiler:during the court martial against Gus Brubaker, Captain Stark, having been reassigned to another base to prevent him from testifying, goes AWOL and parachutes down to Shima in order to intervene. His parachute gets caught on a flagpole, leaving him dangling about three feet off the ground. This works in his favor, as Colonel Hollingsworth was geared up to arrest him for going AWOL but technically can't because [[LoopholeAbuse he's not considered AWOL until he touches the ground]].]]
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* ''Film/Deadpool2'': In the scene of X-Force parachuting in the city, Deadpool is the first to reach the ground, his chute getting caught in a billboard. He easily free himself, however, while the rest of the team is nowhere as lucky (except for Domino).
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* ''Film/Deadpool2'': In the scene of X-Force parachuting in the city, Deadpool is the first to reach the ground, his chute getting gets caught in a billboard. He easily free frees himself, however, while the rest of the team is nowhere as lucky (except for Domino).
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* An unlucky wind change in ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' resultes in a skydiver getting his parachute entangled in the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Lucky for him, George is there to swing to the rescue.
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* An unlucky wind change in ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' resultes results in a skydiver getting his parachute entangled in the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Lucky for him, George is there to swing to the rescue.
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* In ''Film/ThatManFromRio'', the hero has to ditch a plane over the Amazon jungle and parachutes down -- getting stuck in a tree and dangling just above a hungry crocodile in the swamp.
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* In ''Film/ThatManFromRio'', the hero has to ditch a plane over the Amazon jungle and parachutes parachute down -- getting stuck in a tree and dangling just above a hungry crocodile in the swamp.
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* ''Literature/FlightOfTheIntruder'': [[spoiler:Jake Grafton]] not only ends up hanging from a tree after ejecting, but has the further indignity to somehow end up hanging from his parachute upside down. Fortunately, he was hanging only a foot or so off the ground.
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* ''Literature/FlightOfTheIntruder'': [[spoiler:Jake Grafton]] not only ends up hanging from a tree after ejecting, ejecting but has the further indignity to of somehow end ending up hanging from his parachute upside down. Fortunately, he was hanging only a foot or so off the ground.
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* In ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' Tim Allen (AsHimself) gets stuck in the tree in Drew's back yard after a failed parachute publicity stunt. Drew doesn't cut him down since the idea of having a celebrity stuck in your tree is funnier than letting him leave.
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* In ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' Tim Allen (AsHimself) gets stuck in the tree in Drew's back yard backyard after a failed parachute publicity stunt. Drew doesn't cut him down since the idea of having a celebrity stuck in your tree is funnier than letting him leave.
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* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII provided a number of examples:
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* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII provided a number of several examples:
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** During D-Day, a paratrooper named John Steele became snagged on the church spire at Sainte-Mère-Église and played dead for two hours before being cut down and taken prisoner by the Germans. This was depicted in the movie ''Film/TheLongestDay'' as listed above. The church still has a monument to him and the other paratroopers, in the form of a statue of a paratrooper dangling from the spire, as well as stained glass windows depicting Virgin Mary and the paratroopers.[[note]][[AGoodNameForARockBand Which also sounds like a great name for a band.]][[/note]]
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** During D-Day, a paratrooper named John Steele became snagged on the church spire at Sainte-Mère-Église and played dead for two hours before being cut down and taken prisoner by the Germans. This Germans; but he managed to escape from their captivity just four hours after capture and rejoined his division later that day. Steele's entrapment was depicted in the movie ''Film/TheLongestDay'' as listed above. The church still has a monument to him and the other paratroopers, in the form of a statue of a paratrooper dangling from the spire, as well as stained glass windows depicting Virgin Mary and the paratroopers.[[note]][[AGoodNameForARockBand Which also sounds like a great name for a band.]][[/note]]
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* ''Series/BeyondParadise2023'': DI Goodman (the main character) is introduced, during the first episode of the series, hanging from a tree by a parachute, after he caused the instructor, who performed the jump with him, to veer off course through sheer clumsiness.
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* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'': While he isn't quite completely stuck, a Russian paratrooper at the beginning of the level Wolverines! has an [[https://youtu.be/BdcNOLmvgwg?t=110 awkward landing on a slanted roof]], preventing him from quickly getting away before he is gunned down by an allied Humvee gunner.
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* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'': While he isn't quite completely stuck, a Russian paratrooper at the beginning of the level Wolverines! has an [[https://youtu.be/BdcNOLmvgwg?t=110 be/BdcNOLmvgwg?t=106 awkward landing on a slanted roof]], preventing him from quickly getting away before he is gunned down by an allied Humvee gunner.
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* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'': While he isn't quite completely stuck, a Russian paratrooper at the beginning of the level Wolverines! has an [[https://youtu.be/BdcNOLmvgwg?t=110 awkward landing on a slanted roof]], preventing him from quickly getting away before he is gunned down by an allied Humvee gunner.
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* In one episode of ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', after moving into a new house, Mike discovers Music/BuddyHolly, still alive and guitar in hand, hanging from a parachute in one of the rooms. He has apparently been there since 1959 (23 yeas at that point). Mike tries to capitalise on the songs Buddy has thought up since then only for the parachute to give way and Holly fall screaming through the floor.
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* In one episode of ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', after moving into a new house, Mike discovers Music/BuddyHolly, still alive and guitar in hand, hanging from a parachute in one of the rooms. He has apparently been there since 1959 (23 yeas years at that point). Mike tries to capitalise on the songs Buddy has thought up since then only for the parachute to give way and Holly fall screaming through the floor.
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* During D-Day, a paratrooper named John Steele became snagged on the church spire at Sainte-Mère-Église and played dead for two hours before being cut down and taken prisoner by the Germans. This was depicted in the movie ''Film/TheLongestDay'' as listed above. The church still has a monument to him and the other paratroopers, in the form of a statue of a paratrooper dangling from the spire, as well as stained glass windows depicting Virgin Mary and the paratroopers.[[note]][[AGoodNameForARockBand Which also sounds like a great name for a band.]][[/note]]
* One history of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships SAS Regiment]] related an anecdote from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, about a trooper who got scattered away from the drop zone due to bad weather and landed in an orchard. Unable to see anything in the dark, and unwilling to risk injuring himself in a fall by cutting himself loose, he patiently waited for dawn, [[{{Irony}} only for first light to reveal his feet were half a foot above the ground]].
* Also during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, when the British Airborne Division was new and still trying to hash out their methods, the top brass were not impressed when half the troops had to be rescued from trees by the local fire brigade after a parachuting demonstration.
* Another example occurred during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII with famed French resistance spy Nancy Wake, whose parachute got tangled in a tree when she landed in the Auvergne province of France. When the resistance leader found her, he remarked, "I hope that all the trees in France bear such beautiful fruit this year." Her response? [[DeadpanSnarker "Don't give me that French shit."]]
* One history of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships SAS Regiment]] related an anecdote from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, about a trooper who got scattered away from the drop zone due to bad weather and landed in an orchard. Unable to see anything in the dark, and unwilling to risk injuring himself in a fall by cutting himself loose, he patiently waited for dawn, [[{{Irony}} only for first light to reveal his feet were half a foot above the ground]].
* Also during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, when the British Airborne Division was new and still trying to hash out their methods, the top brass were not impressed when half the troops had to be rescued from trees by the local fire brigade after a parachuting demonstration.
* Another example occurred during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII with famed French resistance spy Nancy Wake, whose parachute got tangled in a tree when she landed in the Auvergne province of France. When the resistance leader found her, he remarked, "I hope that all the trees in France bear such beautiful fruit this year." Her response? [[DeadpanSnarker "Don't give me that French shit."]]
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* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII provided a number of examples:
** During D-Day, a paratrooper named John Steele became snagged on the church spire at Sainte-Mère-Église and played dead for two hours before being cut down and taken prisoner by the Germans. This was depicted in the movie ''Film/TheLongestDay'' as listed above. The church still has a monument to him and the other paratroopers, in the form of a statue of a paratrooper dangling from the spire, as well as stained glass windows depicting Virgin Mary and the paratroopers.[[note]][[AGoodNameForARockBand Which also sounds like a great name for a band.]][[/note]]
* ** One history of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships SAS Regiment]] related an anecdote from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, about a trooper who got scattered away from the drop zone due to bad weather and landed in an orchard. Unable to see anything in the dark, and unwilling to risk injuring himself in a fall by cutting himself loose, he patiently waited for dawn, [[{{Irony}} only for first light to reveal his feet were half a foot above the ground]].
* Also during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, when ** When the British Airborne Division was new and still trying to hash out their methods, the top brass were not impressed when half the troops had to be rescued from trees by the local fire brigade after a parachuting demonstration.
* ** Another example occurred during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII with famed French resistance spy Nancy Wake, whose parachute got tangled in a tree when she landed in the Auvergne province of France. When the resistance leader found her, he remarked, "I hope that all the trees in France bear such beautiful fruit this year." Her response? [[DeadpanSnarker "Don't give me that French shit."]] "]]
* Postwar, smoke jumpers (paratroop firemen) would carry ropes to let themselves down out of trees (which they would often aim for; getting snagged in a pine isn't bad if you have a face mask and probably softer than whatever open ground is available).
** During D-Day, a paratrooper named John Steele became snagged on the church spire at Sainte-Mère-Église and played dead for two hours before being cut down and taken prisoner by the Germans. This was depicted in the movie ''Film/TheLongestDay'' as listed above. The church still has a monument to him and the other paratroopers, in the form of a statue of a paratrooper dangling from the spire, as well as stained glass windows depicting Virgin Mary and the paratroopers.[[note]][[AGoodNameForARockBand Which also sounds like a great name for a band.]][[/note]]
* Postwar, smoke jumpers (paratroop firemen) would carry ropes to let themselves down out of trees (which they would often aim for; getting snagged in a pine isn't bad if you have a face mask and probably softer than whatever open ground is available).
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* Postwar, smoke jumpers (paratroop firemen) would carry ropes to let themselves down out of trees (which they would often aim for; getting snagged in a pine isn't bad if you have a face mask and probably softer than whatever open ground is available).