History Main / ParasolParachute

* In ''[[VideoGame/TamagotchiPartyOn Tamagotchi: Party On!]]'', one of the possible games you play upon landing on a Gotchi Game space has you pressing a specific at just the right time to make a falling Tamagotchi open an umbrella they're holding and use it as a parachute.

* ''Series/BrainiacScienceAbuse'' once did this along with attempting other makeshift parachutes.
* ''Series/MythBusters'' tested it. The best thing that can be said about trying this is that it makes you less likely to fall on your head, and more likely to land feet-first, injuring your legs instead of your brain.

* ''VideoGame/AliceInWonderland'', released in 1985 for the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}}. Though most plummeting descents would leave Alice stunned on her ass with her bloomers in the air, with the parasol she could guide her descent to reach ledges she otherwise couldn't. Alternating this with the top hat, which allowed her to float up in the same way, she could reach a lot of hidden characters, treasures, and {{Easter Egg}}s.

* The protagonist of the UsefulNotes/BBCMicro game ''VideoGame/{{Boffin}}'' used his umbrella to slow falls.

* An ancient UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' ripoff named ''Monkey Biznes'' used this, making it OlderThanTheNes.

* In ''[[Advertising/McDonaldLand Ronald]] in the Magical World'' for the UsefulNotes/GameGear, Ronald collects [[BigBad Mr. Joke]]'s magical stick in the game's opening cutscene, and one of the things it can do is turn itself into a parasol. Ronald can use this parasol to make slow descents, and in the final world, [[BigFancyCastle Magical Castle]], Ronald can use this on the fans to propel him up to the top floor of Mr. Joke's castle.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Dr. Henry Killinger uses his umbrella to float away like Mary Poppins. However [[spoiler:a]] Hank Venture is shown trying the same from the roof of the Venture compound [[spoiler:and plummeting to his death]].

** ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach''.

* ''VideoGame/DodgeThePrank'': Used by the girl if equipped to her by the player after the prankster stretched the bottom of her trampoline while she was trying to rescue a cat.

* An early WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}} had WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse try this. The umbrella went inside out after a few seconds, causing [[ParachutePetticoat her skirt to puff out instead and slow her fall]].
** Another classic short had Minnie Mouse jump out of a plane & she pulls a string deploying her bloomers.

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Meet the Pegasus'': After he gets launched into the sky and knocks the wings off Prince Pegasus, Wolffy quickly grabs a parasol to ease his fall, making the joke that "The first beauty secret is to keep away from UV rays!" as he does so.

* Near the climax of the ''Film/InspectorGadget'' movie, Gadget and his love interest are plummeting from the top of a skyscraper, so he begins shouting out every possible gadget he can think of that might slow their fall or soften their landing (after he tries "parachute" he glances up for a second because it's actually plausible), eventually trying "parasol", which works. The parachute does open - after they've landed, providing only privacy for an intimate moment.
* ''Film/MaryPoppins'' - Mary P could ''propel herself upwards'' with one, as well, with help from the West Wind.

* Many ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games feature the parasol as an available power, which lets Kirby use it to float like this (even if it is kind of pointless since he can fly).
** [[RuleOfCute But it IS absolutely adorable.]]\

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': When more powerful monsters first approach John's house, one of the imps who had been bothering him up until that point quickly absconds by jumping over the side of the roof while using an umbrella as a makeshift parachute.

** [[RuleOfCute But it IS absolutely adorable.]]

* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': Blanca enchants Xuan's umbrella to be capable of {{Flight}} and they share it as they have a FlightOfRomance sequence, complete with an AccidentalHandHold moment as they both clutch it.

** In ''[[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester and Tweety]] in Cagey Capers'', one of the items that Sylvester can use is the umbrella, which allows him to make slow descents.

* Improbably used by British WWII soldier Percy Pinkerton in ''Comicbook/HowlingCommandos''.

* The Penguin has one of these in the ''[[VideoGame/LegoAdaptationGame Lego Batman]]'' game, which can also be used as a weapon.

* WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch are in town on their [[ItMakesSenseInContext invisible motorcycle]] with Peevly and Botch chasing them. The keepers crash out their jeep into a street vendor hot dog stand. Peevly is jettisoned up into the air and floats to Earth using the stand's umbrella. From the episode "Rare Bear Bungle."