History Main / Ramprovisation

* ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'' (aka ''Die Hard 4.0'') has a Ramprovisation so unusual that [[{{Lampshading}} the hacker lead notes how improbable it is.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'', Ted attempts to jump a gorge by making a ramp from a rock and an abandoned board, but the board fails to hold his scooter's weight, sending him hurtling down in to gorge instead.

->''"Man...is only separated from heaven by that which he will not ramp."''

* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': Rock uses a derelict ship to ramp the titular boat, then [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome fire a torpedo directly into an attack helicopter]].

* In ''Manga/VenusWars'', Hiro is being chased by police and surrounded. So he lifts the monobike onto the side of the highway guard rail to make an escape.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' TheMovie, while driving a bus down a broken bridge, Arnold tells Gerald to use a crashed semi-truck as a ramp.

A SubTrope of ThemeParkLandscape. [[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with UseYourHead, which covers improvised ''ramming''. Compare BenevolentArchitecture.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': Lightning [=McQueen=] uses a wrecked competitor during a race.

* Chapter one of ''[[{{Newsflesh}} Feed]]'' ends this way. George uses a hill as an improvised ramp.

* OnceAnEpisode (or more) on ''TheDukesOfHazzard'' as they perform their SloMoBigAir.

* MatthewReilly's books do it every so often. Avoid torpedoes, drive a truck into a fighter plane... He also figured out that the only way to make this trope more awesome is to blow up the improvised ramp behind the vehicle.

* Gwen in ''Ben10UltimateAlien'' makes her own ramp out of Anodite magic.

* Happens in ''HighSchoolOfTheDead''.

* In Kenya Starflight's "StarWars characters are trapped on Earth" story ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1784370/1/Eye_of_the_Storm Eye of the Storm]]'', Darth Vader takes over during a [[ItMakesSenseInContext car chase with stormtroopers]] and uses the Force to pull an under-repair sign across the roadway and use it to ramp over a train, using the Force once more to keep the car stable. It still doesn't handle the landing well, though.

* In the ''HeyArnold'' TheMovie, while driving a bus down a broken bridge, Arnold tells Gerald to use a crashed semi-truck as a ramp.

** ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'': while in a chase with police cars in a parking lot, Bond uses an overturned car as an Improvised Ramp to jump his car to safety. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLj_1Lxs1yE here, 0:10-0:15]].

* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' episode "Mystery Of the Lizard Men'': while escaping enemy agents in the Sargasso Sea, Race Bannon and his pursuers both use an overturned boat as a ramp to jump their boats high in the air. The 2nd time, Race uses it to turn his hydrofoil into a deadly weapon. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLjFWA7nh70 here, at 2:10-2:20 and 4:25-4:30]].

->''Man...is only separated from heaven by that which he will not ramp.''

* ''JonnyQuest'' episode "Mystery Of the Lizard Men'': while escaping enemy agents in the Sargasso Sea, Race Bannon and his pursuers both use an overturned boat as a ramp to jump their boats high in the air. The 2nd time, Race uses it to turn his hydrofoil into a deadly weapon. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLjFWA7nh70 here, at 2:10-2:20 and 4:25-4:30]].

-->--'''Dr [=McNinja=]''', ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''

* In ''WebNovel/TheZombieKnight'', this is easy for Hector, whose power allows him to materialize iron.

* In WebNovel/TheZombieKnight, this is easy for Hector, whose power allows him to materialize iron.

* ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'': while in a chase with police cars in a parking lot, JamesBond uses an overturned car as an Improvised Ramp to jump his car to safety. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLj_1Lxs1yE here, 0:10-0:15]].

* ''Film/{{Speed}}'': a BrokenBridge is used as an improvised ramp (I believe the ''MythBusters'' tried it ... turns out the filmmakers cheated and used CGI).

A SubTrope of ThemeParkLandscape. [[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with UseYourHead, which covers improvised ''ramming''.

* In Kenya Starflight's "StarWars characters are trapped on Earth" story [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1784370/1/Eye_of_the_Storm Eye of the Storm]], Darth Vader takes over during a [[ItMakesSenseInContext car chase with stormtroopers]] and uses the Force to pull an under-repair sign across the roadway and use it to ramp over a train, using the Force once more to keep the car stable. It still doesn't handle the landing well, though.

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* The 2000 remake of ''GoneInSixtySeconds'' used an improvised ramp near the end to bring to a close the big chase scene.

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A character operating a vehicle is in a tight spot; there's [[RoadBlock something blocking the path]], someplace too high and/or far to reach, etc. What to do? Look for something that would be remotely be used as a ramp, or just build one, to perform a RampJump.

* ''LiveFreeOrDieHard'' (aka ''Die Hard 4.0'') has a Ramprovisation so unusual that [[{{Lampshading}} the hacker lead notes how improbable it is.]]