History Main / StandardHollywoodStrafingProcedure

* Actual footage of more recent strafing attacks:
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ-pdvirHDQ A-10 strafing a Taliban position]] (With some oddly MildlyMilitary commentary)

* In ''StarTrekInsurrection'' the Son'a do a number on the peaceful Ba'ku village using this trope in combination with teleporting drones. All that's missing is a [[EmpathyDollShot dropped teddy bear]].

* The ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Shore Leave". While on a planet where anything you think of becomes real, a crewman thinks about a fighter plane on a strafing run, and one appears.

* JamesBond
** In ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', Bond is strafed by a pursuing helicopter while driving his Lotus Esprit. On [=YouTube=] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJUQkAQ1yg at 1:25]].

* MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi uses this trope straight for purposes of parody. Sashi ends up getting strafed by a bi-plane in an episode where he's trapped in a world filled with nothing but Hollywood movie references and cliches.

In RealLife, YourMileageMayVary, as the type of target, the aircraft type, the pilot's experience, and nearby defenses or other targets (such as civilians) in the area, can all come into play.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. One of the Nazi fighter planes does this to Indy and his father as they're escaping by car.

* Soviet Yak fighters in ''CommandAndConquer: Red Alert'' attacked like this. Players eventually learned to just target a spot right ''behind'' the target, so the Yak did more damage while "walking" its shots at it.

* In TheFilmOfTheSeries of ''Series/TheAvengers'', the flying insect robots sent by Sir August strafe Steed and Mrs. Peel as they're driving in a car.

* ''NorthByNorthwest'' may be the TropeMaker here. To be fair, it's not an attack plane, but a regular plane with a passenger wielding a gun.

Undoubtedly, one reason movies portrayed strafing unrealistically was because it was easier. Set off a couple of lines of small charges in the sand running toward the target. Simple and straightforward. The audience cannot fail to get the point.

** In ''LiveAndLetDie'' he's strafed by a helicopter while hiding in the poppy fields under the net.

* For ''{{Film/Transformers}}'', Michael Bey, famous for his love of U.S. military hardware and blowin' stuff up, strangely chose the less-awesome Hollywood version of an A-10 strafing run in, with their Avenger guns making the "lines of little thwippy poofs" effect and sounding like machine guns. Compare the link under "Real Life," where an Avenger burst makes it look like you and everything within a few dozen yards got blasted by God's shotgun, followed by the sound of Him farting in your general direction.

* MichealBey, famous for his love of U.S. military hardware and blowin' stuff up, strangely chose the less-awesome Hollywood version of an A-10 strafing run in ''Film/Transformers'', with their Avenger guns making the "lines of little thwippy poofs" effect and sounding like machine guns. Compare the link under "Real Life," where an Avenger burst makes it look like you and everything within a few dozen yards got blasted by God's shotgun, followed by the sound of Him farting in your general direction.

* In ''TheAvengers'', the flying insect robots sent by Sir August strafe Steed and Mrs. Peel as they're driving in a car.

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In RealLife, YourMileageMayVary, as the type of target, the aircraft type, the pilot's experience, and nearby defenses or other tagrets (such as civilians) in the area, can all come into play.

Strafing is the act of attacking surface targets from the air with something other than [[WeaponOfMassDestruction bombs]], [[MisguidedMissile guided missiles]] or a [[WaveMotionGun long, continuous energy blast]]. One might think that a bullet fired from an aircraft at a target on the ground, if it misses (which would likely be the case, unless the pilot was a good shot, the target was rather large, etc.), would likely strike the ground well behind the target.

* MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi plays this trope straight for comedic purposes. Sashi ends up getting strafed by a bi-plane in an episode where he's trapped in a world filled with nothing but Hollywood movie references and cliches.

* The ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode, "Shore Leave". While on a planet where anything you think of becomes real, a crewman thinks about a fighter plane on a strafing run, and one appears.

One last thing: if the strafers are [[CardCarryingVillain Eeeeeevil]], the probability of one of the strafees being [[EmpathyDollShot an adorable little tyke who drops a frigging teddy bear]] approaches 100%.

* In ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', JamesBond is strafed by a pursuing helicopter while driving his Lotus Esprit. On [=YouTube=] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJUQkAQ1yg at 1:25]].