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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': While certainly played for drama Ana failing to catch Toby and Stockyard is darkly humorous. Unbeknownst to her Stockyard had just murdered Toby and her attempts to catch them got Stockyard decapitated, ensuring she accidentally got revenge for her lover.
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A type of BaitAndSwitchCompassion. May result in an ImpactSilhouette where they land. Compare BarelyMissedCushion for another way a character can miss a supposedly safe landing. Contrast FallingIntoHisArms and CatchAFallingStar, dramatic and successful catches.
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A type of BaitAndSwitchCompassion. May result in an ImpactSilhouette where they land. Often happens when someone dives into a crowd for attempted CrowdSurfing. Compare BarelyMissedCushion for another way a character can miss a supposedly safe landing. Contrast FallingIntoHisArms and CatchAFallingStar, dramatic and successful catches.
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* ''Literature/ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest'': In one scene, Kaori is falling out of the sky and screams for Hajime to catch her. He snorts in derision and side-steps, making her comically hit the ground.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': In "Virtual Freak", Freakazoid is picked up by a pterodactyl and dropped. [[RunningGag Several times]]. Each time, he screams for Cosgrove to catch him, but Cosgrove ignores him for some reason.
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A classic comedy trope common in cartoons, where a character moves out of the way just as another falls from above and watches as the falling character [[AmusingInjuries humorously crashes into the ground]]. Generally, comes in two variations.
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A classic {{slapstick}} comedy trope common in cartoons, where a character moves out of the way just as another falls from above and watches as the falling character [[AmusingInjuries humorously crashes into the ground]]. Generally, comes in two variations.
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May result in an ImpactSilhouette where they land. Compare BarelyMissedCushion for another way a character can miss a supposedly safe landing.
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A type of BaitAndSwitchCompassion. May result in an ImpactSilhouette where they land. Compare BarelyMissedCushion for another way a character can miss a supposedly safe landing.
landing. Contrast FallingIntoHisArms and CatchAFallingStar, dramatic and successful catches.
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May result in an ImpactSilhouette where they land. Compare BarelyMissedCushion for another way a character can miss a supposedly safe landing.
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* WesternAnimation/VanBeurenStudios' ''Tom and Jerry'': In "A Fireman's Life", the boys have a FiremansSafetyNet ready for a man trapped in a burning building. He jumps...and they leap out of the way, deciding to catch the female resident instead.
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* WesternAnimation/VanBeurenStudios' Creator/VanBeurenStudios' ''Tom and Jerry'': In "A Fireman's Life", the boys have a FiremansSafetyNet ready for a man trapped in a burning building. He jumps...and they leap out of the way, deciding to catch the female resident instead.
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* WesternAnimation/VanBeurenStudios' ''Tom and Jerry'': In "A Fireman's Life", the boys have a FiremansSafetyNet ready for a man trapped in a burning building. He jumps...and they leap out of the way, deciding to catch the female resident instead.
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* ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'' had a scene where everyone looks up, Gourry pushes Amelia and Sylphiel aside, then (still looking up) steps to the other side and Lina falls headfirst between them.
** An amusing inversion was done with Filia in her human form under an impending cave-in. Xellos, [[NobleDemon as a proper gentleman]], grabs her and [[VillainTeleportation teleports]] to safety. Filia is fine until she realizes ''[[TheDreaded who]]'' holds her and freaks out. Xellos, like a proper gentleman, immediately releases her -- to a long, screaming fall [[LivingCrashpad on top of an enemy]] too beaten up to stand.
** An amusing inversion was done with Filia in her human form under an impending cave-in. Xellos, [[NobleDemon as a proper gentleman]], grabs her and [[VillainTeleportation teleports]] to safety. Filia is fine until she realizes ''[[TheDreaded who]]'' holds her and freaks out. Xellos, like a proper gentleman, immediately releases her -- to a long, screaming fall [[LivingCrashpad on top of an enemy]] too beaten up to stand.
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* ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'' had ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'':
** The anime has a scene where everyone looks up, Gourry pushes Amelia and Sylphiel aside, then (still looking up) steps to the other side and Lina falls headfirst between them.
** An amusing inversionwas is done with Filia in her human form under an impending cave-in. Xellos, [[NobleDemon as a proper gentleman]], grabs her and [[VillainTeleportation teleports]] to safety. Filia is fine until she realizes ''[[TheDreaded who]]'' holds her and freaks out. Xellos, like a proper gentleman, immediately releases her -- to a long, screaming fall [[LivingCrashpad on top of an enemy]] too beaten up to stand.
** The anime has a scene where everyone looks up, Gourry pushes Amelia and Sylphiel aside, then (still looking up) steps to the other side and Lina falls headfirst between them.
** An amusing inversion
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* Page quote comes from WesternAnimation/ScrewySquirrel's first appearance in "WesternAnimation/ScrewballSquirrel", where it's played straight and then played with - the first time Screwy pretends to be catching Meathead Dog and pulls the net away at the last second. The second time, Screwy gets so caught up in pretending to catch the dog that he actually falls off a cliff himself, and Meathead (somehow) catches ''him.'' [[JerkAss Screwy thanks him]] [[UngratefulBastard with a dozen blows to the head.]]
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* Page quote comes from WesternAnimation/ScrewySquirrel's first appearance in "WesternAnimation/ScrewballSquirrel", "WesternAnimation/ScrewballSquirrel1944", where it's played straight and then played with - the first time Screwy pretends to be catching Meathead Dog and pulls the net away at the last second. The second time, Screwy gets so caught up in pretending to catch the dog that he actually falls off a cliff himself, and Meathead (somehow) catches ''him.'' [[JerkAss Screwy thanks him]] [[UngratefulBastard with a dozen blows to the head.]]
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* ''Series/TheEternalLove'': Xiao Tan falls off a roof while Lian Cheng is below her. Not only does he not catch her, he deliberately steps back so she doesn't [[CrashIntoHello land on him]]. Xiao Tan is not amused.
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* ''Series/TheEternalLove'': Xiao Tan falls off a roof while Lian Cheng is below her. Not only does he not catch her, he deliberately steps back so she doesn't [[CrashIntoHello land on him]]. Xiao Tan is not amused.
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* One of the Romance interactions in ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' is "Leap Into Arms". The object of the leaper's affection will catch him/her is the mutual relationship score is high. If it's one-sided, though... *thud*.
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* One of the Romance interactions in ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' is "Leap Into Arms". The object of the leaper's affection will catch him/her is them if the mutual relationship score is high. If it's one-sided, though... *thud*.(''thud'').
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* Zig-zag on ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': In "Operation Anvil," Dastardly is plummeting to the ground and offers Muttley a medal if he catches him. Dastardly bounces off the ground and ''then'' lands on the bed mattress Muttley hurriedly brought. "You'll get no medal for catching me on the bounce," Dastardly edicts, so Muttley yanks the mattress from under Dastardly.
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* Happens twice in a [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle Super Chicken segment]], both times the villain jumps out of a plane intending to land on his horse, only for the horse to move away at the last second. The second time the horse also dodges Super Chicken's sidekick Fred when he is falling.
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* Happens twice three times in a [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle Super Chicken segment]], both times each time the villain jumps out of a plane intending to land on his horse, only for the horse to move away at the last second. The second third time the horse also dodges Super Chicken's sidekick Fred when he is falling.
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* Happens twice in a [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle Super Chicken segment]], both times the villain jumps out of a plane intending to land on his horse, only for the horse to move away at the last second. The second time the horse also dodges Super Chicken's sidekick Fred when he is falling.
