History Main / WallJump

* [[SuperMarioBros Mario]] in every Mario game since ''Super Mario 64''. Luigi wasn't that lucky.
** Luigi does get it in ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'', though.
** ''Mario 64 DS'', released before NSMB, made the Wall Jump easier to pull off, as Mario will slide down the wall instead of bouncing his head off it.
*** That quirk actually first showed up in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''.

* [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Ryoko]] [[FunSize Achakura]] attempts this in [[HaruhiChan Haruhi-chan]] 10.

** Starting with ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', Sonic can use a more traditional WallJump, complete with a Mario Galaxy-esque slide down. Though the Xbox 360/Playstation 3 version requires getting the Wall Jump Shoes to use it, the NintendoWii/Playstation 2 version and every other 3D game afterwards has it available from the start. In ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', it can only be done by Modern Sonic, and only from certain surfaces.

*** Squirtle, Lucario, Diddy Kong, and Sheik also have the ability to stick to walls.

*** Squirtle, Diddy Kong, and Sheik also have the ability to stick to walls.

* In the ''GhostInTheShell'' PS2 game, the major difference in play styles between the two characters is that Major Kusanagi can wall jump, up to twice, and Batou can't.

* ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''. The Major is doing a training exercise with some rookies. She evades their surveillance by entering a public bathroom, opening its two-foot-by-two-foot window, and... 0_0 ...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA1ij7QpbKY Just see for yourself]]..
* ''GunslingerGirl''. Cyborg girl Petra does this during the Turin Nuclear Plant assault.

* Buster has this ability in ''Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure'' for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.

* Almost every video game incarnation of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', starting with the first NES game and the GameBoy version of ''Return of the Joker''.

* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon'', this was one of the after-{{Boss}} power-ups you got, each one being some kind of physical ability (mostly), that [[MetroidVania helped you advance]].

* In ''GianaSistersTwistedDreams'', Giana can do this, albeit only in certain walls.

* ''CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' (although it demonstrates that Chinese People Can Fly, so partially [[JustifiedTrope justified]].)

* Samus in ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''. Apparently, the ability was taught to her in ''Super Metroid'' by some creatures she found in the caves, but she could use it since the beginning. In ''Metroid: Zero Mission''l she even keeps this ability when she doesn't have her Power suit.

* Lara Croft can do this in ''TombRaider: Underworld''.

* [[RedBaron Super Karate Goal Keeper]] [[CaptainTsubasa Ken Wakashimazu]] has a triangle jump ability that he jump-kicks a goal post to launch himself further in the air.

* In the first ''MassEffect'', several types of [[MechaMook geth]] units (Ghosts, Hoppers, and Sappers) can do this.

* ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''. The Major is doing a training exercise with some rookies. She evades their surveillance by opening a small toilet window and jumping up the sides of two skyscrapers onto the roof.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'', this is one of the Flowmotion actions you'll probably be using the most. It's also possible to scale a wall by repeatedly wall jumping up it, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' style.

* Almost every video game incarnation of ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'', starting with the first NES game and the GameBoy version of ''Return of the Joker''.

* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon'', this was one of the after-{{Boss}} power-ups you got, each one being some kind of physical ability (mostly), that [[MetroidVania helped you advance]]
* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' as the wall jump and the wall run as staples of Faith's movement abilities. However, you can only wall jump or wall run once.

* ''VideoGame/TotalOverdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico'' Most of Ram's best-scoring gun kills come from springing off a wall, either by jumping into it and flipping back, or walking sideways up it and wheeling in air. Slow-mo is even slower during these moves, giving a higher rate of fire and more time to headshot more skulls. "King of the Wall!"

** This ability likely originated in the earlier 2D SuperMarioBros games due to glitchy collision checking. If Mario approaches a wall when his vertical position is just right, he will momentarily land on it, and with quick reflexes one can jump from it before starting to fall again (due to wall ejection, which is the standard way most 2D games use to compensate for cheap collision checking). They intentionally added it in 3D, and made it much easier.

* Samus in ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''. Apparently the ability was taught to her in ''Super Metroid'' by some creatures she found in the caves, but she could use it since the beginning. In ''Metroid: Zero Mission'' she even keeps this ability when she doesn't have her Power suit.

** ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' have the Triangle Jump, where Sonic, Shadow and Espio have the ability to cling to a wall and use that to jump forward from wall to wall.

* In Heavy Iron games of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' games you can wall jump in very single game as Spongebob.

* Toad Man, example of an enemy of having this ability, abuses it in ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity''.

* In [[VideoGame/MeatBoy Super Meat Boy]], you have so much [[JumpPhysics aircontrol]], that you can walljump on just one wall. Meat Boy can even jump higher from a wall than from the floor. The designers justified it by saying that he is "push with is legs AND his arms".

* ''VideoGame/MonsterGirlQuest'' has the Demon Skull Beheading technique. The technique is originally used by monsters that can jump very high to perform [[DeathFromAbove a downward jump cut on an enemy's head]]. The protagonist, Luka, is a normal human, so he need to do a jump-kick on a wall or other environments to make his jump high enough. That's to say, the move is totally unusable if Luka's fighting in a wide open area.

* [[RedBaron Super Karate Goal Keeper]] [[CaptainTsubasa Ken Wakashimazu]] has a triangle jump ability that he jump-kick a goal post to launch himself further in the air.

* Ninjette and other ninjas from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' can do this. Now if this comic is ever made into a videogame...

* In ''Manhwa/TheBreaker'', a martial artist attempts this to in order to run away from [[spoiler: Chun Woo]] who's out to kill him. Not that it works...

* Australian Rules Football has the "Special" - where you literally WallJump [[RugbyIsSlaughter off another player]] to catch the ball.

* Cats given their natural agility and speed will do this when they feel the need. Or when they're chasing a laser pen.