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10	[[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/SpiderMan https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/building_swing.jpg]]]]
11	[[caption-width-right:350:I'd say that looks more like cord than thread.]]
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13	->''"He flies through the air with the greatest of ease..."''
14	-->-- ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''
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16	A common means of travel for a non-flying SuperHero. It's [[NotQuiteFlight almost as cool as flying]], and there's no need to have any supernatural powers at all, just action-oriented plot powers and a strong stomach. Just leap, grapple, release, repeat. [[WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle Watch out for that tree! BOOM]]
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18	All you really need is something to swing on, and something it can hang from. (And sometimes, it doesn't even need that!)
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20	Most times, the swinging is accomplished by use of some type of PlotTechnology GrapplingHookPistol, that is somehow able to pull the weight of the hero (and often a passenger), and store an [[VariableLengthChain implausibly long cord]] (usually a very thin one for how much weight it holds). See also InstantKnots.
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22	Often, the swinging violates laws of physics that are [[BellisariosMaxim better left alone]]. It's hard to do realistically in live action and is not often used there. (The '70s [[Series/SpiderManJapan Japanese live-action version]] of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' made very limited use of web-swinging, relying more on a flying car and a [[HumongousMecha giant robot]]/spaceship.) For a similar conveyance technique used more often in {{Anime}}, see RoofHopping. If you are looking for the traditional ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' approach to jungle navigation, see VineSwing. Common in the toolbox of a SpiderManSendUp. Compare FastRoping.
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24	The ''technology'', if not the skill, behind grapple-and-swing maneuvers was partially busted (and partially confirmed) by the Series/MythBusters in 2007.
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27	!!Examples:
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31	[[folder:Advertising]]
32	* A [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Y0L5Z-KwU Dr. Pepper ad]] for ''Film/SpiderMan2'' spoofs the web slinging by having a kid climb up a building and try to imitate Spidey by swinging across to another building with his own improvised grappling hook -- he doesn't factor in Spidey's abilities that make the swinging work, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and he ends up smashing face first into the nearby building.]]
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35	[[folder:Animation]]
36	* Geko from ''Animation/AachiAndSsipak'' uses a grappling hook to swing around buildings while blowing the crap out of an army of {{Mooks}}.
37	* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', protagonist superhero Ladybug uses her spotted yo-yo to grapple from building to building and travel around Paris.
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40	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
41	* The 3D Maneuver Gear from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' provides this as a standard ability for soldiers in the setting. It consists of an elaborate harness with large housings for the retractable cables and cans of compressed gas to both launch them and provide forward momentum via a jet valve on the back. Both natural talent and specialized training are necessary to use them properly. Slightly more {{justified\|Trope}} than many examples as the gear is the only way the humans can effectively fight the titular Titans.
42	* ''Literature/BofuriIDontWantToGetHurtSoIllMaxOutMyDefense'': Fitting with her high agility playstyle, Sally gets a web swinging skill during the 6th event.
43	* Hei of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' pulls one or two of these with his snap hooks (along with using them to catch victims in an electric garrote) as well.
44	* Several of the mercenaries in ''Manga/DesertPunk'' have sort of pulley/grappling hook back packs that allow them to do this.
45	* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Palmon's Poison Ivy can be used in this manner, allowing her (and others) to swing around from one place to another.
46	* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Wormmon uses his string shot to swing around within the Digimon Kaiser's flying fortress, once he starts acting independent from his human partner in order to save him from his madness.
47	* The Tachikomas in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' have artificial spider silk shooters that let them do this.
48	* Kuroh in ''Anime/{{K}}'' does this with his glittery purple plasma-like Colorless Aura powers (yes, the Colorless clan's powers look purple. There's a Silver Clan and a Grey Clan, but no Purple Clan, so that's probably why).
49	* Teana of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', lacking the [[{{Flight}} ability]], [[NotQuiteFlight or an alternate way]], to fly, has to resort to this using the [[GrapplingHookPistol Anchor Shot]] function of [[EmpathicWeapon Cross Mirage]].
50	* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'', Norris Packard does a little swinging in his [[HumongousMecha Gouf]] using the dozens of enemy aircraft bombing his base.
51	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
52	** Sero can do this thanks to his Quirk: Tape, which allows him to shoot tape from his elbows in a similar vein to ComicBook/SpiderMan and his webs.
53	** Similarly, Midoriya can do the same after he unlocks and learns to control the Quirk: Blackwhip, one of the powers absorbed from the previous users of [[SuperEmpowering One For All]].
54	* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', this is just one of the many tricks Makie can do with her gymnastics ribbon.
55	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
56	** During the Water 7 Arc, Luffy uses his rubber arms to swing around Water 7 after the Straw Hats are accused of trying to murder Iceberg. Nami, carried under his free arm, isn't a big fan.
57	** Doflamingo is capable of doing this with his Devil Fruit power, the String-String Fruit, which essentially turns him into Spider-Man, although the strings he shoots from his body are so thin that they're basically invisible most of the time. He uses it not on just buildings, but also on ''clouds'' as well, which allows him to swing from cloud to cloud and traverse over the ocean extremely fast.
58	* Mami in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' demonstrates this ability using her ribbons.
59	* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Kodachi [[InstantKnots snags]] female Ranma by the neck with her gymnastics ribbon and pulls her up to the top of the gymnasium (a height of at least three stories) so that she'd fall into the wreck of the combat arena. Ranma quickly tosses the end of the ribbon towards the lighting at the top of the building and manages to swing to safety, without injury.
60	* In Episode 11 of ''Anime/SK8TheInfinity'', Adam swings across the abandoned factory on a makeshift zipper like he's Tarzan to try to overtake [[spoiler:the protagonist, [[TookALevelInBadass Reki]]]].
61	* Simon and Yoko in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' do this ''by sticking the Gurren Lagann's drills on enemy aircraft!''
62	* In ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', Kotetsu/Wild Tiger has a GrapplingHookPistol in his PoweredArmor (as well as in his civilian wear's wrist watch) that he sometimes uses in this fashion.
63	* In one of the ''odder'' examples of this trope, X-Brawn of ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' uses his front-mounted tow cable to do this while in vehicle mode.
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66	[[folder:Comic Books]]
67	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
68	** When not in the Batmobile, Batman swings dramatically across Gotham City on his Batrope. Maybe just when the traffic's bad. He's first shown doing this on the cover of ''Comicbook/DetectiveComics'' #27. Initially, he simply tied the rope to a Batarang and threw it at a nearby building. In the live-action ''Series/Batman1966'', Batarang and rope sequences were used from time to time, along with walking up the side of a building. A GrapplingHookGun was introduced in [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 Tim Burton movie]], though in this case, he tended to use them just to go straight up, or horizontally on a zipline rather than swinging like Spider-Man, but he started using the gun for building swinging in the comics and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. Batman has noted that operating in Metropolis is difficult because the buildings are farther apart from each other.
69	** Batman's cohorts ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, ComicBook/{{Robin}}, ComicBook/RedRobin, ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Spoiler]], ComicBook/{{Huntress}}, etc., travel in the same way. ''Batgirl Year One'' showed Barbara trying to swing from buildings for the first time. Batman and Robin have to intervene, however, because she used the wrong kind of cord. It wasn't that Barbara's cable wasn't sturdy enough, it was that it wouldn't stretch. Her cord would have put all the force of her fall onto her shoulders in an instant, ripping her arms out of her sockets. (Eventually, Robin gave her a better cable to use.)
70	* ''ComicBook/BlackWidow'': The Black Widow can do this thanks to grappling cables she fires from her [[SuperWristGadget gauntlets]]. Given she shares a spider motif with Spider-Man, it's likely her gauntlets were inspired by his web shooters.
71	* ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': Ted Kord often used a grappling hook, as well as a trapeze suspended from his private hover-plane.
72	* ''ComicBook/{{Bookhunter}}'': CowboyCop Agent Bay shoots down a power line and uses it to swing between two rooftops.
73	* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': ComicBook/TheFalcon initially got around with a glove with a built-in grappling hook launcher. This was discontinued when he got his flying wing harness.
74	* ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'': Lampshaded during an issue where she has an adventure in Miami and notes that she will soon run out of rooftops if she doesn't change up her strategy that works so well in Gotham and NYC.
75	* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Daredevil's billy clubs include a grappling hook function for swinging.
76	* ''Literature/DirtyPair'': The grappling-hook armbands worn by the Lovely Angels.
77	* ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe'': Would you believe ''accidental'' building swing is possible? Lagaffe manages this with his "non-frozen ice cream", which proves quite stringy and also [[{{Understatement very slightly sticky]]. When a string stuck to his fingers hits an overhead rotating fan, Gaston is thrown out of the window, but he saves himself by desperately tossing the super-sticky string sticking to both his hands over the street into another building to stop his fall. The strip naturally makes plenty ''Spider-Man'' references in the process.
78	* ''ComicBook/PhantomLady'': Phantom Lady in her solo adventures in the '40s and '50s would occasionally do this.
79	* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'': {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d by an issue of the ''Bartman'' comic: "Almost there! And good -- I'm out of tall things to swing from!" In the same series, a "letter to the editor" asks how Bartman can swing when there's nothing in the background to hang a rope from. The answer? Springfield's notorious air pollution has apparently given clouds the consistency of ballistics gel.
80	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
81	** Along with wall-crawling, web-slinging is Spider-Man's defining characteristic. His web-shooters manufacture the lines from chemicals, and in most incarnations are technological devices rather than an innate power (though the Film/SpiderManTrilogy changed this, and the comics followed suit... [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay for a while]]). Spidey's arms not coming out of his sockets, as would generally happen with normal people, is HandWaved (justifiably) with his super-strength. On one occasion in the '90s cartoon, he loses his powers temporarily, and mentions how much it hurts when he tries to use the webshooters to get around. He also uses his wall crawling ability to stick his hands to the web strings, otherwise it'd easily slip out of his hand when he swung from it. Also, his spider-sense allows him to be confident that he would consistently have his web-lines hit safe anchor points to swing from. His web cartridges tend to resemble BottomlessMagazines... [[DependingOnTheWriter except when]] [[RuleOfDrama running out would be more dramatic]].
82	** The ComicBook/BlackCat's suit can fire a grappling hook for swinging across New York which comes in handy for [[DatingCatwoman keeping up with Spider-Man or running from him when she's on a heist.]]
83	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Back before later writers gave her the ability to fly, Wonder Woman would occasionally use her lasso to swing between buildings in the rare cases when she couldn't just jump the distance safely. She would also swing from her plane to buildings frequently.
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86	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
87	* Spoofed in ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', of all places. One early comic has Garfield pull a vine out of nowhere so he can swing from the fridge to steal Jon's lunch. Afterwards Jon is wondering [[LampshadeHanging where the vine came from]].
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90	[[folder:Fan Works]]
91	* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Peter teaches Izuku how to build and use his own web-shooters. After some initial apprehension, web-swinging comes almost naturally to the young wall-crawler. He's performing acrobatics for fun within minutes of his first web-swing and even uses the old cartoon gag of making believe he's lying on something while web-swinging up a skyscraper.
92	* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7987192?view_adult=true All Tangled Up]]'', [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Marinette]] has a great deal of fun practicing this trope. Unfortunately, her CuteClumsyGirl habits resurface eventually.
93	* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': Film/{{Hanna}} is given a pair of [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Paine]]'s grapple guns, and being [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetically enhanced]], she has the upper body strength to use them. They soon become her favorite form of transportation, the closest she can get to Terawatt's {{flight}}.
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96	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
97	* Quasimodo does this during the climax of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}''. He uses one of the bell-pull ropes to swing from the south tower down into the square outside the cathedral to save Esmeralda from being [[BurntheWitch burned at the stake]].
98	* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': Elastigirl uses her elongated arms to swing from building to building, Spider-Man-style. And to grab an helicopter in flight.
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101	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
102	* ''Film/CicakMan'' [[note]] "Cicak" - gecko in Malay [[/note]], a Malaysian superhero parody film, have the hero receiving lizard-like superpowers from accidentally swallowing a gecko tainted by radioactive experiments, one of those powers being having an extendable, lizard-like OverlyLongTongue which he uses to grab and swing around Kuala Lumpur while patrolling the streets for criminal activity.
103	* The [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]] incarnation of Batman (AKA "Batfleck"), building on his animated predecessors, is the first live-action version of the character to fully employ this trope.
104	* Done realistically at the end of ''Film/{{Darkman}}'', in which Westlake stands on top of a hook at the end of a construction-site cable, rather than simply clinging to the line with his hands.
105	* The 2008 ''Film/GetSmart'' film subverts this at one point with an attempted swing into a window in the next building. Missed it by THAT much!
106	* Both Franchise/IndianaJones and Franchise/{{Zorro}} are known to swing from their bullwhips, though, of course, over much shorter distances than most of the examples here.
107	-->'''Indy:''' [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Damn! I thought that was closer]]!
108	* Used to transport Ethan Hunt to an adjacent roof in ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''. Surprisingly realistic, in that the rope was (apparently) properly anchored, and the swing was the equivalent of a human pendulum.
109	* A fair bit of this takes place in the climax of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', with combatants from both ships swinging back and forth on lines of rigging.
110	* In ''Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds'', when Shishio attempts to finish Saito off, Sanosuke swings on a rope and kicks Shishio away.
111	* Subverted in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', when Peter's stuck in the Queens suburbs with no tall buildings to swing from, so he has to run to his next location ("This sucks!").
112	* An oft-talked about gaffe in ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Star Wars: Return of the Jedi]]'' is that Luke and Leia's building swing off of Jabba's skiff involved a rope that could not physically be attached to either Jabba's skiff or the rescue speeder.
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115	[[folder:Literature]]
116	* In ''Literature/InCryptid'', this is Verity's preferred method of getting down from buildings after {{Roofhopping}}. She usually doesn't even use a rope, relying on her strength and reflexes to grip fire escapes well enough to slow her descent.
117	* In ''Literature/{{Relativity}},'' the heroes generally use their grapplings to lower themselves from the top of a building to the ground. In one story, however, Black Torrent was in a hurry so he grabbed a light pole with his grappling and swung down.
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120	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
121	* Subverted in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Runaway Bride" in which Donna swings to safety -- and straight into a concrete wall.
122	* In ''Series/{{The Flash\|2014}}'' episode "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S5E5AllDolldUp All Doll'd Up]]", Ralph (AKA Elongated Man) is inspired by a comic book (implied to be ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'') to try this, with Iris desperately clinging to his back. The difference is, he's stretching his arms to simulate the web.
123	* The Batmobile "turn radius" grapple and standard "get up the building" grapple guns have been examined on ''Series/MythBusters'', to the detriment of both.
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126	[[folder:Music]]
127	* Halloween Jack does this on the title track to Music/DavidBowie's ''Music/DiamondDogs''.
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130	[[folder:Podcasts]]
131	* A variant in the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''All I Want for Christmas'' -- Chrissy swings across traffic using a rope hanging from a float in the Christmas Eve parade.
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134	[[folder:Video Games]]
135	* Certain troop types in ''VideoGame/AirshipsConquerTheSkies'' are equipped with grappling hooks, which allows them to boards enemy ships by swinging into them. If there are floating islands or other ships available, they will swings from there to reach their target.
136	* The defining characteristic of ''VideoGame/BionicCommando''. Unique for its time in that the protagonist cannot jump and must use this to clear any obstacles in the way.
137	* In ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' players can do this by way of the Skylines. Enemies can chase you into them, leading to some interesting high-speed gunfights.
138	* In ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline,'' one of the travel powers available to players is "Swinging," which is basically a grappling gun. It always fires straight upwards and connects to ''something,'' even if you're in the middle of the desert with nothing to latch onto.
139	* Ryu Hyabasa does this briefly, for one building, in his ending on ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive 4''.
140	* ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'':
141	** The purpose of the building monkey enemy, using their elongated arms to swing up and through buildings for better assault ability.
142	** In ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce Attack of Darkforce]]'' their swinging gives them extra combat speed as they terrorize Washington D.C. and defend the corridors of the Dark Force mothership.
143	** In ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerStarResistance Star Resistance]]'' they freely swing through the space port and attack ship in Stage 2. Their building leaping ability makes them practically fly in Stage 5, which switches to a vertical scroll, making them one of the more difficult obstacles of the stage.
144	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': In a cutcene where Zidane is chasing Garnet around the top of a tower, Garnet swings from a rope of flags and Zidane grabs on to swing after her.
145	* Cole [=MacGrath=] in ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' is capable of using an [[LightningCanDoAnything electric rope]] to propel himself to anything he aims at. This includes building of course. A DLC also lets you weaponize this movement to pull enemies to finish them off with melee.
146	* Link's Grappling Hook/Claw Shot but mostly use of the Double Claw Shot in some ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' titles. More games use a form of hook shot, but those don't require swinging.
147	* The ''Thunder Claw'' in ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', which acts like Samus' Grapple Beam on certain blocks. He also had the ''Wire Adaptor'' in ''4'', but it just raised him to the ceiling.
148	* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' there's Wire Sponge's weapon, which has a limited use to pull X towards the walls or power ups to him.
149	* The Grappling Beam in later ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' games allows you to swing from special ceiling blocks and some enemies.
150	* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter4'': The GiantSpider monster Nerscylla can use its webbing to hook onto overhead canopies and swing at Hunters to attack them. ''Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate'' introduces Shrouded Nerscylla, who dwells in a large open desert area and can also do the same; while it can be explained that it's swinging via the trees, sometimes the webbing does not appear to be attached to anything in particular.
151	* Amaterasu in ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' can summon vines from [[BenevolentArchitecture conveniently-located]] hovering flowers and either pull herself along or use them to snare other objects.
152	* [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Ratchet]] sometimes uses a grappling gun (called a Swing Shot in most but not all games) to get around. In fact, he's kept it in each game since along with his Grind Boots. However, he can only use it on specific targets, meaning that it's only something that can be done in a limited number of places rather than a basic form of transportation around levels.
153	* The various Spider-Man games, of course, use this as well. Depending on the game, you either swing off nothing (and ignore the physics of swinging) or you're required to anchor the swingline (and must obey physics while swinging). Which one works better depends on whether or not you're trying to swing over Central Park.
154	* One of the novel features of ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' on the SNES was Simon's ability to catch rings embedded in the castle walls and swing from them, often across enormous gaps in the scenery. John Morris of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines'' later became able to use his whip to swing from ceilings. ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' later gave the Belmonts John's variation when they joined the roster in ''Ultimate''.
155	* One of the many equipment granted for you in ''VideoGame/ProjectRemedium'' is the Grappler, an organic thread made of nanofibres that allows you to latch and swing across platforms and higher areas.
156	* Lara Croft has a magnetic GrapplingHookPistol in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend'', ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary Anniversary]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld Underworld]]''.
157	* The grappling hook from the ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'' games allows one to do this.
158	* In ''VideoGame/YoNoid2EnterTheVoid'', the Noid's yo-yo can latch on to certain targets and grapple from them.
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161	[[folder:Web Original]]
162	* Subverted by Ace of ''[[http://www.braveandthebold.net Brave and the Bold]]'', an indestructible teen hero who, lacking any kind of GrapplingHookPistol, simply leaps from the tops of tall buildings and ''plummets'' until she makes impact with either another building or the pavement below. As one might expect, it makes for an awkward means of getting around.
163	* The Rocket in ''Literature/LegionOfNothing'' says he has a pair of grappling-hooks "just in case I have to do the Spider-Man thing."
164	* Generator (Jade Sinclair) of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' tried this in her combat final at the end of her first term at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]]. It worked pretty well, but she has figured out how to 'fly' since then, and no longer uses it.
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167	[[folder:Western Animation]]
168	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' seldom uses it for travel, but one of her trademark gadgets is a [[ShoePhone bright red grappling gun that looks like a hair dryer]]. The depiction here is slightly more realistic, as it's almost big enough to hold the length of cord it spools out, no more than about fifty feet.
169	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
170	** In the episode "Welcome to Republic City", the Republic City Police perform this to debark from their [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld patrol zeppelin]], via [[ExtraOreDinary metalbending]] {{retractable\|weapon}} [[VariableLengthChain cables]] dispensed from [[GrapplingHookPistol wrist-mountings]] on their uniforms.
171	** Ming Hua often uses her [[ArtificialLimbs water tentacle arms]] to swing from any available structures to increase her mobility.
172	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In "WesternAnimation/PorkyPigsFeat", Porky and Daffy try to escape from a hotel without paying the bill by lassoing a rope to another building swinging across to it. Unfortunately, the hotel manager is waiting for them there, and he joins them on the swing back.
173	* In ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', whenever the distances between buildings are too big for RoofHopping, Ladybug will use her magic yo-yo to swing across the streets of Paris.
174	* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' Christmas episode, Ferb does this to hang Christmas lights throughout Danville.
175	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': General Disarray, TheDragon of Professor Chaos, does this to ambush "The Coon". All the more impressive, since they are all powerless elementary-schoolers in homemade costumes.
176	* Frequently executed by the ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' with the gadget, the Expandable Cable Bungee Belt.
177	* Blackarachnia of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' can use her webbing (or borrowed grappling hooks, if she's been around Optimus) to swing around Detroit's higher buildings.
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