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10-> ''"Superhero landing! She's gonna do a superhero landing, wait for it!"''
11-->-- '''Deadpool''', ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''
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13A popular visual trope often associated with martial arts. After performing a particularly cool move, or [[CasualHighDrop dropping from a great height]], the character lands on the ground, feet wide apart and supporting their weight with one hand on the floor while the other hand is outstretched away from their body, usually pointed diagonally upwards. Extra coolness points are added if the hand on the floor is [[GroundPound a fist]] that actually causes [[GroundShatteringLanding damage to the ground you land on]].
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15A common variation of this features a head snap, where the character will land looking downward and after a [[{{Beat}} brief pause]], suddenly look up just in time for [[StuffBlowingUp something to blow up]] [[UnflinchingWalk behind them]], and/or sending a badass DeathGlare to the enemy up front, or a KubrickStare for the camera.
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17Can also be a result not of landing, but being knocked back by an enemy (likely one possessing SuperStrength). In this case, you can expect some [[KnockbackSlide grooves in the ground]] from braking.
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19Very common in manga, anime, and video games, but can also be seen in movies -- especially those with visual styles inspired by them. It has become especially popular in superhero movies (as noted in the page quote), owing to the fact that it's a pretty simple bit of special effects trickery that both demonstrates that someone is a badass and lets the filmmakers easily cover up the StuntDouble, especially in the version where the character is looking down upon landing before looking up at the camera (often with a cut in between).
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21In real life, when falling from a very short distance, it is better to do a simple "two point landing" by landing on your feet and then bending your knees slightly into a crouch. When falling a more dangerous distance, it's a good idea to land on your feet and fall on your side instead. This trope is therefore an example of RuleOfCool.
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23A play on "three-point landing", an aircraft landing in which both the main gear (the wheels further back on tricycle gear aircraft like airliners) and the tail/nosewheel touch down on the runway at the same time, which is ''not'' a good thing for tricycle-gear planes due to the nosewheel not being designed to take that sort of stress[[note]]the main gear are meant to take the initial shock before the nose is brought down[[/note]], though it’s usually not a big deal for taildraggers (and is actually preferred for some of them)[[note]]and naval aircraft meant to land on an aircraft carrier are specifically designed to land like this -- and have huge, beefed-up nose gear to allow for this -- as there's not enough space on a carrier deck for a gentle rear-wheels-first landing[[/note]].
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31* ''Animation/GGBond'' has a piece of stock artwork that depicts GG Bond in this pose.
32* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In the episode "Martial Art", Lamput lands like this when he jumps to the back of the movie theater screen from a ceiling fan to go get his popcorn.
33* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': Briefly after getting hit by an explosion in the middle of his transformation into Mechamato, the fully-transformed hero lands on his two legs and left hand as the smoke clears.
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37* ''Literature/BofuriIDontWantToGetHurtSoIllMaxOutMyDefense'': Maple does this when [[spoiler:she lands from the sky to rescue Sally from the Holy Sword guild]] during the 4th event.
38* In ''Manga/Change123'', when [[HotBlooded Hibiki]] [[spoiler:(merged with [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Zero]])]] chases Sora, at one point she does a spectacular three-point landing (presented on a double page spread, no less) after jumping off from a moving truck.
39%%* Hit and Black do this in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''.
40* In ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', Sena unintentionally pulled this off as he was thrown into the air and thus making his BigEntrance against the first game of the tournament against the Cyborgs.
41* PlayedForLaughs and for SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome in ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'', when the agile, lithe High Elf Archer performs this move jumping down from a second-story... and looks visibly pained and wobbly as she is getting up.
42* In ''Manga/KuroganePukapukaTai'', Commander Kuki lands like this after sliding down a rope to repel boarders, just before kicking ass overboard.
43* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': William jumps off a horse and lands on both feet and one hand to brace himself and engages in a fight.
44* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' uses this twice on one page in volume 3; when Asuna face-kicks Evangeline on the bridge, both of them execute a three-point landing. Asuna with rotation pivioting around her right foot, while Evangeline has to [[KnockbackSlide bleed off momentum]]. And this was a few pages before Asuna enters the probationary pacto with Negi.
45* [[VigilanteMan Juliet]] from ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'', after bursting through a prison skylight to free one of her friends.
46* Subverted in Asuka's debut episode in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Unit 02 destroys an Angel while underwater (an environment the EVA is not designed to handle), launches itself into the air via the resulting explosion, does a perfect three-point landing onto an nearby aircraft carrier... and then collapses into a useless heap as its power supply runs out.
47* Subverted in ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': Amelia tries to perform acrobatics, but ''accidentally'' lands head down, and it hurts.
48* Kirito pulls this off in his BigDamnHeroes ascent to the entrance of the World Tree in ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''. Dressed in a black BadassLongcoat, it almost seems more of an homage to ''Film/TheMatrix''. His sudden ground-shaking landing causes other players nearby to wonder if a special game event is in progress.
49* ''Anime/UsagichanDeCue'': Inaba leaps high into the air to attack Dekao, who has been rebuilt into a cybernetic centaur. He's out of missiles, so he can only watch as Inaba gains enough momentum from gravity to deliver a devastating kick to his head. She lands behind him in a three-point stance: right foot, left knee, left hand, with her right hand pulled away and behind. Dekao then shorts out and explodes, while Inaba, still in that stance, snarks that Dekao will need his brain repaired.
50* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': You're on a soon-to-explode artificial island, running for your life towards the blimp that is your only means of escape, but your MoralityPet kid sibling can't keep up. What do you do? If you're Seto Kaiba, the answer is: pick him up and throw him onto the blimp's ramp with one hand, then jump clean over him and land like so.
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54* ''ComicBook/AdventureTimeGraphicNovels'': Rock Princess does one after jumping from Princess Bubblegum's tower.
55* ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith''. Vader of all people does this just before rallying his troops on Mustafar to drive off an attacking army. Probably to show how from the point-of-view of his stormtroopers, [[VillainousValour he's a hero coming to their rescue]].
56* In ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', Big Barda leaps onto a truck's roof, landing on her two feet and right hand.
57* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' does this frequently. It's pretty much an iconic pose for him.
58* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
59** In the cover of ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Supergirl Volume 5]]'' #12, Kara lands supporting her weight on her right knee, left foot and left hand, causing damage to the ground upon contact.
60** ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'': In issue #3, Supergirl lands like this when she arrives on Argo.
61** ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton'': As surveying the desolate ruins of Argo City, Supergirl lands on one street touching the ground with one hand, one foot and one knee. Her landing's impact crushes the ground and causes a shockwave.
62* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Nightcrawler too. As do almost all of the [[PrimalStance "animalistic"]] characters like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Beast, [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]], ComicBook/{{X 23}} and so on...
63* ''ComicBook/Youngblood2017'': Issue #2 has Suprema landing like this on a car, crushing it and using the shockwaves to knock Shaft backwards.
64* Popularized, in the case of ComicBook/IronMan, after the cover to ''Iron Man'' Vol. 3 #76 by Adi Granov, to the point it has become his signature pose.
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68* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'':
69** Thor's habit of doing this - often at extraordinary speed, resulting in large craters - is a mild RunningGag, with Dumbledore at one point remarking that it's a sign of his "flair for drama."
70** Wanda sometimes does it as well, and in the sequel, [[LampshadeHanging complains about how it makes her knees hurt]] -- pointing out to a slightly puzzled Thor, that unlike him, she's human (mostly), and less resilient.
71* ''Fanfic/ADivineRomanticComedy'': Amity has taken to doing this as often as possible because Luz loves how cool it looks. It's deconstructed a bit though, as she notes how hard it is on her back and knees.
72* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': When Shinji and Asuka meet Rei, she is perched on her HumongousMecha's shoulder. In order to talk with them, she leaps from the giant robot and lands on the catwalk in this position.
73* Harry does one of these in ''FanFic/HarryTano'', basically just to show off.
74* In ''Venom'' fanfic: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16890453/chapters/39672255 Manage Me I'm a Mess]]'' Eddie does this once or twice. It just about liquefies his joints, and hurts a lot. Since he can heal, that isn't stopping him.
75* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', a four-year-old Izuku attempts this while trying to stop Katsuki from bullying someone. But he's too young to have the coordination necessary to pull it off, so he ends up falling flat on his face. His only saving grace is his NighInvulnerability.
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79* ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' uses this, in particular ''Final Flight of the Osiris''.
80* Baymax does this in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' after rescuing Hiro during the final battle. Presumably, this is one of the things Hiro programmed into him as part of his fighting package.
81* Miguel strikes one in ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' after breaking into the tomb of De la Cruz.
82* Tifa does it [[RuleOfCool against a wall]] ([[JustifiedTrope she got thrown at it]]) in ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren''.
83* Major Kusanagi does this when she's pursuing a guy in ''Anime/{{Ghost in the Shell|1995}}''. She lands on a metal roof tile that [[GroundShatteringLanding buckles under the impact]].
84* ''WesternAnimation/LadybugAndCatNoirTheMovie'': After the two heroes have their first encounter, or rather collision, Cat Noir does a textbook superhero landing. [[GracefulLandingClumsyLanding Ladybug... doesn't.]]
85* During the big fight in ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', Angel does this in front of two Leroy clones before [[PutTheirHeadsTogether putting their heads together]] to defend Stitch.
86* At the beginning of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfMeetThePegasus'', Wolffy appears and lands on the ground in this way after the goats point out that the group of wolves confronting them does not include Wolffy.
87* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'':
88** Miles sticks one instinctively after getting hit by a taxi, to the bystanders' applause. It's the final straw that makes him acknowledge all the weirdness as powers, not puberty.
89** Peni Parker makes her grand entrance atop [=SP//dr=] in this iconic pose... while the MiniMecha is doing the same! (Just with the pose inverted.)
90** Miles assumes the pose before and during his FinalBattle against the Kingpin.
91* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanRedSon''. Played straight with Superman, but when Superior Man flies over to Moscow to challenge him he blasts a crater in the ground when doing this trope, showing he's UnskilledButStrong.
92* Jim from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' does this when the ship sets sail into space. There's a few seconds where he and the rest of the crew start to float in the air, before Captain Amelia has the gravity turned on and everyone gets a quick drop to the ground. Jim's the only one who does it, while most everyone else just lands on their feet, unfazed (and Dr. Doppler lands on his head with a loud crash, because of the clunky space suit he was wearing)
93* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Auntie Ping does this along with a GroundPunch when she emerges from the top of the pink smoke caused by her and the other aunties unleashing their pandas.
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97* ''[[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 Assassin's Creed]]'': Aguilar performs such a landing at one point, and Callum reproduces it in the Animus. [[spoiler:Later, when Aguilar perform a Leap of Faith, Callum achieves such perfect synchronization that it ''breaks the Animus'', and lands like this when the arm releases him as a consequence.]]
98* ''Film/BladeTrilogy'':
99** Blade summersaults into a [[ScreenShake thunderous]] one against a giant stone platform to kick off the climax of ''Film/Blade1998''.
100** In ''Film/BladeTrinity'', while escaping an FBI building with Abigal and Hannibal, Blade briefly heads off on a detour. Once they're outside, he leaps out an office window [[http://supagirl.tumblr.com/post/165418268370 and does a three-point landing in front of them.]]
101--->'''Blade:''' Forgot my sword.
102* Short film ''Film/Code8'' features a pair of police robots that drop from a drone and land like this -- with perfect syncronization for added wow factor. It's cool enough that the full-length version shows dual robot landings several times, and the poster of one of the robots.
103* ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'':
104** Deadpool enthusiastically calls this a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwUilIo036g "superhero landing"]] and gets all excited to see one of his opponents about to do it, though he does note that it's hard on the knees and [[AwesomeButImpractical totally impractical]]. Said opponent, Angel Dust, does the "land looking down, then look up at the camera" version; she's {{Super Tough|ness}} enough that the "hard landing" is not an issue.
105** In ''Film/Deadpool2'', Deadpool actually performs the superhero landing himself and [[BrickJoke promptly hurts his knees]], grumbling about it.
106%%* Donnie Yen and almost everyone in ''Film/DragonTigerGate''.
107* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow''. In the first {{Groundhog Day Loop}}s Cage is completely inept on the battlefield from the moment he falls out of a crashing helicopter and gets dumped on the beach. When he lands on the beach in a three-point landing instead, it's the first sign that he's starting to get his act together.
108* In ''Film/FloraAndUlysses'' Ulysses the squirrel does a superhero landing during his diner-destroying leap which convinces the Buckmans of his superheroic status.
109* Jet Li does it a lot, but hell he and Vicent Zhao ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amjjD18lFbE who also does it]]) have a whole fight scene almost entirely crouching in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBs4VpNcV5o Fong Sai Yuk]]''.
110* In ''Film/IRobot'', when Sonny escapes from the lab by jumping a dozen stories to the lobby, he performs a textbook three-point landing, [[GroundShatteringLanding breaking the stone floor]]. Helps that he's a robot.
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112* ''Film/TheMatrix'':
113** Trinity does this a few times, most notably [[spoiler:when she spectacularly makes this landing in front of a small building, having just backflipped off a motorcycle moving at an extreme speed through the air. As she lands, the motorcycle smashes into the building and [[EveryCarIsAPinto explodes]].]]
114** Agent Brown, at the very beginning of the first ''Matrix'' movie, jumps over a city street while chasing Trinity over rooftops. He lands perfectly in the pose, complete with [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] in his free hand.
115** Neo, himself, does this at least once, from flight, landing atop a building in search of the Oracle.
116* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
117** While ''Film/IronMan1'' doesn't feature Iron Man performing a three-point landing, prominent [[http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/c/60/4bc3a3af47b98.jpg concept art]] and [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HvYs4BSaWa4/VPeXysJSEzI/AAAAAAAAF6U/_Ch7gY3plHk/w640-h960/IMG_2449.JPG promotional artwork]] did. Both images were based on the cover to ''Iron Man'' Vol. 3 #76 by Adi Granov (with the concept art being drawn by Granov himself). Though far from the first superhero to perform such landings, this particular trend-setter that would become ubiquitous with current superheroes ironically "[[http://ironmanhelmetshop.com/adi-granov-iron-mans-famous-pose/ came from Japanese mech, where anime and manga characters do such poses]]." However, he does take the pose from getting punched by Iron Monger after taking off his glove, just like the Winter Soldier does in his eponymous movie.
118** In ''Film/IronMan2'', Iron Man performs a three-point landing in two different instances of landing on the Stark Expo main stage, [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/ironman/images/2/27/Iron_Man_Expo_Landing.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140625180802 here]] and [[http://static6.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/11128/111284868/5199957-iron+man+entrance+gif.gif here]]. Black Widow also takes the pose, as seen in the page image, but it's not a landing; she's actually getting up from a slide along the ground.
119** Featured in one of ''Film/IronMan3'''s [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/e/e9/Iron_Man_3_%28film%29_poster_006.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130228172348 posters]], a [[http://blogdesuperheroes.es/wp-content/plugins/BdSGallery/BdSGaleria/9793.jpg promo art]]. Then during the Mark 42's testing, then while escaping from Mandarin's goons in Miami, and a [[https://library.creativecow.net/articles/kaufman_debra/VFX_Alessandro-Cioffi_Iron-Man_3/assets/Trixster_SCT_0320_01_CA_v004.jpg scene]]. [[spoiler:The CreativeClosingCredits feature a montage of shots of three-point landings from throughout the series.]]
120** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has Tony performing a three-point landing when he makes an appearance in Germany to capture Loki.
121** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'':
122*** The title Soldier does it after flying off a braking car. Sparks are flying when he brakes with his metal arm.
123*** Cap himself does a version of it after taking down and jumping off a Quinjet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYSgkqc9EWI except he uses his shield instead of his hand when landing.]]
124** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'':
125*** Iron Man performs a three-point landing during the assault on HYDRA's Sokovia base.
126*** Ultron also does one as Vision blasts him out of the church in the climax, holding one hand in front of him as he struggles against a combination attack by Vision, Thor and Iron Man.
127** ''Film/AntMan1'': When he shrinks down, Scott/Ant-Man ends up falling to the ground and doing a three-pointer. Later, he jumps and lands on the miniature Thomas the Tank Engine during the climactic fight scene with Yellowjacket.
128** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'':
129*** Falcon strikes this pose after taking out two of Crossbones's men with a spinning, jetpack-powered kick in the opening battle.
130---->'''Cap:''' I make seven hostiles.\
131'''Falcon:''' ''[swoops in and kicks ass]'' I make five.
132*** Spider-Man does one when Iron Man brings him out, after flipping up and over the fighting teams, stealing Cap's shield, binding his wrists together and landing with the shield secured on his arm.
133---->'''Spider-Man:''' Hey, everyone.
134*** Spider-Man makes another of his typical crouching landing when the two teams assemble before the face-off.
135** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Iron Man naturally does his iconic landing as his one-on-one fight with Thanos himself begins.
136** Three take place in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'':
137*** Rhodey does this in front of Scott Lang to {{troll}} him for his [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar previous encounter]] with him.
138---->'''Rhodey:''' What's up, regular-sized man?
139*** Pepper Potts enters the final battle [[spoiler:in her Rescue armor]] doing this.
140*** Tony himself lands in front of Doctor Strange during the final battle this way to inquire about the one in 14,000,605 chance of winning.
141** Spidey does this again in the climax of ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', while fighting Mysterio's drones.
142** Unavoidable in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', of course. Most notably for the big money shot of [[spoiler:all three heroes stopping together each in an iconic Spider-Man pose, with MCU]] Peter doing the three-point landing.
143** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}''. Yelena mocks Natasha for doing these so often, calling it a "fighting pose" (and Natasha, by extension, a "total poser") and adding that, with the ensuing HairFlip, she thinks Natasha really wants to show off. [[spoiler:And then Yelena herself does this while leaving an air vent hideout, which causes her to shudder and remark "that was disgusting".]] (Creator/FlorencePugh [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/black-widow-scarlett-johansson-florence-pugh-disney-plus-1234975907/ revealed]] [[ActorInspiredElement this was added by the writers overhearing her comments]], which even had a stuntman agreeing "Well, yeah. [[AwesomeButImpractical If she actually landed like that, she would have broken her spine.]]")
144* ''Film/TheManFromNowhere'' features a three-point landing onto the hood of a fleeing car.
145* ''Film/PacificRim'': Gipsy Danger pulls this off [[spoiler:after killing Otachi]]. Notable as this is done by a HumongousMecha and from ''fifty thousand feet in the air''.
146* In ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', both Scott and Matthew Patel do it during their fight.
147* ''Film/SpiderMan2'': Peter spider-senses a getaway car coming up behind him while he's on his bike. He leaps straight off the bike and over the car, three-point landing in the middle of the street -- all in plain view of two stunned boys.
148-->'''Kid:''' How'd you do that?\
149'''Peter:''' Uh... work out, plenty of rest, y'know, eat your green vegetables.\
150'''Other Kid:''' That's what my mom is always saying! I just never actually believed her!
151%%* Chun-Li does this in ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi''.%%Administrivia/ZeroContentExample
152* Whenever the girls from ''Film/SuckerPunch'' land from leaping out of their transport during the dream sequences. Also, after Baby Doll kills off a samurai.
153* ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'': Bloodsport executes a "superhero landing" to his surprise and relief... right before the floor caves in under him, forcing him to ride the scree of destroyed floors down to the ground floor.
154* ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'': A time-travel bubble forms in mid-air, and when it bursts a NakedOnArrival Rev-9 falls to the ground but lands in a three-point crouch, in contrast to his [[TerminatorTwosome human opponent]] whose impact is [[RobotsAreJustBetter not so smooth]].
155* Over the run of ''Film/TronLegacy'', this is seen being performed by Quorra, Sam, and Rinzler. This seems to be carried over to ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising''.
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159* Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian does this from time to time since he'd rather hit the ground a bit harder than be disarmed.
160* Lara and her sisters from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' does this on one occasion in ''Literature/TurnCoat'', from a helicopter and without descent lines. It was flying above treetops before it reach the drop zone.
161* ''Literature/Magic20'': In Scott Meyer's ''Spell or High Water'', Martin has been practicing his "ComicBook/IronMan landing" to have an effect on his opponents. His version also has him keeping the hand with the MagicStaff stretched out behind him with the staff parallel to the ground. Unfortunately for him, very few people get to witness the landing. When chasing down an attempted assassin, he lands thus on a tower from where the assassin supposedly fired the arrow, only for the tower to be already empty.
162* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novel ''Seventh Retribution'', scout Orfos lands this way in front of a group of Imperial Assassins after jumping out of Thunderhawk. Assassins being [[BlankSlate who they are]], no-one particularly cares and Orfos doesn't dwell on it before jumping into the fray.
163* Kaladin is striking this pose on the cover of ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', and does the same in the story when [[spoiler:he flies in to save Dalinar from Szeth]]
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167* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'':
168** The DynamicEntry of the ComicBook/BlackCanary involves her crashing through the skylight, landing with this trope amid a shower of glass to rescue The Arrow from being arrested by a SWAT team.
169** It's not emphasized, but when Thea Queen does her DynamicEntry as a costumed vigilante in "My Name is Oliver Queen", you can see she does this trope when dropping to ground level, presumably as foreshadowing for her becoming the superhero Speedy next season.
170** Played for laughs in "Leap of Faith" when Future Team Arrow enters the Deathstroke base. Connor, Mia, and Zoe each make a perfect ThreePointLanding. William faceplants on the ground.
171--->'''William:''' I think I got dust in my mouth...
172* Homelander from ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' likes to do this when he wants to make an entrance, though he's just as likely to have his hands at his hips when he lands. Given his media savvy, it's likely deliberate. Stormfront, meanwhile, normally averts this, preferring instead to [[PowerFloats land more slowly]] on a [[ShockAndAwe bed of lightning]].
173* Stephen Colbert does this (with an American Flag!) in the opening sequence of ''Series/TheColbertReport''.
174* In the pilot episode of ''Series/DarkMatter2015'' the spaceship has to dodge a couple of missiles, so does an emergency maneuver that overloads the ability of the ArtificialGravity and InertialDampening to compensate. Cue everyone floating into the air, then getting slammed into the deck, except Two, the woman who ordered the maneuver who manages a cool-looking ThreePointLanding because she knew it was coming.
175* The dragon Drogon does one of these behind Daenerys in the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' episode, "Battle of the Bastards".
176* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse shows:
177** ''Series/WandaVision'':
178*** [[spoiler:Monica Rambeau]] does one in episode 7 when Wanda pushes her into the pavement, to demonstrate that she now has powers [[spoiler:as a result of re-entering the Hex]].
179*** In "[[Recap/WandaVisionEpisode9TheSeriesFinale The Series Finale]]", Wanda does one when her Hex Vision tackles White Vision off of her.
180*** Shortly after, as Hex Vision and White Vision are fighting in the air, at one point they both slam into the ground, causing a crater. Once the dirt fall back, we see Hex Vision in the iconic superhero landing pose.
181** ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': In the finale "[[Recap/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldierEpisode6OneWorldOnePeople One World, One People]]", upon falling into the construction pit, Bucky makes a superhero landing with his vibranium arm absorbing most of the impact.
182** ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'':
183*** Kate ''tries'' to do it in episode 2, but she's a novice so she falls [[FailedAttemptAtDrama flat on her face]].
184*** [[spoiler:Yelena]] performs one during her fight with Clint. It seems that [[spoiler:she's [[Film/BlackWidow2021 changed her mind]] [[BrickJoke about them]]]].
185** ''Series/{{Moon Knight|2022}}'': In the second episode, Steven Grant is thrown out of a window and, as he's falling, he summons the Mr. Knight suit which allows him to hit the ground in this position. After a few seconds of posing, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Steven collapses onto his side in pain from landing on his knees that way]].
186** ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'':
187*** In the first episode, Kamala does an impressive one after jumping out of her bedroom window and swinging on a tree branch, but only in her ImagineSpot. When she attempts the move for real, it ends with the tree branch breaking off and landing on ''her''.
188*** She pulls off a shaky but otherwise successful one in the second episode after saving a kid's life. Unfortunately she fails to wait until she's done saving him to start posing, and doing so causes her powers to fail and almost drop the kid onto a car.
189** ''Series/{{Secret Invasion|2023}}'': In the climax, [[spoiler:G'iah does one as she prepares to charge at a superpowered Gravik]].
190* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
191** In "Salvation", Zod does one when he lands with great force in front of Clark.
192** In "Luthor", [[spoiler:[[EvilCounterpart Clark Luthor]] does this. Comes with a ShockwaveStomp.
193* Burnham pulls one off in ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'''s [[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS1E03ContextIsForKings third episode]] when dropping into a shuttlecraft through the roof hatch. The landing is seen in the assorted promos for the series due to the coolness factor.
194* ''Series/Supergirl2015''
195** Kara Danvers has mastered this landing pose, having practiced it since [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-er9cwycDiMU/Wg19rYnyF5I/AAAAAAAAxCc/TRm1qcI88CE149ulyrbfzk5aOR_zuE_eQCLcBGAs/s1600/9.jpeg she was a teenager]].
196** Kara does it when revealing to Winn that she has superpowers, only to have to adjust her glasses [[ClarkKenting which she was wearing at the time]].
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200* ACH tends to land this way during his entrances.
201* The Wrestling/{{Chikara}} Young Lion turned [[Wrestling/DragonGate Open The Brave Gate]] holder Wrestling/{{Ricochet}} does this pose ''a lot'', mainly as a means of taunting opponents who thought he was going to do some fancy form of offense or just to highlight how much more athletic he is(or thinks he is). And during their matches against one another, Ricochet and Will Ospreay have been known to ''duel'' with their three-point landings.
202* Wrestling/WillOspreay does this regularly as part of a BaitAndSwitch. He will send his opponent out of the ring, and then back up and run towards them as if performing a suicide dive. He'll instead bounce off the ropes and flip backwards, ending in this trope.
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206* ''Theatre/SeraMyu'':
207** In the new stage musicals, Tuxedo Mask is fond of this. There are no high jumps or heroic feats right beforehand, but Yuuga Yamato manages to look majestic swishing Tux's cape as he fights all over the stage before striking the landing pose.
208** In "Un Nouveau Voyage", Sailor Moon breaks it out as well before she [[spoiler:attempts a HeroicSacrifice by divebombing Pharaoh 90.]]
209* ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'': Hanschen does this, at least in the Tony Awards performance, during The Bitch of Living.
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213* Some toy review sites, like [[http://www.collectiondx.com/search/node/%22iron%20man%20pose%22 Collection DX]], use the "Iron Man pose test" to judge a toy's articulation.
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217* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' has multiple examples.
218** The animated trailer of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' has the protagonist Ezio Auditore land in the middle of a street in Venice in front of a target, before shooting them with his hidden gun.
219** The second opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' has Ezio freefall ''from several stories up'' only to land like this ''[[MadeOfIron with no negative physical effects]]''.
220** Starting from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' you can manually execute these by jumping of a high place and holding the high-profile button, making your character stay in that position until you release the button.
221* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' had a slight variation in Episode 22, when Asura performs a special move on a downed [[spoiler: Chakravartin]]. Asura jumps up high, summons his mantra halo, starts [[BeamSpam barraging him with Mantra]], lands facing away from him with a ''four''-point landing, and looks up as [[spoiler: Chakravartin]] explodes behind him.
222* "The Shock Trooper" taunt of Caldarius from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' ends in a three-point landing.
223* ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'':
224** Zack does this twice in the intro train cutscene -- once when he jumps out of a helicopter onto the roof of a speeding train, and once when he dismounts from the train after it stops.
225** Sephiroth also finishes his [[SpamAttack Octaslash]] attack with this.
226* ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'':
227** In ''VideoGame/Crysis2'', whenever someone falls for a long but not quite fatal distance they do this, especially while in Armor Mode.
228** This is expanded on with the [[GroundPound Air Stomp]] ability in ''Crysis 2'' and ''3''. After falling from a set height, you can bring your fist down to create an ground-shattering shockwave, dealing lethal damage to all enemies unfortunate enough to be nearby your landing point.
229* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'': In the Ivory King DLC, you round up knights and bring them to a boss fight that requires falling down a deep hole. While you don't land like this, the four knights do.
230* Player Characters in ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'' do this after drops from great heights, including a proper spray of dust and debris.
231* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'': Isaac Clarke manges this [[spoiler: after being fired from a rocket ejector seat, flying though space, crashing though a vent and firing his rocket boots to slow his descent.]] Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOzJYm0YPmw here]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ2Kwz4 here]] for context.
232* Adam Jensen of ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' falls into this stance every time he uses the [[http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Icarus_Landing_System Icarus Landing System]].
233* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
234** Dante does this at the beginning of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' after he jumps off from a tower, then he looks at the camera as he's about to stand up.
235** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' and ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', Dante and Nero land this way every time an enemy knocks them off their feet.
236* Vincent does this a few times in the cutscenes from ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus''.
237* The Doom Slayer from ''VideoGame/DOOM2016'' lands in this pose after particularly long falls, which gives a nice impression of how this stunt would look like from a first-person perspective.
238* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', the Inquisitor does this after jumping out of a rift at the end of the Adamant mission.
239%%* The ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' do this often.%%Zero-context example
240* ''VideoGame/FallGuysUltimateKnockout'':
241** One of the celebration emotes in the game, namely "Super Guy", has your Fall Guy character dropping from high up and landing on the plinth in this way, before quickly shaking their arm in pain.
242** In the Season 5 cinematic trailer, a Fall Guy dressed up as Robin Hood does this when entering the temple.
243* If you fall from a great height while wearing power armour in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', when you finally reach the ground your character will perform a superhero landing.
244* ''VideoGame/FateExtellaLink'': Charlie is trying to think of an awesome entrance for himself as part of his obsession with being cool when Astolfo suggests he try the superhero landing. Charlie points out that in real life, such a landing would likely result in him injuring himself, but Astolfo says it would be cool. Charlie starts jumping off buildings to practice, prompting Astolfo to mutter that he didn't think Charlie would actually do it.
245* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
246** Sephiroth starts this habit back in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', although blocky polygons make it hard to see. He floats down and lands this way behind Tseng or in front of Cloud several times during the Temple of the Ancients sequence.
247** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxEYIH84bC8 Advent of Light]]" emote available from the online store has your character jump into the air before landing on one knee with your fist on the ground. Your character will then snap their head upward while flashing an appropriately heroic expression of seriousness.
248** Tifa makes a habit of doing this in both ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy2015'' and the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. In the latter she will even do it multiple times in a single attack.
249* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'': If you're running a Mechanist (the ''End of Dragons'' elite specialization for Engineer), whenever you summon your jade mech it will arrive this way.
250* ComicBook/IronMan does this when landing at high speed in [[VideoGame/IronMan1 the 2008 Game of the Movie]].
251* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'':
252** While fighting the Storm Rider in WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'s world, one can perform an reaction command which will stun the Storm Rider. Afterwards, Sora lands in the described way. It can be seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyj0Ce_5Nb0#t=2m08s this video]].
253** That game also features Sora's [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Anti Form]], which relegates itself to a feral stance. As a result, ''any'' landing ends up like this, since it's his default pose.
254* ''VideoGame/JiuXiao'' introduces your character in this manner, landing on both feet and your right hand. You then comment, "The destruction of heaven has started, hasn't it?" before getting up - and gameplay begins in proper.
255* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
256** Link does this from long falls in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', like going to the ground from the sky, or entering [[FloatingContinent Skyloft]].
257** Sidon does this in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' when he jumps from a tower at Inogo Bridge when you first meet him.
258* ''VideoGame/LostSoulAside'': Kazer does one at the start of the 2017 gameplay demo.
259* [[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid Vivio's]] [[LimitBreak Full Drive Burst]] in ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'' begins with one, before she dashes in for a melee combo that ends with a point-blank [[KamehameHadoken Sacred Blazer]].
260* Kasumi from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' lands with one of these after disabling [[spoiler:Donovan Hock's Mantis gunship's shields.]] Funnily enough, this is less impressive than the moves she pulled to get onto the gunship just before.
261* Snake, Raiden, Drebin, and just about everyone from the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' games do this all the time.
262* Samus Aran from ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' does this several times, usually after a spinning jump in the air. Kind of the ''only'' way for her to land, given that one of her suit's hands is an ArmCannon and therefore lacks a hand.
263* Ryu, the player character of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'', can be seen in this position frequently.
264* ''VideoGame/OneStepFromEden'': When Saffron lands after immediately changing her outfit in the character selection screen, or when starting a battle, she lands with both legs and her right arm, before flinging her jacket up and wearing it as the sleeves fall right over her arms.
265* ''VideoGame/{{Oni}}'''s Konoko lands like this after jumping from an airplane to infiltrate the [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Big Bad's base]]. Without a parachute. Bonus points for {{ground shatter|ingLanding}}.
266* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
267** Genji, being the CyberNinja, averts this -- ''barely''. He lands on two points, with his fingers merely centimeters from the floor.
268** Played straight in the comic "Going Legit", performed by ''Junkrat'' from high ground as he and Roadhog infiltrate a warehouse from a roof opening, with him only commenting that his artificial leg "didn't break this time" after doing so.
269** Pharah performs a legit three-point landing in her "Touchdown" highlight intro.
270* In most Battle Royale games, players [[ItsRainingMen skydive onto the map before using parachutes]] to slow their descent. However, ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}''' spinoff game, ''Realm Royale'', ditches the parachutes and lets players fall at terminal velocity right onto the map, pulling off three-point landings and leaving craters.
271* In ''VideoGame/Persona4'' ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'', after an ill-fated attempt at a crowd surf, Yosuke and Kanji land flat on their faces while [[TheAce the Protagonist]] performs one of these.
272* The [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Pokémon]] Frogadier and its evolution Greninja have this as their standard pose. Diggersby also makes use of this in its entrance animation, with one of its ears substituting for the hand.
273* The Prince from ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008'' lands like this after finishing a mid-air combo.
274* The characters of ''VideoGame/Section8'' will do this if, while dropping in from low orbit in nothing but your PowerArmor, you think "You know what? I don't need airbrakes." As awesome as it looks, it does leave you immobile for a second while your character and his armour recovers from the landing, which isn't always a good thing in a multiplayer shooter.
275* Sonic and friends like to do that in newer ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games sometimes.
276** Sonic lands this way whenever he power stomps in ''[[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Unleashed]]'', ''[[VideoGame/SonicColors Colors]]'', or ''[[VideoGame/SonicGenerations Generations]]''.
277** It's been a RunningGag since ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' for Sonic avert it about once per game and land on his face.
278** Chip subverts this multiple times at first in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', but finally manages a perfect landing just before the final level.
279** ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'':
280*** During the video game trailer, Amy lands like this, whereas the boys hit the ground in less dignified manners.[[labelnote:*]]Sonic and Tails on their faces, Knuckles on his back.[[/labelnote]]
281*** Metal Sonic does this as well in TheStinger of the Gamescom trailer.
282* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
283** Spidey does the punch variant in ''VideoGame/SpiderMan3'', complete with a cracked floor and sound effect.
284** All over the place in ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4''. As noted in Comics above, it's very much an iconic pose for him.
285* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
286** Mace Windu's jump attack in ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront 2'' looks like this, except that the hand in question is holding a lightsaber. And it does area damage.
287** Satele Shan from ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' performs one, complete with area of effect damage, during her [[BigDamnHeroes big damn heroes]] moment in the Return cinematic.
288* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
289** In ''[[VideoGame/MarioStrikers Mario Strikers Charged]]'', several characters make their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rj34RSTqBE home entrances]] in this manner.
290** Mario and Luigi ''almost'' do this in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 its sequel]] when falling from a great height. While the pose certainly gives this vibe, their hands don't quite touch the ground.
291** Captain Falcon in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. Heck, most athletic characters in the game do this, but Falcon tends to be a more obvious example.
292* In the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' supplemental comic "Blood In The Water", the {{Acrofatic}} Heavy Weapons Guy pulls this off, after jumping down a level inside [[spoiler:Ayers Rock]].
293* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'': If a warframe falls from a sufficient height, they will land like this. It's a minor case of AwesomeButImpractical, since it pauses the otherwise lightning-fast ninja warriors for a second as the animation completes. One of the first things new players learn is how to prevent the animation from triggering, in order to keep speed up.
294* Every start of mission, Wonder-Red from ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' arrives at stage jumping of from Virgin Victory and landing on this pose... wonderfully.
295* Blood Elves in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' do this after jumping.
296* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'':
297** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'': Jump from great enough a height, and your character will stick the landing like that.
298** In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', [[TheHero Rex]] will do one of these on the way back from a salvage operation if you did well on the QuickTimeEvent when the operation started. Doing less well leads to him stumbling, instead.
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302* In the ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' episode "Flippin' Burgers", Flippy does this after his [[AxCrazy burger joint massacre]].
303* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' Freelancers often like this landing. [[TheAce Tex]] gets an album cover for the Revelation season's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrN0q7Gej1Q soundtrack]] from one, complete with explosions in the background.
304* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
305** Done by Ruby in episode 5 of season 1, complete with head snapping up showing her determined face. Pyrhha later does it in an almost picture-perfect copy maneuver shared with ''Red vs. Blue'''s Carolina; another red-haired, green-eyed [[ActorAllusion action girl]] voiced by Jen Brown.
306** Done in the open for Season 2, where the Huntsmen/Huntresses are seen plunging from {{Absurd Altitude}} into the City of Vale and sticking their GroundShatteringLanding.
307** Come Volume 7, and Ironwood also gets in on the act. [[spoiler: After luring Watts into the arena of the incomplete Amity Communications Tower by claiming that it's complete and that security assigned to defending it are being diverted to help Mantle, then locking both of them inside, Ironwood leaps from the commentator's box into the arena in this pose to confront Watts]].
308* ''WebAnimation/ToonSandwich'': In "WebAnimation/SuperShowdownBowl", instead of using the TractorBeam, Oscar just jumps down from the sphere and naturally does a typical superhero landing [[spoiler:since he's copying the powers of a whole bunch of movie superheroes]].
309* ''WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob'': [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Stephen+Fry/ Stephen Fry]] jumps down the loft.
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313* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'': Dan, [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_939.php here]], although the wings probably helped.
314* [[TheBigGirl Tiren]], of ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'', jumps off the airship, does several flips and lands this way [[YouShallNotPass between]] a cornered [[DamselInDistress Sal]] and advancing [[TheDragon Izor]]. Too bad the acrobatics gives her motion sickness and [[VomitDiscretionShot ruins]] the [[BigDamnHeroes moment]].
315* Elliot of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' performs one of these [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2002-07-26 while sneaking into PTTAPUTASF]].
316* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': When chasing Zola, right after a set of stairs lampshade Zeetha and Higg's status as heroes, Zeetha jumps through a hole and lands in a wide crouch with her hands in front of her, at least one stabilizing her landing on the rubble.
317* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'':
318** Minmax landing on top of the tower in the Maze of Many's final room.
319** Tempts Fate lands like this after blowing up several demons in "Tempts Fate 11".
320* In ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'', Edith lands this way after freeing herself from Turner's hand-blade, marking her LetsGetDangerous moment.
321* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': In a superheroes comic? What are the chances?
322** [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-244-recruitus-interruptus/ For example, Maxima defying For Whom the Death Tolls.]]
323** [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-970-those-names-are-unfoetunate/ Ren lands this way]] before Vehemence after Maxima kicks him down the quarry to jumpstart his adrenaline powers.
324** Maxima doing a DynamicEntry to a supervillain lair [[https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-1123-thats-one-way-to-support-the-troops/ wouldn't be complete without the superhero landing.]]
325* Pato of ''Webcomic/M9Girls'' falls in style after defeating a [[HumongousMecha giant robot]] in [[http://m9girls.com/webcomic/en/can-we-keep-him/ this page]].
326* In ''Webcomic/MoonCrest24'', Derek does this when he's first seen by the girls up close.
327* Kareem of ''Webcomic/Project0''. Ciro [[http://www.centralcitytower.com/2010/12/project-0-page-210-sunrise-falling.html opts out]].
328* ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'': When Zoé parachutes in to have words with her ex-husband and business partner Domenico about dragging Sandra away from her regular work, she discards the 'chute and drops the last few feet to arrive for maximum effect. Being the comic's resident badass, she executes [[http://www.sandraontherocks.com/strips-sotr/thooom a pretty good three-point landing]] -- and as it's on soft sand, it even has a little of the quality of a GroundShatteringLanding, while the frame is drawn with a DutchAngle.
329* In [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-12-08 this]] ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' strip, after being knocked through a wall by [[{{Tsundere}} LCDR Foxworthy]] and falling several floor's worth of distance, Captain Tagon manages a perfect three-point landing, the soldier boosts letting him walk away from it without any problems.
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333* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Victoria/Glory Girl starts her interlude with one. The narration then comments that she'd been practicing it for weeks.
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336[[folder:Web Videos]]
337* Watch the [[http://youtu.be/mgOtPXDyKjA SuperCut version!]]
338* Website/YouTube channel ''WebVideo/BecauseScience'' has an episode about the three-point landing. The conclusion? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u429Qgvoxw4 "Never Do a Superhero Landing"]] -- unless you're a superhero, off course. Because the shortened time of impact means it's perfect for breaking bones.
339* In the ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wYtG7aQTHA episode]] featuring famous filmmakers, Creator/MichaelBay does this at the end as he starts his verse, reflecting the modern bombast of his movies.
340* ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'':
341** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0thLCQHtLP4 the video for the 11-year anniversary,]] at the start of the advertising insert, Fred as "Captain [=NordVPN=]" (a Superman CaptainErsatz) lands with a textbook superhero landing.
342** Done again in the video for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYaGfs80b0 '80s series video (special Glen A. Larson)]], but this time, if Captain [=NordVPN=] is still a Superman CaptainErsatz, it's of the ''Film/ManOfSteel'' dark and brooding version.
343* WebVideo/TheKeyOfAwesome's ''Space Girl'' does this while playing ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', looking cool for a second before having an accidental discharge with her portal gun and [[FailedAttemptAtDrama falling through the floor.]]
344* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': At the beginning of the ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbPi8liw-zI crossover review,]] [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]] arrives through flying and naturally lands this way.
345* ''WebVideo/SuperPowerBeatDown'', "Spider-Man vs. Darth Maul": After throwing Spidey through a window with his Force powers, Darth Maul follows suit and lands this way.
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349* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
350** Aang sometimes lands this way.
351** [[WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra Korra]] gets in on this as well and combines it with a GroundShatteringLanding.
352* ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines'': In the "Robot Riders" miniseries of Season 4, Blaze and his friends do this whenever they land after falling or jumping off a high place in robot form.
353%%* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': Netflix's Carmen Sandiego rarely uses anything else.%%Zero-context example.
354* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'':
355** Yumi can end up in this pose after some acrobatics, or when just virtualized (which always leave her a few meters above ground).
356** The others sometimes do it but it's rarer for them; Ulrich usually does it after he attacks a monster in mid-air.
357* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhkrahTqaUI The first part]] of the ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|2017}}'' short "The World's Longest Deathtrap" plays with this trope. Dewey falls from a great height and lands like this perfectly... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome then collapses and complains about how inefficient this technique is]].
358* True to the comic, film, and video game examples, Iron Man pulls this off fairly often in ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'', too.
359* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' episode "The Revengencers", when the band manager Charles is thrown out of a third story window, he lands in a perfect three-point landing.
360* Ladybug almost always lands like this in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', as does Cat Noir. Not surprising since a lot of the former's moves are inspired by Spider-Man.
361* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
362** Spitfire does a three-point landing early in the episode "Newbie Dash". Of course, she has four legs to begin with, so she actually has to raise one of her forelegs.
363** Ember, the new Dragon Lord, eventually treats us to two superhero landings in episode "Triple Threat".
364** At the beginning of "Uprooted", after some acrobatics with Rainbow Dash, Silverstream makes a typical superhero landing, even cracking the ground. That's in a DreamSequence, though.
365* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Perry the Platypus is quite fond of this pose.
366-->'''Doofenshmirtz:''' Oh, hey, nice landing pose. [[LampshadeHanging See, that would kill my knees.]]
367%%* WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls often do this.%%Zero-context example
368* ''WesternAnimation/ShimmerAndShine'': In "Dragon Tales", Zeta's flashback of how she and Nazboo first met features her performing this landing upon arriving at Mantikar. It turns out to be [[SubvertedTrope just one of the lies she made up]] to inflate her ego. She crash-landed there.
369* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
370** ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' is utterly in love with these. Every opportunity for any character to land this way is gleefully taken.
371** In ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan,'' it's not an ComicBook/IronMan guest appearance without a few uses of the Iron Man pose! Interestingly, in one scene ''Spider-Man does it when Iron Man doesn't,'' though later we get a scene that's practically an animated recreation of his BigEntrance at the beginning of ''Film/IronMan2'', landing in his iconic pose, then standing and raising his arms. Later, when the villain has hijacked all electronics, it's an ''unarmored Tony'' who leaped out of his hijacked suit and touched down in the pose (palm out instead of a fist this time).
372* Two memorable examples occur in seasons 1 and 5 of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
373** In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E8SeriousSteven Serious Steven]]", the Crystal Gems fall out through a ceiling at the end of a tunnel, all landing gracefully except for Steven, who falls flat on his face.
374** In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind Change Your Mind]]", a similar situation occurs with the shot [[InternalHomage completely recreated]], but with Steven sticking the landing to show his CharacterDevelopment.
375* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'':
376** Aerrow does one in the opening when he lands in front of his team.
377** In "Tranquility Now", after [[SuperWindowJump crashing through the window]], Aerrow jumps off his bike and lands in this pose in front of his team.
378* Robin pulls this off in the opening theme for ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''.
379* Toad does this during the theme song of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''.
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382[[folder:Real Life]]
383* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiCuGJD1u58&feature=PlayList&p=298A9A6DA98393C9&playnext=1&index=37 guy]] does it a lot in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_0XqZqxCaQ presentations]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwegzn92_i0 competitions]].
384* It exists in real Wushu and could be a variation of the [[http://www.yangsandover.com/membersarea.shtml?page=terminology "ZUO PAN BU" stance.]]
385* Quest Crew did this at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lR96t4TRaY this performance]].
386* If you have forward momentum, jump down as little as six or seven feet, you'll put at least one hand out to help slow your landing. Try it by running and then jumping down about a dozen stairs -- though for safety's sake, try it with smaller numbers of stairs first so when you land badly and fall, you won't break yourself.
387* If you have a ''lot'' of forward momentum, then you might be forced into a roll on landing, in which case having one hand out on landing would be more or less necessary to stop you from just splaying out instead. You probably don't want to try this at home.
388* Averted on skydiving, as countering your landing with your hand may easily break your wrist. You are advised either to land on your feet, or make the parachute landing roll.
389* Subverted by squirrels. Although there are [[https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/d2r2ot/squirrels_doing_superhero_landings_is_my_spirit/ several pictures of squirrels on the internet apparently doing the superhero landing]], the photos are actually of squirrels scratching themselves.
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392->''"[[Film/Deadpool2016 Woooo! Superhero landing. You know that's really hard on your knees. Totally impractical, they all do it.]]"''

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