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2[[caption-width-right:230:[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], driving himself up the wall.]]
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4In RealLife, if you throw yourself at a wall hard enough and spring off quickly enough, you can just about do a Wall Jump, propelling yourself even higher than your original jump. Once, sure. More if you're fit, or a LeParkour expert like Creator/JackieChan.
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6Some VideoGameCharacters, however, have the speed, strength and stamina to Wall Jump all day. Give them two walls close enough together and they can wall jump repeatedly to climb up the shaft. Some need only one wall, by steering themselves back onto the wall they jumped off at a higher point, then jumping off again. Some video game characters would rather Wall Jump than use the stairs.
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8Also known as a "triangle jump", after the path traced during a typical Wall Jump. Part of JumpPhysics. May be paired with RunningOnAllFours and WallCrawl. Compare BuildingSwing.
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10The {{Ur Example}}s of this trope were the Platform/SegaMasterSystem games ''[[VideoGame/AlexKidd Alex Kidd in Shinobi World]]'' (1990) and ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' (1992).
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18* In ''VideoGame/GianaSistersTwistedDreams'', Giana can do this albeit only on certain walls.
19* In ''VideoGame/LaMulana'', after collecting a certain item, Lemeza can cling onto walls and kick off of them to reach platforms below him that he normally cannot reach. However, he doesn't gain height with wall jumps; wall jumping simply increases his horizontal speed when he falls off the wall.
20* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon'', this is one of the after-Boss power-ups you get, each one being some kind of physical ability (mostly), that [[{{Metroidvania}} helps you advance]].
21* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' has the wall jump and the wall run as staples of Faith's movement abilities. However, you can only wall jump or wall run once unless the walls are very close together (even then, the second jump really doesn't give you much extra height at all, and there's not much point).
22* ''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!"
23* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', Amaterasu can gain purchase on any smooth wall to perform a wall-jump. With the appropriate skills, she can do successive leaps.
24* Used by the protagonist in ''VideoGame/HenryHatsworthInThePuzzlingAdventure'', perhaps justified by the "legendary pants" he gains the ability from?
25* ''VideoGame/ShadowComplex'' has this as one of the first upgrades, along with grabbing ledges.
26* Louie the Rabbit from ''VideoGame/BombermanHero'' can do this.
27* Eshe from ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'' has this ability, and she will jump further if the player presses in the direction that she’s jumping. She can also perform ''VideoGame/MegaManX''-style Wall Kicks in certain windy areas.
28* [[PlayerCharacter Misa Nikko]] from ''VideoGame/FeatheryEars'' can jump from wall to wall to get to higher places.
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32* Ryu from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''. Lots of ninja games. In fact, ninjas love this stuff.
33** The original NES trilogy lacks a wall-jump mechanic, having instead a wall-clinging mechanic. The first ''Ninja Gaiden'' game with a proper wall-jump mechanic was ''Ninja Gaiden'' (1992) for the Platform/SegaMasterSystem. The wall-jump mechanic was then later adopted by the 3D ''Ninja Gaiden'' games.
34** One particularly physics-defying example requires Ryu to scale a square well by wall running, jumping to the next wall, wall running, jumping to the next wall, and so on.
35** Then there's his ability to scale narrow shafts by repeatedly wall jumping back and forth between the walls.
36* ''VideoGame/AlexKidd'': The UrExample of this trope is the game, ''Alex Kidd in Shinobi World'', released for the Platform/SegaMasterSystem in 1990.
37* This is officially named "Kick Jump" in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series. While jumping and making contact with walls, the playable characters can bounce off walls by pressing the jump button again. However, this can only be performed once for each attempt; you cannot repeatedly bounce off from the same wall when you're already airborne, though it will fortunately reset when you land. This enables the character to reach higher locations even before the [[DoubleJump Air Hike]] ability is unlocked, but it can still be used alongside the latter.
38* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' series uses this, both in the games and the movies.
39* Almost every video game incarnation of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', starting with the [[VideoGame/BatmanSunsoft first NES game]] and the Platform/GameBoy version of ''Return of the Joker''.
40* The ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes''.
41* ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'':
42** Strider Hiryu. The [[Manga/{{Strider}} NES game]] has problems with this due to sloppy controls, while the [[VideoGame/StriderArcade arcade version]] lets Hiryu cling to the wall with a grappling blade, ''Ninja Gaiden'' style. He gets the blade in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' too, and even uses it for a ''throw''.
43** ComicBook/SpiderMan can naturally jump and stick to walls. His first [[LimitBreak Super]] "Maximum Spider", starts off with him jumping against a wall and kicking off, before crossing the opponent up with a one-man wall-jumping [[AirJousting Air Joust]].
44%%* Lara Croft can do this in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld''.
45* In ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}} III'', the player character, Joe Musashi, has this ability. In one of the most [[NintendoHard grueling platforming sections]] of the entire Platform/SegaGenesis library, you have to use the wall-jump to cross a series of spires over a bottomless pit. Why not just jump on top of the spires? Because of the [[NoOSHACompliance electric fields on top of each one]], of course.
46%%* In ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore 5'', they added this.
47* The player character from ''VideoGame/{{Ghostrunner}}'' can run along walls and bounce off them, on to another wall, and then bounce again. This is a key part of navigating Dharma Tower, and at times, you'll have to do this off of moving platforms, disintegrating platforms, and even platforms that you spin around with your {{Technopathy}}.
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51* In ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', one of Guy's special attacks is his "Off-the-Wall" jump. Maki in ''Final Fight 2'' also has this.
52* ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'': A staple in [[HardboiledDetective Takayuki Yagami]]'s moveset, and so far the only character in any RGG-developed game that is capable of such a feat. He even gets unique [[LimitBreak EX Actions]] depending on the [[StanceSystem style]] that he's fighting in. Other than Yagami himself, the FinalBoss in the first game can also use this against Yagami, being a MirrorBoss of Yagami that combines elements from both of his movesets.
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56* Felicia in ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' can often jump off and cling to walls, but in true cat fashion, will start to slide down the wall if she stays too long.
57* Much like Felicia, Chipp Zanuff from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' can jump off and cling to wall, but he also can perform certain specials from this position.
58* ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'': Similar to ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' below, many sufficiently nimble characters have this as a part of their moveset (and it functions much the same way). The most notable examples include [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai Shiranui]], [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown Nakoruru]], and [[WrestlerInAllOfUs Ramon]].
59* Quinn from VideoGame/PocketRumble is able to do this and divebomb his opponents when jumping off.
60* Sufficiently nimble characters in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise (Chun-Li and Vega in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'') have this ability. Curiously, it can be used from either edge of the screen, even when the fighters scroll to one side so that one "edge" is actually empty space.
61* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
62** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'': Some of the characters can wall-jump. They are: Mario (but not Luigi or Doctor Mario) Fox, Falco, Samus, Captain Falcon, Sheik (but not Zelda) Young Link (but not regular Link) and Pichu (but not Pikachu). However, all characters can wall-tech jump if hit into a wall. This technique is the only way Young Link can even ''start'' (and then clear) his Target Test challenge.
63** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'':
64*** In the absence of Pichu, Pikachu can wall-jump now. Zero Suit Samus (but not regular Samus) was also added. However, wall jumps have diminishing gains in altitude until your feet hit something reasonably horizontal. This goes for ''everyone'' now. Just give Lucario a single wall as tall as you want, and he can go from bottom to top in a matter of seconds.
65*** Squirtle, Lucario, Diddy Kong, and Sheik have the extra ability to stick to walls.
66** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'': More characters have the ability to do a wall jump such as Greninja and Little Mac, while ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' included Joker (DLC) as well.
67* Shanty the goat from ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'' can attack by running up, clinging to, and jumping off of the screen's walls.
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71* The Hunter from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' is able to do this, though it takes practice and good timing.
72* ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004'' is a then-rare FPS example. A wall-jump is performed by jumping near a wall, then "dodging" in the direction facing away from the wall. This carried on to ''VideoGame/UnrealChampionship2TheLiandriConflict'' and ''VideoGame/UnrealTournamentIII'', and ups the ante by giving you the ability to ''DoubleJump from wall-jumping''. It's further enhanced by a mutator called multidodge. This allows for unlimited wall-jumping and, with enough frantic button bashing, wall-running
73* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' has Repulsion Gel, which normally lets you jump high, but if applied on opposite walls (or a wall and a HardLight vertical bridge), let you jump off them for greater distance or height (depending on the layout of the walls).
74* In ''VideoGame/{{Warsow}}'', wall jumping is an ability which is recommended to master.
75* V1 in ''VideoGame/{{ULTRAKILL}}'' can wall jump three times before having to land.
76* Player character in ''VideoGame/{{REAVER}}'' has unlimited wall jumps. Wall jumps also increase player's overall movement speed.
77* ''VideoGame/TurboOverkill'' features the ability to wall jump, once the player has equipped an augment to do so.
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81* ''VideoGame/CastleOnTheCoast'': George can propel himself up walls by kicking them.
82* ''VideoGame/CosmosCosmicAdventure'': The eponymous character is equipped with suction cups in his hands, allowing him to not only jump between walls but also stick to them. Icy walls will slowly make him descend, as will certain metallic setpieces in the last regular level of the first episode. The special magenta walls that appear in the {{Bonus Stage}}s cannot be attached to in any capacity, so the trope is averted in those levels.
83* ''VideoGame/{{Glam}}'': [[PlayerCharacter Glam]] can slide down walls, as well as jump off of them.
84* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': The Monkey transformation can cling to walls then jump off from them:
85** ''VideoGame/ShantaeRiskysRevenge''
86** ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero''
87* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
88** ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'': Starting from this game, Mario has earned the ability to jump between walls in the 3D installments (and in the Nintendo DS remake of ''64'' itself, he's the ''only'' character capable of doing so).
89** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' makes the technique much easier, as Mario will slide down the wall instead of bouncing his head off it, and the quirk was carried over since.
90** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'': The subseries integrated the ability to wall-jump into the 2D ''Super Mario'' games, though it was theoretically possible in the earlier installments due to glitchy collision checking.[[note]]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.[[/note]] All other playable characters across the subseries (Luigi, all Toads, and Nabbit) can do it as well.
91** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'': The Spring Mushroom makes wall jumping faster, but also more unpredictable (since the spring coil will make Mario and Luigi bounce immediately upon contact with each wall).
92** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'': It is possible to perform wall jumps in the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' game style (''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2'' makes it possible on the added ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' style as well), but not in the older ones as the ability wasn't present in their respective source materials.
93** ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'': This is taken further in ''Mario Tennis Aces'' as Mario can actually wall jump from thin air during his special shot.
94* ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'':
95** Taken to an absurd extent in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008''. You rarely run more than 10 feet on any given piece of land; most of your travel is done by wall.
96** The Prince in the ''Sands of Time'' tetralogy can employ the inverse of this trope as well: if two walls are far enough apart, he can Wall Jump ''down'' the shaft.
97%% * Ratchet from ''[[{{Franchise/RatchetAndClank}} Ratchet & Clank]].''
98* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'':
99** Technically, the wall-jumping ability is taught to Samus Aran (and, by extension, the player) in ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' by some creatures she finds in the caves, but she can use it from the beginning of the game. In ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'' she even keeps this ability when she doesn't have her Power suit. In any case, wall jumping is usually 100% optional in the 2D entries[[note]]The shaft where you learn this technique in ''Super'' isn't needed for progression. If you fall down there early game, you can get out by bomb jumping or just resetting your game. If you fall down there late game, you probably have the Space Jump and can just mash your way out.[[/note]]; its main purpose in the aforementioned games is actually to facilitate SequenceBreaking, as mastery of the technique can allow you to climb up using a single wall indefinitely and break the game wide open. As a result, the mechanics of it differ greatly from most games, with the inputs needing to be sequenced rather than done simultaneously like in, say, ''Super Mario''.
100** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'': In the later entries (namely ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption''), the Screw Attack can be used to this effect on special wall surfaces.
101** In ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'', not only can Samus can jump off walls as usual, but Chozo Soldiers can also jump off a wall before doing a GroundPound with their spears in an attempt to hit Samus. Fitting, given that Samus was herself [[InterspeciesAdoption raised by Chozo]].
102* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
103** ''VideoGame/MegaManX'': Wall Jump is exploited. Combined with [[JumpPhysics the ability to change direction mid-air]], X can do something called a wall kick, in which he reverses course back to a wall after a wall jump, allowing him to rapidly ascend a ''single'' wall by jumping up it. It is quite handy when dealing with bosses with ground-spamming attacks. Zero can also Wall Kick, as can anyone who can transform in the ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series.
104** ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'': One of X's and Zero's {{limit break}}s in the game has them attack while performing wall jumps... in mid-air, without the wall!
105** Several bosses in the series use this too, like Sigma from the first game, Flame Stag, Neon Tiger, Split Mushroom, Mattrex, Dark Mantis, etc. And when playing as Cut Man in ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'', he has the ability to wall jump, though the game doesn't allow you to use like in other ''Mega Man'' games and you slide off icy surfaces.
106* This trope is used in various degrees throughout the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games:
107** In ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'', this is Mighty's method of scaling.
108** ''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. Espio can cling to the wall indefinitely, while Sonic and Shadow fall down if they don't jump within a few seconds. As a result, their teammates can also do it, but only [[SecretAIMoves when controlled by the computer]].
109** Starting with ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', Sonic can use a more traditional Wall Jump, 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 Platform/NintendoWii and 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.
110* Used in a rather weird fashion in ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}''. Ristar can grab onto any surface in the game that isn't spiked or otherwise harmful to touch, but he can't hold on unless there are rungs or other handholds; otherwise, he will slam into it and bounce at an upward angle. However, by grabbing a wall over and over again in rapid succession, it is possible to bounce up the wall. Unlike the typical Wall Jump, only one wall is needed for this, although it can be done with two opposing walls as well. This move is impossible on [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Planet Freon]], presumably because the walls are made of cold, slippery ice that causes Ristar to withdraw his hands in discomfort upon touching it.
111* ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'' has certain walls you can wall jump off, and lots and lots and lots of other walls that kill you in nasty ways.
112* In ''VideoGame/{{N}}'', you control a {{Ninja}} whose only real ability is this.
113* The title character in ''VideoGame/CosmosCosmicAdventure'' can do this on any wall surface with his suction hands. Walls which happen to be made of ice make it maddeningly difficult, though. Fortunately, those only appear in a few levels.
114%% * In Heavy Iron games of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' games, you can wall jump in very single game as Spongebob.
115* ''VideoGame/{{Jumper}}'' series. This has become Ogmo's staple ability since ''Jumper Two''.
116* ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}''
117** Kirby's Ninja ability in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' allows him to stick to walls and do a Triangle Jump. Of course, since he has [[VideoGameFlight unlimited flight]], this is rather useless. However, in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', the Ninja ability returns, and some optional puzzles take advantage of the fact that Ninja Kirby can cling to walls and throw knives from his elevated position.
118** ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad'': Kirby can throw shuriken while sticking to walls; a much better attack overall than his weak air puffs and helpful in rooms full of flying enemies.
119** ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand 3'': [[PowerupMount Rick the Hamster]], to make up for the fact he can't fly, can wall jump indefinitely with any single wall surface.
120** ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'': Rock + Cutter gives the ability for Kirby to carve himself into the shape of his animal friends from ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand 2'' and 3; in Rick form, he can wall jump.
121* Toad Man, an example of an enemy of having this ability, abuses it in ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity''.
122* ''VideoGame/InMomentum'' has wall jumps as a core game mechanic.
123* The first game of ''VideoGame/FancyPantsAdventures'' has the wall jump as an unlockable ability for completing a challenge. The sequels retain that ability as part of normal gameplay.
124* In ''[[VideoGame/MeatBoy Super Meat Boy]]'', you have so much [[JumpPhysics air control]], that you can wall jump 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 "push[es] with his legs AND his arms".
125* In ''VideoGame/ZenIntergalacticNinja'', this is your main mode of travel during the sidescrolling levels, many of which are more vertical than horizontal, and many of your enemies are airborne.
126* Buster has this ability in ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBustersHiddenTreasure'' for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. The game's manual refers to this move as the "Super Jump".
127* In ''VideoGame/TheFloorIsJelly'', the protagonist has this ability and can even do this to climb up walls similar to the ''Mega Man'' examples above.
128* Luigi gains the ability to wall jump with the power of the Atheltic Peach in ''[[VideoGame/{{Something}} Something Else]]''
129* The protagonist of ''[[VideoGame/{{Two}} 2]]'' gains this ability after finding the Banner powerup.
130* In ''VideoGame/RabiRibi'', the Wall Jump item grants Erina the ability to do up to two wall jumps, with the first upgrade for it granting a third. [[spoiler:Utilizing two hidden techniques, Erina can perform two wall jumps ''without'' the item. Mastering these techniques is essential for clearing the game without any items.]]
131* In ''VideoGame/AkaneTheKunoichi'', this is necessary for Akane to reach certain areas, including quite a few of the collectables. It's also necessary to [[FlunkyBoss defeat the final boss]] -- you can't use it to reach her, but you can use it to get high enough to throw kunais at her.
132* In ''VideoGame/UltimateChickenHorse'', characters slide down walls and can jump from this state to reach higher ground. The very loose JumpPhysics mean that you can "climb" walls by wall-jumping, then turning around in mid-air and jumping off the same wall several times.
133* Wall jumping, combined with WallRun, make up the majority of the action in ''VideoGame/YoNoid2EnterTheVoid''.
134* [[PlayerCharacter Rena]] from ''VideoGame/GrappleForceRena'' can jump from wall to wall to get to higher places.
135* ''VideoGame/FunkUnplugged'': Ampy has the power to jump from wall to wall to get up them.
136* ''VideoGame/AndroidHunterA'': [[PlayerCharacter A]], being an {{Expy}} of Mega Man X, can do his wall kick ability to climb up walls.
137* ''VideoGame/TreasuresOfTheAegean'': [[PlayerCharacter Marie]] can jump off of walls as well as slide down them.
138* ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2'' adds a wall jump to Raz's moveset.
139* ''VideoGame/TwinRobots'': The titular robots can hang off walls, and then jump off them.
140* ''VideoGame/GreyArea2023'': Hailey's dive is a lesser version of this. Diving into a wall will cause her to bounce diagonally back and upwards, letting her gain some height, but since she can only dive once per jump, you can only use this to gain a little bit of height, and the backwards momentum you get from this limits where you can land.
141* ''VideoGame/{{Pseudoregalia}}'': The Sun Greaves allow Sybil to perform a kick in mid-air that serves as a wall jump should her kick connect with a wall, and can performed three times before touching the ground. Finding the Heliacal Power aspect adds an extra wall kick.
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145* In the first ''Franchise/MassEffect'', several types of [[MechaMook geth]] units (Ghosts, Hoppers, and Sappers) can do this.
146* ''Monster Girl Quest'' 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 needs 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.
147* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', 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.
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151* ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' calls them Wall Plants where if you directly face the wall and ollie, you can jump against the wall and ride again for some momentum and a few extra points.
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155* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
156** This is one of Altair's moves in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedAltairsChronicles''.
157** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', (perhaps only after you get the jump-up-grab ability) you can run up a wall, then jump immediately to your left or right or backwards and grab onto something. It's kinda like an upside down "L".
158** The first game has this move as well, but only the run-up-wall-and-kick-off-backwards variant.
159* Sam Fisher can do this in the original ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'', either to perform a GoombaStomp or, more often, as a run-up to a [[CeilingCling Split Jump]]. Later installments simplified the Split Jump into a single integrated manoeuvre.
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163* In the ''Franchise/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.
164* Used liberally in ''Double Action: Boogaloo'' as it's a send up of HeroicBloodshed and GunFu series. You can jump off of walls... and other players. Players need to jump a lot in order to score "style points" and look badass.
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168* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' features the Wall Latch ability that allows you to chain jumps upon contact with any wall, even the same one over and over again.
169* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' features this as the main way to scale buildings... until you unlock Wall Sprint, that is.
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175* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'':
176** [[RedBaron Super Karate Goal Keeper]] Ken Wakashimazu has a triangle jump ability that he jump-kicks a goal post to launch himself further in the air.
177** Masao and Kazuo's Triangle Shot.
178* In the second episode of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', Cures Black and White do this to climb back out of the elevator shaft that Pisard had trapped them inside.
179* In the film ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', when Kiki's witch abilities start to fail her, she tries to propel herself into the air by kicking off a few buildings. She flies erratically with her "borrowed" broom, but she still musters enough courage to [[CatchAFallingStar save Tombo after he falls out of a crashed dirigible]].
180* In the supplementary manga set before ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', Subaru performs one to [[CatchAFallingStar catch a falling Teana]] after [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength she accidentally throws the latter waaaay over the wall (and the surrounding rock-formations)]] during a wall-climbing exercise.
181* [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Ryoko]] [[FunSize Achakura]] attempts this in ''Manga/HaruhiChan'' 10.
182* Nonomiya, the main character of ''Manga/{{Nononono}}'', shows off her leg strength by casually Wall Jumping to catch a child's balloon.
183* ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'': Repeated battle tactic by the protaganists, helped by their abillity to create walls wherever they desire.
184* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'': In [=2nd Gig=], the Major is doing a training exercise with some rookies. She evades their surveillance by entering a public bathroom halfway up a skyscraper, opening its two-foot-by-two-foot window, and leaping between the skyscrapers to the roof.
185* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'': Terrorists have seized a nuclear power plant and filled it with booby traps. Sandro realises they need to attack from an unexpected direction, so his cyborg Petra leaps up the outside of the reactor building (while it's snowing) using the rebar that's sticking out of the partially constructed building. Sandro can only think: "Damn it--what do you expect ME to do?"
186* Izuku Midoriya in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' teaches himself to use One For All to climb by jumping between buildings in an alley. In the manga, he even compares it to VideoGame/MegaManX. Tensei Ida/Ingenium is shown doing the same using the engines in his arms.
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190* Ninjette and other ninjas from ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' can do this.
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194* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Felix does one of these to avoid Calhoun's projectiles on his first trip into ''Hero's Duty''.
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198* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' (although it demonstrates that Chinese People Can Fly, so partially [[JustifiedTrope justified]].)
199* This is a regular staple of Creator/JackieChan movies. In ''Film/RushHour'', he uses it to break into the Chinese Consulate's home.
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203* This is part of the urban mountaineering and parkour taught in the Guild of Assassins on the Literature/{{Discworld}}. Specifically, it is taught not so much to ascend, but as a means of slowing one's fall in a controlled descent, as mandated by the Emergency Drop.
204* It's revealed in ''Literature/{{Duumvirate}}'' that [[LadyOfWar Sarah]] can do this between walls ''ten feet away''.
205* The [[Literature/TheCobraTrilogy Cobras]] in [[Creator/TimothyZahn Timothy Zahn's]] eponymous series are described training to use this method to descend between buildings, but it's implied that they can do it in the other direction as well.
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209* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Abed performs a ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]''-style version during the episode [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]].
210* In the final episode of Season 2 of ''Series/TwentyFour'', Jack Bauer does this during the fight in the L.A. Coliseum with Peter Kingsley's goons.
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214* 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...
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218* ''WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI'': When team A Better Name Than That found the emerald after digging deep down underground they grab it and all start to come back to the surface by jumping on their tunnel walls in ''Don't Dig Straight Down''.
219* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Killer does zig-zag wall jumps off the support beams of a roller coaster in order to place what are essentially energy versions of remote bombs so he can destroy a hunk of the roller coaster in combat.
220* ''WebAnimation/{{Tetrisd}}'': The hero often bounds off of the sides of Tetris block towers in order to escape being crushed by the upcoming falling blocks.
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224* In ''Webcomic/HeroOhHero'', Burk does this to get at Logan when the latter starts flying.
225* Pacem of ''Webcomic/LucidSpring'' [[http://lucidspring.thecomicseries.com/comics/42 uses it]] to get herself up and onto the bear attacking her.
226* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': Chapter 19 opens with Undine and Heartful Punch on patrol in a narrow alleyway, when a small flying monster attacks them and promptly flees. Once Heartful Punch realizes [[{{Intangibility}} what the monster just did to her]], she leaps between the buildings and onto the city rooftops to give chase.
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230* WesternAnimation/KimPossible and Shego do it, both in the series itself and in some of the games based on the series.
231* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', Robin does this, and his walls are falling rocks.
232* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Aang wall jumps during the [[MeleeATrois three-way fight]] "Chase". Azula demonstrated an even more impressive technique in "Day of The Black Sun: Eclipse" (which gets even more awesome once you remember she is not an airbender).
233* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.
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237%%* See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-amd36SRbJw --this--]] [[LeParkour parkour]] video. Specifically at 3:10 and 4:45.
238* Australian Rules Football has the "speccy" (special) -- where you literally Wall Jump [[RugbyIsSlaughter off another player]] to catch the ball.
239%%* Chinchillas can wall jump. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SH26cWVpXM Check it out]] (first 7 seconds)
240%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TamMqvk4Bb8&t=1m15s A squirrel using a successful wall jump to avoid an obstacle course]].
241* Cats, given their natural agility and speed, will do this when they feel the need. Or when they're chasing a laser pen.
242* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_cat ringtail]] (resembles a cat but is actually a member of the raccoon family) can wall jump to climb canyon walls in the American Southwest.
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