1 | '''Basic Trope''': The superpower to jump further and higher than usual, in lieu of normal flight. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Spring-Heeled Jack can leap over small buildings, on a good day. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Spring-Heeled Jack can jump from the [[WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja earth to the moon]], and with [[JumpPhysics enough air control]] to make you question if he is [[NotQuiteFlight jumping or flying.]] The floor may even try to come along with him. |
5 | ** Everyone can jump better than Mario, with no explanation given or [[RuleOfCool needed]]. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Spring-Heeled Jack can jump a full 3 feet into the air. |
7 | * '''Justified''': Spring-Heeled Jack is actually a relatively normal flea, and it would be more alarming if he couldn’t jump. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': Iron-Elbowed Jill is so heavy that she can’t jump at all. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': |
10 | ** Spring-Heeled Jack makes a run-up towards the building, and makes a daring leap… that get all of 2 feet up the wall, which he then climbs like a normal person. |
11 | ** This conversation: |
12 | -->'''Jack:''' Alice, did you know I can jump higher than a house? |
13 | -->'''Alice:''' Wow, really? |
14 | -->'''Jack:''' Well, of course, houses can't jump! |
15 | -->''{{Beat}}'' |
16 | ---> '''Alice''': You gotta be fucking kidding me. |
17 | |
18 | * '''Double Subverted''': He only needed to climb up in order to get to the proper position, after which he launches himself into an impressive sequence of {{Wall Jump}}ing up the side of 2 skyscrapers, ending in a flip that lasts a full 5 seconds. |
19 | * '''Parodied''': After being challenged, Spring-Heeled jack makes and epic jump, and doesn’t land until [[BrickJoke 3 hours later, at the end of the film.]] |
20 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
21 | * '''Averted''': Everyone uses other methods to travel, superhuman or otherwise. No-one jumps around. |
22 | * '''Enforced''': Spring-Heeled Jack is the protagonist in a platforming game: not jumping well would ruin the fun. |
23 | * '''Lampshaded''': “I just leapt over that building in a single bound. Huh.” |
24 | * '''Invoked''': PainPoweredLeap, or similar tropes. |
25 | * '''Exploited''': Spring-Heeled Jack jumps [[MundaneUtility instead of taking the morning commute.]] |
26 | * '''Defied''': “No one can jump that high without already being able to fly anyway.” |
27 | * '''Discussed''': “Old master Jack, how did you learn to [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack jump good?”]] “[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Squats, Grasshopper. Hundreds and hundreds of squats.]]” |
28 | * '''Conversed''': “I bet he’s really good at hurdles.” |
29 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
30 | ** Spring-Heeled Jack [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings jumps too greedly, too high]]: He ends up reaching escape velocity and jumps to his death in the hateful airless void. |
31 | ** Spring-Heeled Jack landed poorly after his last impressive jump, and breaks both his ankles for the trouble. |
32 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
33 | ** Before the final fatal instant, [[ArtisticLicensePhysics Jack flips around and uses the surface tension of the earth’s atmosphere in order to jump off THAT]], and return to ground level. |
34 | ** After taking the time for recovery and proper training, Spring-Heeled Jack has mastered LeParkour and the proper method for landing afterward. |
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38 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
39 | %% |
40 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
41 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
42 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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