History Main / FallingIntoHisArms

* In the ''Fanfic/EverydayCrazinessInPontypandy'' story "Bronwyn's Helper", just as Gabby falls from the roof, San jumps in to catch her. This is not played romantically though, due to their age gap (Sam is thirty-one, Gabby is eighteen), and [[spoiler:the later revelation that Gabby is a lesbian]].

* In the Disney version of ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', when Wendy is forced to walk the plank by Hook, Peter catches Wendy in his arms. The jolly Roger pirates are confused that don't hear Wendy hitting the water.

* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': KYO manga, Kyo Kusanagi catches his girlfriend Yuki like this [[spoiler: when his father Saisyu snaps him out of a brief BrainwashedAndCrazy status via staging a HostageSituation with a Yuki subjected to UnwillingSuspension.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' one of Milla's Memory Reels shows this happening with her and Sasha (that's a guy with an arguably GenderBlenderName, for the record).

* Non romantic version in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters XIII'': Adel Berstein catches his younger sister Rose in his arms [[spoiler: when she almost collapses after being released from Botan's BrainWashing]] at the end of the game.

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* In ''VisualNovel/PiofioreFatedMemories'', Lili falls into Dante's arms when she tries to escape from the Falzone Manor from the second floor window, only for the rope to rip and for him to catch her from below. It also marks the start of their relationship.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' it happens like clockwork as flying heroines such Rouge, Storm and Jean are frequently (to point of it being almost a RunningGag) knocked out of the air requiring Cyclops, Wolverine or Gambit to catch them. Though much like the comics it’s a DoubleStandard e.g Rogue as a FlyingBrick caught her non-flying love interest Gambit in her arms before dropping him safely in pond in {{Tsundere}} fashion.

* In the opening stanza of ''Film/TheNakedGunThirtyThreeAndAThird'', during a frantic shootout in a train station, a woman's babies are sent flying out of a stroller. As Frank Drebin is fighting off the gunmen, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Officer Nordberg frantically catches them out of the air]], after which he proceeds to do a celebration dance and is about to spike one of them when the mother frantically tries to grab her child out of his arms.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #127, the Vulture snatches and drops ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, but she's safely caught by Spidey.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** ''Batman'' story ''ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator'' provides a more straight example when ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} gets blasted off a building and [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8vbraq4Bs1qbujox.jpg caught by Supergirl]].

** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lantern Bleez]] passes out as flying and is caught and taken to safety by Kara.
* In ''Uncanny Franchise/XMen'' #146, Iceman catches Polaris after she gets knocked off the sky.
* In ''Amazing Franchise/SpiderMan #127'', the Vulture snatches and drops ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, but she's safely caught by Spidey.

It's also such an old trope that it has standard subversions and parodies. Played straight, it's almost always a man successfully catching a woman. It can be subverted by having the falling woman squash her would-be hero, or by having her miss him entirely, especially with animation's AmusingInjuries or if the girl was deliberately trying to invoke this trope by pretending to faint or something.

* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': {{Subverted|Trope}} during the first arc when [[StockShonenHero Kazuki]] tries to catch [[ActionGirlfriend Tokiko]], who had been launched into the air by his energy-propelled [[BladeOnAStick Sunlight Heart]], only for him to almost be impaled by the lance as Tokiko uses her [[SpiderLimbs Valkyrie Skirt]] to safely land behind.

* This is how Senjougahara Hitagi meets Araragi Koyomi in ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''. It kick-starts the supernatural plot of the show because [[spoiler:she only weighs 5 kilos, due to a "heavy crab" stealing her weight.]]

%%* Happens in ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo''.

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[[caption-width-right:350:He thinks she's a real catch.]]

* In ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'', Chat Noir runs to catch Marinette when Stoneheart throws her off the Eiffel Tower.
** One of the story's {{Running Gag}}s is Chloé attempting to invoke this trope with Adrien as the catcher, only for him to go hug or hold someone else while she falls.

The baby Falling into His Arms has two standard subversions too. One is for the man to miss the catch (maybe [[TheNotCatch even deliberately]]), and the other is for it to turn out to be something else wrapped up in swaddling clothes, such as an ugly pet. Or an ugly baby, for that matter. Maybe he wouldn't have gone to the trouble to save that face.

The baby Falling into His Arms has two standard subversions too. One is for the man to miss the catch, and the other is for it to turn out to be something else wrapped up in swaddling clothes, such as an ugly pet. Or an ugly baby, for that matter. Maybe he wouldn't have gone to the trouble to save that face.

* In ''VisualNovel/PiofioreNoBansho'', Lili falls into Dante's arms when she tries to escape from the Falzone Manor from the second floor window, only for the rope to rip and for him to catch her from below. It also marks the start of their relationship.

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* TruthInTelevision - this is a surprisingly common occurrence, particularly during fires or other emergencies. See [[http://fox8.com/2012/01/31/mom-drops-baby-out-window-before-getting-set-on-fire/ here]] and [[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-threw-baby-burning-building-3292475 here]] and [[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/hero-dad-saves-daughter-inferno-4617790 here]] and [[http://www.oregonlive.com/milwaukie/index.ssf/2011/02/woman_trapped_in_milwaukie_fire_trusted_stranger_with_her_child.html here]] and [[http://myburbank.com/03/sections/policefire/fire/quick-thinking-saves-the-life-of-three-year-old-after-fall-from-second-story-window/ here]] for just a few examples...
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* In ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' it happens like clockwork as flying heroines such Rouge, Storm and Jean are frequently (to point of it being almost a RunningGag) knocked out of the air requiring Cyclops, Wolverine or Gambit to catch them. Though much like the comics it’s a DoubleStandard e.g Rogue as a FlyingBrick caught her non-flying love interest Gambit in her arms before dropping him safely in pond in {{Tsundere}} fashion.

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Compare CatchAFallingStar and DivingSave. May overlap with RescueHug.

* Brilliantly played with in ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', when Truman spots the love of his life Lauren (whose just an extra in the show that is his life) but as he stares at her, the actor who plays his future wife suddenly drops backgrounds into his arms and Truman can't see where Lauren's gone.

* Not romantic (for obvious reasons), but when Johnnie falls out of the barn in the StoryWithinAStory that opens ''Film/ShortcutToHappiness'', he lands in his father arms.

-->'''Guido:''' ''(as she falls into his arms)'' [[RunningGag Buongiorno principessa!]]