Speculative Fiction's answer to the
Flying Broomstick, in which a character rides on a rocket.
Not to be confused with
Riding The Bomb, as this trope involves flying and being able to navigate the projectile rather than just having it fall.
Like Roxy shows us to the left, there are many
Freudian implications to using this... "Crotch Rocket"...
Also comes in the form of a Rocket Bike, without wheels.
Examples:
Anime and Manga
- The opening credits of Paprika
- The Rocket Bikes in the sewer in Akira.
- One of the last episodes of Grenadier has Touka riding a missile.
- In Shin Mazinger, Juzo Kabuto rides a Rocket Punch to snap Kouji out of a Heroic BSOD.
- One episode of the upcoming Halo anime miniseries Halo Legends features Spartans riding Booster Frames.
Comic Books
- The Green Goblin's initial introduction in Spider-Man has him riding a rocket powered broomstick before upgrading to his famed Goblin Glider
- The Penguin has ridden on a number of rocket powered Umbrellas in the Batman comics. They are referred to as "Umbrella Jet Packs" in Batman The Movie.
- Leni "Sky Witch" Muller from Top Ten rode a rocket powered broomstick.
- Not to mention Stefan "Saddles" Graczik, who rode a rocket powered saddle.
Film
Literature
- Rocket-powered rideable craft much like broomsticks are used in asteroid mining in The Rolling Stones by Robert A Heinlein.
- At least one Star Wars book took a speeder bike and Turneditupto Eleven, welding the controls of a bike to a PODRACER engine. Han commented it must shake considerably when it breaks the sound barrier. The owner answered that it did. He later experienced it first hand.
Live Action TV
Tabletop Games
- The Eldar and Dark Eldar have some pretty cool jetbikes in Warhammer 40k
Video Games
- Vultures in Star Craft are of the "Rocket Bike" variety. They're apparently a lot smaller then their unit appearance suggests.
- Dante from Devil May Cry 3 plays this for laughs, sort of, by jumping Lady's rocket and riding it like a surfboard.
- The jetbikes from Warhammer 40000 and Unreal Tournament III
- Hikaru and Akane from the Parodius series.
- Wizpig does this in Diddy Kong Racing, in the second race against him.
- Jet Moto
- If you're very, very, very lucky, you can get one in World Of Warcraft. They're rewards from the TCG.
- The (Bonne family) train boss, the Gemeinschaft, in Mega Man Legends 2 launches Servbots riding Missiles. To defeat the boss, you must throw these missiles back at it.. It comes across as cute and hilarious, especially thanks to the facial expressions of the servbots.
- Contra III's 4th boss involves riding a Macross Missile Massacre while disabling the boss's anti aircraft weaponry and shields. This fight is a Rule Of Cool and takes Refuge In Audacity.
Western Animation
Other
