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* In the climax of ''Film/KungFuHustle'', the Beast sends Sing high enough in the sky to produce friction when the latter descends and unleashes Buddha's Palm on him. It burns Sing's shirt, [[MagicPants but not his pants]].

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* In the climax of ''Film/KungFuHustle'', ''Film/KungFuHustle'' has a ToonPhysics and SupernaturalMartialArts variant: the Beast sends Sing high enough in the sky to produce friction when the latter descends and unleashes Buddha's Palm on him. It burns Sing's shirt, [[MagicPants but not his pants]].
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* In the climax of ''Film/KungFuHustle'', the Beast sends Sing high enough in the sky to produce friction when the latter descends and unleashes Buddha's Palm on him. It burns Sing's shirt, [[MagicPants but not his pants]].
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* In Creator/Paul Preuss' "Starfire" the astronaut Travis Hill uses a personal re-entry system to avoid a high dose of radiation from a solar flare.

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* In Creator/Paul Paul Preuss' "Starfire" the astronaut Travis Hill uses a personal re-entry system to avoid a high dose of radiation from a solar flare.
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* In Creator/Paul Preuss' "Starfire" the astronaut Travis Hill uses a personal re-entry system to avoid a high dose of radiation from a solar flare.
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* Creator/JamesNicoll once proposed "MERE" (Minimally Equipped Re-Entry: go from orbit to ground with only a space suit and a heat shield) as a way of monetising space. He was sure that the extreme sports crowd would jump st the chance to spend a lot of money to risk their lives somewhere exotic.
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* In ''VideoGame/Crysis3'', Prophet survives falling through the atmosphere ''with nothing but his armor'' and gets right back up with nary a scratch.
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-->'''Johnson:''' For a brick, he flew pretty good.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', Chief has to make an impromptu evacuation from a landing ship. He leaps out and falls from low orbit, using a door as a drag shield, and lands stunned for some hours, but still alive. Johnson finds him and lampshades Chief's tendency to keep doing this.

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-->'''Johnson:''' --->'''Johnson:''' For a brick, he flew pretty good.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', ''VideoGame/Halo3'', Chief has to make an impromptu evacuation from a landing ship. He leaps out and falls from low orbit, using a door as a drag shield, and lands stunned for some hours, but still alive. Johnson finds him and lampshades Chief's tendency to keep doing this.



** Master Chief makes one more drop from orbit in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' after his ship falls apart before he can reach the escape pods. Fortunately this time he has small thrusters on his suit he can use to slow his fall a bit.

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** Master Chief makes one more drop from orbit in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' ''VideoGame/Halo4'' after his ship falls apart before he can reach the escape pods. Fortunately this time he has small thrusters on his suit he can use to slow his fall a bit.

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