History Main / HighSpeedHijack

* ''Film/MadMax''. Toecutter's gang are shown jumping onto the back of a fuel tanker as it's driving past and syphoning out the fuel.

* ''Series/KnightRider''. The episode "Inside Out" had Michael Knight go undercover with some criminals being trained for TheCaper without being told what the target was. They had to succeed in several tasks, which turned out to be what was needed to hijack a truck without stopping it.

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* ''FanFic/EyeOfTheStorm'' series: It's not moving particularly fast at the time, but [[Franchise/StarWars Artoo]] does this to an AT-AT Walker during the battle for Tatooine in ''The Armor of Vader''.

Compare TakeTheWheel, OutsideRide and HoodHopping, which frequently precede a High Speed Hijack. In space it may be accomplished by means of a BoardingParty that may use {{Boarding Pod}}s. And please, [[DontTryThisAtHome don't try this at home.]]

Don't let the limitations of your vehicle (or lack thereof) limit what you can steal. Jumping from one speedboat to another is child's play. Stealing a helicopter when you're on foot with nothing but a GrapplingHookPistol is better. Ramping a boat into the air and jumping from your flying boat into a helicopter? CrazyAwesome.

* ''Film/{{Savaged}}'': When Trey and his gang abducts Dane, Zoe jumps into the back of their speeding truck and gets in a fight with Wes in the back of the truck.

[[caption-width-right:350:Hopefully the door's not locked.]]

* TheSheriff leaps from his horse onto the killer's speeding wagon in ''Film/TheRawhiideTerror''.

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Parker attempts to rob an armoured car while it is motion in "The First David Job".

* TheBerserker of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' does this on a ''still-airborne'' F-15 Jet in order to engage a dogfight with Gilgamesh in his nuclear-powered Babylonian spaceship. And by hijacking, we mean "climbing ''on top of the jet'' and piloting it from there without even getting into the cockpit."

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** A series of these is central to the plot of the original movie, which is why the LAPD sent O'Connor undercover. The very beginning of the movie was the target truck being loaded, followed by the heist - we don't know who or why yet, but a gang driving Civics with underglow use a grappling hook to get into and subdue the truck's driver. Towards the end, the Torettos are revealed to be behind the thefts when they try another, failing miserably thanks to a shotgun-toting target.
** The fourth movie has Dom and crew separating tanker trailers from a truck, hitching up to them, and driving off. In the climactic chase of the film, Dom uses a more traditional High Speed Hijack against a Mook that has him boxed in. Unable to avoid crashing into a wall of explosives, he steals the Mook's car and continues the chase in it.
** ''Fast Five'' one-ups that when the gang steal DEA-seized cars right off a train.
** Although not a hijack, ''Fast 6's'' [[spoiler:runway scene]] does this with [[spoiler:an [[CoolPlane Antonov AN-220]].]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2'' gives a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi1AC-GVNKU how-to demonstration for beginners.]] Don't think you're limited to jumping onto the backs of trucks though -- it's certainly possible to do the same to attack helicopters in the air.

* This is possible in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series starting in [[VideoGame/{{Halo2}} the second game]]. Enemies can hijack your vehicles in single-player, and there's a medal for doing it to another player during a multiplayer game. Spartan-[=IIs=] can also hijack enemy vehicles in ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' and ''VideoGame/HaloWars2''.

* The ''[[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Uncharted]]'' series features this in their signature convoy chase scenes, starting with ''Among Thieves''. ''A Thief's End'' adds a grappling hook into the mix, allowing Nate to drag behind a larger enemy truck without missing a beat in the action.

* At one point in Franchise/{{Batman}} the Batmobile gets stolen while it is parked. When Bataman and [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] turn take the crook's car to follow it Tim starts crawling out the window in order to jack back the Batmobile mid chase. When Bruce tries to stop him Tim points out he's ''actually trained for this'' and wonders what the point was if he never gets to actually use his training, then successfully gets the Batmobile back.

* At one point in Franchise/{{Batman}} the Batmobile gets stolen while it is parked. When Bataman and [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] turn take the crook's car to follow it Tim starts crawling out the window in order to jack back the Batmobile. When Bruce says he doesn't have to Tim points out he's ''actually trained for this'' and wonders what the point was if he never gets to actually use his training, then successfully gets the Batmobile back.

* Frigatebirds and skuas acquire many of their meals by diving full-speed at smaller seabirds to force them to drop their catch, then scooping up the dropped fish before it can fall back into the water.

* Matt Helm movie ''The Wrecking Crew''. After using a ploy to slow it down, eight of Count Contini's men climb aboard a moving train, kill the guards and hijack its cargo: a billion dollars in gold. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVs9e0dUl9E#t=3m50s Check it out]].

* In ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'', you can hijack enemy aircraft by jumping out from your own jet, shooting the pilot in the head and then enter the enemy jet mid-air. This technique is also known as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrOIgxQ--Tc Jet Swap]]".

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrOIgxQ--Tc Possible, if VERY difficult,]] in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}''. [[OutsideTheBoxTactic Notable due to not being a trick intended by it's creators, unlike most video-game examples.]]

* In ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'', you can hijack enemy aircraft by jumping out from your own jet, shooting the pilot in the head and then enter the jet mid-air. This technique is also known as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrOIgxQ--Tc Jet Swap]]".