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* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The Sadler children did this in R.L. Stine's book, "Ghost Beach" to get in and out of a cottage.

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* ''Literature/TheGoldenHamsterSaga'': During the rabbits' show in ''The Haunting of Freddy'', Lucinda sings a song about her TrademarkFavoriteFood celery while standing on a three-story pyramid of nine rabbits. Then she sees the guinea pigs Enrico and Caruso nibbling on celery. She demands that the other rabbits put her down, but after the difficulty of forming the pyramids, they don't want her to leave before finishing her song. Lucinda struggles until the pyramid collapses.
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The Sadler children did this in R.L. Stine's book, "Ghost Beach" Beach," to get in and out of a cottage.



* In ''Literature/TheZombieSurvivalGuide'', Max Brooks states that this is the inevitable consequence of a large enough horde of zombies trying to get past an impenetrable wall at once: eventually, they start climbing over each other and forming a human ramp over the wall.
** The [[Film/WorldWarZ film adaptation]] of ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' depicts this in vivid detail in the Jerusalem scene, where they not only cross over the wall this way, but submerge a bus under a literal wave of zombies.

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* In ''Literature/TheZombieSurvivalGuide'', Max Brooks states that this is the inevitable consequence of a large enough horde of zombies trying to get past an impenetrable wall at once: eventually, they start climbing over each other and forming a human ramp over the wall.
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wall. The [[Film/WorldWarZ film adaptation]] of ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' depicts this in vivid detail in the Jerusalem scene, where they not only cross over the wall this way, but submerge a bus under a literal wave of zombies.
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Add a coat to become a TotemPoleTrench. Sometimes implied in a ScoobyStack. For an extreme version of this trope where the human ladder becomes a co-existing organism, see TheWormThatWalks. Contrast INeedNoLadders, the other option where there are no nearby ladders. See also ChainOfPeople. Other utilitarian uses of people include a FastballSpecial (for an ally) or GrievousHarmWithABody (for either an ally with SuperToughness, or an enemy).

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Add a coat to become a TotemPoleTrench. Sometimes implied in a ScoobyStack. For an extreme version of this trope where the human ladder becomes a co-existing organism, see TheWormThatWalks. Contrast INeedNoLadders, the other option where there are no nearby ladders. See also ChainOfPeople.ChainOfPeople, and BodyBridge for when the people form a bridge. Other utilitarian uses of people include a FastballSpecial (for an ally) or GrievousHarmWithABody (for either an ally with SuperToughness, or an enemy).
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sagwa}}'': A group of cats are stuck on a crumbling ledge, and stand on each other's shoulders to reach safety, with the ones on the bottom climbing up to the top one by one.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sagwa}}'': ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'': A group of cats are stuck on a crumbling ledge, and stand on each other's shoulders to reach safety, with the ones on the bottom climbing up to the top one by one.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sagwa}}'': A group of cats are stuck on a crumbling ledge, and stand on each other's shoulders to reach safety, with the ones on the bottom climbing up to the top one by one.
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* Done by Cubbi, Sunni and Tummi in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "Snows Your Old Man" because their Gummiberry juice is frozen so that they can reach Chillbeard's snow horn that hanging high up on a tree branch. Cubbi is on top, Sunni is in the middle and Tummi is on the bottom.

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* Done by Cubbi, Sunni and Tummi in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "Snows Your Old Man" because their Gummiberry juice is frozen so that they can reach Chillbeard's snow horn that is hanging high up on a tree branch. Cubbi is on top, Sunni is in the middle and Tummi is on the bottom.
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* Done by Cubbi, Sunni and Tummi in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "Snows Your Old Man" because their Gummiberry juice is frozen so that they can reach Chillbeard's snow horn that hanging high up on a tree branch. Cubbi is on top, Sunni is in the middle and Tummi is on the bottom.

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* Done by Cubbi, Sunni and Tummi in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "Snows Your Old Man" because their Gummiberry juice is frozen so that they can reach Chillbeard's snow horn that hanging high up on a tree branch. Cubbi is on top, Sunni is in the middle and Tummi is on the bottom.
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%%* Done by Cubbi, Sunni and Tummi in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "Snows Your Old Man" because their Gummiberry juice is frozen so that they can reach Chillbeard's snow horn that hanging high up on a tree branch. Cubbi is on top, Sunni is in the middle and Tummi is on the bottom.

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%%* * Done by Cubbi, Sunni and Tummi in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "Snows Your Old Man" because their Gummiberry juice is frozen so that they can reach Chillbeard's snow horn that hanging high up on a tree branch. Cubbi is on top, Sunni is in the middle and Tummi is on the bottom.

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%%* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': The monster protagonists do this sometimes.
%%* Done frequently by ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''.

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%%* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': %%*''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': The monster protagonists do this sometimes.
%%* Done by Cubbi, Sunni and Tummi in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' episode "Snows Your Old Man" because their Gummiberry juice is frozen so that they can reach Chillbeard's snow horn that hanging high up on a tree branch. Cubbi is on top, Sunni is in the middle and Tummi is on the bottom.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E79FiveCharactersInSearchOfAnExit Five Characters in Search of an Exit]]", the title characters form one in an attempt to escape from the large metal cylinder in which they are trapped. However, the ballet dancer is unable to reach the top as they are still several inches too short. The major then fashions a grappling hook from his sword and strips of clothing. He, the clown, the hobo and the bagpiper form another human ladder and he manages to reach the top. [[spoiler:It is then revealed that the five of them are nothing more than dolls in a collection barrel.]]

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E79FiveCharactersInSearchOfAnExit "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E14FiveCharactersInSearchOfAnExit Five Characters in Search of an Exit]]", the title characters form one in an attempt to escape from the large metal cylinder in which they are trapped. However, the ballet dancer is unable to reach the top as they are still several inches too short. The major then fashions a grappling hook from his sword and strips of clothing. He, the clown, the hobo and the bagpiper form another human ladder and he manages to reach the top. [[spoiler:It is then revealed that the five of them are nothing more than dolls in a collection barrel.]]

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