History Main / JumpJetPack

* Players on foot in ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'' have one that lets them jump higher and run on walls.

* Pharah from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has one of these built into her PoweredArmor. She can launch herself into the air and then briefly hover to ambush enemies from above.

* RobertHeinlein's ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'': the powered armor used by the Mobile Infantry had "jump jets" that acted like this. When a trooper tried to jump high his suit automatically cut in the jets to send him high into the air, then cut in again to allow a soft landing.

* The Booster 2.0 from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' is a prime example. When equipped, you can boost in four different directions. In fact, it's necessary to have this item not only to get past two different dungeons, you unlock the two dungeons by having it.

* Imperial Dark Troopers in ''StarWarsBattlefront'' use these for mobility. They don't provide actual flight like with their predecessors, the Republic's Jet Troopers, but they're much faster and can be used to give a lateral speed boost, as well.

* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', both the humans and Covenant have these, with the former having them since ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', and the latter getting them in installments from ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' onward.

* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', humans and Brutes both get these, with the former having them since ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', and the latter getting them in installments from ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' onward.

A device that helps propel its user forward, backward, etc. quickly. Unlike a JetPack, it doesn't grant flight, but it can help jumping InASingleBound, DoubleJump, and hovering in the air temporarily. Also, it helps in a DashAttack or VideoGameDashing.

* Jumpjets in the ''Videogame/MechWarrior'' series will rocket your HumongousMecha into the air but generally have limited fuel. In ''Mechwarrior 2'', thrusters could be vectored in any direction and had oodles of fuel, allowing players to "ski" across the ground. ''4'' launched the user into a slow, uncontrolled fly arc and was generally used more for jump-sniping than for movement. ''Living Legends'' had two flavors, standard jumpjets rocketed the user high into the air but had little horizontal movement capacity, while Advanced jumpjets had less vertical thrust but far more horizontal movement and faster fuel regeneration; both sets had gratuitous [[CameraAbuse camera shake]], [[OverHeating heat generation]] and little fuel.

A device that helps propel its user forward, backward, etc. quickly. Unlike a JetPack, it doesn't grant flight, but it can help jumping InASingleBound or even DoubleJump. Also, it helps in a DashAttack or VideoGameDashing.

* In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', humans and Brutes both get these, with the former having them since ''VideoGame/Halo3'', and the latter getting them in installments from ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' onward.

* During the late-XIX and early XX century, big balloons worn on backpack-like straps were available as stunt devices, allowing very high jumps but not negating the entire weight of the wearer. Since then, jetpacks replaced them as stunt devices; neither them nor those were ever really practical.

* FLUDD's Rocket Nozzle in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine. Possibly the Turbo one for a horizontal equivalent.

* The Super Rush Adapter from ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan Megaman 7]]'' gives Megaman - among other things - a pair of jet thrusters on his back. However, it doesn't grant him flight like the previous title did. Instead, it grants him the ability to do a double jump.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Prowl had jump jetpack initially before getting samurai armor that included a jet pack.

A device that helps propel its user forward, backward, etc. quickly. Unlike a JetPack, it doesn't grant flight, but it can help jumping InASingleBound or even DoubleJump. Also, it helps in a DashAttack.