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* At one point [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] rides on the outside of a car "borrowed" by Franchise/{{Batman}} in order to [[HighSpeedHijack leap from it onto the Batmobile and steal it back]]. He has to spend some time on the outside of the Batmobile too and is concerned the thief will discover the features Bruce installed in the car knock off, zap or trap anyone clinging to the vehicle.

* Spoofed in ''The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril'' (a TwoFistedTales-homage by Paul Malmont) when Lester Dent (creator of ''Franchise/DocSavage'') leaps onto a car's running board and demands to be driven to Chinatown. The car roars off [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome causing Lester to be thrown off onto the street]].
* Franchise/DocSavage's favorite way to get around NYC is to let one of his buddies drive while he stands on the running board.

* Subverted in ''Film/{{Red}}''. CIA agent William Cooper is trying to warn the Secret Service they've fallen for a NotMyDriver trick while they're hell-bent on driving their charge away as quickly as possible. He leaps onto the roof in a suitably badass manner, slides down the back window with a silly expression on his face (as he's pressed against the glass), makes a futile attempt to get the Service agents to stop, then [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome gets thrown off when the limo abruptly turns a corner]].

** ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'': Ethan spends some time clinging to the outside of aircraft.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'': In [[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger "What If… Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?"]], [[SuperSoldier Captain Carter]] hitches rides on the back of the HYDRA Stomper to move to where her missions take her and Steve, as well as to attack planes in mid-air.

** In ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond leaps from a horse onto the twin-engine aircraft Kamal is using to escape. Once he's gained some height Kamal loops the plane to thrown Bond off the roof (fortunately there are some [[BenevolentArchitecture handy rails for Bond to hold onto]]) and thinks he's succeeded until he sees Bond yanking out the wires on one of the engines.

** In ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', Bond actually tries it with a plane, if that counts.

** In ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', Bond takes an outside ride on a helicopter.

* Spoofed in ''The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril'' (a TwoFistedTales-homage by Paul Malmont). SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when Lester Dent (creator of ''Franchise/DocSavage'') leaps onto a car's running board and demands to be driven to Chinatown. The car roars off causing Lester to be thrown off onto the street.

* [[http://www.acestory.elknet.pl/kahla/kahla.htm Lieutenant Paavo Kahla]], Finnish Air Force, in WWII. He was an observer-gunner on Fokker C.X reconnaissance plane. During a mission, his pilot, 2/Lt Mannermaa, got killed by flak. Kahla noticed, and instead parachuting (and becoming POW) he climbed ''outside'' the observer's seat along the fuselage of the Fokker onto the lap of the dead pilot, assuming controls. He then flew safely the plane to base, saving himself, the aircraft and the photos. For his insane bravery, he was rewarded the highest Finnish decoration, the Mannerheim Cross.

* The practice of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_desant tank desant,]] the tactic of soldiers riding on the hull of a friendly tank so they can disembark and provide it infantry support when it meets the enemy. This was most commonly used by Russian forces in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, but is uncommon these days due to increases in tank speed and most modern forces that can afford tanks can afford separate transports for their infantry to let them keep up.

* Some more train examples happen in ''VideoGame/WarioLand 2'' and ''VideoGame/WarioLand: Shake''.

* There are various videos on YouTube where someone rides an escalator from the outside by grabbing the handrail and holding on, lifting them up to the next level. However, some people who attempted to do this ended up falling, resulting in serious injuries or even death.

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* A variation in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' - Calvin is strapped down to the roof of the car with Hobbes.

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* In ''Film/Batman1989'', reporter Alexander Knox does this on the hood of Vicki Vale's car.

* Creator/BusterKeaton often grabbed onto moving cars in his films; see ''Film/{{Cops}}'', ''Film/TheGoat'', ''Film/SherlockJr''.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]: Jack Harkness does this with the freaking TARDIS. While it's travelling through time. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal This temporarily kills him.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]]: [[spoiler:Clara accidentally does this when trying to prevent the TARDIS from returning to Trenzalore without her, after the Doctor tricked her into being sent home so she'd be out of danger. The TARDIS ends up being 300 years late because she had to protect Clara with a force field on their way back.]]

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* In ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', Captain Hammer jumps onto a moving car this way. Nathan Fillion even mentions it in his song "Better Than Neil" in ''WebVideo/CommentaryTheMusical''.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E11TheProtectorOfConcordDawn "The Protector of Concord Dawn"]], Kanan ends up hanging onto the outside of Fenn Rau's starfighter all the way into the upper atmosphere while attempting to prevent Rau from escaping. So Kanan disables the fighter by slashing at the engine, before making his way to the cockpit and capturing Rau in time for the ''Phantom'' to catch up so he can jump aboard.

** [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E2TheTripleDark "The Triple Dark"]]: During a pirate attack, Kaz is blasted into the air and, along with diminutive Aleena conman Grevel, who's hanging onto his ankle, winds up briefly clinging to the ship of pirate leader Kragan, before they eventually fall back to the Colossus.
** [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E16TheCoreProblem "The Core Problem"]]: Kaz and Poe escape the Colossus with the latter riding on the outside of the ''Fireball''.

* The running board version is seen in ''Film/DocSavage'', with Doc pointing dramatically as he stands on the running board (in the rain no less) as the Fabulous Five drive off to take on the villains who've killed Doc's father.

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Captain Holt sees the man who kidnapped his dog Cheddar driving away, and jumps on the vehicle to engage him. The guy slams on the brakes and sends him over the hood, but Holt just rolls to his feet and starts a fist fight after both of them are disarmed. Jake, who is watching from the backseat, is very impressed.

* ''Film/{{Transit}}'': When Arielle steps out of the SUV to investigate the shooting, Robyn immediately attempts to drive off. Arielle leaps on to the back of the car and attempts to smash her way in through the rear window.