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* Both the [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' and its SpinOff ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' had one. Sorta. The ''Roommates'' one planed by Dark!Jareth got highly [[SubvertedTrope anti-climatic]] when all heroic characters basically refused to fight him (and his own villainous deeds became his undoing). The ''Girls Next Door'' one by Erik got [[SubvertedTrope weird]] when the other characters brought the popcorn... and the heroines didn't need saving anyway.

* Happens in a first season episode of ''BattlestarGalactica'' where Six beats Sharon up on top of a building.

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* The final controntation in ''NightWatch'' (the book and the movie) happens on a rooftop. The movie has Anton fight with Zabulon with a ''halogen lamp'' (Zabulon is wielding a sword he has just pulled out of his spine). In the book, Zabulon is about to kill Anton with a powerful spell after Anton has a revelation about Svetlana but is stopped.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Elan duels [[spoiler: His father Tarquin]] on a rooftop after realizing that the man is evil. His adversary approves of the location choice.

* The opening sequence of ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' features Batman confronting bank robbers on a rooftop.

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* Final showdowns in the ''{{Game/Yakuza}}'' series are prone to taking place atop a very tall building.

* Leo vs Raph in ''{{TMNT}}.''
** Also many of their battles with the Shredder happen on rooftops in the original comics, 03 series and 90s movies.

* ''{{Ghost in the Shell}}'' Stand-Alone Complex. The Individual Eleven practice a ritualized [[spoiler: MutualKill]] on top of a rooftop; it ends with a sword-fight when one of them changes his mind. All of this is caught on tape and makes for a pretty horrifying news report.

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* In {{ComicBook/All Fall Down}}, Portia trades blows with the Ghoul on a skyscraper after he [[spoiler:interrupts her suicide attempt]].

* Subverted in ''Film/{{Spiderman}} 2''. A fight between Spiderman and Octavious begins on the roof of a building, but they end up chasing each other all over the city.

* The final confrontation between Colin Sullivan and Billy Costigan in ''{{The Departed}}'' is on a rooftop, although the actual shooting happens in the lift when they reach the ground floor.

* ''{{Film/Batman}}'' (1989). Near the beginning the title character confronts and fights two robbers on the roof of a building where they're counting their ill-gotten gains.

* In the film version of ''IchiTheKiller'', the final confrontation takes place on the roof of the Yakuza apartment building.

* ''{{CSI NY}}'' Mac and Clay Dobson in one episode of a several ep arc in season 3. Mac had busted a dirty cop and Dobson was released because of the cop's testimony being tossed out. He killed another person, though, and Mac chased him down, cornering him on the rooftop. Dobson waited to be cuffed, then jumped off the roof in an attempt to frame Mac for police brutality, though it failed.

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* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', Elan duels [[spoiler: His father Tarquin]] on a rooftop after realizing that the man is evil. His adversary approves of the location choice.

* Both the [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' and its SpinOff ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' had one. Sorta. The ''Roommates'' one planed by Dark!Jareth got highly [[SubvertedTrope anti-climatic]] when all heroic characters basically refused to fight him (and his own villainous deeds became his undoing). The ''Girls Next Door'' one by Erik got [[SubvertedTrope weird]] when the other characters brought the popcorn... and the heroines didn't need saving anyway.

* Both the [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''[[Webcomic/{{Roommates2007}} Roommates]]'' and its SpinOff ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' had one. Sorta. The ''Roommates'' one planed by Dark!Jareth got highly [[SubvertedTrope anti-climatic]] when all heroic characters basically refused to fight him (and his own villainous deeds became his undoing). The ''Girls Next Door'' one by Erik got [[SubvertedTrope weird]] when the other characters brought the popcorn... and the heroines didn't need saving anyway.

* ''TheMatrix'' has an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXAXyuShGUo epic fight scene]] on top of a building.
* ''{{Predator}} II''. Lieutenant Harrigan fights the Predator on the roof of a building as part of a running battle with it.

* In volume 7 of ''Parasyte'', Goto faces off against [[spoiler:the military]] on the roof of a building. [[spoiler:He massacres them.]]

* The climax of ''Hollywood Homicide'' ended up on a roof.
* Subverted in ''{{Spiderman}} 2''. A fight between Spiderman and Octavious begins on the roof of a building, but they end up chasing each other all over the city.

* Both the [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''[[Webcomic/{{Roommates2007}} Roommates]]'' and its SpinOff ''GirlsNextDoor'' had one. Sorta. The ''Roommates'' one planed by Dark!Jareth got highly [[SubvertedTrope anti-climatic]] when all heroic characters basically refused to fight him (and his own villainous deeds became his undoing). The ''Girls Next Door'' one by Erik got [[SubvertedTrope weird]] when the other characters brought the popcorn... and the heroines didn't need saving anyway.

* Both the [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''[[Fanfic/{{Roommates2007}} Roommates]]'' and its SpinOff ''GirlsNextDoor'' had one. Sorta. The ''Roommates'' one planed by Dark!Jareth got highly [[SubvertedTrope anti-climatic]] when all heroic characters basically refused to fight him (and his own villainous deeds became his undoing). The ''Girls Next Door'' one by Erik got [[SubvertedTrope weird]] when the other characters brought the popcorn... and the heroines didn't need saving anyway.

* The original ''DieHard'' movie has this, with the plot-relevant roof being special because it [[spoiler: doesn't survive the fight]].

* In the ''MaxPayne'' film, the climax where Max confronts the guy who killed his wife occurs on a hele-pad on top of the Aesir Pharmaceuticals high-rise building.

* In ''Vigilante'', the fifth and final stage has the player fighting on top of girders high above street level.

* Both in the [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''[[Fanfic/{{Roommates2007}} Roommates]]'' and its SpinOff ''GirlsNextDoor'' had one. Sorta. The ''Roommates'' one planed by Dark!Jareth got highly [[SubvertedTrope anti-climatic]] when all heroic characters basically refused to fight him (and his own villainous deeds became his undoing). The ''Girls Next Door'' one by Erik got [[SubvertedTrope weird]] when the other characters brought the popcorn... and the heroines didn't need saving anyway.

* Both in the [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''[[Fanfic/{{Roommates2007}} Roommates]]'' and its SpinOff ''GirlsNextDoor'' had one. Sorta. The ''Roommates'' one was planed by Dark!Jareth got highly [[SubvertedTrope anti-climatic]] when all heroic characters basically refused to fight him (and his own villainous deeds became his undoing). The ''Girls Next Door'' one by Erik got [[SubvertedTrope weird]] when the other characters brought the popcorn... and the heroines didn't need saving anyway.

* In ''{{Animorphs}}'', Ax chases Visser Three onto a rooftop to confront him for a one-on-one battle.

* The 1920 silent movie ''TheGolem'' features a showdown between the Golem and Knight Florian on top of the Rabbi's observatory tower.