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* ''VideoGame/NeverGivesUpHerDead'': In the Monsters Inside segment, Emrys must fling herself to a higher area by using an iron bar and a crack in the wall to springboard up.
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* In the NES ''VideoGame/Asterix'' game, the levels end with Asterix jumping on a seesaw to send a rock in the air which launches Asterix to the exit upon landing on seesaw again.

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* In the NES ''VideoGame/Asterix'' ''VideoGame/{{Asterix}}'' game, the levels end with Asterix jumping on a seesaw to send a rock in the air which launches Asterix to the exit upon landing on seesaw again.



* ''VideoGame/Lucky Luke'': Luke can shoot anvil off from ropes which lands on a seesaw. If he's on the other side, he gets launched in the air.

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* ''VideoGame/Lucky Luke'': ''VideoGame/LuckyLuke'': Luke can shoot anvil off from ropes which lands on a seesaw. If he's on the other side, he gets launched in the air.

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* ''VideoGame/PinkPantherHokusPokusPink'' has the panther use one of these to get out of the rat cave. The problem is finding something to land on the other side.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', Herman Toothrot has built a fixture on Monkey Island that he insists is modern art, but consists of a log placed over a rock with a boulder on one end. This leads to a puzzle in which Guybrush must turn the log to the correct angle and drop a rock from an overhanging ledge in order to knock down a banana tree on a distant beach. If he gets the angle wrong, he may hit his own ship, resulting in slight embarrassment on his part and an extra scene in the ending in which his crew are marooned on the same island.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog:''
** In ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic the Hedgehog 1]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 2]]'', there are seesaws in [[SpaceZone Star Light Zone]] and [[DeathMountain Hill Top Zone]], respectively. In the former game, there is a spiked ball on one end, and in the latter game, there is a Gohla enemy on one end. Sonic can launch the projectile to the other end and stand on the end it was on originally so it can launch him in the air, causing him to reach higher places. In the former game, this is also the key to defeating Dr. Robotnik in Star Light Zone, as he drops spiked bombs onto empty seesaws. If timed perfectly, Sonic can even [[TennisBoss hit Robotnik's machine simply by launching the spiked balls back at him]].
** In ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog'', Sonic, Mighty, and Ray [[IndyEscape get chased by a giant boulder]] in [[LethalLavaLand Volcanic Vault]]. They eventually evade it and land on one end of a giant seesaw. The boulder then lands on the other end, launching them into the air.
** ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'': Mushroom Hill has a variant where there are two mushrooms with a shared stem, and pushing one mushroom down by landing on it raises the other and launches a weight into the air. When the weight comes back down, Sonic is launched into the air himself.

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* ''VideoGame/PinkPantherHokusPokusPink'' has the panther use one of these to get out of the rat cave. The problem is finding something to land on the other side.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', Herman Toothrot has built a fixture the NES ''VideoGame/Asterix'' game, the levels end with Asterix jumping on Monkey Island that he insists is modern art, but consists of a log placed over seesaw to send a rock with a boulder on one end. This leads to a puzzle in the air which Guybrush must turn the log launches Asterix to the correct angle and drop a rock from an overhanging ledge in order to knock down a banana tree exit upon landing on a distant beach. If he gets the angle wrong, he may hit his own ship, resulting in slight embarrassment on his part and an extra scene in the ending in which his crew are marooned on the same island.
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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog:''
** In ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic the Hedgehog 1]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 2]]'', there are seesaws in [[SpaceZone Star Light Zone]] and [[DeathMountain Hill Top Zone]], respectively. In the former game, there is a spiked ball on one end, and in the latter game, there is a Gohla enemy on one end. Sonic
''VideoGame/TheBugsBunnyBirthdayBlowout'': Bugs can launch the projectile to the other end and stand on the end it was on originally so it can launch him in the air, causing him to reach higher places. In the former game, this is also the key to defeating Dr. Robotnik in Star Light Zone, as he drops spiked bombs onto empty seesaws. If timed perfectly, Sonic can even [[TennisBoss hit Robotnik's machine simply by launching the spiked balls back at him]].
** In ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog'', Sonic, Mighty, and Ray [[IndyEscape get chased by a giant boulder]] in [[LethalLavaLand Volcanic Vault]]. They eventually evade it and land
on one end of a giant seesaw. The boulder then lands on seesaw and use his hammer to hit the other end, launching them causing the seesaw to launch him into the air.
** ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'': Mushroom Hill has a variant where there are two mushrooms with a shared stem, * In ''C So!'' (a Creator/{{Compile}} game for the Platform/{{MSX}} and pushing one mushroom down by landing on it raises SG-1000), the other and launches a weight object is to get rid of enemies by using the seesaws scattered around the levels to propel them into the air. When the weight comes back down, Sonic ceiling or trap them underneath. The game's name is launched into the air himself.an Engrish homophone for "seesaw."



* The FinalBoss of the [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]/[[Platform/SegaGenesis Genesis]] ''[[VideoGame/TheSmurfs1994 The Smurfs]]'' game had to be fought using such a device, to launch acorns dropped by a cracoucas.
* In ''C So!'' (a Creator/{{Compile}} game for the Platform/{{MSX}} and SG-1000), the object is to get rid of enemies by using the seesaws scattered around the levels to propel them into ceiling or trap them underneath. The game's name is an Engrish homophone for "seesaw."



* In ''Snoopy's Grand Adventure'', the boss of the [[JungleJapes Peppermint Jungle]] is a giant wooden mask that resembles Peppermint Patty, who tosses baseballs at Snoopy. When the baseballs land on one end of the seesaws, Snoopy must jump on the other end [[TennisBoss to launch them back at her]].
* In the bonus rounds of ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}'', there are a pair of Tigers on seesaws that launch Chirps into the air. Flicky must catch as many of them in her net as she can.

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* In ''Snoopy's Grand Adventure'', ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', Freddy must use a seesaw to launch a huge pile of baking soda to put out a fire.
* In ''VideoGame/GarfieldCaughtInTheAct'',
the boss of "[[{{Prehistoria}} Cave Cat 3,000,000 B.C.]]" is the [[JungleJapes Peppermint Jungle]] is a giant wooden mask that resembles Peppermint Patty, Odiesaurus, who tosses baseballs at Snoopy. jumps across the ledge above, causing boulders to rain down. When the baseballs land round boulder is on the ground, Garfield must push it onto one end of the seesaws, Snoopy must a seesaw so he can jump on the other end [[TennisBoss to and launch them back at her]].
* In the bonus rounds of ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}'', there are a pair of Tigers on seesaws that launch Chirps
it into the air. Flicky must catch as many air, at which point it can bring the Odiesaurus down so Garfield can attack him.
* In ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine'', this is one
of them in her net as she can.the most common applications of the seesaw puzzle- put an object on the lower end of the seesaw and drop a heavier object on the raised end to catapult the other object to wherever you want it to go.



* ''VideoGame/Lucky Luke'': Luke can shoot anvil off from ropes which lands on a seesaw. If he's on the other side, he gets launched in the air.
* ''VideoGame/PinkPantherHokusPokusPink'' has the panther use one of these to get out of the rat cave. The problem is finding something to land on the other side.



* This trope is the focus of See-Saw, one of the Rhythm Games in the ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' series, debuting in ''Rhythm Heaven Fever'' and returning for ''Rhythm Heaven Megamix''. In the Rhythm Game, characters See and Saw "test" a playground see-saw by rhythmically jumping on it to launch one another into the air.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', Herman Toothrot has built a fixture on Monkey Island that he insists is modern art, but consists of a log placed over a rock with a boulder on one end. This leads to a puzzle in which Guybrush must turn the log to the correct angle and drop a rock from an overhanging ledge in order to knock down a banana tree on a distant beach. If he gets the angle wrong, he may hit his own ship, resulting in slight embarrassment on his part and an extra scene in the ending in which his crew are marooned on the same island.
* The FinalBoss of the [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]/[[Platform/SegaGenesis Genesis]] ''[[VideoGame/TheSmurfs1994 The Smurfs]]'' game had to be fought using such a device, to launch acorns dropped by a cracoucas.
* In ''Snoopy's Grand Adventure'', the boss of the [[JungleJapes Peppermint Jungle]] is a giant wooden mask that resembles Peppermint Patty, who tosses baseballs at Snoopy. When the baseballs land on one end of the seesaws, Snoopy must jump on the other end [[TennisBoss to launch them back at her]].
* In the bonus rounds of ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}'', there are a pair of Tigers on seesaws that launch Chirps into the air. Flicky must catch as many of them in her net as she can.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog:''
** In ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic the Hedgehog 1]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 2]]'', there are seesaws in [[SpaceZone Star Light Zone]] and [[DeathMountain Hill Top Zone]], respectively. In the former game, there is a spiked ball on one end, and in the latter game, there is a Gohla enemy on one end. Sonic can launch the projectile to the other end and stand on the end it was on originally so it can launch him in the air, causing him to reach higher places. In the former game, this is also the key to defeating Dr. Robotnik in Star Light Zone, as he drops spiked bombs onto empty seesaws. If timed perfectly, Sonic can even [[TennisBoss hit Robotnik's machine simply by launching the spiked balls back at him]].
** In ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog'', Sonic, Mighty, and Ray [[IndyEscape get chased by a giant boulder]] in [[LethalLavaLand Volcanic Vault]]. They eventually evade it and land on one end of a giant seesaw. The boulder then lands on the other end, launching them into the air.
** ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'': Mushroom Hill has a variant where there are two mushrooms with a shared stem, and pushing one mushroom down by landing on it raises the other and launches a weight into the air. When the weight comes back down, Sonic is launched into the air himself.



* ''VideoGame/TheBugsBunnyBirthdayBlowout'': Bugs can stand on one end of a seesaw and use his hammer to hit the other end, causing the seesaw to launch him into the air.
* In ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', Freddy must use a seesaw to launch a huge pile of baking soda to put out a fire.
* In ''VideoGame/GarfieldCaughtInTheAct'', the boss of "[[{{Prehistoria}} Cave Cat 3,000,000 B.C.]]" is the Odiesaurus, who jumps across the ledge above, causing boulders to rain down. When the round boulder is on the ground, Garfield must push it onto one end of a seesaw so he can jump on the other end and launch it into the air, at which point it can bring the Odiesaurus down so Garfield can attack him.
* In ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine'', this is one of the most common applications of the seesaw puzzle- put an object on the lower end of the seesaw and drop a heavier object on the raised end to catapult the other object to wherever you want it to go.
* In NES ''VideoGame/Asterix'' game, the levels end with Asterix jumping on a seesaw to send a rock in the air which launches Asterix to the exit upon landing on seesaw again.
* ''VideoGame/Lucky Luke'': Luke can shoot anvil off from ropes which lands on a seesaw. If he's on the other side, he gets launched in the air.
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* The FinalBoss of the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]/[[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis]] ''[[VideoGame/TheSmurfs1994 The Smurfs]]'' game had to be fought using such a device, to launch acorns dropped by a cracoucas.
* In ''C So!'' (a Creator/{{Compile}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} and SG-1000), the object is to get rid of enemies by using the seesaws scattered around the levels to propel them into ceiling or trap them underneath. The game's name is an Engrish homophone for "seesaw."
* In the ''[[VideoGame/TheFlintstones1993 The Flintstones]]'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, the boss of the [[LocomotiveLevel Dino Express]] level is a giant condor that stole Betty's ribbon and is using it as a bowtie. He flies above two seesaws with boulders on them. When he is flying above one the seesaws, Fred must jump onto the other end so that the seesaw will launch the boulder into the air and it will hit the condor.

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* The FinalBoss of the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]/[[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]/[[Platform/SegaGenesis Genesis]] ''[[VideoGame/TheSmurfs1994 The Smurfs]]'' game had to be fought using such a device, to launch acorns dropped by a cracoucas.
* In ''C So!'' (a Creator/{{Compile}} game for the UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} Platform/{{MSX}} and SG-1000), the object is to get rid of enemies by using the seesaws scattered around the levels to propel them into ceiling or trap them underneath. The game's name is an Engrish homophone for "seesaw."
* In the ''[[VideoGame/TheFlintstones1993 The Flintstones]]'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, Platform/SegaGenesis, the boss of the [[LocomotiveLevel Dino Express]] level is a giant condor that stole Betty's ribbon and is using it as a bowtie. He flies above two seesaws with boulders on them. When he is flying above one the seesaws, Fred must jump onto the other end so that the seesaw will launch the boulder into the air and it will hit the condor.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, there's a section in the final level where Pocahontas must jump onto one end a seesaw that Meeko is sitting on the other end of. When she launches Meeko into the air, he will soon land on one end of a seesaw that Percy is sitting on the other end of. At that point, he will launch Percy into the air, and Percy will knock down a [[ScaryStingingSwarm beehive]], scaring away one of Governor Ratcliffe's henchmen standing near it.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, Platform/SegaGenesis, there's a section in the final level where Pocahontas must jump onto one end a seesaw that Meeko is sitting on the other end of. When she launches Meeko into the air, he will soon land on one end of a seesaw that Percy is sitting on the other end of. At that point, he will launch Percy into the air, and Percy will knock down a [[ScaryStingingSwarm beehive]], scaring away one of Governor Ratcliffe's henchmen standing near it.
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** In a ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' Quickie, Booker and Sheldon want to play on a seesaw, but since they both weigh the same, Orson suggests that they both sit on the same end while he sits one the other end. When Orson sits on his end, Booker and Sheldon slide down to him, wishing they could go up instead of down. Roy then jumps onto the now-empty end and launches all three of them into the air.

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** In a ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' Quickie, Booker and Sheldon want to play on a seesaw, but since they both weigh the same, Orson suggests that they both sit on the same end while he sits one on the other end. When Orson sits on his end, Booker and Sheldon slide down to him, wishing they could go up instead of down. Roy then jumps onto the now-empty end and launches all three of them into the air.


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** In "Wedding Bell Blues", when Jon's cousin Marian visits and tells him about her upcoming wedding, Garfield mistakenly believes that Marian is marrying Jon. The following night, he has a nightmare where Jon's future son, Jon Jr., decides to play teeter-totter with him. He does so by placing Garfield on one end of a seesaw, then dropping a boulder on the other end. Garfield gets launched into the air, then when he comes back down, he launches the boulder into the air, which falls on and flattens him.
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* A commercial for the UsefulNotes/McDonalds Happy Birthday Happy Meal from 1994 has [[Literature/TheBerenstainBears Brother and Sister Bear]] among the cartoon characters helping Ronald [=McDonald=] decorate [=McDonald's=] for the occasion. Sister sits on one end of a seesaw holding streamers as Brother launches her into the air by jumping on the other end.
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* In NEX ''Asterix'' game, the levels end with Asterix jumping on a seesaw to send a rock in the air which launches Asterix to the exit upon landing on seesaw again.
* ''Lucky Luke'': Luke can shoot anvil off from ropes which lands on a seesaw. If he's on the other side, he gets launched in the air.

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* In NEX ''Asterix'' NES ''VideoGame/Asterix'' game, the levels end with Asterix jumping on a seesaw to send a rock in the air which launches Asterix to the exit upon landing on seesaw again.
* ''Lucky ''VideoGame/Lucky Luke'': Luke can shoot anvil off from ropes which lands on a seesaw. If he's on the other side, he gets launched in the air.
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* ''Lucky Luke'': Luke can shoot anvil off from ropes which lands on a seesaw. If he's on the other side, he gets launched in the air.

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