History Main / TakeItToTheBridge

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' opened with Solid Snake [[FastRoping bungee-jumping]] off the George Washington bridge NW of Manhattan Island.

* In the Indian movie ''Film/{{Magadheera}}'', the hero fights 100 enemies on a narrow bridge atop a BottomlessPit.

** The organization responsible for unifying the United Cities of America is called Bridges.

[[caption-width-right:350:They didn't really have a plan to stop ComicBook/{{Hela}}, they were just going to cross that bridge when they got to it.]]

* A SignatureScene from the Indian movie, ''Film/{{Magadheera}}'' have the hero fighting 100 enemies on a narrow bridge atop a BottomlessPit.

* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': In the sixth episode of season 2, Luke proposes a showdown with Bushmaster at high noon atop the High Bridge.[[note]]A former aqueduct that has been open since 2015 as a pedestrian walkway between Highbridge in the Bronx and Washington Heights in Manhattan[[/note]] Bushmaster, being a fan of Westerns, takes him up on the offer. Luke has the upper hand most of the fight, until Bushmaster uses a paralytic agent that paralyzes Luke's muscles, allowing him to kick Luke over the railing and plummet several hundred feet to the Harlem River below.

* ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' is named after the bridge where the climactic prisoner trade takes place ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glienicke_Bridge Glienicke Bridge]], which also carries that nickname in RealLife).

* ''Literature/SmileysPeople'', third of John le Carre's ''Literature/TheQuestForKarla'' trilogy, has its climactic scene set on an unnamed bridge across divided Berlin, the culmination of [[spoiler:George Smiley's final victory against Karla, by blackmailing him into defecting to the West.]] It's the second time in the series, and the only time outside of Smiley's flashback in ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'', that he meets his nemesis face-to-face; the bridge is heavily implied to be the famous "Bridge of Spies", the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glienicke_Bridge Glienicke Bridge]].

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has the Steps of Faith, a massive stone bridge connecting the city-state of Ishgard to the Eorzean mainland where adventurers contend with a dragon near the end of the ''A Realm Reborn'' story quests [[spoiler:as well as Niddhog in the ''Heavensward'' postgame MSQ]]. Also in Coerthas is Griffin Crossing, the site of the trial titled "Battle on the Big Bridge", which sees adventurers square off with -- who else? -- [[DimensionTraveller Gilgamesh]]. In the expansion ''Stormblood'', there is also the Kugane Dori bridge, where players square off with the mercenary ronin Yojimbo. [[spoiler: ...who is actually Gilgamesh in disguise.]]

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': Link and Saria have a poignant goodbye as he leaves the forest for the first time to go on a quest.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', Naked Snake is betrayed and left for dead by his beloved mentor, The Boss, just as he has retrieved his target from imprisonment and they're crossing the rope bridge towards their recovery point. The confrontation ends with her breaking his arm and throwing him off the bridge.
** Before that, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' opened with Solid Snake [[FastRoping bungee-jumping]] off the George Washington bridge NW of Manhattan Island.

** Link and Saria in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' have a poignant goodbye as he leaves the forest for the first time to go on a quest.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', the rope bridge on Outset Island leading to the Fairy Woods is the one that Link's sister Aryll gets snatched off of by the Helmaroc King.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the Bridge of Eldin is where Link engages in a mounted duel with King Bulblin. The same bridge is also a stage in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl''.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'':

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has "The Pit", where the Kombatants fight on a bridge over a pit of spikes or just the cold hard floor.
** Although in ''Deception'', it is made to be a huge square tile on a giant pillar.
* The famous Cornelian Bridge in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', built to connect the peninsula of Cornelia to the rest of the Southern Continent as reward for the triumph of the Warriors of Light over Garland and their rescue of Princess Sarah.

** A {{Hold the Line}} section also happens on a bridge in 'Requiem', where the path is blocked by a barricade on the bridge, which is defended by two overlooking [=MG42s=] and snipers on both sides of the bridge. The player is required to hold off German infantry trying to reinforce the barricade until a supply drop containing a Bazooka arrives, allowing the player to breach the barricade and proceed with the mission.

* The Bridge of Heaven and Earth in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.

* In ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', a lone bridge separates the neo-Deshima of the refugees from the capital. This is also starting point of the army/police crackdown.
* Several scenes in the ''Franchise/DotHack'' series involve bridges.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin and Misao are targeted by bandits on a wooden bridge with them in the center of it and enemies on both sides. [[spoiler:Kenshin slices down, breaking the bridge before jumping off with his companion. With all the bandits' weight near the center, the bridge collapses and disables the bandits]].
* In ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', William asks Sherlock to meet him on the Tower Bridge in London for their confrontation in ''The Final Problem''--and he does.
* The ''Franchise/FateSeries''' Fuyuki City has a red bridge (based on the [[https://en.japantravel.com/hyogo/kobe-ohashi-bridge/9671 Kobe Ohashi]]) as a prominent backdrop for several scenes, including Rider's last stand against Gilgamesh in ''LightNovel/FateZero'' and Saber's long-distance battle with Archer in ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia''.

** In ''Film/SpiderMan1'', Goblin dumps Mary Jane (and a gondola full of boyscouts) ''off'' a bridge. Ditto for the comic book story it was based on.

* The martial arts movie ''Film/{{Redress}}'' has one one of its many action setpieces being one of the heroes -- originally an InspectorJavert that later join the heroes after a change of heart -- pulling a HoldTheLine against an army of mooks on a bridge over a valley. He kills plenty of enemies, and after being overwhelmed, he then jumps off the bridge in what was implied as a BetterToDieThanBeKilled scene... except in actuality, he instead grabs a set of vines under the bridge, then swings across the valley while hacking the structure's lower pillars, resulting in the bridge collapsing sending over twenty remaining mooks falling to their deaths.

* ''Literature/OliverTwist''. Nancy goes to meet Rose Maylie and Mr. Brownlow there every Saturday night [[spoiler:though she kinda fails at times]]

* In ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', that structure Luke fled onto before having his hand cut off and getting hit with a [[LukeIAmYourFather paternal revelation]] might or might not have been a bridge, it's hard to tell, but it certainly looks like one. Notably, the part he was trapped on was a dead end.
* ''Film/TheForceAwakens:'' Toward the end of the film, Han Solo encounters [[spoiler:Kylo Ren]] on an incredibly thin bridge over a large chasm [[spoiler:inside Starkiller Base]], with no handrails preventing anyone from falling over the side.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' features the Big Bridge, a grand structure across the ocean which connects the continents of the West (allied) and the East (Exdeath's domain.) When Galuf crosses this bridge, alone, to rescue his captive friends, he's met by [[TheDragon Gilgamesh]] and the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic famous]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CMTXyExkeI Battle On The Big Bridge]] theme plays, which became so iconic of the battle it has become Gilgamesh's personal theme song.

* Venice has many bridges; one of particular fame is bridge which connects the Doge's Palace to the jail. Prisoners would walk across it and get their last glimpse at the beauty of Venice before being locked away, leading to the poetic name "The Bridge of Sighs".

* Venice has many bridges; one of particular fame is that which connects two judicial buildings: prisoners were led across the bridge to receive their sentence, and led back to be either released or punished.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the Bridge of Eldin (shown above) is where Link engages in a mounted duel with King Bulblin. The same bridge is also a stage in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl''.

* In ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'', climactic fights are repeatedly taken to the bridge over the entrance to Heartstone Troll Market. This is lampshaded by Toby in ''WesternAnimation/3Below''.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' has "The Pit", where the Kombatants fight on a bridge over a pit of spikes or just the cold hard floor.

* Very common in old ''{{wuxia}}'' movies made by Shaw Brothers. Movies like ''[[Film/OneArmedSwordsman The New One-Armed Swordsman]]'',''Film/TheHeroicOnes'', ''Film/DelightfulForest'', ''Film/TheDeadlyDuo'' and several others have large battle scenes where the heroes fights against hordes and hordes of mooks on a narrow bridge.