Basic Trope: A man catches a woman (or something else delicate) from above in a dramatic flourish.
- Straight: Princess Adelaide falls from her balcony into the arms of the dashing Prince Frederick.
- Exaggerated: Frederick safely catches Adelaide when she falls from an airplane.
- Downplayed: Prince Frederick catches Princess Adelaide when she trips.
- Justified: Frederick is physically strong enough to safely catch Adelaide and break her fall.
- Inverted: Prince Frederick dramatically drops Princess Adelaide off a cliff.
- Subverted:
- Instead of catching her, Prince Frederick steps aside.
- Frederick makes the catch but falls over, minimizing the dramatic impact.
- Princess Adelaide is actually a trained gymnast, and sticks the landing beside Frederick.
- Double Subverted: Instead of catching her, Prince Frederick steps aside... and her other suitor, Prince Simon, catches her instead.
- Parodied: As part of "princess training", Adelaide makes it a habit of falling from her balcony into the arms of a man below.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Nobody falls from higher up into someone else's arms.
- Enforced: Frederick and Adelaide initially had a more mundane first meeting, but the editors wanted a dramatic Meet Cute.
- Lampshaded: "I'm so glad I fell into your arms..."
- Invoked: Princess Adelaide fell down knowing that Prince Frederick would catch her.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Princess Adelaide takes up gymnastics so she doesn't have to rely on men to catch her.
- Discussed: "Frederick, you caught Adelaide in your arms? That's just like a romance novel!"
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: Frederick's attempted save does little to halt Adelaide's fall, and both of them get seriously hurt when she hits the ground.
- Implied: Princess Adelaide falls from her balcony. When we pan over to the ground, she's in Prince Frederick's arms.
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