History Main / AirJousting

* Briefly in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' during Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel, the two attack each other while swinging on cables.

* Much of the combat in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is some form of this, when it actually [[InactionSequence gets to combat]].

* Heavily abused in most Franchise/{{Gundam}} shows, which often have two characters wielding [[LaserBlade beam sabers]] fly at each other and attack, always being blocked. So they try a few more times possibly before maybe thinking to do something else.

* ''Dragonmaster'', a series of novels about military [[DragonRider Dragon Riders]], {{Lampshades}} the AwesomeButImpractical aspect of this as the riders try to figure out how to use the dragons as anything more than airborne recon. Ultimately, they decide on using crossbows (which ironically makes them skirt ImprobableAimingSkills territory).

* This is the basis of the 80s arcade video game ''VideoGame/{{Joust}}'' by Williams (which was also released on the UsefulNotes/Atari2600), factoring in altitude as the key to victory.

* In the first ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]'' for the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}}, the first battle with the [[http://starfox.neoseeker.com/wiki/Great_Commander Great Commander]] involves both it and Fox Air Jousting repeatedly.

* It's obvious that [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa and his dad]] has skipped that class in training school, given as how they both suck at it in the Original Trilogy.

* A version appears [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002771 here]] in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. Granted, it's technically supposed to be a series of [[FlashStep Flash Jumps]], but we're talking RuleOfCool territory here.

* Possible in the multiplayer mode of ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' by giving everybody [[JetPack jet packs]] and limiting weapons to the [[LaserBlade Energy Sword]] and the [[DropTheHammer Gravity Hammer]]. It's just as awesome as it sounds.

* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'': In the later stages of the series, the two [[EnemyMine protagonists]] engage in this.

* Some battles in the ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movies are like this, especially [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mew versus Mewtwo]] and in ''[[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai The Rise Of Darkrai]]'', in which the effects of Dialga and Palkia repeatedly ramming each other in battle is a plot point.

* There is a skewed example in Creator/AAPessimal's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' tale ''Gap Year Adventures'', where rival superpowers Klatch and Ankh-Morpork are both developing their own sort-of-an Air Force. both monitor their rival air users in their own airspace, in a manner reminiscent of Nato and Warsaw Pact planes shadowing each other. Ankh-Morpork's winged horses are shadowed by Klatchian magic carpets while on agreed flight paths over Klatch. A Klatchian carpet pilot and an Ankh-Morporkian {{Pegasus}} rider decide to have a little fun by engaging in a mock dogfight over a remote oasis settlement, watched by people on the ground.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': The fight between Akira and Lattice ends up as this, with Akira using his A3 Sylpheed CoolBike that makes force field ImprovisedPlatform paths to allow limited flight, and Lattice using a set of PoweredArmor equipped with a jet pack, both using SwordAndGun and having DeflectorShields.

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', a large portion of battles in Alfheim Online involves aerial fights where players take to the skies with their fairy wings and clash with blades or magic. Kirito has a particularly dramatic one against General Eugene.

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', ComicBook/{{Superboy}} does this several times against [[PsychoPrototype Match]] in the episode "Agendas"

*** The P-38 was especially good at this trope because it's a twin-engine fighter with all its guns right on its center, giving it better accuracy than most dogfighters who either had very few weapons or put them in the wings, where they would have to be pointed in slightly so they intersect at a set distance, giving them a very [[ArbitraryMinimumRange specific]] range of [[ArbitraryMaximumRange effectiveness]].

* Happens a fair few times in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'', often because running at each other isn't cool enough for the most poweful attacks, so they also lift their user a small distance into the air. But the clearly-in-midair variant happens a fair few times too.

* Some battles in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' movies are like this, especially [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mew versus Mewtwo]] and in ''[[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai The Rise Of Darkrai]]'', in which the effects of Dialga and Palkia repeatedly ramming each other in battle is a plot point.

* Innumerable examples in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', some better animated than others. The most memorable involve Sasuke and Naruto flying at each other with their respective signature techniques.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'''s second opening sequence has Natsu and Gajeel doing this.

** ''ComicBook/TheCondemnedLegionnaires'': During their first battle, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and [[Enemywithout Satan Girl]] repeatedly fly towards and smash into each other.

* Many of the aerial battles between Viltrumites end up like this in ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', thanks to them being a race of {{Flying Brick}}s. One of the most noteworthy moments of this is the fight between [[BigBad Thragg]] and [[BloodKnight Battle Beast]], who fight a bloody, gruesome battle for days.
* ComicBook/PowerGirl tries to pull this off as fighting [[EvilKnockoff Divine]] in ''[[ComicBook/PowerGirl2009 her 2009 series]]'', but the crash and the ensuing shockwave hurt both combatants.

-->'''Jouster:''' 'Pon my word! The chap's upside down! Is that allowed in the rules?
-->'''Slippery Jim:''' Course it isn't, you snark! [[AintNoRule Nobody's ever bothered]] to '''write''' any rules!

* ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' uses this in the FinalBattle to tie into its heavy use of [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian motifs]]. The "arrowhead attacks" (mentioned in the Real Life section) are the method you use to beat the final boss of the game. After dodging lasers and burst missiles in the first two stages of the fight, you need to take down the enemy "[[GameBreaker superfighter]]" ADFX-02 Morgan by shooting missiles (or your own lasers) into the Morgan's air-intakes, which are only accessible through a head-on battle as its electromagnetic jammer will make missiles fired at the rear of the plane or at angle veer off target. When you consider the Arthurian influences in this game, it seems more like a traditional joust rather than arrowhead attacks. (While an arrowhead attack can be done in the ''Ace Combat'' games, this final boss is the only point where this ''has'' to be done.) The [[CoolPlane ADFX-02 Morgan]] also has a thin laser beam as a weapon, which could be seen as a modern aircraft's version of a lance.