History Main / BridgeLogic

* ''GoldenSun'' plays with this. There's no instances of actually making a bridge, but there is one tree you knock over to make a platform.

* In ''{{Quest for Glory}} 4'' the player knocks down a statue of an EldritchAbomination to cross a swamp.

[[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Nobody ever wonders]] how remarkable it is that said tree just happened to be about the same height as the chasm's width.

* Many Sorcerer's Ring-related gimmicks in ''{{Tales of Hearts}}'' revolve around knocking down a pillar or tree over a chasm.
** ''{{Tales of the Abyss}}'' does similar things with Mieu Fire.
** It pops up a couple times in ''{{Tales of Vesperia}}'' as well.
** Way back in the first one, ''TalesOfPhantasia'', you use the sorceror's ring in a similar manner. Except you down pillars and walk across their widths, not lengths.

* Happens with a tree trunk that Susano is rafting down the river with in ''{{Okami}}''. Amusingly, this is the only such instance -- with her reality-altering paintbrush, Amaterasu can 'fill' any other BrokenBridge in.
** Played straight, however, in the sequel ''{{Okamiden}}'', where cutting down stalagmites to make bridges is a gameplay mechanic in two areas.

* The Howling Halls in ''{{Fable}} 2'' have pillars that are conveniently the right height to bridge the spike filled pit blocking the players escape.

* ''The Suffering'', an XBOX video game. A character with uncertain motives launches a bus down a ravine in order to create a bridge for the main character. Not only does the bus fit the gap exactly, you have to dodge it or you will die.

* Featured in ''{{The Legend of Zelda}}'': Ocarina of Time'''s Shadow Temple to reach the room before the temple boss. Twilight Princess does this as well. You have to use {{Trick Arrow}}s both times to reach the base on the other side.

* Used by the explorers in ''TheLostWorld'' to reach the mysterious plateau.

* In the manhwa ''DorothyOfOz'', Mara attempts to blast a tree to cross a river. She overdoes it and the tree turns to dust. She is bemoaning her lack of control when Abee points out that they can skip over the wreckage she created from destroying most of the surrounding landscape.

* In ''{{The Wonderful Wizard of Oz}}'', the Scarecrow has the Tin Woodman do this by chopping down a tree... and then has him chop it down again, with the pursuing Kalidahs still on it. The book being published in 1900, makes this one OlderThanTelevision.

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* "Assassin's Creed 2" and Brotherhood. While not necessarily bridges, architecture always fall off when in areas like the Romulus lairs to act as a checkpoint and Ezio ALWAYS reminds you how convenient it is.

* In ''{{Rocky and Bullwinkle}}'', Boris Badenov tries to finish off the titular characters by chopping a tree down over a gorge that Rocky and Bullwinkle are traveling under in a makeshift boat. Unfortunately, the tree is too long, and it hits the other side of the gorge.

** even more suprising, they are jsut long enough to fall into chasm just enough so you don't need to step up, instead you can walk like on even ground...
* The scan visor actually suggests blasting a piece of ruined architecture, calculating it will make bridge during ''[[{{Metroid}} Metroid Prime: Hunters]]'''s story mode.

** In the third game, the Figher and the Paladin have to defeat a gargoyle (who then turns back to stone), then use ''that'' to cross the chasm.

* Happens with a tree trunk that Susano is rafting down the river with in ''{{Okami}}''.

Not to be confused with FridgeLogic.

Nobody ever wonders how remarkable it is that said tree just happened to be about the same height as the chasm's width.