History Main / ChandelierSwing

** A DiscussedTrope in ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', where the tales the old guardsman tells young Carrot involve a lot of chandelier swinging, and later a group of guards ordered to arrest Sam Vimes worry that he'll turn out to be a swashbuckling hero and fight them all off while shouting "Ha!" and swinging from the chandelier. Then somebody has to go on and ruin it for everybody by pointing out that there ''is'' no chandelier in the room. This just makes them worry ''more''.
** Done in ''{{Discworld/Maskerade}}'', when Greebo is chasing the Opera Ghost around.
** In ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', chandelier swinging is one of the elements mentioned during a discussion of bar-brawling tactics.

* In ''Disney/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', the Prince swings on a chandelier in the throne room to save Mickey during the coronation ceremony.
* In the climactic battle in ''[[Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad Wind in the Willows]]'', Toad swings on a chandelier to save his friends from getting killed by Winky and the weasels.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'': During the Dark Thorn fight in [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beast's Castle]], both the Heartless and Sora will seize the ballroom's FallingChandelierOfDoom and give it a swing for a few extra hits.

* Parodied in the French movie ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076897/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine]]''. The White Horseman would love nothing more than to use this trope, but both time he tries a (quite gratuitous) swing, the chandelier just gives up under his weight. "Flûte, flûte, flûte!"

Compare BuildingSwing and VineSwing.

* In the 1948 film adaptation of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', Gene Kelly as D'Artagnan does a chandelier swing during a fight scene.

* It's become a RunningGag in ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'' that swashbuckling rogue Viari will attempt to swing off of any chandelier he gets a chance to, and that DM Chris Perkins will gleefully enable this behaviour by placing chandeliers -- or some ''vaguely'' setting-appropriate equivalent, from ice stalactites to giant paper lanterns strung across a street festival -- wherever Viari might want there to be one. And dishing out combat bonuses accordingly, to the other players' [[DUngeonmastersGirlfriend vocal jealousy]].

* Sam does this in WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom to deliberately upset a ghost prince and says beforehand, "I've always wanted to do this".

->''"I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier\\
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist\\
Like it doesn't exist\\
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry\\

* The Prince in the MickeyMouse version of ''Disney/ThePrinceAndThePauper''.
* In the climactic battle in ''[[Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad Wind in the Willows]]'', Toad swings on a chandelier to save Ratty from getting whacked from all corners by the weasels.

* In the climactic battle in ''[[Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' Wind in the Willows]]'', Toad swings on a chandelier to save Ratty from getting whacked from all corners by the weasels.

* The prince in the MickeyMouse version of ''Disney/ThePrinceAndThePauper''.

* ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Beast does this when Wolverine barges into the Xavier mansion without invitation. Cue a HulkedOut Beast charging after him via a chandelier or two. Xavier interrupts events to tell Hank off about it. Despite neglecting everything in his life, Xavier does not want anyone damaging his expensive light fixtures, thank you very much.

* Leon uses several chandeliers to swing across indoor balconies in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.