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* In an example of Administrivia/TropesAreTools, this was used as a central metaphor in the classic ComicBook/{{Elektra}} story from ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'', where the monastery of the heroic ninjas is atop a forbidding cliff that only the spiritually pure can climb. Unsurprisingly, [[AntiHero Elektra]] can't quite climb it due to her serious anger issues, and her literal fall foreshadows her later metaphorical fall.

* Ordinarily this never happens to Franchise/SpiderMan for [[WallCrawl obvious reasons]], but it does turn up in stories where he loses one or more of his powers and has to fake it.
* In the ''Comicbook/JohanAndPeewit'' book "Le Sortilège de Maltrochu", Johan sneaks out of Maltrochu's castle by climbing down the wall from his window. His feet slip and he finds himself hanging by his fingers, conscious that he won't be able to hold for more than a few seconds, manages to find support for one foot in time.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland'', Alice is disguised as the Princess and forced to undergo a trial that involves her climbing a mountain. After a [[PlummetPerspective]] of how high she is, she attempts to continue climbing - only for the ledge she steps onto to crumble beneath her weight. Thankfully, she is able to grab onto the previous ledge and pull herself back up; carrying on climbing up the mountain after some advice from the Cheshire Cat.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland'', Alice is disguised as the Princess and forced to undergo a trial that involves her climbing a mountain. After a [[plummet perspective]] of how high she is, she attempts to continue climbing - only for the ledge she steps onto to crumble beneath her weight. Thankfully, she is able to grab onto the previous ledge and pull herself back up; carrying on climbing up the mountain after some advice from the Chesire Cat.

* All climbing in ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' is freestyle, and if your Stamina Wheel runs out, Link will slip and fall; however, if the surface isn't too steep, you can keep pushing toward the rockface to break your fall and give the Wheel some time to refill before continuing. If you're climbing a wet surface (e.g. rock climbing during rainfall), you will always slip down the rock after climbing a little. You can keep trying, but that will only wear you out faster.

* In the OpeningMonologue of ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', Galadriel and her small company of elves climb a dangerous slope of the Forodwaith. One of the Elves almost falls when the icicle he was clinging to breaks. He looks down and then continues his road ahead.

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Whenever a fictional character has to climb without a rope or the likes he is bound to slip or grab a ledge that breaks off so he will be hanging on one hand. The character will then inevitably look down, take a deep breath and resume climbing. Bonus points if the climber is under attack or has to hurry.