History Main / InevitableWaterfall

* Happens on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' on the episode where Timmy and the fairies visit Niagara Falls. The fact that they were visiting Niagara Falls made it even more inevitable than normal.

* In one of the jungle levels in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' - aptly named ''Long Fall Falls'' - Mario has to ride a raft on rapids while pursued by a giant [[FiendishFish Cheep Chomp]]... until the raft plummets down a waterfalls (the Cheep Chomp, somewhat, merely ''flies'' away during the fall). Thankfully, both Mario and his raft end up unharmed.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': Despite the entire world being rimmed by a waterfall as the ocean pours into... whatever's below Weyard, your boat treats waterfalls as impassible barriers, [[spoiler:even once it gets wings.]] The closest thing to a literally InevitableWaterfall happens in the ice-floored levels, where your character tries running in place (then in midair) as they slide towards the drop.

* ''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'' has a [[{{DoubleSubverted|Trope}} double subversion]]. Deadpool, floating in a small boat, sees one coming up and is ready for the inevitable... only for the boat to drop a couple of feet. Deadpool is immediately relieved that it was such a comically small drop... only to see the significantly larger waterfall he'll plummet down in a few moments.

* Ruby-Spears' ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'' had one of these in the final episode. Thing is, Megaman and Protoman are fighting in the river when they notice this--and it doesn't stop them.

* ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha'': A school ''ice-skating'' race - naturally the river is frozen making the waterfall much more of an issue. Luckily Chacha's skirt turns into an impromptu {{parachute|Petticoat}} (though she's not too happy, especially with her two male friends hanging onto her ankles).

* ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha'': A school ''ice-skating'' race - naturally the river is frozen making the waterfall much more of an issue. Luckily Chacha's skirt turns into an impromptu {{parachute|Petticoat}} (though she's not too happy, especially with her two male friends [[PantyShot hanging onto her ankles]]).

->'''Pacha:''' [[OhCrap Uh-oh]].\\

** ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'': At the end of a boat chase after Bond, Jaws falls afoul of the Iguazu Falls in TheAmazon. [[MadeOfIron He survives]], still.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'' with a lavafall.

** ''Film/DieAnotherDay'': Durong the hovercraft chase in the ActionPrologue, Bond manages to seemingly kill Colonel Tan-Sun Moon by immobilizing him on the giant hovercraft's blower at full speed and letting the vehicle crash through a zen sanctuary's wooden door, with is situated atop a waterfall. The hovercraft then plummets down the waterfall.

* At the end of a boat chase, Jaws falls afoul of one in TheAmazon in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}''.

* ''Manga/AkazukinChaCha'': A school ''ice-skating'' race - naturally the river is frozen making the waterfall much more of an issue. Luckily Chacha's skirt turns into an impromptu parachute (though she's not too happy, especially with her two male friends [[PantyShot hanging onto her ankles]]).

* In ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'', the villainous Transfer gets swept over Niagara Falls. His last words before going over are: "No-one's ever survived Niagara Falls!" However, he turns up in the next episode, still very much alive.

%%* ''Film/LastOfTheMohicans''

* [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney Films]]:

** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', with [[CasualDangerDialogue massively deadpan]] LampshadeHanging as outlined in the above quote. They go over, and Kuzco screams "BOOOOO-YAAAAAA!" on the way [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhOrxkGlLDM down.]]

** In ''[[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]'', Piglet and Owl end up heading toward one of these while [[ItMakesSenseInContext floating on a chair]]. Owl has his back to the waterfall, and is so busy [[OldWindbag telling Piglet a story]] that he's oblivious to the latter's attempts to warn him. (''He'' can fly and therefore has nothing to worry about.) Fortunately, the chair ends up catching on a tree root.

** In the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' film, the main characters are carried over an Inevitable Cliff by an avalanche. It's essentially identical to an Inevitable Waterfall scene.
*** ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'' has a straight version, resulting in the most obvious DisneyDeath of all time.

** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. Originally, there was going to be a scene involving one, but it was deleted. You can still see it on the DVD. Removed with good reason, as ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0035.html points out]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'': Bongo and Lumpjaw go over one during their final confrontation. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Bongo survives.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'': It was actually how the BigBad [[DisneyVillainDeath met his end]]. He actually survived the falls, it was [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile what was waiting for him at the bottom]] that did him in. The heroes also would have met their end this way too if not for the [[GiantFlyer massive eagle]] who caught them.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', episode "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheWaterbendingScroll The Waterbending Scroll]]." Although Aang and Katara manage to stop the boat at the top of the falls with their new waterbending skills, pirates are giving chase in Zuko's boat and crash into it, sending both boats over. But Appa arrives in time to catch the Gaang as they fall. The boats in question had somehow traveled up the same river from the sea earlier, with no mention of how they got up the waterfall in the first place.

* Shows up in ''WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown''. Given that this is during a camp-sponsored raft race, the possibility of this happening to a bunch of young children who are rafting without adult supervision makes this an even more egregious example of AdultsAreUseless than is usually present in Peanuts cartoons.

%%* The ''Bongo'' segment of ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree''

* ''Niagara Fools''. The famous ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' cartoon in which Woody deliberately tries to go down the Niagara Falls in a barrel for the fun of it. A guard keeps trying to stop him and succeeds, only to ironically end inside the barrel and fall down the waterfall [[RunningGag over and over again]].

-> '''Kuzco''': BOOYAHAHAHA! AERHHH!

->'''Pacha:''' Uh-oh.\\

* ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' Broadway musical.

** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', the title character willingly went over a cascading waterfall in her boat.

** ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'' has a straight version, resulting in the most obvious DisneyDeath of all time.

** ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' features this when Jafar reveals Iago's betrayal, just as an added GutPunch for Iago, who was genuinely warming up to Aladdin.