History Main / JetPack

* ''Film/SpyKids1'' has Machetes' BuddyPacks. Both are in use by the heroes and villains, of course. Carmen uses one to pursue the villains to recover the Third Brain. While trying to escape, Juni accidentally activates a stray BuddyPack that causes one of the villains to get her hair burned off by the flames shooting out of pack's exhaust pipe.

* ''Film/SpyKids1'' has jet packs in use by the heroes and villains, of course. One of the villains gets her hair burned off by the flames shooting out of the engine of a pack.

** Spock has rocket boots (Spocket boots?) in ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''. This might be one of the reasons people like to [[FanonDisContinuity pretend that film never happened]].

* FLUDD's Rocket Nozzle in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''. It substitutes plumes of fire for a blast of boiling water.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2'': In Ground levels set during dight, Mechakoopas make use of jet engines to briefly hover in the air.

** This is taken UpToEleven with ''[[OrganicTechnology organic jet packs]]'' that develop as a natural part of [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower working your abs too much]].

** The Rocket Belt returns in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' as a useable item.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'' has Allied rocketeers, hovering light infantry. Soviets has the Astrounaughts in expansion which are prcticaly the same, just with laser weaponry. These are however used only on Moon. In ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'', Japanes has the deadly Rocket Angels. They funtion basically the same, but instead of light anti-infantry weapons they use MacrossMissileMassacre.

** Pirate Aerotroopers from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'', which not only have jet packs but also go kamikaze on you after being defeated.
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' had an item that lets you rise up while underwater for a limited time, so it was an underwater-only jetpack.

** ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Ultra-Tech'' has a nuclear jet pack that lets out a torrent of irradiated plasma below it. It's cool but neither particularly safe nor stealthy.

* ComicBook/IronMan has rocket boots. In the [[Film/IronMan film]] this leads to some AmusingInjuries before he learns to control them.
* The Franchise/DCUniverse equivalents of ComicBook/IronMan - ComicBook/{{Steel}} and ComicBook/{{Hardware|1993}} in particular - use jetpacks.
* ComicBook/DoctorDoom has either a jetpack or rocket boots, depending on his whim!
* In ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] has a jetpack with unfoldable mechanical batwings.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth #3'', Cyborg Superman equips all Argonian zombies with jet packs.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'', ComicBook/LexLuthor owns a green jetpack and rocket boots.
** ''ComicBook/TheImmortalSuperman'': While flying over a future Metropolis, Superman is spotted by onlookers who mistakenly think he is a regular man wearing a jetpack. It must be noted it is apparently illegal to use a jetpack during rush hour.
** In ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is fed a power-nullifying pill, for which she starts wearing rocket boots to emulate her flying power.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'', a minor villain uses a jetpack to try to run away from Superman. It resembles a metallic cylinder with two handles, one rocket propeller and an exhaust port.
** ''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity'': As posing as a Kryptonian, Edna Danvers wears a jet-belt to simulate flight.
* Jet packs are standard equipment for ComicBook/WonderMan in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
* Jet packs are standard equipment for ComicBook/AdamStrange in the Franchise/TheDCU.
* ''ComicBook/{{Zot}}'' apparently has several models of RocketBoots.
* Franchise/GIJoe get jet packs as standard issue, called J.U.M.P. packs. Cobra later answers this with a man portable flying wing, The C.L.A.W.
* The Franchise/MarvelUniverse version of Creator/LeonardoDaVinci has this beat with an ''ornithopter''-pack.
* ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} has [[http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm140/slim_dayspring/Decorated%20images/ze9sRdbFKq4ltcokRBLHR25Ao1_500.jpg has a jet pack.]]

* The 1980's British ''Starblazer'' comic has jet packs.
* ''ComicBook/HarlemHeroes'' had jetpacks as part of the sport of Aeroball. The InNameOnly revival used them in combat as well.
* The titular character of the ''ComicBook/MissileMouse'' comics has a jet pack.
* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' makes it clear that Scarab's PoweredArmor comes equipped with a jet pack and rocket boots.
* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Jaeger has a set of small jet engines attached to a single wing that he straps to his back in order to fly.
* ''ComicBook/TheTriganEmpire''. An invading force of airborne infantry is seen using jet packs, despite the fact that another story has a similar force using old-fashioned parachutes. But [[AnachronismStew since when did that matter in this comic series?]]

* ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse:
** Paperinik (Donald Duck's superhero[=/=]antihero alter ego) has a jet ''belt'', alongside [[TrickedOutShoes boots]] that [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]] contain propellers or jets instead than the usual {{Spring Coil}}s for [[InASingleBound augmented jumps]].
** In ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', one of the functions of the [[SwissArmyWeapon Extransformer]] is a jet for flight. Also, Paperinik jet belt shows up again in an occasion where he couldn't bring with him the Extransformer, allowing him to get away before the Evronians obliterate the nearby factory.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]:
** Byrna Brilyant's "[[FreezeRay Snowman]]" PoweredArmor, and her matching army of robots, all have jet packs which allow them flight.
** Queen Atomia's Protons, humans she has forcibly converted into mostly mechanical near brainless slaves, have jet packs built into their backs.
* ''ComicBook/StarWarsDoctorAphra''. Aphra uses a jet pack for a SoLongSuckers to [[BattleCouple Winloss and Nokk]]. However, her rapid exit means she doesn't notice that [[LaserGuidedKarma Winloss has stolen the icon back off her]]. The two are using jetpacks themselves when they later go after her for revenge.
* At one point [[Characters/SpiderManSupportingCharacters Hobie Brown]] developed a jet pack, but it was too heavy for a normal human to wear. Fortunately Spider-Man found a use for it, being able to wear it with his spider strength, in his SecondSuperIdentity as the Hornet.
* A jet pack is sported (unsurprisingly) by the heroine Jet Girl in ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}''.
* In ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance'' #14, Jon pulls a large object out from under the vehicle and dons a flight helmet and buckles into a harness. We see the scrambled helicopter move in, towards the paraglider. We then see Jon's feet lift off the ground. Weapons fire from inside the helo, then Jon returns fire from his winged jetpack.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} Megamind: The Button of Doom]]''. Having taken on the role of Defender of Metrocity, Megamind does a GoodCostumeSwitch including rocket boots, in imitation of the previous FlyingBrick superhero, Metro Man. They don't work very well when fighting a HumongousMecha, so Megamind goes back to using a SpiderTank instead.

* Commando Cody ([[SameFaceDifferentName a.k.a. Larry Martin, a.k.a. The Rocketman]]) the interchangable hero of various Republic {{Film Serial}}s in TheFifties who battled criminals, supervillains, and alien menaces with the aid of an atomic-powered jetpack and a [[{{Narm}} rather silly helmet]].
* ''Film/TheRocketeer''

** Hell, the first time they fire it up you can see an air intake fan start to move under the housing. ''Everything'' we're shown in the movie marks the device as a Jetpack, but ''everyone'' in the movie keeps calling it a "Rocket"--even Howard Hughes, who built it and presumably knows the proper name.

** The ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] has a very select cadre of (non-Mandalorian) mercenaries with jetpacks, also armored. And there are several varieties of clone and stormtrooper with jetpacks, each with different appellations like jet trooper, airtrooper, and Rocket Trooper. Since at least one of those was developed for a tabletop game, the type of jetpack troopers use comes with restrictions like fuel and where it can or can't be used.
** Raises FridgeLogic issues, as repulsor-field technology otherwise suggests that jetpacks are obsolete as a means of aerial propulsion. Justified by RuleOfCool and as an homage to scifi tradition. It is noted in a few places that Repulsor packs are not small, and are not efficient when they are small. Even droids that use them don't use them constantly, because it drains their batteries. And really heavy loads still use wheels or legs to support them.

* ''Film/JamesBond'' films:

* ''Film/Fahrenheit451'' (1966) film: The bad guy search squad has jet packs.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek''

* ''Film/JMenForever'' (1979). Rocket Jock (a [[GagDub re-dubbed]] Commando Cody) mutters constantly about the problems of using his atomic-powered jetpack, including the worry that his tailor might have forgotten to include the lead-lining, the need to hit his springboard in order to launch himself into the air, sore arches whenever he lands, his feet setting on fire, and the risk of drowning inside his full-face helmet should he get airsick.
* ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' (2004). ActionGirl and AcePilot 'Franky' Cook [[EjectionSeat ejects]] from her [[MilitaryMashupMachine submersible airplane]] just in time to avoid a MacrossMissileMassacre. After breaking the surface of the water a JetPack boosts her the rest of the way up to her AirborneAircraftCarrier. Even the [[LoveTriangle rival for the hero's affections]] is impressed.
* ''Film/TheRunningMan''. A jet pack is used by the Stalker named Fireball.
* ''Film/KickAss'' has [[spoiler:the main character [[BigDamnHero saving]] Hit-Girl by flying into the scene with a jetpack with mounted [[GatlingGood Gatling Guns]] that she and her father bought over the internet previously and unleashing Glorious MoreDakka upon the Mooks. While set to Music/ElvisPresley singing "Glory, Glory Hallelujah".]]

* ''Film/{{Gravity}}''. An astronaut is sent hurtling into space, but fortunately another astronaut happens to be testing a Manned Maneuvering Unit (see Real Life section). As mentioned in that section however, it only has limited fuel to enable them to reach a nearby space station.

** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': Sam Wilson (aka The Falcon) is a former USAF Pararescuer. His flight suit is basically a jetpack with wings, [[spoiler:and it doesn't work after the wings are torn off during the final battle -- Sam has to deploy a parachute to land safely.]]
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': Quill (aka Starlord) uses rocket boots, and in [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 the sequel]] the Guardians are using jetpacks (except for Drax the Destroyer, who complains that the chest strap hurts his sensitive nipples).

* The 1982 Hong Kong film ''Film/WinnerTakesAll'' has a finale involving a jetpack jousting duel between the two heroes (respectively a GentlemanThief and a CowboyCop) and their main nemesis, a Japanese assassin, while hovering on top of electrified floor panels. It sounds awesome on paper, but unfortunately because some SpecialEffectsFailure (and for most of the fight the camera doesn't show what's below the three characters' feet) it's painfully obvious that all three combatants are fighting on a raised platform instead of ''actual'' jetpacks.

* The fourth-to-last and second-to-last levels in ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' feature the use of a jetpack as a game mechanic, although this example ''barely'' averts the NeverTrustATrailer trope by showing up just by the end of the game, after teasing up with its awesomeness right before the main title screen. It's also an example of UnexpectedGameplayChange, as the difficulty of the commands is arguably why these stages have been put in the fifth Warp Room. With this said however, [[BestLevelEver the levels themselves make up for everything you've just read.]]

* The [[https://gravity.co/ Gravity Industries]] "Daedalus" jet suit was invented by British ex-marine Richard Browning in 2016, and it could be considered the first truly viable jet pack. The suit has the familiar bulky backpack-mounted jet, but it is supplemented by smaller jets attached to the forearms. The result is a highly stable and surprisingly intuitive means of flight that can fly for around 5-10 minutes and can exceed speeds of 137kph. It is still highly expensive and consumes a lot of fuel for only a few minutes of flight, but the design has plenty of potential to be improved upon.

* In the 1979 Disney comedy ''A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court'', the eponymous astronaut has a lunar rover, [[DisposableVehicleSection the seat of which can blast off]] with the aid of booster rockets and [[SpecialEffectsFailure clearly visible wires]]. He uses it to rescue the fair maiden and give King Arthur airborne support when Mordred's army attacks his castle.

** A standard piece of equipment for Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester the Cat in their never-ending quest to chase the Road Runner, Tweety Bird and – sometimes, for Sylvester – Speedy Gonzales. Never worked.

* Slade's MechaMooks in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' have RocketBoots.

-->'''Jade''': Oooh, when're you gonna finish your jetpack? (accidentally takes off)
-->'''Kepler''' ''(not noticing)'': Yesterday.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode "To Another Shore", King Faraday and his fellow Secret Service agents use jet packs to provide air support for Wonder Woman and Green Arrow.

* ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield|1942}}: Secret Weapons of World War II'' had one as a jetpack pick up. However, it was pretty much only good for getting to roof tops, since it had a short range. Also, contrary to the [[NeverTrustATrailer intro video]], you were limited to the smg it came with, and not the rocket launcher shown. It mostly landed in the CoolButInefficient territory.

** Diddy Kong has a Rocketbarrel Jetpack in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', which becomes his recovery move in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''.
** He also uses one in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'', though it looks much different from the Rocketbarrel in ''[=DK64=]'' and ''Brawl'' as it has a little rocket that comes out of a backpack to help Diddy (and Donkey Kong if he has Diddy on his back or if you combine in Co-op) float for a short while.

** There was also consideration of giving the Apollo astronauts these for additional mobility on the lunar surface, but this seems to have been shelved when somebody realized how phenomenally dangerous it was going to be to just walk around up there, never mind trying to fly. (Seriously, the regolith is basically composed of very small bits of broken glass, and that's about as good an idea to walk around in wearing something that will cause you to die if it breaks down as it sounds. As it was the suit materials were seriously damaged by the lunar dust that got into them.)

* The Franchise/DCUniverse equivalents of ComicBook/IronMan - ComicBook/{{Steel}} and ComicBook/{{Hardware}} in particular - use jetpacks.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}}''

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Wolffy uses a jetpack in ''Pleasant Goat Fun Class: Sports are Fun'' episode 14 to boost his jump during the trampoline competition. This gets him disqualified since it's cheating.

** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersGeneration1'':

*** Sideswipe also had one, but only in the fluff (though a later toy would finally reproduce it in plastic form). Optimus Prime borrows it to reach the Decepticon ship at the end of the three-part pilot miniseries 'More Than Meets The Eye'.

* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Mazinger-Z's MidSeasonUpgrade was a JetPack docked with Mazinger-Z. It was yellow with red RazorWings and could shoot star-shaped shurikens to whoever tried attack Mazinger-Z from back. Its name was Jet Scrander.
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': Great Mazinger had a red JetPack folded from its back, and a second JetPack (Big Booster) docked with it. It was grey, with wide triangular wings, and was equiped with a spike to impale {{Robeast}}s. [[FemBot Venus-A]] also had an attachable JetPack, right like Mazinger-Z.

* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite'', a much more formidable Team Rocket uses jet packs to avoid getting blasted off.

* Before she got over her fear of birds, Green from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' "wears" her Blastoise like a backpack, using its twin aqua jets to fly.

* Film/JamesBond films

** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Sam Wilson (aka The Falcon) is a former USAF Pararescuer. His flight suit is basically a jetpack with wings, [[spoiler:and it doesn't work after the wings are torn off during the final battle -- Sam has to deploy a parachute to land safely.]]
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. Quill (aka Starlord) uses rocket boots, and in [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 the sequel]] the Guardians are using jetpacks (except for Drax the Destroyer, who complains that the chest strap hurts his sensitive nipples).

* Used by the dwarf secret agent hero in the Filipino Franchise/JamesBond parody ''For Y'ur Height Only''. Given his lack of stature, he probably found it more necessary than most.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Battlefield Secret Weapons Of World War Two]]'' had one as a jetpack pick up. However, it was pretty much only good for getting to roof tops, since it had a short range. Also, contrary to the [[NeverTrustATrailer intro video]], you were limited to the smg it came with, and not the rocket launcher shown. It mostly landed in the CoolButInefficient territory.

* In all ''Starsiege: Tribes'' games, the jetpack is an EXTREMELY integral piece of the gameplay. Someone in [[MightyGlacier juggernaut armor]] can only achieve any significant height gain by standing still while the same person in [[FragileSpeedster scout armor]] is nigh unstoppable on flag runs. And then we have the skiing ability of players, [[AscendedGlitch which originally came by as a bug]], but is explained away in-game via micro-bursts from the jets. By the way, only scout and assault armors have jetpacks; juggernaut armors have jetboots instead.

* ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}} 3'' has a jet pack, though it is AwesomeButImpractical. Though it is obviously useful for flying around, you can't crouch while using it, and using it to fly leaves you open to enemy fire. The Jetpack does have a machine gun, but it's surprisingly weak, considering that it's supposed to be an LMG.

* Diddy Kong:
** He has a Rocketbarrel Jetpack in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', which becomes his recovery move in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''.

* Actual rocket boots are an unlockable powerup in the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' game.

* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' series

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

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* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'': Jimmy's school backpack included a jet pack function, which he used every once in a while (notably the time he and Jet Fusion used it to escape an avalanche).

** [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]]:

* Agent K from ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements''.

* As well as having one in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', [[TheHero Numbah One]] also has jet shoes, and they see a good amount of use throughout the series.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', 21 tries to get 24 to become full-fledged archvillains with him, using stolen jet packs as their motif - 24 burns his shoes with his, and 21 is too heavy to fly more than a foot off the ground.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''. The cast found a note worth a large amount of money. Each of them talks about their fantasy of what they would use the money for, which all happen to feature a jet pack in some capacity, but they decided to try to find its owner instead. They did, and T.J returned it, only to be told to leave. The person he returned it to reappeared wearing a JetPack and explained that [[SecretTest he did this all the time, and the gang was the only one to actually return the note to him]] and then offers each of them a ride on his jet pack.
* In "The Fast & the Feathery", WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers uses rocket boots to get back in his spaceship after falling out, only to jump out again as he's just set the seat on fire.
* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League: Unlimited]]'' episode "To Another Shore," King Faraday and his fellow Secret Service agents use jet packs to provide air support for Wonder Woman and Green Arrow.

* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticVoyage''. The protagonists had jet packs that they could use to fly around, as in the episodes "The Menace from Space", "The Atomic Invaders" and "The Master Spy".

* In the 1979 Disney comedy ''A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court'', the eponymous astronaut has a lunar rover, [[DisposableVehicleSection the seat of which can blast off ]]with booster rockets and [[SpecialEffectsFailure clearly visible wires]]. He uses it to rescue the fair maiden and give King Arthur airborne support when Mordred's army attacks his castle.