History Main / JettisonJetpackAttack

A character lets go of the JetPack he/she is wearing as a desperate or cunning attack against enemies. Given the combustible contents of the jetpack, it can become an effective explosive weapon if not a powerful projectile, or a distracting explosion. Alternatives include a detachable fuel tank of a vehicle.

A character lets go of the {{Jetpack}} he/she is wearing as a desperate or cunning attack against enemies. Given the combustible contents of the jetpack, it can become an effective explosive weapon if not a powerful projectile, or a distracting explosion. Alternatives include a detachable fuel tank of a vehicle.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'', in the episode "Fartzilla", Fartor is causing chaos in Fartzilla, a HumongousMecha dinosaur powered by farts. Ty realizes that farts are composed of combustible methane and launches his jetpack straight into the exhaust, causing the methane to set alight and sends the mecha blasting off into the atmosphere.

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* Inverted in a particularly memorable cutscene in ''VideoGame/FrontMission4'', where the bad guys strap ''cruise missiles'' to the back of their MiniMecha as makeshift jetpacks and ride them - skimming barely meters above the ground - into a friendly base, dropping off at the last moment before impact.

Also see MadeOfExplodium, in case you were wondering why the jetpack explodes on contact instead of simply making a very large dent in whatever it hit, and SuicideAttack, if the character is killed while still wearing the jetpack in the attack. RidingTheBomb may be the inverse of this trope. See EmergencyCargoDump for when fuel tanks are discarded to prevent or delay a crash.

Also see MadeOfExplodium, in case you were wondering why the jetpack explodes on contact instead of simply making a very large dent in whatever it hit, and SuicideAttack, if the character is killed while still wearing the jetpack in the attack. RidingTheBomb may be the inverse of this trope.

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* Inverted in a particularly memorable cutscene in ''VideoGame/FrontMission'' 4, where the bad guys strap ''cruise missiles'' to the back of their MiniMecha as makeshift jetpacks and ride them - skimming barely meters above the ground - into a friendly base, dropping off at the last moment before impact.

* ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'': The second Gutenberg-Class is defeated when Goro uses one of Delphinium's spare battery packs as an explosive and detonates it from the inside.

* The Fatum sub-lifter backpacks of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''[='=]s Justice Gundam and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''[='=]s Infinite Justice Gundam blur the line between this trope and AttackDrone, being essentially a winged jetpack able to detach and fly under remote control for ramming attacks. The Infinite Justice's Fatum unit even has [[LaserBlade beam sabers]] mounted on the tip and wing leading edges. Eventually played straight in the final episode of ''SEED Destiny'', when Athrun first rams the Fatum through the Minerva's engines to cripple the ship, then flies into the Requiem and rams the sub-lifter into the cannon's firing chamber, destroying both.
* ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'': The second Gutenberg-Class is defeated when Goro uses one of Delphinium's spare battery pack as an explosive and detonates it from the inside.

* The Fatum sub-lifter backpacks of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'''s Justice Gundam and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'''s Infinite Justice Gundam blur the line between this trope and AttackDrone, being essentially a winged jetpack able to detach and fly under remote control for ramming attacks. The Infinite Justice's Fatum unit even has [[LaserBlade beam sabers]] mounted on the tip and wing leading edges. Eventually played straight in the final episode of ''SEED Destiny'', when Athrun first rams the Fatum through the Minerva's engines to cripple the ship, then flies into the Requiem and rams the sub-lifter into the cannon's firing chamber, destroying both.

* ''Film/PacificRimUprising'': Jake repurposes one of Scrapper's two vital ion cells into an impromptu EMP grenade to fight off November Ajax. [[spoiler:It works ... for about ten seconds. Cue Ajax' OneHitKO against poor little Scrapper, on top of the latter running out of power from losing of the ion cells.]]

Also see MadeOfExplodium, in case you were wondering why the jetpack explodes on contact instead of simply making a very large dent in whatever it hit, and SuicideAttack, if the character is killed while still wearing the jetpack in the attack. RidingTheRocket may be the inverse of this trope.

Also see MadeOfExplodium, in case you were wondering why the jetpack explodes on contact instead of simply making a very large dent in whatever it hit, and SuicideAttack, if the character is killed while still wearing the jetpack in the attack.

* ''Film/PacificRimUprising: Jake repurposes one of Scrapper's two ion cells into an impromptu EMP grenade to fight off November Ajax. [[spoiler:It works ... for about ten seconds. Cue Ajax' OneHitKO against poor little Scrapper.]]