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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', after Andrias uses the Calamity Box to transform Newtopia's castle into an OminousFlyingCastle, everyone inside are effectively trapped. While Anne and the Plantars [[spoiler:inadvertently escape via a portal to Earth]], Grime's plan for him and Sasha to get away is to [[DefenstrationDestination go out the window]], though Sasha points out [[DidntThinkThisThrough he neglected to consider how they would land without dying]]. Fortunately, John Sparrow catches them safely.

* In Season 10 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', the Freelancers find themselves with two options in Episode 15: Jump off a 110-story building, or die horribly. They take option A.

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'': The human child's mother is cornered at a waterfall by [[CatsAreMean Diego]] [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready (who changes]] [[BecomingTheMask sides later).]] Clutching her only child to her chest, she jumps. [[BigDamnHeroes Thanks to Manny and Sid,]] the baby makes it. [[MoodWhiplash She]] [[TearJerker doesn't.]]

* Khun and Anaak subverted this in ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' when they made Quant think they had applied this trope to lure him to the lower exit of the Hide and Seek testing area while they headed for the upper one.

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'': While stealing the "Rabbit's Foot" Ethan gets caught and has to escape the building by jumping out a window that's too low for a safe parachute landing but is still very high up. He manages to survive because his parachute gets caught on a few things on his bumpy way down.

-->'''Carolina:''' I guess this is karma for kicking Maine out the window.

* ''Film/TheProphecyII'': The rogue ArchAngelGabriel, (who has gone to war with God due to Him favoring humans over angels) has chased the protagonist, a woman pregnant with an angel's baby, to the edge of a multistory industrial complex. She suddenly cocks her head to the side while Gabriel is doing a tirade, and says that God is speaking to her. Gabriel, who still loves God and hasn't spoken to Him in a long time, asks what He's saying. The protagonist comes closer, takes Gabriel in her arms, and replies "Jump." She then takes both of them off the edge. Gabriel gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice while she is miraculously unharmed. (Well, relatively.)

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* This happens twice in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''-- First in the ChaseScene song "One Jump Ahead", when Aladdin escapes from the guards by grabbing a [[{{Foreshadowing}} carpet]], and then again when he and Jasmine have to flee his home.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'', the human child's mother is cornered at a waterfall by [[CatsAreMean Diego]] [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready (who changes]] [[BecomingTheMask sides later).]] Clutching her only child to her chest, she jumps. [[BigDamnHeroes Thanks to Manny and Sid,]] the baby makes it. [[MoodWhiplash She]] [[TearJerker doesn't.]]
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' where after being unable to escape through the bottom of a collapsing tower, the heroes are forced to climb back ''up'' it and jump from the roof.

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->''"Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!"''

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' Strong Bad's action movie hero persona Dangeresque does this so often, "I'm gonna have to juuuuump!" is pretty much his CatchPhrase.

* [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad Emails]]: "Looks like I'm gonna have to juuuuump!" -- Dangeresque's CatchPhrase.

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* Used at the end of the {{Music/Gorillaz}} video for Stylo- [[spoiler: Murdoc drives the car into the ocean and [[CrazyAwesome it turns into a shark submarine!]]]].

-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] as''' '''''Dangeresque'''''

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* Even more tragic variant of this trope happened in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII on Japanese remote islands, such as Saipan and Okinawa, invaded by US forces. Most times the civilians, fearing the [[RapePillageAndBurn assumed atrocities]] to be committed by the Americans, rather jumped off the shore cliffs into the sea than surrender.

** "Guy did a Peter Pan, right here, right off of this dam!"

* In ''Film/Ravenous1999'' when Boyd jumps from cliff, without '''any''' landing spot. [[spoiler: He survives, but his leg is badly broken]].