History Main / RailingKill

* ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers'': Most enemies located on high ground will fall off their perch when shot. This is especially visible in the second stage, when a lot of goons pop up from second floor windows.

->''"If someone is shot, do they really need to stagger towards the nearest railing and topple unconvincingly over it? From our records, it appears they do [sigh]."''
-->-- '''Movie Deaths Database''', "Falling"

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': Due to the conversion of overkill damage to momentum, any stealth/archer or destruction mage character in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' or ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' is bound to get a railing kill or two as they make their way through the game. Also, anybody who uses [[MakeMeWannaShout Unrelenting Force]] heavily will do this a lot, since blasting somebody off a cliff or balcony is an easy kill. FUS RO DAH!

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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'''s [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine Source engine]] actually features an entity (named [[http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Phys_ragdollmagnet Phys_ragdollmagnet]]) created ''explicitly'' for recreating this effect in-game. Considering how many game engines throw dead bodies over railings, this could be a common feature of many engines.

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* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', there is a level with two elevators that Snake must take downward. As he descends, armed guards jump down to do battle with him. However, instead of engaging in the rather annoying task of dodging their bullets and shooting them all down, you can simply run up to them and punch/throw them over the edge of the railing for an instant kill. The only disadvantage is that you don't get the items they drop.

* During the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses[=/=][=MST4K=] [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/aj/ajs/14481-rdrag riffing]] of the Chinese ''Manga/DragonBall'' movie, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]], a professed fan of ''[=MST3K=]'', declares a railing kill.

** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', an Imperial Officer goes over a railing inside the Endor base after getting hit in the face with an [[HeyCatch improvised projectile]]. That's sound engineer Ben Burtt (the voice of WesternAnimation/WallE, by the way) who goes over the railing; he even attempts his own version of the [[StockScream Wilhelm Scream]] on the way down.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. During the church shoot-out in "Ballad of Fallen Angels", Faye Valentine complains about several bullets barely missing her, then a mook Spike shoots falls over the railing above her and nearly hits her as well.

** In the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'', it's G1 Birkin that ends up taking a fall over a railing, after being damaged enough by either Leon or Claire. The railing he falls over; however, leads to a BottomlessPit and his death turns out to be [[NotQuiteDead not so final]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', if a monster is killed while they are standing on a ledge, they will be thrust off that ledge, regardless of direction.

* In ''Film/SuperMarioBros'', this happens nearly as often as in ''Space Mutiny''.