History Main / SlowMotionFall

* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga:'' In the very [[Recap/ZombieLandSaga first episode]], [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaSakuraMinamoto Sakura]] is flung into the air after being hit by an oncoming truck, and the scene slows down right as she's about to come falling to the ground, dead. Of course she does [[TheUndead come back]].

* ''Anime/MobileFighterGundam'' uses this during a holographic re-creation of the Kasshu family's downfall, when Domon's mother [[TakingTheBullet intercepts a bullet]] meant for her other son, Kyoji. Domon does a slow-motion dive for her as she falls dead.

* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'': Whenever Reborn shoots Tsuna with the "Dying Will Bullets" he is shown falling backwards in a show of dying to the ground before getting a fierce expression on his face and going into "Dying Will Mode", complete with massive ClothingDamage.

* In the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode[[Recap/StargateSG1S5E102001 "102001"]]: Carter's drop into the gate.

* In the StargateSG1 episode[[Recap/StargateSG1S5E102001 "102001"]]: Carter's drop into the gate.

* [[Recap/StargateSG1S5E102001 "102001"]]: Carter's drop into the gate.

Similar to a SlowMotionDrop but instead of an inanimate object dropping, we see a person falling backwards (or, rarely, forwards) in slow-motion, usually, after being shot. Bonus points if their TrueCompanions are watching: it's the cue for an [[SlowNo appropriately slowed down]] BigNo.

* In ''Disney/BigHero6'', when Baymax and Hiro fall from the window at the secret microbot factory, the scene goes into slow motion.

** Done with [[spoiler:Boromir]] at the end of ''Fellowship''. When the first arrow hits him, he staggers and falls slowly to his knees... but, since this is his DyingMomentOfAwesome, he stands back up and keeps fighting while the scene remains in slow motion. It's repeated when he's hit by a second arrow, falls, and stands again, but the third arrow finishes it. The scene returns to normal speed when Aragorn crashes into the Uruk-Hai archer.
** [[spoiler:Haldir's]] death in ''The Two Towers'' movie is an interesting take on this as we see it through his eyes. Followed promptly by a FoeTossingCharge by Aragorn.

* Sora in the first ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' game after unlocking his heart with a Keyblade to free Kairi's heart.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel "The Age of Steel"]]: The parallel universe Cyber-controller falls to his doom after Pete Tyler cuts the ladder the Controller is climbing with the sonic screwdriver.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]], four characters fall into the ''Titanic''[='s=] nuclear storm drive this way. One of which were by forklift.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn "The Return"]] has Garnet falling slowly backwards [[spoiler:after being hit by a Gem destabilizer.]] For bonus gut-wrenching, it happens right in front of Steven, and she's ''physically splitting apart'' at the time.

* The ''Franchise/LethalWeapon'' films feature Riggs in [[IncrediblyLamePun non-lethal]] examples:

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* ''Anime/CowboyBebop''

* Tsumuji's mother in "VideoGame/ShounenKinindenTsumuji" pushes Tsumuji into a hole to save him and he falls in slowly before she is turned to stone.

%%* Happens to Isabeau in ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}''.

* The first episode of ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'', Senjogahara falls from a staircase.

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* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'', when [[spoiler: Hank sends the truck to Cleveland careening off a cliff and into the ocean, opening the doors and sending all the creatures in the back released, including Dory, from captivity and back into the their homes in the ocean]], all set to Music/LouisArmstrong's "What a Wonderful World".

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** Cars going off a bridge in slow motion seems to have become a standard ever since ''Film/{{Inception}}'', see similar scenes in ''Film/CloudAtlas'' and ''Film/{{Unknown 2011}}''.

* Mr. Yoon falling to his death in ''Film/TheHost''.

** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]], four characters fall into the ''Titanic'''s nuclear storm drive this way. One of which were by forklift.

* [[spoiler: Shuji Ikutsuki]] in ''VideoGame/Persona3''.
* Each of the colossi in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' get one when they die. They fall slowly because of their size. Amusingly, the small ones get the same length music and cutscene, even though they take only a half-second or so to drop.
* Tsumuji's mother in "VideoGame/ShounenKinindenTsumuji" pushes Tsumuji into a hole to save him and he falls in slowly before she is turned to stone.
* Shield Knight from ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' is shown falling in slow-motion on several occasions, giving Shovel Knight an opportunity to catch her.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has Garnet falling slowly backwards [[spoiler: after being hit by a Gem destabilizer.]] For bonus gut-wrenching, it happens right in front of Steven, and she's ''physically splitting apart'' at the time.

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* Two opening from ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' have this, the first with Matoi, the second with Fuuka.

* ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'' begins with [[MeaningfulName Rakka]] falling out of the sky.
* Subverted with Revy and a toy gun in ''Manga/BlackLagoon''.

* [[spoiler:Euphie]] in ''Anime/CodeGeass''.

* [[spoiler:Maes Hughes]] in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.

* Happens a few times (for a few reasons) in ''Manga/RozenMaiden''.
* Poor Umi in ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' after Alcyone uses her for icicle target practice. Complete with wide-eyed stare from Hikaru and Fuu.
* ''Anime/MobileFighterGundam'' uses this during a holographic re-creation of the Kasshu family's downfall, when Domon's mother [[TakingTheBullet intercepts a bullet]] meant for her other son, Kyoji. Domon does a slow-motion dive for her as she falls dead.

* In ''Anime/FairyTail'', after Acnologia [[spoiler:rips Igneel's left side of his body]], he falls down in slow motion all the while Natsu looks on in shock.

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* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'', when [[spoiler: Hank sends the truck to Cleveland careening off a cliff and into the ocean, opening the doors and sending all the creatures in the back released, including Dory, from captivity and back into the their homes in the ocean]], all set to Music/LouisArmstrong's "What a Wonderful World."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' begins his story by falling to his death.
* In ''Disney/BigHero6'', when Baymax and Hiro fall from the window at the secret microbot factory, the scene goes into slow motion.

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* [[spoiler:Dumbledore's death]] leads to this in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''.

* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'': At the start of the film, Neo has been having recurring dreams where his lover Trinity falls out of an office window when she's cornered by an agent, while turning around and shooting at him until he kills her. Then it seems to happen for real, [[spoiler:bt Neo ultimately saves her before she hits the ground and removes the bullet with his matrix-warping powers.]]
* ''StarWars''
** [[spoiler:Qui-Gon Jinn]] in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', after [[spoiler:Darth Maul finishes him]].
** The Darth Vader apparition in the treecave being beheaded by Luke in'' Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings:''
** Done with [[spoiler:Boromir]] at the end of ''Fellowship''. When the first arrow hits him, he staggers and falls slowly to his knees... but, since this is his DyingMomentOfAwesome, he stands back up and keeps fighting while the scene remains in slow motion. It's repeated when he's hit by a second arrow, falls, and stands again, but the third arrow finishes it. The scene returns to normal speed when Aragorn crashes into the Uruk-Hai archer.
** [[spoiler:Haldir's]] death in ''The Two Towers'' movie is an interesting take on this as we see it through his eyes. Followed promptly by a FoeTossingCharge by Aragorn.

* Aman's wife [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal for good]]]] in ''Survive Style 5+''.
* The Comedian being thrown through the glass in TheMovie of ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'', as seen in the trailer.
* Happesn to Isabeau in ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}''.
* Done for hilarity and/or cruelty in ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'' when a woman slipping on a banana peel is stretched out to more than a minute with multiple camera angles for good measure. In the epilogue [[spoiler: She slips on another peel, but has now learned Kung-fu, so she rights herself in mid-air and then performs a SlowMotionPassBy on the man who popularised Kung-fu for a new generation.]]
* Jack Slater's fall from the elevator in ''Film/LastActionHero''.
* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' had a scene in which a character's head gets chopped off and falls in slow motion.
** Parodied in ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Meet The Spartans]]'', in which the character had time to do that pump chest peace out thing.

* Cars going off a bridge in slow motion seems to have become a standard ever since ''Film/{{Inception}}'', see similar scenes in ''Film/CloudAtlas'' and ''Film/{{Unknown 2011}}''.
* The ending of Hitchcock's ''Film/{{Saboteur}}'', where the villain falls from the Statue of Liberty leaving the hero holding onto an empty jacket sleeve.
* ''Film/TheProfessional'' has a first-person POV example after [[spoiler: Leon]] is shot in the back by the BigBad.
* ''Film/TheRoom'': [[spoiler:Johnny]] falls backwards in slow motion after [[spoiler:[[AteHisGun eating his gun]]]].
* In ''Film/SevenSamurai'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMWsOyOHaaA Kyuzo's first scene]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishes him]] as a [[TheStoic stoic]] MasterSwordsman by showing him defeat a man in a duel with a [[SingleStrokeBattle single stroke]]. An early example of this trope is played to great effect as we see Kyuzo's opponent fall.
* ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' (2012) has two of these, both POVCam shots where the victim had their perception slowed down thanks to the drug Slo-Mo. They almost edge into IFellForHours.

* Mirena, the wife of Vlad, falling to her death in ''Film/DraculaUntold''.

* SNL's Dear Sister. And the original scene from ''Series/TheOC''.
* ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' had [[spoiler: Sosuke]] collapses and [[spoiler: turns into rust]] due to a device given to him by one of the villains. He gets better though.
* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the parallel universe Cyber-controller falls to his doom after Pete Tyler cuts the ladder the Controller is climbing with the sonic screwdriver.
** In "Voyage of the Damned", four characters fall into the ''Titanic'''s nuclear storm drive this way. One of which were by forklift.

* Series/KamenRiderDrive features one played so literally, the victim managed to land on his feet, rather than falling to his death. This is caused by the enemy's "Slowdown" phenomena.

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* ''Theater/TheLightInThePiazza'' has an indirect one- there's a song in which Margaret ''describes'' her daughter's slow motion fall, but we don't actually see it, which wouldn't work on stage anyway and is much more effective.

* Sora in the first ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' game after unlocking his heart with a Keyblade to free Kairi's heart.
* Every [[ShowdownAtHighNoon quick-draw duel]] in ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' ends with this, following the BulletTime during the actual shots. Also, [[spoiler:William's death]] in the penultimate cutscene of ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood''.

* [[spoiler: Victor Zakhaev]] in ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call of Duty 4]]'', after he [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled shoots himself to avoid capture by the SAS and Marines.]]
* Each of the colossi in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' get one when they die. They fall slowly because of their size. Amusingly, the small ones get the same length music and cutscene, even though they take only a half-second or so to drop.

* Happens to Vakama in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}} 3: Web of Shadows'', with Nokama, who is one of his TrueCompanions, watching in horror.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' has a villain falling ''sideways'', towards the gravitation pull of the Milky Way Galaxy's sun which he's trying to harvest for its resources, and setting up Kevin for a SaveTheVillain moment. [[spoiler: Which winds up subverted, Kevin lets him continue being pulled into the sun and his death because he was the one that killed Kevin's father.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has Garnet falling slowly backwards [[spoiler: after being hit by a Gem destabilizer.]] For bonus gut-wrenching, it happens right in front of Steven, and she's ''physically splitting apart'' at the time.

-> '''Hikaru''': He's created a new technique!
-> '''Kaoru''': One-Man Slow Motion!

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* Parodied in ''LuckyStar'': "The drawing hand is an artist's everything..."

[[folder:Films - Animated]]

* In the climax of ''FindingDory'', when [[spoiler: Hank sends the truck to Cleveland careening off a cliff and into the ocean, opening the doors and sending all the creatures in the back released, including Dory, from captivity and back into the their homes in the ocean]], all set to Music/LouisArmstrong's "What a Wonderful World."

[[folder:Films - Live-Action]]

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* [[spoiler: Shuji Ikutsuki]] in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''.

* ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' uses this during a holographic re-creation of the Kasshu family's downfall, when Domon's mother [[TakingTheBullet intercepts a bullet]] meant for her other son, Kyoji. Domon does a slow-motion dive for her as she falls dead.

* WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} begins his story by falling to his death.