Basic Trope: A character is rendered immune to a fall from any height simply by landing in a large body of water. * Straight: John jumps out of a burning building from the 30th story, but lands in a large swimming pool, and suffers no harm. * Exaggerated: John jumps out of a space shuttle in low Earth orbit, falls down to the ground, and is saved by landing in the Atlantic Ocean a puddle. * Justified: Conditions on John's planet are just right so that, at terminal velocity, water will actually help him to avoid injury. * Inverted: John hits the water and is later pronounced dead-on-impact. * Given the circumstances of John's fall, he would have died if he had fallen into the water. But--through a great stroke of luck or resourcefulness--he manages to land on a Far Side Is