High rise
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- He gains his iconic rocket boots after tripping and falling out the window of a high rise office tower.
Source: Die or Fly -
Bad Boss: In Gears of War 3, Aaron Griffin is the former CEO of an Imulsion energy corporation, now the leader of a Stranded group taken up residence in the high rise Griffin tower.
Source: Video Game / Gears of War -
Falling is the most common way for villains in Sherlock Holmes films to go out, as Moriarty himself fell three different times in the Rathbone-Bruce films (thrown off a tower, fell 60 feet into the sewers, and plummeted off a high rise after the pipe he was hanging on to broke).
Source: Disney Villain Death
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