In fiction, just about everyone is afraid of heights so when the hardass cop or anti-hero finally corners one of the Big Bad's friends from his Five-Bad Band who refuses to spill the beans about his boss's Evil Plan on a very high balcony, at the top of a cliff, in a helicopter, or anywhere else that's high off the ground, that hapless mook is guaranteed to be dangled over the edge by our [...] [tvtropes.org]