Please Enjoy The Silliest Game Ladder Climbing Animations We Could Find

Let’s start the list off with the ladder climb that inspired all of this. I’m not sure why the developers behind the video game adaptation of Batman Begins decided to make the caped crusader climb up ladders like a Muppet on a mission, but I’m very grateful. Thank you all so much for this gift.

Here’s a ladder-climbing animation I fondly (?) remember from my youth. I played far too much Enter The Matrix as a young teenager and I distinctly remember being confused by the way characters in the game waddled up ladders. And in 2023…yeah, still perplexed by this one. I’ll blame a glitch in the simulation.

Valve is famous for creating intricately detailed worlds that players explore for years and years. Yet, Valve really doesn’t give a shit about ladders. In nearly every Valve-developed game, characters all slide up and down ladders as if they’re attached to a zipline or wearing a jetpack. It’s weird, but I get it. Making games is hard and ladders are notoriously tricky to do right. So a good option is to just not worry about it.

You might be familiar with the famous ladder sequence in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. It’s a great moment and worthy of being remembered. But let’s not forget the second best “This Ladder Is Too Long” moment, this one found in Charlie’s Angels on the PS2. Not only is this climb nearly a minute long, but it looks horrible as the angel awkwardly slides up the rungs, barely making contact with them. At least the rest of the game is good. Wait, I’m being told something…oh.

Firefighter simulator Into The Flames recreates everything you’d expect, including driving a firetruck, shooting water at flames, and of course: awkwardly sliding up a ladder as if your body is ashamed of what’s happening. Wait, is this not how all firefighters climb ladders? Learn something new every day!

I can’t make a list of silly ladder moments and animations without including a genuine classic: Laddergoat. Someone was playing Call of Juarez and saw a goat. They pushed the goat toward a ladder and accidentally created one of the best videos on the web. “Oh Laddergoat, you’re so random” indeed.

Goats + ladders = funny, apparently. However, unlike Laddergoat who floats up the ladder as if being taken away by God himself, the goat in Goat Simulator climbs up the ladder. Well, “climb” is one way to describe what’s happening here.

Do you remember any more weird or silly ladder-climbing animations or ladder-related moments from other video games? If so, let us know below in the comments.