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* Franchise/{{Superman}}:

* There's a three-way Cross Counter in the ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys," as the three main characters try to punch out the villain, who faints at the last moment, [[EpicFail and punch each other out instead]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', when [[ActionGirl Leela-A]] and [[MirrorUniverse Leela-1]] attack each other [[FearfulSymmetry in a perfectly symmetric way]], they collide their foreheads and both are knocked out.

* ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}'' has this as well, during the first fight with Goku and "Jackie Chun" (a disguised Master Roshi). The only reason Roshi won was because his leg was longer, so he was able to kick slightly deeper than Goku.

** An earlier instance involved a staged battle between a Hitmonchan and a Machoke, actors on the travelling Pokémon Showboat, that [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/25/EP090.png culminated in one of these.]]

* Done in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid: The Twin Snakes''. Liquid and Solid duel on top of a wrecked Metal Gear Rex, and end up in a Cross Counter.
** This is then repeated in a much more satisfying way in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' where [[spoiler: during the final fist fight with Liquid Ocelot, one of the many context sensitive actions the player can pull off is a Cross Counter]].

* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'': During the Death March arc, Sena manages to trick an OpposingSportsTeam into {{Cross Counter}}ing each other while avoiding their attempts at "unnecessary roughness".

** Before the first example above, Luffy and Zoro managed a CrossCounter during the Whiskey Peak Arc.

* In the dramatic match between Pegasus Seiya and Dragon Shiryu in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'''s Galaxian Wars arc, the two combatants leap high above for some AirJousting and end up locked in a CrossCounter --Shiryu's strongest punch on Seiya's face, Seiya's straight jab into Shiryu's AchillesHeel (the Dragon's Claw over his heart.)

** Heihachi also has a kick variation of this called the Heaven's Wrath, performed against any attack the opponent lands on you, if you're hit during the active frame of the move. The difference with his version from normal {{Cross Counter}}s is that while the attacks from both parties are generally simultaneous or near-simultaneous with them, Heihachi just takes the hit, and while the opponent just stands there dumbfounded with their leg in the air firmly against the side of his head, he just kicks them away with his right foot.

* There's a three-way CrossCounter in the ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys," as the three main characters try to punch out the villain, who faints at the last moment, [[EpicFail and punch each other out instead]].

* Bruce Irvin from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' can do a cross counter (called the Nightmare Punch) when the player times it with an opponent's punch. Also subverted in ''[[VideoGame/Tekken6 Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion]]''[==]'s arcade intro - Both Jin and Kazuya evade each others' fists. Once again subverted in ''VideoGame/Tekken7''[==]'s arcade intro - Kazuya evades Heihachi's fist, but Kazuya connects with Heihachi and sends him flying into a rock. The current Bandai Namco logo used for the series shows Kazuya and Jin in an ImpendingClashShot. Finishing a match with a tag move with Jin and Kazuya in ''Tag 2'' will have them replicate the scene in-game (including cutting away right before they connect).

*** Paul Phoenix and Forrest Law perform a cross counter in their ending in ''VideoGame/TekkenTagTournament''... but instead of a punch, they both kick... and instead of their faces, well, [[GroinAttack their reactions say it all.]]

* ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' features this in the very start of the final battle between Neo and Smith. Since they're both mazimally empowered at this point, Neo is thrown back through the air, and Smith, less gracefully, is thrown back and cuts a swath of broken concrete on the surface of the road they're fighting on, coming to a halt only after several metres -- though it does little more than anger him.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book version of "The Hundredth Smurf", Vanity and his MirrorSelf duplicate both throw their fists at each other...and end up hurting each other's fists when they connect since they were in mirror sync with each other.

* ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' features this in the very start of the final battle between Neo and Smith.

* The first fight of World Tour in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'', between the PlayerCharacter and TheRival Bosch, ends in a cutscene with the two exchanging punches this way.

* Dudley from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' has a move with this exact name, and it functions in the same way as well, only it's more of a blazing-fast dash punch than a straight up exchange. He does deal equal or close to equal damage to what hit him, though.
** Sadly for Dudley, his Cross Counter will not result in a double KO ever, since if he's KO'd during the move, he'll hit the Counter... and immediately collapse in defeat, with the move doing no actual damage to his opponent.
** See also the Street Fighter-centric webshow, Cross Counter, starring community darlings Gootecks and Mike Ross.

** Heihachi also has a kick variation of this, performed against normal right kicks that hit high if you're hit during the active frame of the move. The difference with his version from normal {{Cross Counter}}s is that while the attacks from both parties are generally simultaneous or near-simultaneous with them, Heihachi just takes the hit, and while the opponent just stands there dumbfounded with their leg in the air firmly against the side of his head, he just kicks them away with his right foot.

* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', Issei and Raiser pull this off in their one on one fight at the final episode of the anime/volume 2 of the light novel. Issei puked blood out of his mouth but Raiser didn't until a few moments later, shocking him in disbelief because he's a phoenix who can heal through any damage right away. Until he sees how CrazyPrepared Issei is for such an occasion.

* Played for laughs in episode 3 of ''LightNovel/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma''.

** In Episode 20 of the anime (or Chapter 73 of the manga), Suiryu and Choze perform a cross-counter punch in their fight.

** In the famous fight between Saitama and Awakened Garou [[spoiler:Cosmic Fear Mode]] in the manga, they cross-counter each other two times, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepunchman/images/c/c0/Saitama_and_Garou_simultaneously_punching_each_other_in_the_face.png/ the first time]] when they are on Earth and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepunchman/images/2/22/Saitama_and_Garou_simultaneously_punching_each_other_in_the_face_for_the_second_time.png/ the second time]] when they are on Io, a moon of Jupiter.

* Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld has a variant: [[PunchParry The two fighters wind up punching each other's fists]].

* Bruce Irvin from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' can do a cross counter (called the Nightmare Punch) when the player times it with an opponent's punch. Also subverted in ''[[VideoGame/Tekken6 Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion]]''[==]'s arcade intro - Both Jin and Kazuya evade each others' fists. Once again subverted in ''VideoGame/Tekken7''[==]'s arcade intro - Kazuya evades Heihachi's fist, but Kazuya connects with Heihachi and sends him flying into a rock. The current Bandai Namco logo used for the series shows Kazuya and Jin closing in on each other for such a moment but it cuts away right before they connect. Finishing a match with a tag move with Jin and Kazuya in ''Tag 2'' will have them replicate the scene in-game (including cutting away right before they connect).

* Bruce Irvin from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' can do a cross counter (called the Nightmare Punch) when the player times it with an opponent's punch. Also subverted in ''VideoGame/Tekken6 Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion]]''[==]'s arcade intro - Both Jin and Kazuya evade each others' fists. Once again subverted in ''VideoGame/Tekken7''[==]'s arcade intro - Kazuya evades Heihachi's fist, but Kazuya connects with Heihachi and sends him flying into a rock. The current Bandai Namco logo used for the series shows Kazuya and Jin closing in on each other for such a moment but it cuts away right before they connect. Finishing a match with a tag move with Jin and Kazuya in ''Tag 2'' will have them replicate the scene in-game (including cutting away right before they connect).