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* In ''EternalFighterZero'', this is one of Rumi Nanase's Final Memory moves, the "Big Bang Hitting Method", in which she tosses her opponent in the air and delivers a huge home run hit. It's potentially the game's most powerful attack. She also has a normal version called the "Rapture Full Swing."

* The Home-run bat in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series has this effect when used with a Smash attack, complete with a very satisfying "KRIIIIIING!" sound upon a successful hit. Smash attacks in general can have this effect if the target has suffered enough damage.

Home Run Hitter describes the act or capability of one character to strike a blow with a melee weapon that is so powerful that it literally knocks the opponent or target OutOfSightOutOfMind, usually leaving ATwinkleInTheSky. Usually reserved for TheBigGuy but occasionally other characters may have this trait, especially [[CuteBruiser cute little girls.]]

Compare MegatonPunch, the unarmed version of this type of attack. Not to be confused with BatterUp, which while uses baseball bats for an effective melee weapon, may not have the same effect of blasting the poor sap into Low Earth Orbit.

Home Run Hitter describes the act or capability of one character to strike a blow so powerful that it literally knocks the opponent or target OutOfSightOutOfMind, usually leaving ATwinkleInTheSky. Usually reserved for TheBigGuy but occasionally other characters may have this trait, especially [[CuteBruiser cute little girls.]]

Compare MegatonPunch, the unarmed version of this type of attack. Not to be confused with BatterUp, which may or may not be related.

* Asuna does this to Evangeline using a ''thrown boat'' as the bat in ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'', the GagSeries of ''MahouSenseiNegima''.

Compare MegatonPunch, the unarmed version of this type of attack.

Not to be confused with BatterUp, which may or may not be related. Not at all related to a [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner web cartoon with a similar name]].

* Joachim from ''ShadowHearts: Covenant'' can learn an ability like this from The Great Gama, which blasts his opponent into the stratosphere. In order to keep it from being used against him, the player has to equip an item that protects from instant death attacks.

* Done to an art in many MortadeloYFilemon comics. Several characters have been sent into outer space just with one kick.

* Asuna does this to Evangeline using a ''thrown boat'' as the bat in ''NegimaSecondSeason'', the GagSeries of ''MahouSenseiNegima''.

* Fate does this to [[BigBad Jail Scaglietti]] at the end of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha [=StrikerS=]'', swinging her {{BFS}} like a baseball bat and sending Jail flying hella far with the flat of her blade until he crashed into a wall. Unsurprisingly, the Japanese fanbase gave the scene the FanNickname of "Home Run".

* In FightIppatsuJuudenChan, Sento, the male protagonist, often hits Plug and Arresta with a baseball bat. Like the trope mentions, they often go flying when he does it.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}: Ultimate Ninja 3'' the version of Naruto wearing the green suit of Gai and Lee has an ultimate Jutsu which shows him punching his opponent through some clouds to twinkle in the sky.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', giants are usually peaceful, but won't hesitate to smash players who mess with them into orbit with their clubs.

* In ''{{Persona 4}}'' [[KickChick Chie Satonaka]] has a follow-up attack named "Galactic Punt" which can launch enemies into the sky. It's a OneHitKill on regular enemies. Major bosses [[ContractualBossImmunity arbitrarily]] are struck with a slightly different attack called Galaxy Kick, which just deals a lot of damage.

* In the ''[[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Battle For Blüdhaven]]'' mini-series, a former pimp turned mutant with delusions of grandeur named Black Baron is unceremoniously [[NeckSnap neck-snapped]] and thrown into the distance by an unimpressed and unhappy [[{{Golem}} Monolith]] after the latter sics [[SuicideAttack suicide bombers]] on him. For best results, read 'the distance' as 'Hoboken, New Jersey,' or roughly 95 miles by rough DC geographical markers.

* The webcomic ''minus.'' had one story in which the titular ghost does this to deflect a would-be meteorite.

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* The website ''Busy Street'' invoked this trope in the first of their videos dedicated to adding tropes to their page; the person in question launched was a 6 inch high Batman action figure.

* In ''{{Persona 4}}'' [[KickChick Chie Satonaka]] has a follow-up attack named "Galactic Punt" which can launch enemies into the sky. It is a one-hit kill for regular enemies.
** And bosses! While most bosses fight alone, a handful have sidekicks that fight alongside them. If you knock over these, either by pinging elemental weakness or getting a lucky critical hit, there's a chance Chie can use Galactic Punt on the boss, instantly winning the fight. It's the best follow-up attack in the game, but it's not quite a DiscOneNuke, as only a couple of early end-of-dungeon bosses have sidekicks, but you can bypass some arduous early-game fights that way.
** Actually, all main bosses get the attack Galaxy Kick, which is the same move, sans launch.

* In the ''[[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Battle For Blüdhaven]]'' mini-series, a former pimp turned mutant with delusions of grandeur named Black Baron is unceremoniously [[NeckSnap neck-snapped]] and thrown into the distance by an unimpressed and unhappy [[{{Golem}} Monolith]] after the latter sics [[SuicideAttack suicide bombers]] on him. For best results, read 'the distance' as 'Hoboken, New Jersey,' or roughly 125 miles by rough DC geographical markers.

* Knock-back effects are common in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. Engineer sentry guns have a heavy knock-back on hit; an enemy that jumps over one can be propelled so high into the air they'll leave the sentry's range, or at least their [[RagdollPhysics body]] will. The Pyro's flamethrower has a compressed-air blast that will knock enemies back considerably, which has a few tactical uses. The straighter example of the trope is the Scout's unlockable "Sandman" [[BatterUp bat]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8mJUpTlHCE Its taunt is a]] OneHitKill, and one that launches the victim's rag doll a fair distance. There is even an achievement for sending the corpse hurtling 25 meters! The normal strikes with the bat don't do such a thing, though a CriticalHit can still push someone back plenty far, especially if they were in the air.
* DeadIsland is more a FP Survival Horror than a standard FPS, but it does have the Homerun Bat developer's mod weapon, which if properly aimed will literally hurl zombies in the great azure - or at least far enough away you'll have trouble seeing them.