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* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire [=Capu2=]]'': In one episode, after Kokoa smashes a desk over Tsukune's head, causing him to bleed, Kokoa is promptly [[SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious drawn to the smell of his blood]] and tastes it, upon which Kurumu sends Kokoa flying out of sight with the desk. When Moka is about to lose control at the sight and smell of Tsukune's blood as well, Kurumu does the same to her.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', giants are usually peaceful, but won't hesitate to smash players who mess with them into orbit with their clubs. And we do mean "into orbit"; anyone that isn't you will practically disappear with how fast they're launched, and if you get smacked instead, you get a peek into what a TwinkleInTheSky's last moments look like[[note]][[SceneryPorn At the very least you get a view of Skyrim some would kill for]][[/note]].

* Featured in the ''StreetFighter'' EX games, with Cracker Jack and his baseball bat. The victim bounces off the moon and lands behind you.
** Makoto's ''Seichuzen Godanzuki'' in ''[[StreetFighter Street Fighter III: Third Strike]]''.

* Quite a few moves that score a counter-hit on an opponent in ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Scarlet Weather Rhapsody]]'' either send them flying across the arena in roughly a half a second or send them roughly 50 feet into the air. Yes, there was an notable knock-back boost in [=IaMP=], but here it's just plain absurd.
* The final hit of Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}'s 4th Wall Crisis in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' consists of him doing this... ''with his Hyper Combo gauge''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', people's heads can fall off rather far. [[{{Gorn}} Potentially by bullets.]]
** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'''s downloadable content adds the Gauss Rifle as a weapon. It's horrifically slow to fire compared with a lot of the other energy weapons, but on a reasonably strong hit it will knock ''any opponent in the game'' a long way back and throw them to the ground so hard it takes them several seconds to get up. That includes twenty-foot-tall Behemoths.

* VideoGame/DeadIsland is more a FP SurvivalHorror 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.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', if you crit an enemy with a bludgeoning weapon like a sledgehammer or supersledgehammer, they'll frequently get knocked backwards and slide across the ground. If they goes far enough, they can potentially slide right off the visible map.

* In ''VideoGame/{{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 ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII III]]'' and its sequels, the adrenaline pill would turn the player into this.

* Like the above example, ''Videogame/{{Hedgewars}}'' sends your enemies flying high into the sky, possibly into water, and even then, they're bound to take a large load of fall damage.
* This is how Mao loses the keys to the Getter Mao to Fuka in ''[[VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4| A Promise Unforgotten}} A Promise Unforgotten]]''. Then again, he was trying to [[MemeticMolester get his hands on]] [[CuteMonsterGirl Desco]]...

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

* ''FanFic/ThisBites'': Luffy's [[PipePain pipe staff]] + Gum-Gum Pinwheel + Gum-Gum Rifle = Gum-Gum Home Run. Bye-bye, Satori.

* ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'': Take one spider, one fat ginger cat who hates spiders, and one rolled up newspaper, and [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2013/08/28/ this]] results.

* In ''VideoGame/PrimalRage'', Blizzard's Too Da Moon Fatality launches his enemy into the sky with a mighty punch.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 1}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', if you hit an enemy hard enough, he'll get knocked backwards and slide across the ground. If he goes far enough, he'll slide right off the visible map.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', people's heads can fall off rather far. [[{{Gorn}} Potentially by bullets.]]

* Potentially available in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' games, particularly to the Adept class. Hitting an enemy with a Lift/Pull followed by a Throw (with maximum boosts to biotic power and Throw) can send the hapless enemy literally out of sight. Particularly impressive and useful in outdoor combat environments, especially on Illium in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.

* In ''Manga/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.

** Heck, the entire series focuses on this trope and MegatonPunch as the only ways to win.

* ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'': Take one spider, one fat ginger cat who hates spiders, and one rolled up newspaper, and [[https://www.gocomics.com/2013/08/28/ this]] results.

* ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'': Take one spider, one fat ginger cat who hates spiders, and one rolled up newspaper, and [[http://www.garfield.com/comic/2013/08/28/ this]] results.

* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has the unique [[BatterUp 2076 World Series Bat]], which is capable of [[CriticalHit randomly sending people for the fences]] [[UpToEleven and then some]], [[GoodBadBugs if the effect occurs while in V.A.T.S]]. It can be found in Jamaica Plains, inside the basement of the Town Hall.

* ''Fanfic/AsukaQuest'': When faced with a ColonyDrop version of Sahaquiel, Asuka forms an Evangelion-scaled baseball bat out of AT fields and whacks the Angel/Giant Alien Starfish into the Pacific Ocean.

* [[SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]] of all people does this to [[BigBad Bowser]] at the end of ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach''. With an [[ParasolOfPain umbrella]]. Why did she need Mario to save her in the first place?

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* This is what causes ''Fanfic/AsukaQuest'''s biggest CrowningMomentOfAwesome: When faced with a ColonyDrop version of Sahaquiel, Asuka forms an Evangelion-scaled baseball bat out of AT fields and whacks the Angel/Giant Alien Starfish into the Pacific Ocean.

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* The webcomic ''Webcomic/{{minus}}'' has one story in which the eponymous character does this to deflect a would-be '''meteorite'''.

* [[TheGiant Chang]] does this as his [[LimitBreak Climax Desperation]] in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIV''. He smacks the target repeatedly with his EpicFlail, ending with a tremendous slow-motion strike that hits them so hard they orbit the Earth and land behind him.

* If you would like to believe theoretical physicist [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Gordon Freeman]] is in fact the sort of literal Übermensch his reputation makes him out to be, fan-made GameMod SMOD has you covered--armed with a [[ShovelStrike shovel]] and a [[PowerArmor HEV suit]]-assisted forward kick, Gordon can easily smash, bash, and punt mutated monstrosities and alien oppressors to the horizon... at least if the blow isn't so powerful that it reduces them to LudicrousGibs first.

* Gamof Gohgry from the games ''StarGladiator'' and its sequel, Plasma Sword, has a super move that will knock his opponent off into the extreme distance as well, and ending with ATwinkleInTheSky, though some timing is required to master the move.

* A litteral home run in ''[[WebAnimation/CalicoElectronico Cálico Electrónico]]''. After breaking El Corretón's SuperSpeed machine and thus paralyzing him, Cálico uses a baseball bat to send him flying out of the city.

* Fate does this to [[BigBad Jail Scaglietti]] at the end of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS'', 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".

** He does it again during the ''WorldWarHulk'' arc. Hulk's response to an annoying D-lister who describes herself as "practically invulnerable"? Punting her like a football and deadpanning "Go be invulnerable in Jersey."
* Implied in the issue of ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' where they introduce the villain Post. The Juggernaut crashes into a street in New York, obviously having been beaten in a fight. When he wakes up, he says, "New York?! I was in ''Philadelphia!!''"

* Williams and Rowper from ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' often wield baseball bats that can be taken away from them and used by the player.

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

* ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'': Take one spider, one fat ginger cat who hates spiders, and one rolled up newspaper, and [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2013&addr=130828 this]] results.

* In ''TheUltimates 3'' issue 1, Venom attacks the Ultimates from out of left field. Several of them attempt to resist him, including Black Panther...who attempts to punch the massive Symbiote a few times. A thoroughly unmoved Venom declares Black Panther "really annoying" and bodily flings him to parts unknown with a perfunctory "Bye." One panel includes a shot of an airborne, distant Black Panther silhouetted against the moon.