History Main / MegatonPunch

* [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]]'s Falcon Punch, introduced in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', is the epitome of Megaton Punches in video games: an incredibly powerful punch that will heavily damage anyone unfortunate enough to get hit by it. [[TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]] also gets his own Megaton Punch in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''.

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** Sylvester the Cat was involved in two such fracases with two dogs – a bulldog named Spike and a tiny terrier named Chester, with Spike always getting the worst end of things. In the earlier short, "Tree for Two," Spike is thrashed by a giant panther who had escaped a local zoo and mistakes him for the much smaller Sylvester; Chester, showing immense strength for his tiny size, easily whips the puddy tat with – among other moves – the trope namer. The later "Dr. Jerkyl's Hyde" saw Spike (here named Alfie and given a British accent) get punched and beaten by Sylvester, who has mutated thanks to a hyde-type potion; again, Chester is able to easily beat up Sylvester.

** [[spoiler:Maka receives one from Black*Star of all people.]] It ''was'' her suggestion, in order to make up after arguing with him, thus making it a inverted example.
** Though its technically a chop, not a punch [[GrimReaper Shinigama sama's]] SHINIGAMI CHOP always leave a huge bump on someone head... and a crater in the ground [[LetsGetDangerous when he's serious]]

** Also Megaton Kicks are just as common as Megaton Punches. Sometimes the target even has time to muse on the current state of affairs and smooth out their clothing while sailing peacefully through the air.

** Anya also did these several times to Negi... until he decided not to let her and reality ensued, showing him to be ''far'' too much stronger for her to be able to hit him otherwise.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', there's a comic scene during the first few hours of the game where Barrett does a Megaton Punch on one of his allies out of frustration. This sends his ally flying across the room and onto the screen.

* While she does it with a throw rather then a punch, Marina Liteyears, a RobotGirl with a powerful throw (to the point grabbing and throwing is her entire attack style) of MischiefMakers does this to her creator Prof. Theo each time she finsihes rescueing him due to him trying to grope her. Another villain then grabs him and [[HereWeGoAgain she has to do it all over again]].
* "FreedomForce" has this with either in-game standard characters or your custom characters, it's all up to how you design the attacks. Especially hilarious due to semi-realistic physics engine, which means that lightweight opponents get sent flying higher/further from higher knockback. If you're good at balancing perks and flaws, you can have a custom character who can wield trees and buses as early as the first couple of stages, knocking female enemies across town! Also, the physics engine applies impact damage when they land/collide with stuff. My favourite part of a really fun game.
* While quite of a few of the fist attacks in the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series would qualify, the Rising Dragon fist skill in 2 and 3 is probably the best example, as it has the user do a [[{{Shoryuken}} flying uppercut]] on the target that brings both out of the atmosphere before punching the target so hard that they become a [[ATwinkleInTheSky twinkle in the blackness of space]] instantaneously.
** The version of it used in 4 is noticeably different in execution, but still very much a megaton punch. The victim is first punched under a waterfall flowing from the top of a mountain, then uppercutted so hard that the force sends the water flying back up the mountain along with the target. After the target flies out of sight, the mountain ''splits in half and crumbles to dust''.
* The end of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' involves DK destroying the evil lair by [[spoiler:''punching the moon into it.'']]
* ''DigimonWorld'' has Megaton Punch as an actual attack that your Digimon can learn.
* In the ending of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', [[spoiler:Batman finishes off the Titan-mutated Joker by ''spraying his fist with explosive gel and punching him in the face.'']]
* The early FPS/RPG ''{{Strife}}'' combines this with LudicrousGibs. Stamina implants improve both your hit points and your punch damage, with enough you smash an enemy across the room in a shower of meat.
* A good Wrestler in VideoGame/DwarfFortress can punt an enemy quite far away with just one punch.
* In the game ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'', [[BigBad Bowser]] actually tries to punch the planet Mario/Luigi is standing on during all three of his boss battles.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has the move Mega Punch, which was called ''Megaton Punch'' in Japan. There's also the similarly named "Mega Kick". Another move is [=DynamicPunch=] (which is called "Exploding Punch" in Japan), which has 50% accuracy (which, in a series where an attack with 80% accuracy is considered unreliable, is really low) but does tons of damage and also confuses the enemy if it connects.
* In ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Mortal Kombat Trilogy]]'', [[ShockAndAwe Rain]] has a move that lets him roundhouse kick his opponent so far across the screen that they coming flying back on the other side. {{Subverted}} by the fact that the distance it sends the opponent is far more than the damage it does.
** Also, one of Raiden's fatalities is an explosive uppercut that blows his enemies into pieces.
* Rare first person shooter example: ''Dark Forces'', the first entry in the DarkForcesSaga, leaves Kyle Katarn with only his fists as his EmergencyWeapon (this being before they established Kyle as an active Force-sensitive Jedi). Typically, punching a (humanoid) opponent puts them into a moment of stunlock and bounces them a bit. However, if Kyle crouches, looks up slightly, and punches, he can send most Imperial cronies flying across the room with greater KnockBack than all but his most powerful explosive weapons. This can get entertaining in some levels, allowing Kyle to punch stormtroopers off cliffs and the like.
* ''SaintsRow2'' gives us the highly entertaining [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPMdpu3VE2Q Pimp Slap weapon]]. The game's loose association with reality only makes it all the more amusing to watch.
** ''SaintsRowTheThird'' upped the ante with the Apocafists, giant rubber fists that send cars flying and turn people into showers of blood.
* ''VideoGame/AcesWildManicBrawlingAction'' is built around building up to these - taking down enemies with standard rapid attacks fills a meter that allows the player to use more and more powerful combo finishers that boil down to ricochet-inducing megaton punches.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', due to a [[GoodBadBugs bug in the physics engine]], giants are able to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWYN2xiyRo smack humans into low orbit.]]

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' introduces class-unique heavy melee attacks to the series. While most classes use omni-blades and the Adept focuses on PunchedAcrossTheRoom, the Vanguard class gets a straight-up powerful biotic punch which executes faster than other heavy melees, synergizing well with their Charge ability.
** And now the Batarians join in with their Omni-gauntlets. One punch, and YourHeadAsplode. The addition of batarian [[FoeTossingCharge Vanguards]] makes this even better.
* In spite of the Bayonetta example above, There ''is'' [[SerialEscalation an even more powerful example of this]]. Asura from ''AsurasWrath'' does this on a regular basis, from punching out a planet sized deity's finger and making him explode with one final punch, all the way to [[spoiler: growing bigger than the planet itself and punching straight through the Creator of life's forehead, all the way to doing multiple Megaton Punches with the final one killing the Creator's ultimate form, even at the cost of his life.]] [[PapaWolf All for the sake of his daughters safety.]]
* VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent's grunts [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=745LhHN4WBI tend to pull these off]] if they can see you behind a barricade.
* In the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' games, [[{{VideoGame/Cyberbots}} Jin Saotome's]] Heavy Punch attacks tend to be more Megaton than Fierce as it is. But he takes the cake with his [[LimitBreak Super]], Blodia Punch: Jin punches the opponent as hard as he can, followed almost immediately by the fist of his HumongousMecha.
** Don't forget about [[VideoGame/BionicCommando Spencer]]'s Bionic Lancer in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'':
--> '''Spencer:''' Bionic... '''''ARRRRRRRRRM!!!'''''
* In the Source engine, damage in excess of what is required to kill a player is translated into force on the corpse. A critical punch from the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy]] can launch people across a room, or a ''map'', if their health is low enough. This is also why the Spy's BackStab tends to [[WreakingHavok launch ragdolls around]] on a whim, because all backstab kills are triggered by absurdly excessive damage rules.
* UminekoNoNakuKoroNi: At the climax of [[GrandFinale Episode 8]], Battler [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Punches]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu out]] Bernkastel. Bernkastel who, just scenes ago, had been laughing off universe explosions.]] Battler's fist is more powerful than the universe. And inflicts the concept of pain.
* In [[{{Rosenkreuzstilette}} Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel]], Schirach has one hell of a punch that can send you flying ForMassiveDamage if she manages to grab you when she charges at you.
* In VideoGame/EvolutionTheWorldOfSacredDevice, one of Mag's special attacks is a giant fist that he uses to crush all enemies on the screen.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Touhou Hisoutensoku]]'', Hong Meiling has Two Spellcards (Strike sign: "Roc Fist" and Fiery Attack: "Roc-killing fist") that throw the opponent in the sky, especially the first one if it's a counter-hit. She also has the Red-Cannon skill, which is a much weaker version of the two spellcards and only throws the enemy in a counter-hit (Otherwise he would only launched in mid-air).
* In ''XComEnemyUnknown'', ''Enemy Within'' adds the MEC Trooper class. One of the armaments you can give them is the Kinetic Strike, which is basically a melee-range RocketPunch. It is the single most damaging attack in the game, and scoring a kill with it causes the deceased enemy to be flinged a couple of tiles away, with enough force to ''make a car explode''.

* The eponymous ''Webcomic/RipHaywire'''s signature attack.

* In ''Webcomic/AngelMoxie'' when as part of her HeelFaceTurn Tristan punches the demon lord Vashi (for going back on her offer to allow Tristan to rule over France when they conquer the world) she sends her flying due to her superstrength. Vashi does eventually land.... in China.
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* In SuburbanKnights, Malecite does this ''twice'' during a single battle. He first sends Jaffers flying, then [[CherryTapping finger-flicks]] [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoondalf]] into low earth orbit after [[spoiler:recovering his gauntlet.]]
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* Once on ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'', Yin lost control of her aura and sent Coop all the way across the world. She's normally done a Megaton Punch on several occasions (mainly {{Card Carrying Villain}}s and Coop the Chicken).
* Lugnut's Punch Of Kill Everything from ''TransformersAnimated'' combines this with a RocketPunch. His fist get replaced by a pressure-sensitive button that, when used to punch things, creates ''massive explosions'' that can level a city block. Unless triggered prematurely, in which case all that power hits him instead.
* In RegularShow even the weak can do this practising the art of "Death Kwon Do": wearing a mullet and cut-off jeans.
* In an episode of ''TheAngryBeavers'', Dag picks on his brother everyday until finally, Norbert gets so furious he [[NotHyperbole litterally punches Dag into last week]]...[[GroundhogDayLoop repeatedly]]. Finally, Dag ends up making him promise not to do it again, then accidentally ruins the end of his movie by spoiling the ending. Norbert keeps his word and doesn't punch him into last week. Instead... well, this quote will explain it.

* Hack and Slash from ReBoot were capable of this, although they rarely got to show it since they were usually too busy putting the "dumb" in DumbMuscle. In the episode "Gigabyte," after Hack is drained of his energy by the titular character, Slash gets revenge by unleashing a ''seriously'' epic Megaton Punch, knocking him from outside Mainframe right into the heart of the city... [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which is where Bob was trying to keep him away from.]]
-->'''Bob:''' You ''idiot!'' Look what you've done!
-->'''Slash:''' What? He hurt my friend!

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* Legendary heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano's face-off with Jersey Joe Walcott in 1952 for the world heavyweight title [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6xEo-ijH0 ended with a magnificent example]].
** In case you missed it, they were checking to see if ''Walcott was alive''. That's the kind of punch that makes ''Captain Falcon'' look like a pansy.
* The punch of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "smasher"]] variety of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp mantis shrimp]] has an acceleration of over 100,000 m/s[--[[superscript:2]]--]. Not only is the impact of the punch itself incredibly powerful and has been known to break through aquarium glass with a single strike, the rapid acceleration (about the same as a ''.22 caliber bullet'') actually creates a shockwave from the collapse of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavitation cavitation bubbles]], capable of stunning or killing its target ''even if the punch itself misses''. Watch this specimen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tATaUFShLjc break open a clam]], and just listen to those blows. The sounds are being muffled through aquarium glass. The shockwave is also accompanied by a small burst of light and a temperature increase of ''several thousand degrees'', although the effect is [[AwesomeButImpractical too short-lived to have any real offensive significance]].
* BruceLee had a finger-hand punch - his famous "one-inch punch" - that moved so fast and was so powerful it would knock back opponents several feet. Even when the opponent was ''ready'' for the blow. Thing is, this wasn't even Bruce Lee's strongest punch; the thing that made it so effective is that it has that much power despite (as the name indicates) involving his fist moving only a very short distance before hitting the target. Thus, Lee could hit you with a Megaton Punch out of nowhere, without ever drawing back his arm and cluing you in that the punch was coming. Dodging was pretty well out of the question.
* Dan Henderson is known for (what is in many people's opinions) the hardest knockout punch in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. Henderson knocked out Englishman Michael Bisping at UFC 100 with a punch he wound up almost 180 degrees and stepped into with most of his body weight (Bisping was also circling into the punch). "Hendo" followed up the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONdUDQv_j1A sledgehammer blow]] with an equally-devastating full-body-weight-jumping-elbow to Bisping's face after the poor Brit had already hit the ground, unconscious.
* At about 0:08 in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOpUDjJVyPs this video]] of prison inmates saving a prison guard from being strangled, the first [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]] charges forward and throws all his momentum into one punch, before dogpiling the strangler with other prisoners. It is just as awesome as it sounds
* The end of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEMH1b9DYhk this video]] has a good one, overlapping with EpicFail on the part of the punchee.
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** Ranma's fighting style favors speed over power, so when he needs to pull out a megaton punch, he instead punches the same spot hundreds of times per second.

** Simon teleports halfway through the world, rips the Gurren Lagann through a wall, ejects from his cockpit, slides across the ground for a good hundred feet, brings his hand back, and with a fantastic scream of [[spoiler: "ROSSIU!!!!! '''[[GetAhOldOfYourselfMan LET'S SEE YA GRIT THOSE TEETH!!!!]]'''" he slugs Rossiu right in the face. All at once he honors fallen brothers, puts the TheScrappy of the series in his place with gusto, acknowledges [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Rossiu's basic decency]] and [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]], and punches a man so hard his headband holding his hair in that Fei-like style explodes from the sheer ungodly awesome of the punch. Rossiu's lucky he had a HEAD after that. He INVENTED teleportation just to punch someone in the face]]. Gives a whole new meaning to DynamicEntry and GetAHoldOfYourselfMan doesn't it?
** TheMovie gives this trope ''TTGL'''s [[UpToEleven usual treatment]] when [[spoiler:the Moon-size Cathedral Lazengann attempts to ''punch Earth'' in lieu of getting dropped on it.]] Team Dai-Gurren prevents this from happening.

** One of Gon's special nen techniques turns his already powerful punch into a Megaton Punch by gathering all of his nen in his fist.
** Uvogin's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Big Bang Impact]]. Phinks has also a Megaton Punch, how strong it is depends on how much he rotates his arm though.

* ''HeroicAge''. Bellcross punches a [[BeyondTheImpossible BLACK HOLE]]. Punching stuff is ([[BreathWeapon almost]]) the only thing Bellcross ever does. [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer His punches are powerful enough to cause planets to tremble...]]

* The titular robot of ''{{Heroman}}'' has this as its main attack.
* Played Extra Straight in ''GiantRobo'' in which [[spoiler:Chujo the Silent]] has a literal one of these, complete with mushroom cloud. His friends prevent him from using it [[spoiler: because it would [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique kill him]].]] However, it is implied that he could [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu destroy the ersatz Death Star with one punch]].

* This is essentially the superpower of Danny Rand, The IronFist. Things he's punched include a train, one of the Hulk's buddies, and his best friend LukeCage.
* In JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, TheFlash is fighting a speedster called Zum. Once Flash starts thinking of it as a fight rather than a race, he uses his speed to accelerate his body until his uppercut has sufficient force to propel Zum upwards at 25,000 mph. The Flash has [[RequiredSecondaryPowers the Speed Force]] to render himself immune to relativistic effects of approaching lightspeed as he runs. Zum lacks that same protection, and thus from his perspective Wally was punching him with infinite mass.
-->'''TheFlash''': [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome That's escape velocity, by the way. Flash fact.]]
* Monica of ''Monica's Gang'' sometimes does this.
* Superman possesses the ability to vibrate any combination of the molecules in his body. One of his favorite techniques he got from the Flash, which is to vibrate his fist as he punches someone. He chooses to vibrate his fist just under the speed of light, thus increasing the mass of his fist to a near-infinite level, creating the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Infinite Mass Punch]]. [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle He even hit]] [[DragonBall Goku]] [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle with it, once.]]

* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'':
** "Daisy's Shotgun Wedding," from Season 5, featured Richard Moll as the fearsome Milo Beaudry, whose punches and other combat moves were far more damaging than those administered by others the Duke boys took on.
** "Cool Hands, Luke and Bo" – averted, although antagonist Slater (an ex-Marine who was dishonorably discharged for going [=AWOL=], thanks to Luke ratting him out) boasted that his fighting skills and punches were no match for anybody.

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* In its broadest sense, larger wrestlers – often, the monster heels – will have ordinary punches (along with other wrestling moves) that are sold as more powerful and, consequently, more damaging to their opponents than if those same punches and moves were delivered by a smaller wrestler. This is usually to sell the giant wrestler as a fearsome, unstoppable force who can potentially cripple if not worse anyone who crosses his path.
* [[Wrestling/TheShield Roman Reigns]] has this as a trademark with the Superman Punch, sometimes punching the ring before blasting someone.
* [[Wrestling/TheCrusher Da Crusher]] had a finishing move where he would wind up his arm and blast his opponent with a punch across the kisser, knocking him flat out. He called it his "100 Megaton Punch".
* Former NWA Champion Ronnie Garvin's finisher was the Knockout Punch. It was so effective, he was said to have "Hands Of Stone".
* Wrestling/TheBigShow also has one in the form of the Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) which knocks out not just smaller guys, but even guys like Wrestling/TheUndertaker.
* The Great Khali's "knockout punch" was actually a cranium slap that instantly could knock out virtually any of his opponents, even The Undertaker and The Big Show.
* Wrestling/ChrisHero defeated Shane Storm at ''CHIKARA The Crushing Weight of Mainstream Ignorance'' by blasting him with a single right-hand punch.
* Wrestling/GordonSolie used to say that Wrestling/EddieGraham had "the hardest punch in wrestling."
* Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli doesn't have a punch. He does, however have a "Very European" uppercut that will snap your head back like a Pez Dispenser.
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* [[http://www.megami.starcreator.com/nanaca-crash/ NanacaCrash]]. (There goes your life.)
* In Nintendo's ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' games, one of the ways a character can be defeated is by hitting them so hard they fly off into the horizon and [[TwinkleInTheSky vanish in a twinkle]].
** Or else they fall from above and [[BreakingTheFourthWall bounce off the]] FourthWall.
** And take a wild guess who has a Megaton Punch-type move themselves.
*** Actually, probably a good 1/4 of the roster or more. The dominant example is Captain Falcon, but other notable ones are Franchise/DonkeyKong, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]], Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}, [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]], [[{{Pokemon}} Jigglypuff]], and to a lesser degree, [[SuperMarioBros Wario and Mario]], among others.

* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWar: Chains of Olympus'', if you get the Gauntlet of Zeus and level it up all the way, you can get a Megaton Punch going.
** There's also the Nemean Cestus of ''God of War III'', which lets you reel in an opponent for one.
* VideoGame/MegaManZX has appropriately-named "Megaton Crush", the half-ChargeAttack of Model F's HandCannon which can send opponent forward and hitting another opponent on the way for an extra killcount. Hence the weapon's name, Knuckle Busters.
* Several of the Jack characters from the ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series actually have a move called Megaton Punch, which is a powerful punch that does 40 damage. In addition, there is the Gigaton Punch, which is one of the most damaging (unblockable and 199 damage, meaning it'll only not take you out if you're playing with a 100% handicap and have full health) and difficult (a "lever spin" is required to pull it off in the PS2 version, but it is never explained what exactly that is) to execute, but, yes, sends the opponent flying across the stage until they hit the invisible wall.
** Roger the kangaroo and Alex the velociraptor have a similar attack, called "Animal Gigaton Punch." It's substantially easier to pull off than Jack's attack (originally just a lever direction combined with Left Punch), yet it's almost as powerful.
* In ''TheKingOfFighters'', Ralf Jones has a similar move named ''Galactica Phantom'', which is practically unblockable (though fairly easy to avoid by jumping in the right moment) and, if connected, sends the opponent flying across the stage a la Megaton Punch.
** It gets worse in the GBA spinoff ''The King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood'', where the Galactica Phantom has a much, much shorter charge time and is a regular move instead of a SDM, meaning you can conceivably OHKO someone right off the bat with it on a counterhit...
** [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Ryo Sakazaki]] has this as well, with Tenchi Haoken, which has the added benefit of STUNNING your opponent.
** By luck or if you feel you're pure awesomeness, have these as a counter attack and you'll shit bricks from the damage it causes to your enemy. Especially Galactica Phantom SDM. Lethal even for bosses.

* The Dragon Kick in ''GodHand'' is an instant kill to normal enemies and does sizable amounts of damage to bosses. The victim goes flying into the air and disappears with a twinkle [[MemeticMutation before a parallel Gene in France Dragon Kicks them back.]] [[FistOfTheNorthStar 100 Fists]] and [[HomeRunHitter Home Run God]] have a similar effect.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'''s Potemkin has an Instant Kill in XX that fits this trope - he takes off his power-limiting collar and kills the opponent with a single punch.
** In the same game, the vampire Slayer has an Instant Kill where he punches his opponent into space, turning them into ATwinkleInTheSky. Then recites a haiku.
* In ''PrimalRage'', the character Blizzard has the aptly-named ''To Da Moon'' fatality.
* This is Yui's favorite move to use on Ryo in ''BrassRestoration''. She's apparently been using it on him since childhood, so his intense training has made him immune to any damage he would otherwise suffer.
* The Berserk Pack from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' was like this, only instead of sending your enemies flying it made them [[LudicrousGibs splatter into a million pieces]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' had a cheat which turned your standard melee punch into a Megaton Punch, allowing you to send enemies flying a hundred feet straight ahead when you punched them. For added hilarity, the cheat also affected [=NPCs=].

* This is Bowser's basic attack in [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]. If done right he can punch enemies across the screen and if done wrong he trips on the enemy instead. [[spoiler:This is also used as a FinishingMove for the FinalBoss of the game, in which he manages to rival Captain Falcon himself in Incredibly Epic Punches]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' the pneumatic Power Fist can actually make an enemy explode, just like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdOjUkaZmK0 this]].
** With enough points in the unarmed skill this can easily be done with your bare hands. Or any weapon for that matter if you take the [[LudicrousGibs Bloody Mess]] perk.
** Taken to, perhaps, it's logical extreme in VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas. Take said Power Fist, attach a contact plate to the knuckles and connect said plate to a double barrel shotgun. [[YourHeadAsplode Boom.]] It is know as the ballistic fist
** The Gun Runners Arsenal DLC also adds a ballistic fist that also fire an explosive charge into the target upon a critical hit. Even without the bloody mess perk the effect is rather spectacular.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''
** [[{{Troperiffic}} Bang Shishigami]] performs one as his ultimate finisher. [[spoiler: Especially played straight when he also [[http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n180/Kurushii-kun/BB_Event_Illustrations/BB_Event_Litchi_02.png falls victim to one]] from [[LoveInterest Litchi Faye Ling]] in her story mode, and that's if she loses to him in a fight ''she'' challenged him to.]]
** Hazama has a kick version in his Serpent's Infernal Rapture distortion drive, which sends the opponent flying all the way off the screen vertically.
** Makoto's Astral Finish, which ends with her punching her opponent [[ATwinkleInTheSky all the way to the moon]], [[DetonationMoon smashing it to pieces]].

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has an enemy attack called "Megaton Punch." It instantly kills the target party member and ignores immunity to instant kill attacks.

** The charging explosive punch "Triumphant Grasp" is part of the reason [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]] has become a MemeticBadass since ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.
*** There's an OptionalBoss in the Monster Arena named Earth Eater that has an attack ''called'' "Megaton Punch" that can deal ''[[OneHitKill upwards of 50,000 damage]]'' if you haven't been LevelGrinding.
** Snow's [[LimitBreak Full ATB skill]], Sovereign Fist, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' has the ''mother of all Megaton Punches'' in the ending, where [[spoiler:Bayonetta binds Jubileus, the god of her universe, with her hair, does an elaborate magical dance... and summons a gigantic avatar of [[{{Satan}} Queen Sheba]], also from her hair, which proceeds to kiss her fist, wind up and ''punch Jubileus so hard her soul goes flying into the sun'' from past Neptune's orbit at faster-than-light speed.]] That about takes the cake...
** How bad is this punch, you ask? Most of Bayonetta's hair-demon attacks have damage calculated in terms of Gigatons, with Megatons being used for the Torture Attack finishers on mooks. The final hit on [[spoiler: Jubileus]]? It's measured in ''Infinitons''!
* In the boxing arcade game ''Ring King'', if one fighter performs a dashing uppercut while the other fighter is standing by the ropes on the left or right side of the ring, the fighter who gets hit will be sent flying out of the ring, landing somewhere off-screen, thereby resulting in an instant K.O. win for the boxer who did the uppercut.
* ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' also has one right at the beginning, if you can beat the tutorial boss (who you're supposed to lose to). If you manage to survive it (which is possible, just requires timing), you then get to visit an extra area with loot, lots of corpses... and [[spoiler: the humongous Dragon God boss from later on]] in the center area. As soon as you enter that area, [[spoiler: the Dragon God]] roars at you, stunning you, and then ''Falcon Punches you right out of the room'' for an instakill, sending you to the Nexus anyway. Ouch. Especially nasty if wearing metal armor, as the shower of sparks gives a really nasty idea of how painful that was.

** As a bonus, the Japanese name of the move "Mega Punch" is "Megaton Punch" (and it's mentioned in the second series opening theme in Japan).
** Ash's Chimchar/Monferno/Infernape has something like this as its signature move. When ordered to use Dig it'll go underground, then pop up right below the opponent and punch them in the chin hard enough to send them flying. After it evolved into Monferno, doing this to Paul's Electabuzz caused an ''explosion''.
** Have a look at [[http://imageshack.us/a/img405/3521/9wf.gif this]] from PokemonOrigins. It speaks for itself.

* In the anime version of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sakura does this to Naruto in Shippuuden when he's being particularly perverted. Somewhat justified by the fact that she is physically able to send him flying because she's gained super strength.

* Subverted in ''DragonballZ''. Hercule attempts to use his ultimate move (appropriately named the Megaton Punch) on Android 18. It doesn't work.
** In the latin dub this punch has twenty words in its name.
** Dragon Punch/Dragon Fist, one of Goku's moves that doesn't see much use in the main series but happens in the NonSerialMovies and DragonBallGT from time to time, is a full out lethal punch that, at Super Saiyan 3 or higher, makes a mini golden Shenron ''that explodes.''
* Episode 7 of ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex II'' has [[AntiHero Accelerator]] doing two in quick succession. First he charges at his victim and lets loose the first punch which she blocks with the MacGuffin the arc was about, shattering it. Accelerator throws off a quick one-liner and lets loose the second punch straight into the girl's face, sending her flying for over a hundred meters until she gets stopped by a wall and falls several floors down onto a grate with her face soaked with blood. Accelerator is ''walking with a cane and shouldn't even be able to speak, much less use his vector manipulation ability''. Talk about HandicappedBadass...
** He tops it in episode 22 when he "[[LimitBreak awakens]]" and finishes off Kihara: [[spoiler:he launches Kihara [[DestinationDefenestration out of a window]] so hard the guy gets '''''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome incinerated by atmospheric friction]]''''']]. After putting Accelerator through TrainingFromHell to increase the boy's power as high as it can go, Kihara's demise is KarmicDeath to the extreme.

* One of ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'''s most famous scenes involves the eponymous several kilometer tall ship ''punching an enemy ship'' (with its own arm covered in DeflectorShields), then opening ports on the inside and unleashing a MacrossMissileMassacre from dozens of mecha within. Originally, it was a desperate maneuver that was CrazyEnoughToWork, but it got codified into the "Daedalus Attack" and got used several more times due to how effective it was.
** It was so effective that Vrlitwhai's reaction was to call for reinforcements. Note that the ''Macross'' was a single vessel and Vrlitwhai's fleet had ''about a hundred''.
* One of the competitors in the TournamentArc of [[Manga/OnePiece ''One Piece's'']] Dressrosa arc, King Elizabello II, has the "King Punch" ability which allows him to throw a punch strong enough to destroy even a mighty fortress after charging for one hour. When he finally throws it he obliterates all the remaining fighters in the ring...save for the BarrierWarrior, who swiftly [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns the attack right back on him]].

* In ''SengokuBasara'', especially in the Heroes expansion, Takeda Shingen pulls this off and sent Sanada Yukimura flying. ''"OYAKATA-SAMAAAAA!!!!!"''

* Amy Rose has her Megaton Hammer, which is useful for knocking around {{Sonic}}.

* ''FinalFantasyVI'' has an enemy attack called "Megaton Punch." It instantly kills the target party member and ignores immunity to instant kill attacks.
** In ''FinalFantasyVII'', there's a comic scene during the first few hours of the game where Barrett does a Megaton Punch on one of his allies out of frustration. This sends his ally flying across the room and onto the screen.
** The charging explosive punch "Triumphant Grasp" is part of the reason [[FinalFantasyX Jecht]] has become a MemeticBadass since ''DissidiaFinalFantasy''.

* ''DemonsSouls'' also has one right at the beginning, if you can beat the tutorial boss (who you're supposed to lose to). If you manage to survive it (which is possible, just requires timing), you then get to visit an extra area with loot, lots of corpses... and [[spoiler: the humongous Dragon God boss from later on]] in the center area. As soon as you enter that area, [[spoiler: the Dragon God]] roars at you, stunning you, and then ''Falcon Punches you right out of the room'' for an instakill, sending you to the Nexus anyway. Ouch. Especially nasty if wearing metal armor, as the shower of sparks gives a really nasty idea of how painful that was.

* While quite of a few of the fist attacks in the ''{{Disgaea}}'' series would qualify, the Rising Dragon fist skill in 2 and 3 is probably the best example, as it has the user do a [[{{Shoryuken}} flying uppercut]] on the target that brings both out of the atmosphere before punching the target so hard that they become a [[ATwinkleInTheSky twinkle in the blackness of space]] instantaneously.

* Superman possesses the ability to vibrate any combination of the molecules in his body. One of his favorite techniques he got from the Flash, which is to vibrate his fist as he punches someone. He chooses to vibrate his fist just under the speed of light, thus increasing the mass of his fist to a near-infinite level, creating the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Infinite Mass Punch]]. [[DeathBattle He even hit]] [[DragonBall Goku]] [[DeathBattle with it, once.]]

->-- '''"Megaton Punch" weapon description''', ''{{Disgaea}}''

This is usually an adaption of a [[OverusedGag one-panel gag]] the animators end up having fun with, although the usual treatment is to make it so [[RefugeInAudacity over the top]] that it's not mistaken for real violence.

** Asuna also delivers a MegatonPunch to Jack Rakan, knocking him off of a FloatingContinent. He [[NighInvulnerable reappears right behind her, completely unharmed.]] [[RuleOfFunny Somehow.]]

** In the anime adaptation, he did it again to Fuuma Kotarou, but since the way to the sky was obstructed by a castle, he crashed there, leaving quite a hole. Also later, his MegatonPunch catches [[PlayingWithFire on fire]] and turns Hojo Ujimasa into a [[IncrediblyLamePun twinkle in the ash]].

** One of Gon's special nen techniques turns his already powerful punch into a MegatonPunch by gathering all of his nen in his fist.
** Uvogin's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Big Bang Impact]]. Phinks has also a MegatonPunch, how strong it is depends on how much he rotates his arm though.

* ''TheDukesOfHazzard'':

* The story ''SleepingWithTheGirls,'' has these as a major theme. While inhabitants of the various anime/manga worlds that the protagonist travels through are protected from megaton-punch-induced-injuries due to the RuleOfFunny (which is an ''actual universal law'' in these worlds), the protagonist knows that if ''he'' is hit with that force, the ChunkySalsaRule will be in effect for him. The reason is that he comes from our world, and since our world does ''not'' have the RuleOfFunny, he is not protected by it.
* There's a short [[RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]] story that employs the MegatonPunch as a means of FasterThanLightTravel.

* Da Crusher had a finishing move where he would wind up his arm and blast his opponent with a punch across the kisser, knocking him flat out. He called it his "100 Megaton Punch".

* TheBigShow also has one in the form of the Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) which knocks out not just smaller guys, but even guys like TheUndertaker.
* The Great Khali's "knockout punch" was actually a cranium slap that instantly could knock out virtually any of his opponents, even TheUndertaker and TheBigShow.

* In ''TheMuppetShow'', Miss Piggy sends Kermit (and anyone else, for that matter) flying with a karate chop whenever she's mad at him.

** The sometimes-seen Twister Punch is {{Popeye}}'s own twist (heh heh) on the MegatonPunch.
* Once on ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'', Yin lost control of her aura and sent Coop all the way across the world. She's normally done a MegatonPunch on several occasions (mainly {{Card Carrying Villain}}s and Coop the Chicken).

* Hack and Slash from ReBoot were capable of this, although they rarely got to show it since they were usually too busy putting the "dumb" in DumbMuscle. In the episode "Gigabyte," after Hack is drained of his energy by the titular character, Slash gets revenge by unleashing a ''seriously'' epic MegatonPunch, knocking him from outside Mainframe right into the heart of the city... [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which is where Bob was trying to keep him away from.]]

* BruceLee had a finger-hand punch - his famous "one-inch punch" - that moved so fast and was so powerful it would knock back opponents several feet. Even when the opponent was ''ready'' for the blow.

* In JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, TheFlash is fighting a speedster called Zum. Once Flash starts thinking of it as a fight rather than a race, he uses his speed to accellerate his body until his uppercut has sufficient force to propel Zum upwards at 25,000 mph.