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* ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}'''s knockback system means this tends to happen on a fairly regular basis, usually about every third hit in combat. It looks as awesome as it sounds.
* ''VideoGame/MadWorld'': Exaggerated with the FinalBoss -- in the last potental power struggle, the last hit sends the boss flying from the ring you're in all the way to the audience stands. A helicopter then picks up the boss from the stands, now dazed, and lets you kill him off for real.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': Makoto's "Impact" Drive is all about this trope. Level 1 blows don't do much, but level 3 hits knock opponents from one side of the screen to the other, blast them into the air, or [[MeteorMove spike them into the ground]], and that's just the ''standard'' fare. You ''can'' block them, but you ''will'' forfeit a Guard Primer on a level 3 hit, so it's really not recommended. Not even if you're [[MightyGlacier Iron Tager]].

** ''Chronophantasma'' pumps eleven kinds of drugs into the matter with the "Galaxian Impact" Overdrive -- ''every Drive attack'' is at maximum power (level G) for the duration.
** Sirius Jolt in ''Central Fiction'' allows Makoto to do this at any time, and it is both unrelated to her Drive and {{unblockable|Attack}}.

* Black Star does this to Maka after a HitMeDammit[=/=]MyFistForgivesYou moment after an argument in ''Manga/SoulEater''.
* Tenchi punched his friend Kazuhiko, who was twice his size, across the classroom to smash into the lockers in the first ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' {{OVA}}. If it hadn't been a parody, it would have been a heinous act, because: they weren't in a fight; Tenchi was a martial artist and knew that the obese Kazuhiko wouldn't defend himself; Kazuhiko's sole crime was to make a lewd joke; and he wore glasses. And, of course, Tenchi was supposed to be the good guy. Tenchi also doesn't realize yet that he has superhuman strength (since all of his sparring is with his equally superhuman grandfather, he's got no frame of reference), though this incident really should've clued him in.

* Played in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. Mr. Huph deserved it (given that he just forced Bob to leave a citizen getting mugged just outside the building), but Bob still gets fired (because Huph, being a regular human being, ends up in a full-body cast!).

** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': [[spoiler:Thanos is shocked to realize that Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}} is [[WorldsStrongestWoman his physical superior]]. However, he adapts by singling out the [[PowerCrystal Power Stone]], which had [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy previously]] been described as strong enough to [[PlanetKiller level planets]], and uses it to give himself a MegatonPunch. This rockets her off the battlefield and turns the tide back in his favor. Thank God for Carol's SuperToughness.]]

* Two characters in VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}} can do this:

* In the old arcade FPS ''VIdeoGame/TheSuperSpy'', if you're unarmed you can fight with your fists. Landing a direct hit that finishes off an opponent will frequently send them flying into the background.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', [[SuperStrength Shizuo]] throws a punch that's not only strong enough to throw a man down the street, but also [[http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2690/drrr3mp4001121195.gif rip him out of his clothes]].

* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect[=/=]VideoGame/{{FEAR}}'' crossover ''Fanfic/{{Harbinger}}'', Shepard's [[BulletTime Slo-mo]] abilities let him punch someone so fast and with such force that he can send them flying dozens of meters away. However, [[RequiredSecondaryPowers punching that hard can shatter his own arm]], so Shepard's armor has to be modified to generate a dual-layer mass effect field to absorb the impact.

* Played in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. Mr. Huph deserved it (given that he just forced Bob to leave a citizen getting mugged just outside the building), but Bob still gets fired.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' franchise:

* Any of your [[{{Cyborg}} MEC troopers]] in ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' with a [[PowerFist Kinetic Strike module]] is pretty much guaranteed to do this every time they punch a target. The ''minimum'' travel distance is two tiles, and they'll ignore light cover as well (as in, you can punch your opponent ''through'' thinner walls and into the next room). It's possible to punch an enemy into a car so hard that the car explodes.

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** Yang uses [[MixAndMatchWeapon shotgun gauntlets]] and has SuperStrength which means she has the power to punch her opponents across large spaces. She first does it in the Yellow Trailer, and usually does it at dramatic or power-up moments in battle. On one occasion, her ability is PlayedForLaughs to send a stranger bouncing out of a fuel station like a ping-pong ball when he tries to [[NobodyTouchesTheHair touch her hair]].
** In the Volume 3 finale, [[TheHeavy Cinder]] is sent flying across the room she's fighting in as a sign of just how powerful her opponent is. [[spoiler:After obtaining the Fall Maiden's power, she still struggles to fight against [[BigGood Ozpin]], who is able to send her flying with a flat-palmed punch. She's only able to regain control of her motion because Maiden powers grant her flight.]]
** Qrow normally fights with a weapon, but he can throw a powerful punch when motivated. He first does it when disarmed in battle against Tyrian; he just shrugs, punches Tyrian flying, and saunters over to his weapon while Tyrian recovers. He does it more dramatically in Volume 6, when he sends [[BigGood Ozpin]] flying into a tree after learning his secret. Ozpin was the first person who ever looked past Qrow's cursed Semblance and [[UndyingLoyalty gave him a purpose]], but the AwfulTruth leaves him feeling like [[BrokenPedestal his life was a lie]]. Ozpin doesn't react to any physical pain, but the emotional pain [[HeroicBSOD shatters him]], leaving him out of commission until [[HesBack the very end]] of Volume 7.

** Qrow normally fights with a weapon, but he can throw a powerful punch when motivated. He first does it when disarmed in battle against Tyrian; he just shrugs, punches Tyrian flying, and saunters over to his weapon while Tyrian recovers. He does more dramatically in Volume 6, when he sends [[BigGood Ozpin]] flying into a tree after learning his secret. Ozpin was the first person who ever looked past Qrow's cursed Semblance and [[UndyingLoyalty gave him a purpose]], but the AwfulTruth leaves him feeling like [[BrokenPedestal his life was a lie]]. Ozpin doesn't react to any physical pain, but the emotional pain [[HeroicBSOD shatters him]], leaving him out of commission until [[HesBack the very end]] of Volume 7.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Yang uses [[MixAndMatchWeapon shotgun gauntlets]] and has SuperStrength which means she punches fully grown men across the room in her introductory trailer.
** In the Volume 3 finale, [[spoiler: Ozpin delivers one of these to Cinder (at that point a Maiden) that not only sends her flying across a giant underground vault, but would probably have embedded her deep in the wall if she couldn't fly.]]
** Much later in the series, [[spoiler:Yang's uncle Qrow]] uses GoodOldFisticuffs to good effect on [[spoiler:Tyrian]], sending him flying, after the latter disarms him.

* Tsukika Izayoi of ''VideoGame/MugenSouls'' series has a habit of unintentionally doing this to people, especially the person she cares about the most,Shirogane. She is well aware of this, and being a YamatoNadeshiko in all but marriage, her incredible strength actually is a source of depression for her.
** Oddly, this is included in her gameplay too. She has the highest strength and is the only character that gains a passive to the Blast Off effect, which is a mechanic to launch an enemy across the battlefield.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' Alex Mercer can do this to any human or human-sized infected. However, it is usually fatal to people. Alex himself can survive getting punched halfway across Manhattan, but that's justified as he's NighInvulnerable.

* If you use the Lighter Gravity and Milk Bones cheat in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', and perform pretty much any move on someone, be it with a chair, sledge hammer, or the sole of your foot, you will send your victim ''flying, floating, and falling'' into the ocean on the other side of the island.

** Also invoked in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' when the player gets superpowers, allowing them to send enemies and random passersby alike flying across Steelport with a good [[GroinAttack punch in the nads]].

** Anyone who takes [[MightyGlacier Big]] [[TopHeavyGuy Band]]'s heavy [[PunnyName Brass Knuckles]] special in '''' will get launched across the stage in an unavoidable, inescapable slide knockdown. Considering he's hitting them square in the face with a giant PowerFist made of [[InstrumentOfMurder brass instruments]] larger than any other member of the cast, it's to be expected. His "Take the A-Train" special is a variation, where he grabs them with the same arm, then slams them with a weaponized trombone slide built into said arm to launch them bodily across the screen.

* ''Manga/SakamotoDays'': As Gaku raids a JAA office, he kills one opponent by smashing him in the head with his club, knocking him [[DestinationDefenestration out the window]] and into a parking garage, where he bounces off the ground and into a truck window, landing face-first on the steering wheel’s horn.

** In ''ComicBook/{{Crucible}}'', [[TheDragon Roho]] proves to be strong enough to kick Supergirl across a hallway and smash her into a windowpane with enough force to crack it when they wrestle in the Academy’s hallways.

-->Zol-Am was already landing in front of her. With a motion borne of super-speed, he grabbed the medallion by its chain, not touching the disk itself, ripped it from her neck, and threw it away. “What now, girl? Any other weapons in your armory?”\\
“Could try this,” said Kara, and hit him with an uppercut that knocked him into the air.\\
“Good lord,” exclaimed Cordelia, watching the Zol-Am-shaped missile soar higher and higher.

** At the White Tower, when Lieyla of the “Terrible Trio” walks right up to him and unexpectedly socks him, sending him flying several dozen feet back. Being NighInvulnerable and also specifically built to get a thrill from absorbing energy, all this does is simultaneously annoy him and make him feel good. (Being an ActualPacifist and terrified of harming someone, he doesn't even try to hit her back.) When he bounces back to ask her why she did that, she does it again.

"Shut up, you bitch!" Kara’s hand came out, slapping the side of her face, barely holding her power back, and caromed Granny off the stone wall. The agent of Darkseid slumped to a sitting position, unconscious.

--->There was no way she could gauge his strength now. But there was no time to worry about it. She grabbed Darkseid by the tunic, blasted her heat-vision full-force into his radiant eyes, and was rewarded with a cry of pain even the Lord of Apokolips couldn’t suppress.\\

* [[https://www.vulture.com/article/book-excerpt-rolling-stones-charlie-watts-mick-jagger-fight.html One notorious story]] about Music/TheRollingStones revolves around this. During the mid-80's, Music/MickJagger drunkenly rang drummer Charlie Watts up in the middle of the night asking where "my drummer" was. Watts, known for his calm eloquence, freshened up, donned one of his trademark suits, and went down to Jagger's room, immediately decking him in the face so hard that it sent him flying across the room and nearly out the window-- Music/KeithRichards rescued Jagger, but only because he'd lent him his wedding jacket. Watts' only words were "never call me 'your drummer' again, you're ''my'' fucking singer!"

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': This one happens often, depending on what hits, and who's hit. Super Mutants and Giant Radscorpions will often send you sliding a few feet back, and on the return, a good V.A.T.S. finisher strike will send the corpse of the poor sap that you hit sailing through the air. Two weapons in the game, the Displacer Glove and its variant Pushy, actually invoke this one, too, by being a PowerFist [[MakeMeWannaShout hooked up to a sonic-boom speaker]] that will activate on hit, making for one amazing PowerFist that can launch people over barricades even if they aren't dead.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': This one happens often, depending on what hits, and who's hit. Super Mutants and Giant Radscorpions will often send you sliding a few feet back, and on the return, a good V.A.T.S. finisher strike will send the corpse of the poor sap that you hit sailing through the air. Two weapons in the game, the Displacer Glove and its variant Pushy, actually invoke this one, too, by being a glove hooked up to a sonic-boom speaker that will activate on hit, making for one amazing PowerFist that can launch people over barricades even if they aren't dead.

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': This one happens often, depending on what hits, and who's hit. Super Mutants and Giant Radscorpions will often send you sliding a few feet back, and on the return, a good V.A.T.S. finisher strike will send the corpse of the poor sap that you hit sailing through the air. Two weapons in the game, the Displacer Glove and its variant Pushy, actually invoke this one, too, by being a glove hooked up to a sonic-boom speaker that will activate on hit, making for one amazing PowerFist that can launch people over barricades even if they aren't dead.