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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In '"Racketeer Rabbit'', the diminutive mobster Rocky is so short that firing a full-size Tommy Gun leaves him sliding backwards across the floor unless he braces himself with a 2x4.

* This is a RunningGag with the Galeezle in ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'', a gun that fires a claw which grows giant in order to grab a target and pull them into the ship while [[ShrinkRay shrinking]] them. In the first episode Figel is blown back and only comes to a stop when he runs into [[TheBigGuy Kevin]]. The exact same thing happens in the second episode even though Migel tries to hold Figel in place so they both get blasted into Kevin.
* Tech Coyote of the ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' supplies his teammates with heat ray rifles that can be compacted to the size of a tuna can. TheBigGuy Slam Tasmanian drops one and steps on it. The gun deploys to full size and starts firing, which acts like a rocket motor, propelling Slam wildly around the Loonatics' headquarters.

* Rocky, the diminutive mobster from several ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts, is so short that firing a full-size Tommy Gun leaves him sliding backwards across the floor unless he braces himself with a 2 x 4.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson", this happens to Bart when he links up several police megaphones together and then says "testing" into them, creating a gigantic sound wave that destroys the room he was in, and the entire town.

* In ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'', in Edward's chapter, the player can find [[InfinityMinusOneSword the elephant gun]] if they rescue his servants from [[RoamingEnemy The Vampire]]. Because it's such a massive rifle and Edward's a fairly small guy, failing to let him brace himself before firing (by staying in the firing stance for a few seconds) will knock him flat on his ass.

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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]

* In the Creator/{{Pixar}} movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', during the scene where the old lady is trying to kill Remmy and Emile with a shotgun, the old lady jumps while shooting many times.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'', Nana gets recoiled to the ground when shooting Alex and Zuba, but the bullet gets deflected thanks to a container dropped in front of them.

* ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'': Seen in the video example, the [[{{BFG}} Zenryoku Zenkai Cannon]]'s FinishingMove recoil packs quite a punch, so much that ''no one'' has been able to stand their ground using it. Even through the team's best effort to support [[TheHero Zenkaizer]] using it in the standard sequence has them flying into the air, only held down by [[TheBigGuy Zenkai Vroon]] standing at the furthest back. And when Zenkai Vroon uses it himself, ''it dislodges and sends his upper half flying'' despite being held waist-down by his comrades, due to his DetachableLowerHalf ability.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* Rocky, the diminutive mobster from several ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts, is so short that firing a full-size Tommy Gun leaves him sliding backwards across the floor unless he braces himself with a 2 x 4.
* This is a RunningGag with the Galeezle in ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'', a gun that fires a claw which grows giant in order to grab a target and pull them into the ship while [[ShrinkRay shrinking]] them. In the first episode Figel is blown back and only comes to a stop when he runs into [[TheBigGuy Kevin]]. The exact same thing happens in the second episode even though Migel tries to hold Figel in place so they both get blasted into Kevin.

* The Force-A-Nature, an unlockable weapon for ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s Scout, has the power to launch the Scout across the room if fired. This can be used to quickly escape engagements, or, if fired directly down, to perform a triple jump (as the Scout can regularly perform {{Double Jump}}s).

* In ''Film/PoliceAcademy 4: Citizens On Patrol'', [[CoolOldLady Mrs. Feldman]] fires off Tackleberry's HandCannon and is blown backwards. Rather than suffer any distress, she's actually delighted at this, exclaiming "That was fun!"

* [[TheGunslinger Percy]] of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has to make a saving throw whenever he fires the {{BFG}} [[ICallItVera Bad News]] to avoid being knocked flat by the recoil.

* Ashe of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has a "Coach Gun" ability which is heavily made to resemble the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' example above. While not her main weapon (she otherwise uses a semi-automatic rifle), the Coach Gun fires a shotgun blast that knocks opponents away and Ashe herself opposite to where it was fired, and it can be aimed at the ground to give her some vertical mobility.

* ''Machinima/TheSpyFightsGodzillaForSomeReason'': After Godzilla fires at kaiju-sized Spy from a kaiju-sized shotgun, [[BlownAcrossTheRoom blowing him across Teufort]], he gets launched away as well.

* ''Film/NineteenFortyOne'': The anti-aircraft cannon is not secured to the ground the way it's supposed to be. As a result, when it's fired at the Japanese submarine offshore it rolls backwards along the ground and ''into'' a wooden building.

* ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'': Once pulled off with a ''shotgun'' in an early episode. Supergirl confronts a robber with the weapon and puts her hand over the muzzle of the gun. When the robber fires, he's thrown back from both the force of the recoil and the force that would normally go into propelling the bullet forward.

* This is a RunningGag with the Galeezle in ''WesternAnimation/{{321Penguins}}'', a gun that fires a claw which grows giant in order to grab a target and pull them into the ship while [[ShrinkRay shrinking]] them. In the first episode Figel is blown back and only comes to a stop when he runs into [[TheBigGuy Kevin]]. The exact same thing happens in the second episode even though Migel tries to hold Figel in place so they both get blasted into Kevin.

* This is a RunningGag with the Galeezle in ''WesternAnimation/{{321Penguins}}'', a gun that fires a claw which grows giant in order to grab a target and pull them into the ship while [[ShrinkRay shrinking]] them. In the first episode Figel is blown back and only comes to a stop when he runs into [[TheBigGuy Kevin]]. The exact same thing happens in the second episode even though Migel tries to hold Figel in place for it so they both get blasted into Kevin.

* This is a RunningGag with the Galeezle in ''WesternAnimation/321Penguins'', a gun that fires a claw which grows giant in order to grab a target and pull them into the ship while shrinking them. In the first episode Figel is blown back and only comes to a stop when he runs into [[TheBigGuy Kevin]]. The exact same thing happens in the second episode even though Migel tries to hold Figel in place for it so they both get blasted into Kevin.