Line #17 DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu/WesternAnimation


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6	* ''WesternAnimation/AceVenturaPetDetective'': In the crossover episode, Ace manages to actually best WesternAnimation/TheMask - a super-powered entity that can warp reality - at his own game. Said game was limbo dancing, but whatever works.
7	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
8	** The Lich is an OmnicidalManiac and the most powerful entity in the show. The legendary hero Billy pummeled him into a tree and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed him in amber]] to save the world.
9	** When the Lich gets loose, Finn ultimately beats him once by [[spoiler:using {{The Power of\|Love}}... [[CannotSpitItOut Liking Someone a Lot]] to tear the top part of his skull off with a sweater. When he returns possessing Princess Bubblegum and goes OneWingedAngel, Finn has an EnemyMine with Ice King and they manage to freeze him solid to beat him.]]
10	** Finn gets this earlier by [[spoiler:defeating the Lord Of Evil, Marceline's dad, and [[SealedEvilInACan sealing him back in the Nightosphere]].]]
11	** When [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Marceline's Dad]] is about to suck the soul of Gunter, the penguin smacks him. Though this particular example isn't quite fair, since [[ChekhovsGag a later episode reveals]] [[spoiler:Gunter is actually [[SealedEvilInATeddyBear an eldritch being known as Orgalorg]], who's capable of destroying ''planets'' at full power.]]
12	** In "Betty", some of the wizards of Wizard City accidentally summon Bella Noche, a being of pure AntiMagic that manifests as a giant magic-sucking black cube. [[spoiler: Fortunately, while he's immune to magic he's [[CripplingOverspecialization quite vulnerable to physical attack]], and the Ice King's temporally-displaced fiancee Betty manages to get to Bella Noche's core and simply punch his true form, [[BishonenLine an androgynous humanoid in a robe]], in the face.]]
13	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
14	** Admiral Zhao ''kills the moon''. Crosses over with BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu, 'cause the ocean is ''fucking pissed'' about that, and [[spoiler:Zhao dies]]. [[note]]Or, well, his body does, at least. The Book 2 finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' shows that his soul is still alive in a spirit prison, tortured by his own worst fears.[[/note]] [[spoiler:What's worse is that Zuko could have saved him, but Zhao refuses to grab his hand.]]
15	** In "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheLibrary The Library]]", the gang succeeds in escaping from the Knowledge Spirit not with bending... but with Sokka dropping down with a death-from-above-style blow to the head with a ''[[ThrowTheBookAtThem book]]''. It practically knocks the spirit out cold.
16	--->''"That's called 'Sokka Style'. Learn it!"''
17	** In "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheCrossroadsOfDestiny The Crossroads of Destiny]]", [[spoiler:while Aang is rising into the air in the Avatar State after finally unlocking the final chakra, Azula shoots down Aang with a bolt of lightning straight to the back, which nearly kills him (dying in the Avatar State would break the cycle of reincarnation)]].
18	* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
19	** In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' episode "[[Recap/Ben10S2E8UltimateWeapon Ultimate Weapon]]", Ben-as-Four Arms and Max (though Ben was the one who did the actual fighting, and had the upper hand the entire fight, while Max knocked him out while he was distracted) were able to successfully defeat Ah Puch, the Mayan god of death. WordOfGod confirms that he's the real deal and not some alien in a GodGuise.
20	** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' has one in the FinalBattle when the lead villain Vilgax [[OneWingedAngel actually becomes a Cthulhu-like being]] when underwater. Sadly, the fight isn't really shown.
21	** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' reveals the existence of an actual EldritchAbomination named Diagon, who [[DimensionLord conquered several universes]] and tried conquering Earth in the Middle Age. He was defeated by [[KnightInShiningArmor Sir George]], the founder of [[AncientConspiracy the Forever Knights]], who tore his heart apart and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed him away]]. The main plot of Season 2 focus around the Flamekeeper's Circle, a ChurchOfHappyology that worship Diagon with the belief he [[ETGaveUsWiFi gave us all our technology]], and the Forever Knights, who attempt to prevent his return.
22	** In the finale of ''Ultimate Alien'', [[spoiler:Vilgax successfully ''kills'' Diagon by baiting him into attacking a device that absorbs energy. Since Diagon is an {{Energy Being\|s}}, that allow Vilgax to absorb him, turning in a PhysicalGod in the process]]. Ironically, [[spoiler:Ben then defeats Vilgax in his Diagon-powered form thanks to George's sword]].
23	* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' has this in the final season when it's revealed that Varney, the MilesGloriosus RememberTheNewGuy who acts like he's one of Dracula's biggest lieutenants... [[spoiler: is Death, who's been the GreaterScopeVillain to the season, if not the entire series by driving Saint Germain to open a portal to Hell from Alucard's childhood room in Castlevania where Dracula was killed in season 2. His plan involves a Rebis, a {{Hermaphrodite}} homonculus that would contain the souls of Dracula and Lisa, the combined insanity causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Trevor destroys the Rebis, then has a fight against Death which ends with him putting together a dagger with pieces [[ChekhovsGun scavenged across the season]], [[HeroicSacrifice expecting to die.]]]] He gets to live another day.
24	* One Halloween episode of ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' had one of the fights be between Wrestling/TheUndertaker and a demon named Captain Doody. The Undertaker wins, though he only manages to drive Doody out of his human vessel, not kill him.
25	* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "Demons Aren't Dull," a demon from the fourth dimension challenges DM to defeat him. DM does so by surrendering and as a last request demonstrate to Penfold how the demon had won. On DM's explanation, the demon creates two doors, one in front of him connecting our dimension and one in back connecting his dimension. DM gets the demon to close his dimension's door, then DM slams the other door, trapping the demon and rendering him powerless. He then has a NASA removal unit transport the door to Alpha Centauri.
26	* ''Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic'': At first, it seems like Dante [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu broke his arm punching Cthulhu]], since he ends up only defeating Lucifer's shadow form, which accidentally releases his true monstrous form from his frozen prison in the ninth circle of Hell. However, despite being a fallen angel of God and ruler of Hell, Lucifer proves a rather unimpressive villain, as the fight between him and Dante is not completely one-sided. Still, Dante doesn't truly defeat him until (with a little help from God) he reseals Lucifer back into his prison.
27	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'' has the 'Busters dealing with [[Myth/NorseMythology Fenrir]], who is trying to bring about the end of the world -- however, the original crew had apparently already captured his master Surt in an untold tale. In Ragnarok, it's Surt who actually kills the most humans.
28	* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E15BoysDoCry Boys Do Cry]]", Brian starts shooting a gun in the air and accidentally kills the Super-Devil (a demon more evil than the Devil).
29	* In ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'', Galactus comes calling again and a number of Marvel's heroes come in for the save. The one who drops Galactus? ''ComicBook/GhostRider'', who nails him with his Penance Stare, making Galactus ''scream out in agony over the countless lives he's snuffed and drop to the ground.''
30	* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Gargoyles}}'' two-parter "The Gathering", Oberon, lord of the Third Race, arrives to claim Xanatos's child, changing into a half mile tall version of himself and putting the whole city to sleep while attacking the building. Xanatos and the gargoyles fight back with all manner of high technology and get him on the ropes (though Xanatos Sr.'s harpoon gun and Fox's magi-blast seem to do the most damage). Ultimately, though, they end up negotiating with him.
31	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GodTheDevilAndBob'', no one gets killed, but Bob does win a fight against The Devil by singing a Tony Orlando song. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.
32	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': In the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler: Molly manages to destroy [[TheGrimReaper The Chairman]] [[GoodHurtsEvil after touching him and overloading him with her joy, disintegrating him.]]]]
33	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
34	** Part one of the grand finale "Weirdmageddon" has the protagonist Dipper hurl himself at a giant [[spoiler:Bill Cipher, the closest thing so far that the Gravity Falls world has to a god as far as we know, in the midst of his planetary invasion. Dipper tries to punch him in the eye but gets [[SubvertedTrope forced back and thrown to the ground at the last second.]]]]
35	** In the show's final episode [[spoiler: Grunkle Stan [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu manages to trick Bill Cipher]] into his mind as [[LaserGuidedAmnesia his memories are being erased]], destroying Bill with it. And for good measure, Stan punches Bill's decaying mind-scape body right in the eye, destroying Bill completely.]]
36	* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'': [[spoiler: An emotionless Aya]] takes out [[spoiler:the Anti-Monitor]] with a single blow. [[spoiler:Then she [[FaceHeelTurn takes his place as the]] BigBad by [[GrandTheftMe fusing with his corpse]].]]
37	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
38	** The whole series centers around two kids bossing around TheGrimReaper, who was subdued and captured by Mandy making a geriatric hamster bite him, no less.
39	** "The Prank Call of Cthulhu" ends with Cthulhu [[SealedEvilInACan trapped in interdimensional phone lines]], sucking off his shoes in the process (an episode RunningGag).
40	* In ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002'', the protagonist has to fight Serpos, the mountain-sized ([[NotHyperbole and we mean it: its sealed form is a literal mountain]]), three-headed snake god. After a long fight, He-Man punches it so hard it ''shatters'', before sealing it away again (because even that had not been enough to kill it).
41	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''
42	** In "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E15And16TheTerrorBeyond The Terror Beyond]]", a Cthulhuesque EldritchAbomination tries to invade Earth. Given that the beatdown is delivered courtesy of the Justice League, but especially Solomon Grundy and Hawkgirl, the "Punch" part is extremely literal.
43	--->''[monsters burst out of giant pods and attack]''\
44	'''Solomon Grundy:''' [[HulkSpeak Grundy crush Pimple-man!]]
45	** They had actually set up her [[{{Unobtanium}} Nth Metal]] mace as pretty much designed to kill {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. Aquaman's trident as well; in another badass moment for the [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway (oft parodied)]] King of the Seas, he ''beats back'' a legion of eldritch abominations that are trying to invade Earth.
46	** "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall Divided We Fall]]" has the Flash versus the fledgling god that is Braniac-Luthor. Judging by the way the fusion of Luthor and Brainiac is implied, shortly after [[spoiler: running around the entire world in seconds for a hypersonic clothesline punch ''four separate times,'' the Flash grabs him before proceeding to hyper-vibrate his arms and ''destroy via vibrations'' every molecule of Brainiac out of Lex Luthor's body before nearly disappearing into the Speed Force]].
47	* The season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' Book 2 contains the series' most triumphant example. [[spoiler:Korra takes down Vaatu, the [[GodOfEvil eternal spirit of Darkness himself]], ''after'' he's [[FusionDance merged with]] her EvilUncle, killed his counterpart Raava, the [[GodOfGood Avatar Spirit]], and turned into [[OneWingedAngel a Kaiju-sized squid-man]] -- and what a victory it is! Korra uses her uncle's own [[LightEmUp spirit conversion technique]] to [[HolyHandGrenade purify him out of existence]]... but even before that, she completely manhandles him. She turns her own soul into a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50-foot Korra]], grabs him by his tentacles, picks him up over her shoulder, chucks him into a mountain, slams his head into the mountainside, and later, with Jinora's help, ''rips Raava right out of his chest.'' She doesn't so much punch out Cthulhu as hand him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, proving once and for all that she's not going to get a minor issue like the end of the Avatar line stop her from saving the world.]]
48	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
49	** In the pilot, Twilight Sparkle and her TrueCompanions manage to defeat [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare Moon]], a FallenHero and MadGod who plunged the world into TheNightThatNeverEnds.
50	** The next season, they manage to defeat Discord, the [[RealityWarper reality-warping]] [[AnthropomorphicPersonification spirit of]] [[GodOfChaos disharmony and chaos]] who plunged the world into [[WorldGoneMad never-ending madness]]. Both of these instances, however, were possible because of [[EmpathicWeapon the Elements of Harmony]], stated to be the most potent magic in Equestria by turning ThePowerOfFriendship into what is essentially a massive rainbow cannon.
51	** Turns out that even ''without'' the Elements, ThePowerOfFriendship is capable of taking out {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. The founders of Equestria managed to defeat the Windigos, monsters that [[EmotionEater feed off of hatred]] and tried to freeze the entire world in a never ending winter, using the spark of friendship.
52	** [[RetiredBadass Celestia and Luna]]'s original defeat of Discord all those centuries ago, since though the two are {{Physical God}}desses in their own right, [[TheOmnipotent Discord is so many leagues above them in power]] that even they wouldn't have stood a chance without the Elements of Harmony.
53	** Princess Celestia herself is on the receiving end of this in "A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2", courtesy of [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Chrysalis]]. ''Everyone'', Chrysalis included, was surprised by that outcome.
54	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'':
55	** The 'Busters manage to take on Cthulhu himself in "The Collect Call of Cathulhu". Though it is specifically stated that the Ghostbusters cannot harm Cthulhu, and [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu have simply driven him away for a time]], it's still quite an impressive feat on their end. In a follow-up episode, the 'Busters take care of another Old One by sucking it into an artificially created black hole (probably not a bad way to take care of a powerful being).
56	** In one episode, Peter nets a humongous, ancient water elemental, Nexa, who has been harassing New York and has swallowed the others whole. He blasts Nexa with microwave particles, dehydrating him enough that he agrees to return the others and head for Antarctica to spend his days away from people.
57	* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' episode "Showdown" in Season 3, we get a pretty epic example of this trope. Enzo by now is no longer a BrattyHalfPint -- he's become Matrix, [[TookALevelInBadass took a thousand levels in badass]], and [[IGotBigger considerably bulked himself up]]. The first thing Matrix does upon coming face to face with [[BigBad Megabyte]]? He drops his gun, dents Megabyte's chest with one punch, and then spears him through a wall!
58	* [[OncePerEpisode An everyday occurrence]] in ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', though it's almost always in an outrageous fashion. Examples include defeating a giant floating eye monster in a ''staring contest'' and beating [[TheGrimReaper Death]] in an arm-wrestling competition.
59	* In the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E9SomethingRickedThisWayComes Something Ricked This Way Comes]]", after [[LouisCypher Lucius Needful]] betrays (or "[[PersonAsVerb Zuckerbergs]]") Summer, she and Rick proceed to go through a TrainingMontage that leaves them comically muscle-bound and beat him up during a live presentation. Granted, [[TheDevilIsALoser Needful's not very physically intimidating and relies on trickery]], but they are still literally punching the hell out of Satan.
60	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'':
61	** The title character almost killed the nearly-invincible BigBad EldritchAbomination Aku in the ''first'' episode, and anytime the two meet later on Aku barely manages to escape. Although Jack did have supernatural aid in the form of a magic sword which was forged by the same gods which destroyed Aku's primordial form eons ago so it wouldn't eat the universe. [[spoiler:He finally gets him in the GrandFinale]].
62	** In the backstory, Jack's father the Emperor defeated Aku in an epic battle and sealed him away by using the same sword, forged out of his sense of righteousness. As he nearly lost and [[ProperlyParanoid feared Aku could one day return]], he made sure that if it happened [[LaserGuidedTykeBomb Jack would be trained to become stronger than him and do the deed]]-and sure enough, when Aku returns the now aged Emperor was captured before he could grab his sword, but his wife managed to bring Jack to his trainers-and the rest is history.
63	** The Scotsman's Wife in the episode she's introduced winds up punching an evil celtic deity in the gut, and subsequently taking him out. He shouldn't have [[YouAreFat called her fat]].
64	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' has the Gang [[spoiler:destroy the Nibiru Entity, a {{Satan}}-like interdimensional alien with god-like power, [[RetGone erasing him from time in the process]]]]. Like ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', [[spoiler:they do so by sucking it into a black hole, in this case created by destroying the crystal sarcophagus it was using to draw power from another dimension, causing the connection to implode]].
65	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqg16z8ehp0 "Self Service"]] has gnats starring. One sucks out a human and makes a whole Sodom and Gomorrah business out of it. Meaning that God himself is called on the plan: "YOU!" Pointing a finger at the gnat. Well, you know what gnats do with fingers...(The scene zooms out, so no trope guarantee, but it would be against the spirit of the film if Cthulhu wins.)
66	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS30E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXIX Treehouse of Horror XXIX]]" intro, the family goes to a New England town for an oyster eating contest before revealed the whole thing is a trap so visitors are fed to Cthulhu. Homer convinces Cthulhu to have said eating contest since he was promised one, with the Big C ''agreeing.'' This leads to Homer not just ''beating'' Cthulhu in said contest, but also getting anything from him. Homer chooses '''''eating Cthulhu''''' as his prize.
67	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
68	** Played ''hilariously'' straight when [[spoiler:Mint-Berry Crunch, easily the [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway lamest member of Coon and Friends]] barring Iron Maiden, singlehandedly vanquishes Cthulhu and banishes him back to his dimension]].
69	** [[TheyKilledKennyAgain "Oh my God, Kenny... killed Death!"]] "You... bastard?"
70	* The ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E8TheMagicksOfMegasTu The Magicks of Megas-Tu]]": Kirk 1, Satan 0. Of course, it wasn't really the Infernal One but an alien pretending to be him, but the power disparity still applies. Bonus for the [[DefeatMeansFriendship positive message at the end]].
71	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': In the series finale "[[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS4E37Cleaved Cleaved]]", [[spoiler:Marco defeats the corrupted unicorn in the Realm of Magic by grabbing its horn and throwing it about 20 feet through the air, guaranteeing that Star will have enough time to destroy the magic]].
72	* Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' had Anakin simultaneously defeat the Daughter and the Son, the embodiments of the Light and Dark Sides of the Force respectively.
73	* The near universal BigBad of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' is Unicron, who would have been impossible to defeat if it wasn't for the power of the Autobot [[ChekhovsGun Matrix of Leadership]], which Optimus Prime had presented earlier as being prophesied as there being a ChosenOne to use The Matrix to "Light our darkest hour."
74	** Megatron was just as BAMF as Optimus, when he literally punched out Unicron (or a stone effigy of him anyway) at the penultimate Season 1 episode of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.
75	* ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'':
76	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'': Angor Rot is an undead assassin and Gunmar is a nigh-unstoppable warlord. Yet protagonist Jim Lake manages to kill both of them during his respective showdowns with them in the Season 1 and 3 finales.
77	** ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'': During the FinalBattle, [[BigBad General Morando]] merges with Gaylen's Core to become a [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever fifty-foot tall]] PhysicalGod. But thanks to [[spoiler: their parents [[HeroicSacrifice providing themselves as a power source]]]], Aja and Krel are able to destroy him with a WaveMotionGun.
78	** ''WesternAnimation/Wizards2020'': During the Battle of Killahead Bridge, Callista fights Belloc -- one of the demigods forming the Arcane Order -- and slashes [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity them]] across the eyes, [[EyeScream permanently blinding them]].
79	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': In "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E6GhostsOfTheSargasso Ghosts of the Sargasso]]", the necromancer Dr. Orpheus is summoned to deal with a ghost... but before he can finish, Brock simply knocks its head off.

Context DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu / WesternAnimation