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| 8 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[OpenSaysMe Knock Knock KNOCK]].]] |
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| 10 | When somebody spots their nemesis or target or temporary #1 foe across a battlefield and they go after them, anyone who comes at them or gets in their way as they charge will be [[TheWorfEffect thrown aside]] without a glance. If it's a good guy going after a bad guy, the emphasis will be on [[{{Determinator}} how determined they are]]; if it's a bad guy going after a good guy, the message will be more that the bad guy's really big and strong and intimidating. If the bad guy is ''really'' evil he'll even [[BadBoss mow down his own people]] just to get at his target. |
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| 12 | Bad guys don't always need a battlefield for a Foe-Tossing Charge; they'll just as happily use this tactic in a nightclub or shopping mall, basically [[InnocentBystander any time there are people between them and their target]]. Another variant is when an ally of the hero stands up to the bad guy and says "If you want to kill him you'll have to [[GoThroughMe go through m-]]" and gets casually flung out of the way. |
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| 14 | Alternatively, the good guy may kick off a Foe-Tossing Charge if he sees someone dear to him surrounded by enemies, in an attempt to get to them. For some reason, it ends badly more often than vice versa, so expect a SlowMotionFall somewhere along the way. |
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| 16 | May elicit OhCrap or BringIt On from the target, depending on their degree of badassery. Very frequently a characteristic of TheJuggernaut. If the people in the way aren't even ''trying'' to resist, you're probably looking at TheDreaded. Character may be a WalkingWasteland if they're shoving aside objects as well, often by {{Kaiju}} who don't mind [[CollateralDamage stepping on or charging through a handful of trees or buildings to get from point A to B]], or some other strong monster that gets into a crowded area. |
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| 18 | Could be used in conjunction with a DynamicEntry. Compare MobstacleCourse. |
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| 21 | !!Examples: |
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| 25 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 26 | * ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': |
| 27 | ** Guts. In the early days of the Band of the Hawk Griffith gave Guts his own cavalry unit, the whole point of which was to smash through enemy lines and scatter them for the rest of the army. Later on, when confronting an especially powerful EliteMook named Gen. Boscogn, Guts and the general perform a foe-tossing charge ''at each other!'' When they meet, soldiers on both sides keep well clear for fear of being caught in the middle of the two monsters. Eventually when he upgrades to an even bigger BFS, he does this to ''real'' monsters, and with the Berserker armor, even to full-fledged ''Apostles!'' |
| 28 | ** Subverted during the Eclipse, when Guts [[spoiler:finds a naked Casca in the clutches of a tentacled Apostle and starts killing his way through the demons surrounding her to get to her -- only to have an Apostle by the name of Borkoff snap his massive jaws right on his left arm before he can reach her, which ultimately necessitates Guts having to chisel it off with what's left of his sword when [[FaceHeelTurn Griffith]], [[TranshumanTreachery in his]] [[EldritchAbomination new form of Femto]], [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty gets]] [[RapeAsDrama his hands]] [[MoralEventHorizon on her]]]]. |
| 29 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': |
| 30 | ** Near the end of the Soul Society Arc, three lieutenants try to block Ichigo's path; Ichigo takes all three down in two seconds and keeps going. This doubles as a LookWhatICanDoNow moment (especially given that a single lieutenant gave him trouble several episodes back -- though, to be fair, said lieutenant was abnormally powerful for his rank). Even more awesome because he did it with his ''bare hands'', even smashing one of the lieutenant's weapons with his fist ''after'' they powered up! |
| 31 | ** In anime Episode 14, Ichigo does this to a massive group of hollow to get to [[TheLancer Uryu Ishida]]. Partially to help, mostly so he could be up close as he continued to call him [[{{Jerkass}} an asshole]], A) [[NiceJobBreakingItHero For getting them in this mess in the first place]] and B) [[WhatTheHellHero For endangering half the town in the process]]. |
| 32 | * In ''Anime/DragonBallZBardockTheFatherOfGoku'', Bardock mowed through Freeza's men in an attempt to stop him. |
| 33 | * In ''Anime/ErgoProxy'', Monad Proxy pursues Vincent Law through a crowded mall, violently flinging aside every bystander in its path with lethal force. |
| 34 | * This happens a number of times on the football field in ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}''. It's Gaou's way of playing offense. His team runs a game where the players follow Gaou as he runs over and through anyone who gets in his way. [[WorthyOpponent Until he meets Kurita.]] |
| 35 | * One of the biggest, and most destructive Foe-Tossing Charges in fiction is probably ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'''s Super Inazuma Kick, which they use to tear through hundreds, if not thousands, of aliens to get back to their ship. |
| 36 | * Buffaloman's [[SignatureMove Hurricane Mixer]] in ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' is a one-on-one version: Buffaloman charges at the opponent and launches them spinning skyward with his long horns. |
| 37 | * ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'': |
| 38 | ** During the final mission, Nanoha flew towards the Throne Room of the [[KillSat Saint's Cradle]] at full speed while destroying any [[MechaMooks Gadget Drone]] that tried to block her path, and only briefly stopping to one-shot a member of the QuirkyMinibossSquad who had the unfortunate job of defending the path to said room. [[MamaBear Kidnapping Nanoha's adopted daughter and using her to power the]] WeaponOfMassDestruction was a ''really'' bad idea. |
| 39 | ** Subaru gets one when she sees the mangled body of her sister Ginga in the hands of the QuirkyMinibossSquad. Unfortunately, they manage to escape, but not before Subaru takes one of them out of commission for the rest of the arc in an UnstoppableRage. |
| 40 | * In the last episode of the second arc in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Zabuza (the arc's primary villain) charges through a thick mob of gangsters to get to the ring leader, Gatou. Even as they stab and injure him, he shrugs it off and slits their throats, throwing them to the wayside. He does this armed only with a small knife ''held in his teeth'', as his arms had been rendered useless five minutes prior. In the manga, he even ''cuts off Gatou's head''; in the anime, he stabs him in the chest before throwing him off the bridge. |
| 41 | ** Later in the Fourth Great Ninja War, [[spoiler:the real Madara Uchiha]] shows up on a battlefield and sends numerous shinobi flying as he clashes with them. |
| 42 | * Luffy from ''Manga/OnePiece'' does this often. Most notably when he charges through ''5000 people'' to rescue Robin. Later, he tries this when trying to save [[spoiler:his brother Ace from execution]], along with several other pirates, including all of [[spoiler:Whitebeard]]'s crew. However, it doesn't work so well when some of the foes he's trying to toss are Vice-Admirals and the Shichibukai. Whitebeard has more luck with it, though. |
| 43 | ** Another example of this is when Luffy is fighting Zoro [[spoiler:because he apparently killed the nice folks who gave them food, even though they were spies that were hellbent on killing them]], as Mr. 5 tries to fight Luffy, but is quickly cast aside with little to no effort. This occurred again close after the encounter as Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine tried to attack both Zoro and Luffy, only to be [[spoiler:completely cut down with a single punch from both Luffy and Zoro, commenting that they should "Shut the hell up."]]. |
| 44 | ** Much later in the TournamentArc, Luffy and Don Chinjiao (who has a grudge against Luffy's grandfather and considers Luffy a fantastic target for his [[RevengeByProxy revenge]]), charge against one another -- casually knocking away two other powerful combatants on their way, who were locked in battle and considered as tournament favorites by this point. |
| 45 | * ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'': |
| 46 | ** Ashitaka does this to get to San and Eboshi when San attacks Iron Town, in a rare combination of this and TranquilFury. |
| 47 | ** It's also the basic assault method of the Boar Gods [[spoiler:until Jigo's engineers took advantage of it]]. Moro herself indulged in it when attacking Eboshi's convoy in the mountain, killing more people by shoving them off the cliff than by mauling them. |
| 48 | * Akane (sometimes aided by Ranma) in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', when forced to fight through the male student body of Furinkan High. They used to pose ''some'' measure of challenge at first, and she had to stop to fight them seriously. Nowadays, either she kicks them into the sky all at once, or just plows through them and leaves them flattened in her wake. |
| 49 | * ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': |
| 50 | ** When Akira is low on ammo facing TheSwarm of ScaryScorpion monsters while escorting hunters to safety after answering their DistressCall, his VirtualSidekick Alpha uses her control over Akira's CoolBike and PoweredArmor, to have him send a scorpion flying through the air, before kicking it away. |
| 51 | ** Akira's first meeting with Yanigisawa, consists of Yanigisawa popping out of ChameleonCamouflage in a charge that launches Akira off the roof of his vehicle and into the dirt, before holding a gun to Akira's head to interrogate him. |
| 52 | * ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' once had Mugen being denied sex he paid for from a female {{Ninja}} posing as a prostitute. When she needs help later, she whispers something in his ear, and says she'll do it if he helps. Thus we have Mugen beating the shit out of a bunch of guard while ''unarmed and half-naked''. |
| 53 | * Shannon Casull in ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess'' gets his SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, when he enters a room full of enemies and notices his little sister Pacifica handcuffed and surrounded on the other side of it. Let's just say it takes a PhysicalGod to stop his charge. |
| 54 | * ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' does this on a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/basara-soldiers-01.jpg large scale]]. Every. Single. FIGHT. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'' has an epic example late in its second season when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK0cm6GIL1w Mikaela intercepts the Japanese Imperial Demon Army]] as they are evacuating Yu, complete with a major AnimationBump. |
| 56 | * ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': In the Mother's Rosario arc, Asuna and the Sleeping Knights find the boss' room door blocked by another clan that intends to challenge it. While Kirito deals with the enemies behind, Asuna charges through the ones in front of them, knocking them aside [[ShootTheMedicFirst to reach their healers and take them out so they won't waste any more of their time]]. |
| 57 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', when [[{{Tsundere}} Yoko]] does a Foe-Tossing Charge... to punch Kamina in the face. Reason? He got so DistractedByTheSexy his opponents ''jacked his HumongousMecha from him''. |
| 58 | * Junpei from ''Manga/ThoseWhoHuntElves'' does this every time they encounter multiple enemies. Sometimes he does this to the women he's stripping. ItMakesSenseInContext... |
| 59 | * ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': In the eighth volume, Nicks uses his MiniMecha to do this and yeet a SkyPirate mech off the deck of Dorothea's airship. It has the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome of leaving Nicks' mech just as cripplingly damaged as his opponent's. |
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| 62 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': As shown in the page image, this is the Gauls' signature move after everyone in the village has gotten their share of the magic potion. The lead characters (especially Obelix) also occasionally do it with unfortunate sentries when getting into one of the Roman camps, though then the MegatonPunch is the traditional approach. |
| 64 | * ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers: Beyond]]'' shows how evenly the Black Order matches against the Avengers. In one fight, Captain Marvel gets overpowered by Black Swan before a teleported She-Hulk grabs Black Swan and heaves her into the ceiling. Black Dwarf rams his way througha wall in Avengers Mountain and tackles She-Hulk, carrying her off in one arm and shows that out of all those combatants he's the strongest of them all. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' as the "Human Rocket" has flying into enemies at max speed as his main tactic, especially in the early days when his power set was far more limited. His ramming attack is so poten, that he almost soloed the Black Order until he met the equally powerful Black Swan. |
| 66 | * This is essentially ComicBook/{{OMAC}}'s primary tactic, with many a splash page being consumed with him throwing himself bodily through a dozen enemies. |
| 67 | * A favourite tactic of ComicBook/KidColt foe the Fat Man was to take a run-up and then somersault into people, flattening them like bowling pins. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/SinCity'': The first time we see Marv attack is when he is barreling through the door of a hotel room, tossing cops aside like tin pins. |
| 69 | * ''ComicBook/{{Sleepwalker}}'': After having his life and reputation all but ruined by his archenemy [[BigBad Cobweb]], Creator/MarvelComics hero Sleepwalker fought his way through a mob of Cobweb's {{Mooks}} on his way to finally capturing and banishing the monster for good in the final issue of the series. |
| 70 | * One of the most awesome parts of ''ComicBook/SpiderManReign'' was the Foe-Tossing Charge Spidey performed on the reformed Sinister Six ([[TookALevelInBadass Now the Sinner Six]]) after coming out of his retirement and once again putting on the Red and Blue suit. Even Mysterio's usual trick of using an image of Mary-Jane to put Peter down didn't work. |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Captain America and Herr Kleiser had one in the final fight. Nick Fury tried to help cap, but Kleiser tossed him aside and continued his fight with Rogers. |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': The Juggernaut charges through foes any time he appears. It's kinda his thing. On a lesser scale, Cannonball does the same with his flight-linked invulnerable charge. |
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| 75 | [[folder: Fan Works]] |
| 76 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Just after [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon San and Vivienne Graham]]'s rebirth as [[TwoBeingsOneBody Monster X]] from Ghidorah's decapitated head, they bulldoze through Alan Jonah's mercenaries pretty much by trying to ''flee''. |
| 77 | * In ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', Paul does this (well, it's more of a foe-tossing series of hops) to the skeletons and zombies as he makes his way to the ruined city to rendezvous with the others and destroy the Heart of Evil. And he laughs all the way there. |
| 78 | * Asuka pulls this off in the finale of ''Fanfic/NeonExodusEvangelion''. |
| 79 | -->The pattern was simple: She ran, and they died. |
| 80 | * In ''Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar'', Medley does this to save Rainbow Dash's life. |
| 81 | * ''Fanfic/MinesOfDragonMountain'' has Twilight Sparkle at one point ram [[spoiler: [[BigBad Tirac]]-[[DemonicPossession possessing-Gabbro]]]] through a ''meter thick wall of granite'' and into another wall hard enough to collapse the cavern they're in, all to [[MamaBear save Spike]]. It is as [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome as it sounds]]. [[spoiler: Sadly, however, Tirac is a PhysicalGod, and he survives to later [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] Twilight in return.]] |
| 82 | * ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfSpyroANewDawn'': [[PapaWolf Ember's father Blaze]] ends up doing this through the bars of the cell he's in and a small army of mooks [[spoiler:after [[TheDragon the Warden's]] cursed collar is destroyed]] to save his daughter from the Warden. |
| 83 | * ''Fanfic/ThePiratePegasus'': When Korsan is attempting to attack Nitin Gale for talking about his past, November tries to stop the pirate, only to be tossed quickly aside. |
| 84 | * ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': When [[EnemyWithout Satan]] [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Girl]] spots someone she is particularly eager to kill, she'll gleefully rush towards them; and woe betide anyone who is standing in her way, for she'll probably consider them a bonus kill. |
| 85 | * ''Fanfic/RubyPair'': Tenn does this to a horde of monsters at one point in "Gaols & Ghouls", using a [[ItMakesSenseInContext frozen-solid Zim]] as a battering ram to run them down. |
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| 88 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 89 | * The ''Franchise/{{Asterix}}'' animated films, just like in the comics. Usually the magic potion-empowered villagers' response against agression attempts by the Romans. |
| 90 | * Aragh has quite an epic foe-tossing charge in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons'' animated film when he charges through possibly hundreds of Sandmurks to reach and then kill the queen Sandmurk. |
| 91 | * Frollo in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' throws the Archdeacon down a flight of stairs on his way to his final confrontation with Quasimodo and Esmeralda. |
| 92 | * In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', all of the kung-fu masters get to pull this off during the climactic battle against Lord Shen's forces, but it's Master Shifu who pulls off the most classic version, sprinting through several ships' worth of wolves and gorillas before we even ''see'' him. |
| 93 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': Pumbaa vs. the hyenas in the Battle of Pride Rock. |
| 94 | ** And then, of course, his charge into the flock of vultures when he and Timon first meet Simba. |
| 95 | ** He also tries it in [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride the sequel]] but this time, it’s group of birds and they just keep taking off before he can hit them. |
| 96 | * In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', Lady Kluck, a dumpy, motherly anthropomorphic chicken, does this to an army of ''rhinoceros'' mooks -- all in the style of a NFL player. Set to two college fight songs, USC's and "On Wisconsin." |
| 97 | * Makes an appearance during the wedding scene in the first ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' movie. The eponymous ogre and Fiona find themselves beset by Mooks; Shrek starts 'wading' through them, throwing them off as necessary. They manage to slow him, but we never get to find out the ending thanks to a GunshipRescue moment. |
| 98 | * At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', Mario and Luigi do a foe-tossing charge after being [[spoiler:empowered by the Super Star, ripping through Bowser's entire Koopa Troop with their invincibility]]. |
| 99 | * In the 1986 ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'', Optimus Prime does a surprisingly dramatic version of this before confronting Megatron. He rams several Deceptions in his alt-mode before switching to robot mode and gunning the rest down with his rifle. |
| 100 | * Russian animated movie ''Prince Vladimir'', a romanticised mixture of real history and mythology, does this a lot. [[https://youtu.be/VCY2cAQ-A9I?t=162 Two bruiser brothers in the service of the Prince]] take great pleasure in dealing with servants of the evil wizard Kroshkei. |
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| 103 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 104 | * Name a movie about American Football, any movie -- you'll find someone plowing through a group of the opposing team at one point. |
| 105 | * In ''Film/ThreeHundred'', one of the Spartans flies into a blood rage, killing several Persians with his everything at hand, including his helmet, to reach [[spoiler:his son, who had just been beheaded by a Persian on horseback.]] |
| 106 | ** The Spartans manage to do this collectively, albeit more slowly, using their Phalanx formation to [[ShieldBash force back]] the Persian line, at one point forcing many Persian soldiers over a cliff. |
| 107 | * In ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', Robert Stack's Captain Rex Kramer refuses to be delayed on his way to the control tower by a gauntlet of evangelists and political activists. |
| 108 | * ''Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon'' features a cameraman standing between the killer and his FinalGirl, stating, "If you want her, you'll have to get through me!" He's tossed aside. |
| 109 | * Grendel does this in the 2007 film version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}''. He also throws people at people, [[GrievousHarmWithABody and hits people with people as melee weapons]], and tears them apart with his bare hands. It's not really to get to anyone in particular, though; he's mostly just complaining about the noise coming from his neighbors. |
| 110 | * ''Film/BloodDiamond'' has an interesting take in which the man doing the charge is actually trying to ''save'' the guy he's after, but the other think he's going to kill him and keeps fleeing. |
| 111 | * In ''Film/BodyguardsAndAssassins'', the chief assassin's [[TheDragon right-hand man]] does this to a crowd of civilians to get to Donnie Yen. |
| 112 | * ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': |
| 113 | ** In the film of ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'', after Peter witnesses the White Witch [[spoiler:almost-fatally stab his brother Edmund]], he charges her, smacking a minotaur aside in the process with one wild swing of his sword. Just before he began his Foe-Tossing Charge, he had been fighting another minotaur (and had considerable trouble killing it), so this could also count as a LetsGetDangerous moment. |
| 114 | ** Shortly before this, the centaur general Oreius and a ''talking rhino'' charge the White Witch's polar-bear-drawn chariot, mowing down her right-hand minotaur in the process, in order to protect Peter. And it's awesome. Unusually for this trope, the rhino doesn't make it to his goal and is killed halfway. |
| 115 | * In the film ''Film/ConAir'', Cameron Poe does this after Cyrus the Virus commits an act of KickTheDog and mortally injures his diabetic friend with a gunshot wound. After this ItsPersonal and Cage charges forth while he goes through three {{Mook}}s and helicopter fire to get to Con Air's cockpit and take control of the titular plane, in order to prove that God exists. During this charge, he blatantly ignores a bullet to the shoulder due to the RuleOfCool. |
| 116 | * In ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom'', the Monkey King tosses Jade soldiers left and right with his staff as he leaps through the air. This is not to reach the Jade Warlord or anything, he just thinks it's fun. |
| 117 | * ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''s opening melee involves Daniel Day-Lewis wading through Mooks towards Creator/LiamNeeson. |
| 118 | * Done in the Wire-Fu movie ''Film/Hero2002'', wherein two protagonists tear straight through an army of mooks to gain access to the palace. |
| 119 | * In ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', Connor's older brother/cousin performs one to save Connor from the Kurgan's attack during the battle of the clans at the start. |
| 120 | * In ''Film/TheHobbit'', a flashback depicts a dwarven army barricading themselves against the attack of Smaug. When the dragon bursts through the gate and walks right over the defenders, dwarves go flying without Smaug even seeming to notice. |
| 121 | * In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', after getting a second wind in her fight against the ''I. rex'', [[spoiler: Rexie hurls it against the fence around [[AlwaysABiggerFish the Mosasaurus' lagoon.]]]] |
| 122 | * A staple of WireFu movies, notably ''Film/KungFuHustle''. |
| 123 | * The film version of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': |
| 124 | ** In the prologue for ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', Sauron enters the battlefield and starts smacking a half dozen soldiers forty feet into the air with each swing of his mace. |
| 125 | ** In the battle before the Black Gates, Legolas attempts a Foe-Tossing Charge when Aragorn is about to be crushed by a troll. Unfortunately, being an elf, he lacks the muscle mass for proper foe-tossing and doesn't get very far. Pity none of them are dwarves. |
| 126 | ** When Gandalf approaches Théoden, it's actually Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli who are smacking people aside who are rushing up behind Gandalf. |
| 127 | ** Near the end of the Helm's Deep battle in '[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'', the few remaining Rohirrim pressed in the inner sanctum of the keep decide to go with a boom and charge into the Uruk-Hai army in a suicide attack trampling and tossing aside everybody in their way. It helps that the soldiers are on a narrow ramp and pressed tightly together, so the force of the horses and riders charging into the front of the column knocks a great many of the Uruk-Hai off the edge. [[spoiler:The attack turns out not to be so suicidal after all]]. |
| 128 | ** Oliphaunts sweep several horsemen aside with each turn of their heads. |
| 129 | ** The Battle of the Pelennor Fields begins with this in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'', when 6,000 Rohan horsemen cause an army of 100,000 Orcs of Mordor to rout through the sheer fury of their charge. |
| 130 | * In ''Film/ThePatriot2000'', Colonel Tavington (bad guy) and Creator/MelGibson's character spot each other across the battlefield in the final battle. Each then slices, shoots, and wades his way through the other side's Mooks to get to his nemesis. |
| 131 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZsMDgRhWsg Zhang Fei]] in ''Film/RedCliff''. |
| 132 | * A variant: In ''Film/SpiderMan2'', a train-car of people stand united to keep Doc Ock from getting to Spidey...to no avail, as he shoves them all aside with ease. |
| 133 | * In ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III: Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', when ''Yoda'' enters ''Palpatine'''s chamber he knocks two guards unconscious by using the Force. Hmm, a power that belies his stature, he shows. |
| 134 | ** Jedi in general just love to run through dozens of enemies taking each out with one slice, especially droids. |
| 135 | * In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', some poor passerby gets riddled with bullets for standing between the T-1000 and the T-800 when they open fire. |
| 136 | * In ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'', Godzilla takes advantage of Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus being distracted by the JDF's fighters to charge at Mechagodzilla, casually shoving aside Titanosaurus in the process. Unfortunately he wasn't able to stop Mechagodzilla from destroying the fighters and got himself knocked down by the evil robot. |
| 137 | * In ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' Optimus cuts his way through about a dozen Decepticons, in as many seconds, to get at Shockwave in the film's climax. [[spoiler: Shockwave lasts about as long as they did]]. |
| 138 | * In ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} Twilight -- Breaking Dawn Part 2]]'', during the final battle, Alice kills or throws aside several Volturi mooks [[DesignatedGirlFight in order to get to Jane]]. |
| 139 | * Double example: In the climactic fight scene of ''Film/{{Willow}}'', Madmartigan and General Kael spot each other across the battlefield at the same moment, and each of them initiates a Foe-Tossing Charge toward the other. |
| 140 | * Juggernaut, whose superpower is the Foe-Tossing Charge in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', is played by Vinnie Jones, who started out in ye olde British football. |
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| 143 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 144 | * King Taur Urgas in Creator/DavidEddings' ''Literature/TheBelgariad''. For the protagonists, Belgarion and Polgara and Barak. |
| 145 | * At the finale of ''Literature/ChildrenOfDune'', Leto II fights his way through Alia's elite guards before smashing down the door to her chambers, his extreme strength (due to sandworm-based enhancements) letting him sweep them aside. Since he was dragging his sister along during all of this, it means his Foe-Tossing Charge was ''one-handed''! |
| 146 | * The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series: |
| 147 | ** Vimes in ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' uses one of these to reach [[PsychoForHire Carcer]] so he can bring him back to their own time. |
| 148 | ** In ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', [[spoiler:under the influence of the Summoning Dark, in the famous [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome THAT IS NOT MY COW! scene]]]], [[TheBerserker Vimes]] wades through a significant number of EliteMooks to reach the leaders of his enemies. |
| 149 | * In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' novel ''Literature/ProvenGuilty'', Morgan is said to have cut his way through a Red Court army, coming within feet of the Red King himself. |
| 150 | * Adus in ''Literature/TheElenium''. |
| 151 | * Happens twice in the Battle of the Five Armies near the end of ''Literature/TheHobbit''. First when Thorin and company (of 12) fight their way as far as Bolg's bodyguard. Second (and more effective) is when Beorn fights his way to Bolg himself -- in bear form. |
| 152 | * In ''[[Literature/{{Safehold}} Off Armageddon Reef]]'', by Creator/DavidWeber, Merlin engaged in one of these near the end of the book. Merlin is an incredibly advanced android with strength, speed, and reflexes far above human capacity; he is equipped with nanoengineered nigh-unbreakable incredibly sharp [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]]. (Well, technically, a katana and a wakizashi.) [[CurbStompBattle His foes are sailors equipped with metal armor, swords, spears, axes, and primitive muskets]]. To quote the book: "he went through his enemies like an avalanche, more hampered by their corpses than by their weapons." |
| 153 | * Jaime Lannister pulls one of these in book one of Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire. [[spoiler: After being ambushed in the Battle of the Whispering Wood, Jaime charges right for Robb Stark, slaying several of Robb's highborn bodyguards along the way and is only narrowly prevented from killing Robb himself as well.]] |
| 154 | * The novel ''{{Franchise/Star Wars|Expanded Universe}}: [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic The Old Republic]]: Deceived'' start with the novelization of the Sith sneak attack on Coruscant, specifically the attack on the Jedi Temple, which is shown in a trailer for the MMORPG. As the Jedi and Sith disciples battle in the temple's entrance hall, Darth Malgus spots the most experienced Jedi currently at the temple, Jedi Master Ven Zallow. Both are having little trouble killing the other side's acolytes. Malgus rushes towards Zallow, killing Jedi left and right, while Zallow is busy slaughtering Sith warriors. Unfortunately, after an intense fight, Malgus ends up killing Zallow and destroying the temple. |
| 155 | * Subverted in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': [[spoiler: Rand al'Thor is captured by Aes Sedai, and kept in a strongbox for days, only taken out to be beaten. When this doesn't break him, they show him that they also captured his girlfriend-to-be, and beat her in front of his eyes. He breaks free, kills a [[BadassNormal Warder]] with his hands, takes his sword, and wounds another mortally. All in the seconds it takes the Aes Sedai to control him again.]] |
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| 158 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 159 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 160 | ** In "The Gift", Buffy heads to where Dawn is; the guy who was bleeding Dawn steps forward and says, "Ah, the Slayer. This should be interest--" He is then flung off the ledge and plummets several stories. |
| 161 | ** In the same episode, [[spoiler:Ben]] is completely horrified to find he can remember what it felt like as Glory doing one of these through an army of knights with only the divine strength in her bare hands: crushing bones, ripping flesh, soaked in blood... |
| 162 | ** In "The Wish", Buffy and the Master each fling aside several vampires as they charge across the room to fight each other. |
| 163 | * In the Season 2 finale of Series/{{Carnivale}}, [[spoiler:[[BigBad Justin Crowe]] hacks his way through a crowd of ''[[KickTheDog his own]]'' followers with a sickle, to reach [[TheHero Ben Hawkins]]]]. |
| 164 | * Simon Tam did this in the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Safe". It didn't work but it was impressive. It worked well enough to make sure three townsfolk had a sore jaw. |
| 165 | * [[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]] does this in the 2014 series when facing off against the [[MesACrowd Multiplex]]. Specifically, he is looking for the Prime version of the guy, the one who controls all the clones. He starts a super-speed charge, throwing the clones away while looking for one who looks stressed. Using his speed-up vision, he notices a bead of sweat on one of the copies and then slams the Prime into a column, knocking out all the copies. |
| 166 | ** He has another during the Season 4 Finale along with Elongated Man [[spoiler: while escaping from [=DeVoe=]'s mind to help him regain control of his body.]] |
| 167 | * In the ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' Season 5 episode "Requiem", in what may be his personal SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, Tony [=DiNozzo=] does a Foe-Tossing Charge with a gun, charging full-tilt at two bad guys and dropping them both with his handgun without stopping, then throwing his gun aside and diving off of a dock after the car that's just gone into the water with Gibbs and the DamselInDistress in it. |
| 168 | * Played for laughs in ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce''. Whenever the normally shy and gentle Black Ranger gets inspired by his love interest, he mows down every Mook in sight and the MonsterOfTheWeek, including enemies the other Rangers were in the process of taking out -- leading to some comical swing-and-a-miss shots. |
| 169 | * In ''Series/TheRoughRiders'', Theodore Roosevelt charges toward his "enemy" (a political rival) across a crowded ballroom, shouldering civilians and waiters out of his way. |
| 170 | * ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': In "The Deadly Sting", Wonder Woman breaks up a fight among a rowdy crowd of football players -- including Deacon Jones! -- by rushing into the room and tossing four of them across the room...at the same time! |
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| 173 | [[folder:Manhwa]] |
| 174 | * A few examples in ''Manhwa/TheBreaker''. [[http://view.thespectrum.net/series/the-breaker.html?ch=Volume+08&page=107 This one's]] the most literal. |
| 175 | [[/folder]] |
| 176 | |
| 177 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 178 | * During the Wrestling/{{WCW}}Wrestling/{{ECW}} Invasion, Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin had undergone a FaceHeelTurn and become a paranoid lunatic needing reassurance and hugs from Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, despite [=McMahon=]'s efforts to get "the old Stone Cold" back to fight off the invaders. Finally, the week before the Invasion PPV, it seemed to finally work, as Austin stormed from a bar where [[AchillesInHisTent he'd been ignoring the invasion]], drove to the arena, and whupped the ass of every WCW or ECW person he saw on his way to the ring, where he [[HesBack handed out Stunners left and right.]] |
| 179 | * After Wrestling/KevinSteen's successful title defense against Wrestling/{{Rh|yno}}ino at ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Death Before Dishonor X]]'', which had seen Wrestling/RoderickStrong, Steve Corino ''and'' Wrestling/JimmyJacobs run interference on his behalf, Michael Elgin emerged to make his intentions to challenge Steen known and ended up running through all three of them, though they ''did'' hold Elgin off long enough for Steen to get away. |
| 180 | * Elgin's TagTeam partner Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi did this during the 2016 ''Death Before Dishonor'' after having fought out of Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito and EVIL's double team attempts, eventually tossing ''all four'' four their opponents around at will and herding them into position for an Elgin tope. Kamataichi had to illegally interfere on the behalf of [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels The]] [[Wrestling/FrankieKazarian Addiction]] just to slow Tanahashi down, but he did slow Tanahashi down long enough for Christopher Daniels to make a blind tag and steal Tanahashi's pin. |
| 181 | * After attempting to [[TheDogBitesBack turn his back]] on Wrestling/{{MJF}}, [[TheBrute Wardlow]] was banned from Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling (owing to Wardlow's [[DealWithTheDevil contract being with MJF]], ''not'' AEW), he started making his presence known during some of Wrestling/ThePinnacle's matches. When Shawn Spears was having a match, Wardlow went on one of these against security, ultimately taking three men to slow him down. In the process, Spears' opponent was able to get a flash roll-up victory, [[BatmanGambit which was what Wardlow wanted anyway]], as it further weakened MJF's leadership of the Pinnacle. |
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| 184 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 185 | * In the second edition of ''TabletopGames/DarkHeresy'' characters with the Thunder Charge talent can attempt to knock over anyone between them and their target when charging. |
| 186 | * In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5'': |
| 187 | ** If a fighter has the "Supreme Cleave" ability, then each time he slays an enemy he gets to immediately move one square and take another attack. As long as each attack kills an enemy, he can keep repeating the trick, carving a long path of carnage before anyone gets a chance to strike back. |
| 188 | ** The ''Zeal'' spell, which lets you move through enemies and gives you some protection from their attacks of opportunity as long as you keep moving towards a designated target. |
| 189 | ** Tome of Battle's last Setting Sun maneuver: Tornado Throw. It consists of running and tossing a foe for every other step you do. |
| 190 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', this is possible and encouraged. Then again, if you weren't capable of charging through crowds of mooks and send them flying into the stratosphere, it wouldn't be ''Exalted'', would it? |
| 191 | * It's not only possible but thoroughly encouraged in ''TabletopGame/{{Warmachine}}'' to slam your enemies about the battlefield. More than one unwary player has found their key units disable by a well-timed slam attack and it forms the basis of one of the most simple assassination strategies. |
| 192 | * This is one way to interpret the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' ''trample'' ability in "real combat" terms. (the other interpretation being that the creature simply walks over its opponents.) |
| 193 | ** Actually, a lot of cards have art where the creature shown is doing some serious foe-tossing trampling. Giants tend to do this a lot. |
| 194 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': [[OurOgresAreHungrier Ogres]] and [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent Minotaurs]] cause impact hits when they charge an enemy, or in other words, smash into enemy lines just like speeding chariots. |
| 195 | ** For those who played ''Dawn of War II'', ever wonder where the Force Commander's "To Victory" charge attack came from? In the gaiden game "Inquisitor", the big game-breaker character was the Space Marine who can single-handedly slaughter a decked-out party even if he's buck-naked. Complaints about the SM character was made, but Inquisitor writer Andy Chambers actually felt that the SM was could actually use a bit of beefing up (since in-fluff they didn't own any property and relied on hand-outs from their Chapter or allies) so in a ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf'' article he gave them the Shoulder Charge and the Hoist skills from ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}''. |
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| 198 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 199 | * Dragons in almost any RPG trailer almost always show up by stomping on (or eating) a fellow evil mook to show off just how big they are. Both Warhammer and ''Franchise/DragonAge'' for example have this happen. |
| 200 | * In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', when [[spoiler: Ezio's father and brothers are executed]], he tries to pull this on his way to kill the guy that did it. Unfortunately, he's stopped by a pair of heavies and disarmed, forcing him to run. |
| 201 | * Titan mutants in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' will charge at Batman without the slightest concern for the thugs caught in their pace. [[BullfightBoss You can use this to your advantage]]. |
| 202 | * The Drill Dash in ''VideoGame/BioShock2''. See that Leadhead Splicer halfway across the room? * SCREEECH SMASH* Now he's dead. |
| 203 | * Ichigo Kurosaki has Engetsuzan [[CanonForeigner exclusive to]] the two ''Manga/Bleach'' DS fighting games, done with a half-circle-forward motion. The [[EXSpecialAttack RX version]] sends them [[LauncherMove upwards]]. |
| 204 | * ''VideoGame/BloodlineChampions'' has a few examples of charges in the game, though it's less tossing enemies aside and more causing anything hit to be temporarily incapable of defending themselves from the force. |
| 205 | * In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', it's possible to do something similar with a number of powers. These powers cause Knockback on enemies unfortunate enough to be caught in their area of effect, launching them away (but generally causing little to no damage unless they are slotted with Chance for X damage procs). |
| 206 | ** Repel and Sonic Repulsion do this. |
| 207 | ** Whirlwind in particular, as part of the Super Speed pool of powers, can be used for this, to the amusement of high-level players in low-level zones. |
| 208 | ** Shield Charge, from the Shield Defense powerset, is probably the best example. A short dash (technically teleport) forward, and your enemies flying everywhere. It's been described, more than once, as "bowling for villains". |
| 209 | * In ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar II'': |
| 210 | ** The Force Commander has a skill called "To Victory" which involves him quickly charging to a selected point. This causes all cover-type obstacles in the path to be destroyed, and all enemies to fly around. Painfully. |
| 211 | ** The Grey Knights, introduced in one of the expansions to the original, have this as an optional upgrade. Heavy weapon squads and Tau Fire Warriors really, '''really''' hate it. |
| 212 | ** Ogryns have similar ability, Use your Head, in Retribution, sending flying everything they happen to charge at the moment. Multiple heroes and units have analogue of "To Victory". They do far less damage than the original from the campaign mode for balance reasons. Ironically, Force Commander multiplayer hero doesn't have this kind of ability. [[note]]The list includes Blood Crusher, Thornback Carnifex, Tyrand Guard, Hive Tyrant, Venerable Dreadnought, Warboss and, to a certain extent, Battlewagon.[[/note]] |
| 213 | * In ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' there are several ways to do this. Just grab a nearby skateboard, shopping cart, parasol or any other handy melee weapon and off you go. |
| 214 | * In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', Nero performs one of these when trying to reach [[spoiler: Sanctus in his order armor before he escapes, carrying Kyrie with him]]. At first, he gets battered by enemies as his attention is diverted [[spoiler: to the aforementioned spoiler]], but quickly proceeds to start throwing the enemies, before finally bursting through a group of them. |
| 215 | * In ''VideoGame/Dota2'', Spirit Breaker's trademark ability Charge of Darkness allows him to charge an enemy from anywhere on the map, ignoring terrain and dealing a Greater Bash to any enemy in his path. Bonus points for Greater Bash actually knocking enemies back, unlike other similar abilities. Magnus's Skewer is almost a Foe ''Dragging'' Charge, bringing enemy heroes with him as he charges, and unlike Charge of Darkness, [[TheJuggernaut it can't be stopped by anything.]] Stun him and he continues to charge while stunned, kill him and his corpse keeps going, and even ''putting him an in alternate dimension'' causes [[GoodBadBugs his glowing horn to inexplicably continue charging]]. |
| 216 | * Haseo toss 5 [=PKers=] to the sky then slash all of them with scythe at the opening scene of ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGUGames .hack//G.U.]]''. |
| 217 | * Franchise/DragonAge: |
| 218 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': |
| 219 | *** Two-handed weapon warriors get an ability, Scythe, that does this, and can pop a combo when used on enemies with the brittle CriticalHit DamageIncreasingDebuff. |
| 220 | *** Rogues can learn the Rush ability. At first it's just a basic attack to close the distance with opponents, but when upgraded it knocks back any enemies that are standing in front of the target. |
| 221 | ** Warriors in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' can learn Charging Bull, which allows them to plow through crowds of enemies and gain a durability boost for every enemy they charge into. |
| 222 | * The opening cinematic of ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' shows Caim doing this to a group of enemy soldiers and then flashing his SlasherSmile. The player can also do several attacks in the game that qualify as Foe-Tossing Charges. |
| 223 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' is probably the video game poster child for this trope. |
| 224 | ** Some incarnations of characters in ''Warriors'' franchise games (for example, Lu Bu, or some ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 2'' characters) can toss their foes... and worse yet, it's usually unblockable! |
| 225 | ** Sanada Yukimura is known for this, in any games he appeared, especially ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors''. In fact, he did that in Real Life, obviously his SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, tossing and plowing through the Tokugawa soldiers with only some trusted men, or himself alone, until he reached Ieyasu face to face, only to declare that he has ran out of energy and died afterwards. No wonder Ieyasu was so impressed and dubbed him ''Japan's Number One Soldier'' |
| 226 | ** In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 6'', Zhao Yun and all the other characters with the True Speed ability do exactly this (once it's activated). And Zhao Yun himself did this in Romance of the Three Kingdoms to save Liu Bei's son in the battle of Chang Ban. (And ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 6'''s intro...) |
| 227 | ** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqq0jp6O91g opening]] for ''Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends'' features Gan Ning performing a Foe-Tossing Charge... down the side of a cliff. |
| 228 | ** Gan Ning is also infamous for this as his default Musou attack. Once you hit the button, he just charges and doesn't stop until the bar is empty. |
| 229 | ** In most of the Dynasty Warriors games that they appear in, War Elephants pretty much live this trope. While they have attacks that can be performed with button pushes, they can also simply trample their way through mooks just by getting up to full speed. |
| 230 | ** Koei has changed the way [[LimitBreak Musou attacks]] work. Prior to ''[=DW7=]'', a Musou was a warrior attacking by swinging their weapon or using a power until the bar ran out. Now that it is a single-button-press action with huge variations between characters, many characters now have Musous involving forward movement, slicing, smacking or otherwise blowing away '''dozens of enemies at a time''' while charging through them. |
| 231 | ** Even ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'' followed suit with applying this trope. |
| 232 | *** Both versions of the Psyco Gundam can transform into mobile armor mode and charge, hurting [[AvertedTrope everyone]] [[FriendlyFireproof in the way]]. There are only two ways to defend against it: flee until it stops or hit it with a well-timed smash attack. Either will leave the Psyco Gundam back in mobile suit mode, temporarily stunned. The Alpha Azieru can do this attack as well, sans the transformation. |
| 233 | *** The Zeta Gundam's aerial SP attack is transforming into waverider mode and charging, ''a la'' how Kamille took out Scirocco in the anime. Except that this time, it hurts ''everyone'' who happens to be in the way. "I'm not playing around!" indeed. |
| 234 | *** The Hyaku Shiki's default SP attack has the mobile suit go on a berserk rampage with its dual beam sabers, cutting down dozens of mooks left and right before kicking whoever happens to be in front of it with an aerial forward flip. |
| 235 | ** Even going in the realm of another [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda universe]] doesn't exempt this trope. |
| 236 | *** A lot of attacks tend to be this in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors''. Among the most notable are Link's C5 with the [[CoolSword Hylian Sword]]/[[LegendaryWeapon Master Sword]], Fi's C4 with her [[ShapeshifterWeapon Goddess Blade]], Zelda's unaugmented C5 with her [[RoyalRapier Rapier]], and Linkle's C6 with her [[AutomaticCrossbows Crossbows]]. |
| 237 | * In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' there's the Shield Charge perk. Combine it with one of the prerequisites, Block Runner, and you will be the one making giants fly! |
| 238 | * In ''Videogame/{{Evolve}}'' this is the purpose of Goliath's aptly named Charge. |
| 239 | * The Battle Charge spell in ''VideoGame/FableI''. |
| 240 | * In the first ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage'', [[BigBad Raoh]] has a special move called Equine Fury, summoning his [[CoolHorse giant horse]] Kokuoh to ride and oneshot any Mooks in his path by charging. |
| 241 | ** His twin brother Kaioh from the second game can perform the Fatal Grip of Rahu, hands filled with dark energy and charging through enemies, finishing them off with an energy sphere. |
| 242 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': |
| 243 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', a few turns after your arrival to the Dread Isle you'll meet up with the Pegasus Knight Fiora, who in her pain after having lost her wingmates, tries to perform one of these. If you don't send out her sister Florina to convince her to stop and join the crew, she'll fight your enemies until either she dies or the stage is done. |
| 244 | ** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'', cavalry and armored units can plow through enemies and knock them over simply by running into them. |
| 245 | * In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'', Kratos can do this when he grabs an enemy, using their body as a battering ram as he dashes through enemies. After running for a while he'll simply toss the body or if he hits a wall he slams their head around. |
| 246 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': This is practically [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast The Beast's]] signature move. If you hear him yell "ASIDE!", don't get too attached to whatever's standing in front of him. |
| 247 | ** Tarzan also has an attack where he charges forward, wildly swinging his spear, which will knock down if not defeat outright every enemy in his way with the exception of the boss. |
| 248 | ** The Standard-Reaction of a very pissed Keyblade-Wielder. [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII In one especially memorable instance,]] it involved ''cutting their way through large, LARGE buildings''. |
| 249 | * ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': |
| 250 | ** [[BearsAreBadNews Volibear]] has an ability that gives him increased speed and flings his victim backwards over his head. [[MadScientist Singed]] has a similar skill. |
| 251 | ** [[PintSizedPowerhouse Poppy]] has an attack that doesn't so much toss the enemy as carry them straight into a wall, called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Heroic Charge]]. Part of her core strategy is using this to both close distance with fleeing enemies as well as surprising aggressing ones. |
| 252 | *** Poppy ''also'' has a field she can project around her that stops dashes (if if not something that makes the target immune to CC, like many ults), so she's quite good at ''foiling'' a Foe-Tossing Charge from the enemy team as well. |
| 253 | ** Malphite's ultimate charges forward blasts everyone at the impact point into the air, ignoring crowd control effects and passing through obstacles to reach that point. |
| 254 | ** The best example is likely Vi, whose ultimate selects a target, charges towards them, and slams them into the air and then into the ground. She becomes immune to crowd control while doing it, and any enemies that stand between her and the target are knocked aside. |
| 255 | ** Xin Zhao has a two-part combo to execute this. First, he chooses his target with Audacious Charge, in which he dashes right into that target instantaneously, and he can use his Ultimate, Crescent Slash, to swing his spear and tosses everything except the original target away, even if that tosses them to the other side of the forest or to the pits of Dragon/Baron Nashor. Fitting as he is considered an {{Expy}} of Zhao Yun, who in the ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' novel did so. |
| 256 | ** Then there's Sion, with his Unstoppable Onslaught which is a charge for roughly ''half the map'' in a straightish line, crushing any minion in his path until he reaches a champion, at which point said champion and all nearby other champions are hit extremely hard, and stunned. He usually follows this up with his Decimating Smash. If he lands this, you're stunned for an obscene duration and take a massive ammount of damage (Nearly instant death for squishier champs). |
| 257 | ** Jarvan IV utilizes a combo where he throws out a flag, hooks it with his spear, and drags himself to it. Any enemy between him and his spear is sent flying into the air. As an added bonus, the combo is considered self-inflicted crowd control, rather than a dash like most other movement abilities, which means it cannot be stopped by snares or roots once it starts, which is the usual response to dashes. |
| 258 | * ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': |
| 259 | ** The Tank does this in the opening cinematic, either knocking aside, crushing or ripping apart any zombie unlucky enough to be between him and the survivors he's trying to kill, even though the other zombies are trying to do the exact same thing. |
| 260 | ** Happens during the game as well. If a zombie or any other special infected are pouncing the player and a Tank is near, he'll gladly smash them to get to the player. In fact, Tanks can inadvertently ''rescue'' players who are caught by a Smoker or Hunter by smashing them since the game does not register damage on the player when a Smoker or a Hunter has caught them. |
| 261 | ** In the sequel, this is the entire point of the new special infected, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Charger]]. It charges forward at breakneck speed, spearing the first survivor it slams into and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom slamming any others so hard they fly away]]. The charge either stops when the two hit a wall, or after a certain distance, upon which The Charger chokeslams the survivor. Then, it repeatedly slams its prey into the nearest surfaces (including the ceiling) [[DeathOrGloryAttack until it or the survivor is killed]]. |
| 262 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', the scene where [[spoiler:Link mows through a massive army of Bokoblins, Moblins, and Stalfos to rescue Zelda]] becomes this every other second. [[spoiler:You ''can'' linger and slice through as many enemies as you want, even when you don't have to do so to get past Ghirahim's barriers, but because they don't stop spawning, it's usually better just to dash past them as many as you can]]. |
| 263 | * In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'', Bowser gets one in the final boss battle. His opponent knocks him back and summons dark versions of all of Bowser's minions and the big guy has to march all the way back, beating aside {{Mooks}} like they were mosquitoes. |
| 264 | * In ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' Captain America can do this with his Charging Star move and its Hyper variation. |
| 265 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': |
| 266 | ** The Charge move in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' for the [[MagicKnight Vanguard]], which essentially works by manipulating their internal biotic field in order to become a ''human-mass-relay-powered-wrecking-ball!'' |
| 267 | ** Grunt also has a tendency to do this whenever he shouts "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I AM KROGAN!]]" |
| 268 | ** [[spoiler:Tela Vasir]], in the Shadow Broker DLC also does this. [[AwesomeBosses/VideoGames This means it is entirely possible to fight biotic Charges with biotic Charges if you're a vanguard]]. |
| 269 | ** Earlier in the DLC, Liara slaps aside two of the Shadow Broker's soldiers with her biotics while chasing after [[spoiler:Vasir]], without even slowing down. |
| 270 | ** In the Multiplayer section of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', aside from the Vanguard's Biotic Charge, Krogans can do a running charge that is guaranteed to kill CannonFodder in a single hit. The Resurgence Pack means we now have [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Vanguard Krogan]], who can charge into an enemy group, then charge at the remaining enemies again. |
| 271 | * Overdrive Ostrich from ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' runs so fast that he will cause X to be knocked backwards should he collide when running! |
| 272 | ** Spiral Pegasus/The Skiver from ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]'' is even worse -- if he flies into you, he knocks you back really far. Since you're fighting on an airplane with BottomlessPits on both sides, this is a ''very'' bad thing. |
| 273 | * ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'' gets very much like this later in the game, with many of the more nastier enemies summoning monsters at the player, and killing them just gives the summoner time to summon more. Then there's the big room full of monsters before facing the Wizard of Yendor, Yendor himself calling a bunch of nasties (or even a clone of himself), another such room full of undead, and after that some demons and a bunch of [[GoddamnBats bug-summoning]] priests, right before the amulet-carrying High Priest of Moloch, and as the ultimate example, the Astral Plane with more priests summoning annoying little insects, angels and other astral beings, a gang of former heroes, and three Riders of the Apocalypse ganging up against the player. In all of these examples, beating all of your enemies would be quite crazy, when all you need to do is to get through them -- and sometimes back again. |
| 274 | * Reinhardt from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is a MightyGlacier with a melee primary weapon in an FPS game. But he has the ''Charge'' ability, where he propels forward with a rocket on the back of his PoweredArmor. It only allows for a straight charge with very little horizontal movement, but it's quick enough to help him get to the frontline faster, and most dangerously, will pin and carry any enemy hit along for the ride. If Reinhardt hits a wall with the enemy in tow, it deals 300 damage, enough to kill any non-tank in one hit. Anyone else hit after he pins an enemy gets tossed aside. |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' has a literal example with Oswald. In the remake, he acquires a skill in which he lunges forward, grabs and tosses foes behind him to deal tremendous damage. |
| 276 | * Being a SpiritualSuccessor to the Wario games, the gameplay in ''Videogame/PizzaTower'' consists of having Peppino bashing through any enemies in his way. The main difference however is that Peppino is far faster than Wario, meaning that it's less charging and more psychotically smashing anything in his way. |
| 277 | * ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare'': The All-Star's [[DashAttack tackle move]] can knock away any enemy in between him and his intended target, as well as the target themselves, so proper positioning and timing is the key to get the most out of his ability. |
| 278 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' Alex Mercer usually uses LeParkour while running forward at 70 mph; however, if he activates his armor or shield powers he'll simply run through anything in his way up to the size of a car. Civilians, non-EliteMooks, and oncoming traffic present no impediment to his forward momentum. |
| 279 | * How to use WarElephants in ''VideoGame/RomeTotalWar'' and ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'' -- select your pachyderms, double-click the ground behind the enemy lines to order them to charge-move, and watch your enemy scatter like bowling pins. |
| 280 | * This trope is the entire basis of the combat system in ''VideoGame/RondoOfSwords''. Rather than moving, then attacking, one fights by selecting a path for a character to follow, then executing the move action. Then, as the character runs along the path, he attacks each enemy he passes through. ''Every'' non-ranged attack can be a Foe-Tossing Charge in that game. |
| 281 | * ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'': Multiple types [[OurMonstersAreWeird of "others"]] the player fights charge like this, especially cervid based ones with antlers. |
| 282 | * The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games: |
| 283 | ** Shadow the Hedgehog at the end of his story in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. After he, Rouge and Omega are [[spoiler: surrounded by copies of [[BigBad Mephiles]]]], Shadow removes his power limiters and [[spoiler: simply blasts his way through all the clones, sending them flying]] and allowing the [[PowerTrio trio]] to escape. |
| 284 | ** Modern era games like ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' and ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' day stages give Sonic himself the ability to do this in-game with the [[NitroBoost Sonic Boost]], letting him run through enemies like they are nothing. |
| 285 | * ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'': In ''Supreme'', one of the bosses Kerrigan faces off against has a charge move that will toss any enemy caught in it to the side. |
| 286 | * Used often in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series. A character will, at a dramatic moment, ignore movement rules and move across the ''entire'' map to attack a specific character. They also ignore HP or anything else, doing MacGuffin level damage. |
| 287 | * ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesShreddersRevenge'' allows the player to do this thanks to the new attack options (including sliding attacks, rising attacks, back attacks, dive attacks and new super attacks), as hordes of enemies arrive in every other screen. Get 2 to ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill 6]]'' players that are sufficiently good, and simply watch the enemies bounce around the screen like pinballs. |
| 288 | * ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII'': While all units in the Warhammer trilogy have always had a mass stat resulting in these during charges, this entry has OurOgresAreHungrier factions with several mechanics based around increasing their mass, letting even basic Ogre Bulls bowl their way through enemy infantry lines. |
| 289 | * A literal example in Episode 4 of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonOne'', where Lee charges up a stairwell, knocking a multitude of walkers over the side as he goes. |
| 290 | * Wario has this as one of his trademark attacks in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series, as well as ''VideoGame/WarioWorld''. |
| 291 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': |
| 292 | ** Warriors get one. Actually, by liberal interpretation, they get ''two:'' one is a super-speed charge that stuns anyone in its way and can even ''defy the laws of physics'' to get from point A to point B; the other is Heroic Leap, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just what it sounds like,]] and will actually leave an impact crater at the point of destination. |
| 293 | ** This is a fairly typical boss/elite mob tactic. Sometimes the charge will only stun/hurt you; sometimes it will actually fling you backwards in the air. Try not to be between these guys and a cliff (or the edge of the airship.) |
| 294 | ** In the novel ''Wolfheart'', [[ArchEnemy Varian Wrynn (King of Stormwind) and Garrosh Hellscream (Warchief of the Horde)]] do it a few times during the battle for Ashenvale, both intent on killing the other, as they know this will decide the fate of the battle. Both warriors are evenly matched in ferocity and skill, as well as having powerful weapons (Varian wields the fused elven sword Shalamayne, while Garrosh wields a powerful battleaxe called Gorehowl). Both are so intent on each other that they barely notice anyone they cut down who happens to get in their way (although not focused enough to kill friendlies). |
| 295 | * The ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' games: |
| 296 | ** The big guys (Colossus, Juggernaut, Thing, etc.) can learn variations of the same move where they charge, tackle, and pummel an enemy, with any others baddies standing nearby getting knocked down. |
| 297 | ** This is true in Capcom's line of Marvel tournament fighters, where most of the big characters have a charge attack that will send an opponent skyward. |
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| 300 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 301 | * In ''Webcomic/CwensQuest'', Riddly Lancer spots the #1 wolf across the battlefield while he's "In the Zone". Anyone in his way [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Cwens_Quest/index.php?p=523111 goes air-born.]] |
| 302 | * ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' has this as one of Elizabeth's special abilities. It's also how she is introduced in [[https://debuggingdestiny.com/25 25-18]]. |
| 303 | * More of an Innocent-Bystander Tossing Charge, as Summer goes [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1923205/dont-have-a-fit/ running after her friend]] in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes''. |
| 304 | * ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' has a habit of throwing Mooks through the doors of the Cathedral of Syndetic Ascension as he scaled each floor to try to look badass. |
| 305 | * ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' is full of powerful beings who send armies of normals flying whenever they fight. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 309 | * In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', [[LoveableRogue Refan]] and [[SorcerousOverlord Zarnagon]] go at each other during the Second Battle of Myridia, each tossing away any enemy that stands between them. |
| 310 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' gives us [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Caboose]] charging through [[spoiler:an army of [[TheDreaded Tex]] drones. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome It's as awesome as it sounds.]]]] |
| 311 | * In Episode 8 of ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'', Mario and Sonic team up to do this while [[StormingTheCastle Storming the Omega Doomship.]] |
| 312 | * In ''Part 8'' of [[Website/ChannelAwesome TGWTG's]] fourth year special WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, a pissed off [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Mechakara]] ends up by throwing [[Film/SupermanII Zod]] ''at full force'' into a bunch of his and [[Film/BattlefieldEarth Terl's]] soldiers, enough to kill said soldiers while he [[StormingTheCastle storms their ship]] after finding out [[spoiler: Terl had lied to him the whole time about giving him the secrets of [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights Malacite's Hand]], just so he could use him.]] |
| 313 | * In ''WebVideo/TribeTwelve'' video titled "The Order", after a meeting with said Order, [[spoiler: which had GoneHorriblyWrong]], as Noah and the ''WebVideo/DarkHarvest'' guys get in the car Slenderman appears a few feet away from the front of the car. They expect that he will teleport or speed run to the car. He doesn't. Instead he throws (or worse, drops from a great height) a random member of the Order onto the car's front glass. -Insert screaming here- |
| 314 | * In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', the [[NighInvulnerable invincible]], [[TheJuggernaut unstoppable]] Siberian can tear someone to pieces by simply walking ''through'' them. |
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| 317 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 318 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' |
| 319 | ** Prince Zuko once simultaneously took down multiple "elite" Royal Procession Firebenders to get to his sister in the second season premiere. One might argue that said sister [[TheWorfEffect proceeding to smack him around like a red-headed stepchild]] served to weaken the overall effect of said charge, or confirm that ''she'' [[EvilerThanThou was even scarier]]. They could also be holding back because Zuko is a member of the royal family. Or it could be because good ole [[OldSoldier Uncle Iroh]] was tossing them about, too. |
| 320 | ** Similarly in a later episode, to gain an audience with the Earth King, Aang and the Gang are forced to plow through an innumerable amount of Royal Earthbender guards, [[ApologeticAttacker apologizing the whole way]]. The creators note that the biggest point of this was to demonstrate how by this point their powers have reached super-human levels even by standards of a world with [[ElementalPowers people that control the elements]]. |
| 321 | ** In the Season 2 finale, after [[spoiler: Azula has shot Aang in the back with lightning,]] Katara takes all the water she has and creates a giant wave that crashes over Zuko and the Dai Li, catching him just in time. However, as it was [[SoftWater just water]], they're back up and ready to go a second later. |
| 322 | ** Subverted in Episode 2 when Sokka prepares for one of these against Zuko and is unceremoniously kicked into a snowbank. |
| 323 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', Noble/Savage chases after a group of fleeing Cycle-drones. They go around a corner behind a short wall, and we see the Drones fly up into the air and fall back down. |
| 324 | * Bully Francis chasing Timmy Turner in the ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Timvisible". |
| 325 | * ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'': Coop does this on a regular basis, especially using Megas's jet-boosters, such as knocking an entire line of hulking rhino-{{kaiju}} into the air like bowling pins in "Department of Megas Violations". |
| 326 | * Sometimes used by Beshte in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard''. He’s a hippo, and often uses his large size to barrel into hyenas or whoever is causing trouble and send them flying. |
| 327 | * Norman does this in ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' during one zombie episode to help Max get to Virgil. |
| 328 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', the Scotsman's Wife throws her stout stature around with those that kidnap her when Jack and the Scotsman do their best to rescue her. |
| 329 | ** In another episode, Ashi throws several Orcs off the mountainside. |
| 330 | * [[TheAlcoholic Barney]], of all people, got a good one in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode involving soccer. Everyone who goes to see the soccer game [[TakeThat gets bored because nothing is happening]], so they start fighting to get to the exit first. Someone spills Barney's beer as he's coming back from the concession stand, and Barney responds by staring at it for a moment, then going on a charge that clears out dozens of people standing in his way. After that [[ViolentGlaswegian Willie]] and [[FootballHooligans his friends]] get involved, and it's all downhill from there. |
| 331 | -->'''Kent Brockman:''' What began as a traditional soccer riot has escalated into a city-wide orgy of destruction! |
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| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 335 | * Knightly charge. [[KnightInShiningArmor Medieval knights]] were masters of this. The knightly charge started 200 m before the target as walk, then 100 m before the target it became trot with closed ranks, and the last 30 or so meters were done in full gallop. This maximized the impact without tiring the horses and men. Usually one charge was enough to break the enemy ranks. If not, the knights could retreat and repeat the charge. The only remedies were either to run away quickly enough to avoid the charge, to shoot the charging knights or to have an unpenetrable thicket of pikes. |
| 336 | ** And in the modern day, [[TankGoodness armoured assaults]], specifically [[CurbStompBattle against non-tank vehicles or much lighter tanks]], quickly devolve into direct [[CarFu Tank Fu]]. Leaves the enemy materiel destroyed at no ammo expenditure, and personnel morale [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere utterly smashed]]. |
| 337 | * Alexander the Great, in his final battle with Darius of Persia, is said to have performed a Foe-Tossing Charge to reach the enemy king. Darius, feeling less bold, fled the scene; it is likely that Alexander would have caught him, but for a desperate message from his own general that he was needed elsewhere. |
| 338 | * Cyrus the Younger tried to pull this during the Battle of Cunaxa, charging into the Persian emperor's bodyguard of 6000 horsemen with his own escort one-tenth that size. His charge came as a complete surprise and scattered his opponents, but his foe-tossing was cruelly interrupted by enemy javelin tossing, with fatal effect. |
| 339 | * Pelopidas of Thebes attempted this during the First Battle of Cynoscephalae to get to his hated enemy, the tyrant Alexander of Pherae. He did not have superhuman strength, though, and fought on foot, and his enemy's bodyguards were not so amused by his attempts to toss them aside. Once they had disposed of him, they discovered to their dismay that his death was a cause for renewed enthusiasm on the part of his army, which proceeded to utterly wipe them out. |
| 340 | * Bulls, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, elephants, and, to a degree, crocodiles are all capable of this trope. It's quite common for a large horned animal like a rhino or buffalo to impale a smaller foe on a horn then throw it up into the air. |
| 341 | * There was a Japanese shogun who was forced to fight an enemy army with nothing but his elite samurai guard at his side. The couple of hundred of them rode through the whole army and seven emerged alive from the other side. |
| 342 | * The Ancient Near East knew a type of cavalry which the Greeks called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataphract Kataphraktoi]] ("the armored ones"). They were custom-built for this trope; both horse and rider were completely covered in scaled armour and chainmail. Their moment of glory was the Battle of Carrhae, in which a mere few hundred of them completely steamrolled a Roman army that had been previously weakened by arrow fire. |
| 343 | * Richard III tried this at Bosworth Field in 1485. He came very close to killing his enemy, Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII) with his own hands, but was prevented by the heavy cavalry contingent of a 6000 man force with Thomas Stanley, one of Englands most powerful magnates, at its head. Against just 800 embroiled Yorkist cavalry. With the infantry following the cavalry. OhCrap. |
| 344 | * Hernan Cortez did this with only [[FiveManBand five men]] at the battle of Otumba, charging through the entire Aztec army to cut down a priest bearing a standard that inspired the troops. The idea was that the Aztecs would flee the battle if they saw the standard go down. It worked. |
| 345 | * At Arras in May 1940, shortly before the fall of France, a posse of British tanks charged the Germans, who quickly found out that their 37mm anti-tank guns were useless against the thick-skinned Matildas[[note]]despite the silly name[[/note]] and their Panzers [=IIs=] and [=IIIs=] couldn't even dent them. It was only many miles later that Rommel managed to patch up a defensive line of 88s and 105s, neither of them actually intended as anti-tank weapons. Only two battalions took part in the attack, but the Germans thought they'd been hit by five ''divisions''. |
| 346 | * Examples of this can be seen fairly often in American Football, given that it's a contact sport that involves a lot of speed and strength, particularly at the professional level. The most common variation is the "stiff arm", where a runner just shoves a would-be tackler to the ground (see, for example, Marshawn Lynch on Tracy Porter in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foD3dkZR3fI 2010 Wild Card playoff game]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBrTsnwQamE&ab_channel=HighlightHeaven this classic]] by Derrick Henry on Josh Norman that went viral almost instantly despite the fact that the play was called back due to a penalty). On the defensive side of the ball, a similar situation can happen if a would-be blocker is too badly mismatched with a given defender and the defender just shoves the blocker out of the way to get to the ball-carrier. |
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