Line #23 Main/ImpendingClashShot


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6	A StockPose common in video games, covers, and art. It features one character about to exchange blows with another one; the angle doesn't matter, but it's usually shot OverTheShoulder.
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8	One side typically looks as if it has an advantage. Other instances feature a sense of symmetry by having the characters balance each other out; whether by having a superior-looking weapon against an intimidating looking "partner", or by having both look like they can kick each other's butt.
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10	This isn't limited to covers and still art. Motion pictures can also make use of this in the form of HitStop, where instead of {{Overcrank}}ing and stopping on impact, they stop it when they're about to hit.
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12	Thematically, it emphasizes impending conflict or battle. Sometimes RuleOfCool applies when the battle is ''ongoing'' and the fighters are [[CrossCounter about to unleash fiercer blows]] to each other.
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14	Closely related to ChargeIntoCombatCut, but instead of cutting into something else, it simply just cuts to end scene altogether if it does cut after the pre-clash. See also MirroredConfrontationShot, which is similarly about impending conflict, contrast with FearfulSymmetry, where the participants are already at it. Related to HitStop, which is used for emphasizing impact. Compare VersusCharacterSplash, where character portraits juxtaposed to each others are used as prelude to a fight in VideoGames.
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17	!!Examples:
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21	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
22	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''
23	** This features Eren in mid air with the 3DMG Dual Blades about to clash with the Colossal Titan in volume 1's cover. also present in a different angle in the form of a HitStop in the anime's opening,
24	** Besides that, "pre clash" {{Hit Stop}}s also crop up in other shots within the anime along with {{Midair Motion Shot}}s.
25	* ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''
26	** At least one per fighting antagonist arc, an episode will have a picture (usually based on a panel from the manga) of either the characters charging into the fray or one if not both at ready fighting stances.
27	*** Like before Goku fights King Piccolo in Manga/DragonBall.
28	*** And Freeza charging (flying) with his energy aura at Goku's super Saiyan Kamehameha in DBZ.
29	* This happens often at the end of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' episodes, usually after Domon has defeated this week's opponent and ''next'' week's comes flying at him.
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32	[[folder:Fan Works]]
33	* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The fic's illustration features, well, the Mountain (Gregor Clegane) and the Wolf (Wulfrik the Wanderer) making a sincere effort to murder each other.
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36	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
37	* ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren''. During the narration at the beginning. a shot of [[TheHero Cloud]] wielding his [[TakeUpMySword Buster Sword]] about to clash with [[BigBad Sephiroth]] with his [[KatanasAreJustBetter Masamune]] was among some of the flashbacks.
38	* Some posters and Blu-ray covers feature [[http://www.deathfall.com/forums/images/movies/427.poster an impending clash shot]] between Cloud and Sephiroth.
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41	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
42	* ''Film/RockyIII'' ends with Rocky and Apollo about to punch each other in an unofficial match either to see who'd win or just for the sport.
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45	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
46	* Rather than a poster or still, this how the 2014 Wrestling/{{N\|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA Vendetta Pro [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EAt2hlmICQ April Cruel's Day]] trailer ends, regarding Billy Blade and Kadin Anthony.
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49	[[folder:Video Games]]
50	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' does this in ''Stormblood'' to replicate the trailer duel that the [[PlayerCharacter Warrior of Light]] has with Lyse atop the statue of Rhalgr the Destroyer in Rhalgr's Reach. During the Level 80 Monk quest in ''Shadowbringers,'' your Monk trainer and sworn brother, Widargelt, takes her on as a new student to start rebuilding the Fist of Rhalgr and to also give her BoxingLessonsForSuperman.
51	* In ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst'', All of the covers have your PlayerCharacter weilding the default [[MixAndMatchWeapon God Arc]] against an Aragami. The original pits him against a [[PantheraAwesome Vajra]] and the ''[[UpdatedRerelease Burst]]'' cover features him against a [[SerpentOfImmortality Hannibal]], the flagship aragami of the ''Burst'' storyline. Both shots are in [[RuinsOfTheModernAge City of Mercy]]
52	* ''VideoGame/{{Toukiden}}''. The cover pits the Default PlayerCharacter in the foreground with a [[{{BFS}} Longsword]] and Nagi at the middleground against the first Oni you encounter, who takes up most of the shot as the background.
53	* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter''. The covers always feature a Hunter using a [[{{BFS}} Greatsword]] about to clash with whatever the flagship monster of that game is, background is usually inconsequential (''MH:Freedom'' for one uses a plain white frame and a small circular background).
54	* ''Videogame/MarvelVsCapcom3''
55	** One official art featuring [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Vergil]] with his [[KatanasAreJustBetter Yamato]] about to clash with ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} with [[WolverineClaws his claws out]] in a Crisis City-esque background.
56	** Also has one for Spidey vs Strider Hiryu, Ryu vs Nova and (on a larger scale) Magneto vs Galactus.
57	* ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'':
58	** From ''Tekken 6'' and onwards, the Namco Bandai logo shows Jin and Kazuya about CrossCounter before the screen turns black at the last second.
59	** In ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'', this also happens to be [[http://www.avoidingthepuddle.com/storage/TTT2-Jin-Vs.-Kazuya.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1332266350103 their]] special tag winning pose.
60	** This can happen in-game in ''VideoGame/Tekken7''. If you and your opponent are closing in on each other at the same time and the next hit will end the round for one or both characters, the action will slow down so you can take in who lands the deciding hit.
61	* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' features [[http://www.slashgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/streetfightercover.jpg Ryu about to clash with Ken on an Xbox Live poster.]]
62	* ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'':
63	** A downplayed version (due to it being a Long Shot) appears in the fifth installment [[http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Virtua-Fighter-5-Unlockables-PS3-2.jpg between Eileen and El Blaze.]] where we get an half non-EvilOverlooker in the background and the rest of the cast in the middleground spectating the fight.
64	** The ''Virtua Fighter 5'' opening [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezAaHgBmmxg features dozens]] of character match ups.
65	* At the end of the openings of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 7'' & ''8''. they have Zhao Yun about to clash with Xiahou Dun, [[ArtisticLicenseMartialArts flying towards each other]], weapons brandished.
66	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxTYkuSIjk4&t=2m24s The attract trailer/opening cinematic]] seen in ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' ends with one of these for each of the game's respective rivalries.
67	* In ''Videogame/ForHonor'', before a multiplayer match the two teams will be shown facing off with each other, adopting different poses whether they are on your side or the enemy's, with the player's hero always being at the front. When the match begins, both sides leap at each other right before cutting to the battlefield.
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71	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': The cover of [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-20-page-1 Chapter 20]] features a shot of Anemone from just above Tessa's head, as the two prepare to fight.
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74	[[folder:Western Animation]]
75	* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' episode, "Grudge Match", villainess Roulette has been mind-controlling heroines into fighting, but once that's stopped, two of them decide to have a match for fun. And they do so a la Film/RockyIII to boot.
76	* A terrifying one occurs at the end of Chapter 20 of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', featuring Master Ki-Adi Mundi facing off against experienced [[HeroKiller Jedi-killer]] General Grievous. Grievous leaps at him, [[DualWielding wielding three lightsabers simultaneously]]; Ki-Adi plants one foot behind and prepares to engage him. [[BolivianArmyEnding End of the season]].
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