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* In ''{{Naruto}}'' this is done fairly frequently with regards to the Tailed Beasts. Every one of the them, despite being an immortal blob of concentrated energy has been defeated and bound into the body of a human by another mortal.
** This is even more impressive in the case of [[spoiler:Hashirama Senju who could control the demons themselves. He didn't just punch out Cthulhu; he made them roll over and play dead.]]
*** [[spoiler: To better aid her husband, Naruto's [[strike: great aunt]] distant relative? Mito Uzumaki sealed the Kyubi inside herself, becoming the first Jinchuuriki in over a thousand years since the Rikudou Sennin.]]
** When faced with the One Tailed Tanuki, Naruto nearly perfectly recreated this trope when he decked Gaara across the face only for Gaara to just get pissed at him. Instead, Naruto had to go for a [[UseYourHead Did You Just Head-Butt Cthulhu]] moment. That one worked.
*** Naruto does it again [[spoiler:when he confronts the Kyuubi, first, he uses Sage Mode to gain enough strength to actually hurl the frickin beast like a rag doll and then smash it to the ground [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill followed by smashing said beast's torso with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.]]]]
** Then there is The Sage of the Six Paths who [[spoiler:not only beat the Jubi by sealing into himself, he then went on to create the ''moon'' the seal it's body in and split its chakra into the afore-mentioned Bijuu's.]] There's a reason he was seen as a God, y'know.
** In Chapter 498 [[spoiler: Naruto's Mom (and Mito's student/descendant), Kushina Uzumaki, binds down the Kyuubi......in chains.....with ONLY her chakra]]
** Chapter 499: [[spoiler: Naruto completes the process. After a Non-Stop Gargantuan Rasengan Barrage, he pulls out five of Kyuubi's tails. Then with an Rasenshuriken, he pulls out the remaining four, and absorbs them into himself becoming the Rikudou Sage's reincarnation. Then he imprisons the Kyubi's body/hatred in a newer, stronger seal of his own design.]]
** Orochimaru attempts to do this when he first encountered the Four-Tailed Naruto. It doesn't work ([[spoiler:Naruto rips him in half, although admittedly that doesn't last long)]].
** Despite all odds, Jiraiya DID punch out Cthulhu, unlike Orochimaru he managed to ''beat'' Four-Tail Naruto and return him to normal.

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* In ''{{Naruto}}'' this is done fairly frequently with regards to while the Tailed Beasts. Every one of the them, despite being an immortal blob of concentrated energy has been defeated Beasts are far from "gods" and bound more obviously related to "great demons", each of them was separated into their own form by the body of a human by another mortal.
** This is even more impressive in the case of [[spoiler:Hashirama Senju who could control the demons themselves. He didn't just punch out Cthulhu; he made them roll over and play dead.]]
*** [[spoiler: To better aid her husband, Naruto's [[strike: great aunt]] distant relative? Mito Uzumaki sealed the Kyubi inside herself, becoming the first Jinchuuriki in over a thousand years since the Rikudou Sennin.]]
** When faced with the One Tailed Tanuki, Naruto nearly perfectly recreated this trope when he decked Gaara across the face only for Gaara to just get pissed at him. Instead, Naruto had to go for a [[UseYourHead Did You Just Head-Butt Cthulhu]] moment. That one worked.
*** Naruto does it again [[spoiler:when he confronts the Kyuubi, first, he uses Sage Mode to gain enough strength to actually hurl the frickin beast like a rag doll and then smash it to the ground [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill followed by smashing said beast's torso with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.]]]]
** Then there is The
Sage of the Six Paths Paths, who [[spoiler:not only beat bested and divided their original form as the Jubi by sealing into himself, he then went on to create Ten-Tailed Beast. Then, many generations later, all nine of the ''moon'' Tailed Beasts have been at some point defeated by ancient ninja legends and sealed inside the seal it's body bodies of their descendants.
** Notably, most times when this trope is invoked
in and split its chakra into the afore-mentioned Bijuu's.]] There's a reason he was seen as a God, y'know.
** In Chapter 498
present-day of the storyline, it usually fails. [[spoiler: Naruto's Mom (and Mito's student/descendant), Kushina Uzumaki, binds down the Kyuubi......in chains.....with ONLY her chakra]]
** Chapter 499: [[spoiler: Naruto completes the process. After a Non-Stop Gargantuan Rasengan Barrage, he pulls out five of Kyuubi's tails. Then with an Rasenshuriken, he pulls out the remaining four, and absorbs them into himself becoming the Rikudou Sage's reincarnation. Then he imprisons the Kyubi's body/hatred in a newer, stronger seal of his own design.]]
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Orochimaru attempts to do this when he first encountered the Four-Tailed Naruto. It doesn't work ([[spoiler:Naruto rips him in half, although admittedly that doesn't last long)]].
** Despite all odds, Jiraiya DID punch out Cthulhu, unlike Orochimaru he managed to ''beat'' Four-Tail Naruto
vs 4-Tailed Naruto, Sasuke vs Killer Bee, and return him to normal.Pain vs 8-Tailed Naruto]].
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** [[SuperpowerLottery The super-powered villain Accelerator]] eventually gets his name added to the list of superpowered beings Touma has punched in the face.

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** [[SuperpowerLottery The super-powered villain villain]] [[AttackReflector Accelerator]] eventually gets his name added to the list of superpowered beings Touma has punched in the face.
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* ''BakaTest'': [[spoiler:Yoshii]] defeats [[spoiler:Ironman, a foe long thought to be unbeatable]].

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* ''BakaTest'': ''[[LightNovel/BakaToTestToShoukanjuu Baka Test]]'': [[spoiler:Yoshii]] defeats [[spoiler:Ironman, a foe long thought to be unbeatable]].
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** Taiki in ''DigimonXrosWars'' did something similar when he [[spoiler:''kicked [[OlympusMons Arkadimon]] in the head'' with an iron ball he was chained to. While swimming. [[RecycledInSpace In space.]]]]

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** Taiki in ''DigimonXrosWars'' ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' did something similar when he [[spoiler:''kicked [[OlympusMons Arkadimon]] in the head'' with an iron ball he was chained to. While swimming. [[RecycledInSpace In space.]]]]
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* In ''TowerOfGod'', Enryu killed the [[PhysicalGod Guardian of the 43rd Floor]]. That was one of the factors how Irregulars like [[NaiveNewcomer Baam]] became TheDreaded.
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* Don't forget Takashi Natsume, sponymous character of ''NatsumeYuujinchou'', who has this as one of his ''special abilities'' - He can punch out extremely strong yukai. He doesn't use this ability much, though.

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* Don't forget This is the signature move of Takashi Natsume, sponymous character of ''NatsumeYuujinchou'', who has this as one of his ''special abilities'' - Natsume from ''NatsumeYuujinchou''. He can deliver a punch that lays out extremely youkai many times larger than him, much to their surprise. It's implied that it's not just physical force -- he inherited very strong yukai. He doesn't use this ability much, though.spirtual power from his [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Grandmother]] Reiko Natsume (who delivered most of her beatdowns via baseball bat.)
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** [[spoiler: Before that, everyone of the protagonists do this in the final battle to get him to uses up his stone. For awhile it doesn't seem like nothing affecting Father as he just stands in one spot using his powers to deflect the attacks. And then something changes and he's actually forced to ''block'' an attack with his arm. This doesn't go unnoticed by the heroes, cue orders to hit him harder with Father getting knocked around from all sides.]]


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** [[spoiler: In the TimeSkip, Natsu actually manages to go toe to toe with Sabertooth's leader Jinema, whose guild is considered the strongest of the land after seven years.]]
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* Masaru of ''DigimonSavers'' literally punches out a god. As an ''encore''. The punch ''shatters'' said god. And that ''still'' isn't the most ridiculous of his punches. Throughout the series, Masaru frequently punched giant Digimon and actually harmed them, to the point where he was literally incapable of making Agumon evolve without first punching a Digimon. His father Suguru was shown to do pretty much the same thing in a flashback, and the two are the only human characters to do anything like that.

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* Masaru of ''DigimonSavers'' ''Anime/DigimonSavers'' literally punches out a god. As an ''encore''. The punch ''shatters'' said god. And that ''still'' isn't the most ridiculous of his punches. Throughout the series, Masaru frequently punched giant Digimon and actually harmed them, to the point where he was literally incapable of making Agumon evolve without first punching a Digimon. His father Suguru was shown to do pretty much the same thing in a flashback, and the two are the only human characters to do anything like that.



* At the end of ''[[Film/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild of]] [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion 2.0]]'', [[spoiler:Shinji and Unit 01 have started Third Impact and are spoken of as things beyond any ever seen. Then Kaworu stops that by dropping a lance on Unit 01 from above.]] Whether this counts as AlwaysABiggerFish... will have to wait for the other two films.

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* At the end of ''[[Film/RebuildOfEvangelion ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild of]] [[NeonGenesisEvangelion [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion 2.0]]'', [[spoiler:Shinji and Unit 01 have started Third Impact and are spoken of as things beyond any ever seen. Then Kaworu stops that by dropping a lance on Unit 01 from above.]] Whether this counts as AlwaysABiggerFish... will have to wait for the other two films.
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* The very soul and fiber of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is woven with this sentiment. As one of the songs says: ''"Do the impossible,]] see the invisible! ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!'' '''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avRuZ4QLWek ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!]]"'''''

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* The very soul and fiber of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is woven with this sentiment. As one of the songs says: ''"Do the impossible,]] impossible, see the invisible! ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!'' '''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avRuZ4QLWek ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!]]"'''''

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* The very soul and fiber of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is woven with this sentiment. [[BeyondTheImpossible Do the impossible,]] see the invisible! '''ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH! ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avRuZ4QLWek ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!]]'''''
** The movie then '''takes the literal version of the trope and cranks it UpToEleven, with [[spoiler: ''SIMON FIST FIGHTING THE ANTI-SPIRAL!!!'']]'''

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* The very soul and fiber of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is woven with this sentiment. [[BeyondTheImpossible Do As one of the songs says: ''"Do the impossible,]] see the invisible! '''ROW ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH! ''[[http://www.POWAH!'' '''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avRuZ4QLWek ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!]]'''''
POWAH!]]"'''''
** The movie then '''takes the literal version of the trope and cranks it UpToEleven, with [[spoiler: ''SIMON FIST FIGHTING THE ANTI-SPIRAL!!!'']]'''Simon duking it out with the Anti-Spiral, after they had just battled in galaxy-sized mecha.]]



** Don't look now, because at the end of ''Evolution-R'', she just killed the fragment of Shabranigdo she had destroyed in the first season but that got resurrected... again. That's right, Lina has now been personally responsible for the destruction of a one-seventh fragment of the ultimate evil god of her world... twice. Take that, Cthulhu. (Lina actually defeats Shabranigdo twice in the novels as well, although the events surrounding her second victory are very different from those of the anime.)

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** Don't look now, because at At the end of ''Evolution-R'', she just killed the fragment of Shabranigdo she had destroyed in the first season but that got resurrected... again. That's right, Lina has now been personally responsible for the destruction of a one-seventh fragment of the ultimate evil god of her world... twice. Take that, Cthulhu. (Lina actually defeats Shabranigdo twice in the novels as well, although the events surrounding her second victory are very different from those of the anime.)



* ''PrincessMononoke''.

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* ''PrincessMononoke''.In ''PrincessMononoke'', Lady Eboshi manages to pull this off with a rifle. Unfortunately, killing said loving nature god only let out an infinitely more pissed off ''destructive'' god. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job releasing Cthulhu, Eboshi.]]



** Subverted in that killing said loving nature god only let out an infinitely more pissed off ''destructive'' god. So more a case of "[[NiceJobBreakingItHero You idiot, you let out Cthulhu!]]"



* In ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' 22th novel, Touma drops the [[ColonyDrop "Star of Bethelem" on the Archangel Gabriel.]] And because this was not enough, he runs through the entire thing at the same time, so HE COULD PUNCH THE ARCHANGEL BACK TO HEAVEN PERSONALLY!
** Touma's first fight also involved him punching out Innocentius, a powerful fire demon composed of 3000 Degree flames. He had nowhere to go but up.
** Clench your teeth, [[SuperpowerLottery Accelerator]], for this one's going to hurt a little.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'' [[spoiler: Ichigo appears in the nick of time with a Super Special Awesome "final" power up, and with RAW STRENGTH GRABS AIZEN BY THE FACE AND DRAGS HIM MILES AWAY FROM KARAKURA TO COMMENCE THE NEAR ZERO EFFORT ASS KICKING. Though it's sort of a downer when Aizen actually isn't killed, just his zanpakuto ceased to exist, he's super weak, and gets sealed away for 20,000 years because he's immortal.]]

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* In ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'' 22th novel, Touma drops the [[ColonyDrop "Star of Bethelem" on the Archangel Gabriel.]] And because this was not enough, he runs through the entire thing at the same time, so HE COULD PUNCH THE ARCHANGEL BACK TO HEAVEN PERSONALLY!
he can punch Gabriel in the face personally.
** [[SuperpowerLottery The super-powered villain Accelerator]] eventually gets his name added to the list of superpowered beings Touma has punched in the face.
** Touma's first fight also involved him punching out Innocentius, a powerful fire demon composed of 3000 Degree 3000-degree flames. He From here, he had nowhere to go but up.
** Clench your teeth, [[SuperpowerLottery Accelerator]], for this one's going to hurt a little.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'' [[spoiler: Ichigo appears in the nick of time with a Super Special Awesome "final" power up, up and with RAW STRENGTH GRABS AIZEN BY THE FACE AND DRAGS HIM MILES AWAY FROM KARAKURA TO COMMENCE THE NEAR ZERO EFFORT ASS KICKING. Though it's sort of little more than raw strength, grabs Aizen by the face and drags him miles away from Karakura to deliver a downer when NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Aizen actually isn't killed, just but his zanpakuto ceased ceases to exist, he's super weak, he is fatally weakened, and he gets sealed away for 20,000 years because he's immortal.in the deepest pit of Hell.]]



* ''BakaTest'': [[spoiler:Yoshii]] defeats [[spoiler:'''IRONMAN''']]!!!!

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* ''BakaTest'': [[spoiler:Yoshii]] defeats [[spoiler:'''IRONMAN''']]!!!![[spoiler:Ironman, a foe long thought to be unbeatable]].



* In ''FateZero'', Saber [[SwordBeam Excaliblasts]] Cthulhu. As in the ''actual'' [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].

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* In ''FateZero'', Saber [[SwordBeam Excaliblasts]] Cthulhu. As in the ''actual'' [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].Cthulhu]], summoned by her enemy Caster.
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* In the manga ''Shin Angyo Onshi'' [[spoiler: when Munsu walks into the courtyard after Aji Tae has just annihilated everyone in the army who has a pure heart, an unburdened conscience, or who loves somebody by telling them "Die" and punches Aji Tae in the face after Aji Tae tries his power word Die on Munsu and fails]]

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* In the manga ''Shin Angyo Onshi'' ''ShinAngyoOnshi'' [[spoiler: when Munsu walks into the courtyard after Aji Tae has just annihilated everyone in the army who has a pure heart, an unburdened conscience, or who loves somebody by telling them "Die" and punches Aji Tae in the face after Aji Tae tries his power word Die on Munsu and fails]]

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* In the first two seasons of ''[[FutariWaPrettyCure Pretty Cure]]'', the Dark King was a borderline CosmicHorror, the very embodiment of ultimate annihilation, whose goal was to destroy everything and reduce the universe and all dimensions to a state of eternal void. The only ones standing in its way were a [[{{Determinator}} spunky]], HotBlooded, [[{{Malaproper}} verbally-clumsy]] BigEater, and a quiet, bookish, [[BewareTheNiceOnes selfless]] TeenGenius. Their names? [[RedOniBlueOni Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro]]. And guess what? They defeated the Dark King in direct combat. ''Three'' times! The Dark King has probably made himself into the laughing stock of every EldritchAbomination everywhere...

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* In the first two seasons of ''[[FutariWaPrettyCure Pretty Cure]]'', Cure]]'' the Dark King was a borderline CosmicHorror, King, the very embodiment of ultimate annihilation, whose goal was to destroy everything and reduce the universe and all dimensions to a state of eternal void. The only ones standing in its way were a [[{{Determinator}} spunky]], HotBlooded, [[{{Malaproper}} verbally-clumsy]] BigEater, and a quiet, bookish, [[BewareTheNiceOnes selfless]] TeenGenius. Their names? [[RedOniBlueOni Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro]]. And guess what? They defeated the Dark King in direct combat. ''Three'' times! The Dark King has probably made himself into the laughing stock of every EldritchAbomination everywhere...



* In ''{{s-CRY-ed}},'' after [[spoiler:being thrown into The Other Side, Mujo]] comes back with a borderline CosmicHorror form, proclaiming that his lifelong hunger for power is finally satisfied. The heroes... are unimpressed.

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* In ''{{s-CRY-ed}},'' after [[spoiler:being thrown into The Other Side, Mujo]] comes back with a borderline CosmicHorror better form, proclaiming that his lifelong hunger for power is finally satisfied. The heroes... are unimpressed.



* ''DragonBall'' and it's sequels has the characters fighting and killing cosmic horror level beings, and things which are named gods on occasions. (e.g. Earth's god is quite easily beatable) What counts and what not might be up to discussion.
** Notably in DBZ when the big bad Freeza, who is ruthless and destroyed an entire planet by himself and is capable of killing half the main cast with barely any effort, is about to kill Goku. Goku is about to use the spirit bomb, their only hope for defeating Freeza and Freeza gets inches from Gokus face and is about to shoot him point blank with his finger when Piccolo comes out of nowhere and simply ''knees him in the face''. Thus giving Goku the time he needed to finish the [[CombinedEnergyAttack Spirit Bomb]].
** Then there's Mecha-Frieza, who is supposedly incredibly powerful but gets ''cut clean in half with a sword'' by future Trunks minutes after meeting him.
** No one's going to mention Cell? Really? A bio-engineered MixAndMatchMan created from the cells of the galaxy's most powerful fighters? Who is already multiple times stronger than TheMessiah? And ends up being smacked around by TheWoobie with a grand total of '''five''' punches and kicks?
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* ''HighSchoolDXD'': [[spoiler: Ise]] is the first of the Occult Research Club to outright defeat [[spoiler: [[OneManArmy Lo]][[NorseMythology ki]]]].

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* ''HighSchoolDXD'': [[spoiler: Ise]] is the first of the Occult Research Club to outright defeat [[spoiler: [[OneManArmy Lo]][[NorseMythology ki]]]].ki]]]].
* In ''FateZero'', Saber [[SwordBeam Excaliblasts]] Cthulhu. As in the ''actual'' [[CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].
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* Eneru from ''OnePiece'' claims to be a god, as he is made out of ''pure lightning'' and no one can touch him. In comes Luffy, who literally punches out Cthulhu because he is made of rubber, which doesn't conduct electricity.

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* Eneru from ''OnePiece'' ''Manga/OnePiece'' claims to be a god, as he is made out of ''pure lightning'' and no one can touch him. In comes Luffy, who literally punches out Cthulhu because he is made of rubber, which doesn't conduct electricity.
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* In ''DeathNote'', Light manages to [[spoiler:manipulate Rem, a {{Shinigami}} into violating a rule for which the punishment is death]].

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* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Done by Kouji Kabuto in the Mazinger-Z vs Devilman movie, when he [[spoiler:beats the crap out of an army of demons]] as piloting his HumongousMecha.
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* ''FairyTail'': [[spoiler: Team Natsu]] defeats [[spoiler:[[NoSell Hades]]]]

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* ''FairyTail'': [[spoiler: Team Natsu]] defeats [[spoiler:[[NoSell Hades]]]]Hades]]]]
* ''HighSchoolDXD'': [[spoiler: Ise]] is the first of the Occult Research Club to outright defeat [[spoiler: [[OneManArmy Lo]][[NorseMythology ki]]]].
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** And now, Guts has [[spoiler: killed the Sea God, essentially the Berserkerverse's equivalent of Cthulhu.]] [[BadAss Yep.]]
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* The [[spoiler:Obsidian Lord]] from ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' and his accompanying star have been said to have influenced Earth's affairs for many centuries, but the star eventually [[FaustianRebellion gets blown up by the same powers it granted]] and he gets destroyed too.
** Furthermore, in ''{{Mai-Otome}}'', [[spoiler:Arika manages to defeat Nina, who was at the time, powered up by the Harmonium and capable of destruction of apocalyptic proportions, with almost disappointing ease]].

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* The [[spoiler:Obsidian Lord]] from ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' ''Anime/{{Mai-HiME}}'' and his accompanying star have been said to have influenced Earth's affairs for many centuries, but the star eventually [[FaustianRebellion gets blown up by the same powers it granted]] and he gets destroyed too.
** Furthermore, in ''{{Mai-Otome}}'', ''Anime/{{Mai-Otome}}'', [[spoiler:Arika manages to defeat Nina, who was at the time, powered up by the Harmonium and capable of destruction of apocalyptic proportions, with almost disappointing ease]].
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*** Not really; the first Dark Lord that was defeated was done so by another Dark Lord, and while Lina intended to destroy the second with that spell, [[spoiler:she gets possessed before it attacks and the Lord of Nightmares herself kills the lord.]] There's a third that was fought in the novels, but it barely survived.

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*** Not really; the first Dark sub-Dark Lord that was defeated was done so by another Dark Lord, sub-Lord, and while Lina intended to destroy the second with that spell, [[spoiler:she gets possessed before it attacks and the Lord of Nightmares herself kills the lord.]] There's a third that was fought in the novels, but it barely survived.
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*** Not really; the first Dark Lord that was defeated was done so by another Dark Lord, and while Lina intended to destroy the second with that spell, [[spoiler:she gets possessed before it attacks and the Lord of Nightmares herself kills the lord.]] There's a third that was fought in the novels, but it barely survived.
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* The very soul and fiber of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is woven with this sentiment. Do the impossible, see the invisible! '''ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH! ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avRuZ4QLWek ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!]]'''''
** The movie then '''takes the literal version of the trope and [[BeyondTheImpossible cranks it up to eleven]], with [[spoiler: ''SIMON FIST FIGHTING THE ANTI-SPIRAL!!!'']]'''

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* The very soul and fiber of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is woven with this sentiment. [[BeyondTheImpossible Do the impossible, impossible,]] see the invisible! '''ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH! ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avRuZ4QLWek ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!]]'''''
** The movie then '''takes the literal version of the trope and [[BeyondTheImpossible cranks it up to eleven]], UpToEleven, with [[spoiler: ''SIMON FIST FIGHTING THE ANTI-SPIRAL!!!'']]'''
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** Clench your teeth, [[SuperpowerLottery Accelerator]], for this one's going to hurt a little.
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* In ''{{Bleach}}'' [[spoiler: Ichigo appears in the nick of time with a Super Special Awesome "final" power up, and with RAW STRENGTH GRABS AIZEN BY THE FACE AND DRAGS HIM MILES AWAY FROM KARAKURA TO COMMENCE THE NEAR ZERO EFFORT ASS KICKING. Though it's sort of a downer when Aizen actually isn't killed, just his zanpakuto ceased to exist, he's super weak, and gets sealed away for 200,000 years because he's immortal.]]

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* In ''{{Bleach}}'' [[spoiler: Ichigo appears in the nick of time with a Super Special Awesome "final" power up, and with RAW STRENGTH GRABS AIZEN BY THE FACE AND DRAGS HIM MILES AWAY FROM KARAKURA TO COMMENCE THE NEAR ZERO EFFORT ASS KICKING. Though it's sort of a downer when Aizen actually isn't killed, just his zanpakuto ceased to exist, he's super weak, and gets sealed away for 200,000 20,000 years because he's immortal.]]
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** When Luffy met Whitebeard, the most powerful man alive that could move entire islands with his tsunamis and earthquakesm, he automatically challanged his title as King of the Pirates. Almost everyone in earshot were stunned to hear Luffy do this.

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** When Luffy met Whitebeard, the most powerful man alive that could move entire islands with his tsunamis and earthquakesm, he automatically challanged his title as King of the Pirates. Almost everyone in earshot were stunned to hear Luffy do this.
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** Special mention should go to Black*Star, who in the previous episode managed to beat the fuck out of the Kishin, pretty much on his own for a decent portion of the battle. Maka may have slayed him but Black*Star held his own pretty well.
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* Almost literally in the second-to-last chapter of ''FullmetalAlchemist'': [[spoiler:Ed punches [[BigBad Father]], who has recently absorbed God, in the face. Hard.]] Considering the being in question is generally able to [[spoiler:alchemically block, disintegrate, or explode anything incoming without moving]], this is especially impressive.

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* Almost literally in the second-to-last chapter of ''FullmetalAlchemist'': [[spoiler:Ed punches [[BigBad Father]], who has recently absorbed God, a god, in the face. Hard.]] Considering the being in question is generally able to [[spoiler:alchemically block, disintegrate, or explode anything incoming without moving]], this is especially impressive.
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** Notably in DBZ when the big bad Freeza, who is ruthless and destroyed an entire planet by himself and is capable of killing half the main cast with barely any effort, is about to kill Goku. Goku is about to use the spirit bomb, their only hope for defeating Freeza and Freeza gets inches from Gokus face and is about to shoot him point blank with his finger when Piccolo comes out of nowhere and simply ''knees him in the face''. Thus giving Goku the time he needed to finish the SpiritBomb.

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** Notably in DBZ when the big bad Freeza, who is ruthless and destroyed an entire planet by himself and is capable of killing half the main cast with barely any effort, is about to kill Goku. Goku is about to use the spirit bomb, their only hope for defeating Freeza and Freeza gets inches from Gokus face and is about to shoot him point blank with his finger when Piccolo comes out of nowhere and simply ''knees him in the face''. Thus giving Goku the time he needed to finish the SpiritBomb.[[CombinedEnergyAttack Spirit Bomb]].
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Cleaning up the Got Better wicks.


*** In the English dub. In the manga and the Japanese anime, [[spoiler:he ''dies.'' [[IGotBetter He gets better.]]]]

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*** In the English dub. In the manga and the Japanese anime, [[spoiler:he ''dies.'' [[IGotBetter He gets better.]]]]recovers.]]

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