History Main / BattleTops

* Mega Slowbro seems to have been inspired by this as well. The shellder that was clamped onto its tail has now enveloped most of its body, and it stands and spins on its Slowpoke tail like a top.

* In ''SuperMonkeyBall 2'', an early stage is called "Spinning Top." The sole obstacle in this stage is a humongous top would knock the monkey completely off the stage if touched due to its spinning. The goal ring is located dangerously close to where it spins, and [[TemptingFate 1-up yielding bananas are hung from its edge]].
* {{Kirby}} introduced a Top form in the later games. [[CanonImmigrant Taken from the anime series.]]

* In ''SailorMoon'', Tuxedo Mask inexplicably goes through a brief spinning top phase; Presumably to keep with the holiday theme of the movie, during the Sailor Moon S movie, instead of employing his deadly throwing-knife roses, Tuxedo Mask launches a spinning top at the face of one of Princess Snow Kaguya's more unfortunate Snow Dancers.

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* Shippo in ''{{InuYasha}}'' has an arsenal of tops.

** The Spinner in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' is a top-based battle vehicle.

* Kamen Rider Yuki, BigBad of the third ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' film, uses wooden ''[[MadeOfExplodium exploding]]'' toy tops as one of his weapons. As a necromancer, he also uses them to [[spoiler:resurrect an army of Imagin for the final battle.]]

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': In its final form, Majora's Incarnation, the titular mask attacks with a pair of whip-like appendages and razor studded spinning tops.

-->''[[SpinToDeflectStuff I dodge bullets when I'm spinning]]''

** The Spinner in ''VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaTwilightPrincess'' is a top-based battle vehicle.

* Kamen Rider Yuki, BigBad of the third ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' film, uses wooden ''[[MadeOfExplodium exploding]]'' toy tops as one of his weapons. As a necromancer, he also uses them to [[spoiler:ressurect an army of Imagin for the final battle.]]

-->--TheMegas, ''"Can't Stop the Top''

* ''TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'': In its final form, Majora's Incarnation, the titular mask attacks with a pair of whip-like appendages and razor studded spinning tops.

* Top Man in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' and his counterpart, [=TopMan.EXE=] in the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series. Both can spin or toss tops, although Mega Man is only able to copy the spinning.
** Let's not forget the second stage of the battle with Elpizo in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 2'', where one of his attacks involves a flying, spiked, golden top.

* ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'': in its final form, Majora's Incarnation, the titular mask attacks with a pair of whip-like appendages and razor studded spinning tops.
* The Spinner in ''TheLegendofZeldaTwilightPrincess'' is a top-based battle vehicle.
* ''MetroidPrime 2: Echoes'' had the Quad drones as well as the Quadraxis boss battle, which could curl up into spinning top shapes. The former could only be stopped by bashing into them using the Boost Ball.

* Top Man in the ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series and his counterpart, [=TopMan.EXE=] in the ''MegaManBattleNetwork'' series. Both can spin or toss tops, although Mega Man is only able to copy the spinning.

* In ''OnePiece'', Captain Buggy's First Mate uses spinning tops in one of his attacks.

* Kamen Rider Yuki, BigBad of the third ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' film, uses wooden toy tops as one of his weapons. As a necromancer, he also uses them to [[spoiler:ressurect an army of Imagin for the final battle.]]

** Let's not forget the second stage of the battle with Elpizo in ''MegaManZero 2'', where one of his attacks involves a flying, spiked, golden top.

* The {{Pokemon}} Hitmontop is based on a combination of a spinning top (hence the name) and capoiera martial arts. A mini-game in ''Pokémon Stadium 2'' is a battle between four Hitmontops with the goal of knocking the others out of the ring.

* Top Man in the ''Game/MegaMan'' series and his counterpart, [=TopMan.EXE=] in the ''MegaManBattleNetwork'' series. Both can spin or toss tops, although Mega Man is only able to copy the spinning.

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** Let's not forget the second stage of the battle with Elpizo in ''MegaManZero'' 2, where one of his attacks involves a flying, spiked, golden top.