History Main / BellyFlopCrushing

* Since his [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack second game]], VideoGame/CrashBandicoot has been able to do one of these as well. And it works, despite his rather slender build in comparison to most in here.
* In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', the [[SmashMook Moblins]] perform this as a primary attack. This move also exposes their [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point gauge]].

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** Wrestling/BrodusClay was also known for using this move, which was referred to as "splat", sometimes done in tandem with Sweet Tea (Lord Tensai) for the "double splat". Wrestling/UltimateWarrior also used it to cap off his FiveMovesOfDoom.

* Accidentally done by Bigmouth in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Bigmouth Smurf" when he was made to believe that he was a giant Smurf, though fortunately the only victims were Smurf houses.

* Two major acts on the old British professional circuit were the superstar, super-mega-heavyweights, "Big Daddy" and "Wrestling/GiantHaystacks"(refer to picture, top right). Both were large imposing men who stood way over six feet and weighed in at around 30-35 stone. (350-400 pounds). ''Each''. Big Daddy's signature play, imitated by Haystacks, was exactly this - the belly flop crush. Billed as deadly enemies, a fight between the two necessitated a specially built ring capable of taking the impact. Big Daddy was billed as a patriotic Yorkshire Englishman and good guy: Haystacks was the baddie, an Irish Traveller who played on prejudices against both the Irish and gypsies (this was the 1970's, the height of the Irish terrorist bombing campaign). The fights were necessarily short, as both wrestlers lacked stamina for long bouts.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', this is how the pirate Machvise fights, sometimes combining it with a ShieldBash. His Devil Fruit power lets him increase his weight by the ton, so it's often ''very'' effective. He mights his end when his opponent [[OurGiantsAreBigger Hajruden]] counters with an uppercut that manages to overpower his maximum weight.

* Gulp from ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'' also does this to Spyro in the battle against him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeandTimesofJuniperLee'' In a wrestling match that's already a HumiliationConga, the monster Juniper is fighting lands on her, casually getting up and peeling her SquashedFlat form off its stomach and tossing her aside.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeandTimesofJuniperLee'' In a wrestling match that's already a HumiliationConga, the monster Juniper is fighting lands on her, casually getting up and peeling her SquashedFlat form of its stomach and tossing her aside.

* The Sleeping Dogs from ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'' use this as their main attack, waking up, jumping and landing on Spyro. The Beasts in Alpine Ridge belly flop on Spyro as well. The crystal bears in Crystal Islands also do this to Spyro if you get too close to them in ''VideoGame/Spyro Year Of The Dragon''.

* The Sleeping Dogs from ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'' use this as their main attack, waking up, jumping and landing on Spyro. The Beasts in Alpine Ridge belly flop on Spyro as well. The crystal bears in Crystal Islands also do this to Spyro if you get too close to them in ''Spyro Year Of The Dragon''.

* The Sleeping Dogs from ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'' use this as their main attack, waking up, jumping and landing on Spyro. The Beasts in Alpine Ridge belly flop on Spyro as well. The crystal bears in Crystal Islands also do this to Spyro if you get too close to them.

* The Sleeping Dogs from ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'' use this as their main attack, waking up, jumping and landing on Spyro. The Beasts in Alpine Ridge belly flop on Spyro as well.
** Gulp from ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'' also does this to Spyro in the battle against him.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'', [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Bob]] uses a belly flop move as a part of his Giga Meteo Super Art. As the game has many girls who are very young and thin it can be quite the sight to behold doing this to someone who is literally 1/4th of his weight.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'', [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Bob]] uses a belly flop move as a part of his Giga Meteo Super Art.

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* In ''Zits'', a disagreement over taking out the trash is dramatized as a "wrestling match"... where Jeremy's father's heavyset build brings it to this as the pretty much inevitable visual conclusion.
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->''"Allow me to make amends by... what? BLOATING TO GARGANTUAN SIZE AND SQUASHING YOU LIKE THE [[PitifulWorms INSIGNIFICANT BUG]] THAT YOU ARE!"''

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!'''Examples:'''

->''"Allow me to make amends by... what? BLOATING TO GARGANTUAN SIZE AND SQUASHING YOU LIKE THE INSIGNIFICANT BUG THAT YOU ARE!"''

Popularized by professional wrestling, where this is most commonly known as a "splash".

Compare: ButtSticker and AssKicksYou

Contrast: MarshmallowHell

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* The end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} 2'', where Shrek attempts to body-surf the crowd, the crowd runs like hell, and the little dog is left underneath...
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': Done by Po to the Wolf Boss in the second film.
* In ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', an iconic image from the ballet sequence is a girl (a hippo) leaping into the arms of her lover (a crocodile), only to squash him because she's more than he can handle. WordOfGod has it that the entire "Dance of the Hours" section is meant to suggest a performance by an amateur ballet company, i.e. it might have funny moments due to the dancers' limited skill, but isn't being played for laughs.

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* Big Van Wrestling/{{Vader}}'s Vader crush was a running or standing splash and the more powerful Vader Bomb was a pseudo slingshot splash that gained notoriety after it legitimately injured someone. Wrestling/JackSwagger has been seen using the Vader bomb on WWE television.

* A common move for super-heavyweight wrestlers like Wrestling/KingKongBundy, [[Wrestling/JerryBlackwell "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell]], Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, the Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Uncle Elmer (aka Plowboy) and Wrestling/HaystacksCalhoun.
* [[Wrestling/JimmySnuka Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka]] was famous for his top rope splash finisher, most memorably when he did it from the top of a steel cage (though Gypsy Joe [[OlderThanTheyThink did it before him]]). Later acts such as Val Venis and Erica Porter would use the move as well. Wrestling/TheUsos and his own daughter Wrestling/TaminaSnuka are known for often jumping much higher than needed off the turn buckle.

* A common move for super-heavyweight wrestlers like Wrestling/KingKongBundy, [[Wrestling/JerryBlackwell "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell]], Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, the Wrestling/OneManGang, Uncle Elmer (aka Plowboy) and Wrestling/HaystacksCalhoun.