History Main / CrissCrossAttack

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', Hiccup and Toothless use this tactic against the gargantuan Green Death. The Green Death is twenty times bigger than Toothless, but [[MightyGlacier is also much slower]], so Toothless is able to literally fly rings around it, attacking from different directions and then vanishing into the clouds before the enemy can counterattack.

** The ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series also features Spider-Man’s Maximum Spider hyper combo, as well as Albert Wesker’s Phantom Dance hyper combo, which is sometimes referred to by fans as “Maximum Wesker”.

** The “VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom” series also features Spider-Man’s Maximum Spider hyper combo, as well as Albert Wesker’s Phantom Dance hyper combo, which is sometimes referred to by fans as “Maximum Wesker”.

* Though it never is seen in [[VideoGame/{{Strider}} his home series]], Strider Hiryu has a Hyper Combo called Ragnarok which appears in various installments of the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series as well as ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone 2: Brave New World''. He brings the enemy upwards which he then delivers various slashing moves from all sides with his duplicates.

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* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3:'' ComicBook/SpiderMan's Maximum Spider gets reworked to work like this in this game. He first does a diving kick that launches the foe up, then does multiple flying kicks through the midair foe that slowly covers them in webs, and then does a final kick down the foe that sends them to the ground.

* Done piecemeal in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall Divided We Fall]]", wherein ComicBook/LexLuthor, ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} and the [[GreyGoo Dark Heart]] all [[FusionDance fuse together into a nigh-omnipotent cyborg]] that promptly [[CurbStompBattle hands the Justice League their asses]]. ComicBook/TheFlash, however, begins running at Luthor from different directions at increasing speed, until he's circling the Earth between blows. In less than a minute, Luthor is reduced to a normal human, gasping and naked in a blast crater. Viewable on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0pwb9NvFE here.]]

** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU''. [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Greninja]]'s final smash, Secret Ninja Attack, starts with him flipping a mat (a nod to his {{signature move}}, Mat Block). Enemies struck by that will be stunned and sent to the sky as Greninja appears from the shadows, striking the enemies from all directions before ending with a downward blow. Poké balls have a chance to summon Zoroark, which dashes around until it hits an opponent, at which point it slashes them and launches them to a point high above the center of the stage, then does the same as Greninja.
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''. In addition to Greninja and Zoroark from the previous iteration, various other characters are given the same final smash.

* Vergil's infamous Judgement Cut End from the ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' series functions like this, with Vergil {{Flash Step}}ping and performing numerous ultra-fast slashes with the Yamato in less than a second.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Aya Shameimaru's signature move Illusionary Dominance (and its [[HarderThanHard Lunatic]] version Peerless Wind God) takes this appearance in both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URobRcKms_M shooting games]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvcqjKm42oA fighters.]] It's noted as something of an IAmNotLeftHanded technique for Aya, who [[AWolfInSheepsClothing usually prefers to project a friendly journalist image]] rather than throwing around her full power as a millennia-old {{Tengu}}. An unusual example in that it does not trap the opponent -- Aya keeps zooming around the screen for quite some time, during which she can be dodged.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5'': Tornado Throw, the capstone maneuver of the Setting Sun discipline from ''Tome of Battle'', can be used in this way with or without a weapon. You move twice, and after every 10 feet of movement may grab an opponent and throw them in any direction (which in practice is most useful for [[MeteorMove throwing the same opponent]] short distances back and forth). Not only do characters with higher movement speeds get to attack more often, but each subsequent throw is more powerful than the last. The [[FanNickname "Chuck E. Cheese"]] build is built around [[SprintShoes boosting the user's speed as much as possible]] in order to [[GameBreaker make Tornado Throw deal ludicrous amounts of damage]] (most infamously through the ''footsteps of the divine'' spell, which [[ObviousRulePatch prior to errata]] could be [[ChargedAttack "overcharged"]] to let a character [[NitroBoost move at supersonic speed for 1 turn]]).

** Vega ([[DubNameChange Balrog in Japan]], [[FanNickname Claw by fans]]) has an Ultra Combo called Bloody High Claw which is pretty much the zig-zag slice attack with his claw.
** Decapre in ''Ultra SFIV'' has "DCM" (an acronym for "Defensive Counter-Maneuver"), [[FanNickname known by fans]] as "Maximum Decapre" aka the ''Street Fighter'' version of ComicBook/SpiderMan's "Maximum Spider" from ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'', in which she cuts the enemy with her claws attached to her arms.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3:'' ComicBook/SpiderMan's Maximum Spider gets reworked to work like this in this game. He first does a diving kick that launches the foe up, then does multiple flying kicks through the midair foe that slowly covers them in webs, and then does a final kick down the foe that sends them to the ground. A few other attacks would later get the FanNickname of "Maximum [Blank]" due to resembling's Spidey's Hyper Combo, most notably [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Wesker's]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Phantom Dance]] ("Maximum Wesker").

* Done piecemeal in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall Divided We Fall]]", wherein ComicBook/LexLuthor, ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} and the [[GreyGoo Dark Heart]] all [[FusionDance fuse together into a nigh-omnipotent cyborg]] that promptly [[CurbStompBattle hands the Justice League their asses]]. ComicBook/TheFlash, however, begins running at Luthor from different directions at increasing speed, until he's circling the Earth between blows. In less than a minute, Luthor is reduced to a normal human, gasping and naked in a blast crater. Viewable on Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0pwb9NvFE here]].

* Though it never is seen in [[VideoGame/{{Strider}} his home series]], Strider Hiryu has a Hyper Combo called Ragnarok which appears in various installments of the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series as well as ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' and ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone 2: Brave New World''. He brings the enemy upwards which he then delivers various slashing moves from all sides with his duplicates, as shown in the page image.

This is a flashy move that involves slashing a helpless enemy from different angles at a rapid pace. It usually involves [[FlashStep reappearing in another position]] immediately after performing a strike to follow up with another attack (usually making the enemy go upwards while the performer strikes in a rising diagonal slash that zigzags upwards), or [[DopplegangerSpin have dopplegangers]] [[DopplegangerAttack attack]] with you. Sometimes both are used. The main idea is that it's a very fast attack that involves multiple strikes coming from multiple sides. At the peak of the attack, a downward blow is used like a vertical cut, or sometimes a throw, often found along with a SpinningPileDriver movement.

** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosFor3DSAndWiiU''. [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Greninja]]'s final smash, Secret Ninja Attack, starts with him flipping a mat (a nod to his {{signature move}}, Mat Block). Enemies struck by that will be stunned and sent to the sky as Greninja appears from the shadows, striking the enemies from all directions before ending with a downward blow. Poké balls have a chance to summon Zoroark, which dashes around until it hits an opponent, at which point it slashes them and launches them to a point high above the center of the stage, then does the same as Greninja.