History Main / DivingKick

-->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity Narrator UltraDavid]]''' explaining how to Dive Kick, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU8n9tGCmwY in the trailer for]] [[VideoGame/{{Divekick}} the game of the same name.]]

* ''Film/EightBitChristmas'': When Timothy Keane tries a FightingGame won his UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem with the Power Glove, he finds it doesn't work as advertised. After getting mocked about it by the other kids, he gets so frustrated that he does a flying kick towards the [=TV=], breaking the screen and causing the [=TV=] to fall over on his dog. (thankfully the dog survived, but got several enjuries)

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Mario and Luigi use a diving kick in the climax when [[they are powered by the Super Star, with both using a Kamen Rider-esque double kick to finish off Bowser once and for all]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': During the climax, Mario and Luigi, powered by the Super Star, both use a Kamen Rider-esque double kick to finish off Bowser once and for all.
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* Series/UltramanLeo uses a version called the Leo Kick as one of his signature attacks, performed in the same way as a Rider Kick, as a friendly nod to one of the franchises spawned from the Tokusatsu boom the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' brought. Leo's variation is especially notable, in that once he reaches the apex of the jump, his extended foot begins to glow right the way up to the ankle, as if it's literally heating up from friction with the air. Franchise/UltramanZero, being Leo's pupil also employs this a lot, mainly for his DynamicEntry and/or BigDamnHeroes moments.
* ''Series/UltramanMebius'' has an episode guest-starring the aforementioned Leo, who arrives to help Mebius as the then-rookie Ultra is failing in battling a villain called Alien Reflect. Mebius has to learn Leo's moves, including the diving kick, and the climax have Leo and Mebius teaming up together to inflict a dual ultra-kick on Reflect which finishes the alien off.

* ''Series/KaiketsuZubat'' uses a variation of the move where a spinning, forward flip is done before the kick is dropped.

** This is one of Liu Kang's signature moves. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K09uB5XR5BU As seen in the opening cinematic]] of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII'' - and established in dialogue in other games - this was the move Liu Kang used to defeat Shang Tsung in [[VideOGame/MortalKombat1 the first game]].

Often seen in Japanese media, this is an attack in which a character jumps really high up into the air and dives foot first from above, usually with the right foot out forward with the left leg curled up inward to gain momentum.

* ''Film/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': During the climax, Mario and Luigi, powered by the Super Star both use a Kamen Rider-esque double kick to finish off Bowser once and for all.

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

** In the ''Diamond And Pearl'' episode "Buizel Your Way Out of This", a Buizel does this to Pikachu while he's swimming in a river, driving Pikachu underwater.
** The ''Sun and Moon'' season portrays Rowlet's Tackle like this.

* Nyarlathotep of ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' loves doing these primarily because she's a {{Tokusatsu}} fangirl (and the series' creator is a ''Franchise/KamenRider'' fan). In specific, she's "borrowed" [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Kuuga]], [[Series/KamenRiderOOO OOO]], [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Fourze]] and [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Wizard]]'s respective Rider Kicks -- and that's ''just'' in the two seasons of the anime.

* Yellow Tail from ''LightNovel/GonnaBeTheTwinTail'' has a diving kick that she performs by [[BifurcatedWeapon turning the parts of her armor into a giant gun]] and using it to shoot herself in the back to propel her into the target.

* Series/UltramanLeo uses a version called the Leo Kick as one of his signature attacks, performed in the same way as a Rider Kick, as a friendly nod to one of the franchises spawned from the Tokusatsu boom the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' brought. Leo's variation is especially notable, in that once he reaches the apex of the jump, his extended foot begins to glow right the way up to the ankle, as if it's literally heating up from friction with the air. Franchise/UltramanZero, being Leo's pupil also employs this a lot, mainly for his DynamicEntry when the battle went sour for his allies.

* Series/UltramanLeo uses a version called the Leo Kick as one of his signature attacks, performed in the same way as a Rider Kick, as a friendly nod to one of the franchises spawned from the Tokusatsu boom the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' brought. Leo's variation is especially notable, in that once he reaches the apex of the jump, his extended foot begins to glow right the way up to the ankle, as if it's literally heating up from friction with the air.

* In Flash Party, for Tina's Down Special move, she launches herself into the air, and comes crashing down on her opponent, sending them flying.