History Main / HomeRunHitter

[[caption-width-right:350:"Isurugi hits him deep to center...and heeee's GOOOONE!!"]]

* In ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise'', Kenshiro can engage in a game analogous to batting cages from ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' wherein he beats back bike-riding bandits with a steel beam. Nailing a perfect hit will turn the bandit into ATwinkleInTheSky.

* The Baseball Bat from the various ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'' games. It's even accompanied by the Charge music and Baseball-themed BondOneLiner if you knock 'em into the drink.
* Like the above example, ''VideoGame/{{Hedgewars}}'' sends your enemies flying high into the sky, possibly into water, and even then, they're bound to take a large load of fall damage.

* Emiko in ''VideoGame/BladeStrangers'' has a super where her MegaNeko cat Shakemaru tackles the opponent into the wall before tossing them up into the air, which is then followed up by her swinging a bat at the hapless foe, sending them flying.

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* In the third season of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', Filia launches both Gourry and Zelgadiss into a ricochet up a bell tower/up a street of houses, respectively, using her massive mace. They, of course, fade into ATwinkleInTheSky.

** ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHeartsFromTheNewWorld From The New World]]'' lets Hilda in her [[MultiformBalance Curvy form]] learn the same attack... and when facing BonusBoss Q the Great (Joachim himself), protection from instant death is again required.

* The mace in ''VideoGame/{{Vendetta}}'' would do something similar, especially if there was a back wall opposite the fourth to send the victims into.

* In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', people's heads can fall off rather far, especially with the Bloody Mess perk. Even with headshots!
** ''VideoGame/Fallout3'''s downloadable content adds the Gauss Rifle as a weapon. It's horrifically slow to fire compared with a lot of the other energy weapons, but on a reasonably strong hit it will knock ''any opponent in the game'' a long way back and throw them to the ground so hard it takes them several seconds to get up. That includes twenty-foot-tall Behemoths.

* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has the unique [[BatterUp 2076 World Series Bat]], which is capable of [[CriticalHit randomly sending people for the fences]] and then some, if the effect occurs while in V.A.T.S. It can be found in Jamaica Plains, inside the basement of the Town Hall.

* Joachim from ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant'' can learn an ability like this from The Great Gama, which blasts his opponent into the stratosphere. In order to keep it from being used against him, the player has to equip an item that protects from instant death attacks.
** ''From The New World'' lets Curvy Hilda learn the same attack... and when facing BonusBoss Q the Great (Joachim himself), protection from instant death is again required.

* Occurs in a [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] standalone mini-series, where Doc Samson dares Hulk to hit him, offering him the first punch. The path his flying body describes could best be called a projectile arc...

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* ''VideoGame/GodHand'' has several of these attacks, such as Dragon Kick, 100 Fists, and the aptly named ''Home Run God'', in which the main character Gene summons a divine baseball bat and swings for the bleachers. Unfortunately, enemies return just as quickly as they disappear if they still have health left, making these techniques best used for finishing blows.
** Hell, it's even in the game's [[ImageSong theme song]]: '''Dragon kick your ass into the Milky Way!'''
* The mace in ''VideoGame/{{Vendetta}}'' would do something similar, especially if there was a back wall opposite the fourth to send the victims into.
* In ''VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline'', the Exorcist skill "Star in the Sky" tosses the opponent into the air, catching them on the way down with a powerful swing of his giant weapon. At full charge, the user screams out "Home run!" on impact and any poor soul caught in the attack is knocked well off-screen.
* In ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise'', Kenshiro can engage in a game analogous to batting cages from ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' wherein he beats back bike-riding bandits with a steel beam. Nailing a perfect hit will turn the bandit into ATwinkleInTheSky.
-->'''Kenshiro''': '''''FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!'''''
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* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has the unique [[BatterUp 2076 World Series Bat]], which is capable of [[CriticalHit randomly sending people for the fences]] [[UpToEleven and then some, if the effect occurs while in V.A.T.S]]. It can be found in Jamaica Plains, inside the basement of the Town Hall.

-->'''Kenshiro''': '''''FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!'''

* In ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise'', Kenshiro can engage in a game analogous to batting cages from ''Franchise/{{Yakuza}}'' wherein he beats back bike-riding bandits with a steel beam. Nailing a perfect hit will turn the bandit into ATwinkleInTheSky.

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* ''Advertising/SupermanVsNickOTeen'': In the first TV ad, Superman dispatches Nick O'Teen by throwing him into the sky. There's no TwinkleInTheSky, though.
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* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Tsunade can do this with a flick from her finger.

* Fate does this to [[BigBad Jail Scaglietti]] at the end of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', swinging her {{BFS}} like a baseball bat and sending Jail flying hella far with the flat of her blade until he crashed into a wall. Unsurprisingly, the Japanese fanbase gave the scene the FanNickname of "Home Run".

* In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', people's heads can fall off rather far. [[{{Gorn}} Potentially by bullets.]]