History Main / HurricaneKick

* Orchid has a shortened version of this move in ''KillerInstinct''.

* While in the ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' video games the appearance of Blaze Kick is variable, in the ''[[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' anime it's always depicted like this.

* Tekken has it's fair share with Kazuya and Heihachi's Spinning Demon
Yoshimitsu is both his incarnations of {{Tekken}} and SoulCalibur those he gets dizzy if done too many times.

--->'''Homestar''': [[{{Mondegreen}} The pipes are broken!]]

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Named from the move in ''[[{{VideoGame/StreetFighter}} Street Fighter]]'', also known as the Tatsumaki Senpu Kyaku ("Tornado Whirlwind Kick"), although it's not the first.

Named from the move in ''[[{{Game/StreetFighter}} Street Fighter]]'', also known as the Tatsumaki Senpu Kyaku ("Tornado Whirlwind Kick"), although it's not the first.

**** Also Juri second special does this lifting your

*** Fei Long as well though his move is a very narrow, FLAMING cyclone, which hardly moves.

** It should be noted that when they crossed over to ''StreetFighter'', Guy's Bushin Senpuukyaku (which he learned after Ryu defeated him in a street fight with the real deal) functioned akin to a {{Shoryuken}}, whereas Cody stopped using his Cyclone Kick (aside from the end of his [=Lv.3=] Dead End Irony super in ''[[StreetFighterAlpha Alpha 3]]'').

** Naruto himself has performed spinning kicks... [[WaterIsAir underwater]].

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[-[[caption-width-right:160:[[CallingYourAttacks Tatsumaki-senpu-kyaku!]]]]-]

Named from the move in ''StreetFighter II'', also known as the Tatsumaki Senpu Kyaku ("Tornado Whirlwind Kick"), although it's not the first.

* In addition to RyuAndKen's move, Chun Li has her "Spinning Bird Kick", which is this, only upside down and with a full split.

** Hinata Wakaba of ''RivalSchools'' has two variants. A regular attack where she's floating forwards and does 3 spinning sidekicks, and a super where she's floating stationary and dishing out a rapid volley of spinning back heel kicks. The super version gets remade into a rising attack in the sequel Project Justice.
*** Hideo, being the series most blatant {{Shotoclone}}, also has this move.

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* ChuckNorris
* RealLife: Certain martial art styles practice kicking with both legs right after each other, rotating 360 degrees in the progress. Most commonly performed with a roundhouse kick and a following backwards roundhouse kick. Crescent kicks are pretty common too.

** The windmill in breakdancing, which is supposedly adapted from a kung fu move.

!!Examples:

*** In Street Fighter IV, Gouken has an even more awesome version where he flies upward.
** Hinata Wakaba of RivalSchools has two variants. A regular attack where she's floating forwards and does 3 spinning sideckicks, and a super where she's floating stationary and dishing out a rapid volley of spinning back heel kicks. The super version gets remade into a rising attack in the sequel Project Justice.

* Guy and Cody in ''FinalFight''.
* Every ''DoubleDragon'' beat-em-up since ''Double Dragon II'' gave Billy and Jimmy a "Hurricane Kick". The NES version of ''Double Dragon III'' in particular gave them a "Double Cyclone Kick".
** Randy and Andy, their [[{{Expy}} expies]] from ''RiverCityRansom'', also had the Cyclone Kick.
* Tommy Oliver of ''PowerRangers'' was introduced this way in the show, as a demonstration of his skill and featured in the opening credits. Although it was a legitimate skill done by Jason David Frank and landing in between the consecutive kicks.
* Capoeira practitioners often pull a variant of this, basically Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick done with handstands instead of Chi levitation. This was also the way Chun-Li pulled it off during her battle with Vega in the ''very''-slightly more realistic ''Street Fighter II'' anime film.
* Suzaku Kururugi's patented [[FanNickname Spinzaku]] kick in ''CodeGeass'' gracefully covers the MartialArtsDoNotWorkThatWay page.
** [[FanNickname Spinzaku]] isn't the only one. Kallen does it too. Bonus points go to the time when she [[MsFanservice was wearing a bunnygirl outfit]] and took out a few huge guys with WaifFu.
* Sanji of ''OnePiece'' is particularly guilty of this trope.
* In ''HomestarRunner'', the climax of [[ShowWithinAShow "Dangeresque"]] has Homestar held up by a rope that spins him around as he kicks.
--->'''Homestar''': [[{{Mondegreen}} The pipes are broken!]]

* {{Lampshaded}} in ''ArtemisFowl'': when [[BattleButler Butler]] drops a dockhand by this method, Artemis comments that his sensei must be spinning in her grave. On the other hand, Butler was being particularly showy [[WeNeedADistraction for a reason]].
* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'': Akasaka pulls off one of these in his fight against the Yamainu in ''Matsuribayashi-hen'', kicking out a guy who was coming at him from behind and facing front again by the time he lands.
* ChuckNorris
* RealLife: Certain martial art styles practice kicking with both legs right after each other, rotating 360 degrees in the progress. Most commonly performed with a roundhouse kick and a following backwards roundhouse kick. Crescent kicks are pretty common too.
** TruthInTelevision: They also tend to be some of the most powerful kicks widely taught, but are more or less useless in sparring unless they are used as a fake out - because the opponent can see what's happening just as much as the audience can.
** The windmill in breakdancing, which is supposedly adapted from a kung fu move.
* Nove of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' performs one in her battle against Teana in ''[=StrikerS=]''. In her case, not only is she a {{Magitek}} {{Cyborg}}, but in the [[BetterOnDVD DVD version]], she's also shown needing the [[RocketBoots jets of]] [[RollerbladeGood her skates]] to do the "sail through the air while spinning multiple times" part.
* [[KamenRiderDouble FangJoker]]'s FinishingMove involves him sprouting a blade on his heel and spinning to hit the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Dopant]].
* The [[FinalFantasyX Jecht Shot]].

* Parodied in the begining of ''KungPow'', when the ChosenOne jumps in the air and does one of these. Of course, the attack looks like a mannequin spinning while suspended on a wire.

* DevilMayCry 3 has a move that's literally called Hurricane Kick (or Tornado, depending on version). For extra trope points, it's a follow-up to a {{Shoryuken}} move that involves [[MartialArtsDoNotWorkThatWay stopping in mid air twice while ascending]].
* Captain Falcon does this as his "get up and knock everyone away" move in the Smash Bros. series. Slightly justified, given Falcon's style trends toward Muay Thai/Muay Boran, not to mention his absurd strength.
* Wade in ''ViolentStorm''. Kyle from the same game do a spinning kick, fitting his ExtremityExtremist style.

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* In ''HomestarRunner'', the climax of [[ShowWithinAShow "Dangeresque"]] was Homestar held up by a rope that spun him around as he kicked.

*** In Street Fighter IV, Gouken has an even more ridiculous version where he flies upward.

* ''{{Naruto}}'s'' Rock Lee's Leaf Hurricane