History Main / OffhandBackhand

* Leeloo pulls this stunt in ''Film/TheFifthElement''.

* ''ComicBook/{{The Avengers|MarkWaid}}'': When Kang tries to age Hercules to impotence if not death, Herc slaps him away while boasting that he'll be alive to see the sun grow cold, so taking away "centuries" of his life is meaningless.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':

** In ''ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman''s run, Damian slaps a ninja while walking down a hallway.

** One of the funniest times with Captain America was, while in conversation with Ms. Marvel outside Avengers' Mansion on a snowy day, Cap flings his shield to the side, which bounces off a wall, passes behind him — incidentally intercepting the snowball thrown at him by a daring kid who climbed to the top of the outer wall — bounces off the opposite wall, then [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang flies back to Cap's hand]]. Ms. Marvel remarks on Cap's unexpected show of humor.

** ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} takes this to a new level with offhand ''EyeBeams''.

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[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]

** In ''Film/IronMan2'' Black Widow does an offhand pepper spray right after beating up a hallway full of thugs, not even bothering to look at the guy as she does it.
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'':
*** Hawkeye doesn't even turn his head or blink as he fires exploding arrows at a Chitauri squadron.

** ''Film/BlackPanther'': When rescuing the women from human traffickers one goon shoots at T'Challa from behind. The bullets bounce off his Vibranium armor and he strolls over to a humvee, rips its door off and throws it behind him taking the thug out.
** In the FinalBattle ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', [[spoiler:Spidey, seeing through Mysterio's last illusion, grabs an invisible Mysterio, who was trying to sneak up on him, all while starring at the seemingly beaten Mysterio on the floor]].
* ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'':

* ''Film/Oblivion2013'' : The Drones' weapons can turn independently of each other and the general facing of the drone. Several of these ensue whenever the drones fight.
* At the beginning of ''Film/TheOne'', Yulaw is walking away from the police station after beating up a heavily-armed police escort. He glances back to see one of the cops groggily get up and aim at him. He turns to look forward again, and shoots the cop without bothering to aim.

** The Man With No Name does this in his opening shootout, after gunning down three men who tried to prevent him from taking in their friend, who had a large bounty on his head. While still looking at the three men he'd just shot down to make certain none of them were getting up, he shot the man behind him and to his left without even turning his head. Said man, the same man he'd come to collect the bounty on, was crawling towards a pistol laying on the floor. The Man With No Name heard him moving and simply shot at the same place where he knew the gun was.

** This is actually a pretty common Jedi ability, and forms the basis of their defense against blaster bolts. A better example would be how Yoda disposed of Sidious's PraetorianGuard in the same movie, offhandedly smacking them both against a wall with the Force without even turning around. Not to mention decapitating two clone troopers with one backflip on Kashyyyk.

* In the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E6FracturedHouse Fractured House]]", Lance Hunter and [[ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} Bobbi Morse]] simultaneously shoot Mori, barely pausing the argument they're having.

** Not that Giles isn't on the receiving end; in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E5ReptileBoy Reptile Boy]]" he's getting on at Buffy for not taking her training seriously. "Are you gonna be prepared if a demon springs up behind you and does ''this?''" Giles then does a karate chop at the back of Buffy's neck; she puts him in an armlock without even bothering to turn round. In fact Buffy does this trope as a RunningGag from the first time we see her stake a vampire; justified due to her supernaturally-enhanced reaction time and awareness.

* ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': In "Mr. and Mrs. Mxyzptlk", Mxy "helps" Supergirl catch some bank robbers by using his magic to turn their own guns on them. Supergirl rushes in front of them to block or catch all the bullets, and when one of the robbers thanks her she elbows him in the face.

** On the other hand, one episode had guest character ComicBook/TheCreeper do this to a few {{mooks}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjRCUhds0hU then Batman himself without missing a beat]].

** In the pilot episode, old man Wayne does this to a [[{{Mooks}} Mook]] with his cane.

** "Out of the past" has this parodied during ''[[ShowWithinAShow Batman: The Musical]]'' [[http://comicsalliance.com/batman-beyond-best-episode/ where you could see]] (an actor playing) Batman doing this to (three actors playing) ComicBook/TheJoker, Two-Face and the Penguin.

** In "[[MusicalEpisode Mayhem of the Music Meister]]", this is done by Black Canary to {{mooks}} while singing about Franchise/{{Batman}}.
** In "A Bat Divided", Batman not only does the offhand backhand but while the victim is standing stunned he grabs him by the head and throws him forward over his shoulder.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': When the Shredder and the Foot Ninja attack April's antique shop, [[OldMaster Master Splinter]] delivers a classic Batman-style backhand to a GiantMook. He does this again to another Foot ninja when Karai invades the Lair and maybe once more at one point inbetween.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|2011}}'':

** Kaynar does this to Tygra in "Trials Of Lion-o Part I" after he attempts to sneak up on him while invisible.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' episode "Stronger, Faster", ''Ratchet'' -- of all 'bots -- gets to do this to a Decepticon {{Mook}} after injecting himself with synthetic energon.

** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'':
*** Vergil pulls an incredibly badass one of these on a [[GiantMook Hell Vanguard]], delivering an inhumanly fast DiagonalCut with [[CoolSword Yamato]].
*** Dante does this in many forms in his [[https://youtu.be/F0DbezQV8Gk?t=318 intro]]. Some notable ones include kicking a mook that is being dragged with him because said mook's scythe is stuck in him and another blade by cutting down a ceiling fan onto the mooks below using a scythe blade lodged in his chest. All that and he's just walking over to his jukebox like he wasn't stabbed 6 times by farming tools.
** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', Nero pulls off one with Yamato at the end of the final battle against the BigBad.
** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', in the scene leading up to the final battle, Nero does this to Dante with one of his bringer wings/arms to stop him and [[spoiler: Vergil]] from continuing trying to kill each other.
*** In a hilarious and oddly touching moment, both Dante and [[spoiler: Vergil]] perform an Offhand Backhand simultaneously to Nero to [[spoiler: stop him when he was trying to prevent them from going to a potential one-way trip to the Demon World.]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Avengers|2016}}'': When Kang tries to age Hercules to impotence if not death, Herc slaps him away while boasting that he'll be alive to see the sun grow cold, so taking away "centuries" of his life is meaningless.

* Series/KamenRiderKabuto'':

* In ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear XV'', this gets combined with CurbStompBattle when [[BackFromTheDead Carol Malus Deinheim]] takes on [[ArcVillain Noble Red]]. [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Without even moving from where she was standing, Carol completely obliterated Noble Red, only sparing their lives because she had more important concerns at the moment.]]

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', this is how Touma finishes off Stiyl's fire giant Innocentius after using the fire sprinklers to wash the ink off of the rune cards that were sustaining it.

--->'''Tarvek:''' That's then ''second'' thing I promised myself to do if I got out of this alive.

* Bunnie Rabbot pulls this on Ixis Naugus once in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. Made even worse for Naugus since she used her cyborg fist instead of her normal one.

* ''ComicBook/Avengers2016'': When Kang tries to age Hercules to impotence if not death, Herc slaps him away while boasting that he'll be alive to see the sun grow cold, so taking away "centuries" of his life is meaningless.

** One of the funniest times with Captain America was, while in conversation with Ms. Marvel outside Avengers' Mansion on a snowy day, Cap flings his shield to the side, which bounces off a wall, passes behind him—incidentally intercepting the snowball thrown at him by a daring kid who climbed to the top of the outer wall—bounces off the opposite wall, then [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang flies back to Cap's hand]]. Ms. Marvel remarks on Cap's unexpected show of humor.

* ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} takes this to a new level with offhand ''EyeBeams''.

* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel'' does this to a bank robber on the cover of Vol.1 No.6 of her own book. With her stretching powers she does this from about fifty feet away and while texting on her phone with her dominant hand.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', [[spoiler:Ozymandias does this to Rorschach. Repeatedly. Got to admire Rorschach's tenacity, though. ]]
* ComicBook/IronMan has done his fair share of this as well. When he hits you with his fist you're going to get a face full of metal.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' does this quite often, a lot of the time telling the person attempting to sneak up on him that it's unwise to do so.
* In one issue of ''[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit's Toon Town]]'', Jessica Rabbit [[http://toontownantics.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00:00:00-06:00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00:00:00-06:00&max-results=50 does this]] to a Toon-Wolf who's trying to give her a kiss -- with a frying pan for added pain. Judging from her reaction, this sort of thing happens [[SoBeautifulItsACurse often.]]
* ComicBook/SpiderMan's spider sense allows him to pinpoint from where his enemies attack if they are close enough, meaning he can pull this off a lot.

* ''Fanfic/BoldoresAndBoomsticks'':Ruby casually [[OffWithHisHead decapitates]] a Beowulf that tried to blindside her while she was interrogating a supposed Team Rocket grunt.
* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': [[spoiler:During the big battle with the Storm King's forces in chapter 7 of the sequel ''Diplomat at Large'', , Bon-Bon doesn't look at whom she's striking when she swings her sword, and stabs the Storm King himself through the heart when he lands behind her.]]
* In ''WebVideo/FalloutNukaBreak'', [[spoiler:after Twig's Nuka-Cola-Quantum-powered Shishkebab melts from its own heat, he recieves the Nuka Breaker as though it were an EleventhHourSuperpower. He triumphantly charges towards BigBad Leon Swallow to stop him from executing BigGood Paladin Ron... except he's stupid enough to [[ScreamingWarrior scream while he does it]], [[TooDumbToLive which easily tips Leon off to his presence]]. Leon elbows Twig in the face when he gets close enough, then turns around and stabs him with his sword]].
-->'''Twig:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Really?!]]\\
'''Leon:''' Really.

** [[spoiler: Fake]] Martok stabs two Klingon guards at the same time in this way in the episode Apocalypse Rising.

** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', Vergil pulls an incredibly badass one of these on a [[GiantMook Hell Vanguard]], delivering an inhumanly fast DiagonalCut with [[CoolSword Yamato]].

* In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' spinoff ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'', Vincent is struggling with his SuperpoweredEvilSide Chaos when a mutated hound-like enemy tries to take advantage of his distraction and ambush him from behind. Vincent sends it flying with a casual backhanded swipe.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy'' has a moment at the start of the Eclipsed Region where the Cactuar Conductor gives phasmophobic Reynn a JumpScare. After Reynn fails several times in succession to punch the conductor out for it, Lann tries to calm her down and gets troped for his trouble.
-->'''Reynn:''' I've still got it!\\

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Gungrave}} Beyond the Grave]]'' does this sort of thing too when using his Burst Attack, and in some cutscenes.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', while Link is targeting one enemy and another sneaks up behind, he can strike both with one wide swing if they're close enough.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has an even better one: the Mortal Draw skill. Stand still with your sword sheathed, and if you time it right, you can draw the sword and kill the enemy behind you in a single swipe.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', after the final battle with [[spoiler:Kai Leng]], a Renegade interrupt allows you to do this, [[spoiler:breaking his sword as he sneaks up on you to shank you from behind, just before using your omniblade to end him once and for all]]. Given the crap that [[spoiler:Kai Leng]] has pulled on you all game, this is a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome very]] [[AssholeVictim satisfying]] way to take him down.
** Shepard even makes it clear to [[spoiler:Kai Leng]] how satisfying this is to him/her right before he dies.

* In the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' trailer for the Soldier, said Soldier manages to backhand a Spy ready to backstab him with a shovel.

* ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns''. A particular boss fight has a cutscene afterward in which the enemy tries to get up for a last-ditch sneak attack from the side and behind Samus, but Samus fires a charged shot to finish it while looking away at something else.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'' has ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} do this as part of his third special attack. First his cell phone rings so he [[KindaBusyHere answers it]] [[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask and talks into it]] while his opponent makes exasperated gestures and looks away. Eventually Deadpool hangs up and shakes his head, only to shoot his opponent with his gun without even looking and then laugh.
* In ''[[VideoGame/GundamVsSeries Gundam vs Zeta Gundam]]'', the Hyaku Shiki is able to fire its beam rifle over the shoulder this way.
* Zero from ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' can pull this off in normal gameplay; most of his Z-Saber slashes arc far enough over his back to hit enemies behind him. His successor, [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Model Z]], can also do this.
* In the ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series, pressing B and C together makes the player character attack an enemy behind them. Axel does an actual backhand, Blaze does a reverse leg sweep and Max does a mule kick, to name a few examples.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
** In the Reunion short, [=McCree=] manages to shoot and kill a Deadlock-affiliated sniper without looking.
** The cinematic for the "Storm Rising" event shows Genji disabling several vehicles approaching his from behind by throwing shuriken into their hover lifts without looking.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Haloid}}'': Done by Samus to a ''pair'' of Elites while dual-wielding energy swords.
* ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'': One of Strong Bad's methods for dealing with the office "dullard" is a variation on this. While listening to Homestar ramble about something or other, Strong Bad throws his fist back and utters a punching sound effect, then returns to his typing. Although Homestar is not physically harmed, the sudden gesture derails his train of thought and gets him to stop talking for a few seconds.
* In ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' Loona does this to an unwanted pervy incubus who grabbed her while both are in the their human disguises in the episode "Spring Broken".

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* Webcomic/DominicDeegan does it [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-01-24 with plants.]]

* Thief does this to an elf in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/02/22/episode-252-wham-bam-thank-you-thief/ this]] ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' comic.

* In ''Webcomic/BoyfriendOfTheDead'' Alex is shocked that a zombie communicated with her and didn't attack. Not so shocked she won't use a golf club to decapitate a zombie coming up behind her. Left-handed. Without looking or so much as changing her expression.
* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': While Allison is shown barely making it past the three first matches in the Ring of Power tournament, White Chain is shown absent-mindedly knocking out an opponent with an Offhand Backhand.

* In ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'', when [[BewareTheSillyOnes Ben Gunn]] attacked Rex, Greybeard tried to intervene, but Ben Gunn knocked him to the ground without even looking at him.

* LC gives one to Spazz in ''Film/ProjectMillion'' when the latter attempts to run away to Disneyworld.
* Bobby Jacks of ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' pulls off the firearm based version with Andy [=McCann=]. Bobby hears the latter cry out behind him and shoots him in the head with a pistol without even turning around. However, this isn't due to ImprobableAimingSkills - Bobby just made a lucky shot.
* Variant on the theme with an offhand DopeSlap in [[https://giphy.com/gifs/fail-water-11StaZ9Lj74oCY this animated GIF]].

-->'''Toph:''' You're blind compared to me.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'':

Some {{Mooks}}, instead of following the rules of MookChivalry, try getting smart by sneaking up on the hero when he's busy fighting another fellow Mook or while in conversation with someone, and striking him [[InTheBack from behind]].

Sounds easy, right? He's not even looking your way, throwing punches or talking. All you have to do is be silent... just a little closer...

Nope, not only do you still get knocked out (or shot down), the Hero doesn't even give you the courtesy of looking your way first. And of course, you just made him look that much cooler.

** A good example of this can be seen in an infamous Wrestling/TerryFunk hardcore match in {{Wrestling/WCW}}. Funk was wrestling in a barn and performed a piledriver and landed behind the horse. The horse decided to kick. Thankfully, however, neither participant received serious injuries. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyzGt8tPFaM Seen here.]]

* A skit in the ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' episode, ''Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'' has Observer attempting to attack Bobo while the latter is sitting down at a table, eating a fast food meal. As Observer rushes forward with a mighty yell, Bobo calmly holds his fist behind him, which Observer promptly smashes his own face into.

--->'''The Machine:''' SIX O'CLOCK.
--->''[Reese slams the butt of his rifle into someone sneaking up behind him.]''

* ''Series/Supergirl2015''. In "Mr. and Mrs. Mxyzptlk", Mxy 'helps' Supergirl catch some bank robbers by using his magic to turn their own guns on them. Supergirl rushes in front of them to block or catch all the bullets, and when one of the robbers thanks her she elbows him in the face.

%%* Sebastian of ''Manga/BlackButler'', in the recent manga arc, gave us a pretty epic one delivered while soaking wet to a zombie on a sinking ship...[[http://www.kuroshitsujimanga.com/img/Kuroshitsuji/56/24.jpg no, seriously.]]
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** Also done in the TournamentArc during one of Evangeline's [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v12/c103/9.html matches]].

** Sanji invoked this with Jabra by running away and letting Jabra chase and get behind him, then surprising the WolfMan [[https://img.mghubcdn.com/file/imghub/one-piece-colored/415/5.png with a foot to the face]]. Sanji also defeated Mr 3 without even looking at him.

* In the ''VideoGame/Persona3'' manga, Akihiko does this to Junpei when the latter sneaks up on him while they're lost in Tartarus. [[http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/persona_3/an/persona-3-chapter-10.html/30/ The look on his face is pretty amusing]].

* ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles'': In Episode 6 a fistfight breaks out between the members of Squads 1 and 7. During the fight, a soldier (that appears be to be [[OptionalPartyMember Jung]]) attempts to sneak up on Isara (who is eating at the time) before she knocks him out with a heretofore-unforeseen {{wrench|Whack}}.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore'', a bunch of goons assault the Man of Steel and knock themselves out when crashing into his invulnerable body. Meanwhile, Superman, who is busy pondering over his suddenly fluctuating powers, doesn't even notice them.

* In the ''ComicBook/SalvationRun'' storyline when the villains are left on a prison planet, The Joker does this to Lex Luthor during their fight for leadership.

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'': [[TheDreaded Arcee]], a bot whom many Decepticons are afraid of, goes up against the Constructicons, Bonecrusher backhands her the minute she engages, he was busy beating on Blurr at the time, and only after that did he and the rest of the Constructicons notice and engage her.

* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'' had Cannonball as a victim of this when he targeted the BigBad of ''X-Men: Disassembled'', assuming that, as usual, he was invulnerable when he was blasting. Since said BigBad, was [[WellIntentionedExtremist Nate]] [[PhysicalGod Grey]] a.k.a. ComicBook/XMan, one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe, the result was Cannonball being irritably swatted like a fly.

*** Iron Man snarks one time too many for Thor's taste and gets a face full of [[DropTheHammer Mjölnir]] for his trouble. This is right as he's trying to warn Captain America about his [[DropTheHammer poor choice of words]].

*** After the Hulk and Thor manage to take down a Chitauri leviathan into Grand Central Station, the Hulk immediately backhands Thor ''right out of the shot'' without a single change in expression.

** PlayedForDrama in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''. [[spoiler:Tony having learned a brainwashed Bucky killed his parents in the past and Cap knew about it, begins his UnstoppableRage by backhanding Steve before going after Bucky in revenge]].

** ''Film/BlackPanther'': When rescuing the women from human traffickers one goon shoots at T'challa from behind, the bullets bounce off his Vibranium armor and he strolls over to a humvee, rips it's door off and throws it behind him taking the thug out.
** In the FinalBattle ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', [[spoiler:Spidey, seeing through Mysterio's last illusion, grabs an invisible Mysterio who was trying to sneak up on him all while starring at the seemingly beaten Mysterio on the floor]].

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. In "Lady Killer", Root shoots government assassin Hersh who's sneaking up behind her, while smiling at Dr. Carmichael who's standing in front of her, a psychiatrist [[CassandraTruth who didn't believe her story]] that she's HearingVoices from an [[DeusEstMachina all-seeing artificial intelligence]]. An earlier episode had Root asking the Machine to provide her with a variable tone so she would know exactly where to aim her firearm, enabling her to hit people hidden behind doors or walls.

** Cody did this to Duncan in ''Total Drama World Tour''.
** Another one occurred in Total Drama Revenge of the Island when Mike was fighting his alter egos.

* Guts from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' once cut a bandit’s tongue [[https://cdn.read7deadlysins.com/file/AnimeRleases/Berserk_95_017.jpg without looking at him]].
** In the same arc Guts [[https://cdn.read7deadlysins.com/file/AnimeRleases/Berserk_98_002.jpg gives an incubus a Offhand Backhand]] with his PowerFist when he wakes up.

** Sanji invoked this Jabra by running away and letting Jabra chase and get behind him, then surprising the WolfMan [[https://img.mghubcdn.com/file/imghub/one-piece-colored/415/5.png with a foot to the face]]. Sanji also defeated Mr 3 without even looking at him.

** Legolas does this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tlkrR_hasU#t=2m13s during the hand-to-hand fight in Edoras]]. Finishes off one, another's approaching from behind... '''bam.''' Of course, we are talking about [[OurElvesAreDifferent an elven prince]] who has the battle experience of a millenia at least, in addition to SuperSenses. The idiot trying to sneak up on him never stood a chance.

** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'': Thor, while [[CurpStompBattle being brutally beaten]] by [[TheDragon Kurse]], tries to summon Mjolnir, but the Dark Elf backhands it away without even turning his back from Thor.

* This is actually a ''technique'' of the Kogan style in ''Manga/{{Shigurui}}''. Its effects are [[{{Gorn}} quite devastating]].

* More like "Offhand YourHeadASplode" , but [[http://www.errantstory.com/2008-04-11/794 don't try to sneak up]] on ''Webcomic/ErrantStory's'' Ian.

* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' has River pull this on the captain, just to show how CrazyAwesome she is. Likewise bounty hunter Jubal Early on Simon Tam. On both occasions no one is shot; it's just a less-than-subtle way of saying "Back off".

* One type of demon in ''VideoGame/GodHand'' has an attack where it teleports in behind you and tries to slam you. Hitting the {{Action Command|s}} at this point results in Gene doing this ([[CrazyAwesome with an over-the-shoulder axe kick]]) and sending the demon flying about a thousand yards back.