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** Quite a few {{Konami}}-made BeatEmUp (''VideoGame/{{X-Men}}'', ''[[VideoGame/CrimeFighters Vendetta]]'', ''VideoGame/ViolentStorm'' and ''VideoGame/MetamorphicForce'') let you attack knocked-down enemies.

* Enemies in ''GodHand'' can't hit Gene when he's grounded. Gene, on the other hand, can, and [[NintendoHard you'll need the extra bit of damage.]]
* Mostly the case in ''PowerInstinct'', but one character uses it to odd effect. If Prince is knocked down while in his default {{Gonk}} state, he morphs into a {{Bishonen}} just before standing back up. Knocking him down again doesn't change him back, but the effect is still only temporary.

* Units knocked down in ''DawnOfWar'' cannot be targeted and are immune to directly-targeted further damage until they get back up again, although AOE attacks like artillery can keep hitting them.

* Averted in TheWitcher computer game - Geralt can kill any knocked-down enemy with a coup de grace... and any enemy can do the same to a knocked-down Geralt.
** Played straight [[TheWitcher2 in the sequel]] prior to being patched a bit to be more forgiving.

* Averted in boxing games, but completely averted in UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts games such as ''PRIDE FC'' ({=PS2=}), the UFC games, and ''EA Sports MMA''.

* In ''RuleOfRose'' no enemy can harm you when you're down or getting up (right after getting up, however...), but the same applies to you, as you can't harm enemies that you've knocked down, either. There's a stomping attack, but due to a bug or poor hit detection that plagues the rest of the game it's almost 100% useless; if you stomp every enemy you manage to get on the ground during the entire game, you may hit maybe one or two of them.

* Some ''DynastyWarriors'' installments allow you to lie there on the ground, your opponent flailing impotently above you, while your [[LimitBreak Musou]] gauge slowly refills.

** Surprisingly, ''SamuraiWarriors'' inverts this completely. While soldiers will still wait around, every general has a jump charge specifically for hitting you if you're (or they're) knocked down, so lying on the ground near death is not always a good idea.

* Averted in ''{{Onimusha}}'' - stand over a downed enemy and attack, and you'll run them through. For most mooks, this is instant death.
* In ''{{Rune}}'', the (mostly harmless, but very annoying) zombie enemies can only be killed by beheading or burning them, but can't be attacked while they're PlayingPossum, so unless you hit them ''just'' right with a conventional weapon, they'll keel over and force you to wait until they get back up again for another chance to try and land a perfect slash at their neck.
* The titular colossi in ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' will not attack Wander while he is lying prone on the ground, unless the player leaves him down for too long or if the game's difficulty setting is on Hard. However, some Colossi (namely Cenobia and Celosia) will simply attack Wander as soon as he gets to his feet, which can result in a frustrating cycle of [[CycleOfHurting getting up and getting knocked over again]], often until Wander dies or is pushed into a place where the Colossi can't reach him.
* Averted in PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime, where enemies can and will knock you down, and then mob you and kick the crap out of you while you're down. Fortunately, you're able to block while you're knocked down. Of course, you ''have'' to do the same to them with the Dagger of Time to finish them off. [[spoiler: Once you lose the Dagger, though, you lose the ability to attack enemies when they're down.]]

* Most early ''StreetFighter'' games also have no way of hitting people on the ground, although later games have the occasional exception. In fact, throughout the SFII series, standing too close to someone who's been knocked down can allow them to get in a free throw or Dragon Punch on you.

* Averted in PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime, where enemies can and will knock you down, and then mob you and kick the crap out of you while you're down. Fortunately, you're able to block while you're knocked down. Of course, you ''have'' to do the same to them with the Dagger of Time to finish them off.

* Averted in PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime, where enemies can and will knock you down, and then mob you and kick the crap out of you while you're down. Fortunately, you're able to block while you're knocked down.

* Averted in the MarioAndLuigi series, where being knocked down is a status that Mario or Luigi can be hit by and the enemies can and will take advantage of it to hit them while they're defenceless. Especially in VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam, where being knocked over seems to put a giant bullseye on the bros head for every enemy/boss in the battle to open fire at.

* {{Mooks}} in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' can usually be killed by the Finishing Blow skill when down, but if you don't get them in time, they're invincible until they're all the way up again. If you're in wolf form, though, you don't have that ability, so they're immune from when they get knocked down until they get back up again.

* The titular colossi in ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' will not attack Wander while he is lying prone on the ground, unless the player leaves him down for too long or if the game's difficulty setting is on Hard. However, some Colossi (namely Cenobia and Celosia) will simply attack Wander as soon as he gets to his feet, which can result in a frustrating cycle of [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard getting up and getting knocked over again]], often until Wander dies or is pushed into a place where the Colossi can't reach him.

* Bouncers in the ''VideoGame/BioShock'' series can knock you down, but do not attack until you get back up.

* Averted in ''DragonAge'', where knocking people down is a major tactic for both player-controlled characters and enemies. One of the nastiest attacks in the game is Overwhelm, a skill of warhounds, wolves, and shrieks which both knocks down and grapples an opponent, holding them helpless while dealing massive damage (usually until they're unconscious or dead).
** ''DragonAgeII'' has a whole [[PrestigeClass mage specialization]] focused on knocking people down and/or throwing them across the room. Leaving them perfectly vulnerable to stabbings and fireballs in the face.

-->--'''Chumbawumba''', "Tub-thumping", where they sing this line about twenty times.

--> - "Tubthumping", by '''Chumbawumba''', where they sing this line about twenty times.

** ''SengokuBasara'' is similar to some extent. If you're stunned badly enough that you can't jump right back up, mooks will mill around waiting for you to recover and go back to destroying them. The same can't be said for bosses though, who will quite happily perform diving attacks while you're down.

* Averted in the new series of ''TombRaider''. You have to press a button to get up quicker or you'll be vulnerable taking your time to get up.

** Averted in more recent titles, however, where allies and enemies alike only have a window of invulnerability during the actual ''getting up'' phase. Once someone's on the ground, hitting them to continue a combo is a great way to dish out damage without fear of retaliation. In fact, many attacks in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', such as [[BlowYouAway Azure Blast]] and [[PlayingWithFire Wailing]] [[HurricaneKick Blast]], are invaluable for this specific purpose.

This tends to be one of the AcceptableBreaksFromReality - because when it's averted, it can be ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown really]]'' annoying. See MercyInvincibility.

Trope name paraphrased from the Chumbawumba song Tubthumping, for those of you who weren't paying attention to popular music in the late '90s. The line goes "I get knocked down, but I get up again" and the song is primarily about getting drunk.

* Also averted in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrolls'' games, where getting knocked down leaves you vulnerable and unable to react.

* Bouncers in ''{{Bioshock}}'' can knock you down, but do not attack until you get back up.