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* Daisuke of ''Manga/BitterVirgin'' delivers one to a [[AttemptedRape would be rapist]] of Hinako, very nearly beating the man to death with a plank of wood and ''would have'' if Hinako hadn't stopped him.

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* Daisuke of ''Manga/BitterVirgin'' delivers one a beatdown to a [[AttemptedRape would be rapist]] of Hinako, very nearly beating the man to death with a plank of wood and ''would have'' if Hinako hadn't stopped him.



* In the ''{{Anime/Daimos}}'' anime, [[TheHero Kazuya]] gives one to [[GeneralRipper Chief]] [[{{Jerkass}} Miwa]] towards the end of the anime. In this case, the fans did not hold it against Kazuya (and in fact, mostly cheered him on) because Miwa [[AssholeVictim deserved every single punch he got]]. When the anime's storyline gets involved in a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' installment, expect Kazuya to follow up every time and even forcing his fellow pilots to back down and let him do this.

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* In the ''{{Anime/Daimos}}'' anime, [[TheHero Kazuya]] gives one to beats up [[GeneralRipper Chief]] [[{{Jerkass}} Miwa]] towards the end of the anime. In this case, the fans did not hold it against Kazuya (and in fact, mostly cheered him on) because Miwa [[AssholeVictim deserved every single punch he got]]. When the anime's storyline gets involved in a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' installment, expect Kazuya to follow up every time and even forcing his fellow pilots to back down and let him do this.



*** Much later, in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' Frieza does this again in the Universe Survival Arc against Jimizu the yardat. The beatdown is quite brutal, but nowhere as disturbing as Vegeta's. This is mostly because, in the tournament, killing is forbidden, so Frieza has to restrain himself a little. That, however, doesn't prevent him to beat up his opponents to near-death.

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*** Much later, in the Universe Survival Arc of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' Frieza does this again in the Universe Survival Arc against delivers a beatdown to Jimizu the yardat. The beatdown is It's quite brutal, but nowhere as disturbing as Vegeta's. This is mostly because, in the tournament, killing is forbidden, so Frieza has to restrain himself a little. That, however, doesn't prevent him to beat up his opponents to near-death.



** Also, earlier in ''Manga/DragonBall'', Piccolo Daimao, even taking his robe off for some SeriousBusiness, handed one of these to the young Son Goku. Even momentarily stopping his heart beating.

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** Also, earlier in ''Manga/DragonBall'', Piccolo Daimao, even taking his robe off for some SeriousBusiness, handed one of these to SeriousBusiness, pummeled the young Son Goku. Even momentarily stopping his heart beating.



*** Any time he lets his anger loose, he will be handing one of these to ''somebody.'' Unfortunately, he usually can't maintain his pissed-off state long enough (most people in DBZ would require a week-long beatdown to actually lose a fight). But man oh man, as long as he stays mad he will ''ruin your day.''

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*** Any time he lets his anger loose, he will be handing one of these out ass-kickings to ''somebody.'' Unfortunately, he usually can't maintain his pissed-off state long enough (most people in DBZ would require a week-long beatdown to actually lose a fight). But man oh man, as long as he stays mad he will ''ruin your day.''



** Most main characters get at least one of these throughout the course of their part of the series, though not usually against the main villain. [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]] features Jotaro completely annihilating Steely Dan after being put through all kinds of torture while he held his grandfather hostage. For ''three full pages'' (translated to over '''''twenty seconds''''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzuXrCTop2Q the anime]]).

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** Most main characters get at least one of these beating throughout the course of their part of the series, though not usually against the main villain. [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]] features Jotaro completely annihilating Steely Dan after being put through all kinds of torture while he held his grandfather hostage. For ''three full pages'' (translated to over '''''twenty seconds''''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzuXrCTop2Q the anime]]).



** A rule of thumb is that this will happen to some degree whenever Luffy deals with a [[SuperpowerLottery Logia]] Devil Fruit user, or one of the [[BigBad Shichibukai]]. The most obvious examples are Crocodile (who delivers it in a classic style after revealing that Luffy can't hurt him at all), and Aokiji (who does it, all at once, to the best of the heroes, taking TheWorfEffect to its logical extreme).

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** A rule of thumb is that this an epic beating will happen to some degree whenever Luffy deals with a [[SuperpowerLottery Logia]] Devil Fruit user, or one of the [[BigBad Shichibukai]]. The most obvious examples are Crocodile (who delivers it in a classic style after revealing that Luffy can't hurt him at all), and Aokiji (who does it, all at once, to the best of the heroes, taking TheWorfEffect to its logical extreme).



** And before that Yammy gives him, one after his HeroicBSOD kicked in.

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** And before that Yammy gives him, one him a beating after his HeroicBSOD kicked in.



** Yusuke Urameshi provides one of these to the main arc villain, Sensui after [[spoiler:he is [[SuperpoweredEvilSide taken control of by his ancestor, Raizen]].]] Sensui is thrown and beaten around like a ragdoll before he is finished off by the hero. [[spoiler: [[BatmanGambit Which was]] [[DeathSeeker what he wanted]] [[VictoriousLoser in the first place.]]]]

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** Yusuke Urameshi provides one of these to Sensui, the main arc villain, Sensui with a thrasing after [[spoiler:he is [[SuperpoweredEvilSide taken control of by his ancestor, Raizen]].]] Sensui is thrown and beaten around like a ragdoll before he is finished off by the hero. [[spoiler: [[BatmanGambit Which was]] [[DeathSeeker what he wanted]] [[VictoriousLoser in the first place.]]]]



* Played with in ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' when Brocken Jr. faced off with Ramenman. Brocken delivered one of these to Ramenman for a time until deciding to use the Camel Clutch, the move Ramenman had killed his father Brockenman with. At that moment, Ramenman asks if Brocken is all out of moves and proceeds to break free and beat ''Brocken'' down.

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* Played with in ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' when Brocken Jr. faced off with Ramenman. Brocken delivered one of these a beating to Ramenman for a time until deciding to use the Camel Clutch, the move Ramenman had killed his father Brockenman with. At that moment, Ramenman asks if Brocken is all out of moves and proceeds to break free and beat ''Brocken'' down.



* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Tasuki receives one of these from BrainwashedAndCrazy Tamahome. They're more or less evenly matched when the fight begins, but [[LoveMakesYouDumb Miaka]] can't bear the idea that her beloved Tamahome might be hurt or killed, and begs Tasuki not to use his [[PaperFanOfDoom weapon]]. He obeys, challenging Tamahome to be a man and fight him bare-handed instead. Tamahome [[TalkToTheFist promptly responds]] by hitting him in the face with ''his'' weapon... which knocks Tasuki down, where Tamahome proceeds to grind his face into the ground and issue one of the most prolonged, violent beatings in the series. Eventually, even [[BigBad Nakago]] arrives to pile on.

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* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Tasuki receives one of these from is thrashed by BrainwashedAndCrazy Tamahome. They're more or less evenly matched when the fight begins, but [[LoveMakesYouDumb Miaka]] can't bear the idea that her beloved Tamahome might be hurt or killed, and begs Tasuki not to use his [[PaperFanOfDoom weapon]]. He obeys, challenging Tamahome to be a man and fight him bare-handed instead. Tamahome [[TalkToTheFist promptly responds]] by hitting him in the face with ''his'' weapon... which knocks Tasuki down, where Tamahome proceeds to grind his face into the ground and issue one of the most prolonged, violent beatings in the series. Eventually, even [[BigBad Nakago]] arrives to pile on.



* One episode of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' has the protagonist undercover as a waiter in a {{Yakuza}} run restaurant. He is attacked by a disgruntled patron who in the process causes a lot of damage to the restaurant. The next scene shows the protagonist befriending a young gangster while the customer is being savagely beaten in the background. Much more to the point is the fact that ''the first time'' we see Our Hero, he does this to someone. The guy was pretty much helpless, since he had the [[SuperpowerLottery incredibly sucky]] remuneration of [[{{Fingore}} breaking his own fingers]]. Hei beat the everloving crap out of him, including knifing and kicking his freshly-injured hand [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique to get him to talk]]. He finished by [[ShockAndAwe zapping the guy to death]]. Why yes, Hei ''is'' an AntiHero. Why do you ask?

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* One episode of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' has the protagonist undercover as a waiter in a {{Yakuza}} run restaurant. He is attacked by a disgruntled patron who in the process causes a lot of damage to the restaurant. The next scene shows the protagonist befriending a young gangster while the customer is being savagely beaten in the background. Much more to the point is the fact that ''the first time'' we see Our Hero, he does this gives a beating to someone. The guy was pretty much helpless, since he had the [[SuperpowerLottery incredibly sucky]] remuneration of [[{{Fingore}} breaking his own fingers]]. Hei beat the everloving crap out of him, including knifing and kicking his freshly-injured hand [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique to get him to talk]]. He finished by [[ShockAndAwe zapping the guy to death]]. Why yes, Hei ''is'' an AntiHero. Why do you ask?



** Shion (disguised as Mion) delivers one of these to Satoko, she ruthlessly beats the little girl in the middle of the class room while berating her for crying and taking up all her brother's time. She was about to kill her, saying that a cracked skull would shut her up, when Rika threw herself in front of Satoko saying she would also have to GoThroughMe and Rena joined her. Shion was about to also take them out, and then she was PunchedAcrossTheRoom by Satoshi... the boy she was doing it for. It should be noted that while this event was only shown in one chapter, since it is part of the back story (taking place a year before the main story) it is assumed to happen in every world.

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** Shion (disguised as Mion) delivers one of these a brutal beating to Satoko, she ruthlessly beats the little girl Satoko in the middle of the class room classroom while berating her for crying and taking up all her brother's time. She was about to kill her, saying that a cracked skull would shut her up, when Rika threw herself in front of Satoko saying she would also have to GoThroughMe and Rena joined her. Shion was about to also take them out, and then she was PunchedAcrossTheRoom by Satoshi... the boy she was doing it for. It should be noted that while this event was only shown in one chapter, since it is part of the back story (taking place a year before the main story) it is assumed to happen in every world.



* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has HeroicResolve turn every fight Negi participates in into one of these at some point, since its a theme of his character to have such difficulties due to inexperience. Interestingly, the most intense of these came at the hands of another good guy during the end of the tournament arc. [[spoiler: Negi [[HeroicResolve got back up]], and [[IAmNotLeftHanded pulled out his new upgrade]]...and still can't win.]]
* In ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'', this happens to Ganta during the majority of his battles. The only thing that keeps saving him is that, in the end, when everything looks hopeless and he's about to give up, he ''always'' gets a surge of energy and determination that makes him stand up again.
* In ''Manga/RaveMaster'' Haru does one of these on Lucia using a demon sword, and even almost kills him before Elie snaps him back into his senses. Then Lucia pulls one of these on Haru and almost kills ''him'' before Shuda intervenes and gets killed instead [[spoiler: except [[UnexplainedRecovery he recovers]]]]. The fight this sparks is significantly less one sided.

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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has HeroicResolve turn every fight Negi participates in into one of these a brutal beatdown at some point, since its a theme of his character to have such difficulties due to inexperience. Interestingly, the most intense of these came at the hands of another good guy during the end of the tournament arc. [[spoiler: Negi [[HeroicResolve got back up]], and [[IAmNotLeftHanded pulled out his new upgrade]]...and still can't win.]]
* In ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'', this happens to Ganta receives beatdowns during the majority of his battles. The only thing that keeps saving him is that, in the end, when everything looks hopeless and he's about to give up, he ''always'' gets a surge of energy and determination that makes him stand up again.
* In ''Manga/RaveMaster'' Haru does one of these on beats Lucia using a demon sword, and even almost kills him before Elie snaps him back into his senses. Then Lucia pulls one of these on beats Haru and almost kills ''him'' before Shuda intervenes and gets killed instead [[spoiler: except [[UnexplainedRecovery he recovers]]]]. The fight this sparks is significantly less one sided.



** The Iron Dragon Slayer, Gajeel after [[PhlebotinumMuncher eating some iron]], delivers one of these to Natsu. Natsu can't even stand by the end, [[spoiler: [[HeroicSecondWind at least until]] [[NowItsMyTurn he got some]] [[MadeOfExplodium fire to eat]]…]] He also does to Lucy in the anime.

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** The Iron Dragon Slayer, Gajeel after [[PhlebotinumMuncher eating some iron]], delivers one of these a beating to Natsu. Natsu can't even stand by the end, [[spoiler: [[HeroicSecondWind at least until]] [[NowItsMyTurn he got some]] [[MadeOfExplodium fire to eat]]…]] He also does to Lucy in the anime.



** Then there's the episode "Tie One On" that has a rare ''mutual'' one of these, when Ash's Bulbasaur and another trainer's Meganium beat the crap out of one another, with the [[CombatBreakdown fight eventually breaking down into]] a Vine Whip slug-off that ends with both Pokémon collapsing after a double Solar Beam. It actually was [[ItsPersonal personal]], due to a fight earlier in the episode, but the fight between them both apparently makes up for it, as before Bulbasaur and Meganium collapse, they smile at each other.
** In "'Primeape Goes Bananas", Charmander is the victim of one of these until it learns Rage, and even then it still takes quite a few punches.

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** Then there's the episode "Tie One On" that has a rare ''mutual'' one of these, beatdown, when Ash's Bulbasaur and another trainer's Meganium beat the crap out of one another, with the [[CombatBreakdown fight eventually breaking down into]] a Vine Whip slug-off that ends with both Pokémon collapsing after a double Solar Beam. It actually was [[ItsPersonal personal]], due to a fight earlier in the episode, but the fight between them both apparently makes up for it, as before Bulbasaur and Meganium collapse, they smile at each other.
** In "'Primeape Goes Bananas", Charmander is the victim of one of these a beatdown until it learns Rage, and even then it still takes quite a few punches.



* [[spoiler:Mitsumi]] from ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure'' gives one to Hareta and his Pokemon after [[spoiler:being forced by Cyrus to fight him to save her Eevee]]. Even though Hareta is a notoriously good fighter he still gets his butt handed to him and beaten up pretty good (''both'' him and his Pokemon this time); the only thing really stopping [[spoiler:Mitsumi]] is her soft side.

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* [[spoiler:Mitsumi]] from ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure'' gives one to crushes Hareta and his Pokemon after [[spoiler:being forced by Cyrus to fight him to save her Eevee]]. Even though Hareta is a notoriously good fighter he still gets his butt handed to him and beaten up pretty good (''both'' him and his Pokemon this time); the only thing really stopping [[spoiler:Mitsumi]] is her soft side.



* In ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'' Punie-chan does this to [[spoiler:Elise von Barbaroque after she fails to assassinate her]].
* In ''Anime/GaoGaiGar FINAL'', [[ScreamingWarrior Gai]] delivers one of these to Palparepa. And it is both brutal and awesome.
** The last episode of the original ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' features a pretty brutal one as well. Not surprising, though, as Palparepa's defeat reuses a lot of scenes from Zonuda's defeat.
* Jake Martinez delivers one of these to Kotetsu in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' once Kotetsu (accidentally) manages to hit him. Even ratings-chasing director Agnes is appalled and stops the live broadcast. Off-screen Jake also did similar to Sky Kigh, Rock Bison and - presumably, given how badly he was injured when found - Origami Cyclone.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'': [[HandicappedBadass Sesshoumaru]] gets one towards the end of the story when [[BigBad Naraku]] finally decides to send Magatsuhi, the Dark Will of the [[spoiler: [[UltimateEvil Shikon no Tama]] itself]], after him. He gets impaled several times, his single arm nearly ripped off, he has to be [[BadassInDistress saved by his brother]], his [[CanisMajor true form]] is negated by being bound in tentacles and eventually he's [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbed through the chest twice]], and not only that, but Magatsuhi's poison is actually burning Sesshoumaru pretty badly.

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* In ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'' Punie-chan does this to beats up [[spoiler:Elise von Barbaroque after she fails to assassinate her]].
* In ''Anime/GaoGaiGar FINAL'', [[ScreamingWarrior Gai]] delivers one of these a beatdown to Palparepa. And it is both brutal and awesome.
** The last episode of the original ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' features a pretty brutal one beating as well. Not surprising, though, as Palparepa's defeat reuses a lot of scenes from Zonuda's defeat.
* Jake Martinez delivers one of these a pummeling to Kotetsu in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' once Kotetsu (accidentally) manages to hit him. Even ratings-chasing director Agnes is appalled and stops the live broadcast. Off-screen Jake also did similar to Sky Kigh, Rock Bison and - presumably, given how badly he was injured when found - Origami Cyclone.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'': [[HandicappedBadass Sesshoumaru]] gets one his ass handed to him towards the end of the story when [[BigBad Naraku]] finally decides to send Magatsuhi, the Dark Will of the [[spoiler: [[UltimateEvil Shikon no Tama]] itself]], after him. He gets impaled several times, his single arm nearly ripped off, he has to be [[BadassInDistress saved by his brother]], his [[CanisMajor true form]] is negated by being bound in tentacles and eventually he's [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbed through the chest twice]], and not only that, but Magatsuhi's poison is actually burning Sesshoumaru pretty badly.



** Subaru hands one of these out to Cinque when she enters an UnstoppableRage brought on by [[spoiler:the Numbers abducting her older sister Ginga]] in episode 17 of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''.

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** Subaru hands one of these a thrashing out to Cinque when she enters an UnstoppableRage brought on by [[spoiler:the Numbers abducting her older sister Ginga]] in episode 17 of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''.



* In ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' Tetsuo delivers one of these to a Clown gangmember for a) beating up him and Kaori, and b) trying to burn Kaneda's bike. Though comparatively short, it's quite brutal; when Kaneda actually tries to intervene, the once-shy Tetsuo actually snarls that he wants to see the gangmember's head split open. And this is ''before'' he develops psychic powers.

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* In ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' Tetsuo delivers one beats the crap out of these to a Clown gangmember for a) beating up him and Kaori, and b) trying to burn Kaneda's bike. Though comparatively short, it's quite brutal; when Kaneda actually tries to intervene, the once-shy Tetsuo actually snarls that he wants to see the gangmember's head split open. And this is ''before'' he develops psychic powers.



* ''Manga/TokyoESP'' does this when the [[IntangibleMan Rinka]] is beaten until her heart stopped and she was BroughtDownToNormal to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem show what happens to heroes ]].
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' does this twice. The first time, Char and Amuro spot each other in Sweetwater Colony and Amuro tackles Char and the two start brawling. It isn't until Gyunei Guss arrives in the Hobby Hizack that Char's able to escape. The second time, the two men meet when Axis is falling. Once they're out of weapons, the gloves come off and they start slugging each other silly, to the point where Amuro's winning strike ends up launching the suit's ejection pod!

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* ''Manga/TokyoESP'' does this when has the [[IntangibleMan Rinka]] is being beaten until her heart stopped stops and she was she's BroughtDownToNormal to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem show what happens to heroes ]].
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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' does this twice. The first time, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'': Char and Amuro spot each other in Sweetwater Colony and Amuro tackles Char and the two start brawling. It isn't until Gyunei Guss arrives in the Hobby Hizack that Char's able to escape. The second time, Later on, the two men meet when Axis is falling. Once falling, and once they're out of weapons, the gloves come off and they start slugging each other silly, to the point where Amuro's winning strike ends up launching the suit's ejection pod!



* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''... [[spoiler: Louise Halevy's [[RoaringRampageofRevenge utter beatdown on Nena Trinity]], who easily manhandles her. Even without a means to fight back, Nena refuses to die this way, which REALLY makes Louise mad... and results in [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe a gruesome conclusion for Nena]].]]
* In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE Mobile Suit Gundam AGE]]'', [[spoiler:Kio delivers this to Zanald, right after [[KickTheDog killing Deen]]]].
** His father and grandfather get them, too. Flit gives one to [[spoiler:Desil after he kills Yurin]], and Asem gives one to [[spoiler:Desil (again), after he kills mentor Woolf.]] Both also count as CurbStompBattle - especially the latter, as in the span of roughly a minute and a half, [[spoiler: Asem systematically severs every one of Desil's mech's limbs, then slices it in half, and then SHOOTS THE TWO HALVES.]] A generation later, Asem does the same thing with [[spoiler:Zeheart despite a two-generation tech advantage in the latter's favor and the fact that in most every previous engagement between the two, Zeheart won]]. The actual fight in that case lasted under a minute, and about half of that time was devoted to dialog. Extra props to Asem in particular because unlike Flit or Kio, he is a BadassNormal, and his opponents in both cases had psychic powers.

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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''... ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' has [[spoiler: Louise Halevy's Halevy's]] [[RoaringRampageofRevenge utter beatdown on Nena on]] [[spoiler:Nena Trinity]], who easily manhandles her. Even without a means to fight back, Nena [[spoiler:Nena]] refuses to die this way, which REALLY makes Louise [[spoiler:Louise]] mad... and results in [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe [[spoiler:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe a gruesome conclusion for Nena]].]]
Nena]]]].
* In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE Mobile Suit Gundam AGE]]'', [[spoiler:Kio delivers this a beating to Zanald, right after [[KickTheDog killing Deen]]]].
** His father and grandfather get them, too. Flit gives one to beats up [[spoiler:Desil after he kills Yurin]], and Asem gives one to beats up [[spoiler:Desil (again), after he kills mentor Woolf.]] Both also count as CurbStompBattle - especially the latter, as in the span of roughly a minute and a half, [[spoiler: Asem systematically severs every one of Desil's mech's limbs, then slices it in half, and then SHOOTS THE TWO HALVES.]] A generation later, Asem does the same thing with [[spoiler:Zeheart despite a two-generation tech advantage in the latter's favor and the fact that in most every previous engagement between the two, Zeheart won]]. The actual fight in that case lasted under a minute, and about half of that time was devoted to dialog. Extra props to Asem in particular because unlike Flit or Kio, he is a BadassNormal, and his opponents in both cases had psychic powers.



* [[spoiler:Eren's]] second fight with [[spoiler:Annie]] in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' devolves into one of these after [[spoiler:Annie]] dismembers [[spoiler:Eren's]] arm and leg. [[spoiler:Eren]] then becomes [[TheBerserker so beside himself with rage]] that he gives the appearance of being on fire while attempting to tear her limb from limb. As she's running, it's the first time we see [[spoiler:Annie]] visibly panic.

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* [[spoiler:Eren's]] second fight with [[spoiler:Annie]] in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' devolves into one of these a brutal beating after [[spoiler:Annie]] dismembers [[spoiler:Eren's]] arm and leg. [[spoiler:Eren]] then becomes [[TheBerserker so beside himself with rage]] that he gives the appearance of being on fire while attempting to tear her limb from limb. As she's running, it's the first time we see [[spoiler:Annie]] visibly panic.



* Munakata does this to Naegi in Episode 10 of ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'''s Future Arc.
* There have been a few examples in ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', but the most brutal is the "Chom-Chom", a combo with whom Asian-Pacific champion Kim Yong-bi puts his opponent on the ropes, starts brutally hitting him in the head until he starts falling, and then ''uppercuts him back up'' and continues until the referee realizes what's happening and makes Kim back off. Up until Joe everyone who went through this had to be carried off with a stretcher, and two outright died. [[spoiler:Joe himself didn't get though it unscathed, as it's likely where his punch drunk syndrome started]].
* In ''Manga/{{Shy}}'', the titular heroine goes through one during her training match against fellow hero Stardust. The latter believes that Shy is [[AllLovingHero to good-hearted]] to be a hero and that this will cost her her life in the future, so he tries to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim make her give up on being a hero]] by beating her to a bloody pulp.
* In the climax of ''Anime/PsychoPass3FirstInspector'', Azusawa subjects Arata to this [[spoiler: after getting rejected by Sibyl. Luckily, Arata is able to shoot him with the Non-Lethal Paralyzer mode before his Crime Coefficient got above 300.]]
* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes the exceedingly nice guy Apachai tends to inflict these]] due [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength having serious trouble holding back]]. And then there's his secret technique, "The Punch You Don't Let Good Children See", that is when he decides his opponent is particularly vile and so he inflicts one ''on purpose''.

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* Munakata does this to gets the drop on Naegi in Episode 10 of ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'''s Future Arc.
* There have been a few examples beatdowns in ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', but the most brutal is the "Chom-Chom", a combo with whom Asian-Pacific champion Kim Yong-bi puts his opponent on the ropes, starts brutally hitting him in the head until he starts falling, and then ''uppercuts him back up'' and continues until the referee realizes what's happening and makes Kim back off. Up until Joe everyone who went through this had to be carried off with a stretcher, and two outright died. [[spoiler:Joe himself didn't get though it unscathed, as it's likely where his punch drunk syndrome started]].
* In ''Manga/{{Shy}}'', the titular heroine goes through one a brutal beating during her training match against fellow hero Stardust. The latter believes that Shy is [[AllLovingHero to good-hearted]] to be a hero and that this will cost her her life in the future, so he tries to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim make her give up on being a hero]] by beating her to a bloody pulp.
* In the climax of ''Anime/PsychoPass3FirstInspector'', Azusawa subjects Arata to this a thrashing [[spoiler: after getting rejected by Sibyl. Luckily, Arata is able to shoot him with the Non-Lethal Paralyzer mode before his Crime Coefficient got above 300.]]
* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes the exceedingly nice guy Apachai tends to inflict these]] utter pain on people]] due [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength having serious trouble holding back]]. And then there's his secret technique, "The Punch You Don't Let Good Children See", that is when he decides his opponent is particularly vile and so he inflicts one ''on purpose''.
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** Usually when Polnareff finishes someone off, he [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill really overdoes it]]. He was particularly restrained when he finished off [[spoiler: Vanilla Ice]] only because [[spoiler: he managed to survive all his attacks.]] It takes a lot of hits to make your enemy look like a victim of a car crash, especially if your only weapon is rapier.

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** Usually when Polnareff finishes someone off, he [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill really overdoes it]]. He was particularly restrained when he finished off [[spoiler: Vanilla Ice]] only because [[spoiler: he managed to survive all his attacks.]] It takes a lot of hits to make your enemy look like a victim of a car crash, especially if your only weapon is a rapier.
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*** After reaching Perfect Form and outside Final Flash, Cell decimates Vegeta in a way Frieza would be proud of.
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* As a manga on UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts, ''Manga/AllRounderMeguru'' has a few ground-and-pounds, though we're only shown them in passing due the manga's protagonist and other focus characters being amateurs and striking on the ground being banned for their matches... And then, at the finals of the All Japan Amateur Shooto Championship, Aya blocks Maki from behind and starts punching her repeatedly on the face, the single most brutal technique allowed in amateur matches. Even Aya's trainer was slightly disturbed by her willingness to do it...
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** Just as harsh: Hercule/Mr. Satan's daughter Videl is savagely beaten to the point of crying by her superpowered opponent, Spopovich in the Tenkaichi Budokai tournament. He takes this almost literally as the last move he used was standing on and attempting to crush her skull against the tournament floor. During the first half of the fight Videl gave him a pretty far going beatdown, as she didn't know the true extent of the power Gohan had trained her to, but was just trying to win. She and the audience even thought she accidentally killed him at one point, but it turned out for this guy having your neck suddenly wrenched around 75 degrees by a roundhouse was far less than fatal.

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** Just as harsh: Hercule/Mr. Satan's daughter Videl is savagely beaten to the point of crying by her superpowered opponent, opponent Spopovich in the Tenkaichi Budokai tournament. He takes this almost literally as the last move he used was standing on and attempting to crush her skull against the tournament floor. During the first half of the fight Videl gave him a pretty far going beatdown, as she didn't know the true extent of the power Gohan had trained her to, but was just trying to win. She and the audience even thought she accidentally killed him at one point, but it turned out for this guy having your neck suddenly wrenched around 75 degrees by a roundhouse was far less than fatal.
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* In the second ‘’Manga/MadBull34’’ OVA “The Manhattan Project” in order to buy time for Sleepy to arrive to save him and Perine, Daizaburo agrees to fight Enrico’s thugs in hand to hand combat because he is unarmed, he tries his best but the four thugs beat the living shit out of him, by the time Sleepy arrives he’s been beaten so badly he can barely move, most of his teeth have been knocked out, his face is swollen, he has several broken bones, and is bleeding internally, he nearly dies from his wounds.
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* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes the exceedingly nice guy Apachai tends to inflict these]] due [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength having serious trouble holding back]]. And then there's his secret technique, "The Punch You Don't Let Good Children See", that is when he decides his opponent is particularly vile and so he inflicts one ''on purpose''.
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* In the climax of ''Anime/PsychoPass3FirstInspector'', Azusawa subjects Arata to this [[spoiler: after getting rejected by Sibyl. Luckily, Arata is able to shoot him with the Non-Lethal Paralyzer mode before his Crime Coefficient got above 300.]]
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* In ''Manga/{{Shy}}'', the titular heroine goes through one during her training match against fellow hero Stardust. The latter believes that Shy is [[AllLovingHero to good-hearted]] to be a hero and that this will cost her her life in the future, so he tries to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim make her give up on being a hero]] by beating her to a bloody pulp.

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* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha,'' Precia Testarossa makes her debut in Episode 7, where she [[ATasteOfTheLash severely whips her "daughter" to the point where she could barely get up]]. This was brought on when she failed to collect all of the Jewels.

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* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha,'' Precia Testarossa makes her debut in Episode 7, where she [[ATasteOfTheLash severely whips her "daughter" to the point where she could barely get up]]. This was brought on when she failed to collect all of the Jewels.Jewel Seedss.



** Subaru hands one of these out to Cinque when she enters an UnstoppableRage brought on by [[spoiler:the Numbers abducting Ginga]] in episode 17 of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''.

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** Subaru hands one of these out to Cinque when she enters an UnstoppableRage brought on by [[spoiler:the Numbers abducting her older sister Ginga]] in episode 17 of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''.



** And finally, in episode 25, Nanoha delivers one to Quattro.
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** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], Giorno gives the biggest beatdown in the manga to Ciocolata that lasts for 7 pages straight (now translated to over '''''thirty seconds''''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W944vHnaQPw the anime]]), ending it by punching him into a garbage truck. [[spoiler:It's cranked up even more when his stand gains its Requiem form, giving it infinite stats.]] The scene is quite possibly the TropeCodifier, being the first non-stop beatdown in a manga to last for 7 pages.
** Most Stands that have a B or higher rank in Destructive Power use this. [[AvertedTrope King Crimson, who has a A rank in Destructive Power, uses]] {{megaton punch}}es instead. Purple Haze has both A rank and this trope played straight, but that's only because it has to spread as much of [[TheVirus its virus as possible]].
** Usually when Polnareff finishes someone off, he [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill really overdoes it]]. He was particularly restrained, when he finished off [[spoiler: Vanilla Ice]] only because [[spoiler: he managed to survive all his attacks.]] It takes a lot of hits to make your enemy look like a victim of a car crash, especially if your only weapon is rapier.

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** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], Giorno gives the biggest beatdown in the manga to Ciocolata Cioccolata that lasts for 7 pages straight (now translated to over '''''thirty seconds''''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W944vHnaQPw the anime]]), ending it by punching him into a garbage truck. [[spoiler:It's cranked up even more when his stand gains its Requiem form, giving it infinite stats.]] The scene is quite possibly the TropeCodifier, being the first non-stop beatdown in a manga to last for 7 pages.
** Most Stands that have a B or higher rank in Destructive Power use this. [[AvertedTrope King Crimson, who has a an A rank in Destructive Power, uses]] {{megaton punch}}es instead. Purple Haze has both Haze, despite having an A rank and ranking, plays this trope played straight, but that's only because it has to spread as much of [[TheVirus its virus as possible]].
** Usually when Polnareff finishes someone off, he [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill really overdoes it]]. He was particularly restrained, restrained when he finished off [[spoiler: Vanilla Ice]] only because [[spoiler: he managed to survive all his attacks.]] It takes a lot of hits to make your enemy look like a victim of a car crash, especially if your only weapon is rapier.
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* In ''Anime/YuGiOh'', the end of the battle between Atem and Insector Haga/Weevil Underwood on the top of the train qualifies as a hero-on-villain version of this trope. Despite already having won by the game rules, Aten just keeps on pulling his [[MeaningfulName Berserker Soul's]] effect on a defenseless Haga. And he would have probably continued until Haga fell unconscious from the pain had Anzu not intervened.

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* In ''Anime/YuGiOh'', the end of the battle between Atem Yami and Insector Haga/Weevil Underwood on the top of the train qualifies as a hero-on-villain version of this trope. Despite already having won by the game rules, Aten Yami just keeps on pulling his [[MeaningfulName Berserker Soul's]] effect on a defenseless Haga. And he would have probably continued until Haga fell unconscious from the pain had Anzu not intervened.
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** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], Giorno gives the biggest beatdown in the manga to Ciocolata that lasts for 7 pages straight (now translated to over '''''thirty seconds''''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W944vHnaQPw the anime]]), ending it by punching him into a garbage truck. [[spoiler:It's cranked up even more when his stand gains its Requiem form, giving it infinite stats.]] The scene is quite possibly the TropeCodfier, being the first non-stop beatdown in a manga to last for 7 pages.

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** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], Giorno gives the biggest beatdown in the manga to Ciocolata that lasts for 7 pages straight (now translated to over '''''thirty seconds''''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W944vHnaQPw the anime]]), ending it by punching him into a garbage truck. [[spoiler:It's cranked up even more when his stand gains its Requiem form, giving it infinite stats.]] The scene is quite possibly the TropeCodfier, TropeCodifier, being the first non-stop beatdown in a manga to last for 7 pages.
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** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], Giorno gives the biggest beatdown in the manga to Ciocolata that lasts for 7 pages straight (now translated to over '''''thirty seconds''''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W944vHnaQPw the anime]]), ending it by punching him into a garbage truck. [[spoiler:It's cranked up even more when his stand gains its Requiem form, giving it infinite stats.]]

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** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], Giorno gives the biggest beatdown in the manga to Ciocolata that lasts for 7 pages straight (now translated to over '''''thirty seconds''''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W944vHnaQPw the anime]]), ending it by punching him into a garbage truck. [[spoiler:It's cranked up even more when his stand gains its Requiem form, giving it infinite stats.]]]] The scene is quite possibly the TropeCodfier, being the first non-stop beatdown in a manga to last for 7 pages.
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** On the villain side, there is Vanilla Ice subjecting [[spoiler: poor Iggy]] to one in rage for being forced to destroy an effigy of his master Dio. [[spoiler: Iggy is actually killed as a result of the beatdown.]]
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** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], Giorno gives the biggest beatdown in the manga to Ciocolata that lasts for 7 pages straight, ending it by punching him into a garbage truck. [[spoiler:It's cranked up even more when his stand gains its Requiem form, giving it infinite stats.]]

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** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]], Giorno gives the biggest beatdown in the manga to Ciocolata that lasts for 7 pages straight, straight (now translated to over '''''thirty seconds''''' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W944vHnaQPw the anime]]), ending it by punching him into a garbage truck. [[spoiler:It's cranked up even more when his stand gains its Requiem form, giving it infinite stats.]]
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** Yamamato delivers one to a special hollow that was created to stop his InfinityPlusOneSword. The hollow rendered his sword useless, but Yammato simply killed it with a set bare-handed attacks.

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** Yamamato Yamamoto delivers one to [[spoiler: Wonderweiss Margela, a special hollow Arrancar]] literally made to render his Zanpakuto completely useless- as Aizen had foolishly believed that Ryujin Jakka, known as a InfinityPlusOneSword, was created all Yamamoto brought to stop his InfinityPlusOneSword. The hollow rendered his sword useless, but Yammato a battle. He is proven wrong in a spectacular manner, as [[spoiler:Yamamoto simply killed it beats the crap out of a released Wonderweiss with a set bare-handed attacks.his ''bare hands'']].
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* There have been a few examples in ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', but the most brutal is the "Chom-Chom", a combo with whom Asian-Pacific champion Kim Yong-bi puts his opponent on the ropes, starts brutally hitting him in the head until he starts falling, and then ''uppercuts him back up'' and continues until the referee realizes what's happening and makes Kim back off. Up until Joe everyone who went through this had to be carried off with a stretcher, and two outright died. [[spoiler:Joe himself didn't get though it unscathed, as it's likely where his punch drunk syndrome started]].
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** Common in the movies, with Goku getting one from Turles after the latter ate of the fruit from Anime/TheTreeOfMight, which had a notably brutal KickTheDog moment when Goku could barely stand and Turles pummelled him with repeated Ki blasts. More famously, any fight involving Broly has him do this before his beaten by a DeusExMachina.

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** Common in the movies, with Goku getting one from Turles after the latter ate of the fruit from Anime/TheTreeOfMight, which had a notably brutal KickTheDog moment when Goku could barely stand and Turles pummelled him with repeated Ki blasts. More famously, any fight involving Broly has him do this before his beaten by a DeusExMachina. [[spoiler: ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' even takes this UpToEleven as Broly ends up pummeling Frieza - in his GoldenSuperMode, no less - ''for a whole hour!'']]
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** Yusuke vs. Doctor Kamiya has to be one of the most one-sided beatdowns in the whole series. Yusuke pummels the ''absolute'' '''''FUCK''''' out of him, culminating in him ''blowing his arm off with a [[FingerGun Spirit Gun.]]

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** Yusuke vs. Doctor Kamiya has got to be one of the most one-sided beatdowns in the whole series. Yusuke pummels the ''absolute'' '''''FUCK''''' out of him, culminating in him ''blowing his arm off with a [[FingerGun Spirit Gun.]]]]''

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** [[GiantMook Ayon]] cements [[strike: himself]] ''itself'' as the only thing in the Manga almost as terrifying as Barragan by delivering several almost impossibly brutal versions of the OneHitKO. It tears out half of Rangiku's torso before she can blink. It crushes Momo's ribcage with a single punch. It attempts to crush and ''eat'' Hisagi when he attempts to take it on, and blows Iba away with a ''backwards glance'' during his attempt at BigDamnHeroes.

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** [[GiantMook Ayon]] cements [[strike: himself]] ''itself'' as the only thing in the Manga almost as terrifying as Barragan by delivering several almost impossibly brutal versions of the OneHitKO. It tears out half of Rangiku's torso before she can blink. It crushes Momo's ribcage with a single punch. It attempts to crush and ''eat'' Hisagi when he attempts to take it on, and blows Iba away with a ''backwards glance'' during his attempt at BigDamnHeroes. [[spoiler: And that's all nothing compared to the utterly savage beating it gave to Quilge Opie - in his ''[[OneWingedAngel Vollstandig,]]'' a power-up absolutely ''no other Quincy'' had to rely on at the that point in the manga's last arc.]]


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** Yusuke vs. Doctor Kamiya has to be one of the most one-sided beatdowns in the whole series. Yusuke pummels the ''absolute'' '''''FUCK''''' out of him, culminating in him ''blowing his arm off with a [[FingerGun Spirit Gun.]]
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* In the ''{{Anime/Daimos}}'' anime, [[TheHero Kazuya]] gives one to [[GeneralRipper Chief]] [[{{Jerkass}} Miwa]] towards the end of the anime. In this case, the fans did not hold it against Kazuya (and in fact, mostly cheered him on) because Miwa [[AssholeVictim deserved every single punch he got]].

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* In the ''{{Anime/Daimos}}'' anime, [[TheHero Kazuya]] gives one to [[GeneralRipper Chief]] [[{{Jerkass}} Miwa]] towards the end of the anime. In this case, the fans did not hold it against Kazuya (and in fact, mostly cheered him on) because Miwa [[AssholeVictim deserved every single punch he got]]. When the anime's storyline gets involved in a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' installment, expect Kazuya to follow up every time and even forcing his fellow pilots to back down and let him do this.
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** Just as harsh: Hercule/Mr. Satan's daughter Videl is savagely beaten to the point of crying by her superpowered opponent, Spopovich in the Tenkaichi Budokai tournament. He takes this almost literally as the last move he used was standing on and attempting to crush her skull against the tournament floor. During the first half of the fight Videl gave him a pretty far going beatdown, as she didn't know the true extent of the power Gohan had trained her to, but was just trying to win. She and the audience even thought she accidentally killed him at one point, but it turned out for this guy having your neck suddenly wrenched around 75 degrees by a roundhouse was far less than fatal. Of course, considering he barely registers any damage later in the fight, it's likely he ''let'' her beat the crap outta him for shits and giggles.

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** Just as harsh: Hercule/Mr. Satan's daughter Videl is savagely beaten to the point of crying by her superpowered opponent, Spopovich in the Tenkaichi Budokai tournament. He takes this almost literally as the last move he used was standing on and attempting to crush her skull against the tournament floor. During the first half of the fight Videl gave him a pretty far going beatdown, as she didn't know the true extent of the power Gohan had trained her to, but was just trying to win. She and the audience even thought she accidentally killed him at one point, but it turned out for this guy having your neck suddenly wrenched around 75 degrees by a roundhouse was far less than fatal. Of course, considering he barely registers any damage later in the fight, it's likely he ''let'' her beat the crap outta him for shits and giggles.
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*** Hannyabal, his direct assistant suffers a [[TearJerker truly sad]], yet [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] beat down from Luffy, as he is obviously outmatched; yet is constantly willing himself to get back up, especially after being hit by the same attack that knocked Lucci, yes that Lucci out cold, because of his unwavering belief of protecting the people of the world from criminals.

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*** Hannyabal, his direct assistant suffers a [[TearJerker truly sad]], yet [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] beat down from Luffy, as he is obviously outmatched; yet is constantly willing himself to get back up, especially after being hit by the same attack that knocked Lucci, yes that Lucci out cold, because of his unwavering belief of protecting the people of the world from criminals.



* Possibly one of the greatest examples in all of anime occurs in ''Anime/{{Karas}}: The Revelation.'' The hero [[BadassNormal Otoha]] has been stripped of his powers, but it's revealed that, possibly due to a genetic disease ([[spoiler:he's incredibly bishonen for being the product of incest]]), he's incapable of feeling pain. He readily cuts open his own hand with his sword without so much as wincing, and he more than once takes bullet wounds in fights and carries on with barely a hesitation. Even with this knowledge however, the audience cringes during his fight with a bull demon in a subway station: without his powers as Karas, Otoha is massively outclassed, and although he briefly holds his own, he's eventually impaled on a spike the width of a car tire and hurled the length of a city block... ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and he still gets back up.]]'' To elaborate. [[spoiler: He survives a WaveMotionGun attack. There's a moment where it really looks like he's going to summon up some supernatural power, one brief moment of hope, but it doesn't last. His Karas sword SHATTERS, he's got shards of glass or metal in HIS EYES, minus one arm. And he still TRIES to keep fighting. Which basically results in him collapsing forward, lamenting his weakness. And then, he became a Karas again, and delivered a curbstomp of his own to what was, in all likelihood, the weakest monster of the series.]]
* ''Anime/{{Karas}}: The Prophecy'', being part 1 of the previous entry, opens with quite possibly the most epic battle of the entire series. Between Eko, the former Karas, and his replacement. Eko, being hundreds of years old and only recently replaced, delivers a fairly one-sided beating to the Karas who preceded Otoha. With CrowningMusicOfAwesome in the background. And transformations from samurai / ninja to something resembling fighter jet combat. Basically, whenever Eko enters the fray, a beatdown is about to commence. To the degree where its DISAPPOINTING that he ScaledUp into a giant asian-style mecha-dragon looking thing. As giant monstrosities never seem to put up as good a fight as a human BigBad, and do not lend themselves to epic kung fu battle. Which was what made Eko such a wonderful villain. He knows that AuthorityEqualsAsskicking and he's not afraid to do it. Which makes sense, considering he spent centuries as a monster-fighter in Japan...

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* Possibly one of the greatest examples in all of anime occurs in ''Anime/{{Karas}}: The Revelation.'' The hero [[BadassNormal Otoha]] has been stripped of his powers, but it's revealed that, possibly due to a genetic disease ([[spoiler:he's incredibly bishonen for being the product of incest]]), he's incapable of feeling pain. He readily cuts open his own hand with his sword without so much as wincing, and he more than once takes bullet wounds in fights and carries on with barely a hesitation. Even with this knowledge however, the audience cringes during his fight with a bull demon in a subway station: without his powers as Karas, Otoha is massively outclassed, and although he briefly holds his own, he's eventually impaled on a spike the width of a car tire and hurled the length of a city block... ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and he still gets back up.]]'' To elaborate. [[spoiler: He survives a WaveMotionGun attack. There's a moment where it really looks like he's going to summon up some supernatural power, one brief moment of hope, but it doesn't last. His Karas sword SHATTERS, he's got shards of glass or metal in HIS EYES, minus one arm. And he still TRIES to keep fighting. Which basically results in him collapsing forward, lamenting his weakness. And then, he became a Karas again, and delivered a curbstomp of his own to what was, in all likelihood, the weakest monster of the series.]]
* ''Anime/{{Karas}}: The Prophecy'', being part 1 of the previous entry, opens with quite possibly the most epic battle of the entire series. Between Eko, the former Karas, and his replacement. Eko, being hundreds of years old and only recently replaced, delivers a fairly one-sided beating to the Karas who preceded Otoha. With CrowningMusicOfAwesome SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic in the background. And transformations from samurai / ninja to something resembling fighter jet combat. Basically, whenever Eko enters the fray, a beatdown is about to commence. To the degree where its DISAPPOINTING that he ScaledUp into a giant asian-style mecha-dragon looking thing. As giant monstrosities never seem to put up as good a fight as a human BigBad, and do not lend themselves to epic kung fu battle. Which was what made Eko such a wonderful villain. He knows that AuthorityEqualsAsskicking and he's not afraid to do it. Which makes sense, considering he spent centuries as a monster-fighter in Japan...



** ''End of Evangelion'' has a rare two-way NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, with both sides delivering it to one another. Asuka absolutely [[CurbStompBattle wipes the floor]] with the entire JSSDF army, beginning by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome lobbing a battleship into the heavy artillery]] and then literally stomping the gunships. Even the MP Evas don't slow her down; she destroys all of them in less than the 3 mins of power she has left. And then it gets turned around in a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrifying and]] [[NauseaFuel disgusting]] way. [[spoiler: Turns out the MP Evas are effectively immortal. So they regen when she has run out of power, [[EyeScream shove a spear through her eye]], and then eat her alive. Then lob about 6 more spears, one of which splits HER ARM in half into her body.]]

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** ''End of Evangelion'' has a rare two-way NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, with both sides delivering it to one another. Asuka absolutely [[CurbStompBattle wipes the floor]] with the entire JSSDF army, beginning by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome lobbing a battleship into the heavy artillery]] and then literally stomping the gunships. Even the MP Evas don't slow her down; she destroys all of them in less than the 3 mins of power she has left. And then it gets turned around in a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrifying and]] [[NauseaFuel disgusting]] way. [[spoiler: Turns out the MP Evas are effectively immortal. So they regen when she has run out of power, [[EyeScream shove a spear through her eye]], and then eat her alive. Then lob about 6 more spears, one of which splits HER ARM in half into her body.]]
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* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Prior to chapter 57, Takeru had always refrained from killing. That changed after [[spoiler: Himegami]] sacrificed herself to save him from what would've been a fatal attack. Takeru [[ThisIsUnforgivable became so enraged]] that he beat Gouken Yamato to death, [[https://www.mangareader.net/maken-ki/57/20/ despite Leo's attempts to pull him off of him]], [[https://www.mangareader.net/maken-ki/57/22/ nor would he listen to reason]] since it wasn't what [[spoiler: Himegami]] would've wanted. Plus, Gouken was possessed by [[spoiler: [[BigBad Takeru Yamato]]]], who would simply [[BodySurf move on to a new body.]] By the time Takeru was done, Gouken was no longer recognizable and had literally been [[https://www.mangareader.net/maken-ki/57/25/ beaten into a crater]] by the force of his punches.

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* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Prior to chapter 57, Takeru had always refrained from killing. That changed after [[spoiler: Himegami]] sacrificed herself to save him from what would've been a fatal attack. Takeru [[ThisIsUnforgivable became so enraged]] that he beat Gouken Yamato to death, [[https://www.mangareader.net/maken-ki/57/20/ net/maken-ki/57/20 despite Leo's attempts to pull him off of him]], [[https://www.mangareader.net/maken-ki/57/22/ net/maken-ki/57/22 nor would he listen to reason]] since it wasn't what [[spoiler: Himegami]] would've wanted. Plus, Gouken was possessed by [[spoiler: [[BigBad Takeru Yamato]]]], who would simply [[BodySurf move on to a new body.]] By the time Takeru was done, Gouken was no longer recognizable and had literally been [[https://www.mangareader.net/maken-ki/57/25/ net/maken-ki/57/25 beaten into a crater]] by the force of his punches.
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* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Prior to chapter 57, Takeru had always refrained from killing. That changed after [[spoiler: Himegami]] sacrificed herself to save him from what would've been a fatal attack. Takeru [[ThisIsUnforgivable became so enraged]] that he beat Gouken Yamato to death, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/57/20/ despite Leo's attempts to pull him off of him]], [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/57/22/ nor would he listen to reason]] since it wasn't what [[spoiler: Himegami]] would've wanted. Plus, Gouken was possessed by [[spoiler: [[BigBad Takeru Yamato]]]], who would simply [[BodySurf move on to a new body.]] By the time Takeru was done, Gouken was no longer recognizable and had literally been [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/57/25/ beaten into a crater]] by the force of his punches.

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* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Prior to chapter 57, Takeru had always refrained from killing. That changed after [[spoiler: Himegami]] sacrificed herself to save him from what would've been a fatal attack. Takeru [[ThisIsUnforgivable became so enraged]] that he beat Gouken Yamato to death, [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/57/20/ [[https://www.mangareader.net/maken-ki/57/20/ despite Leo's attempts to pull him off of him]], [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/57/22/ [[https://www.mangareader.net/maken-ki/57/22/ nor would he listen to reason]] since it wasn't what [[spoiler: Himegami]] would've wanted. Plus, Gouken was possessed by [[spoiler: [[BigBad Takeru Yamato]]]], who would simply [[BodySurf move on to a new body.]] By the time Takeru was done, Gouken was no longer recognizable and had literally been [[http://readpanda.net/Maken-ki/57/25/ [[https://www.mangareader.net/maken-ki/57/25/ beaten into a crater]] by the force of his punches.
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*** Much later, in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' Frieza does this again in the Universe Survival Arc against Jimizu the yardat. The beatdown is quite brutal, but nowhere as disturbing as Vegeta´s. This is mostly because, in the tournament, killing is forbidden, so Frieza has to restrain himself a little. That, however, doesn´t prevent him to beat up his opponents to near-death.

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*** Much later, in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' Frieza does this again in the Universe Survival Arc against Jimizu the yardat. The beatdown is quite brutal, but nowhere as disturbing as Vegeta´s.Vegeta's. This is mostly because, in the tournament, killing is forbidden, so Frieza has to restrain himself a little. That, however, doesn´t doesn't prevent him to beat up his opponents to near-death.
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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' has the frightening final duel between Athrun and Kira. Athrun's angry at Kira because [[spoiler: Nicol died trying to attack the Strike[[note]]Depending on the version, Kira either acted in self-defense or the Blitz unintentionally ran into the Sword Strike's weapon[[/note]].]] However, when [[spoiler: Athrun kills Tolle when he tries to protect Kira]], the gloves come off and Kira tries to kill his best friend in grief. [[spoiler: Athrun nearly vaporized his friend before his Gundam ran out of power, so he settled for self-destruction. Kira still survived, but barely.]]
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dewicking


** [[BadassGrandpa Yamamato]] delivers one to a special hollow that was created to stop his InfinityPlusOneSword. The hollow rendered his sword useless, but Yammato simply killed it with a set bare-handed attacks.

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** [[BadassGrandpa Yamamato]] Yamamato delivers one to a special hollow that was created to stop his InfinityPlusOneSword. The hollow rendered his sword useless, but Yammato simply killed it with a set bare-handed attacks.
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that doesn't say ANYTHING at all.


** "Great Bowls of Fire" episode. Dragonite Meets [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Zodd the Immortal]] in a truly terrifying and sickening battle.

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