Dive Kick

A Dive Kick is a splendid Finishing Move in many media, having its roots in works based in the Tokusatsu, Martial Arts Movie and Wrestling genres. As such, it has plenty of reverence among fans of all three genres.

A Dive Kick is used at the climax of a fight before a "Defeat Equals Explosion" in Tokusatsu fights with a Monster of the Week. Usually, this move is called out by the character using the attack or by one of the announcers of the fight for added impact.

Many fans of these genres end up as writers and creators for other forms of media. To pay Homage to all three, there are many moves based around the mighty Dive Kick. As a result, many characters in games revolving around fighting, like Beat 'em ups and Fighting Games tend to have a dive kick of some kind.

Anime and Manga

 * Daitarn 3 has the Daitarn Crash, done by Daitarn 3 to punch a hole through his opponent after the Sun Attack makes his foe vulnerable. The attack is called out by Banjo Haran as a sign the battle is about to end. In the Super Robot Wars franchise, Daitarn 3 usually has a dynamic kill animation with this move, complete with hole being punched out of their opponent.
 * The sequel to Gunbuster, Diebuster, has an Inazuma Kick as well. Nono is a big fan of Nonoriri and will do anything to emulate her techniques. The climax of Diebuster one-ups Gunbuster with an Inazuma Double Kick.
 * Gunbuster has the Inazuma Kick and Super Inazuma Kick as an homage to Kamen Rider. Noriko Takaya and Kasumi Amano even shouts it loud and proud. This move usually devastates the Space Monsters with ease.
 * As Nyarlathotep/Nyarko-san of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san fame is a massive Kamen Rider fangirl, she tries her best to homage variations of the Rider Kick to the best of her ability.
 * As a creation of Gainax, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is bound to make a few callbacks to Gunbuster. Both Kamina and Simon have their takes on the Inazuma Kick. The move is even part of Gurren Lagann's arsenal in the Super Robot Wars series.

Live-Action TV

 * The Kamen Rider franchise has the Rider Kick, the move that sparked many homages, variations, and tributes by said fans who grew up to create other works, some even in the Kamen Rider franchise itself. The Rider themselves even shouts it loud and proud. As expected, this move is done to signal the end of a fight against the Monster of the Week.

Professional Wrestling

 * This move is known as the drop kick. The attacking wrestler leaps into the air and attempts to kick their foe in the face with the soles of their feet.

Video Games

 * Dive Kick is a Fighting Game based around the concept of the Dive Kick itself that satirizes the fighting game community. Both players attempt to get the drop on their opponent with their dive kicks and KO their opponent before the other does the same to them.
 * King of Fighters: As May Lee Jinju is a Kamen Rider fan, her Desperation Supers involve a Rider Kick at the end, complete with a heroic pose.
 * Super Robot Wars
 * The Gespenst line of mecha is known for the Gespenst Kick finisher move. If you give certain Gespensts a different pilot in the Original Generations subseries, all of the characters that can pilot a Gespenst have recorded lines.
 * As a Kamen Rider homage, Raioh and its upgrade Dairaioh have an upward variant in the form of the Rising Meteor and Rising Meteor Inferno finishers.
 * Pokemon has fighting-type moves, which are special moves based on the concept of melee fighting. The dive kick itself is a move that can be learned by various Pokemon. It comes in the form of Jump Kick, High Jump Kick and Blaze Kick. Jump Kick and High Kick used to be the Signature Move of Hitmonlee, and Blaze Kick used to be the signature move of Blaziken.

Real Life

 * As martial arts tend to influence fighting styles within tokusatsu shows, a dive kick is bound to show up as one of the techniques. However, it isn't as flashy as the ones done on tokusatsu shows as the rules of reality still apply. A trained master pulling off one of these looks pretty cool.