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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''Dragon kick your ass into the Milky Way! (Milky Way)''|''[[God Hand]]'' [[Theme Tune]]}}▼
Any object, if [[Home Run Hitter|launched with]] [[Megaton Punch|sufficient force]], will sail clean over the horizon and vanish into the distant sky. A moment after it disappears, a four-pointed "twinkle" will appear in the spot where it was last seen, sometimes rotating briefly, along with [[Audible Gleam|a high-pitched "ringing" noise]]. If the object is potentially explosive, it will blow up ''after'' the twinkle.
It's also sometimes used to show that something is coming down from the sky. This particular use may be [[Truth in Television|true]]; during [[World War II]], Japanese AA gunners on ships were trained to watch for the gleam of an approaching dive bomber's canopy. Because after that, the only indication that something was coming was the [[Oh Crap|whistling of bombs approaching.]]
▲{{quote|''Dragon kick your ass into the Milky Way! (Milky Way)''|''[[God Hand]]'' [[Theme Tune]]}}
▲Any object, if [[Home Run Hitter|launched with]] [[Megaton Punch|sufficient force]], will sail clean over the horizon and vanish into the distant sky. A moment after it disappears, a four-pointed "twinkle" will appear in the spot where it was last seen, sometimes rotating briefly, along with [[Audible Gleam|a high-pitched "ringing" noise]]. If the object is potentially explosive, it will blow up ''after'' the twinkle. It's also sometimes used to show that something is coming down from the sky. This particular use may be [[Truth in Television|true,]] as in the [[World War II|Second World War,]] Japanese AA gunners on ships were trained to watch for the gleam of an approaching dive bomber's canopy. Because after that, the only indication that something was coming was the [[Oh Crap|whistling of bombs approaching.]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Whenever "Team Rocket is Blasting Off Again!" in ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''. This happens when they're blasting off from almost anything: Pokémon attacks, human intervention, high water pressure when springing a leak in a water pipe, doing honest work for an honest day's pay, etc. In the Advance seasons, they've sometimes blasted off multiple times in one episode. This may be why the trope has been greatly reduced in the current series, where they have yet to be blasted off, preferring a more traditional villain escape instead.
** In ''Double-Time Battle Training'', they [[Gone Horribly Wrong|blasted themselves off when Jessie tried to combine Pokémon attacks together]] like how Dawn just learned.
** "Malice In Wonderland" subverts this, hard. Team Rocket gets blasted off for half the episode bouncing back and forth between various causes. They never get this trope. Ouch.
** There's also when Team Rocket ''wanted'' to get sent flying; well, James does anyway (it's because it's the only way he can get away from his dreaded fiancée, Jessiebelle).
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* When Haruka hurls the "airplane" far from Windbloom in episode four of ''[[Mai-Otome]]''.
** According to a bonus feature on the first DVD, the thing ended up '''in orbit'''.
* Any time someone gets booted into low earth orbit in ''[[Ranma ½
* ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on this trope in episode 18, where Iwata gets punched and says "Look for the twinkle!" just before he disappears into said twinkle.
* Played with in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''. In an episode titled ''The Lukewarm Cold Equation'' Akito's robot was thrown into the distance during a fight, creating the twinkle. This had happened a couple of times in previous episodes, but this time the rest of the episode focused on ''where he went'', with Yurika and Megumi actually going out to search for him.
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* During a baseball game in the anime ''[[Ninin ga Shinobuden]]'', one of Shinobu's home run hits does this. {{spoiler|It ends up reaching another galaxy!}}
* Happens to ''giant robots'' frequently in ''[[Transformers Cybertron]].'' Unsurprisingly, the [[Pokémon (anime)|Team Rocket]]-ish Ransack and Crumplezone experience it a time or two, complete with post-booting dialogue on one occasion:
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'''Ransack''': "It's the wheel of fate, my friend."
'''Both''': "It ran ''right over'' us!" }}
** However, it can also happen to fellow comedic villain Thundercracker, and the ''serious'' villain Scourge. Sideways does it voluntarily, his zigzagged departures often ending in this.
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* Happens to [[Small Annoying Creature|Ko]][[Sleep Mode Size|tengu]] in ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka de|Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyou Shou]]'' [[OAV]] episode "Kokoro no Yukue", after he is struck by lightning as a punishment for losing a tengu competition.
* The explosion variant happens [[Once an Episode]] to [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Prince Collection]] in ''[[Mon Colle Knights]]''. More specifically, when blasted over the horizon, his machine explodes, with the ensuing cloud turning into a rose with one of its "petals" falling off.
* Happens to Suzuo once in [[Dokkoida?!]] after an over-enthusiastic greeting of Marilyn Ronmoe.
* Guame ends up becoming a twinkle '''underground''' when he falls through a hole in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.
* With any minor [[Monster of the Week]] villain that doesn't contribute majorly to the plot in ''[[Wedding Peach]]'', this happens (the major ones dissolve into sparkles and "are destroyed")...
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* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'':
** Episode 24, Elfman punches Totomaru, who was frozen by Gray. Added with Elfman's Speech during the punch and a 'wow' sound effect when a twinkle appeared
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*Punches Totomaru to the sky*
'''Elfman''':"...fly to the heavens and become a star!"
'''Totomaru''':"What is that supposed to mean?"
*followed with a twinkle and a "wow" sound effects* }}
** Episode 51, Happy becomes a twinkle as well when he commented about Gray being shirtless and stalking girls. Before he could get to finish his sentence of Gray is a giant pervert, he got punched into the sky by Gray.
** This is also the fate of {{spoiler|Bluenote Stinger}} after being defeated by an angry {{spoiler|Gildarts.}}
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** Natsu get this when {{spoiler|Erza}} stepped on the trap which was intended for Gray in the 2nd OVA
* Played straight in ''[[
* [[Sekirei]], in the second season's of the anime's third episode, to members of the disciplinary squad, launched by Kazehana.
** Yume does it to them at the end of episode 12 in Season 1 as well.
* ''[[Kinnikuman Nisei]]'' has this happen to Mantaro sometimes, usually courtesy of Roxanne.
* This happens to Buggy the Clown early on in ''[[One Piece]]'' as well, where Luffy defeats him for the first time by sending him flying after Nami interrupts and messes up his pulling of himself back together.
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]] Kira's'' second episode, this happens to Takano as well after [[Magical Girl
== Film ==
* Happened in ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' when Sing demonstrates his kicking ability by kicking a beer can towards the sky later to be seen again on impact.
* It also happens in ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' during the final battle. The film uses a lot of [[Animation Tropes]] despite being live action.
== Live
* This is part of the Warp Drive effect in the various ''[[Star Trek]]'' series.
* This happens to the [[Monster of the Week]] in episode 14 of ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]''. (It was a humorous episode and a tribute to the very silly ''[[Gekisou Sentai Carranger]]''.)
* Another rare live-action instance appears in episode 4 of ''[[Strong Girl Bong-soon]]'' when Bong-soon kicks a soccer ball with her full [[Super Strength]] and apparently puts it into orbit.
== Video Games ==
* Slayer's Instant Kill in ''[[Guilty Gear|Guilty Gear XX]]'' involves punching an opponent into the sky and then reciting a haiku. When he completes the poem, there's a twinkle in the sky right before "Destroyed" is announced.
* [[
* If someone is hit upwards out of the arena in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' or its sequels ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', this is the result...unless they fly forwards and bounce off the screen (only from ''Melee'' onward). It's actually pretty satisfying, especially since they scream the whole time; after a long and bitter fight, hearing a morose, "Pika ''piiiiikaaaaa''..." makes the whole thing seem worthwhile.
** Especially gratifying in that particular instance if you are a fan of Team Rocket... which accounts for, oh, [[Rooting for the Empire|99% of the fanbase]].
** ...unless ''you'' happen to get [[Big No|KOed by a stage hazard]] while your opponent is gently floating off toward the horizon. Remember: it doesn't count as a KO until you leave the screen.
*** There's been quite a bit of controversy around this trope in Smash Bros tournaments, because which animation you get when you're knocked into the sky (the twinkle or falling against the screen) is completely random...but a "blasting off" animation takes three times longer to actually KO someone. This could potentially result in someone winning a match even though they were defeated first. Because of this, there are some hacks of the game which remove the twinkle altogether.
* [[Super Mario Bros.]] examples:
** Happens to the player in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' when they're launched into the sky from a cannon. It happens again to Lord Crump when his robot explodes.
** When you use a secret cannon in [[
** Happens in reverse when Mario returns from a galaxy in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
* Happens to Wario in the "Punch!" minigame in ''[[Wario Ware]]: Touched''.
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* In ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: Covenant'', Joachim has a damage-or-OHKO attack that launches an enemy high into the sky. The player will know it succeeded if the enemy creates a twinkle.
* At one point in the original ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]'', you're confronted by the game's resident [[Goldfish Poop Gang]], who demand a toll to continue down the road. Earlier on, the team's resident [[Team Pet|Moogle]] declared a wish to become a star - if you choose not to pay the toll, you'll barge onwards, knocking the Moogle into the sky. Although you're never shown the Moogle "turning into" a star, you do get this gem:
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'''Selkie B:''' "Big time." }}
* In ''[[God Hand]]'', Gene's more powerful God Roulette attacks (Dragon Kick, 100 Fist and Homerun God to name a few) end with the enemy being launch in the milky way (where they already are), like the awesome credit song puts it.
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* Chie's Galactic Punt from ''[[Persona 4]]'' allows the [[Cute Bruiser]] to kick an enemy (and the occasional [[Mini Boss]]) into the orbital frame.
* Roger Sr.'s typical fate in later [[Tekken]] games.
* Raphael the Raven's death animation in ''[[
* The icon for the "Throw" ability in ''[[Kirby]]'s Adventure'' depicts Kirby tossing something so that it turns into
* The first boss of ''[[Gunstar Heroes]]'' is defeated in this way.
* What happens to Pamela once she's finally defeated in Milanor's chapter of the ''[[Yggdra Unison]]'' voice drama.
* In ''[[Portal 2]]'', a twinkle, complete with the standard sound effect, is created when a portal opens up very very far away, specifically: {{spoiler|on the moon.}}
* DLC for ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten|A Promise Unforgotten]]'' gives us [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice|Mao]] bringing in his [[Humongous Mecha|Getter Mao]] and showing it off to the Hades Party... before becoming sidetracked and showing an [[Memetic Molester|"interest"]] in Desco and, subsequently, [[Big Brother Instinct|losing the keys to]] [[Batter Up|Fuka]].
* "Dash Strom" technique in ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]''.
* ''[[Blaster Master]]'' uses a twinkle (on the ''ground'') in it's intro as Sophia zooms off into battle.
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== Web Animation ==
* In the [[Homestar Runner|sbemail]] "winter pool", Pom-Pom becomes this after [[It Makes Sense in Context|bouncing off of Strong Bad's pool]]. He's later shown flying through space.
== Web Comics ==
* Looks like the Robster's blasting off again! Or, at the very least, being thrown by a big, naked purple guy in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901195203/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=42&issue=13 strip] of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''.
* Subverted in ''[[Dominic Deegan]]''. A minor villain is thrown into the sky by an angry animal and Stunt expects nothing but [[Amusing Injuries]]. Then it turns out he was thrown directly up and he comes crushing down, landing on his neck and dying instantly.
== Web Original ==
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== Western Animation ==
* Zero, the Ghost Dog does this at the end of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' {{spoiler|as he turns into a star}}.
* ''[[The Amazing Spiez]]'' episode "Operation: Twins of Trouble". When a WOOHP jet flies off into the distance, it disappears in one of these.
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