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== [[Film]] ==
* In the 1967 parodic ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'', [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] is introduced to an agent who breaks a cinderblock with a karate chop... and accidentally knocks himself out saluting Bond.
* In the original ''[[The Karate Kid]]'', Daniel sees a movie poster centred on a man kicking a log in half.
{{quote|Master, can you breaks a log like that?
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** This same line was used by the bad guy in Van Damme's ''Bloodsport'', when Dux was able to shatter a single brick on the bottom of a stack.
* In ''[[Kung Pow]]'', The [[Chosen One]] proves his strength with one-and no-handed pushups, and punching a board. He starts the punch, stops just in front of the board, pokes it with his finger, and... it explodes, sending the two people behind it flying.
* Happens in at ''[[Bloodsport]]'', where [[Jean
* Parodied in the ''[[Bratz]]'' movie, where the failure to accomplish this is mistaken for an attempt at comedy.
== Literature ==
* Danica in the [[RA Salvatore]] series could do this to chunks of rock, being a [[Dungeons
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* Subverted by Hudzen in the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "The Last Day", who demonstrates his strength by breaking a brick in half with his penis.
* A ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' skit had Will Ferrell try to do this, but failed to break the board, yelling "What kind of wood was that?"
* Played with in an episode of ''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Raw'', where to either build him up or get people to mock him more, Eric Bischoff claimed to be an "eighth-degree black belt". He then proceeded to break things with his bare hands and feet, though the harder ones seemed fake.
* Used in an episode of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', where both a guest on ''Tool Time'' and Al have studied karate. Not knowing this, Tim tries it...and, being Tim, and it being this trope, hurts his head.
* Done in a "How it's done" manner by Phoebe in ''[[Beakman's World]]''. And yes, Lester breaks his hand on the board beforehand.
* Done to show how 'hard' Rob Riggle is on his ''[[The Daily Show|Daily Show]]'' leaving montage. "BOARD!"
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* Cliff did this in an episode of ''[[Cheers]]'', using his head, after claiming to be a karate expert. Diane had to sneak him off to a hospital.
* Max claimed to be able to do this to a large number of wooden boards on ''[[Get Smart]]''. It used the usual "would you believe it" [[Running Gag]], until he was eventually claiming to be able to break particle board or something.
* During the second Ninja Special on [[
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''; Will goes to a karate instructor for lessons but finds nothing in the dojo but a board on two cinderblocks. He stomps the board and makes martial arts noises, but a moment later the sensei (played by [[The Karate Kid|Pat Morita]]) comes in, looks down, and asks "What happened to my coffee table?"
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Trope Namer]]:
** Breaking bricks is the [[Fanon]] behind why fighting is [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|super effective]] against rock, ice, and steel.
** The TM/HM Rock Smash counts as well, which has the secondary effect of lowering the opponent's defense stat.
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[[Category:Skills and Training Tropes]]
[[Category:Brick Break]]▼
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]
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