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** Ryouga learned a technique later in the series that allowed him to break boulders with a [[Finger-Poke of Doom]].
*** Actually, any kind of solid ''non-living'' matter he could punch his finger through (for starters, he could WRITE on stone by punching holes with his finger prior to mastering this technique), so this is useless used ''directly'' against living things (this doesn't make him shy to explode boulders and open craters ''near'' enemies, though)
* Goku of ''[[
** Also, Mr. Satan breaks a stack of tiles to show how powerful he is. (Cell was not impressed.) Also a slight subversion, as he always, without fail, breaks all but ONE brick... which still settles him as a [[Badass Normal]].
* In ''[[Doctor Slump]]'', there's a scene where Suppaman tries to convince Arale that he's impressive by setting up a stack of five clay tiles and breaking three of them with a punch (And boasting about it afterward while holding is sore fist). Arale responds by [[Widget Series|casually punching the Earth and cracking it in half]].
* Kuu Fei in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' moved on to ''boulders'' once bricks didn't provide enough of a challenge. And when those stopped being a challenge, she moved on to ''mountains''.
** [[Love Hina]]'s Motoko is capable of cutting objects with her bare hands. She can even cut objects behind other objects without harming the front object. This is a result of her martial arts style, the Shinmei Ryu. Note that this style is practiced by Negima's Setsuna, Eishun, and a few others. Guess why.
* An episode of [[Pokémon (
* The Karate Club of Youkai Academy in ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'' once had a contest to see who could break the most tombstones. Kokoa won, beating the record set by the club captain.
** Better than that: it was actually a ruse to gain members since the challengers were breaking actual tombstones while the Karate Club were using weaker ones. Kokoa is a superstrong vampire, so this didn't matter.
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== [[Film]] ==
* In the parodic ''[[Casino Royale 1967]]'', [[James Bond (
* In the original ''[[
{{quote| Master, can you breaks a log like that?<br />
Don't know. Never been attacked by tree. }}
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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 ''[[
* Parodied in the ''[[Bratz]]'' movie, where the failure to accomplish this is mistaken for an attempt at comedy.
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* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' did this at one point when they were on a talk show.
** ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'' also had it, though the Rangers ended up hurting themselves and Cam - not officially trained, but still the sensei's son - was the only one to succeed.
* Subverted by Hudzen in the ''[[
* 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 ''[[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]]'', 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 ''[[
* Done to show how 'hard' Rob Riggle is on his ''[[The Daily Show|Daily Show]]'' leaving montage. "BOARD!"
* Played with in an episode of ''[[News Radio]]''. At first it looks like Joe is going to do this for a talent show, but when the board doesn't break, he reveals that his real talent is hitting stuff very hard without hurting himself.
* 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 ''[[
* During the second Ninja Special on [[Myth Busters]], the guys tested the "one inch punch". They showed highspeed footage of their expert breaking the third of a set of hanging boards, something Jamie couldn't duplicate with a normal (and higher-force) punch.
* Parodied in an episode of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Trope Namer]]: [[Brick Break]] is a [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|fighting-type move]] in ''[[
** 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.
** The Block Smash event of the Pokéathlons in ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver
* Kim Kaphwan breaks several boards while they're in the air with his feet in one of his ''[[Capcom vs. SNK 2 Mark of the Millennium
** Try to hit a really light object in the air without just pushing it away. It's pretty freaking hard unless you know the method to it.
** He does one better in his intro in the ''Real Bout [[Fatal Fury]]'' games: he breaks a column of ice blocks with one kick.
* The [[Bonus Round]] in the first ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' was based around breaking rocks in this manner. The "Test your Might" tests were reintroduced in ''Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance'', but dropped thereafter. For the record, it started with wood, then went to stone, steel, ruby and finally diamond.
* Sort-of present in the bonus rounds in ''[[
** Oh, and "breaking tiles" is listed as [[Joke Character]] Dan Hibiki's special skill in his official bio.
* The Chatterbox radio station in ''[[
* The first ''[[Art of Fighting]]'' had one minigame where you broke several sheets of ice, and another where you karate-chopped the necks off of beer bottles. The prizes range from better stamina to new moves.
* The bonus minigame Megaton Punch in ''[[
* One microgame in the first ''[[
* [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]], [[Captain Obvious|of course]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* During the [[Training Montage]] in ''[[Mulan]]'', they did this with their heads.
** Then during a fight later on, you see the same guy doing it to an enemy soldier's ''back''.
* The first episode of ''[[
{{quote| "My students [the turtles] nicknamed me Splinter. For...obvious reasons." ''*he chops through two boards, and then bites through a third*''}}
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In a Gene Deitch ''[[
== Real Life ==
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