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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 Claude Van Damme]] hits a pile of bricks and smashes the ''lowest'' one. His sidekick breaks one brick in two with a simple punch, then another one on his forehead.

* Happens in at ''[[Bloodsport]]'', where [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] hits a pile of bricks and smashes the ''lowest'' one. His sidekick breaks one brick in two with a simple punch, then another one on his forehead.

* 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 ~~and~~ Dragons]] monk. Eventually she also tried to do it with her [[Hard Head|head]], which was considered suicidal until she succeeded.

* Danica in the [[RA Salvatore]] series could do this to chunks of rock, being a [[Dungeons & Dragons]] monk. Eventually she also tried to do it with her [[Hard Head|head]], which was considered suicidal until she succeeded.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

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* 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.

* 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 [[~~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.

* During the second Ninja Special on [[MythBusters]], 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-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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