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* ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' subverted this trope using the "arms too short" variety at the end of a fight between Ataru and a tomcat for the affections of a [[Catgirl]].

* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'': During the Death March arc, Sena manages to trick an [[Opposing Sports Team]] into [[Cross Counter|Cross Countering]] each other while avoiding their attempts at "unnecessary roughness".

*** Des Kangaroo's special ability could also be an example of this. While never seen in the anime, its effect is that if it's attacked by a monster with Attack that is lower than Des Kangaroo's defense, the attacking card is destroyed. This specific move is known as the "Destruction Punch", and there are other cards that grant its effect.

** There's also the card "Gachi Battle!" which depicts two cards [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Gachi_Battle! doing this.]

** ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' has a straight example during the fight between Goku and Vegeta after he's become a Majin. Don't think about the fact that Vegeta should probably have shorter reach.

*** Or that since high-speed fighting is the norm for DBZ and fight scenes are meant to be very serious that the moment the trope is played straight it's accompanied by a few seconds pause ''and'' a cartoonish sound effect.

*** There's also a [[Like Father, Like Son]] moment where Goten and Trunks land cross counters on each other in exactly the same manner their fathers did.

* Done by Ichigo and his dad in the first episode of ''[[Bleach]]''.

* In the third episode of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', Simon and Kamina in their newly-combined ganmen (Gurren-Lagann) rushes towards Viral's Enki. Viral throws a punch, and Kamina throws a punch along the same line. When both ganmen's fists hit each other's faces, Dayakka yells out (in [[Gratuitous English]]), "CUROSSU COUNTAH!" and the shot takes on the same yellow hue with dark shadows as the punch from ''[[Ashita no Joe]]'' (as pictured at the top of the page). Another Cross Counter happens much later in the series, {{spoiler|being the first attack that starts the [[Final Battle]] between the [[Title Drop|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] and the [[Big Bad|Grand]] [[Beat Them At Their Own Game|Zamboa]].}}

** The cover for [http://read.mangashare.com/One-Piece/chapter-366/page001.html Chapter 366] has one between [[Our Giants Are Bigger|Dorry and Broggy]], who were last seen continuing their endless fights against each other (always draws) with broken weapons.

** Sanji and Mr. 2 Bon Clay do this to each other with ''kicks.''

** Much later, {{spoiler|one occurs between Naruto and one of Pain's bodies, although both avoid direct blows, which is good for Naruto as he avoids getting stabbed in the face and is able to blow the body away using the sheer natural energy from his [[Super Mode|Sage Mode]]}}.

* Happens twice in a row in the second ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' OVA, during the final fight between Terry and Krauser.

** And Ash's Bulbasaur and Jackson's Meganium during the Johto League Silver Conference. Both examples were following two of the most brutal fights the show had ever seen. The Silver Conference fight's instance is [[media:Bothgrasstypesbeinghit_4057.jpg|this.]]

* This happened repeatedly in ''[[Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer]]''. In the fight between Wizard and Hikaru, it was even altered so that, though Wizard was still punching her, Hikaru had ''kicked'' him in the face instead.

** The whole scene demonstrates that the two are really poor fighters.

* A variation with fencing sabers was done at the end of Char and Amuro's [[Sword Fight]] in the finale of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]].'' They rushed each other, [[Single-Stroke Battle]]-style, each delivering a thrust through the other's defenses. Amuro got stabbed in the shoulder, Char got stabbed in the ([[Mask Power|armored]]) forehead. This pretty much ended the fight...until [[The Movie]], anyway.

** Another sword version in ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' during the {{spoiler|Freedom's final moments: Kira managed to put a [[Laser Blade|beam sabre]] through the Impulse's head, while Shinn ran the Freedom through with its anti-ship blade. Little wonder who won that fight, even if Kira did put the Impulse out of commission for a few episodes.}}

* In the dramatic match between Pegasus Seiya and Dragon Shiryu in ''[[Saint Seiya]]'''s Galaxian Wars arc, the two combatants leap high above for some [[Air Jousting]] and end up locked in a [[Cross Counter]] --Shiryu's strongest punch on Seiya's face, Seiya's straight jab into Shiryu's [[Achilles Heel]] (the Dragon's Claw over his heart.)

* Kenshiro and Falco do a cross counter in ''[[Hokuto no Ken]] 2'' anime when they fight.

* Used in ''[[Shamo]]'', between Ryo Narushima and Naoto Sugawara.

* Parodied in ''[[Shadow Skill]]'' when two fighters, exhausted after an all-night duel, cross-counter ''very slowly''.

* The big knock-down-drag-out super brawl between Revy and Roberta of ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' ends with one of these.

* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] ViVid'' used this [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_vivid/v01/c007/21.html in the second match between Vivio and Einhart], though Vivio managed to dodge Einhart's side of the Cross Counter.

*** Yet another version of this could be Heihachi's Headbutt Carnival throw, which is functionally identical to his other, similliar throw in appearance, but characters who possess headbutt attacks of their own can avoid getting knocked down by it and counter-headbutt Heihachi right back...who can then counter-counter their headbutt and repeat the sequence until either character screws up the input or runs out of life first.

*** Paul Phoenix and Forrest Law perform a cross counter in their ending in [[Tekken Tag]]...but instead of a punch, they both kick...and instead of their faces, well, [[Groin Attack|their reactions say it all.]]

* ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' has this as a skill where more damage is given for [[Counter Attack|attacking an attacking enemy]]

* This is actually possible in the ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'' games, though it all comes down to whoever's attack connected first.

 

* Happens in an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' during a fight between Peter and Ernie the Giant Chicken. Neither one is knocked out, though.

* And again in the episode where Cleveland and Loretta split up, but with Cleveland and Quagmire (in a direct nod to the Rocky III ending)

* In ''[[Futurama]]'', when [[Action Girl|Leela-A]] and [[Mirror Universe|Leela-1]] attack each other in a perfectly symmetric way, they collide their foreheads and both are knocked out.

* In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', Optimus Prime and Megatron perform one during the opening theme, with the show's title appearing before the moment of impact. They do this to each other a few times in the actual series, as an [[Opening Shout-Out]].