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* Probably accomplished at the end of ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' when {{spoiler|[[The Messiah]] chops off the head of God.}}
* Masaru of ''[[
** Taiki in ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'' did something similar when he {{spoiler|''kicked [[Olympus Mons|Arkadimon]] in the head'' with an iron ball he was chained to. While swimming. [[Recycled in Space|In space.]]}}
* ''[[
* The very soul and fiber of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' is woven with this sentiment. As one of the songs says: ''"Do the impossible, see the invisible! ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!'' '''''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avRuZ4QLWek ROW ROW FIGHT DA POWAH!]"'''''
** The movie then '''takes the literal version of the trope and cranks it [[Up to Eleven]], with {{spoiler|Simon duking it out with the Anti-Spiral, after they had just battled in galaxy-sized mecha.}}
* The [[Enemy Without|berserked defense program of the Book of Darkness]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', a [[Humongous Mecha|gigantic bio-mechanical monstrosity]] that had destroyed countless worlds in the past and is considered to be impossible to kill due to its reincarnation cycle, which lets it reform itself somewhere else whenever it dies. It went up against Nanoha's massively overpowered party, consisting of a mage that had merged with the cleansed Book of Darkness, the four guardians the Book of Darkness created to defend itself, and five other mages that are able to match said guardians in battle. All of them were throwing around [[Eleventh
** Not quite. Even though they did defeat it, it was only temporarily and it took {{spoiler|Reinforce sealing herself away for all eternity}} to finally put an end to it.
** It should be mentioned that they only beat the actually really Cthulu-esque "Darkness of the Book of Darkness". When Nanoha and Fate fought against Reinforce they didn't stand the slightest chance. She's made to be a powerful being that can destroy entire worlds and she does ''not'' disappoint.
* Several of the main duelists in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' are able to (or come close to) take out the legendary Egyptian God Cards with a series of impressive, but otherwise mundane, card combos. Examples include:
** Yugi uses Malik's own Osiris infinite combo against him to deck him out.
** Joey ''nearly'' took down {{spoiler|Marik's Winged Dragon of Ra with his Gearfried the Iron Knight, but he falls into a coma before he can give the attack order.}}
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** During their final duel, little Yugi managed to take down all ''three'' of {{spoiler|Atem's}} Egyptian God Cards with a combo involving his Magnet Warriors and [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Magnet_Force Osiris' own effects], a feat that had the distinct honor of forcing the otherwise-stoic Kaiba to acknowledge the little twerp as his better.
*** Also in the final duel, Yugi manages to simultaneously increase the Silent Swordsman's power while decreasing Obelisk's power so that the two of them manage to destroy each other. Near the end of the duel, he seals away Monster Reborn, and then reveals that he did so when {{spoiler|Atem}} tries to resurrect Osiris, preventing the resurrection and enabling him to directly attack him and win the duel.
** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!
* The {{spoiler|Obsidian Lord}} from ''[[
** Furthermore, in ''[[
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Sailor Moon defeats the personification of Chaos itself as well as its four incarnations.
** Naked, no less, while jumping into a metaphorical [[Shark Pool]].
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*** Not really; the first sub-Dark Lord that was defeated was done so by another sub-Lord, and while Lina intended to destroy the second with that spell, {{spoiler|she gets possessed before it attacks and the Lord of Nightmares herself kills the lord.}} There's a third that was fought in the novels, but it barely survived.
** At the end of ''Evolution-R'', she just killed the fragment of Shabranigdo she had destroyed in the first season but that got resurrected... again. That's right, Lina has now been personally responsible for the destruction of a one-seventh fragment of the ultimate evil god of her world... twice. Take that, Cthulhu. (Lina actually defeats Shabranigdo twice in the novels as well, although the events surrounding her second victory are very different from those of the anime.)
* In ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', the main male lead stops a [[Reality Warper]] with the power to create and unmake worlds from unmaking existence by {{spoiler|kissing her}}. Which makes this more: "{{spoiler|[[Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?]]?}}".
** Also, in the novels Kyon domineers over {{spoiler|the Data Overmind, which has ''nearly'' godlike powers by threatening to provoke Haruhi into recreating the universe with him, to a place where the Overmind would not exist.}} Which is in some ways more impressive than just Punching Out Cthulhu. {{spoiler|After all how many mortals have ever made a god back down in fear?}}
** During the production of the SOS student film, Kyon comes dangerously close to punching out Cthulhu in a [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|much more literal sense]], but is stopped by Koizumi.
* In ''[[Code Geass]] R2'' episode 21, Lelouch uses his [[Evil Eye]] on {{spoiler|the "collective unconsciousness", a gigantic mass of souls without physical bodies, which his father Charles says has been referred to in the past as God}}.
** Though the [[Word of God|guide]] states that the people/collective unconsciousness already wanted a tomorrow implying that Charles' plan was doomed from the start and Lelouch actually didn't do anything until Zero Requiem which was the will of the collective unconsciousness. If you rewatch the scene you can clearly see that Lelouch asks it in the form of a request, and even uses please.
* In the first two seasons of ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure|Pretty Cure]]'' the Dark King, the very embodiment of ultimate annihilation, whose goal was to destroy everything and reduce the universe and all dimensions to a state of eternal void. The only ones standing in its way were a [[Determinator|spunky]], [[Hot
* In ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'', Lady Eboshi manages to pull this off with a rifle. Unfortunately, killing said loving nature god only let out an infinitely more pissed off ''destructive'' god. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice job releasing Cthulhu, Eboshi.]]
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* In ''[[S-Cry-ed]],'' after {{spoiler|being thrown into The Other Side, Mujo}} comes back with a borderline better form, proclaiming that his lifelong hunger for power is finally satisfied. The heroes... are unimpressed.
* Guts from ''[[Berserk]]'' takes on [[The Legions of Hell|an entire army of eldritch abominations]] armed only with a broken knife.
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** Perhaps subverted because, if all the stories about her are true, Evangeline herself is a Cthulhu. The demon had a fearsome reputation and great power but so did Evangeline.
** And then there was Nagi, who, when faced by a being known as the Mage of Beginnings and the Lifemaker that had just wiped out his entire party with one attack, proceeded to take said being out with what looked like a super-powered [[Shoryuken]]. {{spoiler|Possibly subverted as the Lifemaker wasn't destroyed - it possessed Zect and later Nagi himself.}}
** Then, chapter 265 has {{spoiler|Loli-chisame [[Bright Slap|Bright Slapping]] [[One
* The Anime version of ''[[Soul Eater]]'' takes this trope very literally {{spoiler|as the series ends with Maka defeating the Kishin, a god-like, nigh-omnipotent being fueled by madness with a single punch, fueled with the power of Courage}}!
** Special mention should go to Black*Star, who in the previous episode managed to beat the fuck out of the Kishin, pretty much on his own for a decent portion of the battle. Maka may have slayed him but Black*Star held his own pretty well.
* In ''[[
** Not to mention, after he becomes the 'God of the New World' {{spoiler|i.e. killed L}} when his god complex reaches its height, {{spoiler|he ends up getting shot. [[Beware the Nice Ones|By Matsuda.]]}}
* Ash from the ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'', in the fourth volume, basically kills a giant, high-level Haunter that the previous inhabitants of the area worshiped as a god. {{spoiler|He was actually trying to catch it, but the Haunter had a [[A God Am I|god complex]] from all the worship it received and blew itself up rather than get caught.}}
* Eneru from ''[[
** Screw that, Wiper beat Luffy to the punch on that one. A few things of note: Wiper is not made of rubber, he's just as vulnerable as any other human, and his main weapon is the Reject Dial, a weapon that sends attacks back at the enemy while causing [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|potentially lethal impacts to the user.]] Wiper enters into ''single combat'' with Eneru, and using the Reject Dial, [[Kryptonite Factor|Seastone skates]], quick thinking, and just plain [[Badass]] [[Determinator|determination]], ''actually kills Eneru.'' Eneru's lighting restarts his heart, but Wiper actually ''killed'' him!
** When Luffy met Whitebeard, the most powerful man alive that could move entire islands with his tsunamis and earthquakes, he automatically challanged his title as King of the Pirates. Almost everyone in earshot were stunned to hear Luffy do this.
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* In ''[[Naruto]]'' this is done fairly frequently with regards to the Tailed Beasts. Every one of the them, despite being an immortal blob of concentrated energy has been defeated and bound into the body of a human by another mortal.
** This is even more impressive in the case of {{spoiler|Hashirama Senju who could control the demons themselves. He didn't just punch out Cthulhu; he made them roll over and play dead.}}
*** {{spoiler|To better aid her husband, Naruto's <s> great aunt</s> distant relative? Mito Uzumaki sealed the Kyubi inside herself, becoming the first Jinchuuriki in over a thousand years since the Rikudou Sennin.}}
** When faced with the One Tailed Tanuki, Naruto nearly perfectly recreated this trope when he decked Gaara across the face only for Gaara to just get pissed at him. Instead, Naruto had to go for a [[Use Your Head|Did You Just Head-Butt Cthulhu]] moment. That one worked.
*** Naruto does it again {{spoiler|when he confronts the Kyuubi, first, he uses Sage Mode to gain enough strength to actually hurl the frickin beast like a rag doll and then smash it to the ground [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|followed by smashing said beast's torso with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.]]}}
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** Despite all odds, Jiraiya DID punch out Cthulhu, unlike Orochimaru he managed to ''beat'' Four-Tail Naruto and return him to normal.
* This is the signature move of Takashi Natsume from ''[[Natsume Yuujinchou]]''. He can deliver a punch that lays out youkai many times larger than him, much to their surprise. It's implied that it's not just physical force -- he inherited very strong spirtual power from his [[Identical Grandson|Identical Grandmother]] Reiko Natsume (who delivered most of her beatdowns via baseball bat.)
* At the end of ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion
* The main plot of ''Edens Bowy'' revolves around god hunters, humans who have the power to slay gods, and thus protect humanity from divine enslavement.
* [[Saint Seiya]] enjoys and employs some very literal god-killing, it being the plot is basically 'oh crap, a Holy War, go kill Hades for me (Athena)'. So they do, killing Hypnos and Thanatos along the way-and in the movies they beat up Artemis and Apollo. Also seen in [[Saint Seiya:
** To say nothing about Cancer Manigoldo, who pretty much spends the entirety of the fight against Thanatos hanging on for dear-life as he gets curbstomped further and further into the ground, only to claw back from the brink every time and eventually destroy the God's body.
** The grand champ of this all now is {{spoiler|Gemini Aspros}}, who managed to kill a ''Titan'' with powers comparable to Chronos single-handedly.
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** {{spoiler|Before that, everyone of the protagonists do this in the final battle to get him to uses up his stone. For awhile it doesn't seem like nothing affecting Father as he just stands in one spot using his powers to deflect the attacks. And then something changes and he's actually forced to ''block'' an attack with his arm. This doesn't go unnoticed by the heroes, cue orders to hit him harder with Father getting knocked around from all sides.}}
* This, along with [[The Power of Love]], is the cornerstone of [[Kurohime]].
* In ''[[
** [[Superpower Lottery|The super-powered villain Accelerator]] eventually gets his name added to the list of superpowered beings Touma has punched in the face.
** Touma's first fight involved him punching out Innocentius, a powerful fire demon composed of 3000-degree flames. From here, he had nowhere to go but up.
* In ''[[Bleach]]'' {{spoiler|Ichigo appears in the nick of time with a "final" power up and with little more than raw strength, grabs Aizen by the face and drags him miles away from Karakura to deliver a [[No
* ''[[My Balls]]'' takes the [[Refuge in Audacity]] route, as usual: did you just defeat {{spoiler|Beelzebub}} with [[It Makes Sense in Context|armpit sex]]?
* ''[[Baka Test]]'': {{spoiler|Yoshii}} defeats {{spoiler|Ironman, a foe long thought to be unbeatable}}.
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': {{spoiler|Team Natsu}} defeats {{spoiler|[[
** {{spoiler|In the [[Time Skip]], Natsu actually manages to go toe to toe with Sabertooth's leader Jinema, whose guild is considered the strongest of the land after seven years.}}
* ''[[High School
* In ''[[Fate
* ''[[Pokémon]]''; as of 2021, Ash's Pokémon have defeated six Legendaries — Noland's Articuno, Brandon's Regice, Tobias's Darkrai and Latios, Gladion's Silvally and Tapu Koko.
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