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* 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 Hour Superpower|Eleventh Hour Superpowers]], [[Finishing Move|Finishing Moves]], [[Super Mode|Super Modes]], and [[Wave Motion Gun|Wave Motion Guns]] like no tomorrow, backed by a [[Cool Starship]] packing an even bigger [[Wave Motion Gun]], ''and'' [[Theme Music Power
** 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.
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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 Blooded]], [[Malaproper|verbally-clumsy]] [[Big Eater]], and a quiet, bookish, [[Beware the Nice Ones|selfless]] [[Teen Genius]]. Their names? [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro]]. And guess what? They defeated the Dark King in direct combat. ''Three'' times! The Dark King has probably made himself into the laughing stock of every [[Eldritch Abomination]] everywhere...
* 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.]]
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Eboshi'''}}: Now watch closely, everyone. I'm going to show you how to kill a god. A god of life and death. The trick is not to fear him.}}
* 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.
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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.
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* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': {{spoiler|Team Natsu}} defeats {{spoiler|[[No Sell|Hades]]}}
** {{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 DXD]]'': {{spoiler|Ise}} is the first of the Occult Research Club to outright defeat {{spoiler|[[One
* In ''[[Fate Zero]]'', Saber [[Sword Beam|Excaliblasts]] Cthulhu. As in the ''actual'' [[Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu]], summoned by her enemy Caster.
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