Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

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* Probably accomplished at the end of ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'' when {{spoiler|[[The Messiah]] chops off the head of God.}}

** 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.}}

** 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.

** 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.}}

** 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 ''[[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]].

* 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.

** 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.}}

** 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.

** 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.)

* 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.

** 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.

* ''[[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.}}

 

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