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'''Puppet General Hammond:''' What? It has to spin, it's round. Spinning is so much cooler than not spinning. I am the General, and I want it to spin! Now!|''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', "200"}}

 

 

This trope shows off the awesome power of spinning things at high speeds, or flying around in a circle. In skilled hands, this ability can be used to create tornadoes or even bend the space-time continuum.

 

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* ''[[Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin]]'' has the Zetsu Tenrou Battouga attack, where the user spins really, ''really'' fast while flying through the air. May not sound that impressive, but the main character {{spoiler|''slices a giant bear's head off with it.''}} A couple of the manga-only Battougas also involve spinning somehow.

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' is the ultimate example of this trope—if [[Heroic Resolve]] is forced into physical form, it becomes [[This Is a Drill|a drill]]. In fact, this is formulated as "Spiral Power," and is stated to be the reason for everything from why a gyroscope becomes more stable while spinning, to the [[Evolutionary Levels|process of evolution]] (DNA is helix-shaped).

* ''[[Naruto]]'s'' signature Rasengan attack, Neji's Kaiten, Lee's Leaf Whirlwind, Kiba's Wolf-Fang Over Fang and Kakashi's Kamui. Uzumaki means whirlpool, Naruto means Maelstrom, the Uzumaki clan symbol is a spiral. The symbol of Hidden Leaf has a spiral included. Tobi's mask has a spiral pattern.

* Howsabout all of the anime series that contain a [[Transformation Trinket]] with a spinning element? For example, the wands used in the second season ('sharp') of ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' feature a spinning musical note in the middle.

* Whenever Vita from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' uses Graf Eisen's Rocket Form, she'll always spin around a few times before smashing her target. Destruction Form is [[This Is a Drill|a drill]].

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' has Ranma's "Hiryû Shoten Ha" (where Ranma needs to lure his enemies into a spiral in order to blast them with a tornado) and Ryû Kumon's "Demon Gods' Mad Violent Dance" (where he spins around at high speed while at the same time unleashing a rapid-fire barrage of vacuum blades in all directions). Let's not forget several attacks from the Golden Pair, and a few of Ranma's practice katas.

* The character Maika Tsuchimikado from ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' routinely rides on top of street-cleaner robots, which are ''always'' spinning. This means Maika is ''always'' spinning, too. She never shows any sign of being dizzy.

 

* [[Superman]] is a master of this.

** There was [http://seanbaby.com/superfriends/supermanb.htm one joke] about Superman not arriving in time to save someone for a fire, so he covers them in barbecue sauce and flies around them fast in an attempt to "reverse the fire process."

** As an example, in one animated adventure he put out a forest fire by spinning over a lake and creating a waterspout.

* Speedsters such as [[The Flash]] sometimes use the tactic of spinning or running in a circle to produce a whirlwind.

** There's also a Flash villain named The Top who gets his super speed by spinning. Also he can brainwash people, by spinning.

* Riptide, an enemy of the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]], also has the mutant power of spinning real fast and flinging pieces of fast-growing bone shurikens.

 

* ''[[Star Wars]]'' series.

** "I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!"

* Brutally averted in ''[[Top Gun]]''. You know the scene.

 

* In ''[[The Underland Chronicles]]'', Ripred {{spoiler|and eventually Gregor }} spin. It is implied that all ragers can.

* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books, every form of magical transportation except for broom flight involves some degree of spinning.

 

* ''[[Doctor Who]]''

** When shown from the outside while in the process of traveling through space-time (after dematerializing and before rematerializing), the TARDIS is sometimes shown spinning.

* Kamen Rider Imperer from ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' has Spin Vent and his Contract Monsters do frontflips in his Final Vent before they slam into the target one by one and Imperer knees the target in the face.

 

* [[What Are Records?|Vinyl records.]] Tapes. [[Compact Disc|Compact discs]].

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJv5qLsLYoo You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a record, baby...]"

* [[Kylie Minogue|I'm spinning around/move out of my way/I know you're feeling/cause you like it like this!!]]

 

* It is a gospel part of Wrestling Physics that any high-flying move will be more powerful if done while spinning. Initially, this was just spinning in the direction of motion (ex: 450 splash), but then people started spinning backwards (Shooting Star Press) just 'cause it looked cool (unless you botch it at Wrestlemania, [[Brock Lesnar]]), and you eventually got people like M-Dogg 20 who made their careers out of spinning like tops in every possible direction any time their feet left the ground. Utterly absurd when you think about it, but hey, it seriously does [[Rule of Cool|look really, really cool]] For the record, with the Shooting Star Press, you're meant to land with your lower body first, as that's where the downwards motion is. Ain't nothin' illogical about the Shooting Star Press.

* When [[John Cena]] became WWE champion, it led to the creation of the infamous "spinner belt," which had a spinnable jeweled WWE logo over the usual gold plating. Serious fans were not pleased.

** This was less the case in WCW, where Booker would just quickly break dance back to his feet after taking the opponent down, sort of like [[Shawn Michaels]]' 'kip up' move. Then WCW was bought by the WWF, who [[Comically Missing the Point|presented the spinaroonie as his finishing move.]]

 

* Night Goblin Fanatics in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', doped up on [[Psycho Serum]] and spinning an [[Epic Flail]] in great, infantry-crushing circles while they revolve around the battlefield, crushing everything in their path, friend or foe.

* The GF makes an appearance in some editions of ''[[Talisman]]'' too. You always have your [[Epic Flail]] and get to roll two dice with it (everyone else gets only one), but if you roll boxcars you decapitate yourself.

 

* [[Depraved Bisexual|Va]][[Why Won't You Die?|mp]] from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' can spin in place and ''dodge bullets.'' This isn't just from one shot. He dodge constant fire from an M16 while ''spinning in place.''

* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'':

* The "research complete" screen in ''[[Master of Orion]] II'' treats the player to an animation of the newly researched gadget spinning in holographic form in the air. These "spinny tech items" were actually pretty impressive back in the day!

 

* In ''[[Housepets]]'', one of [[Stylistic Suck|Peanut's comics]] had Spot (Superdog) claiming to see the future. His girlfriend says his super-vision can't do that, but he simply replies, "Spinning was involved."

* In [[Dubious Company]], Tiren gets knocked off the airship. To survive the fall, she starts spinning while [[Survival Mantra|repeating]] her [[Action Mom|mother]]'s lesson that spinning controls everything...

{{quote|Tiren (on landing):"...even gravity." (beat) "[[Vomit Discretion Shot|Hugk!]]"}}

 

* Many [[Super Speed|speedsters]] from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' are capable of spinning for short periods of time in order to create certain effects or to instantly change into their costume. Gyro, however, is a [[Super Speed|speedster]] who ''specializes'' in spinning. His powers make him function a lot like a human gyroscope.

* '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140304092354/http://nodnarb.net/BlogEngine.NET/image.axd?picture=2009%2f3%2fomg-it-spins.jpg.jpeg OMG IT SPINS!!!]'''

* Among the same lines, [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=reispin&aq=f Reispin], from our very own fora.

* Meanwhile, things don't seem to get better for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDxKRx10mU the Rolling Girl].

* When Ruby of ''[[RWBY]]'' really pushes her [[Super Speed]], she appears to transform into a bright red spinning helix.

 

* ''[[Popeye (comic strip)|Popeye]]'' has the Twister Punch, wherein he twists his forearm before punching, letting it untwist as it hits the bad guy.

* [[Looney Tunes|The Tasmanian Devil]]. He eats... and spins... and eats and spins and eats!