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* [[The Big Guy|Big Girl]] Chouhi and [[The Lancer|Lancer]] Kan'u do this in the last episode of ''[[Ikki Tousen]] Dragon Destiny''

* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' both subverts it and plays it straight at different times:

** Played straight in the second half of the "The One to Carry On" two-parter OAV. Female Ranma uses a horizonal Hiryu Shoten Ha to shoot Akane forward like a human cannonball in order to beat Natsume and Kurumi.

* ''[[Slayers]]''

== [[Literature]] ==

* In [[Matthew Stover]]'s ''[[Star Wars]]: Shatterpoint,'' during the {{spoiler|Battle or Lorshan Pass,}} Mace Windu is launched into the air by holding onto the whipping tail of an [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ankkox Ankkox] {{spoiler|in order to capture an enemy gunship high in the air.}}

* The Discworld novel ''[[Thud!]]'' is named for the titular boardgame which puts Dwarfs against Trolls. Dwarf pieces move like chess queens and troll pieces move like chess kings. Dwarf pieces outnumber troll pieces 4 to 1, however Dwarf pieces cannot take troll pieces unless they land on the square the troll piece is occupying and are not allowed to do so unless starting next to a troll piece or by being "hurled". Troll pieces can take any adjacent dwarf piece without moving to that square, thus a lone dwarf piece is defenseless as moving next to a troll piece invites immediate capture on the troll player's turn. Dwarf pieces can be "hurled" a distance of greater than one square so long as the opposite direction has the same number of other dwarf pieces occuping the squares. Thus the only way to win as a dwarf player is to bunch up one's pieces into a big massed group and Fastball Special the outer pieces at the trolls.

* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'': Acqua uses the back of his [[BFS]] to propel Touma at {{spoiler|Carissa}}. Notable in that Touma only calls out Acqua's name, yet Acqua immediately knows what to do.