Foe-Tossing Charge: Difference between revisions

 

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* This happens a number of times on the football field in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''.

** This is Gaou's way of playing offense. His team runs a game where the players follow Gaou as he runs over and through anyone who gets in his way. [[Worthy Opponent|Until he meets Kurita.]]

** Cruelly subverted, however, during the Eclipse, when Guts {{spoiler|finds a naked Casca in the clutches of a tentacled Apostle and shows every sign of going into one of these to get to her -- only to have an Apostle by the name of Borkoff snap his massive jaws right on his left arm before he can even get to full steam, which ultimately necessitates Guts having to chisel it off with what's left of his sword when [[Face Heel Turn|Griffith]], [[Transhuman Treachery|in his]] [[Eldritch Abomination|new form of]] [[Complete Monster|Femto]], [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|gets]] [[Rape as Drama|his hands]] [[Moral Event Horizon|on her]]}}.

* Played for laughs in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' when [[Tsundere|Yoko]] does a Foe Tossing Charge... to punch Kamina in the face. Reason? He got so [[Distracted by the Sexy]] his opponents ''jacked his [[Humongous Mecha]] from him''.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* ''[[Asterix]]'': As shown in the page image, this is the Gauls' signature move after everyone in the village has gotten their share of the magic potion. The lead characters (especially Obelix) also occassionally do it with unfortunate sentries when getting into one of the Roman camps, though then, the [[Megaton Punch]] is the traditional approach.

* The first time we see [[Sin City|Marv]] attacks is when he barreling through the door of a hotel room, tossing cops aside like tin pins.

 

== [[Fan Works]] ==

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Double example: In the climactic fight scene of ''[[Willow]]'', Madmartigan and General Kael spot each other across the battlefield at the same moment, and each of them initiates a Foe-Tossing Charge toward the other.

* A staple of [[Wire Fu]] movies, notably ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]''.

* In ''[[Terminator]] 2: Judgment Day'', some poor passerby gets riddled with bullets for standing between the T-1000 and the T-800 when they open fire.

* In ''[[The Patriot]]'', Colonel Tavington (bad guy) and [[Mel Gibson]]'s character spot each other across the battlefield in the final battle. Each then slices, shoots, and wades his way through the other side's Mooks to get to his nemesis.

* In ''[[The Forbidden Kingdom]]'', the [[Monkey King]] tosses Jade soldiers left and right with his staff as he leaps through the air. This is not to reach the Jade Warlord or anything, he just thinks it's fun.

* In ''[[Revenge of the Sith|Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith]]'', when ''Yoda'' enters ''Palpatine'''s chamber he knocks two guards unconscious by using [[The Force]]. Hmm, a power that belies his stature, he shows.

* Name a movie about American Football, any movie - you'll find someone plowing through a group of the opposing team at one point.

* In ''[[Airplane!]]!'', Robert Stack's Captain Rex Kramer refuses to be delayed on his way to the control tower by a gauntlet of evangelists and political activists.

** One must go back to the time when ''[[Airplane!]]!!'' was released. At that time it was very common to be approached in that manner in airports. Most people were more than a little annoyed, making that scene a one which prompted much cheering and applause.

 

* Happens twice in the Battle of Five Armies near the end of ''[[The Hobbit]]''. First when Thorin and company (of 12) fight their way as far as Bolg's bodyguard. Second (and more effective) is when Beorn fights his way to Bolg himself.

** Double points for Beorn {{spoiler|being a werebear in [[Everything's Worse with Bears|giant bear]] form.}}

* At the finale of ''[[Dune|Children of Dune]]'', Leto II fights his way through Alia's elite guards before smashing down the door to her chambers, his extreme strength (due to sandworm-based enhancements) letting him sweep them aside. Since he was dragging his sister along during all of this, it means his Foe-Tossing Charge was ''one-handed''!

* In ''[[The Dresden Files|Proven Guilty]]'', Morgan is said to have cut his way through a Red Court army, coming within feet of the Red King himself.

* The novel ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Old Republic]]: Deceived'' start with the novelization of the Sith sneak attack on Coruscant, specifically the attack on the Jedi Temple, which is shown in a trailer for the MMORPG. As the Jedi and Sith disciples battle in the temple's entrance hall, Darth Malgus spots the most experienced Jedi currently at the temple, Jedi Master Ven Zallow. Both are having little trouble killing the other side's acolytes. Malgus rushes towards Zallow, killing Jedi left and right, while Zallow is busy slaughtering Sith warriors. Unfortunately, after an intense fight, Malgus ends up killing Zallow and destroying the temple.

 

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', episode: "The Gift". Buffy heads to where Dawn is; the guy who was bleeding Dawn steps forward and says, "Ah, the Slayer. This should be interest-" He is then flung off the ledge and plummets several stories.

** In the same episode, {{spoiler|Ben}} is completely horrified to find he can remember what it felt like as Glory doing one of these through an army of knights with only the divine strength in her bare hands: crushing bones, ripping flesh, soaked in blood...

** In "The Wish", Buffy and the Master each fling aside several vampires as they charge across the room to fight each other

* In the ''[[NCIS]]'' season five episode "Requiem", in what may be his personal [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], Tony DiNozzo does a Foe-Tossing Charge with a gun, charging full-tilt at two bad guys and dropping them both with his handgun without stopping, then throwing his gun aside and diving off of a dock after the car that's just gone into the water with Gibbs and the [[Damsel in Distress]] in it.

* Played for laughs in ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]''. Whenever the normally shy and gentle Black Ranger gets inspired by his love interest, he turns this [[Up to Eleven]], mowing down every Mook in sight and the [[Monster of the Week]], including enemies the other Rangers were in the process of taking out - leading to some comical swing-and-a-miss shots.

* In the season 2 finale of [[Carnivale]], {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Justin Crowe]] hacks his way through a crowd of ''[[Kick the Dog|his own]]'' followers with a sickle, to reach [[The Hero|Ben Hawkins]]}}

 

* This is one way to interpret the ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' ''trample'' ability in "real combat" terms. (the other interpretation being that the creature simply walks over its opponents.)

** Actually, a lot of cards have art where the creature shown is doing some serious foe tossing trampling. Giants tend to do this a lot.

* It's not only possible but thoroughly encouraged in [[Iron Kingdoms|Warmachine]] to slam your enemies about the battlefield. More than one unwary player has found their key units disable by a well-timed slam attack and it forms the basis of one of the most simple assassination strategies.

* In ''[[Exalted]]'', this is possible and encouraged. Then again, if you weren't capable of charging through crowds of mooks and send them flying into the stratosphere, it wouldn't be ''Exalted'', would it?

 

* Used often in the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series. A character will, at a dramatic moment, ignore movement rules and move across the ''entire'' map to attack a specific character. They also ignore HP or anything else, doing [[MacGuffin]] level damage.

* ''[[Nethack]]'' gets very much like this later in the game, with many of the more nastier enemies summoning monsters at the player, and killing them just gives the summoner time to summon more. Then there's the big room full of monsters before facing the Wizard of Yendor, Yendor himself calling a bunch of nasties (or even a clone of himself), another such room full of undead, and after that some demons and a bunch of [[Goddamn Bats|bug-summoning]] priests, right before the amulet-carrying High Priest of Moloch, and as the ultimate example, the Astral Plane with more priests summoning annoying little insects, angels and other astral beings, a gang of former heroes, and three Riders of the Apocalypse ganging up against the player. In all of these examples, beating all of your enemies would be quite crazy, when all you need to do is to get through them - and sometimes back again.

* Haseo toss 5 PKers to the sky then slash all of them with scythe at the opening scene of ''[[.hack GU Games|.hack//G.U.]]''.

* Titan mutants in ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' will charge at Batman without the slightest concern for the thugs caught in their pace. [[Bullfight Boss|You can use this to your advantage]].

* The Charge move in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' for the [[Magic Knight|Vanguard]].

** Grunt also has a tendency to do this whenever he shouts "[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|I AM KROGAN!]]"

* [[Everything's Worse with Bears|Volibear]] from ''[[League of Legends]]'' has an ability that gives him increased speed and flings his victim backwards over his head. [[Mad Scientist|Singed]] has a similar skill.

 

* In [[Cwen's Quest]], Riddly Lancer spots the #1 [[Big Badass Wolf]] across the battlefield while he's "In the Zone". Anyone in his way [http://www.drunkduck.com/Cwens_Quest/index.php?p=523111 goes air-born.]{{Dead link}}

* [[Problem Sleuth]] had a habit of throwing Mooks through the doors of the Cathedral of Syndetic Ascension as he scaled each floor to try to look badass.

* More of an Innocent-Bystander Tossing Charge, as Summer goes [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=109561 running after her friend] in ''[[Everyday Heroes]]''.

 

* In ''[[The Gamers Alliance]]'', [[Loveable Rogue|Refan]] and [[Sorcerous Overlord|Zarnagon]] go at each other during the Second Battle of Myridia, each tossing away any enemy that stands between them.

* In Episode 8 of ''[[Super Mario Bros Z]]'', Mario and Sonic team up to do this while [[Storming the Castle|Storming the Omega Doomship.]]

 

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''

** Prince Zuko once simultaneously took down multiple "elite" Royal Procession Firebenders to get to his sister in the second season premiere. One might argue that said sister [[The Worf Effect|proceeding to smack him around like a red-headed stepchild]] served to weaken the overall effect of said charge, or confirm that ''she'' [[Eviler Than Thou|was even scarier]]. They could also be holding back because Zuko is a member of the royal family. Or it could be because good ole [[Badass Grandpa|Uncle Iroh]] was tossing them about too.

** Another ''Transformers'' example: in ''[[Beast Machines]]'', Noble/Savage chases after a group of fleeing Cycle-drones. They go around a corner behind a short wall, and we see the Drones fly up into the air and fall back down.

* In Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'', Lady Cluck, a dumpy, motherly anthropomorphic chicken, does this to an army of ''rhinoceros'' mooks - all in the style of a NFL player. Set to two college fight songs, USC's and "On Wisconsin."

* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'': Nothing will stop Beast Boy from getting to the Brain! He cares not for the hundred or so villains his friends are all dealing with, He '''MUST''' get to the Brain!

* Norman does this in ''[[Mighty Max]]'' during one zombie episode to help Max get to Virgil.

* Aragh has quite an epic foe tossing charge in [[The Flight of Dragons]] animated film when he charges through possibly hundreds of Sandmurks to reach and then kill the queen Sandmurk.

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* Cyrus the Younger tried to pull this during the Battle of Cunaxa, charging into the Persian emperor's bodyguard of 6000 horsemen with his own escort one-tenth that size. His charge came as a complete surprise and scattered his opponents, but his foe tossing was cruelly interrupted by enemy javelin tossing, with fatal effect.

* Pelopidas of Thebes attempted this during the First Battle of Cynoscephalae to get to his hated enemy, the tyrant Alexander of Pherae. He did not have superhuman strength, though, and fought on foot, and his enemy's bodyguards were not so amused by his attempts to toss them aside. Once they had disposed of him, they discovered to their dismay that his death was a [[Berserk Button|cause for renewed enthusiasm]] on the part of his army, which proceeded to utterly wipe them out.

 

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