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Compare [[Shoryuken]] and [[Kamehame Hadoken]], the other staple moves of the [[Shotoclone]], and [[Spinning Piledriver]], another move made more awesome by spinning.

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* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3'' has a move that's literally called Hurricane Kick (or Tornado, depending on version). For extra trope points, it's a follow-up to a [[Shoryuken]] move that involves [[Martial Arts Do Not Work That Way|stopping in mid air twice while ascending]].

 

* Guy's ''Senpūkyaku'' and Cody's Double Kick in ''[[Final Fight]]''.

* Every ''[[Double Dragon]]'' beat-em-up since ''Double Dragon II'' gave Billy and Jimmy the "Cyclone Spin Kick". ''Double Dragon III'' in particular gave them a "Double Cyclone Kick".

** The Lee brothers did had a spin kick in the first arcade game, but it was not a rotating move like the one in the sequels. Instead, it was a jumping sobat that functioned as a back attack. A similar move was featured in the NES version which replaces the roundhouse in a kick combo when the player reaches the highest level.

** Randy and Andy, their [[Expy|expies]] from ''[[River City Ransom]]'', also had the Cyclone Kick.

* Scott's special move from ''[[Scott Pilgrim (video game)|Scott Pilgrim vs The World]]'' is an EX Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku.

* Gene of ''[[God Hand]]'' has this as one of his Roulette Wheel specials.

* Asura from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' has this as a counter move in his special DLC Crossover with [[Street Fighter]].

 

* Named from the move in ''[[Street Fighter (video game)|Street Fighter]]'' that Ryu and Ken do, also known as the "Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku" ("Tornado Whirlwind Kick").

** In addition to [[Ryu and Ken]]'s move, Chun-Li has her "Spinning Bird Kick", which is this, only upside down and with a full split.

* Liu Kang's "Fatality" in the original ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' was a Helicopter Spin Kick, which basically involved him bending at the waist and twisting around to deliver two powerful kicks to the face, followed by an uppercut (which could throw people into the spike pit). While technically possible in [[Real Life]], it telegraphs what you're doing far too much to be of any use.

** Apparently works well to finish off a dazed enemy that can't protect themselves, though.

* Hinata Wakaba of ''[[Rival Schools]]'' has two variants. A regular attack where she's floating forwards and does 3 spinning sidekicks, and a super where she's floating stationary and dishing out a rapid volley of spinning back heel kicks. The super version gets remade into a rising attack in the sequel Project Justice.

** Hideo, being the series most blatant [[Shotoclone]], also has this move.

* Yoshimitsu in both [[Tekken]] and [[Soul Calibur]]. He gets dizzy if he performs it too many times.

 

* [[Jak and Daxter]] can both do a Spin Kick.

* This is one of the R-Trigger tricks in the ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' series starting in ''2''.

* Courtney Gears and her backup dancers in ''[[Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal]]''.

 

* In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', the Jecht Shot seems to involve doing twenty-some revolutions while hovering at the apex of your jump for five seconds. What's interesting is how the shot is used both underwater and on land, and is just as implausible in either scenario.

* Noa's strongest Hyper Arts attack in ''[[Legend of Legaia]]''.

 

 

* Suzaku Kururugi's patented [[Fan Nickname|Spinzaku]] kick in ''[[Code Geass]]'' gracefully covers the [[Martial Arts Do Not Work That Way]] page.

** [[Fan Nickname|Spinzaku]] isn't the only one. Kallen does it too. Bonus points go to the time when she [[Ms. Fanservice|was wearing a bunnygirl outfit]] and took out a few huge guys with [[Waif Fu]].

** In the games and anime, Hitmontop is built around this, being designed after a top and Capoeira practitioner. Its [[Signature Move]] is Triple Kick.

 

* Parodied in the beginning of ''[[Kung Pow]]'', when the [[Chosen One]] jumps in the air and does one of these. Of course, the attack looks like a mannequin spinning while suspended on a wire.

 

* [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'': when [[Battle Butler|Butler]] drops a dockhand by this method, Artemis comments that his sensei must be spinning in her grave. On the other hand, Butler was being particularly showy [[We Need a Distraction|for a reason]].

 

* Tommy Oliver of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' was introduced this way in the show, as a demonstration of his skill and featured in the opening credits. Although it was a legitimate skill done by Jason David Frank and landing in between the consecutive kicks.

* [[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger|Super Kakure Dai Shogun]] can pull this off, too.

* ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' Sword Form's new [[Finishing Move]] exhibited in the ''Onigashima Battleship'' movie.

 

* In ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', the climax of [[Show Within a Show|"Dangeresque"]] has Homestar held up by a rope that spins him around as he kicks.

* Gyro, a villainous [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinning]] [[Super Speed|speedster]] from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' uses this sort of attack as a matter of course. He's a trained ballet dancer, so he can keep his leg extended for a long while... and he whips it around his body at almost supersonic speed.

 

* Capoeira practitioners often pull a variant of this, basically Chun-Li's Spinning Bird Kick done with handstands instead of Chi levitation. This was also the way Chun-Li pulled it off during her battle with Vega in the ''very''-slightly more realistic ''[[Street Fighter]] II'' anime film.

* Certain martial art styles practice kicking with both legs right after each other, rotating 360 degrees in the progress. Most commonly performed with a roundhouse kick and a following backwards roundhouse kick. Crescent kicks are pretty common too.

 

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