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Being an [[Evil Minions|Evil Minion]] is a hard (and short) life. If you're not constantly getting killed, you're getting [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzfY-aXGcBY knocked the fugg out] by the Hero.

 

Compare [[Foe-Tossing Charge]], only even more humiliating for the poor sap on the receiving end. Most users of this move have a [[Badass Back]]. There is a certain amount of [[Truth in Television]] to this: The reverse kick is a fairly viable move.

 

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* Livio the Double Fang from ''[[Trigun]]'' has two cross shaped miniature machine guns that allow him to fire in four directions simultaneously.

* Kirika in ''[[Noir]]'' pulls this off in the third episode after using popcorn to help her find the location of the unlucky [[Mook]] on the other end.

* Apparently, the rest of the Batfamily has picked this up from him. Cassandra Cain (Batgirl II) and Steph (Spoiler) do this ''in sync'' [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzhhkwmFSG1qbujox.jpg at one point.]

* Bunnie Rabbot pulls this on Ixis Naugus once in [[Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog]]. Made even worse for Naugus since she used her cyborg fist instead of her normal one.

* In the third issue of the ''[[Firefly]]'' comic ''Better Days'', River [[Waif Fu|kicks an Alliance soldier in the teeth]] when he tries to sneak up on and gut her with a knife. Though in this case, it is justified by her [[Psychic Powers]].

** River also did that to a random [[Mook]] in the bar fight scene of the ''[[Serenity]]'' movie .

* In ''[[Watchmen]]'', {{spoiler|Ozymandias does this to Rorschach. Repeatedly. Got to admire Rorschach's tenacity, though. }}

* [[Darkseid]] takes this to a new level with offhand ''[[Eye Beams]]''.

 

== Fan Works ==

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'' Polly Lobster is thrown into the side of the ship and loses consciousness. Some minutes later he recovers, and Mr. Arrow (Sam the Eagle) slams him back against it with a wing, without taking his eyes off the duel between the two captains.

** Minutes later, Sam does it again, while performing a [[Face Palm]].

** "Less talk, more action"? Pot, kettle, black.

* In ''[[Rollerball]]'', the protagonist does this, then points out that he could hear the other guy.

* Doctor Octopus takes it to another level in ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]] 2''. When Mary Jane grabs a 2x4 and starts advancing on him, he uses two of his mechanical arms to snatch it out of her hands and knock her to the floor, all without taking his eyes off Peter. Of course, it's possible the independently intelligent tentacles did it all on their own.

** Well, the film seems to imply that since the tentacles are basically connected to his mind; they can feed him information about his surroundings from their own built-in sensors (and if you watch closely, one of the tentacles was indeed "looking" at MJ before she struck). A similar thing happens during his first battle with Spider-Man. His back is turned completely to the direction Spidey is coming from, yet one of his tentacles seems to spot him coming. Ock then turns around throwing bags of money at Spidey as an attack.

** Aragorn also stabs people without looking at them, the idea being that he's been trained in the elvish martial arts.

*** It also helps that he's been fighting for longer than any of the mooks have been alive.

* In ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', {{spoiler|Hawkeye doesn't even turn his head or blink as he fires exploding arrows at a Chitauri squadron. After the Hulk and Thor manage to take down a Chitauri leviathan into Grand Central Station, the Hulk immediately backhands Thor ''right out of the shot'' without a single change in expression.}}

** Earlier, Iron Man snarks one time too many for Thor's taste and gets gets a face full of [[Drop the Hammer|Mjölnir]] for his trouble.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* In ''[[The Bourne Series|The Bourne Conspiracy]]'', the titular character frequently pulls this off during fist fights: while focused on one mook, another will sneak around behind Bourne and attempt a sucker punch. Bourne will (attempt to) retaliate with a rather devastating single back hand that has all the implications of a "wait your turn" punch.

*** Followed momentarily by a footnote on the precise details of quenching a recently-forged sword ''in a person.'' Oddly enough, this is [[Truth in Television]] to some extent.

* Mat Cauthon of the ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' series does this ''accidentally'' in the third book by shouldering his quarterstaff. Justified by Mat's supernatural luck.

** In a later book, after {{spoiler|losing an eye}}, he randomly tosses a dagger behind him while in the woods and kills a rabbit for supper. The way he figures it, luck works better {{spoiler|when you're not looking anyway}}.

* Cara pulls this off in [[Sword of Truth|Soul of the Fire]]

 

* The title character of ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' does this constantly.

* Worf stabs one of the boarding-party Klingons in ''Way of the Warrior'', his first episode on ''[[Deep Space Nine]]''.

* Part of Spike's [[Establishing Character Moment]] in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]].'' Step one: swagger into the current villain's lair and make fun of a mook's overly dramatic speech. Step two: knock out the mook without even looking at him. Step three: stop to fawn over [[Ill Girl|Ill Vampire Girlfriend]].

* ''[[Scrubs]]'' uses it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZXfMnPp30c at least once.] (Check around :55 into the video).

** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120716 Tarvek to Othar] while the latter was blathering.

** After a Geisterdame decided she gets to call guards [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160812 when the crazy underground king is knocked out]. In the next panel Larana's elbow is at shoulder height and the Geister is neither seen nor heard (bonus points too, because she's a normal human and Geisterdamen are [[Amazon Brigade|far from pushovers]]).

* Subverted in a somewhat early storyline in ''[http://www.faans.com Fans!]'': Shanna Cochran is the Mundane being slowly drawn into a world where truly strange things happen and she is less prepared than her somewhat [[Genre Savvy]] friends, so at one point when she is about to be attacked by government agents, she attempts an Offhand Backhand, not considering that the agent is bigger, stronger, and more skilled than she is. He proceeds to catch her arm and, with the help of his partner, actually lift and carry her bodily away- while she is still in the Offhand Backhand pose.

* In ''[[Order of the Stick]]'', Xykon is fond of offhandedly blasting enemy [[Red Shirt]]s with spells; the one on [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0446.html this page] suits the trope perfectly.

** And then there's [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|Belkar]]'s [[He's Back]] moment...

** Melna does this simultaneously to two dimwitted guards.

* In ''[[Penny Arcade]]'', Tycho gets an [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/10/4/ offhand heartrip].

* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20090831065241/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=24&issue=14 Against a Pterosaur.]

* ''[[Looking for Group]]'' in [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/302 this] strip has Richard do this. Interestingly, it's a literal offhand backhand at the same time as an offhanded cast, since he seems to have lit his hand on fire.

* [[Lackadaisy Cats|"Viktor?]] Is anyone in th-" '''''[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/comic.php?comicid=88 WHOK]'''''

* Ritz of ''[[Boxer Hockey]]'' manages to pull off an offhand [[Curb Stomp Battle|CURBSTOMP]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120104064509/http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=159 here].

* ''[[Axe Cop]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130602215107/http://axecop.com/index.php/acask/read/ask_axe_cop_11/ You should learn] "reverse punches" if you want to be on his team.

* Batman in ''[[I'm a Marvel And I'm a DC]]'' does this to the Green Goblin.

* LC gives one to Spazz in ''[[Project Million]]'' when the latter attempts to run away to Disneyworld.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* [[Archer]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130609133922/http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/archer-grenade.gif does this with a net to catch grenades being thrown at him] in "Heart of Archness, Part II."

 

* [http://www.aikidofaq.com/bilder/osensei/osensei05.jpg This photo] of [[Old Master|Morihei Ueshiba]], founder of Aikido. Pretty much epitomizes this trope.

* [http://news.yahoo.com/photos/snapshots-week-of-june-3-1307133161-slideshow/obama-meets-with-world-leaders-at-the-united-nations-photo-1316713819.html This photo] of United States President Barack Obama looks like one.

 

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