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May be a form of [[Quick Melee]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* In the original ''[[Sin City]]'' comic (though not in the film), Marv actually criticises Wendy's technique while she's pistol-whipping him in case she harms the ''gun''! But then, he is crazy. [[Made of Iron|And unkillable.]]
* [[The Joker]] does this to Jason Todd in the ''[[Batman]]'' story arc "A Death in the Family" as the beginning of his [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]. [[It Got Worse]] from there, culminating in the infamous "crowbar scene".
* [[Tintin (Comic Book)]] knocks out two criminals with this in "The Black Island" to shut them up when he realizes that the gun he obtained from them is empty.
* In ''[[Quantum and Woody]]'', Woody butt strokes an armored goon after discovering his rifle has been loaded with rubber bullets.
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* ''[[Cowboys and Aliens (Film)|Cowboys and Aliens]]''. Early in the film Jake is on the receiving end of one.
* ''[[Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (Film)|Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade]]''. While Marcus Brody is waiting at the entrance to the catacombs, a member of the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword sneaks up behind him and knocks him out with the butt of a pistol to the back of his head. Of course he's fine when he wakes up later.
* ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)]]!''. During the annihilation of Congress, Donald Kessler is knocked out by a blow on the back of the head from the butt of a skeleton beam rifle wielded by a Martian soldier.
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** The Arachnos Soldier "Epic" Archetype has access to an attack called Pummel, which is a butt-stroke to your enemy's jaw. Low damage but has a decent chance to stun and a satisfyingly meaty sound effect.
* The game ''Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction'' features this as the melee attack. One hit stuns the victim, and he or she can recover if left alone. You then have your choice of subduing that victim ... or throwing a second melee attack to kill. It does count as a kill, too.
* The melee attack in the ''[[Halo]]'' games. [[One
** More than fairly useful - the developers (and players) know it is an essential part of the gameplay, two melee hits in standard multiplayer will kill anyone, making it a prudent thing to use after shooting someone and closing in. Many fights with the standard-equipment end with a melee attack there. A hit from behind is instantly fatal.
** It was actually taken to the extreme in Halo 3. Before it was removed, a melee kill would send the vanquished flying across the map. When asked why this is, Bungie replied [[Rule of Cool|"Because it's awesome".]] Unfortunately, it was later removed and player models behaved more realistically from melee kills.
** Most Brute weapons have a blade of some sort on them to give pistol-whipping an extra ouch.
* In ''[[Left 4 Dead (Video Game)|Left 4 Dead]]'', shoving, which is essentially (though it can be done with bare hands or non-combat items), makes less bulky infected stumble back, giving players breathing room to shoot. It's fatal if done repeatedly ([[Cherry Tapping|though it takes a while to kill even a Common Infected]]), and a [[One
* In ''[[Gears of War]]'', the most common strategy in multiplayer was to run right up to your target, pop up at the last second and shotgun them in half. The Developers thought this was boring, so they added a delay between when you stop running and when you can fire. Now the most common strategy in ''[[Gears Of War 2]]'' is to run right up to your target, pop up at the last second, club them with the butt-end of your shotgun, ''then'' shotgun them in half.
* ''Killzone 2'' is somewhat interesting in this regard; it's the only shooter that both lets you club enemies with your gun AND gives you a combat knife at the same time.
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* Draco from ''[[Samurai Shodown]]: Edge of Destiny'' takes this to its logical extreme, using a shotgun primarily as a melee weapon. Actually makes a certain amount of sense, considering all the playable characters use standard melee weapons...and while he does actually ''shoot'' with his gun, it [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|doesn't kill or incapacitate instantly]], and he has to reload after two shots.
** Andrew from the same series's later games (5 and 6, if I remember) is much the same, primarily using a bayonet on the end of his rifle.
* Used along with kicks in the brutal (near exclusively head blows or [[Groin Attacks]]) melee combat in [[Psi Ops the Mindgate Conspiracy (Video Game)|Psi Ops the Mindgate Conspiracy]]. Against unaware enemies it's a [[One
* ''[[Splinter Cell]]''. In the first two games, Sam can knock his enemies out by giving them a sharp rap over the head with his pistol.
* Agent 47 can pistol whip any [[Human Shield]] in ''[[Hitman]]: Blood Money'' to save on knockout injections.
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