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* Rossiu from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' gets punched like this so hard at one point, ''his hairband'' bursts in two.

* Rock Lee did this to Gaara in the ''[[Naruto]]'' anime and manga. Guess who [[It Got Worse]] for afterwards?

 

* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', a version of this happens with slaps instead of punches, and is a [[Running Gag]] of Jack Sparrow's.

* Phil Connors does this to Ned Ryerson in ''[[Groundhog Day]]''. In the DVD commentary, the director claims that all he had planned was a punch followed by a stunned/surprised reaction from Ryerson; actor Stephen Tobolowski (who played Ryerson) decided to turn it into a full-on, stare-in-the-camera spin-and-fall after the punch.

* It's brief but in [[Sin City]], one of Marv's first punches to an advancing cop involves this.

 

 

* Dr. Cox on ''[[Scrubs]]'' executes one on Dr. Kelso at one point.

** One episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' had a running gag where Turk and Carla had a way of faking one of these (one person pulls their punch, the other turns their head and claps to make a slapping sound, a trick used in theater).

* Having this happen is a [[Running Gag]] on ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''.

* Used in ''[[Police Squad!]]''. Memorable because of the dialogue between the KOed boxer and his manager.

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* Shidou Mika of ''[[Chouseishin Gransazer]]'' pulls this on Tenma when they first meet, ''with a roundhouse kick''. This gets spun into an [[Actor Allusion]] two seasons later, when Mika's actress does ''the exact same thing'' to Takuto of ''[[Chou Sei Kantai Sazer X]]''.

* in ''[[Doctor Who]],'' {{spoiler|Rory}} to the Doctor at the beginning of "The Big Bang".

 

* [[Truth in Television]]: This is a standard way to fake a punch, and has been used for probably hundreds of years in theatre.

 

* If you play ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' as Chris and manage to pull 5-strike combo on Wesker, the combo will end with this. And if you don't run away immediately after, Wesker retaliates with Kick Spin Gape (as he does also after [[Dodge the Bullet|dodging your bullets]]).

 

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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