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Sometimes in video games lacking the [[Law of Inverse Recoil]], firing rapidly in a direction opposite of where you want to go will give you a good push sideways or even upward.
 
Compare [[Nitro Boost]] and the more explosive [[Rocket Jump]]. Inverse of [[Weaponized Exhaust]]; this is essentially [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|Exhaustized Weapon]].
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* The "Recoil Rocket" perk from ''[[GURPS]]: [[Gun Fu]]'' works this way.
* From [[Warhammer 40000]], the [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orks]] believe that a proper gun should be big, loud, and gives a satisfying bang when it goes off (of course, being heavy and sturdy enough to use it to bash with is fundamental). Most of them modify their guns to produce quite a kick, impractical as it makes it, [[A -Team Firing|even for them]]; and even have looted tanks modified for bigger booms and more recoil.
 
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