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{{trope}}
[[File:Mazinger punch 8493.jpg|link=Mazinger Z|frame|Or, if you're watching the [[Trope Maker]], "[[Gratuitous English|ROCKETTO PANCHI!]]"]]
{{quote|''"Suck on my missile punch!"''|'''President Michael Wilson''', ''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]''}}
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THE most famous [[Super Robot]] weapon, even more so than [[This Is a Drill|drills]]. So much so that many old [[Super Robot]] toys would include a firing-fist gimmick even if the actual show never used it.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' is the [[
** ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' has the Atomic Punch and adds spinning blades for the "Drill Pressure Punch", meaning it has the most and [[This Is a Drill|second-most ubiquitous Super Robot weapons]] in one.
** ... as does ''[[Grendizer]]'' when using the "Screw Crusher Punch".
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* ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'''s BROKEN MAGNUM was a combination of this trope and [[This Is a Drill|the other most notable Super Robot Weapon]], due to the high-RPM spinning of the fist. In [[GaoGaiGar]]'s case, the fist pilots itself back to the main arm.
** Genesic [[GaoGaiGar]] is an unusual case, in that only the hand from the wrist down detaches from the rest of the arm.
* ''[[Dangaioh]]'''s Boost Knuckle is a PILOTED Rocket Punch. The [[Token
** So is ''[[Gravion]]'''s.
* In ''[[G Gundam]]'', the Master Gundam has the Distant Crusher, which is a Rocket Punch on a wire (though it's more of a Rocket Stab, used with the hand positioned as if preparing for a handshake).
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== Tabletop Games ==
* The 4th edition of the ''[[Dungeons
** 3.5 Warforged (or in theory anyone with access to the Kensai [[Prestige Class]]) a +1 throwing returning fist.
*** The Blood Wind spell from 3.5 lets a creature throw its natural weapons, which return [[A Wizard Did It|by magic]]. Monks treat their unarmed strikes as natural weapons, and can make unarmed strikes with any part of their body.
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* The page quote comes from a ''literal'' Rocket Punch in ''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]'', where the main character grabs a single missile out of a [[Macross Missile Massacre]], and ''punches his enemy in the face with it''.
* Parodied in ''[[
* Robo from ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' had a Rocket Punch as his weakest special ability, where he would throw his fist at the enemy; it was hooked to a chain so he could reel it back in. A stronger attack, named "Uzzi [sic] Punch", had him do this multiple times in rapid succession.
* Some of Geno's weapons in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' do this. Then again, he's an animated doll.
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* In Star Wars: the Old Republic, the Bounty Hunter has an ability called Rocket Punch where he uses rocket boots to uppercut an opponent
* [[Plok]] is a rare biological example in which the title character is able to shoot out and reattach not only his fists, but his legs as well.
== Web Original ==
* In Volume 5 of ''[[RWBY]]'', {{spoiler|Yang Xiao Long}} demonstrates something that ''might'' be a rocket punch to win at arm-wrestling against Nora by ejecting her bionic arm so vigorously that Nora is sent flying into a wall.
== Western Animation ==
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* A truly bizarre variation occurs in a rare and obscure experimental cartoon called ''The Little Island''. One of the three unnamed characters raises his fist, which suddenly enlarges and pops off his wrist, then comes crashing down on him from the heavens. [[Overly Long Gag|Several times.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRxknXa7nzc&fmt=18 It starts at the 3:46 mark of this segment.]
* Lugnut from ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' possesses a rather different kind of Rocket Punch, in which jet engines attached to his forearm propel his explosive-tipped (and still attached) fist into the ground at supersonic speed. The result is an enormous explosion of kinetic force that can level a city block. Bulkhead counters this by triggering the explosive prematurely with his wrecking ball. [[Crazy Awesome|Wreck-Gar just used a high-five]].
** In the season 2 finale, Lugnut actually uses launches his fists (in both robot and jet mode), to [[
** Lockdown, on the other hand, plays it straight. Since he's made largely of stolen parts, it's no surprise that they can fly off.
** And Bulkhead's wrecking ball probably counts too, since it takes the place of his fist and swings out on a cable.
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