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== Anime and Manga ==
 
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' is the [[Trope Makers|Trope Maker]] here. Depending on the iteration, the arm would come back on its own, or he'd have to pick it up. The standard rocket punch is eventually upgraded to the Kyoukagata Rocket Punch ("Reinforced Rocket Punch"), consisting of identical fists with stronger armor. Mazinger Z possess a technique called Daisharin Rocket Punch ("Giant Swing Rocket Punch") in which it spins its arms rapidly, building up momentum before firing off both fists in standard Rocket Punch fashion. Mazinger Z also once used a technique called "Boomerang Fist", in which the rocket punch was attached to the upper arm with a retractable chain, and the "Iron Cutter", a Rocket Punch with blades extended on the sides of the forearms.
** ''[[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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== Tabletop Games ==
 
* The 4th edition of the ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' setting [[Eberron]] has this. A Paragon Path for Artificers called the Self-Forged starts by replacing a hand with a [[Magitek]] replacement called a [[Power Fist|Battlefist]]. The ultimate "spell" for the Path allows the Artificer to shoot the Battlefist away on a chain of energy, allowing them to continue to control it even while it's detached from their body.
** 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 ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]''. In the segment of ''Teach Me, Miss Litchi!'', Kokonoe installed a Rocket Punch in Iron Tager (it's not part of his actual moveset). However, she's not satisfied with the result and was thinking to move it somewhere else. Maybe on his chest... or his -- '''[[This Trope Is Bleep|GIGANTIC]] [[Freud Was Right|TAGER!!!!]]'''
* 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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* 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 [[NoWon't SellWork On Me|little effect]] against Omega Supreme.
** 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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