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[[File:spinningpiledriver_7416.jpg|link=Street Fighter II (Video Game)|frame|If nothing else, that guy's going to get really dizzy.]]
 
 
In [[Professional Wrestling|real life]], a piledriver is where a character grabs an upsidedown opponent and slams them into the ground headfirst. Damaging, yes, but not ''awesome'' enough.
 
Enter the [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning|SPINNING piledriver]]. In this move, the attacker grabs the opponent in midair, spins rapidly, and slams them headfirst into the ground. That one word makes [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|one hell of a lot of difference.]] To be able to do this variation of the move, it generally follows a [[Launcher Move]], but it's not required.
 
This is a specific type of [[Meteor Move]], but is distinguished in that the attacker is part of the meteor. [[Everything's Better Withwith Spinning|While spinning]]. Enough spinning could [[This Is a Drill|make very large holes]] in the ground. Ninjas seem to love this move, where it is often renamed the Izuna Drop.
 
Compare [[Hurricane Kick]], [[Roundhouse Kick]].
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* The Initial Lotus in ''[[Naruto]]'', as used by Rock Lee, Might Guy, Kakashi, etc.
* In the ''[[One Piece]]'' anime, Buggy used this as a finishing move on a Blugori. Because of how his power works, he was on the ground, while spinning the enemy in midair using his detached hands.
* Ash's Charizard's Seismic Toss attack from ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]''. For some reason whenever Charizard gains momentum before dropping the opponent's Pokemon onto the ground, a globe will always appear.
 
== Live Action TV ==
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* The Spanish ninja Vega in ''[[Street Fighter]]'' can execute the Izuna Drop after using his special jump move and landing above his opponents' head.
* Guy in ''[[Final Fight]]''/''[[Street Fighter]]''.
* Wario uses this move in ''[[Wario World (Video Game)|Wario World]]''.
* Can be done in the ''[[Spider -Man]] 2'' video game - taken up to 11 in this case as its entirely possible to grab a mook from street level, swing them up to the top of the nearest skyscraper and do it from there. This includes spinning piledrivering a mook from the top of the empire state building all the way to ground level. The game even keeps track of the max number of rotations performed on the stats screen. .
* Nero in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'' has an attack with his [[Red Right Hand|Devil Bringer]] that's a [[Homage]] to Zangief's Final Atomic Buster. (Both series are made by Capcom.)
* Nagase in ''[[King of Fighters]]: Maximum Impact 2'' copies [[Hattori Hanzo]] from ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'s'' version.
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* [[Samurai Shodown|Hanzo and Galford]] use the Izuna Drop. Galford's version can be done either while dashing, or by his ''dog''.
* Yoshimitsu has the 'izuna drop' version as a throw from behind in the ''[[Tekken]]'' games. Armour King's Steiner Screwdriver is a mild (and RL-performable) variant where it starts with a suplex, then rotates the victim while vertical and drops. King gets one as a [[Finishing Move]] of a chain throw in Tekken 5.
* In ''[[Gundam vs. Series|Gundam Vs Gundam NEXT Plus]]'', the [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Anime)|ZZ Gundam]] has the standard Spinning Piledriver as one of its most damaging moves. The ninja-themed [[G Gundam|Gundam Spiegel]] gets the classic Izuna Drop, while [[Gundam Wing|Gundam Epyon]] has an Izuna Drop performed while in its [[Transforming Mecha|flight mode]], which is [[Awesome but Impractical]] thanks to the long recovery time afterwards.
* Morrigan of ''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'', surprisingly. Odd considering she's a [[Horny Devils|fairly skinny succubus]], but there are signs of her strength around. She can even deliver this move to building sized characters in ''[[Tatsunokovs Capcom (Video Game)|Tatsunokovs Capcom]]''.
** That [[Hammerspace|jetpack]] she's wearing probably helps.
** Same with Demitri, whose command throw is an Izuna Drop.
* In ''[[Okami]]'', deflecting some attacks with a reflector equipped as a sub-weapon triggers this. It can be done against wheels and tengu, at the very least.
** Amaterasu retains this move in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''.
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As Portable (Video Game)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As Portable]]: The Gears of Destiny'', Arf's [[Limit Break]] has her performing this move from the stratosphere.
* Kotaro's third super art in ''[[Sengoku Basara]] 3'' is one of these. It's called, you guessed it, 'Izuna Drop'.
* In ''[[Dragonball Z]] Supersonic Warriors'', Android 18 has a Team Ultimate when she has 17 and 16 as an assist called "Hell Spiral". 18 and 17 grab both sides of the opponent and do a ''double'' spinning piledriver, and then 16 blasts the crap out of the opponent in the resultant crater.
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