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[[quoteright:350:[[Film/TheMatrix http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matrix_punch_520.png]]]]

* ''Film/TheMatrix Revolutions'', when Neo punches Agent Smith in the face in slow motion during their BattleInTheRain.

* [[ProductionIG Used and abused for]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome great effect]] in AttackOnTitan. starting with the opening theme.

* [[Main/ProductionIG‎ Used and abused for]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome great effect]] in AttackOnTitan. starting with the opening theme.

* The staggering blow to an enemy in FinalFantasyXIII will typically do this.

[[AC: WebAnimation]]

Freezing or slowing time for a right at the moment of an impact to create the impression that something hits harder, or for dramatic effect. For particularly dramatic scenes it may continue into a full-blown {{Overcrank}}. Some video games will also use it to make combo input easier. Trope name comes from the term used for this in the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' fighting game series.

* Used in ''{{Usavich}}'' when the giant robot smacks Kirenenko and he collides with Putin and their robot.
* In the final episode of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' [[spoiler: when Julia is shot]].

* Used a lot for the comic effect in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', especially during Tai Lung's escape, and later when [[spoiler: Po lands on Tai Lung butt-first as they fight their way down the long, long, long, long stairway from the Jade Palace.]]

* Used a few times in the new ''SherlockHolmes'' movie, while Holmes is going through his fight moves in his head. The actual fight is then shown in real time to prove that Holmes' moves worked.

* ''SuperMarioBrosZ'' uses this. A lot.
* One of the most famous examples in the web animation occurs at the end of the third episode of ''XiaoXiao'' series.

* Used ''all the time'' in SpartacusBloodAndSand

** As does its SpiritualSuccessor ''BlazBlue''.

* Time slows during some third-person finishing blows in ''TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''.

* ''TheMatrix Revolutions'', when Neo punches Agent Smith in the face in slow motion during their BattleInTheRain.

* ''{{Film/Watchmen}}'' had a ton of this.

* Fully charged Focus attacks in ''VideoGame/{{Street Fighter IV}}'' and scoring a counter hit with a Hard-strength attack in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3''

Compare: {{Overcrank}} and BulletTime.

* Used a lot for the comic effect in ''KungFuPanda'', especially during Tai Lung's escape, and later when [[spoiler: Po lands on Tai Lung butt-first as they fight their way down the long, long, long, long stairway from the Jade Palace.]]

** As does its SpiritualSuccessor ''BlazBlue''.

* Happens in ''SonicAdventure2'' when Sonic defeats the Egg Golem (from Dark Story perspective.)

Freezing or slowing time for a right at the moment of an impact to create the impression that something hits harder, or for dramatic effect. For particularly dramatic scenes it may continue into a full-blown {{Overcrank}}. Some video games will also use it to make combo input easier. Trope name comes from the term used for this in the ''GuiltyGear'' fighting game series.

* In the final episode of ''CowboyBebop'' [[spoiler: when Julia is shot]].
* Occurs in ''{{Bleach}}'' episode #144 when Chad punches the arrancar Demora in the face and crushes half of his mask.

* The ''GuiltyGear'' series applies this to moves in varying degrees.

* Used in ''GoldenSun'' whenever a CriticalHit strikes.

* Used in the ''MegaManX'' and ''[[MegaManZero Zero]]'' series whenever Zero cuts something with his Beam Saber.

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* Fully charged Focus attacks in ''VideoGame/{{Street Fighter IV}}'' and scoring a counter hit with a Hard-strength attack in ''StreetFighterAlpha 3''

* ''RomeoMustDie'', complete with x-ray flashes of the underlying damage.

* Critical Counters in ''TheKingOfFighters XII''.
* Fully charged Focus attacks in ''{{Street Fighter IV}}'' and scoring a counter hit with a Hard-strength attack in ''StreetFighterAlpha 3''

* Fully charged Focus attacks in ''{{Street Fighter IV}}''.

* Fully charged Focus attacks in ''StreetFighter4''.

* ''TheMatrix Revolutions'', when Neo punches Agent Smith in the face in slow motion during their BattleInTheRain. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTP8RvUW4ac here, starting at 2:10]].

Freezing or slowing time for a right at the moment of an impact to create the impression that something hits harder, or for dramatic effect. For particularly dramatic scenes it may continue into a full-blown {{Overcrank}}. Trope name comes from the term used for this in the ''GuiltyGear'' fighting game series.