History Main / RapidFireFisticuffs

* ComicBook/TheFlash makes constant use of this trope, since he can rapidly move his arms with his SuperSpeed. The more his punches approach the speed of light, the more mass they carry, and the more force they deliver, leading to his signature attack "Infinite Mass Punch."
* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}, Northstar, and the Whizzer also use it. In one notable instance, Quicksilver used this technique against the telepathic martial artist Mr X. Normally Mr X uses his telepathy to read his opponent's mind so that he can easily counter their attacks, but Quicksilver moved so fast that reading his mind was useless because Mr X simply couldn't keep up with his attacks and was pummeled into submission.
** Northstar has even [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/images/1300-5020084 staggered]] [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] with this technique.
* In Issue 36 of ''[[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]]'', a villainous speedster punches Grace Choi in the face ''25,000 times'' in just a few seconds. Even with her regenerative abilities, she looks like raw hamburger afterward.
* ComicBook/EmilkaSza -- Emilka Sza, the mime do this from time to time, whenever she tries to tell person something in mime very quickly.
* One of the abilities of Galactus' Punisher robots from ''ComicBook/TheFantasticFour'', in its first appearance it was able to outmaneuver The Thing and hold off all four members of the team using this.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' does this on occasion to his more powerful enemies.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} occasionally uses rapid-fire fisticuffs, but only against his more durable opponents.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Dash is surprised (and delighted) when he discovers he can do this; however they end up being more annoying than anything else. Granted, while the mook he delivers them to does shrug it off, that's only because Dash had an OhCrap moment at the sight of the cliff face the glider was on a collision course with.

* The Flash defeats Weather Wizard with this method at the end of their fight in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''.
* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Ralph can punch extremely fast. So fast, that his fists look and sound like JACKHAMMERS.

** In ''OG Saga: Endless Frontier'', Ashcen Brodel does this during Code Lamia and Phantasm Phoenix, the later of which culminates with a [[GroinAttack balaster heel kick aimed between the legs]].
*** And then in '''OG Moon Dwellers''', she is ejected from Gespenst Haken to do her Phantasm Phoenix on giant robots.
* Characters such as Fox, Sheik, Kirby and Captain Falcon have attacks like this in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games. Lucario's "On-Hit-Cancel" system allows him to perform combos like this.
** [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]], from the 3DS and Wii U games, plays like this, [[LightningBruiser hitting fast and hard]].
** Donkey Kong's [[LimitBreak Final Smash]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' is Jungle Rush, based on ''Jungle Beat'' below.

** The most famous two users of this ability are DIO Brando and [[Manga/StardustCrusaders Jotaro Kujo]], who both have their own [[{{Kiai}} oft-parodied battle cries]] ("MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!" and "ORAORAORAORAORAORA!" respectively).
** [[Manga/BattleTendency Joseph Joestar]], the second [=JoJo=] stands out for being the only [=JoJo=] who completely averts this trope, with his Stand not being a close-range puncher.
** ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable''

** ''Manga/GoldenWind'':

** [[Manga/StoneOcean Jolyne Cujoh]] is Jotaro's daughter and takes after her father in that aspect, including the "ORAORAORAORAORAORA!" {{Kiai}}.
** [[Manga/SteelBallRun Johnny Joestar]] averts this for most of the story up until his Stand Tusk reaches its final evolution: Cue him punching the living daylights out of his opponent. With Jotaro and Jolyne's "ORAORAORAORAORAORA!" to boot.
** [[Manga/JoJolion Josuke "Gappy" Higashikata]] is also capable of this, frequently using it with Jotaro, Jolyne and Johnny's famous {{Kiai}}.
** [[Manga/PhantomBlood Jonathan Joestar]], the original [=JoJo=], is no exception to the family's legacy. In fact, he is the only one in the entire series without a Stand that can do this.
--> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Dfsz_Dh0s&t=18s How My Heart Resonates!! I'm Pulsing With Heat And Life!! My Very Blood Is A Symphony Within Me!! SUNLIGHT YELLOW OVERDRIVE!!]]

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': With the capability for "compressed time" (a more grounded equivalent to BulletTime), which Akira learns to do on his own and others use drugs or implants to achieve, occasionally fights look like this, in particular when Akira fights Zelmo.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has both Amelia and Philionel do this in one episode of ''Next'' (Amelia probably does it elsewhere as well), combined with their signature attack that turns their fists into magic weapons capable of harming low-level Mazoku.

** [[Manga/BattleTendency Joseph Joestar]], the second [=JoJo=] stands out for being the only [=JoJo=] who completely averts this trope.

** [[Manga/SteelBallRun Johnny Joestar]] averts this for most of the story up until his Stand Tusk reaches its final evolution : Cue him punching the living daylights out of his opponent. With Jotaro and Jolyne's "ORAORAORAORAORAORA!" to boot.
** [[Manga/JoJolion Josuke Higashikata]] is also capable of this, frequently using it with Jotaro, Jolyne and Johnny's famous {{Kiai}}.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[-Guess why this move is called the "Hundred Hand Slap".-]]]

-> "''Ten seconds ago I was in a different time-zone. How many times do you think I'm going to hit you in the next ten seconds?''"

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': With the capability for “compressed time” (a more grounded equivalent to BulletTime), which Akira learns to do on his own and others use drugs or implants to achieve, occasionally fights look like this, in particular when Akira fights Zelmo.

* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' has several attacks like this. Flurry is part of the SuperSpeed power pool, while Shadow Maul (and the Sands of Mu temporary power/Veteran's reward power that copies it) is based on negative energy, and One Thousand Cuts is the ultimate [[DuelWielding Dual Blades]] attack.

** Found yet again in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' in the battles between Bayonetta and Jeanne. With giant fists made of hair nonetheless. Also the primary form of melee attack used by the ''BonusBoss'' of the same game ''[[spoiler:Rodin]]''
** Also found in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'', when ever Sam Gideon fights one of [[BigBad Victor Zaitsev's]] Bogeys. He even does this with two of them at the same time!

* In the MickeyMouse short "Guillver Mickey" Mickey and the giant spider do this to each other a few times.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' Pinkie Pie's sister Maud demolishes a ''boulder in mid-fall'' into pebbles with rapidfire hooficuffs.

* A comedic version of this happens to Hikage in Episode 11 of ''Manga/NonNonBiyori'' when she tries to forcefully peek at Renge's New Years cards before they're ready. Renge jabs her sister repeatedly in the collarbone with a speed that would make Kenshiro proud. The anime even outsourced this episode to David Productions, the company that produces the ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventures'' TV anime.

* A comedic version of this happens to Hikage in Episode 11 of ''Manga/NonNonBiyori'' when she tries to forcefully peek at Renge's New Years cards before they're ready. Renge jabs her sister repeatedly in the collarbone with a speed that would make Kenshiro proud.

*** Even more so after the timeskip. You think Jet Gatling was awesome? Allow us to present to you '''Gum Gum Elephant Gatling'''. Take the standard Gatling, increase each fist to the size of a tank, boost it with Armament Haki, and let loose at a speed ''no'' slower than the standard. Mind you, a ''single'' Elephant Gun can punch out a Kraken, and Luffy nearly destroyed a ship the size of Fishman Island with this technique. ''This move is a potential island-buster''. Yeah.

* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' has Leman Russ deliver a spectacularly vicious one to a Dark Eldar. It doesn't even reduce the poor bastard to LudicrousGibs: he gets flat out ''disintegrated'' ([[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe his upper half, anyway]]). One Tempestus Scion expresses surprise that he didn't die faster.

* Liberally used in ''Film/IpMan'' by the titular hero.

* Happens quite a lot in ''Manga/One-PunchMan''. Most well-known examples where it's used is in Saitama vs Boros, Bang and Bomb vs Garou or various fights with Dragon level monsters.

* Happens quite a lot in ''Webcomic/One-PunchMan''. Most well-known examples where it's used is in Saitama vs Boros, Bang and Bomb vs Garou or various fights with Dragon level monsters.
* Ironically averted by Saitama, who just like the title of work says, only needs one punch to beat his enemies. Its both played for laughs and drama.

* ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' gives us Mercurimon (Merukimon in the dub) and his "thousand fists" attack.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' did this on occasion, Buttercup was especially fond of it.

* In ''PrincessConnectReDive'', CatGirl Hiyori's [[LimitBreak union burst]], Hiyori Rush, involves numerous rapid-fire punches to her target, ending with an explosive one that also damages enemies around said target.

*** This technique has been taken [[UpToEleven up to 11,000]] after the timeskip. You think Jet Gatling was awesome? Allow us to present to you '''Gum Gum Elephant Gatling'''. Take the standard Gatling, increase each fist to the size of a tank, boost it with Armament Haki, and let loose at a speed ''no'' slower than the standard. Mind you, a ''single'' Elephant Gun can punch out a Kraken, and Luffy nearly destroyed a ship the size of Fishman Island with this technique. ''This move is a potential island-buster''. Yeah.

** Other Cures do this, taking it UpToEleven in ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' where it feels more like ''Manga/DragonBall Z''-type fights.

* ''Anime/ShinMazinger'' states that its last episode has 100 Rocket Punches in it. [[UpToEleven It exceeds that]].

** Then there is the end of the anime [[spoiler: and now the manga as of chapter 293]] which takes the trope UpToEleven with [[spoiler: Infinite Kugi Punch!!!.]]

** Ralf Jones (from that same game series, but also ''VideoGame/IkariWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/MetalSlug 6'' and ''7'') has a signature move called the Vulcan Punch, in where he throws a barrage of explosive jabs at his enemy. In the Metal Slug games, it's his go-to ''anti-tank'' weapon. He takes it to another level in both his [=SDMs=] - Exploding Vulcan Punch does a superpowered version where he mixes his Gatling Attack and the Vulcan Punch, ending with a monstrous uppercut that pounds his opponent right off the screen, while Horse-Mounted Vulcan Punch has him tackle the opponent to the ground, then proceed to ''violently punch them in the head repeatedly with flaming fists'' and end by rearing back and delivering one last, explosive punch that basically drills the hapless opponent's head in the ground. It honestly makes the player feel sorry for whoever is receiving the beatdown. He [[UpToEleven ups the ante]] in KOF XIII with his Jet Vulcan [=NeoMax=] and as a [[ShoutOut nod]] to Luffy above, he even TurnsRed and emits steam.

*** Also taken UpToEleven with her Thousand Legs AKA "Senretsukyaku" (''Thousand Rending Legs'').

* Yoshimitsu in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' and ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' games has a [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spinning]] standing slap combo, a crouched version and finally a leg sweep one.

[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure MUDAMUDAMUDAORAORAORA]] anyone?