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In real life, the simple roundhouse was at one point considered to be the game-winning kick in many forms of competitive martial arts due to a combination of speed, power, ease of preparation, and speed of recovery (if the kick is blocked, the striker can use the force of recoil to power the next kick).
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[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* Suzaku in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' does this enough for for fans to make [[MemeticMutation the Spinzaku meme]].
* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': Arbormon's main attack is called Roundhouse Punt, which involves him jumping up into the air and swinging out either his left or right foot.
* In ''OnePiece'' Jinbei the Whale Shark Fishman use a roundhouse kick against [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Wadatsumi's fist]]. In short, he manages to kick back and ''flip over'' a giant the size of a building.
* In ''RosarioToVampire'', Inner Moka, a vampire feared even by other monsters, often uses a roundhouse kick. In addition to being badass, it makes for a significant portion of the show's fanservice, as her DangerouslyShortSkirt guarantees a PantyShot.
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Dai-Gurren (a giant robot about the size of a battleship) [[UpToEleven runs up a mountain to perform a kick to a flying battleship. When they miss, they turn it into a flying roundhouse kick]].
[[AC:Film]]
* In the first ''Film/TheMatrix'', both Neo and Morpheus during the training fight, Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the lobby, and Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway station.
** In ''TheMatrixReloaded'', both Neo and Seraph, during their brief battle, Neo does it during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian's goons, and during the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use it.
* ''Film/RoadHouse'' has a lot of these.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first book.
[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* ''{{Firefly}}'':
** The Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this kick.
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[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* Suzaku in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' does this enough for for fans to make [[MemeticMutation the Spinzaku meme]].
* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': Arbormon's main attack is called Roundhouse Punt, which involves him jumping up into the air and swinging out either his left or right foot.
* In ''OnePiece'' Jinbei the Whale Shark Fishman use a roundhouse kick against [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Wadatsumi's fist]]. In short, he manages to kick back and ''flip over'' a giant the size of a building.
* In ''RosarioToVampire'', Inner Moka, a vampire feared even by other monsters, often uses a roundhouse kick. In addition to being badass, it makes for a significant portion of the show's fanservice, as her DangerouslyShortSkirt guarantees a PantyShot.
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Dai-Gurren (a giant robot about the size of a battleship) [[UpToEleven runs up a mountain to perform a kick to a flying battleship. When they miss, they turn it into a flying roundhouse kick]].
[[AC:Film]]
* In the first ''Film/TheMatrix'', both Neo and Morpheus during the training fight, Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the lobby, and Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway station.
** In ''TheMatrixReloaded'', both Neo and Seraph, during their brief battle, Neo does it during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian's goons, and during the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use it.
* ''Film/RoadHouse'' has a lot of these.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first book.
[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* ''{{Firefly}}'':
** The Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this kick.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* In ''{{VideoGame/Castlevania}}'' games, NinjaMaid Persephone [[EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy does a curtsy]] before doing a jumping vertical roundhouse kick at the player.
* A standard melee attack in ''{{Crackdown}}''.
* One of Kimahri's Overdrives in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
* ''FinalFight'' has [[BloodKnight Cody]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Guy]] who both perform this. Though Guy's is more like a [[StreetFighter Tornado kick]]. MightyGlacier [[MightMakesRight Hagar]] has a Spinning Clothesline instead.
* In ''VideoGame/JackieChansActionKungFu'', Jackie can do 180-degree and 360-degree spin kicks.
* Martial artists in ''JaggedAlliance 2'' can do this to knock down enemies in melee unarmed combat.
* In ''KingOfFighters'', characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Muay Thai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
* The 2D ''MortalKombat'' games have one of these for every character, executed by holding back when doing a high kick, that does decent damage and great knockaway. Rain from ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' gets special mention for using one so powerful that the opponent flies off the screen and ends up behind him.
* Rolling Kick from ''{{Pokemon}}'', whose Japanese name is Roundhouse Kick.
* In one cutscene in ''Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' Silver telegraphs a punch and runs at Shadow. Shadow responds by stopping time with Chaos Control, calmly walking behind Silver and roundhouse kicking him in the back of the head. Widely considered one of the beter moments of that game.
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** Actually, Sagat is the only one that does a true Roundhouse for his HK (as well as his pupil [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Adon]]). [[RyuAndKen Ryu, Ken]] and Chun-Li do what could be called either a Wheel Kick or a Spin Hook Kick.
** Sister series FinalFight has [[BloodKnight Cody]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Guy]] who both perform this. Though Guy's is more like a [[StreetFighter Tornado kick]]. MightyGlacier [[MightMakesRight Hagar]] has a [[WWF Spinning Clothesline]] instead.
** Sister series FinalFight has [[BloodKnight Cody]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Guy]] who both perform this. Though Guy's is more like a [[StreetFighter Tornado kick]]. MightyGlacier [[MightMakesRight Hagar]] has a [[WWF Spinning Clothesline]] instead.
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* In the XWingSeries game ''Starfighters of Adumar'', Wes Janson K.O.'s a
** Sister series FinalFight has [[BloodKnight Cody]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Guy]] who both perform this. Though Guy's is more like a [[StreetFighter Tornado kick]]. MightyGlacier [[MightMakesRight Hagar]] has a [[WWF Spinning Clothesline]] instead.
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* Anime/DigimonFrontier: Arbormon's main attack is called Roundhouse Punt, which involves him jumping up into the air and swinging out either his left or right foot.
* ''{{Firefly}}'':
** The Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this kick.
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first book.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' series
** ''Film/TheMatrix''.
*** Both Neo and Morpheus during the training fight.
*** Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the lobby.
*** Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway station.
** ''TheMatrixReloaded''.
*** Both Neo and Seraph, during their brief battle.
*** Neo, during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian's goons.
*** During the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use it.
* In KingOfFighters, characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Muay Thai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
* One of Kimahri's Overdrives in VideoGame/FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
* In ''RosarioToVampire'', Inner Moka, a vampire feared even by other monsters, often uses a roundhouse kick. In addition to being badass, it makes for a significant portion of the show's fanservice, as her DangerouslyShortSkirt guarantees a PantyShot.
* ''{{Firefly}}'':
** The Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this kick.
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first book.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' series
** ''Film/TheMatrix''.
*** Both Neo and Morpheus during the training fight.
*** Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the lobby.
*** Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway station.
** ''TheMatrixReloaded''.
*** Both Neo and Seraph, during their brief battle.
*** Neo, during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian's goons.
*** During the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use it.
* In KingOfFighters, characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Muay Thai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
* One of Kimahri's Overdrives in VideoGame/FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
* In ''RosarioToVampire'', Inner Moka, a vampire feared even by other monsters, often uses a roundhouse kick. In addition to being badass, it makes for a significant portion of the show's fanservice, as her DangerouslyShortSkirt guarantees a PantyShot.
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* ''{{Firefly}}'':
** The Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this kick.
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first book.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'' series
** ''Film/TheMatrix''.
*** Both Neo and Morpheus during the training fight.
*** Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the lobby.
*** Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway station.
** ''TheMatrixReloaded''.
*** Both Neo and Seraph, during their brief battle.
*** Neo, during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian's goons.
*** During the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use it.
* In KingOfFighters, characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Muay Thai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
* One of Kimahri's Overdrives in VideoGame/FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
* In ''RosarioToVampire'', Inner Moka, a vampire feared even by other monsters, often uses a roundhouse kick. In addition to being badass, it makes for a significant portion of the show's fanservice, as her DangerouslyShortSkirt guarantees a PantyShot.
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* In ''OnePiece'' Jinbei the Whale Shark Fishman use a roundhouse kick against [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Wadatsumi's fist]]. In short, he manages to kick back and ''flip over'' a giant the size of a building.
* ''Film/RoadHouse''. Especially when Peter watches it in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', which inspires him [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer to do it as an answer to anything]]. ([[CatchPhrase Road House!]])
* The 2D ''MortalKombat'' games have one of these for every character, executed by holding back when doing a high kick, that does decent damage and great knockaway. Rain from ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' gets special mention for using one so powerful that the opponent flies off the screen and ends up behind him.
* Anime/CodeGeass gave us [[MemeticMutation the Spinzaku meme]].
* Rolling Kick from ''{{Pokemon}}'', whose Japanese name is Roundhouse Kick.
* A standard melee attack in ''{{Crackdown}}''.
* In one cutscene in ''[[Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 2006]]'' Silver telegraphs a punch and runs at Shadow. Shadow responds by stopping time with Chaos Control, calmly walking behind Silver and roundhouse kicking him in the back of the head. Widely considered one of the beter moments of that game.
* In ''VideoGame/JackieChansActionKungFu'', Jackie can do 180-degree and 360-degree spin kicks.
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Dai-Gurren (a giant robot about the size of a battleship) [[UpToEleven runs up a mountain to perform a kick to a flying battleship. When they miss, they turn it into a flying roundhouse kick]].
* In ''XenobladeChronicles'', Melia's Starlight Kick is a clumsy leaping roundhouse kick that causes her to land on her rear. It hurts about as much as you'd expect it to, coming from a SquishyWizard, but it can knock almost ''anything'' off its feet, two story tall dragons and robots included.
* Martial artists in ''JaggedAlliance 2'' can do this to knock down enemies in melee unarmed combat.
* In ''[[XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]'', Wes Janson K.O.'s a duel opponent with a roundhouse kick to the head.
* The simple roundhouse was at one point considered to be the game-winning kick in many forms of competitive martial arts due to a combination of speed, power, ease of preparation, and speed of recovery (if the kick is blocked, the striker can use the force of recoil to power the next kick).
* In ''{{VideoGame/Castlevania}}'' games, NinjaMaid Persephone [[EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy does a curtsy]] before doing a jumping vertical roundhouse kick at the player.
* ''Film/RoadHouse''. Especially when Peter watches it in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', which inspires him [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer to do it as an answer to anything]]. ([[CatchPhrase Road House!]])
* The 2D ''MortalKombat'' games have one of these for every character, executed by holding back when doing a high kick, that does decent damage and great knockaway. Rain from ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' gets special mention for using one so powerful that the opponent flies off the screen and ends up behind him.
* Anime/CodeGeass gave us [[MemeticMutation the Spinzaku meme]].
* Rolling Kick from ''{{Pokemon}}'', whose Japanese name is Roundhouse Kick.
* A standard melee attack in ''{{Crackdown}}''.
* In one cutscene in ''[[Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 2006]]'' Silver telegraphs a punch and runs at Shadow. Shadow responds by stopping time with Chaos Control, calmly walking behind Silver and roundhouse kicking him in the back of the head. Widely considered one of the beter moments of that game.
* In ''VideoGame/JackieChansActionKungFu'', Jackie can do 180-degree and 360-degree spin kicks.
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Dai-Gurren (a giant robot about the size of a battleship) [[UpToEleven runs up a mountain to perform a kick to a flying battleship. When they miss, they turn it into a flying roundhouse kick]].
* In ''XenobladeChronicles'', Melia's Starlight Kick is a clumsy leaping roundhouse kick that causes her to land on her rear. It hurts about as much as you'd expect it to, coming from a SquishyWizard, but it can knock almost ''anything'' off its feet, two story tall dragons and robots included.
* Martial artists in ''JaggedAlliance 2'' can do this to knock down enemies in melee unarmed combat.
* In ''[[XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]'', Wes Janson K.O.'s a duel opponent with a roundhouse kick to the head.
* The simple roundhouse was at one point considered to be the game-winning kick in many forms of competitive martial arts due to a combination of speed, power, ease of preparation, and speed of recovery (if the kick is blocked, the striker can use the force of recoil to power the next kick).
* In ''{{VideoGame/Castlevania}}'' games, NinjaMaid Persephone [[EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy does a curtsy]] before doing a jumping vertical roundhouse kick at the player.
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* In ''{{VideoGame/Castlevania}}'' games, NinjaMaid Persephone does a curtsy before doing a jumping vertical roundhouse kick at the player.
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* In ''{{VideoGame/Castlevania}}'' games, NinjaMaid Persephone [[EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy does a curtsy curtsy]] before doing a jumping vertical roundhouse kick at the player.
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->''ChuckNorris once commented, "There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none."''
->''ChuckNorris once commented, "There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none."''
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->''ChuckNorris once commented, "There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none."'' "''
->''ChuckNorris once commented, "There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none.
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A SubTrope of SpinAttack.
A SuperTrope to HurricaneKick (doing several spinning kicks in the same move).
Compare KickChick, SpinningPiledriver, {{Shoryuken}}.
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A SuperTrope to HurricaneKick (doing several spinning kicks in the same move).
Compare KickChick, SpinningPiledriver, {{Shoryuken}}.
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A SubTrope of SpinAttack.
SpinAttack.
A SuperTrope to HurricaneKick (doing several spinning kicks in the samemove).
move).
Compare KickChick, SpinningPiledriver,{{Shoryuken}}.
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** Actually, Sagat is the only one that does a true Roundhouse for his HK (as well as his pupil [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Adon]]). [[RyuAndKen Ryu, Ken]] and Chun-Li do what could be called either a Wheel Kick or a Spin Hook Kick.
** Sister series FinalFight has [[BloodKnight Cody]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Guy]] who both perform this. Though Guy's is more like a [[StreetFighter Tornado kick]]. MightyGlacier [[MightMakesRight Hagar]] has a [[WWF Spinning Clothesline]] instead.
* In ''TsunamiChannel'', [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-10-13&comic=MaMi Magical Mina actually deflects a punch with one]].
* {{Digimon Frontier}}: Arbormon's main attack is called Roundhouse Punt, which involves him jumping up into the air and swinging out either his left or right foot.
** Sister series FinalFight has [[BloodKnight Cody]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Guy]] who both perform this. Though Guy's is more like a [[StreetFighter Tornado kick]]. MightyGlacier [[MightMakesRight Hagar]] has a [[WWF Spinning Clothesline]] instead.
* In ''TsunamiChannel'', [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-10-13&comic=MaMi Magical Mina actually deflects a punch with one]].
* {{Digimon Frontier}}: Arbormon's main attack is called Roundhouse Punt, which involves him jumping up into the air and swinging out either his left or right foot.
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** Actually, Sagat is the only one that does a true Roundhouse for his HK (as well as his pupil [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Adon]]). [[RyuAndKen Ryu, Ken]] and Chun-Li do what could be called either a Wheel Kick or a Spin Hook Kick.
Kick.
** Sister series FinalFight has [[BloodKnight Cody]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Guy]] who both perform this. Though Guy's is more like a [[StreetFighter Tornado kick]]. MightyGlacier [[MightMakesRight Hagar]] has a [[WWF Spinning Clothesline]]instead.
instead.
* In ''TsunamiChannel'', [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-10-13&comic=MaMi Magical Mina actually deflects a punch withone]].
one]].
*{{Digimon Frontier}}: Anime/DigimonFrontier: Arbormon's main attack is called Roundhouse Punt, which involves him jumping up into the air and swinging out either his left or right foot. foot.
** Sister series FinalFight has [[BloodKnight Cody]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Guy]] who both perform this. Though Guy's is more like a [[StreetFighter Tornado kick]]. MightyGlacier [[MightMakesRight Hagar]] has a [[WWF Spinning Clothesline]]
* In ''TsunamiChannel'', [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-10-13&comic=MaMi Magical Mina actually deflects a punch with
*
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** The Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this kick.
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first book.
* ''TheMatrix'' series
** ''TheMatrix''.
*** Both Neo and Morpheus during the training fight.
*** Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the lobby.
*** Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway station.
** ''TheMatrixReloaded''.
*** Both Neo and Seraph, during their brief battle.
*** Neo, during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian's goons.
*** During the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use it.
* In [[KingOfFighters King of Fighters]], characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Muay Thai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
* One of Kimahri's Overdrives in FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this kick.
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first book.
* ''TheMatrix'' series
** ''TheMatrix''.
*** Both Neo and Morpheus during the training fight.
*** Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the lobby.
*** Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway station.
** ''TheMatrixReloaded''.
*** Both Neo and Seraph, during their brief battle.
*** Neo, during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian's goons.
*** During the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use it.
* In [[KingOfFighters King of Fighters]], characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Muay Thai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
* One of Kimahri's Overdrives in FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
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** The Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
head.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do thiskick.
kick.
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the firstbook.
book.
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''Film/TheMatrix'' series
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''Film/TheMatrix''.
*** Both Neo and Morpheus during the trainingfight.
fight.
*** Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in thelobby.
lobby.
*** Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subwaystation.
station.
**''TheMatrixReloaded''.
''TheMatrixReloaded''.
*** Both Neo and Seraph, during their briefbattle.
battle.
*** Neo, during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian'sgoons.
goons.
*** During the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent useit.
it.
* In[[KingOfFighters King of Fighters]], KingOfFighters, characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Muay Thai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
* One of Kimahri's Overdrives inFinalFantasyX VideoGame/FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first
*
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*** Both Neo and Morpheus during the training
*** Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the
*** Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway
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*** During the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use
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* ''Film/RoadHouse''. Especially when Peter watches it in ''FamilyGuy'', which inspires him [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer to do it as an answer to anything]]. ([[CatchPhrase Road House!]])
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* ''Film/RoadHouse''. Especially when Peter watches it in ''FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', which inspires him [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer to do it as an answer to anything]]. ([[CatchPhrase Road House!]])
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* CodeGeass gave us [[MemeticMutation the Spinzaku meme]].
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* CodeGeass Anime/CodeGeass gave us [[MemeticMutation the Spinzaku meme]].
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* In one cutscene in ''[[{{Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006}} Sonic 2006]]'' Silver telegraphs a punch and runs at Shadow. Shadow responds by stopping time with Chaos Control, calmly walking behind Silver and roundhouse kicking him in the back of the head. Widely considered one of the beter moments of that game.
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* In one cutscene in ''[[{{Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006}} ''[[Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 2006]]'' Silver telegraphs a punch and runs at Shadow. Shadow responds by stopping time with Chaos Control, calmly walking behind Silver and roundhouse kicking him in the back of the head. Widely considered one of the beter moments of that game.
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* In ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Dai-Gurren (a giant robot about the size of a battleship) [[UpToEleven runs up a mountain to perform a kick to a flying battleship. When they miss, they turn it into a flying roundhouse kick]].
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* In ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Dai-Gurren (a giant robot about the size of a battleship) [[UpToEleven runs up a mountain to perform a kick to a flying battleship. When they miss, they turn it into a flying roundhouse kick]].
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In RealLife, such a move is CoolButInefficient. A proper roundhouse kick is spinning in a just partial circle, to give the kick some extra force, but without telegraphing the move too much. And even then there is a high risk of the opponent dodging the kick or even grabbing the leg if he is skillful enough.
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In RealLife, such a move is CoolButInefficient. A proper roundhouse kick is spinning in a just partial circle, to give the kick some extra force, but without telegraphing the move too much. And even then there There is a high risk of the opponent dodging the kick or even grabbing the leg if he is skillful enough.
enough, but the roundhouse kick is one of the faster kicks in martial arts and can be launched without a chambering motion without much loss of speed for force, which makes such a dodge or kick less likely.
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* The simple roundhouse was at one point considered to be the game-winning kick in many forms of competitive martial arts due to a combination of speed, power, ease of preparation, and speed of recovery (if the kick is blocked, the striker can use the force of recoil to power the next kick).
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** Actually, Sagat is the only one that does a true Roundhouse for his HK (as well as his pupil [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Adon]]). [RyuAndKen Ryu, Ken]] and Chun-Li do what could be called either a Wheel Kick or a Spin Hook Kick.
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** Actually, Sagat is the only one that does a true Roundhouse for his HK (as well as his pupil [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Adon]]). [RyuAndKen [[RyuAndKen Ryu, Ken]] and Chun-Li do what could be called either a Wheel Kick or a Spin Hook Kick.
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* The ''StreetFighter'' series has characters that do this as their strong kick, including Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Sagat.
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* The ''StreetFighter'' series has characters that do this as their strong kick, including Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Sagat.Sagat.
** Actually, Sagat is the only one that does a true Roundhouse for his HK (as well as his pupil [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Adon]]). [RyuAndKen Ryu, Ken]] and Chun-Li do what could be called either a Wheel Kick or a Spin Hook Kick.
** Actually, Sagat is the only one that does a true Roundhouse for his HK (as well as his pupil [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Adon]]). [RyuAndKen Ryu, Ken]] and Chun-Li do what could be called either a Wheel Kick or a Spin Hook Kick.
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** Sister series FinalFight has [[BloodKnight Cody]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours Guy]] who both perform this. Though Guy's is more like a [[StreetFighter Tornado kick]]. MightyGlacier [[MightMakesRight Hagar]] has a [[WWF Spinning Clothesline]] instead.
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* Martial artists in ''JaggedAlliance 2'' can do this to knock down enemies in melee unarmed combat.
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* ''RoadHouse''. Especially when Peter watches it in ''FamilyGuy'', which inspires him [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer to do it as an answer to anything]]. ([[CatchPhrase Road House!]])
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* ''RoadHouse''.''Film/RoadHouse''. Especially when Peter watches it in ''FamilyGuy'', which inspires him [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer to do it as an answer to anything]]. ([[CatchPhrase Road House!]])
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* In ''[[XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]'', Wes Janson K.O.'s a duel opponent with a roundhouse kick to the head.
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* In ''XenobladeChronicles'', Melia's Starlight Kick is a clumsy leaping roundhouse kick that causes her to land on her rear. It hurts about as much as you'd expect it to, coming from a SquishyWizard, but it can knock almost ''anything'' off its feet, two story tall dragons and robots included.
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* In ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the Dai-Gurren (a giant robot about the size of a battleship) [[UpToEleven runs up a mountain to perform a kick to a flying battleship. When they miss, they turn it into a flying roundhouse kick]].
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In RealLife, such a move is CoolButInefficient. A proper roundhouse kick is spinning in a just partial circle, to give the kick some extra force, but without telegraphing the move too much.
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In RealLife, such a move is CoolButInefficient. A proper roundhouse kick is spinning in a just partial circle, to give the kick some extra force, but without telegraphing the move too much.
much. And even then there is a high risk of the opponent dodging the kick or even grabbing the leg if he is skillful enough.
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* In ''VideoGame/JackieChansActionKungFu'', Jackie can do 180-degree and 360-degree spin kicks.
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Of course in fiction, RuleOfCool says that doesn't have to be a problem, although some fighting games give a nod to the slower speed of the full circle kick by making it the slowest-but-most-powerful-kick for several characters.
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Of course in fiction, RuleOfCool says that doesn't have to be a problem, although some fighting games give a nod to the slower speed of by making the full circle kick by making it the slowest-but-most-powerful-kick for slowest, but most powerful, kick that several characters.
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1. If he is the scrappy, perhaps \'\'that\'\' is more known about him than this move. 2. Him being the scrappy is \'\'irrelevant\'\' to this trope.
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* In one cutscene in ''[[{{Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006}} Sonic 2006]]'' Silver, who is widely considered a Scrappy, telegraphs a punch and runs at Shadow. Shadow responds by stopping time with Chaos Control, calmly walking behind Silver and roundhouse kicking him in the back of the head. Widely considered one of the beter moments of that game.
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* In one cutscene in ''[[{{Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2006}} Sonic 2006]]'' Silver, who is widely considered a Scrappy, Silver telegraphs a punch and runs at Shadow. Shadow responds by stopping time with Chaos Control, calmly walking behind Silver and roundhouse kicking him in the back of the head. Widely considered one of the beter moments of that game.
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How could youj have not mentioned this so far? I started before the kick in order to give context.
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* A standard melee attack in ''{{Crackdown}}''.
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* Rolling Kick from ''{{Pokemon}}''.
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* Rolling Kick from ''{{Pokemon}}''.''{{Pokemon}}'', whose Japanese name is Roundhouse Kick.
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* CodeGeass gave us the [[MemeticMutation the Spinzaku meme]].
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* CodeGeass gave us the [[MemeticMutation the Spinzaku meme]].
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* CodeGeass gave us the [[MemeticMutation the Spinzaku meme]].
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* In [[KingOfFighters King of Fighters]], characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Mauy Tai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
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* In [[KingOfFighters King of Fighters]], characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Mauy Tai), (Muay Thai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
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* The 2D ''MortalKombat'' games have one of these for every character, executed by holding back when doing a high kick, that does decent damage and great knockaway. Rain from ''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' gets special mention for using one so powerful that the opponent flies off the screen and ends up behind him.
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* One of Khimari's Overdrives in FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
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* One of Khimari's Kimahri's Overdrives in FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
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* In ''{{Firefly}}'' the Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
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** The Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
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* ''RoadHouse''. Especially when Peter watches it in ''FamilyGuy'', which inspires him [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer to do it as an answer to anything]]. ([[CatchPhrase Road House!]])
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A SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseMartialArts, SpinAttack.
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A SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseMartialArts, SpinAttack.
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I decided to go with a simple name, since I realized it was making the name awkward for the sake of a pun.
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* ''WalkerTexasRanger'' liked to finish his fights with this move, often knocking the bad guy into CardboardBoxes. ''ConanOBrien'' showing such clips a lot also led to jokes about roundhouse kicks being quite popular in ''ChuckNorrisFacts''.
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* ''WalkerTexasRanger'' liked to finish his fights with this move, often knocking the bad guy into CardboardBoxes. ''ConanOBrien'' showing such clips a lot also led to jokes about roundhouse kicks being quite popular in ''ChuckNorrisFacts''.
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* In [[KingOfFighters King of Fighters]], characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Mauy Tai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks. kicks.
* One of Khimari's Overdrives in FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
* In ''RosarioToVampire'', Inner Moka, a vampire feared even by other monsters, often uses a roundhouse kick. In addition to being badass, it makes for a significant portion of the show's fanservice, as her DangerouslyShortSkirt guarantees a PantyShot.
* Chuck Norris, after retiring from his acting career, went to create his own martial art style: Chun Kuk Do inspired on Tang Soo Do, which is heavy on kicking, including roundhouse kicks.
* In ''OnePiece'' Jinbei the Whale Shark Fishman use a roundhouse kick against [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Wadatsumi's fist]]. In short, he manages to kick back and ''flip over'' a giant the size of a building.
* One of Khimari's Overdrives in FinalFantasyX is a turning kick, called a Mawashigeri in some translations.
* In ''RosarioToVampire'', Inner Moka, a vampire feared even by other monsters, often uses a roundhouse kick. In addition to being badass, it makes for a significant portion of the show's fanservice, as her DangerouslyShortSkirt guarantees a PantyShot.
* Chuck Norris, after retiring from his acting career, went to create his own martial art style: Chun Kuk Do inspired on Tang Soo Do, which is heavy on kicking, including roundhouse kicks.
* In ''OnePiece'' Jinbei the Whale Shark Fishman use a roundhouse kick against [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Wadatsumi's fist]]. In short, he manages to kick back and ''flip over'' a giant the size of a building.
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->''ChuckNorris once commented, "There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none."''
-->-- ''[[http://www.thechucknorrisfacts.com/ Chuck Norris Facts]]''
In fiction, the roundhouse kick is one of the most badass martial arts moves one can make, spinning in a full circle, thus giving the kick the force of 360 degrees of awesomeness.
In RealLife, such a move is CoolButInefficient. A proper roundhouse kick is spinning in a just partial circle, to give the kick some extra force, but without telegraphing the move too much.
Of course in fiction, RuleOfCool says that doesn't have to be a problem, although some fighting games give a nod to the slower speed of the full circle kick by making it the slowest-but-most-powerful-kick for several characters.
A SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseMartialArts, SpinAttack.
A SuperTrope to HurricaneKick (doing several spinning kicks in the same move).
Compare KickChick, SpinningPiledriver, {{Shoryuken}}.
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* ''WalkerTexasRanger'' liked to finish his fights with this move, often knocking the bad guy into CardboardBoxes. ''ConanOBrien'' showing such clips a lot also led to jokes about roundhouse kicks being quite popular in ''ChuckNorrisFacts''.
* The ''StreetFighter'' series has characters that do this as their strong kick, including Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Sagat.
* In ''TsunamiChannel'', [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-10-13&comic=MaMi Magical Mina actually deflects a punch with one]].
* {{Digimon Frontier}}: Arbormon's main attack is called Roundhouse Punt, which involves him jumping up into the air and swinging out either his left or right foot.
* In ''{{Firefly}}'' the Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this kick.
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first book.
* ''TheMatrix'' series
** ''TheMatrix''.
*** Both Neo and Morpheus during the training fight.
*** Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the lobby.
*** Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway station.
** ''TheMatrixReloaded''.
*** Both Neo and Seraph, during their brief battle.
*** Neo, during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian's goons.
*** During the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use it.
* In [[KingOfFighters King of Fighters]], characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Mauy Tai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
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->''ChuckNorris once commented, "There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none."''
-->-- ''[[http://www.thechucknorrisfacts.com/ Chuck Norris Facts]]''
In fiction, the roundhouse kick is one of the most badass martial arts moves one can make, spinning in a full circle, thus giving the kick the force of 360 degrees of awesomeness.
In RealLife, such a move is CoolButInefficient. A proper roundhouse kick is spinning in a just partial circle, to give the kick some extra force, but without telegraphing the move too much.
Of course in fiction, RuleOfCool says that doesn't have to be a problem, although some fighting games give a nod to the slower speed of the full circle kick by making it the slowest-but-most-powerful-kick for several characters.
A SubTrope of ArtisticLicenseMartialArts, SpinAttack.
A SuperTrope to HurricaneKick (doing several spinning kicks in the same move).
Compare KickChick, SpinningPiledriver, {{Shoryuken}}.
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* ''WalkerTexasRanger'' liked to finish his fights with this move, often knocking the bad guy into CardboardBoxes. ''ConanOBrien'' showing such clips a lot also led to jokes about roundhouse kicks being quite popular in ''ChuckNorrisFacts''.
* The ''StreetFighter'' series has characters that do this as their strong kick, including Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Sagat.
* In ''TsunamiChannel'', [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/index.php?date=2003-10-13&comic=MaMi Magical Mina actually deflects a punch with one]].
* {{Digimon Frontier}}: Arbormon's main attack is called Roundhouse Punt, which involves him jumping up into the air and swinging out either his left or right foot.
* In ''{{Firefly}}'' the Saffron character does a lot of roundhouse kicks to the head.
** In "Objects In Space", [[BountyHunter Jubal Early]] gets punched in the face, and recovers by spinning around to do this kick.
* In ''MaximumRide'' they use roundhouse kicks a lot, especially in the first book.
* ''TheMatrix'' series
** ''TheMatrix''.
*** Both Neo and Morpheus during the training fight.
*** Trinity does it to a soldier during the battle in the lobby.
*** Neo does it to Agent Smith during the battle in the subway station.
** ''TheMatrixReloaded''.
*** Both Neo and Seraph, during their brief battle.
*** Neo, during the Burly Brawl sequence and the fight against the Merovingian's goons.
*** During the fight on top of the truck both Morpheus and the upgraded Agent use it.
* In [[KingOfFighters King of Fighters]], characters such as [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] (Ryuu Geki), [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] (Mauy Tai), and [[HotBlooded Kim Kaphwan]] (Tae Kwon Do) have this as either their standing strong kick, or performed during their special attacks. Robert's Genei Kyaku and King's Trap Shot, in particular, both end with roundhouse kicks.
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