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Professional Wrestling

  • As mentioned in the Trivia section, several wrestlers use the Kinniku Buster as a finishing move, the most notable one out of them being Samoa Joe.

Tabletop Games

  • Yu-Gi-Oh!: Sargas and Regulus pull off a Cross Bomber double lariat on Gigantic Spright in the artwork of Spright Double Cross.

Web Original

  • The series was an inspiration for the Tag Dream comic. That's right, Kinnikuman gets multiple shoutouts from Touhou Project fandom, of all things.

Video Games

  • The character Brocken from World Heroes was largely inspired by Brocken Jr., even down to having the same name.
  • King from the Tekken series uses a Kinniku Buster-esque move as part of his moveset. In King's Tekken 5 ending, he and Craig Marduk perform a Muscle Docking.
  • Jack Cayman will preform a Kinniku Buster as his anti air grab in MadWorld, with the exception that he lands on his feet instead of his rear.
  • In Super Street Fighter IV, the Ultra Combos of the character El Fuerte are definitely Kinnikuman references. One of them, the Ultra Spark, is a modified Incomplete Muscle Spark, and the Flying Giga Buster resembles Big Body's Maple Leaf Clutch.
  • Clark Still from The King of Fighters. Depending on the game, his Ultra Argentine Back Breaker will end with a "Clark Spark" or a "Clark Special," mimicking the Muscle Spark and the Robin Special, respectively.
    • There's also Heidern, a German fighter in a military uniform who bears some resemblance to Brocken Jr. His Moon Slasher special even resembles the Red Rain of Berlin.

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