One punch knockout

One punch knockout
A guard easily knocks out a formidable inmate.

Many characters are knocked out with one punch, often for a comedic effect.

Recurrences

Collision

Ando and Hiro are thrown out of a casino for cheating, where they meet one of those whom they had cheated. When confronted, Ando warns them that Hiro will use his powers on them. In response, one of the men punches Hiro, knocking him unconscious.

Homecoming

To defend her friend, Claire punches Jackie in the Union Wells hallway and lays her out.

Graphic Novel:Wireless, Part 2

At an Alaskan facility, Mr. Bennet punches Hana, who is overwhelmed by her newly-realized powers, and knocks her out.

Distractions

Once Peter realizes how to use his acquired powers, he is unable to control them. Claude knocks him out with a single punch to avoid a possible overload.

A guard, using a baton, knocks out Niki at the Women's Correctional Facility.

Run!

Hope punches Hiro and knocks him out after he learns that she has misrepresented herself.

Parasite

Ando dresses as a security guard and surprises Linderman's curator with a blow to the head, knocking the curator out.

Niki tells Nathan to knock her out so that Jessica will realize she is not in control. Nathan knocks her out with one punch.

.07%

Mohinder takes out Sylar with one blow from the map.

Landslide

Mohinder knocks Matt out with a blow on the head.

Four Months Later...

Hiro is briefly knocked out by a single punch to the face from Takezo Kensei.

Lizards

Tuko punches Peter to render him unconscious. Later, Peter punches McSorley's son using enhanced strength, knocking him across the room.

The Line

Noah knocks out Ivan with a gun in his hand.

Kensei knocks out a guard with a single punch.

Kensei hits Hiro on the back of the head.

Graphic Novel:Elle's First Assignment, Part 2

To stop Elle from electrocuting Zach, Noah pistol whips her and knocks her out.

Graphic Novel:War Buddies, Part 7

To stop Linda Tavara from stealing his ability, Linderman whacks Linda in the head with a stick.

Graphic Novel:Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, Part 1

• Julien punches Samir, causing him to stop phasing.

Angels and Monsters

• Milosh attempts to punch Adam Monroe, who dodges the attack. Hiro ends up getting hit instead.

Other One Punch Confrontations

One Giant Leap

After Nathan claims that Peter is suffering from depression at a campaign event, Peter manages to get one good punch in before Nathan's security staff pull him off.

Nothing to Hide

At Matt's precinct, Matt telepathically learns that Tom McHenry is sleeping with Janice. He punches Tom, and other officers pull Matt off Tom.

Graphic Novel:Control

Matt punches Tom McHenry.

Graphic Novel:Isaac's First Time

At the Deveaux Gallery, a woman punches Isaac because she is upset that one of his paintings depicts her death.

Graphic Novel:Wireless, Part 1

Hana punches her IDF enlisting officer in an attempt to prove to him that she is worthy of joining the military.

Upon meeting Hana in Israel, Mr. Bennet punches the lieutenant, knocking her to the ground.

Graphic Novel:The Path of the Righteous

Hana punches a child pornographer and easily bloodies his face.

Graphic Novel:War Buddies, Part 5

At their Vietnam base, Dallas angrily punches Austin and calls him a "lying sack of sh."

Graphic Novel:The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 1

Hana remembers when she was in the Alaskan tundra, she punched Mr. Bennet, breaking his glasses in half.

How to Stop an Exploding Man

Sylar telekinetically moves a parking meter into his hand and gives Peter a big whack.

Niki snatches the meter from Sylar and returns the favor.

Graphic Novel:Golden Handshake, Part 4

Claude knocks a terrorist out with a stick.

Out of Time

Yaeko slaps Hiro in an attempt to make him more sober.

Notes

• The "sound effects" associated with the graphic novel punches have been varied. Sounds the punches have made include "krtak", "wham", "slam", and "whak".

Gallery

• 
  After Jackie makes derogatory comments about Zach, she is knocked out by Claire.
  (Homecoming)
• 
  Matt punches Tom.
  (Control)
• 
  Isaac gets punched for his painting.
  (Isaac's First Time)
• 
  During Hana's training at the Alaskan facility, several men are knocked out.
  (Wireless, Part 2)
• 
  Mr. Bennet punches Hana.
  (Wireless, Part 2)
• 
  Claude punches Peter after he experiences a smörgåsbord of mimicked powers.
  (Distractions)
• 
  After Hiro catches on to Hope's scheme, she knocks him out.
  (Run!)
• 
  Hana punches the pornographer.
  (The Path of the Righteous)
• 
  Hana remembers beating up a man in Israel.
  (War Buddies, Part 1)
• 
  Dallas shows Austin what war really is.
  (War Buddies, Part 5)
• 
  Sylar is taken out by the map.
  (.07%)
• 
  Niki rounds off on some dangerous agents.
  (Walls, Part 2)
• 
  Mohinder knocks Matt out with a blow to the head.
  (Landslide)
• 
  Niki punches an illusion of herself...
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  ...and later hits Sylar with a parking meter.
  (How to Stop an Exploding Man)
• 
  Claude hits an unsuspecting woman with a tree branch.
  (Golden Handshake, Part 4)
• 
  Hiro is punched by Kensei.
  (Four Months Later...)
• 
  Noah hits Ivan Spektor.
  (The Line)
• 
  Takezo Kensei knocks out a guard with one punch.
  (The Line)
• 
  Kensei knocks Hiro out cold.
  (The Line)
• 
  Noah gives Elle a whack on the head.
  (Elle's First Assignment, Part 2)
• 
  Noah knocks out Marcus with a baseball bat.
  (Normal Lives)
• 
  Julien breaks Samir's concentration.
  (Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, Part 1)