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Two characters are fighting, and during the course of the battle, they clasped their hands together and push against each other in a test of strength. This can happen when one of them throws a punch or any kind of strike and the other catches it. They can stay like this for a while, with one trying to overpower the other and bring him to his knees.....
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* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' did this a few times, with [[The Hero|Goku]] on one side and [[Complete Monster|Freeza]], [[Blood Knight|Cell]] and [[Anti-Hero|Vegeta]] on the other.
* ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' did this frequently.
* In ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'', Ayeka and Ryoko have done this [[Cat Fight|during some of their battles.]]
* In ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', Ryouga does this with Girl Type Ranma in the last bit of the Golden Pair arc (in the anime at least)
* A mecha-sized version happens in ''[[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar]] Final'', when Gaofighgar and Gimlet emperor grasp hands. Gimlet thinks he's winning..........[[Badass|but he's fighting Gai Shishio.]]
* During the [[Story Arc|Edolas Arc]] of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', Erza Scarlet ends of doing this with her [[Evil Twin]] Erza Knightwalker as a result of a [[Fearful Symmetry]] induced [[Combat Breakdown]].
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has [[Authority Equals Asskicking|the Spiral King]] Lordgenome do this with [[The Hero|Simon...]] while Simon is piloting [[Mini-Mecha|Lagann.]] That's right. Genome gets in a mercy-fight with a fucking robot (an admittedly small robot but still bigger than most humans)... '''[[Super Strength|and he wins!]]'''
** Later in the series, the titular [[Title Drop|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] does this with the Anti-spiral's Grand Zemboa during the final battle.
* Greymon did this with a Dark-Tyranomon in the Christmas episode of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]''.
* During the Kanto Season of ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'', Charizard and Magmar were doing this. It led to [[Memetic Mutation|Charizard defeating Magmar in the heart of a volcano itself!!!]]
* ''[[Bleach]]'' anime episode 220. During Captain Komamura's fight with the Arrancar Poww, Komamura's Bankai (a giant samurai) and Poww's huge resurreccion form grab each other's hands and test their strength. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQD5ZqNYW6Y#t=6m20s here.]
* [[Rumiko Takahashi]]'s ''Maris the Chojo'' does this, between the titular character and her [[The Rival|rival Sue]]. Both are [[Heavyworlder|super strong due to coming from a planet with high gravity]], but Maris is at a disadvantage since [[Power Limiter|she can't remove the restraints that keep her strength in check]].
* In the final episode of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 Ds5D's]]'', this [[The Hero|Yusei fudo's]] shooting Star Dragon and [[The Rival|Jack Atlas']] Scar Red Nova Dragon do this when a battle is initiated. Since they have the same number of attack points, [[Mutual Kill|both are destroyed.]]
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', during their [[Tournament Arc|Chunin exam fight]], Sakura and Ino end up briefly doing this, along with [[Cross Counter|cross counters]], and [[Punch Parry|Punch parries]]. It slightly different from other examples in that they break away before getting to the fingerlock part.
* ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' episode 17 "Leviathan". The Big O grabs the title megadeus' pincers during their battle.
 
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In episode 2 of ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'', Spartacus tries this on Crixus, but Crixus easily sends him flying. Doctore mocks Spartacus' blunder and explains, "Become entangled with a more powerful opponent and you are dead!"
 
== [[Pro Wrestling]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]'' has the downloadable mission pack ''A Shantotto Ascension'', where two [[Attack of the 50 ftFoot Whatever|Gigantic]] [[Mirror Match|Shantottos]] do this, among many other events.
* ''Ultimate [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'': [[The Hulk]] and [[Final Fight (Video Game)|Mike Haggar]] do this in the opening cinematic.
* This was a mechanic in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'', starting with goat herding, moving on to Goron Sumo and finally being used in a boss fight.
** Also used in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'', when [[McNinja|Byrne]] charges up for a rush attack, you can position the phantom guardian{{spoiler|/Zelda}} in front of you, to cut him off, and the two of them will grapple, giving Link an opportunity to attack him from behind.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0803.html This] ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'' comic has [[The Hero]] and [[Bald Black Leader Guy]] Roy grappling this way with [[Dumb Muscle]] [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] Thog. Roy almost wins, too.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* An episode of ''[[Superman: theThe Animated Series]]'' had Supes doing this with John Corben, aka Metallo. Supes didn't know Corben had been changed into a cyborg with his [[Kryptonite Factor]] as the power source, and he paid for it.
* In ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', Tohru and El Toro do this in El Toro's introductory episode. What with them both being wrestlers (sumo and ''lucha libre'', at least), it was probably inevitable.
 
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