Metronomic Mook Massacre

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One way for a character to deliver a severe beatdown on an opponent is to pick said opponent up (usually by the feet) and slam him left-right-left-right overhead into the ground. It's generally an indication that either the character doing the slamming is very strong, or very very angry. This can be played for even greater effect if the character doing the slamming is either very small or, in normal circumstances, shouldn't have that kind of strength at all.

Compare Grievous Harm With A Body.

Examples of Metronomic Mook Massacre include:

Advertising

  • The spider in this Mentos commercial does it to a full-grown man.

Anime and Manga

  • An Indigo League episode of the Pokémon anime has Ash's Bulbasaur get beaten up by a Bellsprout in this manner.
  • The Black★Rock Shooter TV anime has Strength do this to BRS.

Comic Books

  • Asterix himself has been known to do it, though Obélix uses it more frequently. Obélix provides this page's image.

Fan Works

  • In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer pseudo-crossover Xendra, Buffy does this to "Skip", a metal-skinned demon much larger than her, during the attack on the Hyperion.

Films -- Animation

  • Kung Fu Panda - Po is beaten by Mantis using this style of beatdown.
  • The Twelve Tasks of Asterix: Cylindric the German does it to Obélix.

Films -- Live Action

Video Games

Web Comics

Web Original

  • Phase of the Whateley Universe did this to a giant. In "Boston Brawl II" Phase (who is five foot nothing but a density changer) pounded the forty-foot Matterhorn like this, and then - just to add insult to injury - once he was onconscious, Phase used him as a giant flail, smashing some of the other supervillains in the battle.

Western Animation