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{{trope}}
[[File:metro3 6354.jpg|thumb|350px|link=Asterix|''"I too know how to make noise!"'']]
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 [[Super Strength|very strong]], or [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry|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.
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== [[Advertising]] ==▼
▲== Advertising ==
* The spider in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMVMzzWPDSk this] Mentos commercial does it to a full-grown man.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* An Indigo League episode of the ''[[Pokémon (
* The ''[[Black★Rock Shooter (anime)|Black★Rock Shooter]]'' TV anime has Strength do this to BRS.
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* [[Asterix]] himself has been known to do it, though
▲* An Indigo League episode of the ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime has Ash's Bulbasaur get beaten up by a Bellsprout in this manner.
== [[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.
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* ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' - Po is beaten by Mantis using this style of beatdown.
▲* [[Asterix]] himself has been known to do it, though Obelix uses it more frequently.
* ''The Twelve Tasks of [[Asterix]]'': Cylindric the German does it to Obélix.
== Films -- Live Action ==
* The Hulk does this to Loki in ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]''.
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* ''[[
* In ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', Super Skrull combines this with his [[Rubber Man|Mr. Fantastic]] and [[Super Strength|Thing]] powers.▼
** And before that, in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]'', [[Venom (Comic Book)|Venom]] does the same thing, with webbing.
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time]]'' on the SNES has an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ3Syf4fEYI attack] matching the trope. [[media:metronomic-man-mashing2 1032.jpg|Here's a still from the video.]]
* In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'', [[Metroid|Samus]] can do this with her up grapple attack.▼
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'':
▲* In ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', Super Skrull combines this with his [[Rubber Man]] and [[Super Strength]] powers.
** In ''[[
** Oro in ''[[Street Fighter III|Super Street Fighter III]]'' has this as one of his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfFNYuTmlfU super arts].(Go to the 30s mark)** In ''[[Earthworm Jim (
▲* In ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'', Samus can do this with her up grapple attack.
▲* In ''[[Earthworm Jim (Video Game)|Earthworm Jim]]'', a [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|tiny cat]] mook will do this to Jim if he approaches it. Then again, [[Speed Run|it's a really fast way to skip parts of the level]] if you [[Cast From Hit Points|have enough energy to endure it]].
* ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'': Sonic the Werehog can do this to some of the bigger mooks once he gets his elasticated hands on them.
* The Tank does this to some zombies in the intro movie of ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''.
* In ''[[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]]'', a [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|tiny cat]] mook will do this to Jim if he approaches it. Then again, [[Speed Run|it's a really fast way to skip parts of the level]] if you [[Cast from Hit Points|have enough energy to endure it]].
* This is a constant part of Jax's moveset in any ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' he appears.
* In ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' series, Goro Daimon's signature grapple super takes this form. Orochi Yashiro has one as his command throw and two of his supers, assuming [[Limit Break]].
* Though the video game itself suffers from crushing monotony, ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' for the Genesis allows the eponymous hero to do this as an entertaining finishing move on the various enemies in the game (alongside [[Megaton Punch|an uppercut that can launch them off screen]] or [[Finger-Poke of Doom|simple finger-flick to the head that sends them sprawling]]).
* ''[[Skullgirls]]'': This is one of Cerebella's super attacks, topped off by her flinging the opponent in the air and impaling them on a blade hidden in one of her [[Tricked-Out Shoes]].
* ''[[Shank]]'' can do this after grabbing a basic [[Mook]] and stabbing them mulitple times.
* In ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' certain enemies (the scorpion-like Sir Krawlie and his later [[Palette Swap]]s) can do this to your characters as a [[HP to One]] attack.
* ''[[Ninja Baseball Bat Man]]'' has [[Mighty Glacier|Beanball Roger's]] Foil Buster.
* One of the finishers in ''[[MadWorld]]'' has Jack doing this, finishing by tossing the enemy into anything or anyone in his way. It's pretty satisfying to watch.
* The scorpion enemies do this to you in ''[[Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle|Pitfall 3D Beyond the Jungle]]''.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'': How {{spoiler|Liquid}} defeats {{spoiler|the cyborg ninja}} for the second time ( {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|after being impaled by his sword, no less]]}}).▼
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* 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]] ==
* ''[[The Atom Ant Show]]'': The tiny Atom Ant hands out pounding in this style.
* ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]''
* ''[[Droopy Dog]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones]]'': Bamm Bamm BAM-BAM-BAM!
* ''[[The Ant and
* ''[[Dave the Barbarian]]'' has Amoeba wrestling.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'': The ninja toddler Hana does this to Monkey Fist.
* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'': Stegmutt is talked into pretending that Darkwing is on fire and "putting him out".
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]''
▲* ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'': How {{spoiler|Liquid}} defeats {{spoiler|the cyborg ninja}} for the second time ( {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|after being impaled by his sword, no less]]}}).
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* In ''[[
* The [[Walter Lantz]] character Inspector Willoughby does this to thugs twice his size.
* In the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' music video for "[[They Might Be Giants (band)|Particle Man]]", Person Man wrestles in this manner.
* Gaz does this to her brother Dib in ''[[Invader Zim]]'' after he accidentally curses her to taste nothing but pork.
* [[Johnny Bravo]] suffers this every now and then. In an episode, [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|Jungle Boy]] does it to his evil ape advisor.
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