Minion Maracas: Difference between revisions

 

A close relative of [[Neck Lift]], the Minion Maracas occurs when somebody who would not otherwise be expected to raise somebody else off the ground, does so under the influence of a strong emotion, either positive or negative, and shakes them in mid-air to mark their point. Typically this rather freaks out whoever is subjected to it since it can only be ascribed to sheer willpower.

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== Comic Books ==

** He also uses this as an interrogation technique on a Gaul who sold Asterix to the Romans, in ''Asterix and the Banquet''.

** Toward the end of ''Obelix and Co.'', Julius Caesar angrily shakes Caius Preposterus harder and harder while explaining him that his schemes have nearly ruined Rome and that he now needs to clean his own mess.

 

== Fan Works ==

* In the fan webcomic ''[[Batman and Sons]]: [http://the-dark-cat.livejournal.com/4001.html Rivalry]'', [[Wonder Woman|Diana]] does this to '''both''' [[Batman]] and [[Green Arrow]] simultaneously -- [http://pics.livejournal.com/the_dark_cat/pic/0001psbx one in each hand].

 

* Happens repeatedly to Pain and Panic in Disney's ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]''.

 

== Literature ==

* At one point Captain Plugg of the ''[[Redwall]]'' book ''Triss'' picks up two crewbeasts who've done something stupid and actually bangs their heads together.

** In the original ''[[Redwall]]'' book, Cluny the Scourge does the same to two of his lieutenants whose foraging expedition failed pretty miserably. Slightly unusual for this trope, in that Cluny is explicitly shown to be considerably [[Large and In Charge|larger and stronger]] than his subordinates, so the feat of strength is not so surprising.

* In ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Thorin Oakenshield picks up Bilbo Baggins and "shakes him like a rabbit" when he learns that the Hobbit has stolen the Arkenstone and given it to the men and elves besieging the mountain. At least, Gandalf manages to convince Thorin to not throw Bilbo down the wall.

 

== Video Games ==

** Linebeck in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]'' does this to Link as well.

* Solid Snake does this to Otacon in the first ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' game while interrogating him about Metal Gear REX, assuming Otacon had full knowledge it was a "nuclear-equipped walking deathmobile" as Snake put it.

 

== Web Comics ==

** Minmax does it to Fumbles, [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12302005/ shortly.]

** And of course, there's one goblin named [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02202006/ Shaken-Unfairly], giving us the page quote.

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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