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{{quote|'''Sayid''': I'm not going to hurt you, Hurley.
'''Hurley''': Yeah, I saw you [[Neck Snap|snap that guy's neck with break dancing thing you do with your legs.]] I think I'll hang back here.|''[[Lost]]''}}
 
Maybe [[With My Hands Tied|your arms are in cuffs]], maybe you need to increase your level of [[Fan Service]], or maybe you're just so damn awesome. You don't need [[Vagina Dentata]] for death to lurk between your open legs -- youlegs—you're ''[[The Beatles|The Girl With The Murderous Thighs]]''!
 
The premise is simple. Whether to deliver a [[Neck Snap]] or slow strangulation, sometimes even other injuries, the (usually) girl takes hold of her victim between her thighs and either squeezes or twists, sometimes both. The result is a painful, humiliating and (to an outside observer) a quite [[Fetish Fuel|sexy]] death.
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** In ''[[Street Fighter IV]]'', she's joined by [[Masked Luchador|El Fuerte]], who has multiple thigh grapples, some of which involve spinning around the opponent's head like the ''[[Rival Schools]]'' example above. Since El Fuerte's a dude (and a rather goofy one at that), this is probably more comedy than fanservice (though [[Your Mileage May Vary]]).
** The latest edition brings in [[Boisterous Bruiser|Hakan]], who takes this trope to a ''whole'' new level. His second Ultra involves lying on the ground, and if his opponent so much as touches him, he/she will slip on him, whereas upon Hakan will get on top of his opponent, squeeze him/her between his thighs, and ''launch him/her out of his ass and into the wall.'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX3RSiASrjc&feature=related Here it is in action.]
* King, Roger and Dr. Boskonovich from ''[[Tekken]]'' are fans of the Frankensteiner as well. No female characters in this franchise have [[Murderous Thighs]] but Nina and Anna Williams, being assassins, do know how to dislocate or break pretty much any bone in the opponent's body with their legs. Anna has a move that does include a headscissor, but the headscissor is used as leverage to break the opponent's leg. Xiaoyu has a Murderous Ankles attack in ''Tekken 5'', but it's tricky to pull off.
* Gloria uses this in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4''. In [[Vapor Wear]], no less.
* Blue Mary Ryan, Momoko, Vice and Shermie from ''[[The King of Fighters]]''. ''Especially'' Shermie.
** In a non-fanservice way, Clark does this for his Frankensteiner (like Cammy, above). And then he turns to the screen, holds out his hands, and yells "HEY!"
** Mai Shiranui also got move of this kind in ''KOF'99''. It was initally quite useless and the animations suggest that it was probably intended to be [[Fetish Fuel]] to compensate for the loss of Shermie and Vice in that game. The attack is probably based on one she does to a [[Mook]] in the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' movie. She also has had the "Murderous Ankles" version as one of her throws since her debut in ''[[Fatal Fury]] 2''.
* In ''[[Rise Of The Kusai]]'', [[Hot Amazon|Tati]] does this regularly. This would probably be hotter if, A. We didn't see Tati as a scared child in the prequel, ''Mark of Kri'', and B. if [[Knife Nut|Tati]] wasn't absolutely brutal if her fighting style. [[Squick|Squicky]]y kills are practically a trademark of this series, but Tati manages to outdo her brother [[Lightning Bruiser|Rau]], who can slice through about five bodies or more with one swing of an ax. This was probably intentional though, because it characterizes the difference between [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Rau]] and [[Ax Crazy|Tati]] quite nicely.
* One of [[Shinobido|Kinu's]] [[One-Hit Kill]] attcks consist in a mid-air version of this. Goh can do a similar trick if he's hanging from a platform and catch a victim on said platform: he will grab the victim, drag him/her down, catch his/her neck with his legs and break it.
* Playing as Jill in the ''[[Resident Evil]] 5'' mercenaries minigame gives you the oppurtunity to do this to random majini provided you are behind them and they are stunned, grabbing their knee.
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