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== Anime & Manga ==
* Sesshomaru of ''[[
* In the ''[[Excel Saga (
* A {{spoiler|brainwashed Ginga}} does this to Subaru during their battle in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* ''[[
** Before Sasuke goes off to Orochimaru, Naruto tries to stop him, and somewhere in the middle Sasuke lifts Naruto with just one hand. Despite having been badly beaten before being grabbed, Naruto was still able to force Sasuke's attack off target.
** Pain's bodies did this to a few people during their attack on Konoha when trying to extract information from them on Naruto's whereabouts.
** Kakuzu does this to Choji and Ino at the same time.
* The super-strong tiger warrior Lime to Ryōga in ''[[Ranma ½
* ''[[
** A favorite move of Nagi (Negi's father), having done it against {{spoiler|Fate}} during a [[Flash Back]] and when {{spoiler|Albireo}} copied him in his match against {{spoiler|Kaede}} during a tournament. Also a scene where the real Nagi used this on the last [[Mook]] Demon of an army he'd just torn through. He finished it in a [[Neck Snap]].
** Also, mercenary leader of the Black Hounds Alexander Zeystev (also known as Chiko-tan) did this to Nodoka while attempting to take her in; there was a tremendous bounty on her and her friend's capture (she became bait).
** In a "heroic" and unarguably awesome example of this, {{spoiler|Negi}} does this to {{spoiler|Tsukuyomi}} in chapter 292, and judging by the look on {{spoiler|Tsukuyomi's}} face, it seems {{spoiler|Negi}} is dead serious and she knows it. Unusual for this trope, {{spoiler|Tsukuyomi}} does try to slice off the arm doing the grabbing. It is [[Made of Air|less than effective.]]
** Chapter 333. Lifemaker grabs Negi in a [[Neck Lift]].
* A slight variant of this shows up in the original ''[[Blood:
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]''
** Majin Buu does this to its master Babidi, to keep him from talking and using the spell to seal him again before killing him off. It's kind of subverted, though: Babidi is the size of a small dog, probably not much more than the weight of a sack of rice.
** #20 does this to Yamcha in order to impale him with extreme prejudice.
* In the ''[[
* ''[[
** Grimmjow does this to Orihime after he {{spoiler|rescues her from death at the hands of [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Loly and Menoly.]]}}
** Ulquiorra also inflicts this on Ichigo while in his Segunda Etapa form, choking Ichigo with his tail {{spoiler|before blowing a hole through his chest.}}
* ''[[
** [[Big Bad]] Nobunaga does this to the hero Date Masamune. Despite the fact that he is holding up a grown man with one hand, he makes it look painfully easy.
** Happens to Masamune again in the second season and again by the [[Big Bad]], though this time it looks a bit more convincing seeing as Hideyoshi is (at least) twice Masamune's size.
* In a rare heroic example, Kato does this to two [[Red Shirts]] ([[Badass|at the same time!]]) in ''[[
* ''[[Hellsing (
* In the 8th episode of ''[[
* ''[[D
** Tyki does this to Allen at one point before destroying his arm.
** Although he's not a villain by any means, [[The Messiah|Allen]] angrily does this to a broker in the first Reverse novel.
* In episode 15 of ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* Mewtwo from ''[[Pokémon:
* In episode 20 of ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* In episode 9 of ''[[Black Butler
* Shinji chokes and lifts Asuka up in ''[[End of Evangelion]]'' at one point.
* ''[[
* The first time Yamaki of ''[[
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{{quote| '''Wedge:''' [[Parenthetical Swearing|Don't make me go Vader on you.]] Ibitsam was a pilot and a friend and [[Heroic Sacrifice|she died to save your sorry hide]].}}
* [[Superman]] does this fairly rarely, but when he does, you know that shit just got real and the [[Beware the Nice Ones|boy scout is out for the moment.]]
* [http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=47&limitstart=70 This cover] of ''[[Angel and
* Shortly after being introduced as leader of the Mutant Liberation Front in New Mutants #87, Stryfe does it to MLF member Wildside as punishment for incompetence, as seen [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/14.jpg here].
== Comic Strips ==
* Once happened in ''[[What's New
== Fan Works ==
* Early on in his fight with Chridion, the main character of ''[[
== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[Beauty and
* Quasimodo does this to Captain Phoebus by his collar in ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''. After calming down a bit, [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|he looked vaguely surprised to see that he'd done this]], and was kind enough to let the captain back down on the ground.
* In ''Starchaser: The Legend of Orin'', the evil android Zygon does this ''twice'' (with one hand, no less!), first to strangle Orin's first [[Love Interest]], then later to Orin himself (though this time, his victim escapes). In a subversion of this trope, though, kicking Zygon in the groin wouldn't have done much good anyway, since he's a fricking ''robot''.
* In ''[[
* ''[[
** Mr. Incredible loses his temper and does this to [http://hq55.com/disney/incr/incredibles-disneyscreencaps.com-3334.jpg his obnoxious boss] at the insurance company, then throws him through several walls.
** He does it again with [http://hq55.com/disney/incr/incredibles-disneyscreencaps.com-9753.jpg Mirage]. He's taken a few lessons from the bad guys, apparently.
* Emperor Zurg neck-lifts "Buzz 2" in ''[[Toy Story 2]]''. It helps that they're both made of light-weight plastic.
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
* The [[Horny Vikings|Viking captain]] actually does this to his first mate after he refuses the first mate's warning that the Leviathan is about to destroy their ship during their search for Atlantis in a deleted opening for ''[[Atlantis:
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* In ''[[Daredevil (
* ''[[Predator]]''
** The title villain grabs [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Dutch]] by the neck, picks him up and examines him closely before administering a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]].
** The Predator from the sequel does this to a female police officer -- lifting her to just the right height for it to realize she is pregnant. {{spoiler|He lets her live.}}
* In ''[[
* Darth Vader does this to the Princess's ship captain in the beginning of ''[[Star Wars]]'' ([[A New Hope|episode IV]]), following it through by crushing the guy's windpipe and killing him, quickly establishing that he is ''not'' someone you want to mess with. He also has a much more famous long ranged Force-assisted version which appears to use [[Finger-Poke of Doom|even less effort]] and is in-universe referred to in such diverse terms as Force Choke and Virtual Garrote.
{{quote| '''Darth Vader:''' Where are those transmissions you intercepted? WHAT have you DONE with those plans?}}
* An agent picks up Trinity by the neck in ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded''. In contrast to the usual way this trope is played, she continues to fight and kicks him repeatedly until she then gets slammed down onto the floor.
* In the live-action ''[[Street Fighter (
* ''The Adventures of [[Buckaroo Banzai]]''. Justified in both cases because they're Red Lectroids, not humans.
** John Whorfin does this to the attendant at his mental facility, followed by a [[Neck Snap]].
** John Bigbooté to the Secretary of Defense by grabbing his necktie (Necktie Lift?).
* Nero's [[The Dragon|Dragon]] Ayel does this to Kirk in ''[[Star Trek (
* In ''[[Mad Max]] Beyond Thunderdome'', Blaster does it to Max after Max tries to ignore Master's order for him to disarm the truck's booby-trap. And holds him there while Master chews him out and repeats the demand. When Max fails to be impressed, Master decides to have the {{spoiler|town's electricity supply}} choked instead. EMBARGO ON!
* ''[[
* ''[[Tank Girl (
* ''[[Terminator (
* Jonathan gets this treatment by the title vampire (Leslie Nielsen) in ''Dracula: Dead and Loving It'', but he counters with an eye poke.
* V in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' does this to {{spoiler|Creedy at the end of his final battle,}} strangling him. Played slightly more realistically than most examples, though, because even with his great strength he needs both hands, and leans against a gate to keep his balance.
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* The ''[[Heroic Trio]]'' has the [[Big Bad]] doing this to two of the girls at the same time.
* The creature from ''[[Jeepers Creepers]]'' does a [[Neck Lift]] to {{spoiler|the crazy cat lady}} ''from behind'', and walks forward with its victim held in front of itself like a shield, still gasping out a death-rattle.
* ''[[Judge Dredd (
* ''[[The Shadow (
* In ''[[
* Done by the [[Big Bad]] in ''[[
* ''[[Legend (
* Dracula does this to Renfield in ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]''.
* ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]''. Thunder does this to Wang Chi when Wang and Jack attack him.
* Done by the ancient and powerful vampire antagonist from both versions of [[Fright Night]] on anyone who happens to inconvenience him, the hero included.
* There's a really badly done version in ''[[Men in Black (
* In ''[[The Avengers (
== Literature ==
* Bud White does this to a prisoner in the "Bloody Christmas" part of ''[[
* In ''[[
* In the ''[[
* Captain Plugg in the ''[[Redwall]]'' book ''Triss'' regularly picks up his minions by the neck and beats their heads together. Since he's a fox and most of his crew are rats and weasels, he's likely to be significantly bigger and stronger than they are, so it's not as unlikely as usual with this trope that he could easily do this.
** Cluny the Scourge does the same to his own minions when they displease him, and even though he is the same species as them, it is explicitly stated that [[Large and In Charge|he is much bigger and stronger than the average rat.]]
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== Live-Action TV ==
* Seen repeatedly in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'':
** Jessica Sanders grabs her father by the throat, picks him up and slams him against a wardrobe. Particularly ridiculous example (at least before the slam,) since, regardless of strength, she will be considerably lighter than him.
** Angela sees Knox holding up Claire, and tearing her head off, in one of her dreams.
** Sylar picks up {{spoiler|Jackie Wilcox}} by the neck before murdering her in Season One and again with Ando in Isaac's Loft, which turns into a telekinetic [[Neck Lift]] when Sylar gets distracted and stops in place while walking forward and carrying Ando by the neck. In the volume 3 finale, he does this to Claire.
* ''[[Star Trek:
** Data does this to Picard in the episode "Power Play".
** Also done for [[The Worf Effect]] in "[[Star Trek:
** Data also does it to a rogue Borg before crushing its neck. Why? He got angry.
* Mr. Colt does it to {{spoiler|Sarah}} in ''[[Chuck]]''. Casey also likes to use this on Chuck occasionally. He also did it to a traitorous old mentor once... although he followed it up by crushing his throat.
** Casey ''really'' makes a habit of it, as he does this numerous times throughout the series aside from the aforementioned instance with the old mentor.
* Lennier does this to Marcus in an episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]''. Minbari are stronger than humans.
* Repeatedly on ''[[
* A common trick in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', though most of the time this is usually followed by the Terminator in question crushing its victim's neck.
** Cameron does this to Marty to emphatically tell him he must not call home.
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* Done twice in ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': Once to Jason by Goldar, and once to a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Tommy ''by Jason''. Unfortunately, the censors have cracked down on such things and it's been a ''long'' time.
** A neck lift made it through in the ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' episode "A Strange Case of the Munchies". Done to Emily by the [[Monster of the Week]].
* Elliot does this to J.D. in one Season 4 ''[[
* ''[[
** Buffy accidentally does this to Cordelia in the first episode of when Cordelia startles her, thus helping to cement Buffy's (total lack of) social standing at her new high school.
** Also in the first episode, the Master does this to Darla deliberately.
** Vamp Willow also does it to Percy in "Doppelgangland".
* Done several times by vampires/demons on ''[[
* In addition to the ''Buffy'' examples above, this trope appears to be a favorite in ''every single vampire show '''ever'''''. Confusingly, it's often used in what appears to be an attempt to [[Fridge Logic|choke the (un)life out of another vampire]].
** Sometimes a justified trope when the one doing the lifting is just using it to intimidate and/or silence the other vampire. Even the undead need to be able to move air through their throats to talk...
*** A lot of vampire media seems to forget that, actually. Such as in the season 1 finale of ''Buffy'', where Angel says (using his lungs to push air out of his mouth) he can't perform CPR because he doesn't breathe. If anything, a vampire should be BETTER at CPR given their enhanced strength and the fact that any air they push out should have more oxygen than a regular persons (since the vamp didn't use any).
** In ''[[Moonlight]]'', Mick St. John frequently follows this up with a [[Neck Snap]]. (Is it any wonder that Benjamin Talbot is investigating him?)
** In a particularly notable example on ''[[
* In the ''[[
* Bernard and Fran do this to Manny in ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[
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== Video Games ==
* Spidey grabs mooks like this in ''Spider-Man 2: The Video Game''. From there on, he can do a variety of things to the helpless dude.
* ''[[
** One of Ganondorf's special moves in ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]'' is a superpowered version of the chokeslam mentioned above. Only he grabs and lifts his victim by their '''face''' instead. Ouch.
** He also did this to Tetra and later Link (although he hauled Link up by the arm) in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* General Scales sure loves doing this in ''[[Star Fox (
* [[Big Bad]] Sarevok does this in the intro movie of the first ''[[Baldur's Gate
* [[The Dragon|Saren]] does this to [[Player Character|Commander Shepard]] in ''[[Mass Effect
** In ''[[
*** Note that both of these examples are justified; the first is performed by a cyborg (who is also noticeably bigger and heavier than Shepard,) and the latter by a robot, so they would both have the necessary strength to do this.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
* Wesker does this several times in ''[[Resident Evil]] 5''.
** Hell, in ''[[
* Some enemies in ''[[
* ''[[Prototype (
** This is how Alex Mercer holds his victims. Hilariously, some of the NPC comments while being held include reminders that [[Groin Attack|their foot is now level with your crotch]]. Sadly, they don't follow through on this.
** The final boss turns the tables and does this to {{spoiler|Mercer}}, before launching him across an aircraft carrier and {{spoiler|revealing his true form}}.
* With the popularity of professional wrestling, this makes its way into many [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]] too. Especially if one character is just really strong.
** Kuma from the ''[[
** Seth in ''[[
** Also in ''[[
** A subset of this may be from ''[[Soul Calibur]]'''s Cervantes, who if memory serves has done this with his twin swords.
* Heat of ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' does this at least once. Between that and punching down stone walls (!) it is clear the game likes to remind you [[Statistically Speaking|he dumps most of his attribute points into strength]].
* ''[[Another World (
* Ripa Moramee (the earlier, larger, meaner Arbiter) seems to be fond of doing this in ''[[Halo (
* The OVA included in ''[[Mega Man X
* A reoccurring element in ''[[
* ''[[Tales
** Strongest attack of the summon Efreet in ''[[
*** And let's not forget the cutscene in Palmacosta that introduces us to the Desian [[Complete Monster|Lord Magnius]]. While the Desians are making a display of an execution, an innocent bystander makes the mistake of leaving out his title -- complete with [[Neck Snap]].
{{quote| '''Palmacosta Man:''' Oh no, it's Magnius from the Palmacosta Ranch!<br />
'''Magnius:''' That's LORD Magnius, vermin! }}
** [[Tales of Destiny
* {{spoiler|Terra-Xehanort}} does this to Aqua in the pre-final battle cutscene in ''[[
* Riku {{spoiler|Replica}} did it to Zexion in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
* ''[[
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty]]'', this seems to be one of Solidus's favorite things to do to [[Bishonen|Raiden]].
* In ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'', spoiled brat Jelanda accidentally ingests a vial of ghoul powder and undergoes a [[Body Horror|Body Horrorific]] transformation. Grabbing an unfortunate nearby knight by the helmet mid-transformation with one of her transformed arms, she lifts him up in the hair and slowly crushes (and presumably his skull as well) as the powder completes her transformation into a raging monster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[BQ Pa 6 LL Nc CQ]]&feature=related.
* This is Batman's default [[Mook]] interrogation technique ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''...when he's not [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|slamming them into walls]] or [[High Altitude Interrogation|dangling them off railings.]]
== Web Animation ==
* Hal was on the receiving end of one of these by [[Super Mario Bros Z|Turbo Mecha Sonic]] in the [[Easter Egg]] of ''[[
* In ''[[Haloid]]'' a Covenant Elite does this to an ODST near the end of the initial battle.
== Web Comics ==
* In [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=1064 this strip] of ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030127 Merlot finds out this way] that Baron Wulfenbach despises traitors.
** Von Pinn [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030718 introduces herself] to our heroine Agatha by giving her a personal demonstration of this trope.
** Mamma Gkika, being a ''[[Super Soldier|Jäger]]''-lady, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110518 explains in this manner] to Oublenmach why mistreating girls or waking her up too early in the morning is a bad idea.
** Vole reminds Tarvek and Gil that you should never, ''ever'' take a Jäger lightly, by catching the ''two of them'' in a strangling neck lift -- [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110729 one in each arm].
* ''[[
** [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/981006 Vampire Queen Lysinda to Zoë.]
** Oasis [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/000506 Oasis to Riff].
* ''[[
** Roy Greenhilt seems to like this as an intimidation method for interrogating mooks. He does it to a goblin teen in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0101.html strip #101], and then to Pompey of the Linear Guild in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0356.html strip #356.]
** Xykon can do it too when pissed. And don't try to change the subject with trivial concerns, like breathing.
* [[Butt Monkey|Syphile]] in ''[[
* In ''[[The Dreamland Chronicles]]'', in a rare [[Good Versus Good]] example, an impatient Orion does it to Alex just so the latter will take his flight training seriously. From there, it's [[Die or Fly]].
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== Web Original ==
* Combined with a [[Neck Snap]] in ''[[Magical Girl Hunters]]'' against Pretty Marshall Rose.
* Carmilla of the ''[[
* Captain Hammer uses a slightly more practical version on Dr. Horrible at the end of the first act of ''Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog'', grabbing the Doctor by the neck without lifting him off the ground.
== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[
{{quote| '''Starscream:''' ''(to Bumblebee)'' YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!}}
* General Grievous does this in his introductory scene in ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'' with his ''cybernetic leg'' before slamming the victim through the ground.
* ''[[Transformers]]: [[
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