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* In comics parlance, this is also known as a Byrne Hold, named after artist John Byrne who was unusually fond of using it on comic covers.

* ''[[X Wing Series]]'': Wedge Antilles does a version of this to Sate Pestage, grabbing him with both hands by the front of his robes and slamming him against a wall. Pestage has referred to a nonhuman Rogue as "animal filth". [[Beware the Nice Ones|Wedge snapped.]]

* [[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 the Ape]]'' #4, in which Gorilla Grodd does it to Dumb Bunny.

* In ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'', Big Bob does this to Paul's roadie. (Paul has left by then, but we see it.)

* 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.

* 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 (film)|Street Fighter]]'' movie, Bison neck-lifts Dhalsim (but doesn't kill him, since he's still needed alive) after Dhalsim makes the mistake of openly questioning Bison's sanity (which happens to be Bison's [[Berserk Button]]).

* 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.

* ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''. The Monster does this to the police officer who was tormenting him with lit matches.

* The ''[[Heroic Trio]]'' has the [[Big Bad]] doing this to two of the girls at the same time.

* 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.

'''Cameron:''' ''(still holding Marty up)'' [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Would you like a bed-time story]]? }}

** Creepily done by Cromartie to an actor whose face he just copied, before smashing the guy's face against the mirror.

** Strongest attack of the summon Efreet in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' during the fight against him to [[Defeat Means Friendship|test your worthiness]], where he'll grab one member of the party in his fist, lift them up and concentrate fiery explosions on said character.

*** 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]].

'''Magnius:''' That's LORD Magnius, vermin! }}

** [[Tales of Destiny|Barbatos Goetia]] uses one of these for his Death Abyss arte and at the start of his "No Items Ever!" mystic arte. He follows up with an explosion on the victim for the former, and throws them into the ground for the latter, prior to delivering more abuse.

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', Blackarachnia does this to Optimus Prime after downloading Bulkhead's strength.

* 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]]: [[Beast Wars]]'': In the second season opener, this is how Rhinox establishes to Dinobot that he's in no mood for any argument about who's in charge right now.