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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~armwrestle_6405~~armwrestle 6405.jpg\|link=Preacher (Comic Book)\|right]] Somehow, in some [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|over the top]] fashion, a situation has arisen that can only be solved by one character arm wrestling another. This will almost always result in a character who appears scrawny having to arm wrestle a man far larger than they are. Line 13: * Episode 7 of ''The [[Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]'' has [[Bridge Bunnies\|Bridge Bunny]] Yuriko facing off with big Marine Lt. Andressen to decide whether or not they clean up the ''Soyokaze.'' Yuriko holds out well, but is on the verge of losing until Captain Tylor cheers for Andressen. This gets Yuriko mad and, to everyone's shock, immediately pins down Andressen's arm. * Done in ''[[Pretty Face]]'' where the [[Dude Looks Like a Lady\|deceptively waifish-looking]] main character Rando does astonishingly well in such a contest. * Double Subverted in ''[[Ranma ~~One Half~~½]]'' when Akane is arm wrestling several arm wrestling machines. She's winning, but then loses to the Sumo wrestler (the strongest machine) -- {{spoiler\|turns out Shampoo was hiding inside}}. * Double Subverted in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (~~Manga~~manga)\|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. In Rush Valley, a big guy is challenging people to an automail arm wrestling contest. He keeps winning until Ed moves to challenge him. {{spoiler\|Turns out he was cheating to win using Alchemy, but Al then cheats right back to win anyway.}} ** Also occurs in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (~~Anime~~anime)\|the 2003 anime version]]. * ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has an [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?\|epic]] arm wrestling match between Ku Fei and Negi. The "one sided" aspect is a big of a [[Zig -Zagging Trope]], as in terms of pure physical strength they're about equal, with Ku apparently having a slight advantage due to her [[Ki Attacks\|Ki]]. Then Negi pulls out the [[Black Magic]]. Ku didn't have much of a chance after that. * Rather hilarious example from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'': Gil's [[Nice Hat]] is riding on the outcome of an arm-wrestling battle between a big, burly tough guy and Alice. Alice is basically an [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Sealed Evil in Aa Teddy Bear\|in the form of]] [[Cute Bruiser\|a teenage girl]], and Gil, who controls her [[Power Limiter]], ''[[Serious Business\|really]]'' wants his hat back. [[Crowning Music of Awesome\|Her power-up music]] [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?\|even starts playing.]] In the manga Alice even breaks the guy's arm. * [[Great Teacher Onizuka\|Eikichi Onizuka]] once beat ''99 guys'' in an arm wrestling contest, including a giant, a nuclear mutant, [[Tekken\|Heihachi Mishimi]] and [[Friday the ~~Thirteenth~~13th\|Jason Voorhees.]] == [[Comics]] == * While recounting his past in one part of ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', [[Our Vampires Are Different\|resident vampire Cassidy]] recalls using this trope soon after travelling to the US. No one ever suspects that the gawky looking kid has [[Super Strength]]. * In ''[[All -Star Superman]]'', Superman faces [[Greek Mythology\|Atlas]] and [[The Bible\|Samson]] simultaneously, and breaks their arms. == [[Film]] == Line 32: == [[Live Action TV]] == * ''[[My Secret Identity]]:'' A macho man challenged Andrew Clemens to an arm wrestling match after he got super strength. * In an episode of ''[[Star Trek: ~~the~~The Next Generation]]'' a guest Klingon challenged Data to B'aht Qul (a Klingon challenge similar to arm wrestling). Data won in under a second, then calmly went back to what he was doing. * There's a funny series of examples in ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''. In an episode, an old man challenged Lou Grant to an arm wrestling contest. The old man defeated the bigger Lou. Then, the old man challenged Ted. Ted defeated the old man easily. Filled with confidence, Ted challenged Lou. {{spoiler\|It turns out that Lou always let the old man wins to give him a drink. So, Lou litterally caused Ted to go onto the floor.}} * In ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', the [[Amazonian Beauty\|super strong]] [[Hot Amazon\|Atalanta]] challenges Herc to one of these. Herc was winning easily, until he spies her cleavage and is distracted enough that he loses. Line 39: == [[Web Comic]] == * Happens in ''[[~~El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)\|~~El Goonish Shive]]'' when Susan ([[Gender Bender\|recently transformed into a man]]) challenges Nanase and loses. * Happens twice in ''[[Dead Winter]]'', once with Lizzie dishing it out and once with her on the receiving end. == [[Western Animation]] == * An episode of ''[[~~Dexters~~Dexter's Laboratory]]'' has Dexter's dad being made to arm wrestle a trucker. Knowing the match is one sided, Dexter fits his dad with a mechanical arm that sends the trucker flying through the wall. * In Disney's ''[[John Henry]]'' short, there is a montage of him arm wrestling progressively more men simultaneously and winning. When his much tinier wife challenges him, she wins, but only because she distracted him by kissing him. * ''[[~~Thunder Cats~~Thundercats]]:'' Lion-O is searching for some missing equipment, but finds that a caveman has claimed it. He has to beat the caveman at arm-wrestling to get it back. {{reflist}} [[Category:More Than Meets the Eye]] [[Category:One -Sided Arm Wrestling]] ~~[[Category:Trope]]~~