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[[File:dvq61u.jpg|link=Naruto|frame|I'm a little teapot...]]
When it comes to fighting in some series, it's not enough to just simply land wounds on someone's body and restrain them using conventional means. No, sometimes you need to go one step farther than usual and show off how [[Badass]] you are, and what better way than to use a non-physical part of someone's body to pin them like a fly on a
Almost always supernatural in nature, a
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The defeated Big Bad of chapter 3 is held in place by (his)demonic babies that emerge from his shadow in ''[[Majin Devil]]''
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* The Nara Clan in ''[[Naruto]]'' has this as their main shtick, and use it mostly to control someone puppet-style. Shikamaru has some other diverse shadow related abilities, including his shadow Sewing, Shadow Strangulation, and turning his chakra knives into the "pin-the-shadow" ability.
** Jiraiya has a similar move where his body becomes flat and merges with someone's shadow, giving him control over them as long as he can hold his breath.
* One of {{spoiler|Akira's}} abilities in ''[[
* In the ''[[Tsukihime]]'' manga, Ciel's Black Keys are able to do this to Akiha and pin her in place after Ciel tosses up a flare.
** Ciel does this against Shiki in the [[Visual Novel]] as well.
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* Tsubasa Andou from ''[[Gakuen Alice]]'' has this as his power.
* [[Yami no Matsuei|Seiichirou Tatsumi's]] power as a Shinigami is basically this.
== Film ==
* ''[http://jabootu.net/?p=11 Ator The Fighting Eagle]''
== Literature ==
* Interesting alternative use: In ''[[
* [[J. R. R.
* In ''[[A Night in the Lonesome October]]'' by [[Roger Zelazny]], Owen used druidic magic to make Cheeter the squirrel into his familiar, by ''literally'' pinning his shadow to a wall. Snuff and Greymalk undo the magic by pulling the seven silver pins loose, then dragging the shadow over the squirrel's body, allowing it to re-bind itself to seven scratches on Cheeter's hide.
== Video Games ==
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* The ''[[Pokémon]]'' Wobbuffet has an ability called Shadow Tag which prevents opposing Pokemon from fleeing or switching out.
** Baton Pass can bypass this effect, but the substitute takes the effect in turn. You cannot manually switch out until Wobbuffet is knocked out, and that might take a while. There are also moves that stop a Pokemon from leaving the battlefield as well, but the one that closest matches this trope is [[The Dark Side|Shadow Hold]].
* Jack of ''[[Wild
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* Maxim of ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'' learns to control his shadow, and also learns that what his shadow does to another object or person's shadow also happens to that person. Thus, he can use his shadow to pick up another person via their shadow, or {{spoiler|throw a stick through the eye of the [[The Dragon]] while immobilized}}.
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[[Category:Combat Tropes]]
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