Standard Female Grab Area: Difference between revisions

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So, the [[Action Girl]] is busy slinging around multiple opponents with her competent style of [[Waif Fu]]. In fact, she is doing so well that one has to wonder what the [[Big Damn Heroes]] are doing at all when they could leave the entire mission to her and she'd get it done and be back home in time for dinner.

Note that this could often be justified if the one using the grab is more skilled, or more sufficiently armed. For example, Alice has a knife and is fighting Bob, who also has a knife. Charlie has a club, sword, electric spear and metal armor. He grabs Alice to make his presence known, and Alice knows not to resist or she'll get run through with something.

 

 

* Subverted in the ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' anime: A thug wants to use a young ballerina who had befriended Akira, Jacky and Pai as a hostage and grabs her by the arms, but [[She Fu|she actually wriggles her way out of his hold and manages to kick him away]]. She even says it's thanks to her dance training, which gave her extra flexibility.

* One scene in ''[[Detective Conan]]'' has Mouri Ran, a [[Waif Fu|Karate]] [[Cute Bruiser|expert]] being held by a criminal. Suffice to say, the mook didn't stand a chance, despite him actually ''holding a gun''. Arguably a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Ran.

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'' Deckard uses this on Luba Luft. When previously cornered by the bounty hunter, she outsmarted him and managed to hold him at laser point. However, once he puts his hand "laxly onto her upper arm" she ceases all struggle.

* In ''[[Tortall Universe|Lioness Rampant]]'', where the slender 5'4" Alanna is [[Weak but Skilled|skilled]] and [[Fragile Speedster|fast]], and rendered helpless once her arms are pinned by a larger man. On the other hand, once she gets free, beware. She will mess you up.

** On the other hand, in ''Squire'', Keladry just flexes her bicep, forcing the man to loosen his grip.

* Averted in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' by [[Dark Action Girl|Asha Greyjoy]]. A [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|childhood friend]] who was enamored with her attempted to stop her from leaving him by using this method. She promptly puts a knife to his throat and drives him off.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* Averted in [[Power Rangers Wild Force]]. Toxica tried using this on Princess Shayla. Cue counter-ass-kicking.

* Averted a couple of times with Kira in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. Played straight, however, in the flashback episode "Necessary Evil", when she is grabbed by Dukat and submits to it silently.

 

== Video Games ==

* Lampshaded in ''[[Casey and Andy]]'', the antagonistic Lord Milligan is a [[Card-Carrying Villain]] who [[Contractual Genre Blindness|follows basically every trope in the book]], right down to having a lair inside a hollowed-out volcano, and insisting on explaining the villainous plot to the heroes before killing them. When one of the eponymous characters asks him if there's any ''advantage'' in following all those rules, Milligan demonstrates that there is by employing the "[http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=381 Female Incapacitation Attack]" on Mary, an [[Action Girl]] with implanted, Wolverine-style claws.

* Subverted in ''Darken''. Sure, Elia is mildly inconvenienced when Shard grabs her, but [http://darkencomic.com/?webcomic_post=june-24th-2010 it doesn't last long.]

* [[Gender Flip|Gender-flipped]] in the [[Ciem Webcomic Series]]. Candi only defeats Musaran because she musters her strength after a punishing blow to punch him in the face. She was otherwise already paralyzed because [[Lightning Can Do Anything|Exploding Computer Monitors Can Do Anything]], and because Musaran was using the story's own standard ''male'' grab area (ankles) in the hopes that what works for the gander works for the goose.

** Denny was completely helpless once grabbed by his ankles. Makes sense when you consider [[The Sims|the animations that were being rigged]] to create the scene.

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' had this (briefly) when [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100319 "Snapper" Boikov tried taking Sanaa hostage]. ''After'' discovering she's a sister of the hero who did personally break half of the prisoners' or their bosses' operations and probably already knowing she was imprisoned for [[Pirate Girl|piracy]]. "Dibs on his boots!"

** Oddly enough this works on [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120314 Bangladesh DuPree] of all people.

*** Well, it '''is''' a massive clank, and it does have her by '''both''' arms. And her feet are being held off the floor so she has no leverage. And the clank is also intelligent enough to hold her facing ''away'', so that she can't kick it.

* Subverted in ''[[Leftover Soup]]'', Ellen's self-defense class was devoted solely to techniques to stop rapists grabbing one's wrist. When she asks Jamie to [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=30 "give her his best shot"] he kicks her in the kneecap.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* Subverted wickedly in the [[Whateley Universe]]. In the second Boston Brawl, Generator (who looks like a ten year old girl) is grabbed as a hostage by Ironhawk (mutant in power armor). She slaps something on his armor, takes over his control system, and uses him as a missile for the rest of the battle.

 

== Western Animation ==

** Subverted later when Superman tries this on Cheetah. He grabs her arm and twists, she slashes his face with her Kryptonite-coated nails.

* Inverted in ''[[Wing Commander Academy]]'': [[The Squadette|Archer]] performs this hold on [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Maniac]], before [[She Fu|tossing him]] halfway across the room. Worth noting, Maniac appears to be about twice her mass.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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