Wipe the Floor with You

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One character grabs and drags another character against the floor or wall. Alternatively, it can be done by holding a character against the side of a fast moving object.

Compare What a Drag for when this is done when the victim is pulled by a fast moving object.

Examples of Wipe the Floor with You include:

Anime and Manga

  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Roa does this to Louis Armstrong.
  • In Hellsing, Seras uses her Super Speed to kill Zorin by grinding her face against the wall.
  • During Ichigo and Ulquiorra's battle in the Bleach anime, Ichigo's Super-Powered Evil Side does this to Ulquiorra, smashing his head into a wall.
  • Fairy Tail: During their climactic battle, Gajeel grabs Natsu with his extendable iron arm and proceeds to grind his face across the floor.

Film

  • In Constantine, when the devil finally gets Constantine's soul he makes his exit from the room by dragging him by the feet through a pool of his own blood.
  • In Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man essentially does this by holding Sandman's face next to a moving subway.
  • During the train fight sequence from the Tollywood movie Pokiri, the Badass protagonist played by Mahesh Babu does this to one of the three bad guys on the train.

Live Action TV

  • In CSI: NY, Frankie does this to Stella in the episode All Access.

Video Games

Web Animation

  • In Dead Fantasy 2, Tifa does this to Kasumi while they're running down the side of a building, and then runs her through several stone pillars for good measure.
  • Done in Super Mario Bros Z when Yoshi Ground Pounds Metal Sonic as he skids along the ground.

Web Comics

  • Used inn an early appearance of an arc villain in Geist Panik, when he drags an unfortunate victim's face against a brick wall. The attack is fatal. The perpetrator laments his lack of an iPod, since he feels that playing some Rammstein would make the act much more badass.