History Main / BigGuyRodeo

* Attempted on [[TheHero Cord]] in ''[[Literature/ColSecTrilogy ColSec Rebellion]]: A husky Streeter [[spoiler:girl]] tries to tackle him from behind in a dark building and knock him down. This [[NoSell does not go well for the Streeter]]: Cord lands on his hands and knees, grabs his assailant by the back of [[spoiler:her]] shirt, and first slams [[spoiler:her]] against the floor and then throws [[spoiler:her]] across the room. [[spoiler:(She's [[WorthyOpponent entirely gracious about it later, and even jokes about how effortlessly he was able to toss her around]].]]

* Attempted on [[TheHero Cord]] in ''[[Literature/ColSecTrilogy ColSec Rebellion]]: A husky Streeter [[spoiler:girl]] tries to tackle him from behind in a dark building and knock him down. This [[NoSell does not go well for the Streeter]]: Cord lands on his hands and knees, grabs his assailant by the back of [[spoiler:her]] shirt, and first slams [[spoiler:her]] against the floor and then throws [[spoiler:her]] across the room. [[spoiler:(She's entirely gracious about it later, and even jokes about how effortlessly he was able to toss her around.]]

* Attempted on [[TheHero Cord]] in ''[[Literature/ColSecTrilogy ColSec Rebellion]]: A husky Streeter [[spoiler:girl]] tries to tackle him from behind in a dark building and knock him down. This [[NoSell does not go well for the Streeter]]: Cord
lands on his hands and knees, grabs his assailant by the back of [[spoiler:her]] shirt, and first slams [[spoiler her]] against the floor and then throws [[spoiler:her]] across the room. [[spoiler:(She's entirely gracious about it later, and even jokes about how effortlessly he was able to toss her around.]]

* You'd expect Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger to have done a few of these in his career. What you might not expect is for him to be the little guy. Admittedly the big guy in that scene (in ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'') was played by André the Giant.

May overlap with CraniumRide.

* As in the Literature example below, in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' this happens to Fezzik (played by André the Giant), done by The Man in Black.
* ''Film/RaisingArizona'' has a famous example, as Hi (Creator/NicolasCage) tries to take down Gale (Creator/JohnGoodman) this way, destroying Hi's and Ed's trailer in the process.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'':

* In ''Series/CSINewYork'', [[spoiler:a boy is able to successfully strangle his father using this technique.]]

** He later does this to a large biker as his voiceover describes how long it takes to render someone unconscious with the move... and how ''painful'' that time can be.
* Xander does this in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Reptile Boy", jumping onto one of the frat guys. PunctuatedPounding ensues.

* 1950s British TV star Jackie Pallo would do this, only instead of grabbing their neck he would chicken wing their arms and [[MurderousThighs squeeze their midsection]]. It became known as the "Paro special".

* During Cheeseburger's debut match for Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/RoderickStrong was about to make him a TagTeam champion right off the bat by submitting Bobby Fish in a Boston Crab, but Kyle O'Reilly had entered the ring to break it up, so Cheeseburger cut him off by jumping on O'Reilly and applying a Christo hold, which caused O'Reilly enough pain to collapsed into Strong, breaking his hold and rendering Cheeseburger's effort useless.[[/folder]]

* Properly applied, this move is usually called a "rear naked choke" and is common in UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts. Of course, it's much easier to pull off as the bigger guy against the smaller one without the whole rodeo business.

* Paul's not that much bigger than the mugger who tries this on him in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', but he's a [[SuperStrength hell of a lot stronger]]. [[NighInvulnerable And tougher.]] As the narration says, “The mugger found that trying to choke Paul was roughly equivalent to choking a steel pipe.”

* You'd expect Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger to have done a few of these in his career. What you might not expect is for him to be the little guy. Admittedly the big guy in that scene (in ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'') was played by Andre the Giant.

* As in the Literature example below, in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' this happens to Fezzik (played by Andre the Giant) done by The Man in Black.

* ''Series/BurnNotice'': Michael does this to a Russian GiantMook.
** He later does this to a large biker as his voiceover describes how long it takes to render someone unconscious with the move...and how ''painful'' that time can be.

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* So yeah, Chiaotzu might be the [[ShapedLikeItself midgiest midget in midgetville]], and his arms don't quite, like, reach around a person's neck, he's stuck to the back of [[TheDragon Nappa]] in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. He eventually tries to end it by blowing himself up and taking Nappa with him, but Nappa is more powerful than anything the Z Fighters have faced, and {{No Sell}}s the attack.

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* A third season episode of ''Series/{{Primeval}}'', about 36 minutes in has [[spoiler:Abby]] doing this. (Spoilers for outside UK, if you can even access it, will not be up past early May).

* ComicBook/SpiderMan is famous for going up larger opponents so it's no surprise that he has pulled this move. The most famous example being his first fight against TheJuggernaut. [[spoiler: He did it as a distraction to trick Juggy into sinking in wet cement.]]

* In the ''Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse'' "Blood of Kerensky" trilogy novel ''Lost Destiny'', captured Inner Sphere Mechwarrior Phelan Kell is eligible to battle for a Clan Bloodname, their highest honor. His first combat trial requires him to fight an Elemental barehanded. Phelan is by all accounts a normal young man of respectable fitness. An Elemental is a nine-foot-tall brick shithouse of a SuperSoldier genetically engineered to wear PoweredArmor. Phelan's answer is to request the combat trial be held in zero-gravity, giving him ample opportunity to climb onto the Elemental and hold on for dear life; without some form of leverage, the Elemental's impressive musculature was ultimately not an advantage. Phelan eventually [[ChokeHolds blood chokes]] his opponent to win the trial.

Since the big guy will do everything in his power to get the little guy off of him, whether by bucking like a bronco, trying to sieze and throw the little guy over his head, or by slamming his back against a wall, the little one needs to somehow hang on and endure until oxygen deprivation causes the big guy to pass out, or at least until the distraction has served its purpose. It's not a move associated with elegance or technical skill, and depending on what's at stake, this sort of struggle can be made to look either dramatic or comical.

A smaller, weaker person attempts to disable a big guy by jumping on their back and wrapping their arms around their neck; it looks sort of like a rear naked choke crossed with an uncooperative piggyback ride. It is usually performed in the midst of a fight while the big guy is occupied with someone else and doesn't notice the little guy creeping up behind him. Often the little guy is trying to protect an ally in distress by distracting the big guy before he can deliver the finishing blow.

Since the big guy will do everything in his power to get the little guy off of him, whether by bucking like a bronco, trying to sieze and throw the little guy over his head, or by slamming his back against a wall, the little one needs to somehow hang on and endure until oxygen deprivation causes the big guy to pass out. Depending on what's at stake, this sort of struggle can be made to look either dramatic or comical.

Basically, a smaller, weaker person attempts to disable a big guy by jumping on their back and wrapping their arms around their neck; sort of like a rear naked choke crossed with an uncooperative piggyback ride. It is usually performed in the midst of a fight while the big guy is occupied with someone else and doesn't notice the little guy creeping up behind him. Often the little guy is trying to protect an ally in distress by distracting the big guy before he can deliver the finishing blow.

Basically, a smaller, weaker person attempts to disable a big guy by jumping on their back and wrapping their arms around their neck. It is usually performed in the midst of a fight while the big guy is occupied with someone else and doesn't notice the little guy creeping up behind him. Often the little guy is trying to protect an ally in distress by distracting the big guy before he can deliver the finishing blow.

Basically, a small, weak person attempts to disable a big guy by jumping on their back and wrapping their arms around their neck.

* So yeah, Chiaotzu might be the [[ShapedLikeItself midgiest midget in midgetville]], and his arms don't quite, like, reach around a person's neck, he's stuck to the back of [[TheDragon Nappa]] in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.

* As he was smaller than most other heavyweights, Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki found much of his success in both pro wrestling and mixed martial arts choking out his opponents this way.[[/folder]]