History Main / BrawlerLock

* This was a mechanic in ''TheLegendOfZelda : TwilightPrincess'', starting with goat herding, moving on to Goron Sumo and finally being used in a boss fight.
** Also used in ''TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', when [[McNinja Byrne]] charges up for a rush attack, you can position the phantom guardian[[spoiler: aka Zelda]] in front of you, to cut him off, and the two of them will grapple, giving Link an opportunity to attack him from behind.

* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking the Spiral King]] Lordgenome do this with [[TheHero Simon...]] while Simon is piloting [[MiniMecha Lagann.]] That's right. Genome gets in a mercy-fight with a fucking robot (an admittedly small robot but still bigger than most humans)... '''[[BeyondTheImpossible and he wins!]]'''

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brawler-lock_1186.jpg]]

[[quoteright:250:[[MadokaMagica http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HVD_528.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:Hope vs despair in the ultimate mercy fight.]]

A GroinAttack is also possible. Also, the combatants need not lock fingers. Grabbing each-other's wrists is also an option.

A GroinAttack is also possible.

* ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'': TheHulk and [[FinalFight Mike Haggar]] do this in the opening cinematic.

* In ''JackieChanAdventures'', Tohru and El Toro do this in El Toro's introductory episode. What with them both being wrestlers (sumo and ''lucha libre'', at least), it was probably inevitable.

* Greymon did this with a Dark-Tyranomon in the christmas episode of ''DigimonAdventure02''.

* In the final episode of ''Yugioh5Ds'', this [[TheHero Yusei fudo's]] shooting Star Dragon and [[TheRival Jack Atlas']] Scar Red Nova Dragon do this when a battle is initiated. Since they have the same number of life points, [[MutualKill both are destroyed.]]

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* An episode of ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' had Supes doing this with John Corben, aka Metallo. Supes didn't know Corben had been changed into a cyborg with his KryptoniteFactor as the power source, and he paid for it.
* In ''JackieChanAdventures'', Tohru and El Toro do this in El Toro's introductory episode. What with them both being wrestlers (sumo and ''lucha libre'', at least), it was probably inevitable.

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* MarvelComics did it as far back as TheSixties, when TheMightyThor first went up against TheIncredibleHulk. They've done this many times since. One of the more famous examples was when Comicbook/TheAvengers fought The Defenders.
* During ''WorldWarHulk'', TheJuggernaut and the Hulk locked up in a similar fashion. The Hulk ended up using Juggy's momentum against him by letting go and allowing him to blast off into the distance.

[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0803.html This]] ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'' comic has TheHero and BaldBlackLeaderGuy Roy grappling this way with DumbMuscle EnsembleDarkhorse Thog. Roy almost wins, too.

* ''TheBigO'' episode 17 "Leviathan". The Big O grabs the title megadeus' pincers during their battle.

* During the Kanto Season of ''{{Pokemon}}'', Charizard and Magmar were doing this. It led to [[MemeticMutation Charizard defeating Magmar in the heart of a volcano itself!!!]]

* In ''{{Naruto}}'', during their [[TournamentArc Chunin exam fight]], Sakura and Ino end up briefly doing this, along with [[CrossCounter cross counters]], and [[PunchParry Punch parries]]. It slightly different from other examples in that they break away before getting to the fingerlock part.

* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0803.html This]] ''OrderOfTheStick'' comic has TheHero and BaldBlackLeaderGuy Roy grappling this way with DumbMuscle EnsembleDarkhorse Thog. Roy almost wins, too.

* ''FinalFantasyXI'' has the downloadable mission pack ''A Shantotto Ascension'', where two [[AttackOfThe50FtWhatever Gigantic]] [[MirrorMatch Shantottos]] do this, among many other events.
* ''Ultimate MarvelVsCapcom3'': TheHulk and [[FinalFight Mike Haggar]] do this in the opening cinematic.

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HVD_528.jpg]]

* An episode of ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' had Supes doing this with John Corben, aka Metallo. Supes didn't know Corben had been changed into a cyborg with his KryptoniteFactor as the power source, and he paid for it.

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HVD_8563.jpg]]

Two characters are fighting, and during the course of the battle, they clasped their hands together and push against each other in a test of strength. This can happen when one of them throws a punch or any kind of strike and the other catches it, and vice versa. They can stay like this for a while, with one trying to overpower the other and bring him or her to their knees.....

[[AC: {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* DragonballZ did this a few times, with [[TheHero Goku]] on one side and [[CompleteMonster Freeza,]] [[BloodKnight Cell,]] and [[AntiHero Vegeta]] on the other.
* TransformersArmada did this frequently.
* In TenchiMuyo Ayeka and Ryoko have done this [[CatFight during some of their battles.]]
* In RanmaOneHalf, Ryouga does this with Girl Type Ranma in the last bit of the Golden Pair arc (in the anime at least)
* A mecha sized version happens in GaoGaiGar Final, when Gaofighgar and Gimlet emperor grasp hands. Gimlet thinks he's winning..........[[BadAss but he's fighting Gai Shishio.]]
* During the [[StoryArc Edolas Arc]] of FairyTail, Erza Scarlet ends of doing this with her EvilTwin Erza Knightwalker as a result of a FearfulSymmetry induced CombatBreakdown.
* TengenToppaGurrenLagann has [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking the Spiral King]] Lordgenome do this with [[TheHero Simon...]] while Simon is piloting [[MiniMecha Lagann.]] That's right. Genome gets in a mercy-fight with a fucking robot (an admittedly small robot but still bigger than most humans)... '''[[BeyondTheImpossible and he wins!]]'''

* Greymon did this with a Dark-Tyranomon in the christmas episode of DigimonAdventure02
* During the Kanto Season of {{Pokemon}} Charizard and Magmar were doing this. It led to [[MemeticMutation Charizard defeating Magmar in the heart of a volcano itself!!!]]
* {{Bleach}} anime episode 220. During Captain Komamura's fight with the Arrancar Poww, Komamura's Bankai (a giant samurai) and Poww's huge resurreccion form grab each other's hands and test their strength. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQD5ZqNYW6Y#t=6m20s here.]]
* RumikoTakahashi's Maris The Chojo does this, between the titular character and her [[TheRival rival Sue.]] Both are [[HeavyWorlder super strong due to coming from a planet with high gravity]], but Maris is at a disadvantage since [[PowerLimiter she can't remove the restraints that keep her strength in check.]]
* In the final episode of Yugioh5Ds, this [[TheHero Yusei fudo's]] shooting Star Dragon and [[TheRival Jack Atlas']] Scar Red Nova Dragon do this when a battle is initiated. Since they have the same number of life points, [[MutualKill both are destroyed.]]
* In {{Naruto}}, during their [[TournamentArc Chunin exam fight]], Sakura and Ino end up briefly doing this, along with [[CrossCounter cross counters]], and [[PunchParry Punch parries]]. It slightly different from other examples in that they break away before getting to the fingerlock part.

[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
* An Episode of SupermanTheAnimatedSeries had Supes doing this with John Corben, aka Metallo. Supes didn't know Corben had been changed into a cyborg with his KryptoniteFactor as the power source, and he paid for it.

[[AC: {{Film}}]]
* Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker do this during RevengeOfTheSith, only using Force powers instead of actually clenching hands.

[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* Someone tries to do to this to [[HeavyWorlder Bork]] in [[MatadorSeries The Albino Knife.]] He lets the guy struggle for a bit, then picks him up and tosses him across the room.
* In an early {{Discworld}} novel, the aged Cohen the Barbarian grapples the Luggage (a sapient wooden chest that eats people) to a standstill. Eventually a third party has to separate them.

[[AC: {{Comics}}]]
* Done as far back as the TheSixties when TheMightyThor first went up against TheIncredibleHulk. They've done this many times since, one of the more famous examples being when The Avengers fought The Defenders.
* During WorldWarHulk, TheJuggernaut and the Hulk locked up in a similar fashion. The Hulk ended up using Juggy's momentum against him by letting go and allowing him to blast off into the distance.

[[AC: ProWrestling]]
* This has existed in ProWrestling for years as the Collar and Elbow tie up, and has been traditionally the way two wrestlers will start a match.
** Besides the Collar & Elbow, this exists in Pro Wrestling (and many a schoolyard) as the fingerlock, where the opponents lock hands with each other and try to make the other go to their knees.

[[AC: WebComics]]
* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0803.html This]] OrderOfTheStick comic has TheHero and BaldBlackLeaderGuy Roy and DumbMuscle EnsembleDarkhorse Thog doing it. Roy almost wins too.

[[AC: VideoGames]]
* FinalFantasyXI has the downloadable mission pack ''A Shantotto Ascension'' where two [[AttackOfThe50FtWhatever two Gigantic]] [[MirrorMatch Shantotto's]] do this among the many other things that take place during that battle.
* Ultimate MarvelVsCapcom3: TheHulk and [[FinalFight Haggar]] in the opening cinematic

[[caption-width-right:300:Hope vs despair in the ultimate mercy fight.]]

[[caption-width-right:330:Hope vs despair in the ultimate mercy fight.]]

[[caption-width-right:250:Hope vs despair in the ultimate mercy fight.]]

[[quoteright:330:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HVD_8563.jpg]]

[[quoteright: 330: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HVD_8563.jpg]]

* An Episode of SupermanTheAnimatedSeries had Supes doing this with John Corben, aka Metallo. Supes didn't know Corben had been changed into a cyborg with his KryptoniteFactor as the power source, and he paid for it.

[[quoteright: 330: http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HVD_8563.jpg]]

* An Episode of SupermanTheAnimatedSeries had Supes doing this with John Corben, aka Metallo. Supes didn't know Corben had been changed into a cyborg with his KryptoniteFactor as the power source, and he paid for it.

* An Episode of SupermanTheAnimatedSeries had Supes doing this with John Corben, aka Metallo. Supes didn't know Corben had been changed into a cyborg with his KryptoniteFactor as the power source, and he paid for it.

[[caption-width-right: 330: Hope vs Despair in the ultimate mercy fight.]]

* An Episode of SupermanTheAnimatedSeries had Supes doing this with John Corben, aka Metallo. Supes didn't know Corben had been changed into a cyborg with his KryptoniteFactor as the power source, and he paid for it.