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* Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker do this during ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', only using the [PsychicPowers Force push]] instead of actually clenching hands.

* Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker do this during ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', only using Force powers instead of actually clenching hands.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/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.

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* A mecha-sized version happens in ''Anime/GaoGaiGar Final'', when Gaofighgar and Gimlet emperor grasp hands. Gimlet thinks he's winning... [[BadAss but he's fighting Gai Shishio.]]

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' did this a few times, with [[TheHero Goku]] on one side and [[BigBad Frieza,]] [[BloodKnight Cell,]] and [[AntiHero Vegeta]] on the other. This also happened with other characters though far less often.

* MarvelComics did it as far back as TheSixties, when ComicBook/TheMightyThor first went up against the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk. They've done this many times since. One of the more famous examples was when Comicbook/TheAvengers fought The Defenders.

* Spoofed in a scene of ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' where Piccolo and Android 17 are locked in one of these to tense music. The camera then switches to 18's point of view, without any music, where she comments the fight could not possibly get any dumber.

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

* In ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium'', Zangeif and Rydan will do this before a match starts if they're fighting each other.

* Ms Marvel and the Hulk get into one of these in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' episode "Who Do You Trust?" which turns into a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Carol when she actually ''wins''!

* 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]].

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* MarvelComics did it as far back as TheSixties, when TheMightyThor first went up against the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk. They've done this many times since. One of the more famous examples was when Comicbook/TheAvengers fought The Defenders.

** Spoofed in a scene of ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' where Piccolo and Android 17 are locked in one of these to tense music. The camera then switches to 18's point of view, without any music, where she comments the fight could not possibly get any dumber.
* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' did this frequently.
** Also happened a lot in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'', most often between Optimus and Megatron.

* ''Anime/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)... '''[[SuperStrength and he wins!]]'''
** Later in the series, the titular [[TitleDrop Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] does this with the Anti-spiral's Grand Zemboa during the final battle.

** 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.
** More often, subverting this has become the norm. The heel will raise one or both hands, challenging the face to a fingerlock. When the face raises his hands to lock up, the heel will immediately attack the exposed midsection with a knee or a kick.

** Also used in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', when [[McNinja Byrne]] charges up for a rush attack, you can position the phantom guardian[[spoiler:/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.

* ''TransformersArmada'' did this frequently.
** Also happened a lot in ''TransformersCybertron'', most often between Optimus and Megatron.
* In ''TenchiMuyo'', Ayeka and Ryoko have done this [[CatFight during some of their battles.]]

* A mecha-sized version happens in ''Anime/GaoGaiGar Final'', when Gaofighgar and Gimlet emperor grasp hands. Gimlet thinks he's winning..........[[BadAss but he's fighting Gai Shishio.]]

* Someone tries to do this to [[HeavyWorlder Bork]] in ''[[Literature/MatadorSeries The Albino Knife]]''. He lets the guy struggle for a bit, then picks him up and tosses him across the room.

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* In ''[[CapcomVsWhatever Capcom Vs SNK 2]]'', Zangeif and Rydan will do this before a match starts if they're fighting each other.

* 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.

* "'''[[MadWorld Looks like it's]] [[AnnouncerChatter another power struggle]]'''!"

* In [[CapcomVsWhatever Capcom Vs SNK 2]], Zangeif and Rydan will do this before a match starts if they're fighting each other.

* In the opening page of ''FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'', [[TheRival Eternal rivals Rin Tohsaka and Luviagelita Edfelt]] [[http://mangafox.me/manga/fate_kaleid_liner_prisma_illya/v01/c001/1.html end up doing this mere seconds after meeting up in Japan.]]

** Spoofed in one scene of ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' where Piccolo and Android 17 are locked in one of these to tense music. The camera then switches to 18's point of view, without any music, where she comments it's one of the dumbest things she's ever seen.

* 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.]]

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' did this a few times, with [[TheHero Goku]] on one side and [[BigBad Frieza,]] [[BloodKnight Cell,]] and [[AntiHero Vegeta]] on the other.

Two characters are fighting, and during the course of the battle, they clasp 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. They can stay like this for a while, with one trying to overpower the other and bring him to his knees.....

* 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.
* Ms Marvel and the Hulk get into one of these in ''TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' episode "Who Do You Trust?" which turns into a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Carol when she actually ''wins''!