History Main / CrushingHandshake

** Subverted in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', when Andy squeezes Nutt's hand so hard it makes ''Andy's'' hand sore, with no discernible effect on Nutt.
** In ''Discworld/RaisingSteam'', Vimes gives Moist a painful handshake because [[ChewOutFakeOut he secretly approves of Moist's latest shenanigans]]. Moist infers that Vimes isn't actually trying to hurt him, but just doesn't do anything by half.

* [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/no_need_to_cry_for_me Demonstrated competitively]] by Zii and Angel of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', as seen above.

* [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/no_need_to_cry_for_me Demonstrated competitively]] by Zii and Angel of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', as seen above.
* The trope is demonstrated by Zadie of ''Webcomic/PixieTrixComix'' [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/trying-to-kick-me-out/ here]] when Aaron pushes his luck, transforming a business handshake into a crush.

** A team-up between Superman and [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] ended with them both attempting this and refusing to admit the other was having any effect, while Mary and Freddy rolled their eyes in the background.

* Happens in Disney's ''{{Disney/Hercules}}'', when Hercules shakes Phil's hand. Herc is so excited to meet his mentor that he [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength forgets to be careful]] with his SuperStrength.

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* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'': The Brow does this to the Summer Sisters, actually cracking their wristbones to establish the pecking order in his gang. And also because he kind of gets off on cruelty.
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* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' Elliot the GentleGiant bouncer literally (albeit accidentally) crushes Clinton's robotic hand in this fashion.

* ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Iceman does this to Wolverine by freezing the older mutant's hand when Rogue introduces them. Bobby is aware that Rogue has a crush on Logan, so he wanted to subtly assert his position as her boyfriend. At another point in the movie, Deathstrike shakes hands with Senator Kelly (Mystique in disguise) and seems to be giving a minor one of these. It's unclear whether it was a DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength situation or if Deathstrike could something was up.

* The crush is demonstrated by Zadie of ''Webcomic/PixieTrixComix'' [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/trying-to-kick-me-out/ here]] when Aaron pushes his luck.

* Talked about in ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'', about how a counter to this is to grab around the other guy's fingers instead of palm to palm.

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books, the Slytherin quidditch team captain tends to do this when he shakes hands with the Gryffindor captain at the beginning of a match. In the first few books, Oliver Wood was able to give as good as he got, but Angelina and Harry (during their respective stints as captain in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'' and ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'') had to keep themselves from wincing.

* Subverted in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', when Andy squeezes Nutt's hand so hard it makes ''Andy's'' hand sore, with no discernible effect on Nutt.

* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': During the M*A*S*H Olympics, Hawkeye and B.J. make a wager with each other, but when they shake on it, B.J. jokingly tries to crush Hawkeye's hand.

* Demonstrated competitively by Zii and Angel of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', as seen above, in [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/no_need_to_cry_for_me this strip.]]

-->'''--Creator/PatrickMcManus,''' "Scritch's Creek"

** Averted in the episode "Requiem For A Lightweight". Trapper agrees to fight in an inter-camp boxing tournament. When he meets his opponent, Sgt. "Killer" Flacker, Flacker offers a handshake to Trapper, but seeing how huge the guy is and fearing this will happen, Trapper holds up his hands and says, "Me, doctor. Need hands. Operate."

* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', Clark Kent does this (probably accidentally, as he's just had a tense conversation with Bruce Wayne,) to Lex Luthor when they first meet. [[spoiler: Luthor knows exactly who he and Bruce are, and is almost certainly trolling them when he delivers the line below.]]

* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books, the Slytherin quidditch team captain tends to do this when he shakes hands with the Gryffindor captain at the beginning of a match. In the first few books, Oliver Wood was able to give as good as he got, but Angelina and Harry (during their respective stints as captain in the later books) had to keep themselves from wincing.

* Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once gripped [[UsefulNotes/BritishRoyalFamily Prince William's]] hand so that the handshake [[http://dc-cdn.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/dc-Cover-n7qlse8t7tbpq3rbqjtsoe24h0-20160415124440.Medi.jpeg left very detailed finger marks]] on the prince's hand.

* UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump has one that he combines with a jerking motion to put whomever he's shaking hands with off-balance. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made international headlines by holding firm and not letting Trump complete the power move.

* ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Iceman does this to Wolverine by freezing the older mutant's hand when Rogue introduces them. Bobby is aware that Rogue has a crush on Logan, so he wanted to subtly assert his position as her boyfriend.

* In a memorable episode of ''Series/ILoveLucy'', Fred's grip was actually enough to bring John Wayne to his knees, but when he tries it on Ethel, Ethel's grip actually brings Fred to ''his'' knees.

* UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump has one that he combines with a jerking motion to put whomever he's shaking hands with off-balance. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made international headlines by holding firm and not letting Trump complete the power move. It's since become something of a RunningGag that other male leaders will now double-down and squeeze even harder until Trump has no choice but to let go first. Trump's handshake ended up drawing so much international ridicule that White House staffers had to take the extraordinary step of trying and failing to teach the President of the United States a more socially acceptable method of shaking hands.