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** Also happens in ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' when the troll has Harry dangling by his feet during the fight in the girls' lavatory and is swinging his large club at Harry
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Compare NeckLift. Often a way to show off a CasuallyPowerfulGiant. A common form of UnwillingSuspension that doesn't involve restraints.

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* The old Creator/FujikoFujio comic, ''Super-Weapon Guh Mk. I'', have Gulliva, a giant-sized human from outer space, crashing in 1940s Japan. After spooking off some Japanese soldiers, he picks up one of them - the human protagonist, Officer Kaido - by the collar using two fingers and asks what planet is he on.

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* The old Creator/FujikoFujio comic, ''Super-Weapon Guh Mk. I'', have Gulliva, a giant-sized human from outer space, crashing in 1940s Japan. After spooking off some Japanese soldiers, he picks up one of them - -- the human protagonist, Officer Kaido - -- by the collar using two fingers and asks what planet is he on.



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* ''WesternAnimation/AliceinWonderland'': When a currently giant Alice tries to pluck a carrot from a garden to shrink herself, she grabs the White Rabbit as well.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AliceinWonderland'': ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'': When a currently giant Alice tries to pluck a carrot from a garden to shrink herself, she grabs the White Rabbit as well.
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'''Gulliver:''' Not me, you barbarian!

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* ''WesternAnimation/AliceinWonderland'': When a currently giant Alice tries to pluck a carrot from a garden to shrink herself, she grabs the White Rabbit as well.
-->'''Alice:''' I'm sorry, but I must eat something!\\
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-->'''Gabby:''' You can't do this to me! I got a wife and kids! ''Millions'' of kids!
-->'''Gulliver:''' Hold on there, mate. Nobody's going to hurt you.

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Hold on there, mate. Nobody's going to hurt you.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': When Emmet [[spoilers: wakes up in the real world]], he is picked up by [[spoiler:Finn, who is a human child]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': When Emmet [[spoilers: wakes [[spoiler:wakes up in the real world]], he is picked up by [[spoiler:Finn, who is a human child]].



* Daniela Andrade: In ''Polly Pocket'' a giant version [[MesACrowd of herself]] daintily picks Daniela up by the back of her pink sweater and gives her a look. This giant version of her proceeds to then [[Main/{{Autocannibalism}} eat her.]]

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* Daniela Andrade: In ''Polly Pocket'' a giant version [[MesACrowd of herself]] daintily picks Daniela up by the back of her pink sweater and gives her a look. This giant version of her proceeds to then [[Main/{{Autocannibalism}} [[{{Autocannibalism}} eat her.]]



* Music/NinjaSexParty: In the video for their cover for "Pour Some Sugar On Me" the band is playing the song inside a gingerbread house for some [[GiantWoman giant women]] in candy-studded bikinis. At the end, one of the giantesses pinches the back of Dan's unitard and carries him out of the gingerbread house. The way it's shot, the audience is led to believe she's about to eat him, but instead she just gives him a big smooch.

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* Music/NinjaSexParty: In the video for their cover for "Pour Some Sugar On Me" the band is playing the song inside a gingerbread house for some [[GiantWoman giant women]] {{giant wom|an}}en in candy-studded bikinis. At the end, one of the giantesses pinches the back of Dan's unitard and carries him out of the gingerbread house. The way it's shot, the audience is led to believe she's about to eat him, but instead she just gives him a big smooch.



* In [[WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol Mickey's Christmas Carol]], The Ghost of Christmas Present, played by [[WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree Willie the Giant]], dangles Scrooge over his bed and eventually over several succulent Christmas pies, meats, and fruits. He dangles Scrooge again while he's gripped at the end of a grape branch.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': The season 3 finale ends with the Teen Titans battling the BrainwashedAndCrazy Titans East, with Starfire taking on Bumblebee. After Starfire defeats the sized-down Bumblebee, she briefly picks up the latter by the wings with two fingers.

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* In [[WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol Mickey's Christmas Carol]], The ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol'', the Ghost of Christmas Present, played by [[WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree Willie the Giant]], dangles Scrooge over his bed and eventually over several succulent Christmas pies, meats, and fruits. He dangles Scrooge again while he's gripped at the end of a grape branch.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'': The season 3 finale ends with the Teen Titans battling the BrainwashedAndCrazy Titans East, with Starfire taking on Bumblebee. After Starfire defeats the sized-down Bumblebee, she briefly picks up the latter by the wings with two fingers.

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* The larger character is lifting with nothing more than the tips or pads of their fingers. Gripping a limb in a balled up fist is not this trope. While a two finger pinch-grip with the thumb and index finger is most common, similar grips with three, four and even five fingers can qualify if only the tips and/pads are used.

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* The larger character is lifting with nothing more than the tips or pads of their fingers. Gripping a limb in a balled up balled-up fist is not this trope. While a two finger two-finger pinch-grip with the thumb and index finger is most common, similar grips with three, four four, and even five fingers can qualify if only the tips and/pads are used.







* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': When Percy and Annabeth arrive on Polyphemus' island, Annabeth attempts to distract the giant Cyclops by putting on her invisible cap and taunting him while pretending to be his old enemy, "Nobody." Unfortunately, Polyphemus finds her by the sound of her voice, grabs her, dangles her upside down and shakes her so that the cap falls off her head.

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* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': When Percy and Annabeth arrive on Polyphemus' island, Annabeth attempts to distract the giant Cyclops by putting on her invisible cap and taunting him while pretending to be his old enemy, "Nobody." Unfortunately, Polyphemus finds her by the sound of her voice, grabs her, dangles her upside down down, and shakes her so that the cap falls off her head.



* Music/NinjaSexParty: In the video for their cover for "Pour Some Sugar On Me" the band is playing the song inside a gingerbread house for some [[GiantWoman giant women]] in candy studded bikinis. At the end, one of the giantesses pinches the back of Dan's unitard and carries him out of the gingerbread house. The way it's shot, the audience is led to believe she's about to eat him, but instead she just gives him a big smooch.
* Tommycassi, "Just for Tonight": After spending most of the video as a giant harassing a girl he likes, Tommy drinks a potion to shrink down to human size, only for it to over do it and turn him super tiny. Now at her mercy, the girl pinches his hoody between her fingers as she examines him. After taking a moment to think it over, she drops him into her mouth and eats him.
* "We are Pop" by Musica Per Organi Caldi features a giantess in a cheerleader outfit rampaging across a city and killing the band members one-by-one in various ways. She picks up one of the unfortunate guys by the back of his jumpsuit and, with a big smile on her face, tilts her head back, lowers him into her mouth and eats him.

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* Music/NinjaSexParty: In the video for their cover for "Pour Some Sugar On Me" the band is playing the song inside a gingerbread house for some [[GiantWoman giant women]] in candy studded candy-studded bikinis. At the end, one of the giantesses pinches the back of Dan's unitard and carries him out of the gingerbread house. The way it's shot, the audience is led to believe she's about to eat him, but instead she just gives him a big smooch.
* Tommycassi, "Just for Tonight": After spending most of the video as a giant harassing a girl he likes, Tommy drinks a potion to shrink down to human size, only for it to over do overdo it and turn him super tiny. Now at her mercy, the girl pinches his hoody between her fingers as she examines him. After taking a moment to think it over, she drops him into her mouth and eats him.
* "We are Pop" by Musica Per Organi Caldi features a giantess in a cheerleader outfit rampaging across a city and killing the band members one-by-one one by one in various ways. She picks up one of the unfortunate guys by the back of his jumpsuit and, with a big smile on her face, tilts her head back, lowers him into her mouth mouth, and eats him.



* Singer song writer Niia has a video short where she's at a table, talking on the phone when a tiny man emerges from the bowl of spaghetti she has in front of her. After trying unsuccessfully to swat him with her napkin, she picks him up by pinching either side of his torso between her thumb and index finger and lifts him over her head. Without skipping a beat she drops him into her mouth and [[SwallowedWhole swallows him]] before smiling at the camera.

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* Singer song writer Singer-songwriter Niia has a video short where she's at a table, talking on the phone when a tiny man emerges from the bowl of spaghetti she has in front of her. After trying unsuccessfully to swat him with her napkin, she picks him up by pinching either side of his torso between her thumb and index finger and lifts him over her head. Without skipping a beat she drops him into her mouth and [[SwallowedWhole swallows him]] before smiling at the camera.



* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'': In "P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster", Presto performs a magic spell that accidentally sends all of his friends to a giant's castle. The giant (voiced by Creator/PeterCullen), at one point dangles Eric by his cape as he suggests the group play "Hide and eat" with his slime beast, Willy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'': In "P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster", Presto performs a magic spell that accidentally sends all of his friends to a giant's castle. The giant (voiced by Creator/PeterCullen), Creator/PeterCullen) at one point dangles Eric by his cape as he suggests the group play "Hide and eat" with his slime beast, Willy.



* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': The season 3 finale ends with the Teen Titans battling the BrainwashedAndCrazy Titans East, with Starfire taking on Bumblebee. After Starfire defeats the sized-down Bumblebee, she briefly picks up the latter by the wings with two fingers.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': The season 3 finale ends with the Teen Titans battling the BrainwashedAndCrazy Titans East, with Starfire taking on Bumblebee. After Starfire defeats the sized-down Bumblebee, she briefly picks up the latter by the wings with two fingers.fingers.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': When Emmet [[spoilers: wakes up in the real world]], he is picked up by [[spoiler:Finn, who is a human child]].
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* For all versions of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasLittleSpaceWar'' (manga, original anime, 2021 remake), towards the end of the final battle, after Gian took down Dracorl's battleship, he then grabs and lift the finger-sized Dracorl by the collar while interrogating him.

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* For all versions of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasLittleSpaceWar'' (manga, original anime, 2021 remake), towards the end of the final battle, after Gian took down Dracorl's battleship, he then grabs and lift lifts the finger-sized Dracorl by the collar while interrogating him.
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* A unique variant also notably featuring a non-humanoid as the giant occurs in Anime/BloodC. When ''Anime/BloodC'' features several [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Elder Bairns]] who are as tall as an average human.

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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': In the initial fall of Wall Maria, we see a woman get picked up this way ''by her head'' as a titan picks her up and devours her.
* A unique variant also notably featuring a non-humanoid as the giant occurs in Anime/BloodC. When an [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Elder Barin]] attempts to eat [[HotTeacher Kanako]] it uses its fingers to pin her arms behind her back and carries her this way as it lowers her into its mouth while she [[HelplessKicking kicks desperately.]]

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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': In This usually happens whenever there's a Titan attack when they pick up unarmed humans and eat them. For example, in the initial fall of Wall Maria, we see a woman get picked up this way ''by her head'' as a titan picks her up and devours her.
* A unique variant also notably featuring a non-humanoid as the giant occurs in Anime/BloodC. When an ''Anime/BloodC'' features several [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Elder Barin]] Bairns]] who are as tall as an average human.
** In the final episode, a Cereberus-type Elder Bairn
attempts to eat [[HotTeacher Kanako]] it uses by using its fingers to pin her arms behind her back and carries her this way as it lowers her into its mouth while she [[HelplessKicking kicks desperately.]]
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* A unique variant also notably featuring a non-humanoid as the giant occurs in Anime/BloodC. When an [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Elder Barin]] attempts to eat [[HotTeacher Kanako]] it uses its fingers to pin her arms behind her back and carries her this way as it lowers her into its mouth while she [[HelplessKicking kicks desperately.]]
** Another non-humanoid example occurs when an Elder Bairn resembling a cross between a tree frog and a jumping spider attacks Saya's school. During the attack it picks up a female student and holds her with the tips of its claws as it drops her into its mouth and devours her. What stands out in this instance is that it has its "fingertips" pinching either side of her midsection, so she dangles horizontally rather than the usual vertical position.

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* A unique variant also notably featuring a non-humanoid as the giant occurs in Anime/BloodC. When an [[OurDemonsAreDifferent [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Elder Barin]] attempts to eat [[HotTeacher Kanako]] it uses its fingers to pin her arms behind her back and carries her this way as it lowers her into its mouth while she [[HelplessKicking kicks desperately.]]
** Another non-humanoid example occurs when an Elder Bairn resembling a cross between a tree frog and a jumping spider attacks Saya's school. During the attack attack, it picks up a female student and holds her with the tips of its claws as it drops her into its mouth and devours her. What stands out in this instance is that it has its "fingertips" pinching either side of her midsection, so she dangles horizontally rather than the usual vertical position.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': The season 3 finale ends with the Teen Titans battling the BrainwashedAndCrazy Titans East, with Starfire taking on Bumblebee. After Starfire defeats the sized-down Bumblebee, she briefly picks up the latter by the wings with two fingers.

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When a giant character needs to pick up and carry or interact with a smaller character, there are a lot of ways to do it. Some might carry them in their open hand or in a clenched fist. Others might [[ShoulderTeammate place the smaller character on their shoulder]], or if the larger character is a GiantWoman (especially in works that are willing to be more risque) she might carry them in her VictoriasSecretCompartment. Then there's simply pinching the back of the smaller character's shirt collar between their fingers and letting them dangle.

This trope is the last one.

Regardless of if the giant/giantess is a GentleGiant or [[EvilIsBigger far more malevolent]], this tends to be very menacing. Letting the smaller party dangle from the larger one's fingers may play into the former's fear of heights, since all the bigger character would have to do is let go, or let the smaller character's clothes slip from their grip to send them plunging to their doom. This is why some giant characters may hold people this way over something very dangerous. Characters picked up this way tend to react in terror, so expect a lot of [[HelplessKicking flailing and kicking as they are being lifted into the air.]]

When framed from the giant character's POV it shows the smallness and weakness of the smaller character. Meanwhile, framing it from the smaller character's POV tends to have the inverse effect. It emphasizes the large character's power over the smaller one.

[[GiantWoman Giant women]] seem particularly fond of carrying people this way. Most likely this is because it allows her to look dainty and feminine while also showing off how vastly stronger and in control she is over her the person she's dangling. After all, what's more "girl power" than a woman [[CasuallyPowerfulGiant plucking a guy off the ground and casually holding him aloft with nothing but her fingers while he flails helplessly?]]

The giant/giantess also tends to hold people this way when they are about to [[EatenAlive eat them,]] as it's easier for the bigger character to lower them into their jaws or pop them in their mouth this way.

Though it's most common to see people held by the collar or back of their shirt, other areas are also prime for this pinch carry, such as the back of the pants or a leg. If shirtless, the smaller character may have their arm pinched between the bigger character's fingers. If the characters have an extremely vast difference in size (like the smaller character appearing to be the size of an ant), then the smaller character may be completely enveloped by the larger character's fingers.

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* The character doing the lifting must be ''significantly'' bigger than the smaller one. So the giant person merely being say, 8 ft tall and the smaller person 3 ft tall would not count. The size disparity has to be big enough that the big character could reasonably carry the smaller character in/with one hand easily without great strength being necessary. Good rule of thumb is if the small character is about action figure size or smaller by comparison, then they can count.

* The larger character is lifting with nothing more than the tips or pads of their fingers. Gripping a limb in a balled up fist is not this trope. While a two finger pinch-grip with the thumb and index finger is most common, similar grips with three, four and even five fingers can qualify if only the tips and/pads are used.

* The smaller character is in some way dangling as they are being held aloft.



Compare NeckLift. Often a way to show off a CasuallyPowerfulGiant. A common form of UnwillingSuspension.

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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': In the initial fall of Wall Maria, we see a woman get picked up this way ''by her head'' as a titan picks her up and devours her.
* A unique variant also notably featuring a non-humanoid as the giant occurs in Anime/BloodC. When an [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Elder Barin]] attempts to eat [[HotTeacher Kanako]] it uses its fingers to pin her arms behind her back and carries her this way as it lowers her into its mouth while she [[HelplessKicking kicks desperately.]]
** Another non-humanoid example occurs when an Elder Bairn resembling a cross between a tree frog and a jumping spider attacks Saya's school. During the attack it picks up a female student and holds her with the tips of its claws as it drops her into its mouth and devours her. What stands out in this instance is that it has its "fingertips" pinching either side of her midsection, so she dangles horizontally rather than the usual vertical position.
* For all versions of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasLittleSpaceWar'' (manga, original anime, 2021 remake), towards the end of the final battle, after Gian took down Dracorl's battleship, he then grabs and lift the finger-sized Dracorl by the collar while interrogating him.
* The old Creator/FujikoFujio comic, ''Super-Weapon Guh Mk. I'', have Gulliva, a giant-sized human from outer space, crashing in 1940s Japan. After spooking off some Japanese soldiers, he picks up one of them - the human protagonist, Officer Kaido - by the collar using two fingers and asks what planet is he on.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'': After possessing a child, Medusa goes to make a deal with Lord Death. However, Lord Death repeatedly picks her up by the hood, much to her annoyance.

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* While the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' are visiting the Inhumans on the moon, gravity suddenly goes haywire. The cause is a TractorBeam that's pulling the moon into the docking bay of a gargantuan starship. As a colossal alien begins to examine the moon, Ben Grimm tries to get its attention by tearing off a huge chuck from a control panel. Well, to Ben it's a huge chunk; to the alien, it's a mere sliver. The alien dangles the sliver with Ben still gripping it before its eye, but cannot see minuscule Ben. The alien shrugs, discounts the sliver as an anomaly, and does a BlindShoulderToss with the sliver. It's stated that poor Ben will take hours to plummet to the floor.

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* ''WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels'': When Gulliver meets Gabby for the first time, he holds Gabby up by his shirt while he's flailing around in utter terror.
-->'''Gabby:''' You can't do this to me! I got a wife and kids! ''Millions'' of kids!
-->'''Gulliver:''' Hold on there, mate. Nobody's going to hurt you.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''. When the statue of Zeus is trying to stop Hercules from running away in fear, one of the things it tries to restrain him is by holding him by the back of his tunic. However, Herc manages to break free.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant''. When Dean [=McCoppin=] first meets the title robot, the robot grabs him by the collar of his robe and lifts him into the air for a face-to-face meeting.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': While Jiminy Cricket is scolding Pinocchio for smoking, Lampwick picks him up by his coattails and asks [[IAmNotWeasel "Who's the beetle?"]]. Jiminy angrily demands that he put him down before getting twisted up in his dangling coat.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'': When the monster planet Unicron unveils his robot mode and attacks Cybertron, Galvatron attempts to fight him. Unicron responds by picking up Galvatron in this manner and [[EatingTheEnemy dropping him in his maw.]]

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* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': After Mike [=TeeVee=] got shrunk by Willy Wonka's television chocolate machine, his father gets him out of the TV by grabbing him by the neck of his shirt.
* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'': Mrs. [=TeeVee=] picks up her son Mike, who got shrunk by Wonka Vision, by the white suit with her fingers before putting him in her purse.
* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', [[GentleGiant Grawp]] pulls a BigDamnHeroes by picking up [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Dolores Umbridge]] by the scruff of her [[BrightIsNotGood pink jumper]] and lifting her to eye level so he can stare at her, right when she's holding Harry and Hermione at wandpoint and nearly strangling one of the local [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaurs]] with some conjured ropes. He eventually lets her go, not through her own efforts, but when he gets bored of the centaurs [[AnnoyingArrows shooting him]], at which point said centaurs carry her off to do... something uncomfortable... to her.
* ''Film/TheIndianInTheCupboard'': Omri picks up a toy cowboy by his fingers after he came to live with a magic cupboard.

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* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': In "The Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People", George and Harold tricked their evil alternate selves by using the Shrinky Pig backwards and got shrunken. Harold picks them up by their shirts by his finger and thumb, while George spanks their evil selves with his index finger
* Literature/{{Discworld}} When she gets ''really'' angry, the young Witch Tiffany Aching physically picks up Rob Anybody of the [=NacMacFeegle=] and lifts him off the ground to glare him in the eye. Normally on the Literature/{{Discworld}} this is a shocking breach of good manners and any human other than a Witch is risking some very emphatic correction. But Rob knows he is dealing with a Witch, who stands twelve times his height, and takes it in submissive terror.
* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': When Percy and Annabeth arrive on Polyphemus' island, Annabeth attempts to distract the giant Cyclops by putting on her invisible cap and taunting him while pretending to be his old enemy, "Nobody." Unfortunately, Polyphemus finds her by the sound of her voice, grabs her, dangles her upside down and shakes her so that the cap falls off her head.

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* Daniela Andrade: In ''Polly Pocket'' a giant version [[MesACrowd of herself]] daintily picks Daniela up by the back of her pink sweater and gives her a look. This giant version of her proceeds to then [[Main/{{Autocannibalism}} eat her.]]
* Los Retrovisores' music video for ''Me Olvide Ti'': The lead singer's [[PsychoExGirlfriend gigantic ex-girlfriend]] captures him by dragging him out of the hole she made in his apartment and dangling him by the back of his turtleneck. After taking a second to look at him she then lowers him into her mouth, [[EatenAlive chews him up and swallows him.]]
* Music/NinjaSexParty: In the video for their cover for "Pour Some Sugar On Me" the band is playing the song inside a gingerbread house for some [[GiantWoman giant women]] in candy studded bikinis. At the end, one of the giantesses pinches the back of Dan's unitard and carries him out of the gingerbread house. The way it's shot, the audience is led to believe she's about to eat him, but instead she just gives him a big smooch.
* Tommycassi, "Just for Tonight": After spending most of the video as a giant harassing a girl he likes, Tommy drinks a potion to shrink down to human size, only for it to over do it and turn him super tiny. Now at her mercy, the girl pinches his hoody between her fingers as she examines him. After taking a moment to think it over, she drops him into her mouth and eats him.
* "We are Pop" by Musica Per Organi Caldi features a giantess in a cheerleader outfit rampaging across a city and killing the band members one-by-one in various ways. She picks up one of the unfortunate guys by the back of his jumpsuit and, with a big smile on her face, tilts her head back, lowers him into her mouth and eats him.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheLastGuardian'', at several points [[GentleGiant Trico]] will pick up the boy (or catch him, if he's just made a death-defying forwards jump) by the back of his tunic collar, with his beaky mouth. At one point, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he accidentally tears the tunic]], but he just grabs a different part of it to prevent the boy falling.

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* Singer song writer Niia has a video short where she's at a table, talking on the phone when a tiny man emerges from the bowl of spaghetti she has in front of her. After trying unsuccessfully to swat him with her napkin, she picks him up by pinching either side of his torso between her thumb and index finger and lifts him over her head. Without skipping a beat she drops him into her mouth and [[SwallowedWhole swallows him]] before smiling at the camera.

[[AC:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' episode "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas", giant Big Mouth grabbed Raccoon Luigi by the tail. Which caused him to power down, and instead grabbed by his overalls.
* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'': In "P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster", Presto performs a magic spell that accidentally sends all of his friends to a giant's castle. The giant (voiced by Creator/PeterCullen), at one point dangles Eric by his cape as he suggests the group play "Hide and eat" with his slime beast, Willy.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E11LittleDipper Little Dipper]]", Gideon uses a magic crystal-powered flashlight to shrink Dipper and Mabel. At one point, he picks Mabel up by her sweater. She tries to fight out of his grip, only to stop when she sees he is taking her to a bag of Gummy Koalas.
* In [[WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol Mickey's Christmas Carol]], The Ghost of Christmas Present, played by [[WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree Willie the Giant]], dangles Scrooge over his bed and eventually over several succulent Christmas pies, meats, and fruits. He dangles Scrooge again while he's gripped at the end of a grape branch.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': The season 3 finale ends with the Teen Titans battling the BrainwashedAndCrazy Titans East, with Starfire taking on Bumblebee. After Starfire defeats the sized-down Bumblebee, she briefly picks up the latter by the wings with two fingers.

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