History Main / LeftStuckAfterAttack

* In the comedy film ''Curse of Franchise/ThePinkPanther'', the renowned martial artist Ed Parker plays an enforcer for the antagonists, who punches through a metal shed door and gets his arm stuck for a solid twenty seconds before managing to free himself.

* In ''Film/HellboyII'', Hellboy ducks under Mr.Wink's [[RocketPunch fist on a chain]] and it lands in some kind of ore grinder, eventually pulling Wink himself in.

* In the miniseries ''{{Shogun}}'', Lord Buntaro once gets angry with Mariko, his wife, and takes a swing at her with his sword. He intentionally misses, as the swing is just for intimidation, but it gets stuck in a wooden pillar and he breaks it in half trying to remove it.

Often the result of DeadlyDodging. May overlap with StickySituation. Compare HandInTheHole, contrast BarrierBustingBlow, where it's done intentionally and stuck part never happens.

* In ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'', [[FatBastard Mr Heart]] combines this with [[tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kevlard Kevlard]].

* In ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'', [[FatBastard Mr Heart]] combines this with Main/Kevlard.

* During Spyro's first fight with Skabb in TheLegendOfSpyro: The Eternal Night, Skabb will launch his pirate hook at Spyro as an attack, once every few times it will get stuck if it misses and give Spyro a few seconds to attack him as he tries to struggle free.

* In Geoffrey of Monmouth's legends, a sword known as Crocea Mors (literally "Yellow/Golden Death")[[note]]Some legends give it the Welsh names "Angau Coch" or "Agheu Glas"; meaning red death and grey death respectively[[/note]] was said to have belong to Julius Caesar, until it was embedded in a British prince's shield. Said prince, Nennius, proceeded to remove it and go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge despite already having taken head wound which proved fatal.

* Jax in ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'', ripping his roboticized arm out of a wall just in time to deflect an evil robot's asid attack.

* In ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'', [[FatBastard Mr Heart]] combines this with Kevlard.

** The Diablos species and the Alatreon can be debilitated this way by getting their horns lodged into a precipice.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', during the night before the Chunin Tournament starts, Hayate assaults Baki of the Sand Village with his sword. But then Hayate's blade gets stuck on Baki's shoulder, who, while ignoring his shoulder, says: "Would you like to know a kind of blade that will never get lodged to things?" Before he can realize it, Hayate is then killed by the answer to the riddle: [[AbsurdlySharpBlade a blade made of wind chakra.]]

* The Diablos species and the Alatreon of ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' can be debilitated this way by getting their horns lodged into a precipice.

(Troper Note: Needs Crosswicking)

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' loves this trope. First, Judge Doom tries to punch Eddie Valiant, but Valiant blocks the blow with a cardboard tub of glue. Judge Doom shakes off the tub, then tries again to slug Valiant. Valiant dodges, and Doom's fist strikes the roller of a moving steamroller, where it sticks. Doom eventually ends up rolled flat, though this doesn't finish him.

* In most animated versions of WesternAnimation/{{Batman}}, Clayface's gooshy makeup causes anyone who punches or kicks him to get stuck in him.

* In ''{{Naruto}}'', during the night before the Chunin Tournament starts, Hayate assaults Baki of the Sand Village with his sword. But then Hayate's blade gets stuck on Baki's shoulder, who, while ignoring his shoulder, says: "Would you like to know a kind of blade that will never get lodged to things?" Before he can realize it, Hayate is then killed by the answer to the riddle: [[AbsurdlySharpBlade a blade made of wind chakra.]]
* ''YuGiOh'': Joey's Battle City duel with Mako Tsunami involves Joey countering one of Mako's attacks with a trap with a blade on a chain that, by anchoring itself to the walls of Mako's whale monster, allows Joey's monster to directly board and destroy, with help from an additional powerup, the otherwise protected by tornado monster.

* One of the Uncle Remus folktales (based on an old West African folktale) involves Br'er Fox trapping Br'er Rabbit by constructing a "Tar Baby", a doll made of tar, which Br'er Rabbit approaches and tries to make conversation with. When the doll wouldn't respond, the rabbit took that as a lack of manners and punched it, getting his paw stuck. He punched it with his other paw, then kicked it, and eventually got all his limbs stuck in the doll.
** A similar folk tale, with Anansi the spider as the victim, is told in ''Literature/AnansiBoys''.

* Fighting mechanical arms in ''Videogame/{{Battletoads}}'' and ''Videogame/DoubleDragon'' for NES is waiting till they get suck in the floor, then attacking.
* In ''Videogame/ResidentEvil4'', tricking Garradors into doing this with their claws is a viable tactics against them.

* ''Videogame/{{Prototype}}'' and ''Videogame/{{Prototype 2}}'' both have an attack called Groundspike. PC slams his hand in the ground, his biomass travels some distance underground and erupts from beneath the surface as sharp, menacing spikes before retracting. The drawback is that it takes a while to perform, and most of the time you are literally rooted up to a place and vulnerable.
* In ''CrashBandicoot3Warped'':

* Twinblade in ''Videogame/{{Fable}}'' will sometimes perform a downward stab attack that leaves his blades stuck in the ground, giving the Hero a few seconds to get behind him and [[AttackItsWeakpoint attack his back]] while he tries to pull them free.
* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Sy7qkkTy8 opening cutscene]] for ''Videogame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'', Kilgore swings the Sword of Frost at Gelu, but misses and strikes the ground instead, and the frost magic within the sword causes it to fuse with the earth. Kilgore lets go of the sword and shoulder-charges Gelu away before retrieving the sword.

** Kutlass in ''Videogame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' will sometimes get his swords stuck in the ground after attacking, giving you a brief period of time in which he can be {{Goomba Stomp}}ed.

* In most animated versions of {{Batman}}, Clayface's gooshy makeup causes anyone who punches or kicks him to get stuck in him.

Often makes for some FridgeLogic, specifically for weapons: if your weapon is lodged into something and you're under attack, why would you waste time to pull it off and not defend/escape instead? (May be justified if the weapon is really, really important somehow; or if the wielder is purely attacking and doesn't have a spare) On the other hand, if you use your limbs, or that your weapon is connected to your body in some way, if pulling them isn't an option, another option is to [[LifeOrLimbDecision cut them off]], or at least [[WreckedWeapon break the weapon if it's possible]]. (The latter can also happen with handheld weapons, but it's often more of an accident.)

* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Sy7qkkTy8 opening cutscene]] for ''Videogame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'', Kilgore swings the Sword of Frost at Gelu, but misses and strikes the ground instead, and the frost magic within the sword causes it to fuse with the earth. Kilgore lets go of the sword and shoulder-charges Gelu away before retrieving the sword.
* Kutlass in ''Videogame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' will sometimes get his swords stuck in the ground after attacking, giving you a brief period of time in which he can be {{Goomba Stomp}}ed.
* In ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', if a Kosha tries to attack a Kong with its spiky club vertically, the club will be stuck in the floor and the Kosha will try to pull it. The attacked Kong can then use explosive oranges or a wave attack to defeat it.

(Troper Note: Needs Crosstroping)

* Discussed in one of the ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' books. A well-trained warrior knows to thrust his sword just far enough into his opponent in order to pierce the heart, then withdraw quickly. A brigand or other non-trained fighter tends to thrust deeply, which often causes his sword to be stuck in the other person's body, resulting in either losing the blade or else a waste of a few precious seconds removing the sword. Not good when there are many other enemy troops around who don't practice MookChivalry.

* One of the Uncle Remus folktales (based on an old West African folktale) involves Br'er Fox trapping Br'er Rabbit by constructing a "Tar Baby", a doll made of tar, which Br'er Rabbit approaches and tries to make conversation with. When the doll wouldn't respond, the rabbit took that as a lack of manners and punched it, getting his paw stuck. He punched it with his other paw, then kicked it, and eventually got all his limbs stuck in the doll.

Often makes for some FridgeLogic, specifically for weapons: if your weapon is lodged into something and you're under attack, why would you waste time to pull it off and not defend/escape instead? (May be justified if the weapon is really, really important somehow.) On the other hand, if you use your limbs, or that your weapon is connected to your body in some way, if pulling them isn't an option, another option is to [[LifeOrLimbDecision cut them off]], or at least [[WreckedWeapon break the weapon if it's possible]]. (The latter can also happen with handheld weapons, but it's often more of an accident.)

* ''YuGiOh'': One of Joey's battles involves equipping his monster with a sword on a chain. He attacks the opponent's giant whale, leaving the sword stuck in it. Then on his next turn, he uses a powerup that [[ScrewTheRulesIHavePlot causes a thunderbolt to hit the sword, electrocuting the whale.]]

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