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* ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'': Twinblade 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.

* Dragon Shiryu of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' uses this in his battle against Capricorn Shura. First goading Shura into stabbing him in the chest with his RazonSharpHand, resisting the attack and trapping the hand in his own chest with his power, to finally use the opportunity to cut his opponent's arm while they are both immobilized.

* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' has this happen in the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Dragonzord]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Mechagodzilla]] fight. The [[spoiler:Dragonzord's Fighting Mode gets its Power Staff stuck in the ground twice, but manages to recover. When it impales Mechagodzilla with it as a FinishingMove, Mechagodzilla grabs onto the Power Staff and [[PullYourselfDownTheSpear pulls itself closer]] for an Absolute Zero Cannon shot [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange at point-blank range while preventing the Dragonzord from escaping]].]]

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

* The main villain of ''Film/HeroesOfSung'' is a dangerous assassin whose EpicFlail ends in a set of bronze eagle claws, which he used to kill several heroes. But in the final battle against Tieh-hu and Tieh-long, he gets defeated as Tieh-long causes his weapon's bronze claw to be stuck into a ceiling just as he's struggling to retrive it. The villain's momentary weakness allows an opening for Tieh-long to score a killing sword blow, that turns the villain into two ''[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe vertically]]''.

* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} once tried to stomp a spider but landed so forcefully that he broke the floorboards and ended up embedded up to his chin in the floor. And to add insult to injury, he missed.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Moblins holding two-handed weapons such as clubs, axes or claymores will often attack with a powerful overhead blow. If this attack misses, the weapon will embed itself in the ground and remain stuck there for a few seconds while the Moblin tries to pull it free, giving Link a few seconds to attack it while it's immobilized and vulnerable.

* In 2008 film ''Minotaur'' the hero tricks titular monster (not classical [[ALoadOfBull minotaur]], but a carnivorous mutant bull) into ramming its giant horns into the cave wall concealing a flammable gas deposit. The wall gets demolished but the right horn is stuck in the rubble and the gas floods the cave. Terrified by its smell, the creature snaps the horn off and flees.

* 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 tactic against them.
* Inversion in ''Videogame/ResidentEvil5''. Wesker punches through a metal wall just after Chris opens the hatch of the plane they're in, depressurizing it. While heroes cling to the scenery, Wesker angrily rips his arm out and is immediately sucked out of the plane by decompression.
* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' and ''Videogame/Prototype2'' 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 ''VideoGame/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 ''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.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroTheEternalNight'': During Spyro's first fight with Skabb, Skabb will launch his pirate hook at Spyro as an attack. 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.
* ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'', fighting with Gnasty Gnorc relies on this--he'll do a GroundPound with his mace, and it will stick in the ground the third time, enabling Spyro to [[RumpRoast flame him from behind]].
* In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', Gaping Dragon's most prominent feature is [[BodyHorror its ribcage which turned into giant maw]] filled with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily, and it loves to slam ''that'' on you from above. However, this attack leaves it with those teeth stuck in the ground, giving you some free time before the dragon finally struggles free and begins a FoeTossingCharge.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Shank}} 2'', [[ThatOneBoss The Doctor]] is left with his tonfa-blades stuck in the floor if he misses a leaping attack, and pulls them out with visible effort.
* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', this can happen to several monsters in different ways, letting a hunter get in some free hits while they struggle to get free:
** Monoblos, Diablos, Alatreon, and Seltas can all get their horns stuck in a wall if they charge into one.
** Tigrex can get its teeth stuck in a wall or pillar if it charges into one.
** The Duramboros' vertical launch lodges its tail into the ground. If sufficiently damaged, the tail can then be mined during this period.
** As of ''Monster Hunter 4'', Rathalos can temporarily get stuck on the terrain if he misses with a talon swoop attack.
** In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'', some of Great Izuchi's attacks leave its bladed tail stuck in the ground.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': One of the Helmaroc King's attacks is to peck at Link, after which he'll sometimes get his beak stuck in the ground. That's your cue to smash the crap out of his face with the Skull Hammer to crack his mask open and later attack him with sword slashes.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Moblins holding two-handed weapons such as clubs, axes or claymores will often attack with a powerful overhead blow. If this attack misses, the weapon will embed itself in the ground and remain stuck there for a few seconds while the Moblin tries to pull it free, giving Link a few seconds to attack it while it's immobilized and vulnerable.

** In earlier ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'', fighting with Gnasty Gnorc relies on this--he'll do a GroundPound with his mace, and it will stick in the ground the third time, enabling Spyro to [[RumpRoast flame him from behind]].

* During Spyro's first fight with Skabb in ''VideoGame/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 ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', one of the Helmaroc King's attacks is to peck at Link, after which he'll sometimes get his beak stuck in the ground. That's your cue to smash the crap out of his face with the Skull Hammer to crack his mask open and later attack him with sword slashes.
* Weapons frequently get stuck in opponents during ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' combat, requiring an extra turn to pull the weapon free... unless you choose to continue with a backup weapon, GoodOldFisticuffs, or [[ManBitesMan biting your opponent]]. You can also choose to twist the weapon in the wound to inflict more damage.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'':
** Monoblos, Diablos, Alatreon, and Seltas can all get their horns stuck in a wall if they charge into one, letting a hunter get in some free hits while they struggle to get free.

* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' has this happen in the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Dragonzord]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Mechagodzilla]] fight. The [[spoiler:Dragonzord's Fighting Mode gets its Power Staff stuck in the ground twice, but manages to recover. When it impales Mechagodzilla with it as a FinishingMove, Mechagodzilla grabs onto the Power Staff and [[PullYouselfDownTheSpear pulls itself closer]] for an Absolute Zero Cannon shot [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange at point-blank range while preventing the Dragonzord from escaping]].]]

Related to BladeBrake, SwordPlant and TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn.

* In the Soviet animated adaptation of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', a drunken fight between Israel Hands and O'Brian starts with them angrily bashing on a table. Hands bashes ''through'' the table and O'Brian uses it to bitch-slap him, only to run away in terror when Hands ''lifts'' the table and chases him waving it over his head. He quickly gets stuck in a door and O'Brian again scores some free kicks, until Hands finally breaks the table.

* Frequently happens during ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' combat, requiring an extra turn to pull the weapon free... unless you choose to continue with a backup weapon, GoodOldFisticuffs, or [[ManBitesMan biting your opponent]].

** At the start of his battles in Arlong Park, Luffy slams his feet into the ground to anchor himself for an attack only to promptly realize after the attack that he's stuck himself into the rock.

* 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: [[RazorWind a blade made of wind chakra.]]

* ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'': During their final fight, Clayton comes after Tarzan with a machete, repeatedly stabbing into the cluster of vines where Tarzan's hiding, one of them getting stuck in the trunk of the tree, forcing Clayton to work it loose, which gives Tarzan a chance to put some distance between them.
* ''Disney/PeterPan'': When fighting with Peter Pan, Captain Hook gets his HookHand stuck in his ship's mast.

This is when a melee attack done by someone hits something, and then whatever he uses gets stuck on it. Either it's a punch or a kick, or he uses a weapon or a specialized animal appendage such as horns or tails. Their opponent may now use the resulting spare time to reason, run away or just [[CombatPragmatist score a few free hits]].

* When fighting with Disney/PeterPan, Captain Hook gets his HookHand stuck in his ship's mast.

* Tony does this accidentally in the first ''Film/IronMan''. As he is busy, a {{Mook}} tries to headshot him and kills himself with a ricochet.

** Later in the same film, Spiderman gets his arm caught in Sandman's chest.

* Xander did it on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' but it wasn't a superpower thing, just anger at Buffy's mom dying and bad construction. Willow helped him get it unstuck.

(''Irish music follows the boys to the punching wall, already filled with holes from prior episodes'')\\

'''Patrick Fitzwilliam:''' (''angry'') That's my sister!! (''punches a hole in the wall'')\\
'''William Fitzpatrick:''' (''impressed'') Good. Well done.
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]], Jake, who has SuperStrength, is fighting Sam and punches through a water trough when Sam ducks.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' supplement ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} Monstrous Compendium Appendix''. The Iron variant of Living Statue can absorb metal. When a non-magical metal weapon hits one it sticks in the statue's body unless the attacker makes a successful saving throw. The weapon can only be removed if the statue is killed.

* ''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.

** As of Monster Hunter 4, Rathalos can temporarily get stuck on the terrain if he misses with a talon swoop attack.

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* [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] in his ''ComicBook/{{Doom}}'' comic review, whips out his [[RunningGag "I AM A MAN!" punch]] and in context of the comic, after pulling the fist, he continues with "AND A HALF!" and punches again... only this time his fist is stuck, because it's a half-punch. "Help? Help! I'm stuck here!"

* In ''Manga/MagiTheLabyrinthOfMagic'', the monstrous giant ape [[KillerGorilla Garda]] is able to land her attacks on Alibaba after the latter's sword got stuck in her pectorals.

* Death Battle has this happen in the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Dragonzord]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Mechagodzilla]] fight. The [[spoiler:Dragonzord's Fighting Mode gets its Power Staff stuck in the ground twice, but manages to recover. When it impales Mechagodzilla with it as a FinishingMove, Mechagodzilla grabs onto the Power Staff and [[PullYouselfDownTheSpear pulls itself closer]] for an Absolute Zero Cannon shot at point blank range while preventing the Dragonzord from escaping.]]