History Main / MurderousThighs

* [[http://www.unilad.co.uk/articles/sex-attacker-ounches-on-woman-kickboxer/ Here's a news story]] about a female kickboxer who was attacked by a rapist and ended up knocking him out with a triangle choke.

* Granted, a [[https://youtu.be/Ao0mij7EHUA watermelon]] is not a head, but still..

* The Assassin in ''Super VideoGame/MondayNightCombat'' features a grapple in which she flips forward and grabs her opponent's face with her crotch, after which she stabs him / her with her knife.

* ''Series/TheBoy2019'': Popclaw ends up crushing her landlord's head in-between her thighs while in the throes of a Compound V overdose.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' Curare attempts to do this with Terry when the two get suspended over the same cable. She begins crushing his body with her thighs but he is able to escape by ramming her against a wall and using the cable to trap her over spinning blades.

** Jill does this InUniverse to [[https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/705147252621114332/D7F0DF16AE46A8FFE061EE0A729A64A42379818D/ a zombie]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarkSideChronicles''.

** Natasha Romanoff aka Characters/MCUBlackWidow's SignatureMove. She uses thigh chokes in combat at least OncePerEpisode and sometimes [[http://remember-budapest.tumblr.com/post/143056677265/adeles-damn-natasha-back-at-it-again-with-the more]]. She has yet to use them as a killing move, though--when she's facing multiple opponents she uses it as a quick way to knock people down, and when she's only facing one they tend to be [[SuperSoldier superhuman]].

* Sayid Jarrah from ''Series/{{Lost}}'' does this to a RedShirt in the season 3 finale. With his hands tied behind his back. The conversation he had with Hurley after this event provides the trape's quote.

* Another non-lethal example takes place in an episode of the cop drama ''Silk Stalkings''. When Chris and Rita investigate the murder of a male ballet dancer, Chris questions a ballerina who was the victim's mistress. She tries to seduce him, tightly wrapping her legs around his midsection and refusing to let go until Rita walks in on them.

* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', [[Franchise/StreetFighter Zangief]] brags about his ability to crush men's heads between his thighs like sparrow eggs. This is despite the fact that Zangief does not have such a technique in the actual Street Fighter series, unless you count piledrivers.

* [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Nanny Ogg]] threatens to do this to Igor in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum''. Yes, you heard me, Nanny Ogg, the jolly grandmother in her eighties. It ''is'' stated in another book that three marriages and an ''adventurous'' youth have given her thigh muscles that could crack nuts.

The premise is simple. The character takes hold of their victim between their thighs and either squeezes or twists, sometimes both. The result is either a speedy and painful death, or unconsciousness from strangulation. This move is often seen in combination with WithMyHandsTied thanks to not requiring arms. It's usually used by female characters, and with a NeckSnap move. One of the more impressive styles is using a handstand or handspring to get into position.

** UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} has a banned move called do-jime, which is a bodyscissors applied across the ribcage. It is banned because it works with brute strength, which is conceptually not the point of judo, and because it can easily lead to injury. The sankaku-jime or triangle choke (as it known in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu) is quite tournament legal - but very dangerous in the case of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAC4YOnpXY negligent referees]] (fully SFW)[[note]]The attacker applies a sankaku-jime to the defender, who tries not to tap out and passes out instead. The attacker can't see her so she doesn't release the hold. The defender turns blue, and the referee just stands there for ''way'' too long before breaking it up.[[/note]]

** UsefulNotes/Judo has a banned move called do-jime, which is a bodyscissors applied across the ribcage. It is banned because it works with brute strength, which is conceptually not the point of judo, and because it can easily lead to injury. The sankaku-jime or triangle choke (as it known in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu) is quite tournament legal - but very dangerous in the case of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAC4YOnpXY negligent referees]] (fully SFW)[[note]]The attacker applies a sankaku-jime to the defender, who tries not to tap out and passes out instead. The attacker can't see her so she doesn't release the hold. The defender turns blue, and the referee just stands there for ''way'' too long before breaking it up.[[/note]]

** Judo has a banned move called do-jime, which is a bodyscissors applied across the ribcage. It is banned because it works with brute strength, which is conceptually not the point of judo, and because it can easily lead to injury. The sankaku-jime or triangle choke is quite tournament legal - but very dangerous in the case of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAC4YOnpXY negligent referees]] (fully SFW)[[note]]The attacker applies a sankaku-jime to the defender, who tries not to tap out and passes out instead. The attacker can't see her so she doesn't release the hold. The defender turns blue, and the referee just stands there for ''way'' too long before breaking it up.[[/note]]

* A RareMaleExample in ''Manga/CopCraft'', with Matoba strangling the traitorous Agent Chan while tied to a chair.

* A RareMaleExample in ''Anime/CopCraft'', with Matoba strangling the traitorous Agent Chan while tied to a chair.

** Subverted in ''Film/BlackPanther''. During T'Challa's crowning ceremony, M'Baku interrupts and challenges him to ritual combat. T'Challa forces him to submit to a triangle choke rather than finish the combat the traditional way by throwing M'Baku over the edge of a waterfall to his death.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's Natasha Romanoff aka Characters/MCUBlackWidow's SignatureMove. She uses thigh chokes in combat at least OncePerEpisode and sometimes [[http://remember-budapest.tumblr.com/post/143056677265/adeles-damn-natasha-back-at-it-again-with-the more]]. She has yet to use them as a killing move, though--when she's facing multiple opponents she uses it as a quick way to knock people down, and when she's only facing one they tend to be [[SuperSoldier superhuman]].

* Subverted in Film/BlackPanther. During T'Challa's crowning ceremony, M'Baku interrupts and challenges him to ritual combat. T'Challa forces him to submit to a triangle choke rather than finish the combat the traditional way by throwing M'Baku over the edge of a waterfall to his death.

* In an early ''Series/PowerRangers'' episode, Kimberly, while lying on a park table on her back, grabbed a putty patroller's neck in between her ankles, squeezed for a few seconds and then threw him to the side.

The ProfessionalWrestling moves the frankensteiner and hurricanrana ''can'' overlap with this trope, but are more often used by a FragileSpeedster.

This method of attack is more commonly used by women than men in fiction, probably because of the [[{{Fanservice}} sexual attractiveness]] of girls' thighs, and because women are generally considered more likely to have strong legs than arms.