History Main / NeckLift

** In ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' after a victory he does it to the cameraman!

** Mr. X frequently does this in the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake''. One of his attacks involves grabbing the character and holding them up, requiring the usage of a defense item to escape his grasp. If the player fails to escape, the Tyrant crushes their skull by smashing them into a nearby wall. In two separate cutscenes, Leon is attacked this way by the Tyrant and barely escapes with his life.

** Kuma from the ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' games is happy to chokeslam you if you he can get to your side, but King (the actual wrestler) has to settle for more mundane manoeuvre. The Jack series robots can do a Neck Lift before delivering an over-the-shoulder chokeslam, unleash a [[RapidFireFisticuffs barrage of pneumatic punches]], or [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom send you flying]] with a MegatonPunch.

** In the ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' series, Astaroth is fond of doing this in many of his grapples. In one, he actually grabs his opponent [[FacePalmOfDoom by the face]] and lifts them off the floor one-handed before squeezing their head.

* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', the leader of the Brotherhood gang tosses his empty minigun at the protagonist and slaps the gun out of their hand, then performs this move on them, during a cutscene fight. He then delivers a couple of mean gutpunches and brings you down onto the roof, slamming you by the shoulders a few times before that section of the roof collapses and you're both sent tumbling down.

* In ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' Riccardo does this to Fiona as his grab. As an oddity for Capcom games however failure to escape doesn't lead to a NeckSnap but rather it appears she dies due to running out of oxygen if she stays in his grip too long.

** Toward the climax of the ''Wings of Liberty'' campaign, a bunch of the crew on the ''Hyperion'' are grumbling about Jim Raynor's leadership. Swann is telling a guy to simmer down, when a drunken Tychus butts in and angers Swann by saying that Jim is a coward who will let them down when it matters most. Swann is a stocky, heavily muscled guy, but Tychus is wearing his powered marine armor and easily lifts Swann into the air by his collar. He carelessly tosses Swann aside when he turns his attention to Raynor, who has come to remind Tychus who’s the boss.
** In ''Legacy of the Void'', [[spoiler:Amon possesses the mind of Hierarch Artanis using the Khala, causing him to attack his ally Zeratul. One part of their combat features Artanis grabbing and lifting Zeratul by the throat.]]

--> '''Rick's victim''': It's complicated...\\
'''Rick''': [''cue throat-grab and shoving him into a wall''] Then un-complicate it!

** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': In the second season opener, this is how Rhinox establishes to Dinobot that he's in no mood for any argument about who's in charge right now. Very few things frighten Dinobot. [[BewareTheNiceOnes A pissed off Rhinox is one of them.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':

The neck lift is a popular CharlesAtlasSuperpower when done by a normal human, as the way it's classically depicted (easily lifting the victim off the ground with one hand, and effortlessly holding them at arm's length without support) is physically impossible for leverage and balance reasons. If the person you're grabbing by the neck is too far in front of your feet, you would only be using the front deltoid muscle to lift and wouldn't be able to "cheat" with movement of the legs and torso for assistance. Furthermore, unless you took a deep lunging step to get your front foot behind their feet and leaned your torso back as you lifted, the sheer leverage of having that much weight so far from your feet and center of gravity would cause you to tip forward as soon as you applied force, preventing you from even beginning to lift them. This is to say nothing of how quickly your deltoid would give out from holding that much weight at arm's length in front of you, if you even had the strength required to lift them up in the first place. Pushing a victim up against a wall makes it more realistic because the wall gets rid of the balance problem, and you only have to push them up along it instead of lifting their full weight. In order to lift a decent-sized, uncooperative person off the ground by the neck without a wall, you might need to be in the same league as a strongman who can push press a 300 pound dumbbell over their head with one hand. What's more, you would need to start with your intended victim as close to your body as possible, lift them straight up using a pressing motion with a lot of "cheating" from your legs and body, and end by locking out with your arm vertical so the weight is transferred from your muscles to your skeleton.

The neck lift is a popular CharlesAtlasSuperpower when done by a normal human, as the way it's classically depicted (easily lifting the victim off the ground with one hand, and effortlessly holding them at arm's length without support) is physically impossible for leverage and balance reasons. If the person you're grabbing by the neck is too far in front of your feet, you would only be using the front deltoid muscle to lift and wouldn't be able to "cheat" with movement of the legs and torso for assistance. Furthermore, unless you took a deep lunging step to get your front foot behind their feet and leaned your torso back as you lifted, the sheer leverage of having that much weight so far from your feet and center of gravity would cause you to tip forward as soon as you applied force, preventing you from even beginning to lift them. This is to say nothing of how quickly your deltoid would give out from holding that much weight at arm's length in front of you, if you even had the strength required to lift them up in the first place. Pushing a victim up against a wall makes it more realistic because the wall gets rid of the balance problem, and you only have to push them up along it instead of lifting their full weight. In order to lift a decent-sized, uncooperative person off the ground by the neck without a wall, you might need to be in the same league as a strongman who can press a 300 pound dumbbell over their head with one hand. What's more, you would need to start with your intended victim as close to your body as possible, lift them straight up using a pressing motion with a lot of "cheating" from your legs and body, and end by locking out with your arm vertical so the weight is transferred from your muscles to your skeleton.

* It was reported by a witness that during the [[TheCoup January 6th Riots]] in the United States, UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump became so enraged upon being told by the head of the Secret Service that they weren't going to take him to the rally that he attempted to grab the wheel of the car he was in, then [[YouHaveFailedMe lunged for the man's throat]].

* ''Film/SupermanII'': When the three Kryptonian supervillains break into Perry White's office, Non grabs White by his lapels, lifts him up and rams his head into the ceiling, knocking him out.

* In ''Film/TheHauntedMansion'', the evil ghost can materialize enough to catch protagonist Jime Evers (Creator/EddieMurphy) this way, then flies upward and sends him [[DestinationDefenestration through a window]].

** Data does this to Picard in the episode "Power Play".

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
** The new puppet leader of the Cardassian Union, Legate Broca, was neck-lifted by a very deteriorated, yet incredibly strong female shapeshifter.

[[caption-width-right:350:"YouFool [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} You're just bringing my foot up to]] [[GroinAttack ball level]], [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Beast!]]"]]

* In episode 15 of ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'', the cat spirit [[spoiler:possessing Hanekawa]] performs one on [[spoiler:Araragi after cutting his throat]], in an effort to solve the [[TriangRelations problem at hand]] by removing him from the equation.

* In ''Fanfic/TheUnfantasticAdventuresOfBizarroNo1'', Bizarro Supergirl angrily grabs [[BizarroUniverse Yellow]] [[Franchise/GreenLantern Lantern]] by the collar and lifts him clear off the ground to berate him properly when he suggests to let the [[ManOfKryptonite Blue-Kryptonite Men]] kill all male Bizarros so the male Bizarro Leaguers can keep all Bizarro Loises for themselves.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': [[ScaryBlackMan Commander]] [[RhinoRampage Vachir]] does this combined with MinionMaracas to [[BearerOfBadNews Zeng]] during Tai Lung's escape from Chorh-Gom, to keep him from leaving and reporting his failure. Justified by the latter being a much-smaller goose, and unusual in that it's a good guy doing it to another good guy. (He's a bit HotBlooded.)

* In ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', Blaster does it to Max after Max tries to ignore Master's order for him to disarm the truck's booby-trap. And holds him there while Master chews him out and repeats the demand. When Max fails to be impressed, Master decides to have the [[spoiler:town's electricity supply]] choked instead. EMBARGO ON! This trope has the added advantage of bringing Max up to Master's level so he can be properly harangued ([[BigGuyLittleGuy Master is a dwarf who sits on the back]] [[BrainsAndBrawn of his huge bodyguard Blaster]].) Becomes PlayedForDrama the next time they have a confrontation.

* ''Fanfic/GazsHorribleHalloweenOfDoom'': Gaz does this to Iggins with one hand when he tells her to get on her knees and admit he's the better gamer in exchange for telling her which house is giving out Mondo Deluxe Poop Candy Bars.

** In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'',[[GiantMook Brutes]] can grab you by the neck like this, in which case [[PressXToNotDie you must unload your gun into their head so they let you go]].

* ''Anime/SakuraWarsTV'': A variant happens in the first episode. When Sakura is trying to apologize to Maria for accidentally ruining their stage production, Maria responds by bodily lifting her off the ground by the front of her kimono, coldly telling her to GetOut, and then flinging her across the hallway.

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} You're just bringing my foot up to]] [[GroinAttack ball level]], [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Beast!]]"]]

** The Maiden demo for Resident Evil Village features Lady Dimitrescu doing this to the player character at the very end. In the actual game, she does it to Ethan a few times, with the first time capped off by her [[PunctuatedPounding repeatedly slamming him into the ground]] until he breaks through the floorboards.

* In episode 15 of ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'', the cat spirit [[spoiler:possessing Hanekawa]] performs one on [[spoiler:Araragi after cutting his throat]], in an effort to solve the [[TriangRelations problem at hand]] by removing him from the equation.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', Shizuri Mugino does this from time to time. She's [[EffortlessAmazonianLift so strong]] that she can do it to a fat adult and then punch or throw him across the room. [[spoiler:It backfires when she does it to Shiage Hamazura, who uses the opening to [[EyeScream gouge her eye]], then pull out a gun and shoot her several times.]]

* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': During his skirmish with a pair of Warbats, [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong Kong]] with just one hand lifts the second Warbat's entire body above his head by its neck.

* In ''Film/RobotHolocaust'', [[TheBrute Torque]] does this [[TheHero to]] [[NamesTheSame Neo]] during their battle near the end.

* In the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Ballad of Fallen Angels", Vicious does this to Spike, while sporting one of his rare {{Slasher Smile}}s, just before sending him [[DestinationDefenestration out a cathedral window]].

* In ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', Superman does this to Goku and then shoots him in the face with his heat vision in both of their battles.

* In ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' story ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'', U-Ban has a penchant for neck-lifting Power Girl at least once when they clash.

* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/WeirdIncidentShit'', when [[Franchise/TouhouProject Reimu Hakurei]] carries [[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth Problem Sleuth]] to the Hakurei Shrine by the collar.
* In chapter 26 of [=Phantomdare1=]'s ''Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs'' story, ''Tracks Of Light'', Purple Eyes grabs the back of Summer's neck and lifts her up into the air, trying to get her partner, Ben, to fight him. It works. Later on in the chapter, Ben returns the favor.
* ''Fanfic/RealityIsFluid'' has this done in a mental conversation between Captain Kanril Eleya and an Undine psi master. The Undine grips her by the neck and varies the level of pressure depending on how angry it is, as a mental representation of MindRape.
* ''Fanfic/AenrhienVailiuri'' has Morgan lift [[spoiler:a Kazon maje]], who's taller than she is, clear off the floor. (She's Romulan so she's stronger than a human.) [[spoiler:She then [[NeckSnap breaks his neck]].]]
* Parodied in [[https://i.redd.it/3wnacnvz6eqz.jpg this]] image of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]].
* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', the Prowler lifts Izuku up by the scruff of his collar after he stops her from killing Peter.

* ''Fanfic/SpiderManDownfall'': Hybrid loves giving these. Spider-Man gives one to Shocker, when he mentions how he had had a part to play in Hobgoblin's schemes.

* ''Webcomic/FateGamersOnly'': Rikku grabs Orion by the neck and holds a sword up to him after [[ClingyJealousGirl she notices that he's ogling Mash]]. As Rikku and Mash begin to discuss if they should dissect him or if he's friend or foe, Orion gets fed up with being strangled and yells at them to stop.
* ''Fanfic/MissingSherlockHolmes'': Holmes collars one of the gang and shoves him up against the wall as he interrogates him about what they've been doing to Watson. At one point, he lifts the guy a few inches off the ground.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTheAtom'''s begins with Sarah Lyons being neck-lifted by a Super Mutant.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Coyote}}'', Bakugo finally finds himself saying one insult too many when he demeans Riley, and Izuku gives him a One For All-enhanced Neck Lift and warns him, while strangling him, that if he ever tries to exploit this against Riley in any way, shape or form, he is going to suffer big time for it.
* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', ComicBook/{{Superboy}} grabs and lifts one of the local Mafia thugs after their Boss has kidnapped his parents.
-->Larson coughed. "We hold the..."\\
"Shut up!" Clark Kent bulled him up against the wall of the garage, not far from the fallen hoods. He held him there, Larson's feet not touching the floor, one hand firmly on Larson's throat, putting a bit of pressure on it.\\
"Get this straight. I am not the Superboy you read about in your comic books."
* ''Fanfic/DoubleTheTrouble'': When one soldier dares to talk back, Krumple puts his hands around his throat and lifts him high before threatening him.
-->Krumple suddenly latched his hands around the crocodile's neck and lifted him high. As Kobble choked in his hands, Krumple shot him a powerful glare.
* In crossover ''Fanfic/EchoesOfYesterday'', Kara grabs Sophia's collar and lifts her one-handed after deducing Sophia was the bully who pushed Taylor into her locker.

* In ''Fanfic/ZeroNoTsukaimaSaitoTheOnmyoji'', Saito's familiar [[{{Oni}} Kaede]] saves him from a sneak attack by doing this to [[spoiler:Viscount Wardes]].