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* ''Film/SecretServiceOfTheImperialCourt'' ends with the hero, Zhao Bu-Fan, an otherwise ImplacableMen being ambushed by his own former men, where he's cornered and held down by a dozen ex-underlings dog-piling him from all sides. [[spoiler:And then one gives Zhao the OffWithHisHead treatment]]. [[spoiler:Before the next scene subverts it that the decapitated one is a BodyDouble]].

* ''Film/SecretServiceOfTheImperialCourt'' ends with the hero, Zhao Bu-Fan, an otherwise ImplacableMen being ambushed by his own former men, where he's cornered and held down by a dozen ex-underlings dogpiling him from all sides. [[spoiler:And then one gives Zhao the OffWithHisHead treatment]].

* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': In ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', Ludlow's mercenaries ''try'' to do this to a ''Parasaurolophus''. Being one of the larger hadrosaurs, both on Isla Sorna and in real life, the animal easily lifts at least three mercs off the ground and several feet into the air, before being brought down by having its hind legs tripped out from underneath it.

* During the E3 trailer for ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'', Kratos, aiding Gaia in keeping her free from the hordes of undead soldiers at Zeus' command as she and the other Titans ascends Mt. Olympus, charges into a horde of Olympus Sentries to get at the Cyclops wreaking havoc behind them, and is briefly pinned down by over a dozen of them. This [[SuperStrength being]] [[SemiDivine Kratos]], it barely hinders him and he quickly breaks free of the Sentries and kills them as he throws them all off. In the game proper, [[EnforcedTrope this is an actual tactic]] the Olympus Legionaires and Sentries can use on Kratos to restrain and inflict damage on him, prompting a [[PressXToNotDie quicktime event]] for the player to throw them off.

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'': After forming a close bond with Hiccup, Toothless becomes highly protective of him, and reacts very strongly to any perceived threat to the young Viking. When Hiccup's nearly successful attempt to prove to his village that dragons and Vikings ''can'' coexist is botched by Stoic hitting the metal cage of the arena, the sound of which sends the Monstrous Nightmare into a fury, Toothless comes to Hiccup's rescue and fights off the other dragon, only to get jumped by the village, then pinned down and captured by nearly half a dozen Vikings. Of course, that was after he easily knocked three of them away and nearly killed Hiccup's father, Stoic.

* ''Series/Cops1989'': TruthInTelevision since it was one of the first popular series to follow real American law enforcement around. There would be suspects too strong for one officer to restrain. In one episode there was a [[FullFrontalAssault sweaty naked suspect]]; the officers said it was hard to get a grip.

* ''Series/Nightwatch2015'': One episode features a combative patient who is described as "280 pounds (127 kg) of pure muscle". It ends up taking six EMT's/firefighters to hold him down and get him on to the stretcher.

* ''WebAnimation/ToonSandwich'': In "WebAnimation/SuperShowdownBowl", in the climax of the fight against the super-powered Oscar being, it takes no less than five ''very'' heavy hitters to hold him still: the movie versions of Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}} (with her lasso), [[Film/AvengersEndgame the Hulk]], [[Film/Deadpool2016 Colossus]], [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse Superman]] and Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}. [[spoiler:It does restrain him, but he cheats by calling on his disintegrating spheres.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': After forming a close bond with Hiccup, Toothless becomes highly protective of him, and reacts very strongly to any perceived threat to the young Viking. When Hiccup's nearly successful attempt to prove to his village that dragons and Vikings ''can'' coexist is botched by Stoic hitting the metal cage of the arena, the sound of which sends the Monstrous Nightmare into a fury, Toothless comes to Hiccup's rescue and fights off the other dragon, only to get jumped by the village, then pinned down and captured by nearly half a dozen Vikings. Of course, that was after he easily knocked three of them away and nearly killed Hiccup's father, Stoic.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': When Fiona finally reveals to Shrek her transformation into an ogre every night (courtesy of a witch's curse) after he objects to her marriage to Lord Farquaad, Lord Farquaad has both arrested. Shrek, attempting to reach Fiona, starts being dragged off by dozens of guards, several of which he manages to fight off, before Dragon smashes through the church's windows, eats Lord Farquaad, and forces the remaining guards to back down.

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}:'' When breaking some bad news to [[PintsizedPowerhouse Carla]], Sam first has all the bar regulars grab her in a choke-hold. Carla is then lifted out of the room, insisting ([[BadLiar unconvincingly]]) she's not going to hurt Diane. There's an indication that if Carla truly had gone ballistic, there wouldn't have been much they could do to stop her. Her appearance in ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', over a decade and half after this incident, suggests this is true, when Carla, now in her fifties, has to be dragged away from murdering Cliff, and it's still a near thing.
* ''Series/{{Cops}}'': TruthInTelevision since it was one of the first popular series to follow real American law enforcement around. There would be suspects too strong for one officer to restrain. In one episode there was a [[FullFrontalAssault sweaty naked suspect]]; the officers said it was hard to get a grip.

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': In "Mr. Monk and the End", because of his OCD, Monk has to be restrained by the ''entire'' hospital staff to hold him down just so they can draw blood from him after he was poisoned.

* In one ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode ''Operation: Annihilate!'', Spock is infected by an alien parasite and goes ballistic. It takes four ''Enterprise'' crewmen - RedShirt security officers trained in combat - to subdue him due to his Vulcan side's SuperStrength.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'': During the big battle at the end of the first season, it takes at least half-a-dozen Trandoshans to pin Krrsantan the Wookiee bounty hunter to the ground. [[spoiler:And it's still not enough in the end, as Krrsantan shows up to the main fight dragging Pyke mooks around and appearing only a little banged up.]]
* ''Series/{{Victorious}}:'' Interestingly involves the [[PintSizedPowerhouse itty-bitty Cat]]. It took the entire bunch just to get a handle on her when her wireless withdrawal became too much to bear.

* ''Film/300'': When Artemis watches in horror as his son, Astinos, is killed by a Persian rider, he flies into a grief and vengeance-fueled rage, breaks rank and brutally cuts down any Persian infantryman within his reach as he made his way to Astinos' body. It takes [[TheLeader Leonidas]] himself and two other Spartans to drag him back behind their lines, and they still struggle doing so.

* ''Film/{{300}}'': When Artemis watches in horror as his son, Astinos, is killed by a Persian rider, he flies into a grief and vengeance-fueled rage, breaks rank and brutally cuts down any Persian infantryman within his reach as he made his way to Astinos' body. It takes [[TheLeader Leonidas]] himself and two other Spartans to drag him back behind their lines, and they still struggle doing so.

* ''Film/300'': When Artemis watches in horror as his son, Astinos, is killed by a Persian rider, he flies into a grief and vengeance-fueled rage, breaks rank and brutally cuts down any Persian infantryman within his reach as he made his way to Astinos' body. It takes [[TheLeader Leonidas]] himself and two other Spartans to drag him back behind their lines, and they still struggle doing so.