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10	[[caption-width-right:340:Vader's assault on the Rebels [[{{Pun}} hits a choke point]].]]
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16	->'''Admiral Motti:''' Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader.\
17	''[Vader turns and slowly walks toward him]''\
18	'''Admiral Motti:''' Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebels' hidden fort--\
19	''[Vader raises his hand, and Motti suddenly starts gasping for air and tugging at his collar]''\
20	'''Darth Vader:''' I find your lack of faith disturbing.
21	-->-- ''Franchise/StarWars: Episode IV — Film/ANewHope''
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23	Also referred to as a "[[Franchise/StarWars Force choke]]".
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25	Sometimes, a villain will demonstrate their power by having another character's life in their literal hands, via a NeckLift.
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27	Sometimes, a villain will demonstrate ''a lot'' more power by doing this with no visible effort, by doing it with [[MindOverMatter the mind]]. That's this trope.
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29	Characters are frequently terrified and intimidated (not unduly so) by having a character with psychic powers, a HairTriggerTemper, and being the target of that wrath. This trope is a great way to show that the villain could [[NotHyperbole literally]] end another character's life with a thought, but doesn't.
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31	A sub-trope of NeckLift and SupernaturalSuffocation. Often accompanied by a PstandardPsychicPstance or MagicalGesture. A DeathGlare is optional.
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34	!!Examples:
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36	[[foldercontrol]]
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38	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
39	* ''Anime/BattleSpiritsShonenGekihaDan'': [[BigBad Otherworld King]] invokes Kajitsu's UnstoppableRage by [[BigBrotherAttraction doing this to her brother]].
40	* ''Anime/BattleSpiritsSwordEyes'': Garudos telekinetically lifts the target and strangles him with an invisible hand, putting him into a coma. His DeceptiveDisciple Yaiba creates a much larger hand, which can grab a man and slam him against the wall.
41	* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'':
42	** In the manga version, fused Zamasu does this to Goku and Vegeta at one point.
43	** Moro was also fond of this move, as in the early chapters of his arc, telekinetic combat was his forte.
44	* ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'': Ryougi Shiki does this [[spoiler:to a ghost in order to get her into knife range]].
45	* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'': Jolyne Cujoh can use her Stand's string ability like this, wrapping up around a target's neck and choking the life out of them. For anyone not possessing a Stand (such as the hapless AmoralAttorney who betrays her trust early in the story), [[InvisibleToNormals it appears as an invisible and intangible psychic force]].
46	* ''Anime/TheMysticalLaws'': Tathagata Killer holds Leika Chan by the neck in this way when she points out [[OutOfCharacterAlert he's acting like something is controlling him]]. However, she emits a light wave from her bracelet to distract him and leave the chambers.
47	* ''Anime/OnePiece'': When Buggy the Clown is first introduced, he is torturing a henchman doing what looks like a psychic strangle, lifting him from the ground and choking him from a distance. Later, though, [[spoiler:it's revealed he has the power to detach his limbs and make them float, so he was using his detached floating hand.]]
48	* In ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'', Vector intimidates [[spoiler:Mr. Heartland]] in this way before giving him one last chance.
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51	[[folder:Comic Books]]
52	* ''ComicBook/RisingStars'': 113 children about to be born gain various superpowers due to something that appeared above their town and then exploded in a flash of light. Strangely enough, the only one who goes to work in some form of covert operations isn't one of the superpowerful fliers, or the Invulnerable Man, or even the guy who can talk to the dead, which should be a means of getting all sorts of useful information. It's the woman with the ability to move small objects with telepathy because the carotid artery is a small object.
53	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/TheStrangeRevengeOfLenaLuthor'': Subverted. A criminal gang are trying to gaslight ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s friend Lena Colby into madness. After making Lena believe she has gained powerful, uncontrollable telekinesis, a crook posing as Supergirl meets Lena and pretends she is being strangled by Lena's non-existent telekinesis.
54	-->'''Lena Colby:''' My power-- It's running wild... Stronger than I realized--!\
55	'''Fake Supergirl:''' Telekinesis-- Mind over matter--?\
56	'''Lena:''' Yes... And it's strong enough to strip you of your super-powers! Oh, no... No! It's happening again-- And I can't control it!\
57	'''Fake Supergirl:''' Lena, please... Try [gasping] I'm... I'm choking--!
58	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
59	** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': Kryptonian criminal Nadira can and does use her psychokinesis to invade her victims' nervous system and cause them to choke.
60	** In crossover "ComicBook/FateIsTheKiller": When Mer-man says he would rather not go to the Black Pit because he quite likes living, Skeletor gestures and the sea-dweller feels something invisible choking him.
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63	[[folder:Fan Works]]
64	* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'': Dr. Yung commands his Mirage Mewtwo to do this to Chloe in an attempt to make her stop mouthing out at him.
65	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan-arts: Unicorns and Alicorns are gifted with telekinesis, so it should be no surprise you can find fan-art of Force-chokes, [[https://derpibooru.org/images/574908 like this one with Princess Celestia on a royal guard]].
66	* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': A lethal example that doesn't involve a NeckLift happens in Chapter 29 of the original. [[spoiler:The sudden reveal of the Doll's [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers]] is accompanied by two traitorous guards slowly choking, gagging, and finally dying]].
67	* Sabrina does this to an unfortunate challenger in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', while he tries to run away from her.
68	* ''[[Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil The Stronger Evil]]'': When Valerie makes [[OracularHead Tarakudo]] angry enough, he pulls this on her until Drago saves her.
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71	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
72	* ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePilgrimsProgress2019 The Pilgrim's Progress]]'': While he usually opts to dangle or throw someone around, Apollyon has psychic powers which he uses to beat up anyone who displeases him.
73	* Mewtwo in ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' does this to the Gyarados trainer after the latter demands that a Pokémon cannot be a Pokémon trainer.
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76	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
77	* In ''Film/TheCurseOfSleepingBeauty'', the Veiled Demon does this to Linda and Richard. It reaches out both hands and closes them as if grasping a pair of throats and, across the room, Linda and Richard start choking.
78	* ''Film/Lifeforce1985'': The Space Girl, played by an incredibly hot Mathilda May, goes into a FullFrontalAssault on the Space Center. A trio of hapless security guards attempt to stop her. The first one gets force choked into unconsciousness and the second one, continuing with the ''Franchise/StarWars'' references, is pretty much force-lighting'd out of the way. The last, older guard is scared out of his wits and does nothing as the Space Girl escapes the center into the night.
79	* In ''Film/TheMummyReturns'', after Alex tries to escape the train, the titular Mummy tracks him down with relative ease, and lifts the kid up with his telekinetic powers. He doesn't strangle Alex though, he just gives an utterly [[LargeHam hammy]] finger wag.
80	* Occurs in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' when Todd lifts Scott up using his [[ItMakesSenseInContext Vegan Powers]]. Scott even manages to choke out "My neck... [[PowerMakesYourHairGrow Your hair...]]"
81	* {{Subverted}} in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' when one of [[BigBad Dark Helmet's]] {{mooks}} is afraid that he'll be [[YouHaveFailedMe punished this way for pissing him off]]. Instead, Helmet aims [[GroinAttack about two feet lower]].
82	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
83	** Darth Vader is the TropeCodifier, it being his favorite Force power and his SignatureMove.
84	*** He especially likes to use it against those that have [[YouHaveFailedMe failed him for the last time]] and those whose lack of faith he finds disturbing, having originally done this in ''Film/ANewHope'' to Admiral Motti.
85	*** This wasn't the ''first'' time he'd done it, either: In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', [[spoiler:when he becomes convinced that Padmé betrayed him, he chokes her, causing injuries that lead to her death (according to a AllThereInTheManual explanation of her cause of death in the {{novelization}}).]]
86	*** Using it on Adm. Kendal Ozzel in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' establishes he doesn't even need to be in the same room to do it, in this case choking out Ozzel on the bridge of the ''Executor'' from his personal meditation chamber. In the expanded universe the Force-choke essentially becomes Vader's SignatureMove (see below).
87	** ''Film/RogueOne'':
88	*** Vader initially spares Director Krennic after learning that Galen Erso provided information to the Rebels about the existence of the Death Star project, ordering him to clean up his mess. Krennic starts to get more confident and begins requesting things of Vader as the Sith Lord walks away, so Vader chokes him briefly to make a point.
89	---->'''Darth Vader:''' [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor Be careful not to CHOKE on your aspirations, Director.]]
90	*** ''Rogue One'' also ups the ante from ''The Empire Strikes Back'' by establishing that not only does he not need to be in the same room as his target — Vader doesn't even need to ''look'' at his target. As long as he knows where you are, he can Force-choke you.
91	*** As shown in the page image, ''Rogue One'' is the first time that Vader Force-chokes an actual enemy (here a Rebel soldier) in a ''Star Wars'' movie. Every other instance in the movies where the armored Vader Force-chokes someone, that someone is an Imperial.
92	** Luke non-fatally Force-chokes a pair of Gamorreans to gain entrance to Jabba's palace in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', in a scene meant to make us worry that Luke may be heading toward TheDarkSide like his father.
93	** General Hux has it done to him twice in ''Film/TheLastJedi''.
94	*** First, Supreme Leader Snoke's disembodied holographic head grabs Hux by the neck and throws him around the bridge of his Star Destroyer for a little while to humiliate him after Hux fails to destroy the Resistance as it evacuates its base, losing a dreadnought to Resistance bombers in the process.
95	*** Second, Hux tries to argue with Kylo Ren about Ren assuming the mantle of Supreme Leader after [[spoiler:Snoke's death by lightsaber]]. Ren chokes him in mid-sentence as an AppealToForce ([[{{Pun}} ha!]]) and Hux submits.
96	* A variation in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. When Moira attacks Erik, he deflects the bullets she fires, one of which hits [[spoiler:Charles in the back]]. In a rage, Erik magnetically uses a metal necklace chain to strangle her, but Charles manages to talk him down.
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99	[[folder:Literature]]
100	* In ''Literature/AndroidKarenina'', Alexei Karenin -- [[TheCorrupter egged on]] by [[CoolMask his Face]] -- inflicts this on his wife during their nastiest argument; for good measure, he actively slams her into the ceiling while doing so.
101	* ''[[Literature/MythAdventures Another Fine Myth]]'': Tananda the magik-using assassin starts remotely strangling a target, but gets cut off by a more powerful mage before she can finish the job.
102	* In ''Literature/TheHauntingOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'', protagonist Amy is a trainee superhero with telekinetic powers who starts slipping into an ends-justify-the-means mindset that culminates in her friends having to talk her down when she starts telekinetically choking an adversary to death.
103	* ''Literature/{{Moon\|1985}}'': A psychic SerialKiller invades the similarly psychic mind of computer technician Jonathan Childes, and eventually makes a link strong enough to stimulate bodily harm.
104	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
105	** [[MagnificentBastard Grand Admiral Thrawn]] had this done to him unsuccessfully on two separate occasions. In chronological order:
106	*** In ''Literature/OutboundFlight'' the power-mad Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth tries to murder him this way from another ship. He's only saved by Jorj Car'das hitting a BigRedButton Thrawn set up earlier, [[spoiler:which sets off fighter droids carrying radiation bombs that kill C'baoth along with most of the crew of ''Outbound Flight''.]]
107	*** In ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Dark Force Rising]]'', an enraged Mara Jade tries to kill [[BigBad Grand Admiral Thrawn]] this way. It doesn't work properly due to her lack of Force training: Thrawn is at first confused by it; when he realizes what she's trying to do, he's merely annoyed (since it's clearly not going well for Mara).
108	** Vader again: In ''[[Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy The Hutt Gambit]]'' he executes Adm. Winstel Greelanx this way for accepting a bribe from the Hutts, [[spoiler:even though the Hutts' plan and the Empire's coincided to produce the same result]].
109	** The ShortStory "The Longest Fall" has this done to an Imperial Navy captain by [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Antinnis_Tremayne High Inquisitor Tremayne,]] setting off a DyingDream in the captain ended abruptly by Tremayne breaking his neck.
110	* In ''Literature/Tempest2011'', the merman [[spoiler:Sabyn]] has the ability to strangle people or squeeze their hearts by making a fist.
111	* ''Literature/TheirsNotToReasonWhy'': Ia once kills someone by telekinetically closing off the arteries to her brain.
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114	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
115	* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
116	** {{Discussed\|Trope}} in the episode "Mind War". Talia's former mentor talks about a gentler form of this as an assassination method that leaves no evidence: simply telekinetically close off the carotid arteries to starve the brain of oxygen, then release the pressure after the target dies. That's ''if'' it was possible to get a relatively stable telekinetic that ''didn't'' have qualms about that sort of thing...
117	** Later in the series, in an EstablishingCharacterMoment the new Vorlon ambassador, Ulkesh, introduces himself to his human aide Lyta by psychically choking her while he interrogates her.
118	* Villains in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' love doing this, from Queen/Mayor Regina, to Rumpelstiltskin himself. Including [[spoiler:Emma Swan upon becoming the Dark One, in her very first manifestation of dark magic, used entirely by reflex on a greedy peasant who demanded money for the location of Camelot]].
119	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': "[[Recap/SmallvilleS04E07Jinx Jinx]]" has a non-telekinetic example: when Clark confronts Mr. Mxyzptlk, the latter uses his CompellingVoice with the command for Clark to "choke". Clark immediately starts gagging and gasping for air.
120	* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
121	** A telekinetic mutant created by Nirrti does this to her two Jaffa guards after discovering her duplicity. He then lifts her up and snaps her neck from half a room away.
122	** The Priors of the Ori sometimes do this to their enemies. Their DarkMessiah Adria is more direct about it, simply [[NeckSnap snapping a Jaffa's neck]] with her mind at one point.
123	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In "Warlord", Kes has [[GrandTheftMe her body taken over]] by the eponymous warlord Tieran, who's planning a coup to regain his throne. However his general isn't happy on discovering TheDreaded Tieran now looks like a cute female alien with PointedEars, and says they need to call the whole thing off. Tieran quickly shows he's not to be taken lightly in any body as he uses Kes' psychic powers to make the general collapse on the floor and [[BloodFromEveryOrifice bleed from every facial orifice]].
124	* ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Series/TheMandalorian'':
125	** In "Chapter 7: The Reckoning", the Child is shown to be capable of doing this, as he mistakes a friendly arm-wrestling match between the tittle character and Cara as a threat on the Mando's life and attempts to Force-choke Cara to protect him. Though Mando is quickly able to talk the Child down before he can seriously hurt her, Cara is [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior understandably disturbed]].
126	** After the Child is kidnapped in season two we see him doing this to two Stormtroopers at the same time before telekinetically slamming them into each other.
127	* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Sam has been subjected to this multiple times.
128	* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone\|1959}}'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E5TheHowlingMan The Howling Man]]", the Devil uses one on David Ellington [[UngratefulBastard as soon as he releases him from his confinement]].
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131	[[folder:Music]]
132	* OlderThanYouThink: In ''Music/PDQBach Live on Air'' (a radio program parody, released a decade before ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]''), the host, Professor Peter Schickele, takes numerous pot-shots at Music/LudwigVanBeethoven, including the introductions to "New Horizons in Music Appreciation" and "Schleptet in Bb Major". Near the end, Beethoven's ghost appears (with appropriate ScareChord) and Force Chokes the Professor, trying to get him to admit that Beethoven was a good composer.
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135	[[folder:Roleplay]]
136	* In ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', Zia uses her telepathy to hijack the pulmonary systems of Ivy and Jessica, nearly causing them to asphyxiate. She quickly snaps out of her anger and is horrified at what she's capable of.
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139	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
140	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
141	** ''TabletopGame/BlackCrusade'' gives us the Chaos variant; the Biomancy power adeptly named Last Breath. Instead of using telekinesis to close off the victim's wind pipe the Sorcerer in question causes the target's lungs to flood with a thick liquid that causes them to begin suffocating instantly. Like the above power, the user has no way to reverse the effect; its up to the victim to pass a Toughness test before they pass out and eventually die of oxygen deprivation.
142	** ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'': This is a power available to Biomancer Psykers. They will the target's trachea to close, and it does so. Notably, it has no controllable off-switch and can't be dismissed by the psyker once started. Psykers hoping to pull a Vader with it had better either intend for their target to die, or hope the GM lets them succeed at a willpower check at a critical moment.
143	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
144	** The ''choke'' spell (from the 3.0 book ''Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers'') create a pair of invisible force hands that slowly strangles the target (as long as it's breathing and has a neck).
145	** The less powerful ''stolen breath'' (from ''Spell Compendium'') just put the target in respiratory distress for a minute or less, although it has NoSavingThrow.
146	** The spell ''telekinesis'' and the psionic power ''telekinetic maneuver'' can be used to perform a grapple, and a grapple can inflict damage (by twisting limbs or choking) as well as immobilizing. The damage may not be very high, but can be prolonged for a while and this can safely be done at a great range.
147	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', the "Suffocate" Wild Talent for the Kineticist class works like this when used with the [[MindOverMatter Aether]] element.
148	* ''TabletopGame/StarWarsD20'': The "Force Grip" power lets a character inflict this, both dealing damage to the victim and preventing them from taking most actions for as long as the user maintains concentration.
149	* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': The illustration of [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Kozmojo Kozmojo]] depicts this. A given since the Kozmo archetype is a combined ShoutOut to ''Star Wars'' and the ''Oz'' books.
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152	[[folder:Video Games]]
153	* ''VideoGame/CultOfTheLamb'': If you have the "Murder Follower" doctrine unlocked, you can do this to any follower for any reason. Even though it's over relatively quickly, it isn't pleasant; The Lamb lifts the unfortunate follower into the air as they grasp their neck, their eyes bulging, and then slams them into the ground to finish the job.
154	* ''VideoGame/DUSK12'', in which you're a SuperSoldier with telekinetic powers, have you constantly executing enemies using this method. Affected mooks will glow with a red aura while holding their necks as you turn their trachea two-dimensional; the downside is that you can target only 1 mook at a time and other mooks can shoot at you while you're choking your target.
155	* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': Earn enough perks as a Vampire Lord in ''[[Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', and you can gain this ability.
156	* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', one of the abilities for mages is "Asphyxiate." The PlayerCharacter reaches out with his/her magical power, and chokes the life from the target over a few seconds.
157	* In ''Videogame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'', the AntiHero Kerrigan pulls this on the BigBad Arcturus Mengsk's son Valerian in a fit of rage -- and while her hand is used in gesture as it is being done, there's no physical contact between the two.
158	* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'': A duty officer assignment available to Klingon Defense Force characters is titled "Experiment with Feasibility of Assassination Utilizing Telekinesis". Based on the required duty officers, this means experimenting with telekinetically strangling a prisoner.
159	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' games:
160	** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has this as a dark side Force power, described by its FlavorText as causing spasms in the subject's lungs. It comes in three increasingly powerful versions: "Wound", "Choke", and "Kill".
161	** Also appears in the ''VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga'' (which first gave it the name "Force Choke"), and ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed''.
162	** ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'':
163	*** This is a class ability specific to the Sith Warrior, who is in many ways patterned after Darth Vader. The Sith Inquisitor gets [[ShockAndAwe Force lightning]] instead. [[NeckLift The animation lifts the target clear off the ground by their neck.]]
164	*** During the Sith Warrior storyline on Hoth, in a parody of the Ozzel scene from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' Darth Baras Force-chokes one of his underlings on Hoth from (presumably) his office on Dromund Kaas as a [[YouHaveFailedMe penalty for being unable]] to [[DisproportionateRetribution being unable to stop Baras's enemy the Jedi Knight Xerender]] from breaking into their communications to {{troll}} him.
165	*** Depending on player choices, the PC's Sith ally Lana Beniko can Force-choke several people starting with ''Rise of the Emperor''. The one she's guaranteed to do is telekinetically NeckLift a Knight of Zakuul during Chapter 4 of ''Knights of the Fallen Empire''; the PC gets to decide whether to let her finish him or tell her to release him (whereupon [[KnowWhenToFoldEm he and his partner run for their lives]]).
166	* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Rosalina]] uses these as her grab. She's not a villain, [[BigGood quite the opposite]], but an elegant MysticalWaif can hardly be expected to get her hands dirty with a conventional grab.
167	* ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'': The "Energy Claw" subroutine allows you to do this to enemies. It also fills your energy (ammo) bar. It's technically a Mesh (Datawraith) weapon, so it would be a User-only weapon. Fitting in that universe, as digitized humans are insanely powerful in cyberspace. And yes, the game came out several years prior to Disney getting their hands on ''Star Wars''.
168	* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', [[AntiHero Neku]] did this to Shiki after being misled that she is the one who dragged him into the Reapers' Game. Fortunately he didn't go all the way with it.
169	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
170	** Baron Ashbury in Shadowfang Keep has the ability Asphyxiate, which holds the entire party off the ground and strangles them nearly to death with a contemptuous, "This is just too easy," but then he heals them so he [[CruelMercy can keep tormenting them]].
171	** Death Knights also get a spell named [[http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108194/asphyxiate Asphyxiate]]; it's just a 5-second stun with a special animation, however.
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174	[[folder:Webcomics]]
175	* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids:'' Being as it is a parody of the ''Star Wars'' films, naturally it features this. As it turns out, the reason the "Peace Moon" takes over two decades to build is because Vader keeps force-choking people for incompetence. Heck, the scene from Episode IV where Vader chokes Motti is changed to Vader choking Motti for pointing out work would be going better if Vader ''stopped choking people''. Afterward, Vader changes to a warning system. Of choking.
176	-->'''Clone Trooper 1:''' Hey, did you hear? We get one warning choke now.\
177	'''Clone Trooper 2:''' I'm gonna use mine to tell a rebel I love him.
178	%%* ''Webcomic/{{Sarilho}}'': How Nikita gets rid of [[spoiler:Márcia]].
179	* Parodied in the Punyverse arc of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' where Lord Grater actually doesn't have Force powers, but everyone pretends to choke when he makes the psychic strangle gesture because he thinks he does and its easier to play along.
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182	[[folder:Web Original]]
183	* In the web serial novel ''Literature/{{Fishbowl}}'', Sarah subjects Chelsea to this after breaking into Naomi's house.
184	* [[https://twitter.com/Broccoli_Robb/status/317825215503679488 This image]] shared via Website/{{Twitter}} remarks on a {{meme\|ticMutation}} called [[http://laughingsquid.com/vadering-a-new-photo-meme-featuring-darth-vaders-force-choke/ "Vadering"]] that parodies the TropeCodifier.
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187	[[folder:Web Videos]]
188	* ''WebVideo/DisRapsForHire'': In the second episode of season 2, Bryce Wissel is throwing Corn nuts at [=EpicLLOYD=] ([[WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory of ERB fame]]) while he's reading the [=YouTube=] comment that inspires the rap of the episode. After reading the comment he gains the ability to Psychic Strangle Bryce out of ''pure rage'', and takes it a step further by slamming him into the walls, and throwing Bryce at a ScreamingWoman.
189	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPV9NNvtL20 Galactic Empire's rock cover]] of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' main theme, Darth Vader Force-chokes a technician for having badly tuned his guitar.
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192	[[folder:Western Animation]]
193	* Parodied (among ''many'' other ''Star Wars'' tropes) in the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Operation S.N.O.W.I.N.G." When [[spoiler:StudentCouncilPresident [=McGarfield=]]] pulls a FaceHeelTurn and even becomes an {{Expy}} of Darth Vader, in one instance he clenches his fist in anger at a minion student for [[DoNotCallMePaul misspeaking]], seemingly causing him to start choking and fall to his knees from the pain, but...
194	-->'''[[spoiler:President [=McGarfield=]]]:''' And what on Earth are you ''doing?!''\
195	'''Student:''' ''[clears throat]'' ...I'm sorry, I had a couple of tacos for dinner last night.
196	* Invictus of ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'' [[https://youtu.be/dx0lYHl9joQ is fond of doing this to the Lord Commander]] [[BadBoss as a means of letting him know her displeasure over his plans.]]
197	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
198	** This was something that Yakone was able to do with his [[spoiler:bloodbending, even using it against Aang. Aang had to use the Avatar State to break out of it.]]
199	** Zaheer uses airbending to pull the air out of [[spoiler:the Earth Queen]]'s lungs, suffocating her.
200	** Kuvira does a variation of this to Varrick, in which she metalbends his pauldrons around his neck and lifts him. She lets go before it kills him.
201	* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'''s parody of ''Star Wars''. It turns out Vader cannot Force Choke, and his minions are all just faking it when he holds his hand out so that Vader doesn't pull out his lightsaber and slice them in half. Those "killed" by the "Force Choke" are later given a new identity ([[PaperThinDisguise usually just consisting of a mustache or hat]]) so that Vader is none the wiser.
202	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
203	** Anakin, Asajj Ventress and Savage Opress all frequently resort to choking their opponents through the Force. Anakin mainly uses it when his loved ones are endangered. He also prefers it as a JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, such as in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E8BrainInvaders Brain Invaders]]" while questioning Poggle the Lesser, who proves to be immune to his JediMindTrick. For Ventress, it seems more like a finishing and/or desperation attack, used only when she feels either confident with the outcome of the confrontation, or utterly outmatched. As for Savage, it's more-or-less his SignatureMove — he kills more people this way than with his lightsaber. He's fine with the "normal" bare-handed NeckSnap as well. Dooku also uses the Force to choke his enemies a couple of times.
204	** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral The Gungan General]]": Dooku kills Turk Falso by choking him with the Force after telekinetically manipulating him into shooting his co-conspirator.
205	** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E14Eminence Eminence]]": [[spoiler:After Bo-Katan insults him, Maul starts to strangle her while giving a speech to Vizsla and the rest of the Death Watch about how beneficial an alliance between them would be.]]
206	** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]":
207	*** [[spoiler:Maul chokes Satine to torture Obi-Wan.]]
208	*** [[spoiler:[[BigBad Darth Sidious]], upon arriving to Mandalore, off-handedly chokes two [[EliteMooks Death Watch commandos]] who try to stop him while walking past them. Later, he strangles another pair before entering a room.]]
209	** Becomes a plot-point in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E18TheJediWhoKnewTooMuch The Jedi Who Knew Too Much]]", when someone Force-chokes [[spoiler:Letta, the woman who bombed the Jedi Temple, to death while Ahsoka is the only one in her cell. Since the two were alone, and Letta's death is recorded on camera, Ahsoka is framed for the murder, and by extension for masterminding the bombing.]]
210	** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E10TheLostOne The Lost One]]", [[spoiler:Darth Sidious does this to Dooku from ''across the galaxy''.]]
211	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Some of the stronger [[EliteMooks Inquisitors]] are capable of this, usually using it to immobilize an opponent [[CombatPragmatist while the other one attacks directly]]. [[spoiler:Maul]] also uses it when he and Ezra fight the Seventh Sister, although he stops short of actually killing her so Ezra can do it. When he refuses, [[spoiler:Maul cuts her in half.]]
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