History Main / AngryCollarGrab

Compare the more intense NeckLift, where one character grabs another character by the neck and actually lifts them up, and VillainousFaceHold, where it's the face that's grabbed contemptuously. See also DraggedByTheCollar, NecktieLeash and ShakeSomeoneObjectsFall.

* ''Anime/YourName'': When Taki (in Mitsuha's body) tries to convince Mitsuha's father to evacuate Itomori, he brushes it off as either a bid for attention or mental illness, and picks up the phone to call the hospital. Taki loses his temper and yanks the older man forward by his necktie, shocking him.
* ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland'': During [[spoiler:Don's]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation breakdown]] after [[PeopleFarm learning the truth about Grace Field House]], he ends up angrily slugging Norman and Ray in the face over them keeping the secret from him. He then grabs Emma by her shirt front in order to do the same thing to her. Fortunately for her, he stops himself short of doing so as [[WouldntHitAGirl he can't bring himself to harm her even in his rage]], so he lets her go and walks outside to cool down.

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Tim Drake gets yanked around by his collar by two out of the three Batmen he worked with as Robin, only [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]] didn't do so. When Bruce picked him up by the collar in apparent anger it was a mock fight they'd set up ahead of time. In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', Azrael tried to kill him after grabbing him by the collar and pinning him. This didn't work out for Azrael as Tim had already weaponized his costume to prevent this sort of thing.

** ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': As interrogating Inspector Henderson, who is at the time kneeling on the floor, Silver Banshee grabs his collar and lifts him up.
** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': Superman rudely and roughly grabs the collar of Thul-Kar's robe as asking whether the wizard will answer his questions willingly or will need to have them beaten out of him.
** ''ComicBook/TheDominatorWar'': When interrogating Plant Lad, who has just revealed to be a traitor to the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, Timber Wolf angrily grabs him by the collar and demands answers.

* Near the climax of ''[[Anime/CastleInTheSky Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]'', Muska grabs Sheeta by the collar while he's threatening her.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': Scuttle tries to convey urgent news to Sebastian and Flounder, but is too flustered to speak coherently. Scuttle resorts to seizing a dubious Sebastian by his shell, and punctuates the sentence, "The Prince is marrying the Sea Witch in disguise!" by slamming the poor crab into the pier.

* In ''Film/TheNakedGunTwoAndAHalf'', Frank does this to two [[AlmostDeadGuy almost dead guys]] in order to press information from them. His aggressive approach doesn't work out for him though. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJWLdQ9vylA Watch the scene here.]]

* In ''Film/{{Zig Zag|2002}}'', Singer does this to an employee at the Monkey Cage for calling [=ZigZag=] a retard. Towards the end of the movie, Hawke does it to Walters because he's sick of his rude behavior.

* An infuriated Miranda does this to Arnie in ''Literature/DrFranklinsIsland'' -- but she does it in "the white place" where she has some control of her shape, so while standing and looking mostly human she grabs him with a taloned bird foot.

* In ''Literature/FracturedStars'', Axton warns Dash, "If you so much as piss wrong, I'll pound you into the deck and report you to HQ for insubordination." Dash says, "Insubordinate... pissing?" Axton picks him up by the front and shouts, "Watch your tongue, or I'll blazer it out!"

* One episode of ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'', 'The Hold Up', had the CampGay Mr Humphries playing a mob thug. He does this with one of the actual thugs in one scene. Except that Humphries, being the shorter man, yanks the thug ''down'' to his level.

* The criminal surgeon Doctor Mayfield from the ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' episode "A Stitch in Crime" seizes the persistent detective by his overcoat lapels, seemingly in a passion to perform surgery over answering questions. However, Columbo notes that this behavior is an OutOfCharacterMoment for Mayfield, and correctly deduces that Mayfield used this collar grab to conceal damning evidence.
* In ''Series/CriminologistHimuraAndMysteryWriterArisugawa'', Himura ends up confronting the serial killer Apollo. Both of them harbour a desire to commit a "beautiful" crime, but Himura [[ReluctantPsycho realises how disturbing his thoughts are]] and catches criminals in an act of defiance. So when Apollo starts romanticizing his crimes, the usually stoic Himura grabs him by the lapels and gives him a thorough chewing out.
* ''{{Series/Firefly}}'': In "Out of Gas", Mal grabs Wash by the collar and yells at him to get up to the bridge. Wash is understandably panicky because Zoe was knocked unconscious in an explosion and Wash refuses to leave her. However, he's the pilot, Simon is giving Zoe good medical care, and Mal desperately needs him to get on the bridge and help Kaylee find out why ''Serenity'' exploded and went dead before they all die.

** In "Knock Yourself Out", Reggie subjects Danny to this treatment as he demands the truth regarding his wife from Danny.
--->'''Danny''': Let's talk about strategy. ''[Reggie lifts him up by the dress shirt]'' Let's forget about strategy!

* ''Series/GoodOmens2019:'' When Aziraphale calls Crowley "nice" he gets this, nose-to-nose with the furious demon, for using such a "four-letter word" to describe him. [[spoiler: Crowley does this again at the end of season 2, this time upset over Aziraphale’s decision to leave Earth and return to Heaven, before giving him TheBigDamnKiss.]]

* In the ''[[Franchise/KamenRider Kamen Rider Series]]'', characters do that a lot in dramatic adversity. For example, in ''Series/KamenRider555'', the Main/CreepyGood Masato Kusaka, often holds Main/TheHero Takumi Inui's collar while [[PlayingBothSides scolding him for being responsible of other's suffering, when he's actually plotting for him to not be around]].

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'': With his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} attitude, Cap'n Fang manages to make several characters angry which results in him getting pulled close by the collar and being shouted at repeatedly, like with [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0702-questioning-the-rival/ Captain Corona]] and [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0206-hostile-takeover Arachnee.]]

* Vikki from ''Webcomic/FurryExperience'' grabs her close friend Ronnie by the lapels in the Tuesday 13 March 2012 strip because Vikki must walk on eggshells around her zealously Mormon roommates, and needs Ronnie to desist being a {{jerkass}} by snarking at their beliefs.
* ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'': Viktor yanks Rocky, who infuriates him on the regular, around by his shirt collar on several occasions. And by his ''neck'' itself at least once.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Summer of 4 Ft. 2", Lisa does this to Bart when confronting him over revealing her true geeky nature to her new friends out of jealousy.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** In "WesternAnimation/SlickHare", Creator/HumphreyBogart asks waiter WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd for an order of fried rabbit. Elmer tells him that they're fresh out of rabbit but Bogart grabs him by the collar and gives him one hour to get him that rabbit, ''or else''.
** Played with in "WesternAnimation/TortoiseBeatsHare", where WesternAnimation/BugsBunny grabs Cecil Turtle by the shell, which comes right out.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'':
** "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E4WhereNoDuckHasGoneBefore Where No Duck Has Gone Before]]": In Major Courage's first scene, he sees Scrooge and company and grabs the director by the collar, demanding to know what the "clowns" are doing hanging around his set. When the director tells him Scrooge owns the studio, Courage immediately lets go of him in favor of flattering his new boss.
** In the episode "Jungle Duck", the eponymous Jungle Duck, who [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal happens to be]] the long-vanished Prince Greydrake, pulls his uncle close by the collar when the latter doesn't want to step down from the throne that rightfully belongs to the prince.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Fight Fighters", Robbie does this to Dipper after the latter ends up destroying his phone.
* The titular wallaby in the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Rocko's Happy Sack" does this to Filburt at the supermarket after the latter made Rocko miss the 99% deal and threatens him to change the total back before he does something '''''NOT NICE!'''''
* WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse in the 1995 short cartoon "WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain" finds himself in a ShackleSeatTrap while MadScientist Doctor Frankenollie throws the BigElectricSwitch. This results in the mind of Mickey Mouse being transferred to the body of a hulking, brutish monster, and vice versa. The monster-minded Mickey Mouse bursts his bonds and goes running around loose. The Mickey-minded monster seizes the MadScientist by his lapels and demands that he reverse the process. Unfortunately, Frankenollie [[StrippedToTheBone has been reduced to a skeleton]] by his own device, and crumbles to dust, leaving Mickey holding an empty lab coat.

* [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Harry]] revealed in his memoir ''Spare'' that his brother William did this to him twice. Once during an argument at his house--"he grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor"--the second time during an argument after their grandfather's funeral so as to force him to look at him and maintain eye contact.

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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* Creator/{{Disney}} likes this trope:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': Scuttle tries to convey urgent news to Sebastian and Flounder, but is too flustered to speak coherently. Scuttle resorts to seizing a dubious Sebastian by his shell, and punctuates the sentence, "The Prince is marrying the Sea Witch in disguise!" by slamming the poor crab into the pier.
** Sykes is the CardCarryingVillain of ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany''. He meets with destitute Fagin to exact a loan payment, and seizes Fagin by his collar to issue an ultimatum: Repay every cent in three days, or "get hurt." The collar grab further acts to position Fagin's neck in the path of Sykes's car window, where it begins squeezing his throat.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': When Chi Fu is still insulting [[SweetPollyOliver Mulan]] even [[UngratefulBastard after she saves the day]], Captain Li Shang grabs him by the collar. (Bonus points, Chi Fu normally answers to the ''Emperor''.)
-->'''Shang''': "Listen, you ''[[CurseCutShort pompous]]-!''\\
'''Emperor:''' That is ''enough!''

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': When BetaBitch Aria Blaze suggests that maybe the Dazzlings should follow her lead instead of BigBad Adagio Dazzle's, Adagio grabs her by the front of her vest and promptly reasserts her authority over the trio.

* In ''Film/ZigZag2002'', Singer does this to an employee at the Monkey Cage for calling [=ZigZag=] a retard. Towards the end of the movie, Hawke does it to Walters because he's sick of his rude behavior.

* ''Series/GoodOmens2019:'' When Aziraphale calls Crowley "nice" he gets this, nose-to-nose with the furious demon for using such a "four-letter word" to describe him.

* [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Harry]] revealed in his memoir ''Spare'' that his brother William did this to him twice. Once during an argument at his house, the culmination of which was William outright knocking him to the floor, the second time during an argument after their grandfather's funeral so as to force him to look at him and maintain eye contact.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': When Po and the Furious Five are infiltrating Gongmen City to free it from Lord Shen's takeover, they witness one of the wolf soldiers threatening a sheep cook, complete with him hoisting her up by her collar, for not being able to cook him rice [[NeverMyFault even though he had stolen all of her pots and pans for Lord Shen's cannons]]. [[WouldHitAGirl He's about to beat her up]] when Po and the Five intervene and [[LaserGuidedKarma beat him up]]. The cook thanks them by telling them the location of where the captured Masters Ox and Croc are being held.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}''

* Two examples from ''Film/TheRoom''. Denny yells "[[YoureNotMyFather You're not my fucking mother!]]" at Lisa's mother, provoking her to start yanking his shirt collar. Later Mark grabs Peter by his jacket during their heated argument on the rooftop and shakes him hard.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Misty did it to Ash a couple times during the first seasons, as [[http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16400000/Misty-s-mad-at-Ash-pokemon-16485944-300-225.jpg seen here.]] More often than not he ''was'' asking for it.

* In the [[Franchise/KamenRider ''Kamen Rider Series'']], characters do that a lot in dramatic adversity. For example, in ''Series/KamenRider555'', the Main/CreepyGood Masato Kusaka, often holds Main/TheHero Takumi Inui's collar while [[PlayingBothSides scolding him for being responsible of other's suffering, when he's actually plotting for him to not be around]].

* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', after Roger is confronted with evidence of his wife Jessica cheating, Eddie Valiant jokes that "the dames will be breaking his doors down". An angry Roger jumps on him and grabs him by the collar, ranting that he and his wife were going to be happy again before storming out through the window.

* In ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'', Lazar does this to a man who harasses Jasna while she's working as a waitress.
* In ''Film/TheGreatHoudinis'', Harry's "audition" in London involves being arrested. He doesn't try to resist, but angrily grabs an officer who tries to arrest Bess.
* In ''Film/MackintoshAndTJ'', a man grabs T.J.'s front while accusing him of theft.

* The criminal surgeon Doctor Mayfield from the ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' episode "A Stitch in Crime" seizes the persistent detective by his overcoat lapels, seemingly in a passion to perform surgery over answering questions. However, Columbo notes that this behavior is an OutOfCharacterMoment for Mayfield, and correctly deduces that Mayfield used this collar grab to conceal damning evidence.

* One episode of ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'', 'The Hold Up', had the CampGay Mr Humphries playing a mob thug. He does this with one of the actual thugs in one scene. Except that Humphries, being the shorter man, yanks the thug ''down'' to his level.
* In the ''Series/HereComeTheBrides'' pilot, Joshua does this to a sailor who makes fun of Jeremy's stutter.
* ''Series/TheBarrier'': When [[spoiler:Alejo]] is found dead in the police headquarters, Enrique grabs a random policeman by the collar while angrily telling him to find the killer.
* ''{{Series/Firefly}}'': In "Out of Gas", Mal grabs Wash by the collar and yells at him to get up to the bridge. Wash is understandably panicky because Zoe was knocked unconscious in an explosion and Wash refuses to leave her. However, he's the pilot, Simon is giving Zoe good medical care, and Mal desperately needs him to get on the bridge and help Kaylee find out why ''Serenity'' exploded and went dead before they all die.

* Early on in the first album of ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'', the titular detective searches for his girlfriend's stalker, who is a florist, and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Blacksad_1_action.jpg grabs him by the collar with a pistol on his mouth]].

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Stockyard angrily grabs Elan's collar to yell at his face and then shove him out of the room when Elan questions his superior's involvement in the smuggling plot.

** ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': As interrogating Inspector Henderson, who is at the time kneeled on the floor, Silver Banshee grabs his collar and lifts him up.

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': When Po and the Furious Five are infiltrating Gongmen City to free it from Lord Shen’s takeover, they witness one of the wolf soldiers threatening a sheep cook, complete with him hoisting her up by her collar, for not being able to cook him rice [[NeverMyFault even though he had stolen all of her pots and pans for Lord Shen’s cannons]]. [[WouldHitAGirl He’s about to beat her up]] when Po and the Five intervene and [[LaserGuidedKarma beat him up]]. The cook thanks them by telling them the location of where the captured Masters Ox and Croc are being held.

* ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland'': During [[spoiler: Don's]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation breakdown]] after [[PeopleFarm learning the truth about Grace Field House]], he ends up angrily slugging Norman and Ray in the face over them keeping the secret from him. He then grabs Emma by her shirt front in order to do the same thing to her. Fortunately for her, he stops himself short of doing so as [[WouldntHitAGirl he can't bring himself to harm her even in his rage]], so he lets her go and walks outside to cool down.

** Misty did it to Ash a couple times during the first seasons, as seen [[http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16400000/Misty-s-mad-at-Ash-pokemon-16485944-300-225.jpg here]]. More often than not he ''was'' asking for it.

* In ''Fanfic/TheLightOfDayIsFading'', Yuuri does this to [[spoiler: Death himself]] in order to get him to [[spoiler: release Victor's soul.]]

* In ''Film/TheNakedGunTwoAndAHalf'', Frank does this to two [[AlmostDeadGuy almost dead guys]] in order to press information from them. His aggressive approach doesn't work out for him though. Watch the scene [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJWLdQ9vylA here]].

* ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'': With his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} attitude, Cap'n Fang manages to make several characters angry which results in him getting pulled close by the collar and being shouted at repeatedly, like with [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0702-questioning-the-rival/ Captain Corona]] and [[http://yafgc.net/comic/0206-hostile-takeover/ Arachnee]].

* ''Webcomic/NeverSatisfied'': When January, attempting to make small talk with Seiji, accidentally strikes [[http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/chapter-5-page-19 a nerve]], he quickly grabs her by the collar and threatens her.

* ''Webcomic/NeverSatisfied'': When January, attempting to make small talk with Seiji, accidentally strikes [[http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/chapter-5-page-19 a nerve]], he quikcly grabs her by the collar and threatens her.

* ''Webcomic/NeverSatisfied'': When January, attempting to make small talk with Seiji, accidentally strikes [[BerserkButton a nerve]].[[note]][[http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/chapter-5-page-19 "SHUT UP!"]][[/note]]