History Main / PullYourselfDownTheSpear

* ''Musketeer Space'': [[TheChessmaster Milord de Winter]] considers doing this when confronted with a rapier at his throat, but is cuffed to a chair before he can manage it. [[spoiler:He's a shapeshifting alien and a blade through the neck would be a minor inconvenience at worst.]]

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* In episode 6 of ''Manga/Bastard1988'', a one-eyed monster captures Arshes Nei and impales Gara using CombatTentacles that harden into stone, but Gara pulls himself down the length of the spike in his gut to free her.
* In ''Anime/LastOrderFinalFantasyVII'', Sephiroth skewers Cloud with his nodachi, after which Cloud proceeds to slowly crawl his way down said nodachi to attack him with his own (considerably shorter) sword.

* In ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', at one point the immortal Ban was impaled by an enemy tentacle and pulled himself closer so he could get in hitting distance.

* In ''Film/ThreeHundred'', [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Captain]] is impaled by a Persian spearman and a couple of [[DualWield sword-wielding]] [[EliteMook Immortals]], but he hacks at the Immortals then pulls himself up the spear to finish off its (at this point terrified) wielder.
* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' this is how [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice Superman dies]] while killing Doomsday with Batman's kryptonite spear]].
* In ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'', Namor impales Shuri with his spear before leaving to get water. She cuts it in half with the Panther suit's claws, enabling her to pull herself through a shorter shaft and run towards him (the suit also sealing the wound after she goes through).

* A comedic version occurs in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''; when a horde of mini Staypuft Marshmallow Men start playing around in a Walmart, one skewers two others and lifts them over a fire. As none of them feel any pain, one of the impaled ones starts pulling itself down the skewer in amusement.
* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', when Aragorn stabs Lurtz in the stomach, the Uruk-hai responds by pulling the sword inwards, snarling at Aragorn, possibly to get close enough to hurt him. Aragorn pulls the sword out and [[OffWithHisHead chops off Lurtz's head]].
* In ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', Shinzon [[InertialImpalement is impaled on a piece of pipe]] but pulls himself down it to confront Picard one last time.

* In the ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' novel ''The Last Ditch'', Cain impales an Ork on his [[ChainsawGood chainsword]], but the Ork starts to push the sword through itself to keep attacking him, so he shoves it in deeper and hits the Ork's spine, which takes it out of the fight (he has to [[BoomHeadshot shoot it in the head later to actually kill it]]).

* In ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur'', Arthur spears Mordred, but Mordred drags himself along the spear and stabs Arthur through the head.
* [[TheChessmaster Milord de Winter]] of ''Musketeer Space'' considers doing this when confronted with a rapier at his throat, but is cuffed to a chair before he can manage it. [[spoiler:He's a shapeshifting alien and a blade through the neck would be a minor inconvenience at worst.]]

* In the original ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', Dante is [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled to the floor]] by Alastor (in what would become the first instance of many). After a moment of shock, he frees himself by shoving his body up the length of the sword (hilt and all), and claims it for his own.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Cloud did this in his first battle with Sephiroth; Sephiroth impaled him with the Masamune, but Cloud dragged himself down the blade and used it as leverage to chuck Sephiroth into the Lifestream.
* In ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' Moebius is already in reach of Kain after being impaled on his sword, but he grabs Kain's arm to pull himself closer and gloat about the futility of killing him.
* PlayedWith in the ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'' prequel OVA. X walks down Sigma's sword after getting stabbed, but finds he still can't strike Sigma even when he's nearly on the sword's hilt (as [[EvilIsBigger Sigma is a lot taller than he is]]), so he kicks himself off the sword and then [[EyeScream pounces on Sigma's eyes]].
* Done multiple times in ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'', though with little success. Rokurou, for example, tries it on [[spoiler:his brother, Shigure]], and it almost works, but [[spoiler:Shigure]] catches on and gets over his shock at the last second, beating Rokurou back. As a bit of consolation, he fully admits that, had he been a second slower, it would have worked.

* [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-best-defense This]] ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'' strip parodies an element from early ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games - they didn't have animations for units reacting to enemies hitting them, which made units look like they FeelNoPain that the comic takes to a logical extreme.

* In the Stakes miniseries of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', the Vampire King does this as Marceline kills him in order to reach her neck and turn her into a vampire.

* [[FullBoarAction Wild boars]] and {{bears|AreBadNews}} can be hunted with special spears that feature [[http://i.stack.imgur.com/oYxlvm.jpg "wings" on the shaft behind the head]] to keep the enraged animal from possibly pushing itself along the spear to attack the hunter. Many types of medieval polearms featured heads with similar designs to keep impaled combatants from doing this - these wings or protrusions had other potential advantages, like parrying enemy strikes or pulling horsemen from their saddles.

* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', when Aragorn stabs Lurtz in the stomach, the Uruk-hai responds by pulling the sword inwards, snarling at Aragorn, possibly to get close enough to hurt him. Aragorn pulls the sword out and [[OffWithHisHead chops off Lurtz's head]].

* In ''Film/ThreeHundred'', [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Captain]] is impaled by a Persian spearman and a couple of [[DualWield sword-wielding]] [[EliteMook Immortals]], but he hacks at the Immortals then pulls himself up the spear to finish off its (at this point terrified) wielder.
* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' this is how [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice Superman dies]] while killing Doomsday with Batman's kryptonite spear]].

* A comedic version occurs in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''; when a horde of mini Staypuft Marshmallow Men start playing around in a Walmart, one skewers two others and lifts them over a fire. As none of them feel any pain, one of the impaled ones starts pulling itself down the skewer in amusement.
* In ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'', Namor impales Shuri with his spear before leaving to get water. She cuts it in half with the Panther suit's claws, enabling her to pull herself through a shorter shaft and run towards him (the suit also sealing the wound after she goes through).

* In the Literature/CiaphasCain novel ''The Last Ditch'', Cain impales an Ork on his [[ChainsawGood chainsword]], but the Ork starts to push the sword through itself to keep attacking him, so he shoves it in deeper and hits the Ork's spine, which takes it out of the fight (he has to [[BoomHeadshot shoot it in the head later to actually kill it]]).

* Played with in the ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'' prequel OVA. X walks down Sigma's sword after getting stabbed, but finds he still can't strike Sigma even when he's nearly on the sword's hilt (as [[EvilIsBigger Sigma is a lot taller than he is]]), so he kicks himself off the sword and then [[EyeScream pounces on Sigma's eyes.]]
* Done multiple times in ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'', though with little success. Rokurou, for example, tries it on [[spoiler:his brother, Shigure]], and it almost works, but [[spoiler: Shigure]] catches on and gets over [[spoiler:his]] shock at the last second, beating Rokurou back. As a bit of consolation, [[spoiler:he]] fully admits that, had [[spoiler:he]] been a second slower, it would have worked.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Cloud did this in his first battle with Sephiroth; Sephiroth impaled him with the Masamune, but Cloud dragged himself down the blade and used it as leverage to chuck Sephiroth into the Lifestream.
* In the original ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', Dante is [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled to the floor]] by Alastor (in what would become the first instance of many). After a moment of shock, he frees himself by shoving his body up the length of the sword (hilt and all), and claims it for his own.

* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Dragonzord]] vs. [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Mechagodzilla (Kiryu)]]: At the [[spoiler:end of the fight, the Dragonzord Battle Mode uses its drill lance to impale Mechagodzilla clean through its torso, but not only does Mechagodzilla survive, it pulls itself closer to the Dragonzord in order to charge and fire a [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange point-blank shot]] with its [[FreezeRay Absolute Zero Cannon]], [[LiterallyShatteredLives lethally freezing and shattering]] the Dragonzord.]]

* In ''Anime/LastOrderFinalFantasyVII'', Sephiroth skewers Cloud with his overly-long katana, after which Cloud proceeds to slowly crawl his way down said katana to attack him with his own (considerably shorter) sword.

* In the original ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', Dante is impaled by Alastor (in what would become the first instance of many). On recovering from the shock, he pulls himself down the blade, shoves the hilt through his chest, and then claims the sword for his own.

[[quoteright:250:[[Webcomic/AwkwardZombie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scratch_damage.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade It was at this moment, that he knew]]...]]

[[quoteright:275:[[Webcomic/AwkwardZombie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scratchdamage.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:275:[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade It was at this moment, that he knew]]...]]

* In the original ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', Dante is impaled by Alastor (in what would become the first instance of many). On recovering from the shock, he pulls himself down the blade, shoves the hilt through his chest, and then claims the sword for his own.

* In episode 6 of ''Manga/{{Bastard}}'', a one-eyed monster captures Arshes Nei and impales Gara using CombatTentacles that harden into stone, but Gara pulls himself down the length of the spike in his gut to free her.

* In episode 6 of ''Manga/{{Bastard}}'', a one-eyed monster captures Arshes Nei and impales Gara using CombatTentacles that harden into stone, but Gara pulls himself down the length of the spike in his gut to free her.

* Creator/EddieIzzard has a long segment in his "Stripped" tour about a soldier trying this to defeat the enemy's extra-long spears.

* The page pic is from [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-best-defense this]] ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'' strip, which parodies an element from early ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games - they didn't have animations for units reacting to enemies hitting them, which made units look like they FeelNoPain that the comic takes to a logical extreme.

[[quoteright:300:[[Webcomic/AwkwardZombie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scratchdamage.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade It was at this moment, that he knew]]...]]

* The page pic is from [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/the-best-defense this]] ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'' strip, which parodies an element from early ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games.

* [[FullBoarAction Wild boars]] and {{bears|AreBadNews}} can be hunted with special spears that feature [[http://i.stack.imgur.com/oYxlvm.jpg "wings" on the shaft behind the head]] to keep the enraged animal from possibly pushing itself along the spear to attack the hunter. Many types of medieval polearms featured heads with similar designs to keep combatants from doing this.

* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', when Aragorn stabs Lurtz in the stomach, the Uruk-hai responds by pulling the sword inwards, snarling at Aragorn, possibly to get close enough to hurt him. Aragorn pulls the sword out and [[OffWithHisHead chops off Lurtz's head]].

* The page pic is from [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=042913 this]] ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'' strip, which parodies an element from early ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games.