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A '''throw''' is a technique in both installments of the [[No More Heroes (series)|''No More Heroes'' video game series]] performed using the Wii Remote. When an enemy stunned by a [[Beat Attack]] is [[grab]]bed, two arrows are displayed on the screen, the left representing the Nunchuk and the right representing the Wii Remote. Swinging the Nunchuk and Wii Remote in the directions of the arrows prompts protagonist [[Travis Touchdown]] to attack with a wrestling throw, otherwise the arrow cue will end and the enemy will continue to attack. The direction of these arrows, and thus the throw Touchdown uses against his foe, depends on the exact posture of his opponents as they are grabbed.
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A '''throw''' is a technique in both installments of the [[No More Heroes (series)|''No More Heroes'' video game series]] performed using the Wii Remote.
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When an enemy stunned by a [[Beat Attack]] is [[grab]]bed, two arrows are displayed on the screen, the left representing the Nunchuk and the right representing the Wii Remote. Swinging the Nunchuk and Wii Remote in the directions of the arrows prompts protagonist [[Travis Touchdown]] to attack with a wrestling throw, otherwise the arrow cue will end and the enemy will continue to attack. The direction of these arrows, and thus the throw Touchdown uses against his foe, depends on the exact posture of his opponents as they are grabbed.
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Depending on their game, Throws are more or less like [[Deathblow]]s, though instead of attacking with the beam katana, they all usually involve using the throw's momentum to harshly slam the opponent into the ground, which the throw often places the enemy at a position which a most vulnerable part of the body is landed on, such as the spine or back of the head. Unlike the act of kayfabe in professional wrestling, these are extremely dangerous and unrestrained in their force, as Travis uses them in assassination and in a street fighting-like nature. Though they are deadly in themselves, often seeing the enemy paralyzed or in a state of trauma as the result of the force of the attack, many of them see Travis follow up with his beam katana having been thrown into the air and landing onto the opponent, "pinning" them often onto their vulnerable body.
   
 
Touchdown, a wrestling enthusiast, is already able to use several throws at the beginning of [[No More Heroes|the first installment]], however his arsenal of techniques can be expanded by watching cassettes available for purchase at [[Beef Head]], as well as by acquiring notes pinned to wrestling masks throughout [[United Assassins Association|Extreme Murder Battle Stages]]. Also in the first title, after being imparted with the [[Technique of Affinity]] by [[Randall Lovikov]], Touchdown is able to grab targets for his throwing maneuvers from an even greater distance.
 
Touchdown, a wrestling enthusiast, is already able to use several throws at the beginning of [[No More Heroes|the first installment]], however his arsenal of techniques can be expanded by watching cassettes available for purchase at [[Beef Head]], as well as by acquiring notes pinned to wrestling masks throughout [[United Assassins Association|Extreme Murder Battle Stages]]. Also in the first title, after being imparted with the [[Technique of Affinity]] by [[Randall Lovikov]], Touchdown is able to grab targets for his throwing maneuvers from an even greater distance.
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As of ''Desperate Struggle'', all throws are Fatal Techniques, are automatically activated if a Beat Attack is a finishing attack, and allow a chance at [[Dark Side Mode]]. They also have variations depending on the size of the enemy. All gained wrestling moves in ''Desperate Struggle'' are instead learned by the Backdrop Weeklys magazine after each Ranking Battle.
   
 
While throw techniques can be used on common thugs, they are more effective on ranked assassins, as they deliver more damage than [[Slash Combo]]s.
 
While throw techniques can be used on common thugs, they are more effective on ranked assassins, as they deliver more damage than [[Slash Combo]]s.
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===Standard moves===
 
===Standard moves===
 
* '''Take Down move''': This throw is capable of subduing the enemy, allowing them to be defeated easier. The Take Down move appears in ''No More Heroes''.
 
* '''Take Down move''': This throw is capable of subduing the enemy, allowing them to be defeated easier. The Take Down move appears in ''No More Heroes''.
* '''Full Nelson Suplex''': Touchdown grabs the enemy from behind, placing them in a Full Nelson headlock, and then bends his back to the floor with full force, severely injuring his opponent's head and neck.
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* '''Full Nelson Suplex/Dragon Suplex''': Touchdown grabs the enemy from behind, placing them in a Full Nelson headlock, and then bends his back to the floor with full force, severely injuring his opponent's head and neck.
* '''Vertical Suplex''': Touchdown tucks his opponent's head under his armpit, hoists them up, and falls back, slamming their head against the floor. The Vertical Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes''.
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* '''Vertical Suplex/DDT''': Touchdown tucks his opponent's head under his armpit, hoists them up, and falls back, slamming their head against the floor. The Vertical Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes''.
* '''Butt Thump''': Touchdown grabs the enemy's face and places it on his shoulder, before bending and rolling the enemy back, slamming their face with bottom. The Butt Thump appears in ''No More Heroes''.
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* '''Reverse Bulldog''': Touchdown grabs the enemy's neck, before bending and rolling the enemy back while using the momentum of his fall to slam the back of their head. The Reverse Bulldog appears in ''No More Heroes''.
 
* '''Front Neck Chancery Drop''': Touchdown tucks and squeezes his opponent's neck underneath his armpit, then suplexes them to the floor, crushing their back and disrupting their breathing. The Front Neck Chancery Drop is allegedly the first suplex technique Touchdown was taught, and before his [[Ranking Battle]] with [[Death Metal]] he finds a note from [[M. S.]] pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember it. The Front Neck Chancery Drop appears in ''No More Heroes''.
 
* '''Front Neck Chancery Drop''': Touchdown tucks and squeezes his opponent's neck underneath his armpit, then suplexes them to the floor, crushing their back and disrupting their breathing. The Front Neck Chancery Drop is allegedly the first suplex technique Touchdown was taught, and before his [[Ranking Battle]] with [[Death Metal]] he finds a note from [[M. S.]] pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember it. The Front Neck Chancery Drop appears in ''No More Heroes''.
* '''Reverse Armsault''': Touchdown bends his enemy forward, locks his arms through their armpits and flips himself back, falling onto the opponent's upper body. The Reverse Armsault is allegedly the second suplex technique Touchdown was taught, and before his Ranking Battle with [[Dr. Peace]] he finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember it.
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* '''Reverse Armsault''': Touchdown bends his enemy forward, locks his arms through their armpits and flips himself back, falling onto the opponent's upper body. The Reverse Armsault is allegedly the second suplex technique Touchdown was taught, and before his Ranking Battle with [[Dr. Peace]] he finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember it.
 
* '''Captured (Capture Suplex)''': Touchdown grabs his enemy by their leg and the back of their neck and suplexes backward, slamming them in the back. Before his Ranking Battle with [[Shinobu]] Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique.
 
* '''Captured (Capture Suplex)''': Touchdown grabs his enemy by their leg and the back of their neck and suplexes backward, slamming them in the back. Before his Ranking Battle with [[Shinobu]] Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique.
   
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* '''Quebradora Con Giro''': Touchdown grabs the opponent by the torso and spins them onto their back, landing them onto Touchdown's knee and impaled them with his beam katana. The Quebradora Con Giro appears in ''No More Heroes'', where it is learned from watching the ''[[Beef Head#Video Vol.1|Mask De Panther, the Tiger's Roar]]'' cassette.
 
* '''Quebradora Con Giro''': Touchdown grabs the opponent by the torso and spins them onto their back, landing them onto Touchdown's knee and impaled them with his beam katana. The Quebradora Con Giro appears in ''No More Heroes'', where it is learned from watching the ''[[Beef Head#Video Vol.1|Mask De Panther, the Tiger's Roar]]'' cassette.
   
* '''Brain Buster Slam''': Touchdown bends himself and the opponent forward, then tucks his head underneath the opponent's arm. Touchdown then lifts himself up, turns 180 degrees, and falls face-first, slamming his opponent into the ground. He then finishes his opponent by maiming their head with his beam katana. The Brain Buster Slam appears in ''No More Heroes'', where it is learned from watching the ''[[Beef Head#Video Vol.2|Living Legend, Thunder Ryu]]'' cassette.
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* '''Brainbuster Slam''': Touchdown bends himself and the opponent forward, then tucks his head underneath the opponent's arm. Touchdown then lifts himself up, turns 180 degrees, and falls face-first, slamming his opponent into the ground. He then finishes his opponent by maiming their head with his beam katana. The Brainbuster Slam appears in ''No More Heroes'', where it is learned from watching the ''[[Beef Head#Video Vol.2|Living Legend, Thunder Ryu]]'' cassette.
   
* '''Hurricanrana''': Touchdown approaches his enemy from behind and leaps onto their shoulders, swings around, clutches their head with his legs, then flips onto his belly, with the enemy's head slamming against the floor. He then finishes off his foe by slicing their stomach with his beam katana. The Hurricanrana appears in ''No More Heroes'', where it is learned from watching the ''[[Beef Head#Video Vol.3|Mask De Panther, Master of the 4th Dimension]]'' cassette.
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* '''Huracanrana''': Touchdown approaches his enemy from behind and leaps onto their shoulders, swings around, clutches their head with his legs, then flips onto his belly, with the enemy's head slamming against the floor. He then finishes off his foe by slicing their stomach with his beam katana. The Huracanrana appears in ''No More Heroes'', where it is learned from watching the ''[[Beef Head#Video Vol.3|Mask De Panther, Master of the 4th Dimension]]'' cassette.
   
* '''Powerbomb''': Touchdown grabs the head of his enemy, forcing them to bend forward. He then flips them on their back and hoists by their stomach, slamming them the moment his beam katana lands. The Frankensteiner appears in ''No More Heroes'', where it is learned from watching [[Beef Head#Video Vol.4|the cassette of Thunder Ryu's seventh match]]''.
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* '''Power Bomb''': Touchdown grabs the head of his enemy, forcing them to bend forward. He then flips them on their back and hoists by their stomach, slamming them the moment his beam katana lands. The Power Bomb appears in ''No More Heroes'', where it is learned from watching [[Beef Head#Video Vol.4|the cassette of Thunder Ryu's seventh match]]''.''
   
 
* '''German Suplex''': Touchdown approaches his enemy from behind, clutching their torso, and bending himself back with full force, dropping and slamming the enemy on their head. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's head. Before his Ranking Battle with [[Destroyman]] Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique. The German Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes'' and ''Desperate Struggle''.
 
* '''German Suplex''': Touchdown approaches his enemy from behind, clutching their torso, and bending himself back with full force, dropping and slamming the enemy on their head. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's head. Before his Ranking Battle with [[Destroyman]] Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique. The German Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes'' and ''Desperate Struggle''.
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* '''Belly-to-Belly Suplex''': Touchdown reaches in and hugs his enemy, then bends backwards and falls onto the floor, landing on them and crushing their upper body. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's crotch. Before his Ranking Battle with [[Holly Summers]] Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique. The Belly-to-Belly Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes''.
 
* '''Belly-to-Belly Suplex''': Touchdown reaches in and hugs his enemy, then bends backwards and falls onto the floor, landing on them and crushing their upper body. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's crotch. Before his Ranking Battle with [[Holly Summers]] Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique. The Belly-to-Belly Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes''.
   
* '''Trap Suplex''': Touchdown hugs into his opponent's arms, which are wrapped around his waist. He then snaps their elbows out of place and suplexes backward, falling onto their upper body. His beam katana then lands in their chest. The Trap Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes'', during Touchdown's Ranking Battle against [[Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarskii]] where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
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* '''Trap Suplex/Double Arm Suplex''': Touchdown hugs into his opponent's arms, which are wrapped around his waist. He then snaps their elbows out of place and suplexes backward, falling onto their upper body. His beam katana then lands in their chest. The Trap Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes'', during Touchdown's Ranking Battle against [[Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarrskii]] where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
   
* '''Double Wrist Suplex''': Touchdown bends his opponent forward, extending both arms, then places himself underneath the foe. He then flips backward, crushing their right shoulder joint. Touchdown's beam katana then punctures the opponent's lung. Before his Ranking Battle with [[Bad Girl]] Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique. The Double Wrist Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes''.
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* '''Double Wrist Suplex/Double Wrist Armsault''': Touchdown bends his opponent forward, extending both arms, then places himself underneath the foe. He then flips backward, crushing their right shoulder joint. Touchdown's beam katana then punctures the opponent's lung. Before his Ranking Battle with [[Bad Girl]] Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique. The Double Wrist Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes''.
   
* '''Tiger Suplex''': Touchdown approaches his opponent from behind, locks their arms behind their back, and flips backward, slamming them on the head. His beam katana then lands into their face. The Tiger Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes'', during Touchdown's match with [[Henry]] where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
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* '''Tiger Suplex''': Touchdown approaches his opponent from behind, locks their arms behind their back, and flips backward, slamming them on the head. His beam katana then lands into their face. The Tiger Suplex appears in ''No More Heroes'', during Touchdown's match with [[Henry]] where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
   
 
==''NMH 2: Desperate Struggle'' Techniques==
 
==''NMH 2: Desperate Struggle'' Techniques==
 
As of ''Desperate Struggle'', all throws are Fatal Techniques, are automatically activated if a Beat Attack is a finishing attack, and allow a chance at [[Dark Side Mode]]. They also have variations depending on the size of the enemy.
 
   
 
===Normal Enemies===
 
===Normal Enemies===
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* '''Full Nelson Suplex''': Touchdown grabs the enemy from behind, placing them in a Full Nelson headlock, and then bends his back to the floor with full force, severely injuring his opponent's head and neck. While the fatal Full Nelson Suplex appears in ''Desperate Struggle'', the technique was previously used as a standard move in ''No More Heroes''.
 
* '''Full Nelson Suplex''': Touchdown grabs the enemy from behind, placing them in a Full Nelson headlock, and then bends his back to the floor with full force, severely injuring his opponent's head and neck. While the fatal Full Nelson Suplex appears in ''Desperate Struggle'', the technique was previously used as a standard move in ''No More Heroes''.
   
* '''Reverse Armsault''' ('''Double Underhook Suplex'''): Travis will bend the opponent forward, and will loop his arms through the opponents armpits, before flipping them backwards. This was used against Dr. Peace in the first ''No More Heroes''.
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* '''Reverse Armsault''' ('''Double Underhook Suplex'''): Travis will bend the opponent forward, and loops his arms through the opponent's armpits to secure the hold. He then lifts them up with all of his might, flipping them backwards and pulls out his arms as they violently land on their back. This was used against Dr. Peace in the first ''No More Heroes''.
   
 
*'''German Suplex''' : Touchdown approaches his enemy from behind, clutching their torso, and bends himself back with full force, dropping and slamming the enemy on their head. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's head. This was learned before facing Destroyman in ''No More Heroes''.
 
*'''German Suplex''' : Touchdown approaches his enemy from behind, clutching their torso, and bends himself back with full force, dropping and slamming the enemy on their head. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's head. This was learned before facing Destroyman in ''No More Heroes''.
   
* '''Belly-to-Belly Suplex''': Touchdown reaches in and hugs his enemy, then bends backwards and falls onto the floor, landing on them and crushing their upper body. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's crotch. The Belly-to-Belly Suplex appeared in ''No More Heroes'', used against Holly Summers.
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* '''Belly-to-Belly Suplex''': Touchdown reaches in and hugs his enemy, then bends backwards and falls onto the floor, landing on them and crushing their upper body. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's crotch. The Belly-to-Belly Suplex appeared in ''No More Heroes'', where it was used against Holly Summers.
   
*'''Trap Suplex''': Touchdown hugs into his opponent's arms, which are wrapped around his waist. He then snaps their elbows out of place and suplexes backward, falling onto their upper body. His beam katana then lands in their chest. The Trap Suplex appeared in ''No More Heroes'', during Touchdown's Ranking Battle against Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarskii where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
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*'''Trap Suplex''': Touchdown hugs into his opponent's arms, which are wrapped around his waist. As Travis suplexes backward, he lifts the opponent using their trapped arms as painful leverage, snapping their elbows out of place in the process, before they fall onto their upper body. As the opponent lays helpless, the beam katana then lands in their chest. The Trap Suplex appeared in ''No More Heroes'', during Touchdown's Ranking Battle against Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarrskii where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
   
*'''Twisted Belly to Back''' ('''Saito Suplex'''): Already learned from the Weekly Backdrops #1. Touchdown comes at an irregular angle behind the opponent, and then hoists them up before subduing them behind him. A non fatal rendition is used against [[Skelter-Helter]].
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*'''Twisted Belly to Back Suplex''': Already learned from the Weekly Backdrops 01, the "Twisted Belly to Back Suplex Special Issue." Touchdown comes in rushing at an irregular angle behind the opponent, and in their surprise, he hoists them up immediately before spinning 240 degrees and dropping them on the head behind him. As they lay face-first in an awkward position on the floor, the beam katana lands into the opponent's rectum. A non fatal rendition is used against [[Skelter-Helter]].
   
* '''Belly to Back Waistlock Suplex''' ('''High Angle Suplex'''): Learned from the Weekly Backdrops #2. Coming to the side of the opponent, Travis clutches at the waist of the opponent, before lifting them up and crashing them face down into the ground, the beam katana impaling their upper pelvis. Touchdown also used this against [[Nathan Copeland]].
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* '''Belly to Back Waist Lock Suplex''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 02, the "Belly to Back Waist Lock Suplex Special Issue." Coming to the left of the opponent, Travis clutches at the waist, before lifting them up high to aim a proper slamming to their upper body. Crash landing behind him, the beam katana impales their upper pelvis. Touchdown also used this against [[Nathan Copeland]].
   
*'''Spinning Backdrop Finisher''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops #3. Coming to the side of the opponent, Travis clutches at the waist and leg, lifting them onto his shoulder, before making a 180 degree turn to smash the upper body. Touchdown used this against [[Kimmy Howell]].
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*'''Spinning Backdrop''': A finisher learned from the Weekly Backdrops 03, the "Spinning Backdrop Edition." Coming to the side of the opponent, Travis clutches at the waist and leg, lifting them onto his shoulder, before making a 180 degree turn to fall back and smash their upper body with breakneck velocity. Touchdown used this against [[Kimmy Howell]].
   
*'''Backdrop Finisher''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops #5. A variation of the ''Spinning Back Drop Finisher'' where Travis instead will immediately slam them to the ground. This was used against [[Cloe Walsh]].
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*'''Backdrop''': A finisher learned from the Weekly Backdrops 05, the "Backdrop Finisher Edition." Coming to the left of the opponent, Travis clutches at the waist, but at a lower altitude. While lifting them up, Travis gradually tilts and flips the opponent until they are upside down, crashing them face first into the ground, stunning them as the beam katana pins them in the upper rectum. This was used against [[Cloe Walsh]].
   
*'''Tiger Driver''' '98: Learned from the Weekly Backdrops #6, ''Tiger Driver Limited Edition''. Travis bends the opponent forward, and locks their arms behind their upturned back, before lifting them up and then slamming them into the ground, backrolling out before the beam katana lands into their face. This moved is employed against [[Ryuji]].
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*'''Tiger Driver''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 06, the "Tiger Driver Limited Edition." Travis bends the opponent forward, and locks their arms behind their upturned back, before lifting them up and then mightily slamming them into the ground. As they lie completely helpless and grievously injured to the point of knockout and incapacitation, Travis backrolls out before the beam katana lands into their face. This moved is employed against [[Ryuji]].
   
*'''Shin Breaker to Suplex''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops #7. Coming to the side, Travis will clutch at the opponent's waist, while his left arm holds a kneeled left shin. Travis then falls back and hyperextends the knee while slamming them to the ground. This was used against [[Margaret Moonlight]].
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*'''Shin Breaker to Suplex''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 07, the "Shin Breaker to Suplex Special Issue." Coming to the side, Travis will clutch at the opponent's waist, while his left arm holds a kneeled left shin. Lifting them up at a high elevation as an advantage of the hold, Travis then falls back, slamming them headfirst onto the ground. This was used against [[Margaret Moonlight]].
   
*<s>'''High Angle Suplex'''</s> '''Gutwrench Suplex''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops #8. Facing the side of the opponent, Travis will clutch at their torso before suplexing back and driving their head into the ground at an awkward angle. As they lay on their sides, the beam katana falls into the ribs. This was used against [[Alice Twilight]].
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*'''High Angle Belly to Back Suplex''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 08, the "High Angle Belly to Back Suplex Special Issue." Facing the right side of the opponent, Travis will clutch at their torso before lifting them up high, and suplexing back, driving their head into the ground at an awkward angle, snapping the neck. As they lay on their sides, the beam katana falls into the ribs. This was used against [[Alice Twilight]].
   
 
*'''Tombstone Piledriver''': Touchdown grabs his opponent and spins them in the air, then turns them upside down and places them between his legs, crushing their head. While this move cannot be used in battle, the move was used before the battle against Ryuji. The Tombstone Piledriver appeared in ''No More Heroes''.
 
*'''Tombstone Piledriver''': Touchdown grabs his opponent and spins them in the air, then turns them upside down and places them between his legs, crushing their head. While this move cannot be used in battle, the move was used before the battle against Ryuji. The Tombstone Piledriver appeared in ''No More Heroes''.
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* '''Tiger Suplex''': Initially learned. Touchdown approaches his opponent from behind, locks their arms behind their back, and flips backward, slamming them on the head. His beam katana then lands into their face. The Tiger Suplex first appeared in ''No More Heroes'', during Touchdown's match with [[Henry]] where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
 
* '''Tiger Suplex''': Initially learned. Touchdown approaches his opponent from behind, locks their arms behind their back, and flips backward, slamming them on the head. His beam katana then lands into their face. The Tiger Suplex first appeared in ''No More Heroes'', during Touchdown's match with [[Henry]] where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
   
*'''Leg Hook Belly to Back Suplex''' : Learned from the Weekly Backdrops #4. Touchdown comes to the side of the opponent, and secures his arms around the leg and waist, lifting them up with frightening ease, before slamming them down as the beam katana impales their belly. Touchdown used a non lethal form on [[Matt Helms]].
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*'''Leg Hook Belly to Back Suplex''' : Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 04, the "Leg Hook Belly to Back Suplex Special Issue." Touchdown comes to the side of the opponent, and secures his arms around the leg and waist, lifting them up with frightening ease. At a high enough altitude, he drops them backwards down as the beam katana impales their belly. Touchdown used a non lethal form on [[Matt Helms]].
   
*'''Modified Tombstone Piledriver (Tilt-a-whirl Mat Slam)''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops #9. Facing the opponent, Travis will lift them up with ease, spinning them upside down, before driving their upper back to the ground. This move was used during the battle with [[Jasper Batt Jr.]]'s second form.
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*'''Modified Tomb Stone Piledriver''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 09, simply titled "Modified Tomb Stone Piledriver." Facing the opponent, Travis will lift them up with ease by locking his arms behind the opponent, spinning them upside down, before placing the opponent on his shoulder and making a triumphant leap, driving the back of their heads to the ground. This move was used during the battle with [[Jasper Batt Jr.]]'s second form.
   
*'''Giant Swing''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops #10, ''Giant Swing Kickass Edition''. Facing the enemy, they will attempt to grab him, but Travis will retaliate back by going for their legs and forcing them onto the ground, before spinning them and himself and throwing the enemy during a breakneck velocity. This move was used when the second form of Jasper Batt Jr. was weakened to half of his health.
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*'''Giant Swing''': Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 10, the "Giant Swing Kickass Edition." Facing the enemy, they will attempt to grab him, but Travis will retaliate back by going for their legs and forcing them onto the ground, before spinning them and himself and throwing the enemy during a breakneck velocity. As the enemy lays paralyzed from the neck down, the beam katana lands into their chest. This move was used when the second form of Jasper Batt Jr. was weakened to half of his health.
   
==References==
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==Trivia==
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*Some suplexes and throws have alternate names:
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**The High Angle Suplex is more commonly known as the Saito Suplex in real life.
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**The Modified Tombstone Piledriver is based on the Tilt A Whirl DDT; accurately, the throw has Travis position the thug's head to fall onto its lower back than at the crown or top of the skull.
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*Appropriately, throws have a strategic usage, as seen in ''No More Heroes 2'':
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**The Belly-To-Belly Suplex has a high chance of activating with High stance Beat Attacks and when thugs attack; this may be due to encroaching at an obvious weakness while ensuring their long weapons have no usefulness due to being at such a close range, and overwhelming them with capturing them with an unexpected hug.
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**The German Suplex and Trap Suplex always activates with the use of Low stance Beat Attacks when in back or front of a thug, respectively; this may be to how kicking at lower regions, especially the back of the pelvis or the stomach and groin, leaving them in immense pain, leaves them open and in an unbalanced crippled state where they cannot resist feasibly.
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**With Travis being at a smaller size than large and fat thugs, another suplex set specifically for them is due to their size disallowing throws he would use more commonly on other thugs. Appropriately, he uses more leverage based throws to take advantage of physics and harm them at their limbs to fully ensure they are helpless.
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**Fat thugs appropriately cannot be dealt with via the Modified Tombstone Piledriver; this is due to their obtuse body weight and shape.
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**Large and fat thugs always activates the Tiger Suplex when attacked from the back; this may be due help ensure leverage with their arms akin to the Trap Suplex to render them helpless and use their arms in painful leverage to further render them helpless upon impact with the pull being at their shoulder sockets. Seemingly in theme with revenge, large fist fighting thugs are also known to try and capture Travis in a hold for others to attack him; it is not out of tune for Travis to have a throw that makes them be on the receiving end for once.
   
 
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Revision as of 07:07, 27 December 2019

A throw is a technique in both installments of the No More Heroes video game series performed using the Wii Remote.

When an enemy stunned by a Beat Attack is grabbed, two arrows are displayed on the screen, the left representing the Nunchuk and the right representing the Wii Remote. Swinging the Nunchuk and Wii Remote in the directions of the arrows prompts protagonist Travis Touchdown to attack with a wrestling throw, otherwise the arrow cue will end and the enemy will continue to attack. The direction of these arrows, and thus the throw Touchdown uses against his foe, depends on the exact posture of his opponents as they are grabbed.

Depending on their game, Throws are more or less like Deathblows, though instead of attacking with the beam katana, they all usually involve using the throw's momentum to harshly slam the opponent into the ground, which the throw often places the enemy at a position which a most vulnerable part of the body is landed on, such as the spine or back of the head. Unlike the act of kayfabe in professional wrestling, these are extremely dangerous and unrestrained in their force, as Travis uses them in assassination and in a street fighting-like nature. Though they are deadly in themselves, often seeing the enemy paralyzed or in a state of trauma as the result of the force of the attack, many of them see Travis follow up with his beam katana having been thrown into the air and landing onto the opponent, "pinning" them often onto their vulnerable body.

Touchdown, a wrestling enthusiast, is already able to use several throws at the beginning of the first installment, however his arsenal of techniques can be expanded by watching cassettes available for purchase at Beef Head, as well as by acquiring notes pinned to wrestling masks throughout Extreme Murder Battle Stages. Also in the first title, after being imparted with the Technique of Affinity by Randall Lovikov, Touchdown is able to grab targets for his throwing maneuvers from an even greater distance.

As of Desperate Struggle, all throws are Fatal Techniques, are automatically activated if a Beat Attack is a finishing attack, and allow a chance at Dark Side Mode. They also have variations depending on the size of the enemy. All gained wrestling moves in Desperate Struggle are instead learned by the Backdrop Weeklys magazine after each Ranking Battle.

While throw techniques can be used on common thugs, they are more effective on ranked assassins, as they deliver more damage than Slash Combos.

No More Heroes Techniques

Standard moves

  • Take Down move: This throw is capable of subduing the enemy, allowing them to be defeated easier. The Take Down move appears in No More Heroes.
  • Full Nelson Suplex/Dragon Suplex: Touchdown grabs the enemy from behind, placing them in a Full Nelson headlock, and then bends his back to the floor with full force, severely injuring his opponent's head and neck.
  • Vertical Suplex/DDT: Touchdown tucks his opponent's head under his armpit, hoists them up, and falls back, slamming their head against the floor. The Vertical Suplex appears in No More Heroes.
  • Reverse Bulldog: Touchdown grabs the enemy's neck, before bending and rolling the enemy back while using the momentum of his fall to slam the back of their head. The Reverse Bulldog appears in No More Heroes.
  • Front Neck Chancery Drop: Touchdown tucks and squeezes his opponent's neck underneath his armpit, then suplexes them to the floor, crushing their back and disrupting their breathing. The Front Neck Chancery Drop is allegedly the first suplex technique Touchdown was taught, and before his Ranking Battle with Death Metal he finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember it. The Front Neck Chancery Drop appears in No More Heroes.
  • Reverse Armsault: Touchdown bends his enemy forward, locks his arms through their armpits and flips himself back, falling onto the opponent's upper body. The Reverse Armsault is allegedly the second suplex technique Touchdown was taught, and before his Ranking Battle with Dr. Peace he finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember it.
  • Captured (Capture Suplex): Touchdown grabs his enemy by their leg and the back of their neck and suplexes backward, slamming them in the back. Before his Ranking Battle with Shinobu Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique.

Fatal moves

Fatal moves are throw techniques used in tandem with the beam katana:

  • Tombstone Piledriver: Touchdown grabs his opponent and spins them in the air, then turns them upside down and places them between his legs, crushing their head. His beam katana then falls into the enemy. The Tombstone Piledriver appears in No More Heroes.
  • Quebradora Con Giro: Touchdown grabs the opponent by the torso and spins them onto their back, landing them onto Touchdown's knee and impaled them with his beam katana. The Quebradora Con Giro appears in No More Heroes, where it is learned from watching the Mask De Panther, the Tiger's Roar cassette.
  • Brainbuster Slam: Touchdown bends himself and the opponent forward, then tucks his head underneath the opponent's arm. Touchdown then lifts himself up, turns 180 degrees, and falls face-first, slamming his opponent into the ground. He then finishes his opponent by maiming their head with his beam katana. The Brainbuster Slam appears in No More Heroes, where it is learned from watching the Living Legend, Thunder Ryu cassette.
  • Huracanrana: Touchdown approaches his enemy from behind and leaps onto their shoulders, swings around, clutches their head with his legs, then flips onto his belly, with the enemy's head slamming against the floor. He then finishes off his foe by slicing their stomach with his beam katana. The Huracanrana appears in No More Heroes, where it is learned from watching the Mask De Panther, Master of the 4th Dimension cassette.
  • Power Bomb: Touchdown grabs the head of his enemy, forcing them to bend forward. He then flips them on their back and hoists by their stomach, slamming them the moment his beam katana lands. The Power Bomb appears in No More Heroes, where it is learned from watching the cassette of Thunder Ryu's seventh match.
  • German Suplex: Touchdown approaches his enemy from behind, clutching their torso, and bending himself back with full force, dropping and slamming the enemy on their head. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's head. Before his Ranking Battle with Destroyman Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique. The German Suplex appears in No More Heroes and Desperate Struggle.
  • Belly-to-Belly Suplex: Touchdown reaches in and hugs his enemy, then bends backwards and falls onto the floor, landing on them and crushing their upper body. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's crotch. Before his Ranking Battle with Holly Summers Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique. The Belly-to-Belly Suplex appears in No More Heroes.
  • Trap Suplex/Double Arm Suplex: Touchdown hugs into his opponent's arms, which are wrapped around his waist. He then snaps their elbows out of place and suplexes backward, falling onto their upper body. His beam katana then lands in their chest. The Trap Suplex appears in No More Heroes, during Touchdown's Ranking Battle against Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarrskii where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
  • Double Wrist Suplex/Double Wrist Armsault: Touchdown bends his opponent forward, extending both arms, then places himself underneath the foe. He then flips backward, crushing their right shoulder joint. Touchdown's beam katana then punctures the opponent's lung. Before his Ranking Battle with Bad Girl Touchdown finds a note from M. S. pinned to a luchador mask which helps him remember the technique. The Double Wrist Suplex appears in No More Heroes.
  • Tiger Suplex: Touchdown approaches his opponent from behind, locks their arms behind their back, and flips backward, slamming them on the head. His beam katana then lands into their face. The Tiger Suplex appears in No More Heroes, during Touchdown's match with Henry where he used a non-lethal form of the move.

NMH 2: Desperate Struggle Techniques

Normal Enemies

  • Full Nelson Suplex: Touchdown grabs the enemy from behind, placing them in a Full Nelson headlock, and then bends his back to the floor with full force, severely injuring his opponent's head and neck. While the fatal Full Nelson Suplex appears in Desperate Struggle, the technique was previously used as a standard move in No More Heroes.
  • Reverse Armsault (Double Underhook Suplex): Travis will bend the opponent forward, and loops his arms through the opponent's armpits to secure the hold. He then lifts them up with all of his might, flipping them backwards and pulls out his arms as they violently land on their back. This was used against Dr. Peace in the first No More Heroes.
  • German Suplex : Touchdown approaches his enemy from behind, clutching their torso, and bends himself back with full force, dropping and slamming the enemy on their head. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's head. This was learned before facing Destroyman in No More Heroes.
  • Belly-to-Belly Suplex: Touchdown reaches in and hugs his enemy, then bends backwards and falls onto the floor, landing on them and crushing their upper body. His beam katana then falls into the opponent's crotch. The Belly-to-Belly Suplex appeared in No More Heroes, where it was used against Holly Summers.
  • Trap Suplex: Touchdown hugs into his opponent's arms, which are wrapped around his waist. As Travis suplexes backward, he lifts the opponent using their trapped arms as painful leverage, snapping their elbows out of place in the process, before they fall onto their upper body. As the opponent lays helpless, the beam katana then lands in their chest. The Trap Suplex appeared in No More Heroes, during Touchdown's Ranking Battle against Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarrskii where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
  • Twisted Belly to Back Suplex: Already learned from the Weekly Backdrops 01, the "Twisted Belly to Back Suplex Special Issue." Touchdown comes in rushing at an irregular angle behind the opponent, and in their surprise, he hoists them up immediately before spinning 240 degrees and dropping them on the head behind him. As they lay face-first in an awkward position on the floor, the beam katana lands into the opponent's rectum. A non fatal rendition is used against Skelter-Helter.
  • Belly to Back Waist Lock Suplex: Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 02, the "Belly to Back Waist Lock Suplex Special Issue." Coming to the left of the opponent, Travis clutches at the waist, before lifting them up high to aim a proper slamming to their upper body. Crash landing behind him, the beam katana impales their upper pelvis. Touchdown also used this against Nathan Copeland.
  • Spinning Backdrop: A finisher learned from the Weekly Backdrops 03, the "Spinning Backdrop Edition." Coming to the side of the opponent, Travis clutches at the waist and leg, lifting them onto his shoulder, before making a 180 degree turn to fall back and smash their upper body with breakneck velocity. Touchdown used this against Kimmy Howell.
  • Backdrop: A finisher learned from the Weekly Backdrops 05, the "Backdrop Finisher Edition." Coming to the left of the opponent, Travis clutches at the waist, but at a lower altitude. While lifting them up, Travis gradually tilts and flips the opponent until they are upside down, crashing them face first into the ground, stunning them as the beam katana pins them in the upper rectum. This was used against Cloe Walsh.
  • Tiger Driver: Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 06, the "Tiger Driver Limited Edition." Travis bends the opponent forward, and locks their arms behind their upturned back, before lifting them up and then mightily slamming them into the ground. As they lie completely helpless and grievously injured to the point of knockout and incapacitation, Travis backrolls out before the beam katana lands into their face. This moved is employed against Ryuji.
  • Shin Breaker to Suplex: Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 07, the "Shin Breaker to Suplex Special Issue." Coming to the side, Travis will clutch at the opponent's waist, while his left arm holds a kneeled left shin. Lifting them up at a high elevation as an advantage of the hold, Travis then falls back, slamming them headfirst onto the ground. This was used against Margaret Moonlight.
  • High Angle Belly to Back Suplex: Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 08, the "High Angle Belly to Back Suplex Special Issue." Facing the right side of the opponent, Travis will clutch at their torso before lifting them up high, and suplexing back, driving their head into the ground at an awkward angle, snapping the neck. As they lay on their sides, the beam katana falls into the ribs. This was used against Alice Twilight.
  • Tombstone Piledriver: Touchdown grabs his opponent and spins them in the air, then turns them upside down and places them between his legs, crushing their head. While this move cannot be used in battle, the move was used before the battle against Ryuji. The Tombstone Piledriver appeared in No More Heroes.

Fat/Large Enemies

  • Captured (Capture Suplex): Initially learned. Touchdown grabs his enemy by their leg and the back of their neck and suplexes backward, slamming them in the back. While the fatal Captured appears in Desperate Struggle, the technique was previously used as a standard move in No More Heroes.
  • Tiger Suplex: Initially learned. Touchdown approaches his opponent from behind, locks their arms behind their back, and flips backward, slamming them on the head. His beam katana then lands into their face. The Tiger Suplex first appeared in No More Heroes, during Touchdown's match with Henry where he used a non-lethal form of the move.
  • Leg Hook Belly to Back Suplex : Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 04, the "Leg Hook Belly to Back Suplex Special Issue." Touchdown comes to the side of the opponent, and secures his arms around the leg and waist, lifting them up with frightening ease. At a high enough altitude, he drops them backwards down as the beam katana impales their belly. Touchdown used a non lethal form on Matt Helms.
  • Modified Tomb Stone Piledriver: Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 09, simply titled "Modified Tomb Stone Piledriver." Facing the opponent, Travis will lift them up with ease by locking his arms behind the opponent, spinning them upside down, before placing the opponent on his shoulder and making a triumphant leap, driving the back of their heads to the ground. This move was used during the battle with Jasper Batt Jr.'s second form.
  • Giant Swing: Learned from the Weekly Backdrops 10, the "Giant Swing Kickass Edition." Facing the enemy, they will attempt to grab him, but Travis will retaliate back by going for their legs and forcing them onto the ground, before spinning them and himself and throwing the enemy during a breakneck velocity. As the enemy lays paralyzed from the neck down, the beam katana lands into their chest. This move was used when the second form of Jasper Batt Jr. was weakened to half of his health.

Trivia

  • Some suplexes and throws have alternate names:
    • The High Angle Suplex is more commonly known as the Saito Suplex in real life.
    • The Modified Tombstone Piledriver is based on the Tilt A Whirl DDT; accurately, the throw has Travis position the thug's head to fall onto its lower back than at the crown or top of the skull.
  • Appropriately, throws have a strategic usage, as seen in No More Heroes 2:
    • The Belly-To-Belly Suplex has a high chance of activating with High stance Beat Attacks and when thugs attack; this may be due to encroaching at an obvious weakness while ensuring their long weapons have no usefulness due to being at such a close range, and overwhelming them with capturing them with an unexpected hug.
    • The German Suplex and Trap Suplex always activates with the use of Low stance Beat Attacks when in back or front of a thug, respectively; this may be to how kicking at lower regions, especially the back of the pelvis or the stomach and groin, leaving them in immense pain, leaves them open and in an unbalanced crippled state where they cannot resist feasibly.
    • With Travis being at a smaller size than large and fat thugs, another suplex set specifically for them is due to their size disallowing throws he would use more commonly on other thugs. Appropriately, he uses more leverage based throws to take advantage of physics and harm them at their limbs to fully ensure they are helpless.
    • Fat thugs appropriately cannot be dealt with via the Modified Tombstone Piledriver; this is due to their obtuse body weight and shape.
    • Large and fat thugs always activates the Tiger Suplex when attacked from the back; this may be due help ensure leverage with their arms akin to the Trap Suplex to render them helpless and use their arms in painful leverage to further render them helpless upon impact with the pull being at their shoulder sockets. Seemingly in theme with revenge, large fist fighting thugs are also known to try and capture Travis in a hold for others to attack him; it is not out of tune for Travis to have a throw that makes them be on the receiving end for once.