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When a character is [[Bound and Gagged|tied to a chair, bench, stool or other sitting device]], they usually try to pick their handcuffs, rub their ropes against a [[Conveniently Placed Sharp Thing]], or some other action that affects their bindings. Not so with the
This is ''not'' simply [[Breaking the Bonds]] - it usually is done by a normal human who is desperate enough to ram themselves into a wall just to damage the chair, or nearly break a limb leveraging it.
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* In ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', Mrs Peel gets handcuffed to a wooden chair. When the time comes, she swiftly breaks the chair and beats up the baddies with the sticks. At the end of the episode, as they stroll off across a golf course, Steed asks her what her handicap is. She shows him the chunk of wood still cuffed to one of her wrists.
== [[Video Games]]
* In the intro scenes of ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', Bruce Wayne rocks back and forth in a chair he's been tied to, and then escapes from his bonds once he (and it) topples to the ground.
* [[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]] waits until Franky is out of the room, and then falls backwards on his chair in order to crack the wood.
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