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* [[Banging for Help]] -- when a bound captive tries to make noise to get attention.

* [[Bench Breaker]] -- Instead of cutting their bindings with a [[Conveniently Placed Sharp Thing]], they break the bench or chair they are tied to.

* [[Chained to A Bed]] -- often played for comedy... but it can just as easily be played for drama.

* [[Chained to a Bed]] -- often played for comedy... but it can just as easily be played for drama.

* [[Chained to A Railway]] -- the classic "tied to the tracks" cliché.

* [[Chained to a Railway]] -- the classic "tied to the tracks" cliché.

* [[Chained to A Rock]] -- and left to die, either by a monster or by exposure.

* [[Chained to a Rock]] -- and left to die, either by a monster or by exposure.

* [[Combat Tentacles]] -- when the tentacles pierce or hurt their victim.

* [[Conveniently Placed Sharp Thing]] -- how many captives get free on their own.

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[~~Code Geass (Anime)|~~Code Geass]]'' has this increasingly through out the series. Nunally twice, Vileta once, Cornelia once and others. Kallen and Lelouch are, when captured, forced to wear straight jackets; CC has one as her ''daily clothing'. Also carried out the soldiers involved in the Chinese uprising. Why were they carrying ballgags with them again?

* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has this increasingly through out the series. Nunally twice, Vileta once, Cornelia once and others. Kallen and Lelouch are, when captured, forced to wear straight jackets; CC has one as her ''daily clothing'. Also carried out the soldiers involved in the Chinese uprising. Why were they carrying ballgags with them again?

* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Kuwabara is tied and gagged in the Chapter Black arc in order for Sensui to use his Jigen-tou to slice through the dimensions- first with Toguro-ani's body working through Gourmet, then with a conventional rope and gag.

* Akane from ''[[Ranma ½ ~~(Manga)~~|Ranma 1/2]]'' found herself in this predicament when Cologne tied her up and hid her in a storeroom, to keep her from interfering with Shampoo's plots. Surprisingly, even when Akane is [[Breaking the Bonds|more than capable of breaking free on her own]], she refused to do so because Ranma was being a great big Jerkass. This is a persistently common trope in the series. Another incident involved Pantyhose Taro holding her as a hostage, and keeping her gagged and bound with (you guessed it) pantyhose.

* Akane from ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]'' found herself in this predicament when Cologne tied her up and hid her in a storeroom, to keep her from interfering with Shampoo's plots. Surprisingly, even when Akane is [[Breaking the Bonds|more than capable of breaking free on her own]], she refused to do so because Ranma was being a great big Jerkass. This is a persistently common trope in the series. Another incident involved Pantyhose Taro holding her as a hostage, and keeping her gagged and bound with (you guessed it) pantyhose.

* ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'''s resident [[Damsel in Distress]] Fuu Kasumi seems to end up [[Bound and Gagged]] every other episode. It's a good thing at the start of the show she managed to get two capable Ronin in her debt to act as bodyguards (See [[Bodyguard Crush]]).

* This happens ''a lot'' on ''[[Demashita ~~Power Puff~~ Girls Z]]'' to the titular girls.

* This happens ''a lot'' on ''[[Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z]]'' to the titular girls.

* No gagging involved, but in ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'', Miu called Nobue to tell her that Matsuri was her prisoner and was being tied up with a long rope. She demanded 5000 yen (a little less than US$50) or she would remove Matsuri's panties. Nobue went over to find... {{spoiler|Miu tied up. Nobue took Miu's wallet, ''removed'' a 5000 yen note, and left over Miu's protests.}}

* [[Played for Drama]] in the second manwa of [[The Breaker]], ''New Waves.'' When it's revealed that the doctor who helped Shiwoon overcome several members of the S.U.C was only trying to get close to him, Shiwoon is then shown [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]. It turned out that the doctor was after him for the [[Phlebotinum]] he was [[Phlebotinum Rebel|given in the previous manwa.]] He's given two options: join the S.U.C, or have his blood turned into a powerful [[Phlebotinum]] that will help the S.U.C qonquer Seoul. Since the doctor is {{spoiler|responsible for his mother's severe injuries in an S.U.C. attack}}, he naturally refuses. So, the doctor promptly shoves a gag in his mouth and gets ready to turn him into a living blood bank.

* Tenma is captured, tied to a chair, and beaten by a dwarf Neo-Nazi crime lord in ''[[Monster (~~Anime~~)|Monster]]''. The scene is doubly valuable as a great demonstration of [[Heroic Spirit]] and [[Fetish Fuel]].

* Tenma is captured, tied to a chair, and beaten by a dwarf Neo-Nazi crime lord in ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''. The scene is doubly valuable as a great demonstration of [[Heroic Spirit]] and [[Fetish Fuel]].

* [[Anne Freaks|Yua Kotegawa]]'s first manga series ''[[Ottori Sousa]]'' was all about this trope for the first half of the series, before [[Growing the Beard]] into full-blown thriller detective manga. The main heroine, [[Joshikousei]] [[Distressed Damsel]] Mizuho Kubo was [[Fan Service|the designated character for this]], except a few cases where [[Idiot Hero]] Detective Tatsuya Akiba [[Distressed Dude|is caught by]] the [[Serial Killer|Psycho of the Week]].

* ''[[~~Hanaukyo Maid Tai (Anime)|~~Hanaukyo Maid Tai]] La Verite'' episode 6. In the [[Baseball Episode]] the maid acting as an umpire is kidnapped (and shown tied up and gagged) and replaced with a Technology Department <s>android</s> robot.

* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai]] La Verite'' episode 6. In the [[Baseball Episode]] the maid acting as an umpire is kidnapped (and shown tied up and gagged) and replaced with a Technology Department <s>android</s> robot.

* ''[[Ookami-~~San~~]]'': Okami gets tied up by some school bullies in episode 2.

* ''[[Ookami-san]]'': Okami gets tied up by some school bullies in episode 2.

* Happens to a few characters in ''[[Love Hina]]'', thanks in part to Kanako being adept at this sort of thing.

* Happens to often in ''[[Mnemosyne]]'', Episode 1, Rin is strapped down and tortured by Sayara. Episode 3, Rin is bound to the handrails of sinking ship. Episode 6, Rin is chained to a table and ball-gagged in front of a chained Angel by Laura. Then there is Apos' torture victim in various episodes.

* Happens quite a few times in the ''[[Pokémon (~~Anime~~)|Pokémon]]'' anime, this. In the episode "Just Add Water", Misty is tied up with Dorian with tape across her mouth.

* Happens quite a few times in the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime, this. In the episode "Just Add Water", Misty is tied up with Dorian with tape across her mouth.

* At one point in the RS arc of ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', Flannery gets kidnapped by Team Aqua. She ends up with her hands tied to her back and with tape across her mouth.

* [[Naruto]] gets tied up and gagged in one of the movies. As does Sasuke way back in Part 1, by Naruto, although he easily escapes.

* This happens to Orihime twice in ''[[~~Bleach (Manga)|~~Bleach]]'', although the first is only implied- Ulquiorra tells Orihime (who is upset because she believes one of her friends is dead) to eat. She refuses, so Ulquiorra tells her if she doesn't eat then he will strap her down and force it down her throat. We never see Orihime eat after that, so it's hard to tell if he followed up on this. Second time was with Grimmjow after he stole her out of her room to go heal Ichigo so Grimmjow could fight him properly.

* This happens to Orihime twice in ''[[Bleach]]'', although the first is only implied- Ulquiorra tells Orihime (who is upset because she believes one of her friends is dead) to eat. She refuses, so Ulquiorra tells her if she doesn't eat then he will strap her down and force it down her throat. We never see Orihime eat after that, so it's hard to tell if he followed up on this. Second time was with Grimmjow after he stole her out of her room to go heal Ichigo so Grimmjow could fight him properly.

* [[Inukami ~~(Anime)|Inukami~~]] of the played for laughs variety. Keita wants to use a magic pot to gain a harem but his [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] interrupts him so he tapes her. She breaks free so he uses chains, [[Running Gag|she breaks free again, he uses more chains etc.]]

* [[Inukami!]] of the played for laughs variety. Keita wants to use a magic pot to gain a harem but his [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] interrupts him so he tapes her. She breaks free so he uses chains, [[Running Gag|she breaks free again, he uses more chains etc.]]

* ''[[FLCL]]''. In episode 1 a hospital nurse ends up this way after she's [[Mugged for Disguise]] by Haruko to get her uniform.

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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

* In ''[[Aeon Natum Engel (Fanfic)|Aeon Natum Engel]]'', the Nazzadi loyalist is disabled in the way that resembles the way how [[Ghost in ~~The~~ Shell|Section 9]] restrain criminals, while giving a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream]]''.

* In ''[[Aeon Natum Engel (Fanfic)|Aeon Natum Engel]]'', the Nazzadi loyalist is disabled in the way that resembles the way how [[Ghost in the Shell|Section 9]] restrain criminals, while giving a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]''.

* Dr. Brainstorm ends up like this in ''[[~~Calvin and Hobbes The Series (Fanfic)|~~Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]''.

* Dr. Brainstorm ends up like this in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]''.

** Calvin's parents also get tied up, though they were asleep the whole time.

* Happens to the Kankers and then later to Jason, Marcus, and Charlie Brown in the ''[[Calvin ~~At Camp (Fanfic)|Calvin At~~ Camp]]'' episode "A Stalker's Life."

* Happens to the Kankers and then later to Jason, Marcus, and Charlie Brown in the ''[[Calvin at Camp]]'' episode "A Stalker's Life."

== [[Film]] - Animated ==

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== [[Film]] - Live-Action ==

* In ''[[A Clockwork Orange (~~Film~~)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', Alex and his droogs improvise ball gags out of rubber super balls and cellophane tape when they break into Frank Alexander's house. Works real horrorshow, too.

* In ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', Alex and his droogs improvise ball gags out of rubber super balls and cellophane tape when they break into Frank Alexander's house. Works real horrorshow, too.

* Ball-gags are used in ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' in the scene where Butch and Marsellus are captured by Zed and Maynard.

* The first half of the film ''[[The Transporter]]'' (staring Jason Statham) featured Shu Qi's character exclusively in this state.

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** In ''[[Head Above Water]]'' she gets tied to a chair with a ton of rope and gagged, tied up and gagged and carried over a shoulder, and later even tied up with her feet in cement. A comedy with tie-ups galore on one of the cutest women out there, Cameron Diaz.

** In ''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]'', she is tied to a chair as part of a somewhat faked kidnapping, then later seen tied up and gagged at a table while trying to play a card game, before she is blindfolded.

** In ''[[The Mask (~~Film~~)|The Mask]]'' she is tied to a post.

** In ''[[The Mask (film)|The Mask]]'' she is tied to a post.

** She's tied and gagged and locked in a cage in ''[[Being John Malkovich]]''.

* In the ''[[~~Charlies~~ Angels]]'' movie, Drew Barrymore's character is tied to a chair by some creep and gagged with a wide strip of duct tape with red lips drawn on it.

* In the ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' movie, Drew Barrymore's character is tied to a chair by some creep and gagged with a wide strip of duct tape with red lips drawn on it.

* A not-so-common, non-villainous example occurs in the exorcism scene from ''[[The Exorcism of Emily Rose]]''. The title character allows herself to be tied to her bed posts at one point to keep the demon possessing her from hurting herself or anybody else in the room. It doesn't work.

* [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Whats Up Tiger Lily]]?'' - villain Shepard Wong has the hero and his two girl assistants bound up. Several henchman walk out of the room as Wong mutters "Everyone shows up when we have girls to tie up!"

* ''[[~~Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|~~Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. The Nazis tie Marion Ravenwood to a pole in a tent and gag her. When Indy finds her, he starts untying her, but then realizes that if he does so the Nazis will start looking for them. This would prevent him from finding the Ark, so he ties her back up and puts her gag back on while she makes loud protests.

* ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. The Nazis tie Marion Ravenwood to a pole in a tent and gag her. When Indy finds her, he starts untying her, but then realizes that if he does so the Nazis will start looking for them. This would prevent him from finding the Ark, so he ties her back up and puts her gag back on while she makes loud protests.

* In the first ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' Will gets bound and gagged by the pirates who want to use his blood to break their curse. In the second film he's tied up in a [[Tribal Carry]] by the island natives when he's trying to find Jack. [[Running Gag|In the third film]] he is tied up and Waterboarded by Sao Feng's crew after he tries to break into their temple and steal to charts to World's End. [[Distressed Dude|We're starting to sense a pattern here...]]

* Parodied in ''[[Tongan Ninja]]'', with the [[Distressed Damsel|constantly kidnapped]] Miss Lee:

{{quote| "I'd like to see you escape now you've got ''tape on your mouth'' Miss Lee!}}

* In ''Who's Harry Crumb?'', [[Big Bad|Elliott]] winds up tied to a chair, gagged with duct tape, and then suspended in midair so that all he can do is get the chair to swinging. The lipstick mark left on the duct tape right over his mouth adds a bit more humor to the situation.

* In ''[[The Avengers (~~Film~~)|The Avengers]]'', Loki is chained and wears a metal muzzle, most likely to prevent him from using his silver tongue to try and talk his way out, as {{spoiler|Thor escorts him back to Asgard to face trial for his crimes on Earth.}}

* In ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', Loki is chained and wears a metal muzzle, most likely to prevent him from using his silver tongue to try and talk his way out, as {{spoiler|Thor escorts him back to Asgard to face trial for his crimes on Earth.}}

== [[Literature]] ==

* This trope is [[Older Than Feudalism]]. Odysseus willingly allows himself to be tied to his own mast when his ship sails past the sirens in ''[[~~The~~ Odyssey ~~(Literature)~~|The Odyssey]]''. The other sailors use his reactions as a gauge for when it's safe to unclog their ears.

* This trope is [[Older Than Feudalism]]. Odysseus willingly allows himself to be tied to his own mast when his ship sails past the sirens in ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''. The other sailors use his reactions as a gauge for when it's safe to unclog their ears.

* In Janny Wurts' book ''The Ships of Merior'', Dakar is gagged using the cloth-in-his-mouth method. However, he somehow ingests the sponge they used and escapes.

* Interesting usage in the obscure children's book ''[[Samantha Stone and ~~The~~ ~~Mermaids~~ Quest]]''. Samantha gradually learns the ability to teleport over the course of the story. After mistakenly teleporting right in front of an enemy, she is tied to a chair. She teleports out, and the guard is surprised to see a few scattered ropes lying on the chair. Later, they get the drop on her again and don't take any chances. Samantha is knocked unconscious, and bound - and gagged. When she wakes up, she can't cast the teleportation spell.

* Interesting usage in the obscure children's book ''[[Samantha Stone and the Mermaid's Quest]]''. Samantha gradually learns the ability to teleport over the course of the story. After mistakenly teleporting right in front of an enemy, she is tied to a chair. She teleports out, and the guard is surprised to see a few scattered ropes lying on the chair. Later, they get the drop on her again and don't take any chances. Samantha is knocked unconscious, and bound - and gagged. When she wakes up, she can't cast the teleportation spell.

* ''[[Nancy Drew]]''. Oh lord, [[Nancy Drew]]. Not as often as legend suggests, though. Earlier books (the series began publishing in 1930) featured the character bound and gagged in maybe one out of every four or five stories, usually incidental to being left somewhere like a sinking boat, water tank or airtight closet, but these scenes were revised into less dangerous situations or outright deleted from later print editions. Scenes where Nancy was forcibly restrained by male antagonists were considered to have a sexual undertone and they were altered or omitted alongside anything else considered dubious by the changing social and moral standards of the times, particularly the depiction of non-white characters and even - lamentably - Nancy's initially headstrong and outspoken proto-feminist persona, which abandoned her early love of cars and excitement for more fashion and boy-oriented concerns as the series progressed.

* [[The Hardy Boys]] went through a lot of this as well, at least in the blue hardcover books.

* Happens often enough in the ''[[Harry Potter (~~Literature~~)|Harry Potter]]'' series. Harry gets tied up by Quirrel in book one, is bound to a gravestone and gagged in ''The Goblet of Fire'', and the Inquisitorial Squad gags and restrains several of his friends in ''The Order of the Phoenix''. Finally the trio and Dean Thomas are tied up when they are taken to Malfoy Manor in the ''The Deathly Hallows''.

* Happens often enough in the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series. Harry gets tied up by Quirrel in book one, is bound to a gravestone and gagged in ''The Goblet of Fire'', and the Inquisitorial Squad gags and restrains several of his friends in ''The Order of the Phoenix''. Finally the trio and Dean Thomas are tied up when they are taken to Malfoy Manor in the ''The Deathly Hallows''.

** Snape does this to Lupin at the confrontation scene in ''Prisoner of Azkaban''.

** It should noted that all of these scenes are either changed/removed in the [[Harry Potter (~~Film~~)|film adaptations]], though they actually added a gagging scene in the first film, where Ron is briefly gagged by the Devil's Snare.

** It should noted that all of these scenes are either changed/removed in the [[Harry Potter (film)|film adaptations]], though they actually added a gagging scene in the first film, where Ron is briefly gagged by the Devil's Snare.

** Judging by the trailers, Harry's tied up and manhandled by Voldemort in ''[[The Deathly Hallows]] Part II''.

* Interesting usage in the kids' book ''[[Jennifer the Jerk Is Missing]]''. 8 year old Jennifer is tied and gagged, but she's so bratty, she laughs under her gag when her would-be rescuers (a 13 year old and another 8 year old) mess up and end up trapping themselves in a closet. Later, the would-be rescuers are themselves tied up and left that way overnight. The book's mood [[Mood Whiplash|ranges from silly to suspenseful]].

* In George Mann's ''The Osiris Ritual'', Veronica Hobbes is bound and gagged by the villain.

* ''[[Let's Go Play At the Adams]]'' is made of this. 20-year-old Barbara wakes up, on page 7, to find herself tied to a bed and gagged, by the kids she was supposed to babysit, and their teenage neighbors. Barbara is literally tied up all throughout the entire 300+ page book, in a huge variety of positions, as her captors have no intent whatsoever of letting her go. Tied to a chair, tied to a bed, tied to a bench, tied to a pole, tied in many different ways, ungagged so she can eat, then regagged... it's all over the place. It's even implied that one of the teens tied up one of the kids -- in her own words: "so tight that he tied my big toes together". It's also a genuinely gripping story, believe it or not, according to most reviews.

* ''[[Let's Go Play at the Adams]]'' is made of this. 20-year-old Barbara wakes up, on page 7, to find herself tied to a bed and gagged, by the kids she was supposed to babysit, and their teenage neighbors. Barbara is literally tied up all throughout the entire 300+ page book, in a huge variety of positions, as her captors have no intent whatsoever of letting her go. Tied to a chair, tied to a bed, tied to a bench, tied to a pole, tied in many different ways, ungagged so she can eat, then regagged... it's all over the place. It's even implied that one of the teens tied up one of the kids -- in her own words: "so tight that he tied my big toes together". It's also a genuinely gripping story, believe it or not, according to most reviews.

* In ''Burning Water'', by [[Mercedes Lackey]], one minor character realizes he's been targeted by a mind control spell and demands his brother (a cop, so he actually has handcuffs available) and his sister-in-law cuff him to the bed. It holds him long enough for two other characters to break the spell.

* Happens many times, in diverse ways, in ''[[The Candy Shop War]]''. An adult who wishes to help the kids out ties up their teacher and takes her place as a substitute. One of the bullies is later forced into a straitjacket and gagged, by that same adult (the bully had become the lackey of the [[Big Bad]], without realizing how evil she was). Later, some of the kids are wrapped up with magically controlled grass, then the girl is straitjacketed and gagged and taken as a hostage. Many good guys and bad guys, both kids and adults, are tied up or otherwise restrained.

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* ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''. It happens in a number of books to various characters through magical or physical meanings. Most popularly used by magic users in the form of bindings of air.

* Happens [[Once an Episode|Once A Book]] to [[Hot Scientist]] Dr. Fielding in the ''[[An Awfully Beastly Business]]'' books.

* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''[[~~Freckles (Literature)|~~Freckles]]'', the villains set a trap for Freckles and then tie him to a tree and gag him.

* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''[[Freckles]]'', the villains set a trap for Freckles and then tie him to a tree and gag him.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Occasionally happens in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Dawn, Buffy, Spike and others are get tied a few times throughout the series.

* In ''[[Uchuu Keiji Sharivan]]'', the villains captured four young girls. Those girls were blindfolded, tied each other, and placed in the cliff. The villains threaten to kill them if Sharivan interfere their plan.

* This will frequently happen to characters like [[Damsel Scrappy]]. Kim Bauer, daughter of Jack Bauer in ''[[~~Twenty Four~~]]'', was captured, bound, and gagged by the bad guys no less than three times over the course of the series (including by one [[Faux Mole]]). And once more in the video game, to boot.

* This will frequently happen to characters like [[Damsel Scrappy]]. Kim Bauer, daughter of Jack Bauer in ''[[24]]'', was captured, bound, and gagged by the bad guys no less than three times over the course of the series (including by one [[Faux Mole]]). And once more in the video game, to boot.

* An example of fantastical fare from Germany, ''[[Tom Turbo]]'', a series about a talking bicycle and the random kids who help it solve mysteries, has someone tied up in more than half the episodes. That someone could be anyone from an adult who needs rescuing to one of the main child characters. Or both at the same time.

* ''[[She Spies]]'' uses ropes and gags for its frequently-captured main characters. The show's mood is so light-hearted as to be downright corny.

* In the ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'' episode "Hunted", you would be forgiven for thinking that Dean like this was the main attraction, considering as most of the pictures released/trailers shown have him tied up. [[Fan Service|Guess they know who their audience is]].

* In the ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' episode "Hunted", you would be forgiven for thinking that Dean like this was the main attraction, considering as most of the pictures released/trailers shown have him tied up. [[Fan Service|Guess they know who their audience is]].

** And when Castiel had duct-tape over his mouth in "Changing Channels", livejournal icons of the scene popped up almost instantly.

** Supernatural also has it's fair share of girl tied up, either needing to be rescued by the heroes, or having been tied up by the heroes because they are monsters or possessed by demons.

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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': This happens to one of the Doctor's companions seemingly every other episode.

** Romana gets tied up about five times in "The Androids of Tara," which must surely be some sort of record.

** Rose gets bound in three of the first four episodes of series two of the new series. She is bound by Cassandra in "New Earth," then [[Chained to A Rock]] in "Tooth And Claw" to be eaten by the werewolf, then is bound to a torture rack in "The Girl In The Fireplace."

** Rose gets bound in three of the first four episodes of series two of the new series. She is bound by Cassandra in "New Earth," then [[Chained to a Rock]] in "Tooth And Claw" to be eaten by the werewolf, then is bound to a torture rack in "The Girl In The Fireplace."

** Adric and Turlough also got tied up, so at least the writers weren't being sexist.

** Happens to the Doctor himself in "The Caves of Androzani," Part 3.

** And in "The End of Time," Part 2: [[Worst Whatever Ever|"Worst Rescue Ever!"]]

** The Third Doctor is bound and gagged in ''Day Of The Daleks'', as is Jo Grant.

* ''[[The Avengers (TV)|The Avengers]]'' - Emma Peel. [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant|Routinely]]. The only times she ever seems remotely put out by this is when it looks like a related [[Death Trap]] might go off while she's still, ah, indisposed.

* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' - Emma Peel. [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant|Routinely]]. The only times she ever seems remotely put out by this is when it looks like a related [[Death Trap]] might go off while she's still, ah, indisposed.

* ''[[Burn Notice]]'' features an interesting variation, in which Fiona willingly gets this treatment, and stuffed in a trunk, to convince the villain of the week that Michael is a [[Eviler Than Thou|dangerous criminal]]. Several minor characters have been similarly tied up as bait in one of Michael's [[Xanatos Gambit|Xanatos Gambits]] as well. And then there's Mike pretending to be a crack addict, letting Sam tie him up and pretend to torture him.

* [[Dexter|Dexter's]] playmates are mostly bound and gagged when he's having his... fun with them.

* ''[[~~NCIS (TV)|~~NCIS]]'' At one point or another, Jenny, Ziva, Paula Cassidy, EJ and Palmer all end up this way, not always with the gagging. It should be noted that while those are mostly female names on the list, the show does ''not'' have a [[Fetish Fuel]] or [[Distresssed Damsel]] bent. It seems to be mostly coincidence.

* ''[[NCIS]]'' At one point or another, Jenny, Ziva, Paula Cassidy, EJ and Palmer all end up this way, not always with the gagging. It should be noted that while those are mostly female names on the list, the show does ''not'' have a [[Fetish Fuel]] or [[Distresssed Damsel]] bent. It seems to be mostly coincidence.

* An episode of ''[[Castle]]'' sees the main character being bound and gagged by his daughter to see how he can escape [[It's for A Book|for a book idea]]. Said daughter takes the chance to empty his wallet to go shopping.

* An episode of ''[[Castle]]'' sees the main character being bound and gagged by his daughter to see how he can escape [[It's for a Book|for a book idea]]. Said daughter takes the chance to empty his wallet to go shopping.

* ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]''. Early in the episode, Zhangliao captures Daigo, Kazu and Lin and ties them on three poles and gives each of them a gag.

* Subverted in a ''[[~~CSI (TV)|~~CSI]]'' episode where there was an apparent robbery of priceless antiques with the guard bound with a long length of duct tape. However Gill Grissom's first clue that the robbery was as a fake was when he discovered that by the position of the tied up guard and nearby fixtures, the evidence strongly suggested that the guard tied himself up.

* Subverted in a ''[[CSI]]'' episode where there was an apparent robbery of priceless antiques with the guard bound with a long length of duct tape. However Gill Grissom's first clue that the robbery was as a fake was when he discovered that by the position of the tied up guard and nearby fixtures, the evidence strongly suggested that the guard tied himself up.

* Happens to ''Artie'' of all people in the Season 1 finale of ''[[Warehouse 13]]''. The gag is a NUKE that {{spoiler|1=MacPherson put in his mouth}}.

* In ''[[Papiny Dochki]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PDeUcitq7k Maria is caught by guards, tied, and gagged].

* 1960's ''[[Batman (TV)|Batman]]'' episode ""Catwoman's Dressed to Kill". Catwoman orders an already bound Batgirl to be gagged to stop her backtalk.

* 1960's ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' episode ""Catwoman's Dressed to Kill". Catwoman orders an already bound Batgirl to be gagged to stop her backtalk.

* This happened to ''[[The Monkees]]'' a number of times.

* ''[[VR Troopers]]'' Kaitlin, the [[Action Girl]], was captured, bound, and gagged as bait to lure her friends into a [[Death Trap]].

* In ''[[Justified (TV)|Justified]]'', Quarles likes to bind and torture male hustlers. In "The Man Behind the Curtain," Sammy Tonin mentions the rentboy back in Detroit whom Quarles left in a coma, an incident that played a role in Quarles' exile to Kentucky. Several episodes show Brady gagged, nearly naked, and bound to a bed in Quarles house before Quarles presumably kills him. At the end of "Guy Walks into a Bar," Donovan is shown bound and gagged in a bathroom as a naked Quarles approaches.

* In ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'', Quarles likes to bind and torture male hustlers. In "The Man Behind the Curtain," Sammy Tonin mentions the rentboy back in Detroit whom Quarles left in a coma, an incident that played a role in Quarles' exile to Kentucky. Several episodes show Brady gagged, nearly naked, and bound to a bed in Quarles house before Quarles presumably kills him. At the end of "Guy Walks into a Bar," Donovan is shown bound and gagged in a bathroom as a naked Quarles approaches.

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== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

* Diana Palmer from ''[[The Phantom (~~Comic~~ ~~Strip~~)|The Phantom]]'' - it seemed in the early years nearly every story had Diana kidnapped and tied and gagged by an assortment of villains.

* Diana Palmer from ''[[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Phantom]]'' - it seemed in the early years nearly every story had Diana kidnapped and tied and gagged by an assortment of villains.

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* A rather unique example happens in the game ''[[Portal (~~Video Game~~)|Portal]]'', where GlaDOS might have been modeled after a bound and gagged woman hanging upside down (as demonstrated [http://www.game-ism.com/2008/04/04/still-alive-shes-free/ in this fan art]), making her even creepier.

* A rather unique example happens in the game ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', where GlaDOS might have been modeled after a bound and gagged woman hanging upside down (as demonstrated [http://www.game-ism.com/2008/04/04/still-alive-shes-free/ in this fan art]), making her even creepier.

* Unusual for the ''[[Myst]]'' series, with its distinct lack of violence, in ''Myst IV'', a preteen girl, Yeesha, is kidnapped and later seen, first in flashbacks and later in person, tied and strapped to a chair, with rope reinforcing the straps. In a flashback, she struggles mightily and appears to be crying. She's also played by a live action actress, due to the game's use of FMV crossed with prerendered backgrounds.

* ''[[~~Grabbed By the Ghoulies (Video Game)|~~Grabbed By the Ghoulies]]'' has so many tied up people scattered around the mansion in so many ways that it probably counts as [[Fetish Fuel]]. Tied in almost any method you can think of. [http://img.jeuxvideo.fr/00155169-photo-grabbed-by-the-ghoulies.jpg Example 1] [http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/ghoulies_052303_09_640w.jpg Example 2] The game itself, however, was a massive flop.

* ''[[Grabbed By the Ghoulies]]'' has so many tied up people scattered around the mansion in so many ways that it probably counts as [[Fetish Fuel]]. Tied in almost any method you can think of. [http://img.jeuxvideo.fr/00155169-photo-grabbed-by-the-ghoulies.jpg Example 1] [http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/ghoulies_052303_09_640w.jpg Example 2] The game itself, however, was a massive flop.

* Happens at least once per game in the ''[[Monkey Island]]'' series...except for the first game. This is ironic because the first game actually centered around a kidnapping and subsequent rescue attempt.

* iPod Touch game ''Wild Wild Train'' features cutscenes telling a story of a damsel in distress. The cutscenes are done using actual photographs of actual actors playing the damsel, villain and hero, all of whom are silent film stereotypes. And the damsel is tied up and gagged and blindfolded, quite well. It's enough to make you wonder... [http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9987/cutscenecol.png A collage of 9 of the cutscenes]

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* Early in ''[[Wandering Hamster]]'', Bob gets tied up {{spoiler|by Skeppio and Rathmara}} to summon Jormungandling and kill him. They [[Hopeless Boss Fight|fail]] and Bob ends up [[Womb Level|in his belly]].

* In ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]'', Mon-Mon asks you to tie Yo's hands so he doesn't thrash around {{spoiler|while he's sewing the gunshot wound closed}}. The result is very much [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]].

* Has happened to [[Max Payne (~~Video Game~~)|Max Payne]] at least once in his career.

* Has happened to [[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]] at least once in his career.

{{quote| '''Max Payne:''' He had a baseball bat and I was tied to a chair. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do.}}

* In ''[[Batman Arkham City]]'', you find Harley Quinn this way. Batman can ungag her to obtain some information and regag her after he's done.

* In ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', you find Harley Quinn this way. Batman can ungag her to obtain some information and regag her after he's done.

* Though not with the gag, [[Blaz Blue|Relius Clover]] during his Astral invoked this when used against some characters. Of course, this being [[Mad Scientist|him]], it invoked a far worse image. The only person he ever gags was [[Badass Grandpa|Valkenhayn]] and it was justified because restraining a werewolf without a gag is disastrous.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* In one arc of ''[[~~Casey and Andy (Webcomic)|~~Casey and Andy]]'', Andy and his girlfriend are captured and tied up by the Mime Assassin. Casey's girlfriend is [[Satan]], but she's [[Too Kinky to Torture]], and is enjoying being tied up too much to bother to rescue Andy.

* In one arc of ''[[Casey and Andy]]'', Andy and his girlfriend are captured and tied up by the Mime Assassin. Casey's girlfriend is [[Satan]], but she's [[Too Kinky to Torture]], and is enjoying being tied up too much to bother to rescue Andy.

* Happens to Bleu 3 times in ''[[~~Cuanta Vida (Webcomic)|~~Cuanta Vida]]'', the first time alongside Scout.

* Happens to Bleu 3 times in ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'', the first time alongside Scout.

* Used more than once in ''[[The Cyantian Chronicles]]''.

* ''[[~~Memoria (Webcomic)|~~Memoria]]'' [http://memoria.valice.net/?p=436 Matty, here]

* ''[[Memoria]]'' [http://memoria.valice.net/?p=436 Matty, here]

* Has happened more than once in ''[[Collar 6]]''. Then again, the comic is about bondage, so this isn't a surprise.

* ''[[~~Shiniez (Webcomic)|~~Shiniez]]'', being about BDSM, tends to feature this a lot.

* ''[[Shiniez]]'', being about BDSM, tends to feature this a lot.

* Appears frequently in ''[[~~Demon Candy Parallel (Webcomic)|~~Demon Candy Parallel]]''. [[Rule of Three|It's also about bondage]].

* Appears frequently in ''[[Demon Candy Parallel]]''. [[Rule of Three|It's also about bondage]].

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* Happens to the two female leads in the independent film ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahphe3lXAo Green Eyed Monsters]''. They pretty much spend 80% of the movie tied up. Strong language warning on this one. It's certainly not made by kids.

* Think of your favourite animated female character. Whoever it is, anyone from [[Haruhi Suzumiya ~~(Light Novel)~~|Mikuru Asahina]] to Erin Esurance, [[Rule 34|someone out there is drawing pictures of her]] tied up, and likely posting them on [[Deviant ART]].

* Think of your favourite animated female character. Whoever it is, anyone from [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Mikuru Asahina]] to Erin Esurance, [[Rule 34|someone out there is drawing pictures of her]] tied up, and likely posting them on [[Deviant ART]].

* About two-thirds into [http://www.gamingpixie.com/43/all-videos/gamereviews/gaming-pixie-reviews-the-white-chamber/ this review] by [[The Gaming Pixie]]. With ghostly demonic hands involved, no less.

* [[That Guy With ~~the~~ Glasses]] seems to like this trope and use it in an equal-opportunity fashion:

* [[That Guy With The Glasses]] seems to like this trope and use it in an equal-opportunity fashion:

** [[Atop the Fourth Wall ~~(Web Video)~~|Linkara]] has been tied up twice, once by Sage and the other time by Mechakara. The former had a gag involved.

** [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] has been tied up twice, once by Sage and the other time by Mechakara. The former had a gag involved.

** [[~~The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|~~The Nostalgia Critic]] was held hostage by the Game Heroes and was tied up with a bag over his head. The bag's pulled off at the start, but he's still squirming and getting manhandled throughout the promo.

** [[The Nostalgia Critic]] was held hostage by the Game Heroes and was tied up with a bag over his head. The bag's pulled off at the start, but he's still squirming and getting manhandled throughout the promo.

** [[Paw Dugan]] was tied to a chair and had his legs shaved by [[Pushing Up Roses]].

** [[~~The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|~~The Nostalgia Chick]] had her hands tied with a red bowtie when Dark Nella took over her show and the Makeover Fairy was tied up in the bath while her make-up was scraped off.

** [[The Nostalgia Chick]] had her hands tied with a red bowtie when Dark Nella took over her show and the Makeover Fairy was tied up in the bath while her make-up was scraped off.

** The Ghost Of Christmas Future tied [[Obscurus Lupa]] to a chair with tape and tinsel in order to try and get the Critic to a Christmas Carol parody.

** Elisa was taped up on a couch courtesy of Team B in ''[[Suburban Knights]]''.

** The Chick stunned [[The Spoony Experiment ~~(Web Video)~~|Spoony]] in the face, tied him up with extension cord and gagged him with a sock at the start of their ''[[Dune]]'' IRiff. She's also kidnapped and tied up [[Todd in ~~The~~ Shadows]] at least five times. <ref> Add on her chloroforming of the Critic and you start to get a good reason why the fangirls love her.</ref>

** The Chick stunned [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] in the face, tied him up with extension cord and gagged him with a sock at the start of their ''[[Dune]]'' IRiff. She's also kidnapped and tied up [[Todd in the Shadows]] at least five times. <ref> Add on her chloroforming of the Critic and you start to get a good reason why the fangirls love her.</ref>

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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* All the time on ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''. Every single episode. More than once.

** Funny thing is she has only been gagged once. 90% of the Hooded Claw's schemes probably would have worked if he hadn't overlooked that, but then we wouldn't have a show, would we?

* April O'Neil in the 1987s ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 ~~(Animation)~~|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', who always ended up being bound and gagged by the bad guys several times, especially during the earlier seasons, to the point that the turtles can even recognize her mumbles.

* April O'Neil in the 1987s ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', who always ended up being bound and gagged by the bad guys several times, especially during the earlier seasons, to the point that the turtles can even recognize her mumbles.

* ''[[Totally Spies]]'', where it happens in almost every episode. Given the cheesy, simplistic plots, it's one of the reasons many [[Fetish Fuel|people watch the show]].

* In the classic ''[[George of the Jungle]]'', this has happened to Ursula in the episodes "Desperate Showers", "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seed" and "A Man for all Hunting Seasons".

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* Happens all the time in ''[[Peter Pan and The Pirates]]''.

* Not as often as you might think for a character nicknamed "[[Scooby Doo|Danger-Prone Daphne]]," but regularly enough to deserve an honorable mention.

* Happens in most episodes of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series ~~(Animation)~~|Batman the Animated Series]]'' to one character or another. Most notably, Catwoman finds herself on a [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]] being carried toward a cat food grinder in the episode "Almost Got 'Im", but this is far from the only example.

* Happens in most episodes of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' to one character or another. Most notably, Catwoman finds herself on a [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]] being carried toward a cat food grinder in the episode "Almost Got 'Im", but this is far from the only example.

* Kayley in ''[[Quest for Camelot]]'', near the end.

* Pretty much every major character other than Batman, Nightwing, and Ra's Al Ghul is tied up at one point or another in ''[[Batman Under the Red Hood]]''.

* Pretty much every major character other than Batman, Nightwing, and Ra's Al Ghul is tied up at one point or another in ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]''.

* Happens quite a bit in ''[[~~Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|~~Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Of course, since pretty much every single character in this show kicks ass, more often then not its [[Badass in Distress]].

* Happens quite a bit in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Of course, since pretty much every single character in this show kicks ass, more often then not its [[Badass in Distress]].

* ''[[Goldie Gold and Action Jack]]'' had both titular characters being [[Bound and Gagged]]. One instance had a henchwoman [[Standard Female Grab Area|grabbing both Goldie's arms from behind]], and Goldie spends the next half-minute pinned right in front of her captor.

* [[Up to Eleven]] with Tails from ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.

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** "Luminians on the Loose". Jimmy Olsen gets this treatment from Lex Luthor.

* [[Candle Jack]] has been known for doing this to whoever [[Speak of the Devil|says his name]]. Which happens a lot, so he's [[Gonna Need More Trope|always gonna need more rope]] becau

* Happens to [[Red Hot Riding Hood|Red]] in the direct-to-DVD movie ''[[~~Tom and Jerry (Animation)|~~Tom and Jerry]] Meet Sherlock Holmes''.

* Happens to [[Red Hot Riding Hood|Red]] in the direct-to-DVD movie ''[[Tom and Jerry]] Meet Sherlock Holmes''.

* Mickey and Minnie are [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bxVZ7GvshNg/Sus7B68k3gI/AAAAAAAAB3E/-TDOvnUsd3E/s320/Shanghaied+1.jpg tied up and gagged] in the old cartoon "Shanghied."