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== Anime & Manga ==
* The net version happened in an episode of ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' (the one with the test of courage).
* Team Rocket in the ''[[Pokémon (
* The little girl in ''The Noozles'', Sandy, gets caught in a snare set by a kiwi she is following in an episode. With her wearing a dress, the shot of her upside down is of head and shoulders only.
* In episode 4 of ''[[Prétear]]'', Himeno gets caught in a snare trap whilst attempting to search the woods for demon larvae, one apparently set by the butler to protect the grounds from intruders.
* One episode of ''[[Full Metal Panic Fumoffu]]'' has Sôsuke getting the wrong end of the
* ''[[Maburaho]]'' has a scene in which Kuriko is dangled upside down by her foot in a magical snare and is rather annoyed at the fact, folding her arms in annoyance without even bothering to hold her skirt up. She was only in female company, but still...
* Arika in episode 14 of ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' gets caught in a snare by a bunch of thugs that want to 'remove her ability to be an Otome'.
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== Comic Books ==
* [[Tintin
* Elaine in ''[[Lucifer (
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== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[Heavy Metal (
* On ''[[Brother Bear]]'', Kenai gets caught in one and is rescued by Koda, much to his embarrassment.
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The net version happened in ''[[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]]'', though it's Chewie who pulls the meat from the tree despite being told not to which triggers the trap.
* ''[[Predator]]''. The team sets up a net trap to catch the title monster. It works, but not for
* ''[[Friday the 13th (
* ''[[Time Bandits]]''. The title group is caught and left hanging in snares set by Robin Hood.
* The tree-snare variant of this happens to Beck, the main character of ''The Rundown'', much to the amusement of Travis, who he's been assigned to take back to Chicago:
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* Happens to Will Turner early in the second ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' movie.
* Arch is caught in a snare in ''[[April Fools' Day]]'', right next to a poisonous snake.
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== Literature ==
* In [[Watership Down]] Bigwig gets caught in a snare.
* In ''[[
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** In season two, a man who calls himself "Henry", who is actually {{spoiler|Ben}} gets caught in one of Rousseau's nets, and she suspects him of being an Other.
* ''Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off'': Giles Wemmbley-Hogg gets stuck in a snare while wandering the jungle in Bolivia, and spends the end of the episode suspended upside-down eating from a bag.
* In the ''[[
* A black-and-white episode of ''[[Lassie (TV series)|Lassie]]'' has young Timmy caught in a snare intended for a loose wildcat who sees him hanging like grapes on a bough. Lassie arrives to kick the wildcat's tuchus.
* Happens in ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', episode "Dangerous Prey", where one character is caught by both her ankles in a snare set to catch humans.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Basic ''[[Hackmaster]]''. The ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' [[Comic Book]] #164 had the spell ''Sure Grip Snare''. It will grab a victim and hold them upside down five feet above the ground.
* ''[[Dungeons
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== Web Comics ==
* This happened at some point in ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[King of the Hill]]'': Hank and Boomhaur got snared, and Bill tripped the wire for one but was too fat for the tree to pull him up. He removed the foot-lasso and ran to get help but fell into a drop pit (if that's what they're called).
* In an episode of ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', Johnny gets his head stuck in tree simply due to its massive size and a forked branch. Initially the title heroes attempt to save him for rescue payment, but soon become distracted by a more profitable scam. He is stuck offscreen until the end of the episode when he frees himself in order to exact
* One ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short has Foghorn Leghorn seeing Henery building a snare trap and points out how a smart chicken like him would just jump over it... which is just was Henery wanted, as the spot Foghorn lands is where the trap door was.
* Seen on the ''[[
* On ''[[The Simpsons (
* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' episode "Treasure of the Temple". While the Quest team is traveling to the temple, a native cuts a line and one of the bearers is hauled into the air by the ankle.
* ''[[Taz
* Happens several times on ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]]'', with Fred the guy responsible for them.
* In the animated ''[[Punky Brewster]]'' episode "Punky to the Rescue", Margaux has one foot in a snare posing as bait for a so-called swamp monster, but in a case of animator's discretion she is shown standing upright with her snared foot raised and not hanging upside down because she's wearing a dress.
* In some instances, getting hung upside down in any tether isn't relegated to just snares but usually occur either by accident or as part of a story device. The 1951 [[Mighty Mouse]] cartoon ''Sunny Italy'' opens with such a story device, showing Pearl Pureheart dangling by one foot from the Leaning Tower of Pisa at the behest of the villain Oil Can Harry.
* In ''[[
* Happened fairly regularly in the old ''Sylvanian Families'' syndicated cartoon. Usually to the villain, Packbat, stumbling into one of his own 'silly-vanian traps'.
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