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[[Take My Hand]] meets [[The Power of Friendship]].
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* In ''[[Saint Beast|Seijuu Kourin Hen]]'' after a bunch of characters are sucked into hell and the rest jump in after them to save them, they try to form a <s>human</s> angelic chain. Slight variant in that a few are holding hands but most are holding onto the whip of the bottom-most guy while the winged character tries to fly back to the surface hauling 8 people this way. [[Rule of Cool]], I think.
* ''[[Naruto]]''. The title character will occasionally do this [[Me's a Crowd|all by himself]].
* Seen in ''[[Planetes]]''
* Occurs in the ''[[Pokémon (
** And in two other episodes, there's a long chain of Pikachu ("Pikachu's Goodbye") and Pichu ("The Apple Corp").
** ''Master Quest'' anime episode "Throwing in the Noctowl". Team Rocket forms one to save Misty's Togepi, who has fallen out of a plane.
** ''[[
** The end of the episode "As Clear As Crystal". After "blasting off again" (for the '''thitd''' time in the same episode), Team Rocket ends up hanging from the edge of a cliff. Then they're electrified by a Legendary Pokemon they tried to capture during the episode. They just can't win...
* In ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', the kids and their mons tried pulling this off to get Takato onto the Arc. Unfortunately, the end of the chain wa Culumon...but they get help from a returning Ruki and Kyuubimon.
* ''[[
* A standard technique of the Ham-Hams in ''[[
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has Lelouche jumping after Shirley when she falls from a roof and Suzaku grabbing onto Lelouches leg to catch them both. It is both a good example of, despite being enemies, Lelouche and Suzaku are still old friends totally insync with one another and a shining example of the [http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/236/792/3c2.jpg characters' unfortunate noodliness].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Superdickery
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[
* Seen in ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]''. Well, technically, it's a chain of monsters, although half of them are mutated humans.
* The film of ''[[Little Nemo in Slumberland]]'' does this near the end: All Nemo's friends hold onto him while he blast the Nightmare King with the magic staff.
* Disney's ''[[Mulan]]'': Mulan and the captain are about to fall off a cliff, but Mulan fires an arrow up into the heavens. We cut to Yao, who is distraught because he let go of the rope that could have saved them. As he says it, the rope [[Rule of Funny|falls into his hands]]; naturally, he's dragged away, but then the whole troop jumps on him in an attempt to save Mulan and the captain. Then [[The Big Guy]] arrives and gets the job done.
* During the original sky-is-falling panic recounted in ''[[
* Happens at the climax of ''[[
* Also happens in ''[[
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Riviera:
* One of Olimar's moves in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' has him forming a Chain of ''[[Pikmin]]'' to attack. It's useful to grab off ledges too.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Justice League]]'' had one when Flash is nearly sucked into an alternate dimension {{spoiler|after running so fast he taps into the Speed Force}}. First Hawkgirl, then Green Lantern, then everyone else joins hands as they try to pull Wally out.
* ''[[
* A variation in ''[[
* ''[[Captain Planet]]''. Kwame and Wheeler form an impromptu one after Ma-Ti falls off the Capitol while the gang is pursued by zombie drug addicts.
* ''What's New [[Scooby Doo]]?''. In one episode Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred form one to rescue Scooby Doo and six puppies.
* In the Mickey Mouse short "[[House of Mouse|Mickey Foils the Phantom Blot]]," Mickey, Goofy, and [[Donald Duck]] use this to get to the Phantom blot's airship.
* In ''[[Despicable Me]]'', the minions do this {{spoiler|to save Gru and Margo towards the end of the movie. And they do it ''really fast''.}}
* In the ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'' episode, ''"Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better"'' Tyler, Noah, Alejandro, Izzy and Owen end up danging off an icy cliff in that order as a result of Owen's stupidity. Thanks to Tyler's [[New Powers
* This happens twice in the Halloween special ''[[The Halloween Tree]]'': Once when the kids struggle to avoid getting sucked into a haunted house, and again when they form the tail of a giant kite.
* This occurred in three episodes of ''[[
** In the episode, "Chow About That", Lucky and Cadpig do this to rescue Rolly from the flowing river, but of course, once Lucky grabbed Rolly, his added weight caused the tree branch to break.
** In the episode, "Splishing and Splashing", Lucky, Rolly and Cadpig do this as a [[Tarzan]] impersanation to rescue Spot from an alligator.
** In the episode, "Animal House Party", all four of the main pups do this while hanging from a ceiling fan so they can brush Persian Pete.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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* Happens frequently in the various ''[[Scooby Doo]]''
== [[Real Life]] ==
* A mountain climbing team does this
* [
* In the Korean DMZ, whenever the South Korean troops manning the DMZ are opening a door that leads to the North Korean side, they routinely form this. More than one SK soldier or worker has been snatched and dragged across the border while doing so, requiring this precaution.
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[[Category:Just in Time Tropes]]
[[Category:Drama Tropes]]
[[Category:Index to The Rescue]]
[[Category:Friendship Tropes]]
[[Category:Hand Tropes]]
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