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'''Brad''': And while they don't like each other at first, they come to respect and care for one another by the end.
'''Lucy''': You've seen it.
'''Brad''': No, but I [[Genre Savvy|know what you're getting at]]. And I don't want [[An Aesop|a moral lesson]] in tolerance and cooperation. I just want to get through the next couple of hours without committing murder.
|''[[Hey Dude]]''}}
Two, usually diametrically opposed, characters are chained or handcuffed together for the duration. [[An Aesop]] occurs. In the right genre, may result in a forced [[Enemy Mine]]. May be employed in a symbolic manner and progress into [[Chains of Love]]. In other genres, it will be played for laughs as both characters will then try to carry on with their (often conflicting) activities despite the handicap. Also odds are good they'll want to hide what happened, letting them make up a wild story as to why they are holding one another's hand. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
Can overlap with [[Working on the Chain Gang]] when this trope occurs between escaping prisoners; if so, might also overlap with [[Great Escape]]. If it's an adhesive that locks them together, it's a [[Sticky Situation]].
See also [[Locked in a Room]], [[With My Hands Tied]].
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{{examples}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': An attack by a Daimon handcuffs Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus together for an episode. This serves as a plot device since they'd been at odds since they ran into each other and have avoided contact. Being stuck together helps each to understand how the other thinks.
* Anime variation: In ''[[Death Note]]'', L decides to keep Light under supervision by handcuffing himself to Light. Although L still suspects Light of being Kira, they become friends over this time, mainly because a type of [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] has erased Light's memories of being Kira. Once the memories return and the handcuffs are off, however, [[Magnificent Bastard|Light continues to act as L's friend while plotting his death]].
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* In a side story of ''[[Kamichama Karin]]'', Karin messes around with the [[Transformation Trinket|magic rings]] and ends up [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|getting her hand stuck to]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Kazune's]]. Instead of having to make excuses for cuffs, they have to avoid being seen with their hands stuck together or face the wrath of Kazune's [[Fan Girl|Fangirls]]. This leads to some [[Hilarity Ensues|rather funny]] moments where Kazune has to go to the bathroom and where they have to change for gym. The latter leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] where their enemy walks in on them in a... [[Not What It Looks Like|compromising position]].
* In the manga as well as an episode of ''[[Princess Resurrection]]''. Reiri and Riza, a vampire and a half-werewolf respectively, end up getting handcuffed together by Hime as she needs them for a rescue mission knowing full well they would object to it if they had to work together.
**
* Happened to Tsukune and Ruby in ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'', with the twist that every time Tsukune used his powers, Ruby would get electrocuted. [[Too Kinky to Torture|She didn't mind]].
* A recent ''[[Naruto]]'' filler episode recounts an instance where the original Team Kakashi faced a gang of thieves lead by [[Captain Ersatz|Ninja Spiderman]](the guy even webswings in one scene). Naruto and Sasuke wind up with their hands webbed together for the remainder of the flashback. During the [[Hilarity Ensues]] scene of trying to seperate themselves, [[Ho Yay|they accidentally kiss...]] again.
{{quote|'''Sasuke''': "[[Lampshade Hanging|Why is it always you?]]"}}
*
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲* This trope is subverted in ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]''. Keiichi is worried that Belldandy finds being magically chained to him to be painful…only to discover that she more or less enjoys it. Skuld doesn’t though. She wants to break those chains. Urd wants them to more or less be wrapped together though.<br />
▲== Comic Books ==
* Piper and Trickster, a pair of semi-reformed [[DC Comics]] supervillains, were handcuffed together after being arrested for complicity in the death of Flash. They escaped, but were unable to remove the handcuffs. The twist is that Piper is gay, and Trickster is, well, slightly homophobic.
** Slightly? Constantly making gay jokes is more like it. Near the end of the storyline, it seems like it's going to become Canon [[Ho Yay]] {{spoiler|just before Trickster does a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and jumps in front of a bullet aimed for Piper.}}
** [[Word of God]] claims that the storyline was [[Follow the Leader|intentionally based]] off of ''[[The Defiant Ones]]''.
* Hammer and Anvil are two villains in [[Marvel Comics]], one black and one white, connected with an alien device that gives them superpowers. Clearly inspired by the source material.
* The [[Nintendo Comics System]] story ''[http://www.smbhq.com/users/comics/smbf6.gif The Buddy System]''.
* Spencer Smythe was a ''[[Spider-Man]]'' villain, who was hired by J. Jonah Jameson to create robots to catch Spider-Man. When he got fatal
== [[Film]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
* The [[Trope Codifier]]: ''[[The Defiant Ones]]''.
* [[Alfred Hitchcock]] used this in ''[[The Thirty-Nine Steps]]''.
* In ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' Roger handcuffs himself to Eddie Valiant to get him to help clear his name. When Eddie tries to cut them off, he discovers that Roger can easily slip
* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] and Chinese agent Wai Lin are handcuffed and forced to work together to escape from [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Elliot Carver's HQ in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''. This isn't just a matter of running and hiding – they end up riding a motorcycle at high speed through crowded streets while the bad guys chase them, still handcuffed together.
** The director used [[Enforced Method Acting]] there by telling each actor independently that they would be driving the motorcycle, causing quite the scuffle over who actually drives.
* The movie ''[[Fled]]'' used this in part, right down to the one black and one white prisoner {{spoiler|although Lawrence Fishburne's character is actually an undercover officer.}}
* ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' starts out this way—with ''three'' prisoners—but they get unchained fairly early in the movie. They do stick together afterwards, though. (Mostly.)
* ''[[
* ''[[Banlieue 13]]'': two prisoners, routine prison transfer, one decides to escape, hate each other, become best friends, one's actually a cop. It's subverted in ''District 13'' though – it turns out the prisoner made the other guy as a cop ''before they even left the police station'', but was playing along until the first opportunity to cut himself loose. He then leaves the cop handcuffed to the steering wheel of the police van. It takes a good chunk of screen time for the cop to track him down again, although they then ''do'' wind up working together despite their differences.
* ''[[Black Mama White Mama]]'', ''The Defiant Ones'' <small>[[Recycled in Space|with women!]]</small>
* While not a straight example of this trope, ''[[Stuck On You]]'' features conjoined twins; {{spoiler|they separate later on in the movie, and neither brother can function nearly as well, as they are used to compensating for the other's weight/movements}}.
* This forms the basic plot device in the HBO Original Movie ''Deadlock.'' This film features a futuristic prison with no fences and no guards, the only form of security being explosive collars fitted around the necks of prisoners. Each prisoner has a "wedlock partner," and both partners will [[Your Head Asplode|have their heads blown off]] if they place more than 100 yards (
* Played for slapstick laughs in ''[[Condorman]]'', with Woody and Natalia handcuffed together after Harry breaks them out of jail.
* In one [[Jackie Chan]] movie, he plays a detective in the early 1900's. At one stage Chan is arrested by his [[Jerkass]] superior, who handcuffs him to his own wrist in the procedure of the time. Unfortunately they're attacked by thugs on the way to the police station, and the two have to co-operate to escape and/or fight them.
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* In the remake of ''[[D.O.A.]]'' the protagonist super-glues his hand to the girl to force her to accompany him. There's one scene where she has to go to the toilet (she ends up going in a darkened alley) and later they get seperated when her [[Squick|skin tears free]] while she's suspended from a lift.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* An extreme example in book three of ''[[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]]'': Bartimaeus and Nathaniel trying to take on [[The Legions of Hell]] while {{spoiler|[[Sharing a Body]]. And mind-linked}}.
** The results are both [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]] and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|badass]].
* In the book ''Judge Benjamin: Superdog'', Judge and his dachsund antagonist Henry manage to get their collars caught together. This was after Henry semi-accidentally flooded the garage and took refuge on Judge's head. They were rescued by their owners and taken to the local hardware shop to get the collars disconnected. Later that night they learned to work together when {{spoiler|the owner of the hardware shop tried to rob the garage}}.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' had this happen to Sam and Dean when they were arrested. It was both played straight (they work together to prove their innocence) and for laughs (trying to sit down on opposite ends of a bench, the brothers trip and almost fall flat on their ass.)
* The Nickelodeon show ''[[Hey Dude]]'' used this in the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|appropriately-titled]] episode "Ted and Brad Get Handcuffed". Brad and Lucy pretty much [[Lampshade Hanging|sum up the entire trope]], as seen in the page quote.
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* In an episode of ''[[Hannah Montana]]'', Oliver handcuffs Miley and Lily together while they are fighting and then discovers he doesn't have the key.
** Happens a ''second'' time with Lily and Oliver being glued to each other via chairs.
* An episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|
** Upping the drama factor, the guest character was played by Alan Alda's real-life father.
*** By the way, Alan Alda's stepbrother also had a minor role in the episode.
* ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. In "Shadows of P'Jem" Archer and his [[Ms. Fanservice|sexy Vulcan science officer]] T'Pol are tied up together by hostage takers. While struggling to free themselves from their bonds, Archer ends up with [[Marshmallow Hell|his face buried in T'Pol's impressive cleavage]], learning the important [[Aesop]] that while Vulcans can be highly annoying, they can also have great tits.
* ''[[Three's
* Tuvix in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.
** Probably doesn't really count, since the two characters in question effectively ceased to exist and instead merged into a separate 3rd entity in that case. A straighter example would be Tom Paris and Neelix getting trapped on a planet surface where the atmosphere was quite dangerous, forcing them to spend a lot of time together in a cave. Neelix was jealous of how close Tom was getting to his girl Kes, which provided the tension for them to work through. Oh, and they were also taking care of reptilian alien eggs while this was going on.
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* In ''[[Even Stevens]]'', the school guidance counselor attempted to enforce this trope on Ren and her [[The Rival|rival]] Larry Beale together. They end up pretending to get along just to get her to unlink them, but as they have to work together to pull this off, in the end they're worried that it might have actually worked.
* ''[[MacGyver]]'' once ended up chained to a very [[Eighties Hair|eighties]] [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]] who also turned out to be a [[Genius Ditz|brilliant classical violinist]].
* In the ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' episode "Nerves", the IMF stage one of these. Casey poses as a prisoner and is handcuffed to the villain's girlfriend. The IMF stage a breakout so that the girlfriend takes Casey to the
** Before that, in a first-season episode the IMF stages a prison break for a potential assassin while handcuffed to Rollin.
* An episode of ''[[Tales from the Crypt]]'' has a variation in which an escaped convict is handcuffed to the cop who is chasing him, then shoots the cop – who manages to swallow the cuff key before dying. The convict then spends the rest of the episode dragging a dead cop around by the wrist.
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** Something similar was the reason behind a murder in ''[[Inspector Morse]]''. Two security guards had conspired to rob a payroll in a suitcase attached by a chain to the wrist, only one had left the key behind when he changed his jacket.
* ''[[NCIS]]'' ("Chained"). An undercover DiNozzo is handcuffed to a convict; they escape together and go find a stache of stolen Iraqi antiques that NCIS is searching for.
* ''[[The X-
* In ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|The Suite Life On Deck]]'', Mr. Blanket, the school's insane Guidance Counselor, handcuffs Moseby and Zack together, and swallows the key. It helps them understand one another better, but also increases their contempt for Blanket.
*
* An episode of ''[[Wizards and Warriors (TV series)|Wizards and Warriors]]'' has good prince Eric Greystone and evil prince Dirk Blackpool trying to escape a dungeon of deathtraps while chained together.
* In the "Chain of Death Raid" episode of ''[[The Rat Patrol]]'', American Sgt. Troy and German Captain Dietrich were captured by Arabs and chained together, forcing them to cooperate in order to escape. [Just one of several [[Enemy Mine]] episodes in this series!]
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* ''[[Castle]]'' has Beckett and Castle waking up handcuffed together in the appropriately named episode "Cuffed". This trope is lampshaded by Esposito and Ryan when discussing how a relationship can have a make-or-break moment when two people are stuck together in close proximity.
* ''[[Leverage]]'' features this with [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Hardison and Eliot]] as they are fleeing from a militia group in "The Gone Fishin' Job". They eventually get out of their restraints, but are first able to defeat several members of the group and improvise a bomb with a cigarette.
* Happens to [[Sherlock]] and John in [[Sherlock/Recap/S02/E03 The Reichenbach Fall|"The Reichenbach Fall"]].
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* The video for [[Michael Jackson]]'s "Beat It" has two rival gang leaders tie their hands to each other for the world's most stylized knife fight.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==▼
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
* One ''[[FoxTrot]]'' storyline had Jason and Paige stuck together by bubblegum (made with industrial polymers) when their bubbles touch—which has the added awkwardness of connecting them by the ''faces'' rather than their arms. When the realization sinks in that they're going to have to sleep and shower together, they scream so loudly that it blows the gum right off.
* [[Garfield]], alongside first Jon, then Odie, spent several weeks stuck in a window blind together. Somehow, this gets parsed as something freaky by the woman Jon asks to try and help them get out of this...
** They are later joined by a man, an old lady, and eventually a ''street light''.
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==▼
▲== Professional Wrestling ==
* "Strap Match" refers to [[Gimmick Matches|Gimmick Match]] that sees two wrestlers tied to opposite ends of a belt, rope, steel chain, or anything similar in order to keep them in close proximity to each other. This can also be referred to as a "Dog Collar Match," when the competitors are shackled at the neck.
** Differs from most other depictions in that the two wrestlers are not forced to cooperate. In fact, the whole point of the strap match is to force the two wrestlers to fight each other while tied together. This naturally is a great disadvantage for some wrestlers, as it takes their signature moves out of play.
== [[Theatre]] ==
* In ''[[The 39 Steps]]'', the main character is handcuffed to a woman who thinks he is a murderer. He must drag her with him as he tries to escape the villain's henchmen.▼
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▲* In ''The 39 Steps'', the main character is handcuffed to a woman who thinks he is a murderer. He must drag her with him as he tries to escape the villain's henchmen.
* ''[[Whiplash]]'', where the protagonists are animals escaping from a [[Mega Corp]] Testing Facility. The two characters, Spanx (a brain-fried weasel) and Redmond (a [[Deadpan Snarker]] rabbit who also happens to be [[Nigh Invulnerable]] due to chemical tests) are chained together, with Spanx using Redmond [[Grievous Harm with a Body|as a flail]].
* A similar game mechanic was used in ''[[Crash Bandicoot|Crash Twinsanity]]'', where Crash and Cortex can latch on to a crystal and Crash can drag Cortex around the level, using him as a mallet and occasionally flinging him across gaps to trigger switches and whatnot.
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* In ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', Neku becomes spiritually chained to different partners throughout the game. While there is nothing physically forcing them to stay together, the [[Mook|Noise]] they encounter along the way can only be defeated by two people working together.
== [[Web Animation]] ==▼
▲== Web Animation ==
* On ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', Strong Bad says (and shows via a [[Flash Back]]) that he once glued Homsar to Marzipan and "left them for dead".
{{quote|'''Marzipan:''' Ooh, I hear wolves coming.
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* In an episode of ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' Handy and Mole are chained together by Lumpy who's acting as a highway patrol officer, eventually Mole dies and Handy has to drag his corpse around with him before he's hit by a train.
== [[Web Comic]] ==▼
▲== Web Comic ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120513034811/http://skin-horse.com/comics/04292010/ Immediately identified as such] in ''[[Skin Horse]]''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
* Spoofed in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "The Parent Rap".
** In the episode "The Wandering Juvie" we see an entire line of unlikely pairs such as a nun chained to a hooker and Captain McAllister handcuffed to an octopus. They are all waiting for a blacksmith to break them apart.
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** Machismo and the fact that he seemed genuinely worried about Static when he couldn't put off enough power to save Edwin.
* In ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', Numbuh One and [[Fallen Hero|Chad]] are chained together as part of a subplot of "Op: TREATY". {{spoiler|Notably, the usual way this plays out is [[Subverted Trope|subverted]]. It ''worsens'' their already tenuous relationship and ends with the two of them fighting to the death in a way that's not played for laughs.}}
*
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' did a variant – Bulkhead's wrecking ball got stuck in Mixmaster's cylinder, sticking them together for a chunk of the episode.
* ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' had Bulkhead and Arcee magnetized so that their backs stuck together for most of an episode.
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* An episode of ''[[The Batman]]'' has Penguin handcuff Batman and Catwoman together. When the two of them stop Penguin and get the key to the cuffs, Batman handcuffs Penguin and Catwoman together for the police to collect.
* One episode of ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' featured an experiment that binds incompatible individuals together with sticky blue goo. Among those who get stuck together are: Lilo and Mertle, Stitch and Nani, Jumba and Pleakley and Gantu and 625.
* Variation in the episode of ''[[South Park]]'' entitled "Super Fun Time". Cartman and Butters are paired up on a field trip and are told not to let go of the other's hand until they get back on the bus. Despite the many
{{quote|'''Butters:''' ''(at the very end of the episode, after '''dragging Cartman's unconscious body''' past everyone)'' Teacher...MY PARTNER IS BACK ON THE BUS.}}
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'', "D'Fightin' Ones" Sylvester the cat and a bulldog are chained together and on the run from the dog catcher in a direct parody of the above-mentioned ''The Defiant Ones''.
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* In the Warners classic era, Sylvester and a bulldog were shackled to another in a dogcatcher's paddywagon ("D'Fightin' Ones", Freleng, 1961).
* On ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', Filburt and Heffer wanted to enter a radio contest where contestants would show up at the station handcuffed to their best friend to win tickets to a wrestling match. Rather than do the blindingly obvious and cuff themselves to each other, they both cuff themselves to Rocko and argue over who's his best friend.
* In ''[[Kung Fu Panda:
== [[Real Life]] ==
* A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6uKU9AAtL4 recent news clip]{{when}} showed two prisoners who escaped handcuffed together. Obviously they weren't very bright, while fleeing one tried to go on one side of a lightpole and the other tried the other side. No points for guessing what happened next.
** This may be to do with an urban legend that doing so will break the handcuffs. If so this is not the first time it has been debunked, two British prisoners in the 1990s even admitted that was how they broke their arms.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owEB19QDbjU The exact same thing] happened to a trio in Ontario. It's been shown in both ''Police Videos'' and ''Most Shocking'' (the latter under the "Dumbest Criminals" episode, no less). The trio were being unloaded from a paddy wagon when they decided to bolt. Two went to the left, one to the right. They hit the pole; [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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