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* Done in the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime, in which Ash's Pikachu and Team Rocket's Meowth are tied together for an episode.

** Also in the ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' manga with Blue{{spoiler|'s Ditto}} and Sabrina during a battle. Hilariously, Sabrina was ''furious'' to find out {{spoiler|that they weren't even chained together at all.}}

* Has happened a couple of time in [[Lupin III]], when Zenigata actually manages to cuff Lupin. And quickly learns that the downside to cuffing yourself to Lupin, is that you are now cuffed to Lupin.

* In Seo Kouji's oneshot manga ''[[Half And Half]]'', the male and female protagonists are both involved in an accident and die together. Then a rather generic Kami-Sama gives them a chance to live again, for 7 more days; the catch is that after the time limit, one of them must die again. They're forced to stay together until they decide, else they both die.

* In the manga ''[[Train Plus Train]]'', average everynerd Reiichi Sakasuka ends up handcuffed to fugitive Arena Pendleton. The cuffs are indestructible, but time-released. They just had to wait ''99 hours'', which meant that Reiichi had to cancel all his plans and go on the run with her. This was just the beginning of the tension between them.

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** Although they were able to take advantage of it not being ''exactly'' the same in the first chapter to win a fight by switching hands to get an advantage.

* 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.

** this troper thought it was riza handcuffing herself to reiri to make the vampire take her to a vampire that kidnapped hiro. reiri only agreed because riza didn't have the keys, the vampire she was looking for did. at least, that was how it went in the manga.

* Happened to Tsukune and Ruby in ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'', with the twist that every time Tsukune used his powers, Ruby would get electrocuted. [[Too Kinky to Torture|She didn't mind]].

* 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?]]"}}

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* In the ''[[Kamen Rider Double|Kamen Rider Accel]]'' direct-to-video movie, protagonist Ryuu (a policeman) spends about half the movie handcuffed to an attractive pickpocket, which produces even more [[Not What It Looks Like]] than he's already in and almost causes his wife to divorce him.

* In the ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' episode "Angels in Chains", Jill, Kelly, and Sabrina are chained together when they try to escape from the prison warden.

* ''[[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]].

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* In ''[[Spyro the Dragon|Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon]]'', Spyro spends the entire game chained to [[Heel Face Turn|former nemesis]] Cynder. From a gameplay perspective, the main purpose of the chain is to allow co-op play without splitting the screen. However, the chain is also used to solve certain puzzles (for example, {{spoiler|one dragon grabs onto a wall and the other dragon swings on the chain to get higher; or one dragon grabs onto a raft while the other dragon flies ahead, pulling the raft forward}}).

* Though the 'chains' in this case are not physical, Bastila treats being forced to go off on a mission that would require spending time with the player character like this in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]''.

* Not so much chained but part of a gameplay mechanic of ''[[Knuckles Chaotix]]'' revolves around something like this.

* 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.

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* In ''[[Kim Possible]]'', they do two in an episode. Kim gets glued to her cheerleading arch-rival [[Alpha Bitch|Bonnie]], Ron to [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|overbearing militaristic teacher]] Mr. Barkin.

** Ron and Barkin get a better understanding of each other, whilst the Bonnie and Kim relationship appears to do the same.. next episode Bonnie is reset back to mega-ultra-superspecial bitch attitude towards Kim.

* An animated episode of ''[[Spider-Man]]'' had Spidey and his detractor J. Jonah Jameson both handcuffed to a [[Time Bomb]], which was based on a comic story. Naturally, Jameson just adds it to his list of reasons why Spidey is a menace.

* In the ''[[Tale Spin]]'' episode "Stuck on You", Baloo and his [[Pirate]] nemesis Don Karnage spend most of the story glued together by industrial adhesive. No Aesop here, they go back to hating each other properly.

* ''[[Ben 10]]'', episode "Grudge Match", shackles Ben to recurring nemesis Kevin. Unusual in that there doesn't seem to be [[An Aesop]] here, unless it's "go with the lesser of two evils." They still hate each other after they separate.

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* ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' did an episode forthrightly titled "Chained", with ranger Shane Gooseman and alien outlaw McCross handcuffed together on a frontier planet after their ship crashes (which also makes it an [[Enemy Mine]]).

** Subverted in that it was only for the first part of the episode, and the two characters only managed to piss each other off worse. McCross's fellow gang members showed up, McCross freed himself, and the rest of the ep is the gang terrorizing Ozark and trying to find a cache of stolen loot. Shane's allies consist of his robot horse and a friendly local.

* Happens in the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' episode "Life Lessons" when Danny and Valerie are chained together by Skulker as part of his [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game|game of hunt]] when he couldn't decide who was worthy of his skills, so he opted to kill both of them at the same time.

** That situation was somewhat subverted, as they only became more friendly with each other in their human forms (Valerie didn't even know that Danny ''had'' a [[Secret Identity]], nor did she know that he knew hers), while the next time they met as ghost and ghost hunter, their relationship didn't seem to have changed much.

* ''[[Rugrats]]'': Angelica and Chuckie accidentally get handcuffed together and lose the key; They eventually find the key and get free, but then Angelica gets [[Chained to a Bed|handcuffed to her own bed]].

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* Childrens' show ''[[The Tweenies]]'' once featured ''all four'' of the titular toddlers tying themselves together in a row by attempting to help each other with shoelaces, coat toggles, etc. And then Fizz suddenly decided she needed the bathroom.

* ''[[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.

* In one episode of ''[[Liberty's Kids]]'', James gets captured by the British and chained with a Hessian deserter. The two of them manage to escape, and the Hessian takes the opportunity to tell James (and the audience) why the Hessians joined [[The American Revolution|the war]].

* ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]'': "The Gameplayers of Undaar." Frog people hijack the ships of both the protagonist Ren and [[Big Bad]] Bloth, then force them to complete puzzles while being handcuffed together. Why? "Makes the game more interesting!"

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* 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 MANY hijinks that the pair get into (which include dangling on either side of a traffic light), Butters will not let go of Cartman's hand because Mr. Garrison said not to. It's like handcuffs, only without the handcuffs.

{{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''.

* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' spends an episode attached to his bumbling neighbor Herb Mudlefoot when contact with an [[X-Ray Sparks|electric fence]] causes their wristbands to weld together.

* Happened in the ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' episode "The Chan Who Knows Too Much" between Jackie and Jade thanks to a corrupt cop.

* An episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' has [[Yandere|Heloise]] fusing Beezy and Jimmy together in hopes that they will get sick of each other. {{spoiler|The episode ends with Heloise stuck to them as well, who enjoys being so close to Jimmy}}.

* An episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' has [[Yandere (disambiguation)|Heloise]] fusing Beezy and Jimmy together in hopes that they will get sick of each other. {{spoiler|The episode ends with Heloise stuck to them as well, who enjoys being so close to Jimmy}}.

* [[Word of God]] says that there was going to be an episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' where Sokka and Aang were handcuffed to each other. The decided not to because they had to make more important episodes.

* ''[[The Flintstones]]'' did an episode where Fred and Barney become stuck to a bowling ball together.

* There was an episode of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' where DeeDee and Dexter got stuck together with a seemingly invincible Chinese finger trap.

* On ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'', Bugs and Daffy escape from prison shackled to each other.

* 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: Legends of Awesomeness|Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness]]'''s "Chain Reaction", the Croc Bandits manage to surprise Tigress and Po and slap a chain on them.