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Unusually, the [[Trope Namer]] - the [[Girls Behind Bars]] film ''Chained Heat'' - is unrelated to this trope.

== 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 (Manga)|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]].

* Anime variation: In ''[[Death Note (Manga)|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]].

* 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.}}

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* There are no literal chains in ''[[Double Arts]]''--just the simple awareness that if [[Healing Hands|Kiri]] lets go of her hand for more than a few seconds, [[Ill Girl|Ellie]] will go into a horrific seizure and die. Needless to say, they are, for all practical purposes, just as good as chained together.

** 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 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.

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* An episode of ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' followed the premise (or the whole plot ?) of ''The Defiant Ones'', with Sam escaping a prison while handcuffed with a black man...

* ''[[Family Matters]]'' did a surprisingly decent (for them) version of the trope, where Lieutenant Murtagh and Carl are on a stakeout. Murtagh, incompetent as always, is playing with trick cuffs... only to find that once he has them on the two of them he can't remember the spot that will release them.

* The episode "Attached" of ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' had an interesting variation on this trope. Picard and Crusher, who each [[All Love Is Unrequited|had feelings for the other]], wound up together on a hostile alien planet. They weren't ''physically'' chained together, but for [[~~Bellisarios~~ Maxim|some reason]] they had each been implanted with a strange electronic gizmo that allowed them to [[Mindlink Mates|read each other's thoughts]], and also caused them both great pain when they went more than about ten feet from each other, so the effect was the same. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hijinks ensue]]. What their captors hoped to gain from this is baffling.

* The episode "Attached" of ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' had an interesting variation on this trope. Picard and Crusher, who each [[All Love Is Unrequited|had feelings for the other]], wound up together on a hostile alien planet. They weren't ''physically'' chained together, but for [[Bellisario's Maxim|some reason]] they had each been implanted with a strange electronic gizmo that allowed them to [[Mindlink Mates|read each other's thoughts]], and also caused them both great pain when they went more than about ten feet from each other, so the effect was the same. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hijinks ensue]]. What their captors hoped to gain from this is baffling.

** To be clear, said devices were intended to eventually sync fully to their brain chemistry, at which point their captors would simply download their memories. The telepathy was a side effect.

* 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 ''[[~~Mash~~ (TV)|Mash]]'' has Hawkeye and a visiting surgeon barely able to tolerate one another. A [[Contrived Coincidence|convenient freak accident]] leaves them each with one working hand, and in order to save the life of their patient, they must [[Anvilicious|stand side by side and work in complete harmony]].

* An episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'' has Hawkeye and a visiting surgeon barely able to tolerate one another. A [[Contrived Coincidence|convenient freak accident]] leaves them each with one working hand, and in order to save the life of their patient, they must [[Anvilicious|stand side by side and work in complete harmony]].

** 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.

* ''[[~~Threes~~ Company (TV)|Threes Company]]''. Jack handcuffs himself to Chrissy, not realizing she doesn't have the keys. Since he has a hot date, he decides to make Chrissy tag along (sitting at the next table). [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* ''[[Three's Company (TV)|Threes Company]]''. Jack handcuffs himself to Chrissy, not realizing she doesn't have the keys. Since he has a hot date, he decides to make Chrissy tag along (sitting at the next table). [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* 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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{{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.

* ''[[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 (Animation)|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}}.