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Professional Wrestling has a specific subtrope: [[Ricky Morton]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', near the end of the "Enies Lobby" arc, Luffy is exhausted and trapped in the ruins of a tower with several battleships poised to blow him away. Problem is, his fight with [[Big Bad|Rob Lucci]] took all his usual [[Determinator]] tendencies to bring down, leaving him so weak he really ''can't'' move at all, even with a few scenes of numerous allies cheering him on. Fortunately, [[Plot Tailored to the Party|Robin's ability allows her to move him herself from a distance.]]
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Asato Kido doesn't allow his paralysis to stop him from telling Yusuke who the [[Deadly Doctor|evil doctor]] is by [[Couldn't Find a Pen|writing the name with his own blood]].
== Comic Books ==
* One of the most famous ''[[Spider-Man]]'' comic book images is Spidey pinned beneath tons of rubble. The rare isotope that his dying Aunt May needs is mere feet away, and the room is being filled with water. He keeps trying to lift the rubble enough to escape, but it's VERY heavy. Cue the final Herculean effort!
** Like many of his famous comic book scenes, this is given a [[Shout-Out]] in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', only Spidey is trapped under a ceiling fixture and it's Gwen Stacey who's in trouble.
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], Dr. Don Blake has been tied up at least once and has to struggle to reach his walking stick to strike it and transform into Thor.
* '[[Batman|"If I can just reach my utility belt..."]]
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* At the end of the [[Infocom]] game ''Spellbreaker'', the [[Big Bad]] ({{spoiler|your [[Enemy Without]]}}) paralyzes you and then starts a [[Just Between You and Me]] speech that goes on just long enough to let you make one move at the last econd to stop him. Unfortunately, by that point [[Downer Ending|your options are limited]].
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* ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'': During the fight with the Dark Elf, the party is struck down due to how their metal equipment is magnetically pinned down. Cue Cecil lamenting, "If I could only lift my sword!"
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'': At one point Tifa is attached to a chair and has to wriggle ([[Fan Service]] suspected) enough to reach the key on the floor with her feet and use it to free herself before the room fills with gas.
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