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[[File:Lindsay Ellis over the shoulder carry 168.png|link=The Nostalgia Chick|frame|The Nostalgia Chick gets carried away with this storyline.]]
'''Over-the-shoulder carrying''' ([[Fun with Acronyms|abbreviated OTS]]) is a method to transport another person. The person is laid face down over one's shoulder with their upper body to the rear. The person's legs are held at the hollow of his/her knees to secure them in this position. This position allows carrying another person, even if they are the same weight as oneself. It can be a humiliating pose for the person being carried, since they're turned into a passive object, with their face down and buttocks pointing up and to the front.
When this happens in fiction, usually (but not always), it involves an antagonist carrying a [[Damsel in Distress]] or other captive that he/she has caught or subdued. Expect such a victim, if conscious, to scream, curse, and make lame attempts to punch the abductor Contrast [[Bridal Carry]], which is more romanticized and typically involves [[The Hero]] saving someone instead of capturing them. Compare [[Neck Lift]] and [[Hoist Hero Over Head]], which are other ways a villain shows of their strength by lifting up a victim.
Sometimes called the Fireman's carry, although this is actually the name for another position where weight is supported on ''both'' shoulders and the carried person is held by both legs and whichever arm is draped over the carrier's shoulder.
Not to be confused with [[Over the Shoulder]], "one of the most common shots in film and television". When abbreviated as "OTS", also not to be confused with the band [[On the Side]] or the trope [[Theme Song|Opening Theme Song]].
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The poster for the film of ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' shows Mortimer carrying his love interest [https://web.archive.org/web/20191017175148/http://www.posters555.com/pictures/Arsenic-and-Old-Lace-movie-poster-(1944)-picture-MOV_66a0f640_b.jpg this way]. Has a double meaning- on one hand, it calls to mind the sexual version that's like a [[Bridal Carry]], but it also references how the corpses in the film are carried before being taken to be buried.
* In the movie ''[[Pillow Talk]]'', Rock Hudson grabs Doris Day in her PJ's, wraps her in a blanket, and carries her back to his apartment just this way. She even asks a doorman they pass on the street for help, but he, in typical 50's fashion, is on Rock's side on this one.
* In the film adaption of ''[[The Phantom (film)|The Phantom]]'', Sala carries Diana Palmer over her shoulder in one scene, as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa4NJT8MuLI here].
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== Tabletop Games ==
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== Theater ==
* Posters and the original CD cover of ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' show Pseudolus happily carrying a woman, possibly his love interest Gymnasia, [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Forum_LP_cover.jpg like this].
* Some productions of ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' have [http://wiki-images.enotes.com/thumb/f/fa/ShrewKatePetrucio.jpg/320px-ShrewKatePetrucio.jpg Petruchio]{{Dead link}} [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/images/2009/02/25/tamingoftheshrewphoto3_3.jpg carrying] [https://web.archive.org/web/20191017175302/http://www.27east.com/assets/news.Article/294696/mainTAMING_OF_THE_SHREW.jpg Kate] [http://www.bsccomment.com/polopoly_fs/1.2719429!/image/323557634.JPG_gen/derivatives/landscape_260/323557634.JPG in]{{Dead link}} [http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/media/sip/companies/bonb/bonb_2007_season/photographs/shr2s.jpg this] [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FxOm4aC7G4o/TYPV4Z14i2I/AAAAAAAAADE/u3HZTSU7sAA/s1600/kate%2Bpetruchio.jpg manner].
* In the ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'' musical, the monster kidnaps Elizabeth and carries her like this to the cave, as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCreSgwSCb4&feature=relmfu here (at 4:59)].
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** The Arkham Knight captures Oracle and carries her out of the clock tower like this, upon Batman observing some security footage of the incident. It happens again later after Oracle manages to crash the Knight's transport vehicle they were both occupying, and [https://68.media.tumblr.com/817ab493a587623ed1d4de1b694d53bb/tumblr_oe4mez4IW61thnhauo10_r1_1280.jpg he carries her away on his shoulder.]
** A similar instance happens later on when Batman, after defeating Harley Quinn and her thugs at Panessa Studios, carries Harley on his shoulder to a holding cell (while also giving the player a [https://imgur.com/TjQv8SW rather suggestive view of her ass]) and she isn't happy about it, kicking, screaming, and hitting him futilely, [[Sore Loser| while whining like a kindergartener.]]
* Examples from ''[[Super Mario]]'':
** ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' contains one of these. The main villain of the game Shadow Mario, "aka Bowser Jr" appears out of no where near the beginning of the game. He snatches Princess Peach and tries to make a get away by running amok through the entire city [http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lokaqtOoq91qgb1o5o1_400.jpg carrying the princess] the entire time. Either this kid has strength or she has no weight.
** One level in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' consists of Mario chasing Boomer, who is carrying Peach this way.
* ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'' has a "Capture the Babe" mode, in which you move said babes around in this manner while fending off your opponents. The babe you're carrying will periodically try to sabotage you by waving her hand in your face; you have to slap her on the butt to make her stop.
* In ''[[Professor Layton and the Last Specter]]'', {{spoiler|"Third Eye" Jakes does this to Arianna when he "arrests" her for supposedly masterminding the Specter's rampages throughout the town, which makes it even more obvious that this is essentially a kidnapping, not a sincere effort at upholding the law.}}
* In ''Scooby Doo Night of 100 Frights'', Daphne is kidnapped by the villain [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120210205017/scoobydoo/images/d/d5/SDNo100F_Daphne-1-.png in this fashion].
* In ''[[Nefarious]]'', once [[Villain Protagonist]] Crow kidnaps a princess, the rest of the level consists of carrying her this way. Depending on which one it is, Crow gains an additional ability while doing so. For instance, if it's Apoidea, Crow can jump higher.
* [[Rogue]] is carted away by Mr. Sinister's [[Dumb Muscle]] henchman this way in the ''[[Deadpool]]'' game - the protagonist has to chase them to save her, but is distracted several times by obstacles and hallucinations.
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[Totally Spies!]]'': The girls, [http://www.geocities.ws/marktape/m-f-d-red-dress-blonde-ots-1.jpg especially] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sto2kdS6BI&feature=relmfu Clover], were carried like this a few times.
* In a season finale of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', Sergeant Hatred carries a tied up and ball-gagged Princess Tinyfeet [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN9O-O0Hd4 like this]. He doesn't bother to untie her though.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': While fighting Vlad in one episode, Danny's 'cousin' Dani knocks him unconscious with a ghost ray. Vlad [https://web.archive.org/web/20191216235805/http://ectoenergy.roscoe.cc/Images/Episodes/KindredSpirits/KS%2011.JPG slings Danny over his shoulder] and he and Dani fly off with him.
* [[Gambit]] had to carry [[Jubilee]] this way for both to flee from a mob of Sentinels in ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]''. And he couldn't resist [[Tempting Fate| making a crack about her weight]] in the process.
* ''[[Miraculous Ladybug]]''; In the episode "The Pharaoh", the eponymous villain carts away Alya like this, and Alya is way too excited to be afraid or worried (being a ''complete'' Ladybug fangirl) even [[Skewed Priorities| continuing her livestream blog]] as it happens!
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