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== [[Film]] ==
* One of the most familiar examples comes from ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'', where Hannibal is transported from his usual maximum-security cell by being chained inside a straightjacket, wheeled around on a hand truck, and wearing his iconic mask.
* ''[[X-Men (Filmfilm)|X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' blurs the line between this and the [[Tailor-Made Prison]] with the government's mobile prison-van. [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|Mystique]] is kept behind bars ''and'' with her hands shackled to the ceiling. [[The Juggernaut|Juggernaut]] and [[Me's a Crowd|Multiple Man]] both got locked in standing metal coffins to seal off their abilities. The guards on the van were also armed with weaponized [[Kryptonite Factor|Mutant Cure]].
* In ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'', [[Badass Grandpa|Il Duce]] (pictured above) is moved from his cell to the ground floor for a parole hearing. He is cuffed hand and foot, chained to a rolling platform, and wheeled down to the parole board. The entire prison is put on high-alert, with shotgun-wielding guards on every floor, all to move one man down a few flights of stairs. Once he's there, they even put him inside a metal cage to protect the parole board.
* Lecter-expy Garland Green (Steve Buscemi) in ''[[Con Air]]'' was introduced wearing similar restraints as Lecter.
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== [[Music]] ==
* In an homage to Silence of the Lambs, [[Disturbed (Music)|Disturbed]] opens many of their shows by having their lead singer wheeled out on stage in a straight jacket and restraining mask, strapped to a hand truck while a roadie (usually dressed in a white coat) releases him to sing.
 
== Television ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[The Joker]] is a frequent candidate for this treatment, with deliberate parallels to Lector. In the opening of ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum|Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' he is wrapped in a straitjacket and chained to a hand-truck for delivery to the asylum. The guards seem to [[Talkative Loon|wish he was gagged as well]]. {{spoiler|Batman later gets the same treatment in a fear-gas induced hallucination.}}
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim]]'', at the beginning of the game, when Ulfric Stormcloak is captured, he has a gag over his mouth to prevent him from using [[Make Me Wanna Shout|the Thu'um.]]
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* On her first appearance in ''[[Skin Horse]]'', Tigerlily Jones is wrapped in a straitjacket and strapped to a handcart.
* The condemned contestants arrive this way in ''[[Last Res 0 rtRes0rt]]'' (Some leg irons might have been a good idea in Slick's case!)
** Daisy is even brought in strapped to a wheelchair, though at least part of that is thanks to her missing leg...
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', the Empire of Blood transports its arena champion {{spoiler|(Thog)}} [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0786.html in this manner.]
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'': C. Montgomery Burns was given the Hannibal Mask treatment once when he was dragged into court for illegally dumping radioactive waste in "Marge vs. the Monorail".
** So was Bart when he was accused of stealing the church collection money on season six's "Bart's Girlfriend." Marge even lampshaded how excessive the punishment was.
* Muzzle from ''[[Road Rovers (Animation)|Road Rovers]]'' was kept restrained exactly like Hannibal, complete with [[Captain Obvious|a muzzle]]. And he was one of the good guys! See the [[Road Rovers (Animation)|page image for the series]].
* In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', Decepticon prisoners are usually transported in stasis cuffs (which paralyze the prisoner from the neck down) and gags. The handcart makes an appearance for {{spoiler|Megatron}}, not due to being dangerous, but because {{spoiler|Optimus beat him so badly he couldn't walk.}}
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', the bounty hunters who captured [[Little Miss Badass|Toph]] stuck her in a metal box for transport so she couldn't use her earth bending to escape. Of course, Toph gets out by {{spoiler|inventing metal bending}}. See the series' [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)/Awesome|CMOA page]].
* An episode of the original ''[[Batman: theThe Animated Series]]'' opened with Killer Croc being transported to prison with his arms and legs in shackles. He escapes by biting through the chains and uses their remains as evidence that he was a prisoner in a freak show. After Batman recaptures him he is taken away chained, straight jacketed and muzzled.
* In ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]'' the police nab the Tattletale Strangler (for littering, of course) and proceed to wrap him in several miles of handcuffs, chains, manacles, and even eye-cuffs. All of which he slithers out of about five seconds later.
* In the 2002 ''[[He -Man and Thethe Masters of Thethe Universe|He-Man]]'' series Kobra Khan is shackled and muzzled when transported. The muzzle is left on in his prison cell due to him being able to spit acid-like venom.
 
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