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If it turns out that the prisoner could have busted out any time, he's a [[Play-Along Prisoner]]. If he ''already has'', and is only pretending to be still restrained, he's [[Slipped the Ropes]].
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* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]].'' JACK ATLAS did this '''twice''' in the series, with minimal effort. There is a reason why fans consider him the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' version of Chuck Norris.
* ''[[Naruto]]'' has {{spoiler|Kisame}} tearing apart the thick wooden stock he was held in after freeing himself from a [[Mind Probe]] by biting his own tongue.
* In an early episode of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'', Heero brute-forces one hand out of some hospital
* When the main group of ''[[Hatenkou Yuugi]]'' get arrested, Alzeid breaks his cuffs as if they were made of paper.
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"Oh, these," Retief said. He tensed his arms; the soft aluminum links stretched, broke. He shook the light metal free. "We diplomats like to go along with colorful local customs...." }}
* In [[Harrison Bergeron]] when Harrison tears off his handicaps, straps "guaranteed to support 5000 pounds"
* In ''Creatures of Light and Darkness'' by [[Roger Zelazny]], the hero is [[Strapped to An Operating Table]] with his powers deactivated. He manages to break one hand
* In ''[[Artemis Fowl|Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code]]'', Arno Blunt apparently "ripped those handcuffs apart as though they were links in a paper chain."
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
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== [[Music]] ==
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* The [[U2]] song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" has the verse: "You broke the bonds/And you loosed the chains".
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== Religion and Mythology ==
* In a Greek legend told by Aristoxenos (4th century BCE), Pythias was convicted of conspiring against the tyrant. Damon volunteered to take Pythias's place so that Pythias could make arrangements for his family before his execution. Pythias made the arrangements and hurried back so that Damon would not be executed. Bandits captured him and left him tied to a tree. Pythias frees himself by
* The ending of the story of Samson in [[The Bible]] (making this at least [[Older Than Feudalism]]).
* Fenrir from [[Norse Mythology]] did this with every chain the Aesir used on him, except for the ribbon Gleipnir. It looked like any other ribbon, but was made from impossible
* In one myth about [[Hercules]], Hercules traveled to Egypt, where the Pharaoh captured him and was going to sacrifice him to the Egyptian gods. However, Hercules broke the chains binding him to the altar, scared the Pharaoh into hiding, and escaped.
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== Real Life ==
* Most handcuffs are rated to resist 495
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