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* This is the ultimate fate of [[The Butler Did It|Ramsley]] in ''[[The Haunted Mansion (film)|The Haunted Mansion]]''. [[Irony|Ironically, he's dragged to Hell after he tells everyone else that]] ''[[Irony|they]]'' [[Irony|can go to Hell.]]
* ''[[Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny]]'' does this twice with {{spoiler|Satan}}: First in a flashback explaining the origins of the Pick of Destiny, and secondly at {{spoiler|the climax of the movie when JB seals Satan back in Hell after breaking his horn}}. In both cases, though, there aren't really any hands - it's an invisible force which does the (very forceful) dragging - though there are pentagram-style portals to the underworld involved.
* Lady van Tassel's eventual fate with the Hessian whom she cursed to make her servant of revenge at the end of ''[[Sleepy Hollow (Film)|Sleepy Hollow]]''.
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* In the second ''[[Black London]]'' book, ''Demon Bound'', it's what's supposed to happen, but Jack Winter just sort of willingly goes along to hell after lots of having tried to get out of it already because his [[Deal with the Devil]] deadline is up.
* In ''[[The Hollows]]'' series, if a demon escapes from a summoning circle, it can do whatever it wants to you, up to and including taking you to the demonic underworld.
* In ''Wolfie'' by Theodore Cogswell, this is what [[Satan|Dr. Arsoldi's colleague]] will do to him if ever [[You Have Failed Me...|a murder goes awry]].
* ''[[Sandman Slim]]'' deals with a sorcerer who had this happen to him when he was betrayed by his cabal. The first book opens [[Like a Badass Out of Hell|just as he gets out]].
* This is the fate The Hunter in the ''[[Coldfire Trilogy]]'' is trying to avoid.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* A common plot device in any RPG with fantastic bend. Some ''[[Dungeons
** In 4E, several Warlock powers (such as the epic-level Hurl Through Hell) have this effect. It's (usually) not final for the unfortunate target. But even a drop-by to a local Cthulhu might be unhealthy to the mind.
* [[Exalted]] have this as the backstory of ''any and all'' [[Deal with the Devil|Green Sun Princes]]. Writing the details will necessitate several gallons of [[Brain Bleach]], but let's just say that it involves being eaten alive by demons and then having your body reconstituted with the essence of Hell.
* [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] has several spells that cause this effect - mostly Chaos (specifically [[The Chessmaster|Tzeentchian]] spells) but also some like the Lore of Life spell ''The Dwellers Below'', which has the spirits of nature itself drag victims through the ground to an unknown, but definitely nasty, fate.
* The [[New World of Darkness]] book ''Inferno'' introduces Hell and its metaphysics to the setting. It's perfectly possible to open a gate to Hell... but when it pops open, everyone in the immediate vicinity has to fight not to get dragged in (and if they fail, there's no coming back). It also happens in a metaphysical sense, as everyone who looks on the mouth of Hell has to make a Morality check - not because they did anything wrong, but because [[Go Mad
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* Happens to The Gentleman Ghost in one episode of ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', after he loses control over the undead spirits he manipulated into serving him.
* Grim can do this to people in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', but he saves it for people who ''really'' piss him off, like The Boogeyman, proving that, unless you're a really smart little kid, messing with Death is a very, very bad idea. He's occasionally seen doing his job of reaping people, but he says there are a large number of afterlives so it's likely not all of them are taken to Hell.
* Happens to Hades in [[Hercules (
** And [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Jafar]] at the end of the ''Hercules''/''Aladdin'' crossover episode.
* At the end of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', [[Complete Monster|Frollo]] gets weighed down into a sea of molten lead at the bottom of the Notre Dame cathedral by a sinister-looking gargoyle.
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