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A [[Bound and Gagged]] prisoner is suspended by (usually) a rope from the ceiling
This is not intended for [[Cold
Hanging by the ''wrists'', a common variation, would in [[Real Life]] quickly cause permanent damage to the hands and within a few hours cause death by suffocation/"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_trauma Suspension Trauma]", not quite unlike a crucifixion. Many a [[Tailor
Reasons for doing this include:
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* In rare cases, the villain will actually be doing this to ''deliberately'' hurt the prisoner.
Favorite victims seem to be [[The Hero]](es) or the [[Distressed Damsel]] (especially [[
Not to be confused with [[Turn in Your Badge|being suspended from the police force]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* In a more light-hearted version of this trope, Episode 5 of ''[[Minami-ke (Manga)|Minami-ke]]'' has Kana roll up Chiaki in a sheet and suspend her from a clothes line to make a rain charm.
* Natsuki in ''[[Mai-HiME (Anime)|Mai-HiME]]'' is knocked unconscious by a [[Robot Girl]] and wakes up like this.
* Commonly used in ''[[Ranma
** When [[Cloudcuckoolander|Principal Kunô]] tries to force Ranma into obedience by knocking Akane out, then [[Crucified Hero Shot|dangling her from the ceiling]]. Doesn't work -- she breaks free immediately when she wakes up and gives him a piece of her mind (and a footprint on his face).
** In the same story arc, Ranma later gets tied up and hanging from the ceiling. Unfortunately for Principal Kunô, he omits to secure Ranma's legs, and the martial artist is very adept at fighting with them, even holding a bamboo staff between his toes.
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* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]] Ultramarines'' novel ''The Killing Grounds'', the Grey Knights suspend Ventris by his manacles when he's their prisoner; his survival may be Justified by his being an inhuman supersoldier.
* In [[Robert E Howard]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' story "[[The Slithering Shadow (Literature)|The Slithering Shadow]]", Thalis does to Natala before flogging her.
* In ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and
* ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]''
** In the second book, [[Magnificent Bastard]] Gentleman Johnny Marcone gets hogtied (which generally means the ankles and wrists are tied together behind the back) and suspended over a pit trap as werewolf bait. Even Dresden, who despises the man, acknowledges that it must be excruciatingly painful and sympathises.
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* In ''[[Monkey Island 2 Le Chucks Revenge (Video Game)|Monkey Island 2 Le Chucks Revenge]]'', Guybrush and Wally are suspended by their wrists over a pit of boiling acid.
* Marian in most versions of the original ''[[Double Dragon]]''. There's actually a close-up of her tied up this way before the final battle in the iPhone version.
* The [[Cold
* On occasion, prisoners are tied up like this in ''[[Metal Slug]]''. When you cut one down, he flaps his arms as he drops.
* [http://youtu.be/u1gqbuV84bs Rena and Master Genryusai] at the end of ''[[Final Fight|Final Fight 2]]''.
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum (Video Game)|Batman Arkham Asylum]]''
** Countless times, you can do this to terrified mooks. [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|Before dropping them on their head as their teammates patrol underneath.]]
** {{spoiler|This happens to Commissioner Gordon in the final level, bats thinking he'd already left the island}}.
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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Bob and George (Webcomic)|Bob and George]]''
** George spends the entire third game parody as one of these. Like [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020603c here]. [[What an Idiot!|When reminded about his superpowers]] and asked why he didn't free himself that way, [[Beware the Nice Ones|he leveled the castle in a fit of rage]].
** [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob] and [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010919 Mike] also ended up as [[Distressed Dude|Distressed Dudes]] like that.
** [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021211c Blues], with a [[Lampshade]] on the dangers, plus [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021214c joined by Rock Man]. This seems to be The Thing To Do for [[Distressed Dude|Distressed Dudes]] in ''Bob and George''.
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== Western Animation ==
* In the "Treehouse of Horror X" episode of ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl (a.k.a. Bart and Lisa) are tied up (using Stretch Dude's own arms, because they are stretchy) and dangled over a vat of lucite, which the Collector (Comic Book Guy) uses to turn real celebrities into life-size maquette figures.
* ''[[Batman:
** Robin is chained up this way above a rising pit of water after being kidnapped by the title character in the episode "Bane". For best effect, they added an equivalent of [[Cement Shoes]] to his feet.
** The final episode of the same series has Raven and Lark (the Penguin's [[Bodyguard Babes|female bodyguards]]) hanging bound and gagged from the ceiling after being subdued by the Judge.
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