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== Anime & Manga == |
== Anime & Manga == |
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* Pictured above: In ''[[Voltron]]''/''[[GoLion]]'', Lotor ties up Princess Romelle/Amue this way. |
* Pictured above: In ''[[Voltron]]''/''[[GoLion]]'', Lotor ties up Princess Romelle/Amue this way. |
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* In ''[[Now and Then Here and There]]'', the [[Decoy Protagonist]] is suspended outside the massive death-ship for three continuous days... during which time they fire something we ''swear'' wasn't a nuke. |
* In ''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]'', the [[Decoy Protagonist]] is suspended outside the massive death-ship for three continuous days... during which time they fire something we ''swear'' wasn't a nuke. |
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* ''[[Digimon]]'' |
* ''[[Digimon]]'' |
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** The Digimon Emperor did this to the Digidestined aside from Davis in an episode of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', telling him that he could only save one. Luckily it turned out not to be the real Digidestined at all. |
** The Digimon Emperor did this to the Digidestined aside from Davis in an episode of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', telling him that he could only save one. Luckily it turned out not to be the real Digidestined at all. |
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* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Sôsuke threatens a local gang leader who has kidnapped Kaname by holding the leader's younger brother and suspending him from a series of ropes that he then detonates in turn; once the opposition has surrendered, {{spoiler|Sôsuke reveals the whole thing was a setup and the boy was safe the whole time; the kid was in on it.}} |
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Sôsuke threatens a local gang leader who has kidnapped Kaname by holding the leader's younger brother and suspending him from a series of ropes that he then detonates in turn; once the opposition has surrendered, {{spoiler|Sôsuke reveals the whole thing was a setup and the boy was safe the whole time; the kid was in on it.}} |
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* In a more light-hearted version of this trope, Episode 5 of ''[[Minami-ke]]'' has Kana roll up Chiaki in a sheet and suspend her from a clothes line to make a rain charm. |
* In a more light-hearted version of this trope, Episode 5 of ''[[Minami-ke]]'' has Kana roll up Chiaki in a sheet and suspend her from a clothes line to make a rain charm. |
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* Natsuki in ''[[ |
* Natsuki in ''[[My-HiME]]'' is knocked unconscious by a [[Robot Girl]] and wakes up like this. |
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* Commonly used in ''[[Ranma ½]]''. |
* Commonly used in ''[[Ranma ½]]''. |
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** 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). |
** 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). |
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== Films -- Live-Action == |
== Films -- Live-Action == |
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* This is done to the inflatable "Citizen" in the Save the Citizen game in ''[[Sky High]]'', to simulate villains doing this to their captives. Will Stronghold mentions at the end how after they replaced the citizens with the actual villains no-one saved the Citizen anymore, but we're to assume that's a joke because [[Don't Explain the Joke|he said as much]]. |
* This is done to the inflatable "Citizen" in the Save the Citizen game in ''[[Sky High]]'', to simulate villains doing this to their captives. Will Stronghold mentions at the end how after they replaced the citizens with the actual villains no-one saved the Citizen anymore, but we're to assume that's a joke because [[Don't Explain the Joke|he said as much]]. |
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{{quote|"[[Noodle Incident|Remember when we used actual civilians?]]" |
{{quote|"[[Noodle Incident|Remember when we used actual civilians?]]" |
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"Yeah..." }} |
"Yeah..." }} |
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* The [[Badass Biker]] gang hung one of the ''[[Wild Hogs]]'' from a tree this way. They tried to rescue him by driving their bikes under him and yanking as they went by. It didn't work. |
* The [[Badass Biker]] gang hung one of the ''[[Wild Hogs]]'' from a tree this way. They tried to rescue him by driving their bikes under him and yanking as they went by. It didn't work. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer |
* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40,000]] 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. |
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* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' story "[[Xuthal of the Dusk|The Slithering Shadow]]", Thalis does to Natala before flogging her. |
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' story "[[Xuthal of the Dusk|The Slithering Shadow]]", Thalis does to Natala before flogging her. |
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* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter]]'', Voldemort uses magic to suspend his prisoner in the air before eventually killing her. |
* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter]]'', Voldemort uses magic to suspend his prisoner in the air before eventually killing her. |
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* This happened at least once on ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''. |
* This happened at least once on ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]''. |
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* The ''[[Batman]]''/''[[Superman]]'' animated series cross over, ''World's Finest'', has [[Lois Lane]] tied up like this. |
* The ''[[Batman]]''/''[[Superman]]'' animated series cross over, ''World's Finest'', has [[Lois Lane]] tied up like this. |
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* Happens in ''[[Totally Spies]]'' We could cite a specific example, but [http://fetishfuel.wikia.com/wiki/Totally_Spies! we're sure that's unneccesary]. |
* Happens in ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' We could cite a specific example, but [http://fetishfuel.wikia.com/wiki/Totally_Spies! we're sure that's unneccesary]. |
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* Shaak Ti gets bound up by electric wires by General Grievous in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|Star Wars the Clone Wars]]''. |
* Shaak Ti gets bound up by electric wires by General Grievous in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|Star Wars the Clone Wars]]''. |
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* The [[Three Amigos]] of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' get strung up this way by [[Satan|Lucius]]. |
* The [[Three Amigos]] of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' get strung up this way by [[Satan|Lucius]]. |
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