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{{quote|'''Eddy''': What happened to the stairs?!
'''Ed''': My parents took them down because I am ''grounded''.
'''Edd''': [[Sick and Wrong|...That's disturbing.]]
|''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', "3 Squares and an Ed"}}
Teen character is grounded or suspended at an inopportune time (usually near the end of Act 2). Often, the parent or principal doing the punishing doesn't have an exceptional reason, or just has a sense that the teen is out of control and needs to calm down.
The punished character usually sneaks out the window or similarly blows off the punishment to finish off the story. After the story is completed, the grounding or suspension is never mentioned again. Similarly, if a character is grounded at the ''end'' of an episode, you can expect that in the next episode, said grounding will no longer be in effect, or mentioned at all.
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The kiddie version of [[Turn in Your Badge]].
Depending on the context, it can be part of a [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[
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▲* [[Yotsuba&! (Manga)|Yotsuba&!]]: Yotsuba is "dirted", as she puts it, for riding her bicycle to Fuuka's school, across town alone, without permission ([[Determinator|to deliver milk]]). She's un-grounded at the end of the next chapter after helping her father and Jumbo build a bookshelf.
* In one of the comic adaptations to ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', Kimberly ends up screwing up and gets herself grounded. Preferring her to listen to her father and not get in trouble by teleporting away, the Rangers come up with an idea to get Kimberly out with a promise to make up for everything.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Kyon has been grounded twice in ''[[Kyon
* In the ''[[
==
* In ''[[Dunston
▲* Kyon has been grounded twice in ''[[Kyon Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]''. He still managed to stay a night at Tsuruya's without his parents noticing in that time.
▲* In the ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' fic ''[[A Cure for Love (Fanfic)|A Cure for Love]]'' L is amused when this happens to [[Evil Overlord|Kira]].
▲* In Dunston Check's In, Robert grounds his two children, Kyle and Brian for using a fountain to spray one of the hotel employees for taking their Frisbee (they hit Lionel Spaulding and some other guests by mistake). Brian notes that it isn't bad to be grounded in a five-star hotel. Later on, while Kyle is walking Neal, Neal encounters Dunston and jumps into a dumpster. The two get "double-grounded," and Robert only manages to assign Brian his punishment before he has to leave to deal with Dunston breaking into a guest's room.
▲{{quote| '''Brian''': But what about ''his'' punishment?<br />
'''Robert''': Think of something you really like. You got it? NO THAT! }}
* Subverted in ''[[Mean Girls]]'': Cady gets grounded, but her dad has spent decades in the African wilderness.
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'''Cady's Dad:''' She went out with her friends.
'''Cady's Mom:''' She's ''grounded''.
'''Cady's Dad:''' Are they not allowed out when they're grounded? }}
* In ''[[Charlie Bartlett]]'', Charlie and his mother actually ''negotiate'' how long his punishment will last, and he is the one who suggests being grounded as punishment.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* This was a minor threat in early ''[[
▲== Literature ==
▲* This was a minor threat in early ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'' books, before the war became more and more divorced from normal life. The only time a grounding ends up affecting the plot is ''The Andalite's Gift,'' and even then, Jake is able to get out of it by cleaning the garage. Because his mom's been after his dad to do that for''ever'', and he's more than happy to dump it off on his son. This is phased out with the introduction of the [[Mechanical Lifeforms|Chee]], androids who had been impersonating and living among humans since the days of the pyramids, and were more than happy to cover for the Animorphs if needed.
* In ''[[Young Wizards|Deep Wizardry]]'', Nita and Kit are grounded for staying out incredibly late (on wizardly business, but Nita's parents don't know that). They sneak out after that, get caught when they come back in, and ultimately wind up explaining exactly what they were doing, why they have to keep doing it, and that they're going to have to do it whether they get permission or not.
* ''The Siren Song'', by Anne Ursu has this. Charlotte is grounded because she went to go save all the children in London and her hometown from certain death. Her parents do not believe her, despite her note:
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* This actually benefits Finn in the first ''[[Kingdom Keepers]]'' book, since being grounded allows him to go to bed earlier without attracting suspicion, which allows him to cross over.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': the title character is constantly threatened with grounding or suspension during the show's early seasons because she skips class or comes in late due to vampire sleuthing and slaying. The punished character will sometimes try to protest, only to have to backtrack on the confession once the truth starts to edge out ("I was slaying vampires... I mean...").
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': the title character is constantly threatened with grounding or suspension during the show's early seasons because she skips class or comes in late due to vampire sleuthing and slaying. The punished character will sometimes try to protest, only to have to backtrack on the confession once the truth starts to edge out ("I was slaying vampires... I mean...").
** Buffy's mother Joyce was portrayed as a lackluster by-the-book parent early on, hence the random groundings.
** And of course it's [[Played for Laughs]] in that all teenage girls think being grounded means the end of the world. Which in Buffy's case is [[The End of the World
* An interesting case occurs in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' where Mr Bennett grounds Claire on an
** {{spoiler|Arthur Petrelli says this jokingly to his son Peter after he stole his abilities.}}
* Subverted in ''[[Family Ties]]'' when the father informs the oldest daughter that she's grounded, at which point she informs them that they can't ground her, she's over 18. "Darn, that used to work so well," the father moans.
* ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]'' episode "Grounded for Life" sees Little Pete confined to his room for the summer...but he tunnels out. With a paperweight. He's got everything figured
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* Subverted in ''[[Privileged]]'': Megan grounds Rose for {{spoiler|attempting to cheat on her history final}}. Rather than attempt to fight against it, Rose goes out of her way to prove to Megan how seriously she's taking the punishment, bringing her favourite items to Megan voluntarily and being extra-helpful around the house. Also subverted in that Megan actively ends the grounding rather than it just vanishing next episode.
* An unusual example occurs in the ''[[That
* Most episodes of ''[[
** In comparison this isn't as common on ''[[The Suite Life on Deck]]'' since Zack and Cody are living by themselves, though in the second half of the pilot Moseby grounds London for running away, and in the [[Crossover]] event "[[Wizards of Waverly Place|Wizards]] on Deck with [[Hannah Montana]]" Moseby blames Zack for Alex pouring blue dye in the hot tub and confines him to his room.
* Alex on ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' mentioned above is prone to this.
* An episode of ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' has Robby Ray ground Miley and Jackson as part of a plan to teach to teach them about teamwork.
* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' has the medieval royalty variant that's still so like modern times.
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'''Morgana''': And you, Uther...you will go to hell. }}
* Chi Soo's father from ''[[
▲== Print Comics ==
* Inverted in ''[[FoxTrot]]''; since the youngest brother is such a major nerd that he ''voluntarily'' stays indoors all day, his punishment is being (threatened with being) banned from the house, rather than grounded in it.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* In the ''[[Sam and Max]]'' episode ''The Tomb of Sammun-Mak'', we meet a pair of tomb-guardian father and daughter:
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'''Nefertiti''': I've been grounded for life ''my whole life''!! }}
* During the [[Cinderella (
▲* During the [[Cinderella (Literature)|Cinderella]] play in ''[[Girl Genius]]'', Cinderagatha gets grounded after Mamma Gkika (who has been smashing Agatha's projects to keep her from going to the science fair) has a close encounter with a hive of specially-bred quilting bees. Naturally, this being ''Cinderella''...
* In Bleedman's ''[[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]]'', Buttercup fears the prospect of being grounded. Mostly because as a flying superheroine, she interprets it in aeronautical terms (that is, not being allowed to fly).
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[The Saga of Tuck]]'' when Tuck's family find out about {{spoiler|his female alter ego Valerie}}, they not only ground him for six weeks, they fine him $500 and - worst of all to him - cut off his phone and network privileges. To be fair, he had feared it would be even worse than this, and they did later reduce it to two weeks' grounding. Subverted in that [[Hilarity Ensues]] and the two weeks expire without much notice. He is, however, grounded the entire time.▼
** Also subverted similarly during Valentine's Day. The occasion of the grounding being removed (what else do you call it? "expired"?) is cause for a celebration, which probably ought to get him grounded a second time.▼
* An episode of Phailhaus from the ''[[Loading Ready Run]]'' crew pulls this when the Word of the Day was 'condign'.▼
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** Worth noting; this timeout lasted ''a year.'' }}▼
* In ''[[GoAnimate!]]'' videos, troublemakers are often grounded for the slightest of mistakes. Usually for the rest of their life.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n'
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'''Edd''': Three days for me, Eddy. A little quality time with my ants and some...
'''Eddy''': THREE DAYS?! WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL?! Over. }}
* ''[[
* In the ''[[
* Subverted on ''[[
* An extremely common fate for Butters on ''[[
** To Butters they probably aren't worse consequences it's just, he's screwed up. And his family is worse. Remember the episode with Paris Hilton?
** While they don't fear it as much as Butters, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman will also go to absurd lengths to avoid being grounded: for example, in "Butt Out," they decide that getting swept up in a battle between big tobacco and anti-smoking activists and facing down a torch-and-pitchfork wielding mob would be less trouble than getting grounded for three weeks.
*** There's also "Fun With Veal", where Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Butters (Kenny had been [[Killed Off for Real]] at this point) rescue baby cows and hid them in Stan's house, then eventually resort to terrorism to get their way. It led to a [[Bittersweet Ending]]
** Also used in the movie. Remember the Mole: "You realize that by doing zis, we could be grounded for two, maybe even three weeks."
* In an episode of the PBS show ''[[
** Another episode featured her being grounded by her [[Bumbling Dad]], who was surprisingly competent at keeping her in her room, forcing her [[Non-Human Sidekick]] to have to save the day.
* This happens to Will ''all the time'' in ''[[WITCH (
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force]]'':
** If memory serves correctly, this was because (A) he lied to them multiple times, (B) he snuck out multiple times, and (C) he was fighting aliens [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|without their permission]].
*** Eventually he gets fed up when Kevin is in danger and needs his help. He points out that his parents simply don't have the power to enforce their punishment (and the only reason it works is because he's already a basically good kid to start with), transforms, and jumps out the window.
* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
* ''[[
** In "Fanning the Flames", Jack and Maddie are outraged by their kids'
* Happens about two times in ''[[Totally Spies
*
* The ''[[
* A few times on ''[[My Life
* In the ''[[
* The third short in ''[[
* Really, it's easier to list the episodes where this ''doesn't'' happen to the main character and his sisters on ''[[
▲== Web Original ==
▲* In ''[[The Saga of Tuck]]'' when Tuck's family find out about {{spoiler|his female alter ego Valerie}}, they not only ground him for six weeks, they fine him $500 and - worst of all to him - cut off his phone and network privileges. To be fair, he had feared it would be even worse than this, and they did later reduce it to two weeks' grounding. Subverted in that [[Hilarity Ensues]] and the two weeks expire without much notice. He is, however, grounded the entire time.
▲** Also subverted similarly during Valentine's Day. The occasion of the grounding being removed (what else do you call it? "expired"?) is cause for a celebration, which probably ought to get him grounded a second time.
▲* An episode of Phailhaus from the ''[[Loading Ready Run]]'' crew pulls this when the Word of the Day was 'condign'.
▲{{quote| '''Matt''': Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty! For tonight, we [[Incredibly Lame Pun|condign]] in Hell! <br />
▲'''Graham''': That's it, mister. You are on a one Phailhaus timeout. <br />
▲** Worth noting; this timeout lasted ''a year.'' }}
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