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{{quote|'''Eddy''': What happened to the stairs?! <br />
'''Ed''': My parents took them down because I am ''grounded''. <br />
'''Edd''': [[Sick and Wrong|...That's disturbing.]] |''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy
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.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[
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== Fan Fiction ==
* Kyon has been grounded twice in ''[[Kyon:
* In the ''[[
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== Literature ==
* This was a minor threat in early ''[[
* 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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* ''[[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 excuse--because it's been foretold that she'll die if she attends Homecoming. Of course she doesn't know this and sneaks out...
** {{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.
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{{quote| '''Big Pete''' (to Dad)''':''' It's just parasites. ''[[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|Really big]]'' parasites.}}
* 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 ''[[
* 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.
{{quote| '''Uther''': YOU WILL GO TO YOUR CHAMBERS!<br />
'''Morgana''': And you, Uther...you will go to hell. }}
* Chi Soo's father from ''[[
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== Webcomics ==
* During the [[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).
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy
{{quote| '''Eddy''': This stinks. I got grounded forever. Over.<br />
'''Edd''': Three days for me, Eddy. A little quality time with my ants and some...<br />
'''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]] -- they got the word "veal" renamed to "little tortured baby cow", but they end up grounded anyway.
** 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' behavior--Danny for being lovesick, Jazz for being obsessed with Ember. They are both grounded. Which is better [[wikipedia:Iron maiden chr(28)torture devicechr(29)|than what their punishment could have been]].
* Happens about two times in ''[[
* Happent to Beezy on ''[[Jimmy Two
* 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 ''[[
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