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+ | {{trope}}[[File:Fengshuifeaturingromelle.PNG|left|thumb|291x291px|"Yes kid, your precious big sister is the best dowsing instrument avaliable in the whole galaxy! And you'll hang around her soon!"]] |
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This is not intended for [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torturing the prisoner]], but in reality, this could cause undue pressure on the body, and bad blood flow. Perhaps even dislocate something -- there's a ''reason'' why BDSM models engaging in suspension art tend towards the light-weight and extremely flexible end. In fiction, the prisoner does not appear to suffer any particular physical discomfort. (If the viewer [[Fridge Logic|thinks too much]] about this, it results in [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Disbelief of]] [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|Unwilling Suspension]]). |
This is not intended for [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torturing the prisoner]], but in reality, this could cause undue pressure on the body, and bad blood flow. Perhaps even dislocate something -- there's a ''reason'' why BDSM models engaging in suspension art tend towards the light-weight and extremely flexible end. In fiction, the prisoner does not appear to suffer any particular physical discomfort. (If the viewer [[Fridge Logic|thinks too much]] about this, it results in [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Disbelief of]] [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|Unwilling Suspension]]). |
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− | 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/"[[wikipedia:Suspension trauma|Suspension Trauma]]", not quite unlike a crucifixion. Many a [[Tailor-Made Prison]] has a prior inhabitant hanging by his wrists in skeletal form. |
+ | 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/"[[wikipedia:Suspension trauma|Suspension Trauma]]", not quite unlike a crucifixion. Many a [[Tailor-Made Prison]] has a prior inhabitant hanging by his wrists in skeletal form. |
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Reasons for doing this include: |
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Favorite victims seem to be [[The Hero]](es) or the [[Distressed Damsel]] (especially [[Everything's Better with Princesses|a princess]] and [[The President's Daughter]]). |
Favorite victims seem to be [[The Hero]](es) or the [[Distressed Damsel]] (especially [[Everything's Better with Princesses|a princess]] and [[The President's Daughter]]). |
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− | Not to be confused with [[Turn in Your Badge|being suspended from the police force]]. |
+ | Not to be confused with [[Turn in Your Badge|being suspended from the police force]]. |
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== Anime & Manga == |
== Anime & Manga == |
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+ | * '''Pictured above:''' In BOTH ''[[GoLion]] ''and ''[[Voltron]]'', [[Break the Cutie|one of the many indignities]] that [[Fallen Princess|Princess Amue/Romelle]] goes through as a prisoner of [[The Evil Prince|Prince Sincline/Lotor]] involves being hung in chains like this once, to force her younger brother [[A Child Shall Lead Them|Prince Alor/Bandor]] to surrender himself to the Galra/Drule Empire. The poor boy is so horrified that he ''almost'' gives 'self up to save his beloved big sister [[Badass Damsel|despite her repeatedly asking him to NOT do so]], [[Big Damn Heroes|but the heroes show up to save him]] and few later [[Sixth Ranger|she's saved by someone else]]. |
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− | * In ''[[Voltron]]''/''[[GoLion]]'', Prince Lotor/Sincline 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]]: '' |
− | ** The Digimon Emperor did this to the Digidestined aside from |
+ | ** The Digimon Emperor did this to the Digidestined aside from Daisuke in an episode of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', telling him that he could only save one. Luckily, when Daisuke tried to [[Take a Third Option]] via [[Take Me Instead!|ofering himself as a hostage]], it turned out not to be the real Digidestined at all. |
** In ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', the Digidestined are ambushed by a bunch of (spider-like) Dokugumon, which net the Digimon together while suspending the teens like this. |
** In ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', the Digidestined are ambushed by a bunch of (spider-like) Dokugumon, which net the Digimon together while suspending the teens like this. |
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* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' |
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' |
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** At the end of the "Wet King" episode, Sergeant Keroro ends up tied up like this outside the Hinata household, with bruises. |
** At the end of the "Wet King" episode, Sergeant Keroro ends up tied up like this outside the Hinata household, with bruises. |
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** Also in the series premiere, after Keroro is first discovered by Fuyuki and Natsumi. Attempting to escape by slipping out of the ropes only makes it worse as the ropes stop short at his oversized head ''and tighten around his neck''. |
** Also in the series premiere, after Keroro is first discovered by Fuyuki and Natsumi. Attempting to escape by slipping out of the ropes only makes it worse as the ropes stop short at his oversized head ''and tighten around his neck''. |
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+ | ** There's a variant in one brief flashback -- as punishment for wetting the bed, young Fuyuki had a bamboo threaded through his pyjamas ''to hang him up to dry alongside his bedding''. |
* Mikura Suzuki of the ''[[Mezzo Forte|Mezzo DSA]]'' series ends up in one episode tied up and suppended in the air. |
* Mikura Suzuki of the ''[[Mezzo Forte|Mezzo DSA]]'' series ends up in one episode tied up and suppended in the air. |
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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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** Done to Ranma again to use him as bait for a [[Cloning Blues|mirror duplicate]] of his female side. Then they went off to have dinner. Hey, at least they left his meal out in a tray for him... just out of reach. |
** Done to Ranma again to use him as bait for a [[Cloning Blues|mirror duplicate]] of his female side. Then they went off to have dinner. Hey, at least they left his meal out in a tray for him... just out of reach. |
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** Happôsai, more than once, as punishment for his [[Panty Thief|indiscretions]] and just to keep him out of the way. |
** Happôsai, more than once, as punishment for his [[Panty Thief|indiscretions]] and just to keep him out of the way. |
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⚫ | * ''[[Bleach]]: ''[http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/Bleach/Bleach%20-%20199%20-%20Large%2010.jpg Nemu Kurotsuchi] got once tied up like this, courtesy of {{spoiler|Szayel Apollo Gantz}}. With ''[[Naughty Tentacles|tentacles]]'' {{spoiler|And then [[It Got Worse]]. She got better in the end. Sorta.}} |
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** Also, Yumichika, Ikkaku, and Matsumoto when they fought Luppi. |
** Also, Yumichika, Ikkaku, and Matsumoto when they fought Luppi. |
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* ''[[Love Hina]]'' |
* ''[[Love Hina]]'' |
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** In some of the final chapters, [[Tsundere]] female lead Naru Narusegawa is captured by one of her dorm mates Kaolla Su and left tied and suspended. Averted in that the bindings are tied in a way that they act as an impromptu [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/love_hina/v13/c000/148.html support harness] (no, it's not a crotch rope), making this example a bit more plausible than others. |
** In some of the final chapters, [[Tsundere]] female lead Naru Narusegawa is captured by one of her dorm mates Kaolla Su and left tied and suspended. Averted in that the bindings are tied in a way that they act as an impromptu [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/love_hina/v13/c000/148.html support harness] (no, it's not a crotch rope), making this example a bit more plausible than others. |
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** Motoko is tied up and suspended in an earlier chapter as well. |
** Motoko is tied up and suspended in an earlier chapter as well. |
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− | * In a season 1 episode of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', an impostor Sailor Moon (actually, |
+ | * In a season 1 episode of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', an impostor Sailor Moon (actually, Zoisite in disguise) [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit|is "captured" in a scheme to lure out Tuxedo Kamen]]. She is suspended by her wrists and dangled from a crane. |
* ''[[Berserk]]'' |
* ''[[Berserk]]'' |
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− | ** Both Griffith and Guts are subject to this trope, in fact this is how the reader is introduced to Guts on the ''first page'' of the manga... [[Fetish Fuel| |
+ | ** Both Griffith and Guts are subject to this trope, in fact this is how the reader is introduced to Guts on the ''first page'' of the manga... [[Fetish Fuel|hmmmm]]. |
− | ** Schierke also does this to Isidro as punishment for trying to |
+ | ** Schierke also does this to Isidro as punishment for trying to peek at Farnese and Casca taking a bath. |
+ | ** In an horribly [[Fan Disservice]]y example, {{Spoiler|Casca}} is seen like this [[Shameful Strip|AND naked]] during the Eclipse. And that's right before {{Spoiler|she's horribly and graphically raped by Femto aka the aforementioned Griffith}} |
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− | * ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]'' adaptation ''[[wikipedia:The Three Musketeers (1987 TV series)|San Jushi]]'' |
+ | * ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]'' adaptation ''[[wikipedia:The Three Musketeers (1987 TV series)|San Jushi]] ''has Milady pulling this on a captured Constance. |
− | * ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' |
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− | + | * ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]: ''Fate is typically suspended from the ceiling in chains while [[Abusive Parents|Precia]] whips her for failing or not succeeding well enough. |
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− | ** Later on in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid|Vi Vid]]'', this is played more comically when {{spoiler|Otto and Deed}} catch Chantez holding a sparring match with Vivio without their supervision |
+ | ** Later on in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid|Vi Vid]]'', this is played more comically when {{spoiler|Otto and Deed}} catch Chantez holding a sparring match with Vivio without their supervision. {{spoiler|Otto}} punishes Chantez by restraining her using a ''tortoise shell bondage bind'', after which {{spoiler|Deed}} uses ropes tied to her wrists and ankles to suspend her from a tree, [[The Comically Serious|all while calmly explaining to Vivio that what she did was wrong]]. |
* The wrists variation is used on Death the Kid in ''[[Soul Eater]]'', and played for all the [[Fan Disservice]] it's worth in between [[Mood Whiplash]] moments. Kid's lack of reaction is arguably [[Physical God|justified]] but it still looks far more painful than it apparently is. Gopher beating him while he's tied up is especially horrible. |
* The wrists variation is used on Death the Kid in ''[[Soul Eater]]'', and played for all the [[Fan Disservice]] it's worth in between [[Mood Whiplash]] moments. Kid's lack of reaction is arguably [[Physical God|justified]] but it still looks far more painful than it apparently is. Gopher beating him while he's tied up is especially horrible. |
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* Has happened to Mokuba in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' on one of the many occasions in which he's taken hostage. |
* Has happened to Mokuba in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' on one of the many occasions in which he's taken hostage. |
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− | * In the manga ''Torikago Gakyuu'' during the [[Creepy Twins|twin]] arc, |
+ | * In the manga ''Torikago Gakyuu'' during the [[Creepy Twins|twin]] arc, [[Amnesiac Hero|Mikage]] is kidnapped by {{spoiler|the [[Ax Crazy]] Yuikai}} and held in the school's clock tower. {{spoiler|Yuikai}} proceeds to [[Break the Cutie|tie him up and beat him]] in order to [[Sadistic Choice|encourage]] him into {{spoiler|willingly giving up his freedom and becoming Yuikai's slave and consequently having his ''ears cut off'' so that the last words he'll ever hear are from his ''master''... or ''dying''.}} When Mikage refuses, {{spoiler|Yuikai}} drops him out the window where {{spoiler|Yukan, Yuikai's elder twin sister}} grabs the rope on his foot. Consequently, this leaves Mikage dangling upside down ''by one foot'' with his hands tied behind his back and an enormous drop below him. He remains that way for an uncomfortably long time, ultimately to his advantage {{spoiler|thanks to his [[Split Personality]]}}, but it must have been painful nonetheless. |
− | * Happens to Kyo's girlfriend Yuki in the manga version of [[The King of Fighters]] KYO, when a masked [[Badass Biker]] kidnaps her to force the recently depowered Kyo to a duel. |
+ | * Happens to Kyo's girlfriend Yuki in the manga version of [[The King of Fighters]] KYO, when a masked [[Badass Biker]] kidnaps her to force the recently depowered Kyo to a duel. {{spoiler|Subverted: the stranger is Saisyu, who's subjecting Kyo to a [[Secret Test of Character]]. When Kyo "passes" and recovers his flames, he cuts down the rope and Yuki falls down... [[Falling Into His Arms|and into Kyo's]] [[Bridal Carry|arms]].}} |
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+ | * In ''Koryuu no Mimi'', [[The Pornomancer|Natsume]]'s main [[Love Interest]] Kanako is kidnapped and trapped like this in the second OAV. Even more so, the poor woman's tied up from the wood railings of a Shinto shrine located atop of a hill''. ''{{Spoiler|Subverted: one of Natsume's enemies, Noriko, [[Decoy Damsel|had disguised herself as Kanako]] and set this up as a trap for ''him''; and despite showing up, [[Genre Savvy|Natsume does NOT fall for it]] and is ready to fight back. The real Kanako ''is'' being held hostage there, but is "merely" [[Bound and Gagged]] inside the temple and later he releases her.}} |
+ | * In ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]],'' a captured Tamahome was once bound like this [[A Taste of the Lash|AND whipped]] by Nakago, under the excuse of having upset Yui. |
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+ | ** Earlier in the series, Tamahome's family (his father and four little siblings) and Nuriko are captured like this by a Kutou spy. When Tamahome is also caught, the spy tells Miaka that he'll only let them live if she lets herself be killed; she almost does so, [[Big Damn Heroes|but Chichiri saves the day]]. |
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+ | * In the hentai ''[[Kuroinu Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru]]'', this happens to [[Red Headed Heroine|Maia]]. For worse, [[Rape as Drama|she's raped in turns by her former companions from the Kuroinu mercenaries AND by their leader]] while she's still chained and bound by her wrists. |
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+ | ** In the [[Alternate Universe]] Episode 5, {{spoiler|Queen Celestine}} is seen like this. |
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+ | * A particularly nasty example from ''[[Blue Comet SPT Layzner]] ''has several people caught like this AND [[Public Execution|about to be shot dead by a firing squad]]. {{Spoiler|This includes Eiji's girlfriend Anna and his best friend David.}}. {{Spoiler|Luckily, [[Big Damn Heroes|Eiji himself shows up and rescues them.]]}} |
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+ | * In ''[[One Piece]]'s'' Wano Arc, {{Spoiler|Eustass Kid}} and {{Spoiler|Kamazo/Killer}} are subjected to the below mentioned ''tsurushi ''[[Cold-Blooded Torture]] method. {{Spoiler|They're released when their torturer is attacked and knocked down by an amnesiac Big Mom.}} |
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+ | * Asuna from ''[[Sword Art Online]]'' gets chained by her wrists, hung like this and then molested by Sugou / Oberon in the Fairy Land arc. |
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+ | * In ''[[Shaman King]]'', the X-Laws are a group of [[Church Militant]] Shamans who use lots of Christian imaginary. At least twice they've used the below mentioned ''gibbet'' to restrain prisoners: first to an [[Ancient Egypt]]-themed Shaman who tried to kill their leader Iron Maiden Jeanne with his companions, and then to Yoh's [[Distressed Dude]] best friend Manta {{spoiler|who frees himself with help of Mosuke's spirit}}. |
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== Comic Books == |
== Comic Books == |
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* In ''[[Hagar the Horrible]]'', tax cheats and other offenders frequently end up hanging from the wall by their wrist chains. |
* In ''[[Hagar the Horrible]]'', tax cheats and other offenders frequently end up hanging from the wall by their wrist chains. |
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+ | * The ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' fic ''Stormbenders'' has Sokka claiming that they had Suki in chains at Boiling Rock, implying this trope as he [[Accusation Fic|screeches blame at Aang]] for [[My Greatest Failure|what he blamed ''himself f''or]] in the canon. |
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+ | * One ''[[Fire Emblem Fates]]'' fic has the Female Avatar in chains while heavily pregnant. A vengeful Leo then kills her as she gives one last declaration of love to a horrified Takumi. {{Spoiler|It turns out to be just a nightmare Takumi had, and a very vivid one}}. |
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== Films -- Animation == |
== Films -- Animation == |
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* Near the end of ''[[Bolt]]'', Penny gets "tied up" and suspended from the ceiling of the set (she's safe because a pulley harness is attached beneath the cocoon of ropes). |
* Near the end of ''[[Bolt]]'', Penny gets "tied up" and suspended from the ceiling of the set (she's safe because a pulley harness is attached beneath the cocoon of ropes). |
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+ | * Almost at the end of ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', Roger and Jessica are tied together and suspended from a rope, and are menaced by an out-of-control jet of Dip. |
== 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?]]"<br /> |
{{quote| "[[Noodle Incident|Remember when we used actual civilians?]]"<br /> |
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"Yeah..." }} |
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* The women in the movie ''[[Nine to Five]]'' do this to their boss. |
* The women in the movie ''[[Nine to Five]]'' do this to their boss. |
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* From ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', this happens to Irene Alder when she tried to follow Holmes and got tied up to a conveyor belt by her wrists by Blackwood. To compensate for the pressure, Watson had to put her up on his shoulders to lessen it. |
* From ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', this happens to Irene Alder when she tried to follow Holmes and got tied up to a conveyor belt by her wrists by Blackwood. To compensate for the pressure, Watson had to put her up on his shoulders to lessen it. |
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− | * Happens to Velma in the 2002 [[Scooby Doo]] movie. She falls off a scaffold and gets her foot caught in the scaffold's chain |
+ | * Happens to Velma in the 2002 [[Scooby Doo]] movie. She falls off a scaffold and gets her foot caught in the scaffold's chain, so when the chain goes taut, Velma is seen hanging upside down.<br /> |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[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 [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[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. |
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** 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. |
** 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 a later book, Dresden himself is tied up with his wrists above his head for hours, but the only ill effects he suffers besides lots of wrist pain equating to carpal tunnel syndrome is a loss of his magic due to running water being poured over his head. |
** In a later book, Dresden himself is tied up with his wrists above his head for hours, but the only ill effects he suffers besides lots of wrist pain equating to carpal tunnel syndrome is a loss of his magic due to running water being poured over his head. |
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− | ** Oddly enough, in that same book, Dresden's vampire-infected ex-girlfriend Susan is |
+ | ** Oddly enough, in that same book, Dresden's vampire-infected ex-girlfriend Susan is {{spoiler|tied up hanging froma magical rope ''by Dresden'' for a short time, to keep her from attacking and killing him in a blood-lust-driven fury. They then engage in a very ill-advised consensual sexual encounter with her in that state.}} This being the DF and Butcher, consequences from this bad judgement do eventually ensue. |
* In [[Adrian Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[Shadows of the Apt|Dragonfly Falling]]'', Salma is suspended like this before questioning. |
* In [[Adrian Tchaikovsky]]'s ''[[Shadows of the Apt|Dragonfly Falling]]'', Salma is suspended like this before questioning. |
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+ | * In both versions of ''Silence'' (the novel by Shusaku Endo and the movie by [[Martin Scorsese]] based on it), {{Spoiler|Father Ferreira}} went through the ''tsurushi ''aka the ''gallows and the pit'' {{Spoiler|and was broken enough ''to leave Christianity''}}. At the very end, {{Spoiler|Father Rodriguez ends up abjurating as well, but [[Forced to Watch|to save five Japanese Christians that are being subjected to it]].}} |
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== Live-Action TV == |
== Live-Action TV == |
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− | * ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Xander is suspended above the Hellmouth by a demon. |
+ | * ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Xander is suspended above the Hellmouth by a demon. Xander ''really'' shouldn't have suggested that use for the rope.... |
− | * ''[[Super Sentai]]'' shows that this trope isn't VERY effective when used in a room with fire NOT below the victim (and if the hands are not placed behind, usually). |
+ | * ''[[Super Sentai]]'' shows that this trope isn't VERY effective when used in a room with fire NOT below the victim (and if the hands are not placed behind, usually). |
** In ''[[Dai Sentai Goggle Five]]'', Miki gets trapped into an evil picture diary and gets suspended with a spread-eagle position, then the picture diary gets burned, which in turn, surrounds her in flames. Instead, she makes a flip, then uses the fire to burn the ropes. |
** In ''[[Dai Sentai Goggle Five]]'', Miki gets trapped into an evil picture diary and gets suspended with a spread-eagle position, then the picture diary gets burned, which in turn, surrounds her in flames. Instead, she makes a flip, then uses the fire to burn the ropes. |
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** In ''[[Dengeki Sentai Changeman]]'', Mai gets taken hostage and suspended with hands above her head, inside a room. Then, [[The Brute|Buuba]] blasts her room, putting fire inside it. Again, she flips around, burnt the ropes using the fire created. |
** In ''[[Dengeki Sentai Changeman]]'', Mai gets taken hostage and suspended with hands above her head, inside a room. Then, [[The Brute|Buuba]] blasts her room, putting fire inside it. Again, she flips around, burnt the ropes using the fire created. |
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* Happens to a car thief in ''[[1000 Ways to Die|One Thousand Ways to Die]]'' ("Car Jacked"). When he tried to steal a rich man's car and got into his garage via descending from the ceiling, his leg got tangled in a rope and he ended up hanging ''upside down'' for several hours, which killed him in the end. |
* Happens to a car thief in ''[[1000 Ways to Die|One Thousand Ways to Die]]'' ("Car Jacked"). When he tried to steal a rich man's car and got into his garage via descending from the ceiling, his leg got tangled in a rope and he ended up hanging ''upside down'' for several hours, which killed him in the end. |
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* Happens to Frank and Jesse Colton when they are captured by Chinese gangsters in the ''[[MacGyver]]'' episode "The Coltons". |
* Happens to Frank and Jesse Colton when they are captured by Chinese gangsters in the ''[[MacGyver]]'' episode "The Coltons". |
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+ | * In a [[Halloween Episode]] of [[Family Matters|''Family Matters'']], Steve tells a story about himself as a [[Self-Insert Fic|heroic swashbuckler]] saving [[Distressed Damsel]] Laura from a pair of vampires played by Carl and Harriet. When he finds Laura, she's in chains, and he has to remember to undo them before he sweeps her heroically into his arms. |
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+ | * In the video for[[ Pet Shop Boys]]' ''It's a Sin'', Neil Tennant (playing the role of a man imprisoned by what seems to be the Inquisition) is seen once or twice locked inside a gibbet (mentioned below). |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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* Tails in ''[[Sonic Advance Trilogy|Sonic Advance 2]]'' - prior to the beginning of the game, he is kidnapped by Eggman. When you fight the boss of Music Plant, he's swinging from a pole on the machine. |
* Tails in ''[[Sonic Advance Trilogy|Sonic Advance 2]]'' - prior to the beginning of the game, he is kidnapped by Eggman. When you fight the boss of Music Plant, he's swinging from a pole on the machine. |
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+ | * ''[[Super Mario]]: ''Peach is tied up like this at the opening of ''[[Super Mario RPG]]''. |
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** Also, in ''[[Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga]]'', Popple and Rookie are shown like this right before the [[Let's Meet the Meat|Chuckolator]] fight, but are (violently) released by their captor before it spins over to the Bros. |
** Also, in ''[[Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga]]'', Popple and Rookie are shown like this right before the [[Let's Meet the Meat|Chuckolator]] fight, but are (violently) released by their captor before it spins over to the Bros. |
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* Justin in the original ''[[Grandia (video game)|Grandia]]'' |
* Justin in the original ''[[Grandia (video game)|Grandia]]'' |
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* April O'Neil in the story mode of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters]]'' for the [[SNES]]. |
* April O'Neil in the story mode of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters]]'' for the [[SNES]]. |
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* All the captive maidens in ''[[Wizards and Warriors]]''. |
* All the captive maidens in ''[[Wizards and Warriors]]''. |
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+ | * In the first ''[[Golden Axe]]'', when the cast reaches for Death Adder, the king and the princess of the land are lowered this way. The poor King is ''upside down''. |
* Ada is tied up like this near the end of ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''. |
* Ada is tied up like this near the end of ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''. |
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* In ''[[Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge|Monkey Island 2 Le Chucks Revenge]]'', Guybrush and Wally are suspended by their wrists over a pit of boiling acid. |
* In ''[[Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge|Monkey Island 2 Le Chucks Revenge]]'', Guybrush and Wally are suspended by their wrists over a pit of boiling acid. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* The [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torture]] sequence in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' had Snake hanging from a hook on a track, and the momentum of his swing was used to increase the force of the blows he was receiving. |
* The [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torture]] sequence in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' had Snake hanging from a hook on a track, and the momentum of his swing was used to increase the force of the blows he was receiving. |
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− | * On occasion, prisoners are tied up like this in ''[[Metal Slug]]''. When |
+ | * On occasion, prisoners are tied up like this in ''[[Metal Slug]]''. When the players 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]]''. |
* [http://youtu.be/u1gqbuV84bs Rena and Master Genryusai] at the end of ''[[Final Fight|Final Fight 2]]''. |
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** {{spoiler|This happens to Commissioner Gordon in the final level, bats thinking he'd already left the island}}. |
** {{spoiler|This happens to Commissioner Gordon in the final level, bats thinking he'd already left the island}}. |
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* The final level of the 1982 Atari game ''[[Jungle Hunt]]'', where the [[Damsel in Distress]] is suspended over a cauldron. |
* The final level of the 1982 Atari game ''[[Jungle Hunt]]'', where the [[Damsel in Distress]] is suspended over a cauldron. |
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* Some of the kidnapped "cavebabes" from ''[[Joe and Mac Caveman Ninja]]'' (specifically the raven-haired ones) are tied up this way. |
* Some of the kidnapped "cavebabes" from ''[[Joe and Mac Caveman Ninja]]'' (specifically the raven-haired ones) are tied up this way. |
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− | * In the indie adventure game ''[[The Marionette]]'', |
+ | * In the indie adventure game ''[[The Marionette]]'', {{spoiler|the protagonist, at the end,}} is tied up by his arms from ropes suspended from the ceiling in a way that evokes the game's title. |
* [[Donkey Kong]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]] 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. |
* [[Donkey Kong]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]] 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. |
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* In ''[[Vigilante (video game)|Vigilante]]'', [[Distressed Damsel|Madonna]] can be seen before the final level and during the final battle hanging like this from a construction hook. |
* In ''[[Vigilante (video game)|Vigilante]]'', [[Distressed Damsel|Madonna]] can be seen before the final level and during the final battle hanging like this from a construction hook. |
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+ | * In OP of the ''[[The Punisher]]'' arcade game, when Frank Castle and his family accidentally step into a Mafia-style execution and right before all of them but Frank are gunned down, one can see a mafioso tied up like this and upside down. |
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** 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]]. |
** 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]]. |
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− | ** [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob] and [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010919 Mike] also ended up as [[Distressed Dude |
+ | ** [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob] and [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010919 Mike] also ended up as [[Distressed Dude]]s 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 |
+ | ** [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]]s in ''Bob and George''. |
** So [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031201c Mega Man] gets it, too, and it's [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031207c George]'s [[Fate Worse Than Death]]. |
** So [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031201c Mega Man] gets it, too, and it's [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031207c George]'s [[Fate Worse Than Death]]. |
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** First of all, [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000909c the Author was there.] |
** First of all, [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000909c the Author was there.] |
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* The beginning of two [[Mighty Mouse]] cartoons--"The Perils Of Pearl Pureheart" (1949) and "Sunny Italy" (1951) has Pearl Pureheart dangling upside down by one foot. |
* The beginning of two [[Mighty Mouse]] cartoons--"The Perils Of Pearl Pureheart" (1949) and "Sunny Italy" (1951) has Pearl Pureheart dangling upside down by one foot. |
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* Happens to Max in [[Goof Troop]]. |
* Happens to Max in [[Goof Troop]]. |
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+ | * In ''[[Voltron: Legendary Defender]]'', {{Spoiler|Kolivan from the Blade of Marmora}} is at the receiving end of this. |
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== Real Life == |
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− | * More than one [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] method used this trope, the most infamous one being the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsurushi tsurushi] aka ''reverse hanging''. |
+ | * More than one [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] method used this trope, the most infamous one being the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsurushi tsurushi] aka ''reverse hanging''. The most "famous" victims of this were the [[Japanese Christian]]s persecuted during the isolation times, as stated in Shusaku Endo's above-mentioned novel ''Silence'' (and the Martin Scorsese movie based on it); the list includes people like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Ruiz Saint Lorenzo Ruiz], Saint [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_of_Nagasaki Magdalene of Nagasaki], Saint [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Ansaloni Giordano Ansalone], etc. |
+ | * The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbeting gibbet] was used to exhibit dying people or dead bodies [[Make an Example of Them|to intimidate other prospect criminals]]. It was mostly used to hang corpses of murderers, traitors, bandits, pirates etc. ie, the famous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kidd Captain Kidd] was first hanged and then his corpse was gibbeted over the Thames. |
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A Bound and Gagged prisoner is suspended by (usually) a rope from the ceiling.
This is not intended for torturing the prisoner, but in reality, this could cause undue pressure on the body, and bad blood flow. Perhaps even dislocate something -- there's a reason why BDSM models engaging in suspension art tend towards the light-weight and extremely flexible end. In fiction, the prisoner does not appear to suffer any particular physical discomfort. (If the viewer thinks too much about this, it results in Disbelief of Unwilling Suspension).
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/"Suspension Trauma", not quite unlike a crucifixion. Many a Tailor-Made Prison has a prior inhabitant hanging by his wrists in skeletal form.
Reasons for doing this include:
- It provides for more effective immobilization of the prisoner. Tie somebody to a chair and they will be able to maneuver the chair toward a Conveniently Placed Sharp Thing nine times out of ten. Hang them from the ceiling and they have nothing to get traction against. Also, enough rope to hold someone's weight will also be enough rope that it's hard to get out of, especially if the Real Life consequences kick in.
- The victim can be suspended above a chasm, piranha pond, or other Death Trap, as a disincentive from struggling loose.
- Because the Rule of Cool says so.
- Author Appeal, along with Fetish Fuel.
- 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 a princess and The President's Daughter).
Not to be confused with being suspended from the police force.
Anime & Manga
- Pictured above: In BOTH GoLion and Voltron, one of the many indignities that Princess Amue/Romelle goes through as a prisoner of Prince Sincline/Lotor involves being hung in chains like this once, to force her younger brother Prince Alor/Bandor to surrender himself to the Galra/Drule Empire. The poor boy is so horrified that he almost gives 'self up to save his beloved big sister despite her repeatedly asking him to NOT do so, but the heroes show up to save him and few later she's saved by someone else.
- 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.
- Digimon:
- The Digimon Emperor did this to the Digidestined aside from Daisuke in an episode of Digimon Adventure 02, telling him that he could only save one. Luckily, when Daisuke tried to Take a Third Option via ofering himself as a hostage, it turned out not to be the real Digidestined at all.
- In Digimon Savers, the Digidestined are ambushed by a bunch of (spider-like) Dokugumon, which net the Digimon together while suspending the teens like this.
- Keroro Gunsou
- At the end of the "Wet King" episode, Sergeant Keroro ends up tied up like this outside the Hinata household, with bruises.
- Also in the series premiere, after Keroro is first discovered by Fuyuki and Natsumi. Attempting to escape by slipping out of the ropes only makes it worse as the ropes stop short at his oversized head and tighten around his neck.
- There's a variant in one brief flashback -- as punishment for wetting the bed, young Fuyuki had a bamboo threaded through his pyjamas to hang him up to dry alongside his bedding.
- Mikura Suzuki of the Mezzo DSA series ends up in one episode tied up and suppended in the air.
- 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, Sôsuke reveals the whole thing was a setup and the boy was safe the whole time; the kid was in on it.
- 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.
- Natsuki in Mai-HiME is knocked unconscious by a Robot Girl and wakes up like this.
- Commonly used in Ranma One Half.
- When Principal Kunô tries to force Ranma into obedience by knocking Akane out, then 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.
- Done to Ranma again to use him as bait for a mirror duplicate of his female side. Then they went off to have dinner. Hey, at least they left his meal out in a tray for him... just out of reach.
- Happôsai, more than once, as punishment for his indiscretions and just to keep him out of the way.
- Bleach: Nemu Kurotsuchi got once tied up like this, courtesy of Szayel Apollo Gantz. With tentacles And then It Got Worse. She got better in the end. Sorta.
- Also, Yumichika, Ikkaku, and Matsumoto when they fought Luppi.
- Love Hina
- In some of the final chapters, Tsundere female lead Naru Narusegawa is captured by one of her dorm mates Kaolla Su and left tied and suspended. Averted in that the bindings are tied in a way that they act as an impromptu support harness (no, it's not a crotch rope), making this example a bit more plausible than others.
- Motoko is tied up and suspended in an earlier chapter as well.
- In a season 1 episode of Sailor Moon, an impostor Sailor Moon (actually, Zoisite in disguise) is "captured" in a scheme to lure out Tuxedo Kamen. She is suspended by her wrists and dangled from a crane.
- Berserk
- Both Griffith and Guts are subject to this trope, in fact this is how the reader is introduced to Guts on the first page of the manga... hmmmm.
- Schierke also does this to Isidro as punishment for trying to peek at Farnese and Casca taking a bath.
- In an horribly Fan Disservicey example, Casca is seen like this AND naked during the Eclipse. And that's right before she's horribly and graphically raped by Femto aka the aforementioned Griffith
- The Three Musketeers adaptation San Jushi has Milady pulling this on a captured Constance.
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Fate is typically suspended from the ceiling in chains while Precia whips her for failing or not succeeding well enough.
- Later on in Vi Vid, this is played more comically when Otto and Deed catch Chantez holding a sparring match with Vivio without their supervision. Otto punishes Chantez by restraining her using a tortoise shell bondage bind, after which Deed uses ropes tied to her wrists and ankles to suspend her from a tree, all while calmly explaining to Vivio that what she did was wrong.
- The wrists variation is used on Death the Kid in Soul Eater, and played for all the Fan Disservice it's worth in between Mood Whiplash moments. Kid's lack of reaction is arguably justified but it still looks far more painful than it apparently is. Gopher beating him while he's tied up is especially horrible.
- Has happened to Mokuba in Yu-Gi-Oh on one of the many occasions in which he's taken hostage.
- In the manga Torikago Gakyuu during the twin arc, Mikage is kidnapped by the Ax Crazy Yuikai and held in the school's clock tower. Yuikai proceeds to tie him up and beat him in order to encourage him into willingly giving up his freedom and becoming Yuikai's slave and consequently having his ears cut off so that the last words he'll ever hear are from his master... or dying. When Mikage refuses, Yuikai drops him out the window where Yukan, Yuikai's elder twin sister grabs the rope on his foot. Consequently, this leaves Mikage dangling upside down by one foot with his hands tied behind his back and an enormous drop below him. He remains that way for an uncomfortably long time, ultimately to his advantage thanks to his Split Personality, but it must have been painful nonetheless.
- Happens to Kyo's girlfriend Yuki in the manga version of The King of Fighters KYO, when a masked Badass Biker kidnaps her to force the recently depowered Kyo to a duel. Subverted: the stranger is Saisyu, who's subjecting Kyo to a Secret Test of Character. When Kyo "passes" and recovers his flames, he cuts down the rope and Yuki falls down... and into Kyo's arms.
- In Koryuu no Mimi, Natsume's main Love Interest Kanako is kidnapped and trapped like this in the second OAV. Even more so, the poor woman's tied up from the wood railings of a Shinto shrine located atop of a hill. Subverted: one of Natsume's enemies, Noriko, had disguised herself as Kanako and set this up as a trap for him; and despite showing up, Natsume does NOT fall for it and is ready to fight back. The real Kanako is being held hostage there, but is "merely" Bound and Gagged inside the temple and later he releases her.
- In Fushigi Yuugi, a captured Tamahome was once bound like this AND whipped by Nakago, under the excuse of having upset Yui.
- Earlier in the series, Tamahome's family (his father and four little siblings) and Nuriko are captured like this by a Kutou spy. When Tamahome is also caught, the spy tells Miaka that he'll only let them live if she lets herself be killed; she almost does so, but Chichiri saves the day.
- In the hentai Kuroinu Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru, this happens to Maia. For worse, she's raped in turns by her former companions from the Kuroinu mercenaries AND by their leader while she's still chained and bound by her wrists.
- In the Alternate Universe Episode 5, Queen Celestine is seen like this.
- A particularly nasty example from Blue Comet SPT Layzner has several people caught like this AND about to be shot dead by a firing squad. This includes Eiji's girlfriend Anna and his best friend David.. Luckily, Eiji himself shows up and rescues them.
- In One Piece's Wano Arc, Eustass Kid and Kamazo/Killer are subjected to the below mentioned tsurushi Cold-Blooded Torture method. They're released when their torturer is attacked and knocked down by an amnesiac Big Mom.
- Asuna from Sword Art Online gets chained by her wrists, hung like this and then molested by Sugou / Oberon in the Fairy Land arc.
- In Shaman King, the X-Laws are a group of Church Militant Shamans who use lots of Christian imaginary. At least twice they've used the below mentioned gibbet to restrain prisoners: first to an Ancient Egypt-themed Shaman who tried to kill their leader Iron Maiden Jeanne with his companions, and then to Yoh's Distressed Dude best friend Manta who frees himself with help of Mosuke's spirit.
Comic Books
- In one of the stories within the The Legend of Zelda comics done by Valiant, Link is suspended bynding feast. Often, he's suspended as well.
Comic Strips
- In The Wizard of Id, those who offend the kind frequently end up hanging from the wall by their wrist chains.
- In Hagar the Horrible, tax cheats and other offenders frequently end up hanging from the wall by their wrist chains.
Fan Works
- The Avatar: The Last Airbender fic Stormbenders has Sokka claiming that they had Suki in chains at Boiling Rock, implying this trope as he screeches blame at Aang for what he blamed himself for in the canon.
- One Fire Emblem Fates fic has the Female Avatar in chains while heavily pregnant. A vengeful Leo then kills her as she gives one last declaration of love to a horrified Takumi. It turns out to be just a nightmare Takumi had, and a very vivid one.
Films -- Animation
- Near the end of Bolt, Penny gets "tied up" and suspended from the ceiling of the set (she's safe because a pulley harness is attached beneath the cocoon of ropes).
- Almost at the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Roger and Jessica are tied together and suspended from a rope, and are menaced by an out-of-control jet of Dip.
Films -- Live-Action
- 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 he said as much.
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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.
- Ben Wade in the Three Ten to Yuma remake is suspended from his hands at one point in the movie, to prevent his escape.
- The women in the movie Nine to Five do this to their boss.
- From Sherlock Holmes, this happens to Irene Alder when she tried to follow Holmes and got tied up to a conveyor belt by her wrists by Blackwood. To compensate for the pressure, Watson had to put her up on his shoulders to lessen it.
- Happens to Velma in the 2002 Scooby Doo movie. She falls off a scaffold and gets her foot caught in the scaffold's chain, so when the chain goes taut, Velma is seen hanging upside down.
Literature
- In Graham McNeill's 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", Thalis does to Natala before flogging her.
- In Harry Potter, Voldemort uses magic to suspend his prisoner in the air before eventually killing her.
- 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.
- In a later book, Dresden himself is tied up with his wrists above his head for hours, but the only ill effects he suffers besides lots of wrist pain equating to carpal tunnel syndrome is a loss of his magic due to running water being poured over his head.
- Oddly enough, in that same book, Dresden's vampire-infected ex-girlfriend Susan is tied up hanging froma magical rope by Dresden for a short time, to keep her from attacking and killing him in a blood-lust-driven fury. They then engage in a very ill-advised consensual sexual encounter with her in that state. This being the DF and Butcher, consequences from this bad judgement do eventually ensue.
- In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Dragonfly Falling, Salma is suspended like this before questioning.
- In both versions of Silence (the novel by Shusaku Endo and the movie by Martin Scorsese based on it), Father Ferreira went through the tsurushi aka the gallows and the pit and was broken enough to leave Christianity. At the very end, Father Rodriguez ends up abjurating as well, but to save five Japanese Christians that are being subjected to it.
Live-Action TV
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Xander is suspended above the Hellmouth by a demon. Xander really shouldn't have suggested that use for the rope....
- Super Sentai shows that this trope isn't VERY effective when used in a room with fire NOT below the victim (and if the hands are not placed behind, usually).
- In Dai Sentai Goggle Five, Miki gets trapped into an evil picture diary and gets suspended with a spread-eagle position, then the picture diary gets burned, which in turn, surrounds her in flames. Instead, she makes a flip, then uses the fire to burn the ropes.
- In Dengeki Sentai Changeman, Mai gets taken hostage and suspended with hands above her head, inside a room. Then, Buuba blasts her room, putting fire inside it. Again, she flips around, burnt the ropes using the fire created.
- In Hikari Sentai Maskman, both, Momoko and Haruka, were tied up this way in the episode where they were supposedly brainwashed by the Thief Knight Kyros to become bank robbers. This is more effective since Kiros did not use fire in any form, and instead uses spikes of doom, and both girls are only able to escape due to the boys' timely Big Damn Heroes.
- Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan the Movie: the Gokaigers are going to be executed by firing squad by the Space Police, and were held in place this way.
- In Bones, Brennan is kidnapped by a crazy ex-agent, tied up and hung by her wrists, unable to move and leaving her at the mercy of her kidnapper. Fortunately, Booth came in just in time to stop him, leading to a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming between him and a crying Brennan.
- In Legend of the Seeker, Richard, Denna and Cara were all hanged by their wrists and tortured (in the pure Fetish Fuel fashion) when in possession of Mord-Sith under command of Darken Rahl. And all of them were successfully punished and broken into submission, if only for a short time.
- One of the sets in You Can't Do That on Television was a dungeon in which kids were chained up by the wrists. The facts that they were standing on a stepstool and the shackles were wide enough that they could easily slip out of them were quite obvious.
- Happens to Barnaby in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death in the Slow Lane" after he is knocked out by the murderer. The killer plans to drop Barnaby on to a sharp set of ploughs at the end of their conversation.
- In the Doctor Who serial "The Masque Of Mandragora", Marco is hung by his wrists while he's being tortured.
- Invoked in the Robin Hood episode Lardner's Ring. Marian pretends to be Robin's hostage in order to convince Guy to stop attacking Robin.
- Happens to a car thief in One Thousand Ways to Die ("Car Jacked"). When he tried to steal a rich man's car and got into his garage via descending from the ceiling, his leg got tangled in a rope and he ended up hanging upside down for several hours, which killed him in the end.
- Happens to Frank and Jesse Colton when they are captured by Chinese gangsters in the MacGyver episode "The Coltons".
- In a Halloween Episode of Family Matters, Steve tells a story about himself as a heroic swashbuckler saving Distressed Damsel Laura from a pair of vampires played by Carl and Harriet. When he finds Laura, she's in chains, and he has to remember to undo them before he sweeps her heroically into his arms.
Music
- In the video forPet Shop Boys' It's a Sin, Neil Tennant (playing the role of a man imprisoned by what seems to be the Inquisition) is seen once or twice locked inside a gibbet (mentioned below).
Pro Wrestling
- The Undertaker used to do this to his victims when he ran the Ministry of Darkness Power Stable. He'd tie his "sacrifices" to a large T symbol and hang them above the stage.
Video Games
- Tails in Sonic Advance 2 - prior to the beginning of the game, he is kidnapped by Eggman. When you fight the boss of Music Plant, he's swinging from a pole on the machine.
- Super Mario: Peach is tied up like this at the opening of Super Mario RPG.
- Also, in Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, Popple and Rookie are shown like this right before the Chuckolator fight, but are (violently) released by their captor before it spins over to the Bros.
- Justin in the original Grandia
- April O'Neil in the story mode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters for the SNES.
- All the captive maidens in Wizards and Warriors.
- In the first Golden Axe, when the cast reaches for Death Adder, the king and the princess of the land are lowered this way. The poor King is upside down.
- Ada is tied up like this near the end of Resident Evil 4.
- In 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 torture sequence in Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater had Snake hanging from a hook on a track, and the momentum of his swing was used to increase the force of the blows he was receiving.
- On occasion, prisoners are tied up like this in Metal Slug. When the players cut one down, he flaps his arms as he drops.
- Rena and Master Genryusai at the end of Final Fight 2.
- Batman: Arkham Asylum: Countless times, you can do this to terrified mooks. Before dropping them on their head as their teammates patrol underneath.
- This happens to Commissioner Gordon in the final level, bats thinking he'd already left the island.
- The final level of the 1982 Atari game Jungle Hunt, where the Damsel in Distress is suspended over a cauldron.
- Some of the kidnapped "cavebabes" from Joe and Mac Caveman Ninja (specifically the raven-haired ones) are tied up this way.
- In the indie adventure game The Marionette, the protagonist, at the end, is tied up by his arms from ropes suspended from the ceiling in a way that evokes the game's title.
- Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
- In Vigilante, Madonna can be seen before the final level and during the final battle hanging like this from a construction hook.
- In OP of the The Punisher arcade game, when Frank Castle and his family accidentally step into a Mafia-style execution and right before all of them but Frank are gunned down, one can see a mafioso tied up like this and upside down.
- One of the Bonus Stages in World Heroes 2 has a blonde girl in a red dress being tied up like this. She can only be released when the hero or heroine breaks six huge masks.
- The princesses from Snow Bros are hung like this in chains in the last stage.
Web Comics
- Bob and George
- George spends the entire third game parody as one of these. Like here. When reminded about his superpowers and asked why he didn't free himself that way, he leveled the castle in a fit of rage.
- Bob and Mike also ended up as Distressed Dudes like that.
- Blues, with a Lampshade on the dangers, plus joined by Rock Man. This seems to be The Thing To Do for Distressed Dudes in Bob and George.
- So Mega Man gets it, too, and it's George's Fate Worse Than Death.
- First of all, the Author was there.
- And then there was Nate -- where it's not only a robot, it's admitted to be torture.
- In Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures, Dark Pegasus accidentally reveals Dan's fetishes (to his delight).
- In Killroy and Tina, Brandon allowed Killroy to put him in one of these.
- Minions At Work: They should have noticed what the boss was like.
- Girl Genius The perils of being in Gil's vicinity.
- Xkcd: The joys of a staple gun.
- Pibgorn here and here
- In Sandra and Woo, Sandra and Cloud do it to Larissa after she annoys them once too many. The page tags even reference Cacofonix.
Western Animation
- In the "Treehouse of Horror X" episode of 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 the Animated Series
- 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 female bodyguards) hanging bound and gagged from the ceiling after being subdued by the Judge.
- Transformers Generation 1
- Optimus Prime got this after his failed attempt to save Elita One.
- So did Blurr in "The Face of the Nijika".
- This happened at least once on The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.
- The Batman/Superman animated series cross over, World's Finest, has Lois Lane tied up like this.
- Happens in Totally Spies We could cite a specific example, but we're sure that's unneccesary.
- Shaak Ti gets bound up by electric wires by General Grievous in Star Wars the Clone Wars.
- The Three Amigos of Jimmy Two-Shoes get strung up this way by Lucius.
- Happened to Jean early in the X-Men series, but she quickly freed herself.
- In Dan Vs "The Wolf-Man", Dan catches what he thinks is the wolf-man (actually a kid in a costume) and hangs him upside down from his ceiling.
- In Codename: Kids Next Door, the villains have a fondness for tying up the heroes and dangling them upside-down, usually by their feet.
- The beginning of two Mighty Mouse cartoons--"The Perils Of Pearl Pureheart" (1949) and "Sunny Italy" (1951) has Pearl Pureheart dangling upside down by one foot.
- Happens to Max in Goof Troop.
- In Voltron: Legendary Defender, Kolivan from the Blade of Marmora is at the receiving end of this.
Real Life
- More than one Cold-Blooded Torture method used this trope, the most infamous one being the tsurushi aka reverse hanging. The most "famous" victims of this were the Japanese Christians persecuted during the isolation times, as stated in Shusaku Endo's above-mentioned novel Silence (and the Martin Scorsese movie based on it); the list includes people like Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki, Saint Giordano Ansalone, etc.
- The gibbet was used to exhibit dying people or dead bodies to intimidate other prospect criminals. It was mostly used to hang corpses of murderers, traitors, bandits, pirates etc. ie, the famous Captain Kidd was first hanged and then his corpse was gibbeted over the Thames.