Oscar by Sykes' jellyfish henchmen when he failed to win the money back from a bet he just made on the race and Angie by Don Lino. Shark Tale: Happens to both Oscar and Angie.In Dot in Space, Dot is tied up and silenced by bubble-shaped aliens under the influence of Fantastic Racism, when she crash-lands on their planet.Dot and the Koala sees the local police force tie up and imprison a family of wombats, including the children, only to be tied up and gagged with logs themselves by Dot and her animal friends in order to save said wombats.Happens in two of the Dot and the Kangaroo sequels.Please do not add any video examples to this trope. When it's played for drama, the emphasis is on how terrible the captive feels, so there's more focus on facial expressions and less on the bonds.ĭepending on the means used, a rescue can lead to a Painful Adhesive Removal.īinding and gagging is the most common of the many methods of restraint. In those cases, part of the fun is often seeing the hero escape, or try to escape, the bonds, so there's a lot of emphasis on showing the bonds, the struggling, and the escape or rescue. It generally tends to be more light-hearted adventures that actually show a lot of rope. When this trope is played for dead serious drama, you can expect, in many cases, very dark lighting and only glimpses of the bonds. Other times, someone might be tied up humorously as the result of some mishap. Especially if the character has an annoying voice or worse: a Dreadful Musician with horrendous vocal chords. For example, a character who is considered annoying might be tied up by the group simply to get that person out of the way. Sometimes this is done for humor instead. Some villains will invest in unbreakable chains made of Unobtainium to restrain a super-strong captive (and possibly forget that whatever said chains are bolted to isn't made of the same stuff) or possibly include a Power Nullifier. Sedatives are rare unless the kidnapper uses it to do the initial nabbing. Simple rope is popular among these villains. Both of which usually inspire the Defiant Captive to be extra defiant. To the captives themselves, they're likely to say ' I Have You Now, My Pretty' or 'You got spunk!' or some variation/combination of the two. In fact, there have been a few cases where the victim has said it to whoever is calling if she's somehow able to speak at the moment, although she usually needs a very good reason for it.) she's all tied up at the moment.' ( Villains never get tired of this one. In the olden days, this was usually accompanied by some form of fantastical Death Trap to add to the suspense.Īs technology marches around the 21st century, the victim's cell phone will invariably ring and the villain will pick it up and answer, 'Sorry, she can't come to the phone right now. When a Snooping Little Kid, Damsel in Distress, Faux Action Girl, or unlucky guy is captured by the villain, they're usually restrained in some fashion, and to keep them from crying out for The Hero, they're usually silenced as well.

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