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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~amue_chained_princess~~amue chained princess.jpg\|link=GoLion\|frame\|See, I told you. She really helps the feng shui when she's dangling there.]] A [[Bound and Gagged]] prisoner is suspended by (usually) a rope from the ceiling 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~~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]]). 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. 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, [[Shark Pool\|piranha pond]], or other [[Death Trap]], as a disincentive from struggling loose. * Because the [[Rule of Cool]] says so. Line 16 ⟶ 15: * 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 in Distress]] (especially [[Everything's Better with Princesses\|a princess]] and [[The President's Daughter]]). Not to be confused with [[Turn in Your Badge\|being suspended from the police force]]. Or involuntary school discipline.▼ ▲Not to be confused with [[Turn in Your Badge\|being suspended from the police force]]. {{examples}} == Anime &and Manga ==▼ ▲== Anime & Manga == * Pictured above: In ''[[Voltron]]''/''[[GoLion]]'', Lotor ties up Princess Romelle/Amue this way. * 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 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. Line 30 ⟶ 29: 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''. We see a variant in one brief ~~flashback -- as~~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. * 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 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~~My-HiME]]'' is knocked unconscious by a [[Robot Girl]] and wakes up like this. * Commonly used in ''[[Ranma ½~~\|Ranma One Half~~]]''. 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~~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 [[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. Happôsai, more than once, as punishment for his [[Panty Thief\|indiscretions]] and just to keep him out of the way. * ''[[Bleach]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20121123015552/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.}} Also, Yumichika, Ikkaku, and Matsumoto when they fought Luppi. * ''[[Love Hina]]'' Line 77 ⟶ 76: == 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 [[Don't Explain the Joke\|he said as much]]. {{quote\| "[[Noodle Incident\|Remember when we used actual civilians?]]"~~<br />~~ "Yeah..." }} * 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. Line 87 ⟶ 86: == Literature == * In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~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. * In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' story "[[Xuthal of the Dusk\|The Slithering Shadow]]", Thalis does to Natala before flogging her. * In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (~~Franchise~~novel)/\|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows~~\|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. Line 99 ⟶ 98: == Live-Action TV == * ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Xander is suspended above the Hellmouth by a demon. Really, Xander, you shouldn't have suggested that use for the rope yourself.... * ''[[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, [[The Brute\|Buuba]] blasts her room, putting fire inside it. Again, she flips around, burnt the ropes using the fire created. Line 108 ⟶ 107: * 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 "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S14 E1/E01 The Masque of Mandragora\|The Masque Of Mandragora]]", Marco is hung by his wrists while he's being tortured. * [[Invoked]] in the ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)\|Robin Hood]]'' episode Lardner's Ring. Marian [[Decoy Damsel\|pretends to be Robin's hostage]] in order to convince Guy to stop attacking Robin. * 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. Line 130 ⟶ 129: * 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. * 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 [[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. * On occasion, prisoners are tied up like this in ''[[Metal Slug]]''. When you 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]]''. Line 140 ⟶ 139: * 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''. * In ''[[Vigilante (video game)\|Vigilante]]'', [[~~Distressed~~ Damsel in Distress\|Madonna]] can be seen before the final level and during the final battle hanging like this from a construction hook. Line 146 ⟶ 145: * ''[[Bob and George]]'' 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]]. [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob] and [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010919 Mike] also ended up as [[~~Distressed~~ Dude in Distress\|Distressed Dudes]] 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 in Distress\|Distressed Dudes]] 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]]. First of all, [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000909c the Author was there.] And then there was [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010403c Nate] ~~-- where~~—where it's not only a robot, it's admitted to be torture. * In [[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]], Dark Pegasus accidentally reveals [http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_151.php Dan's fetishes] (to his delight). * In ''Killroy and Tina'', [[Cloudcuckoolander\|Brandon]] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120510141316/http://www.graphicsmash.com/comics/killroyandtina.php?name=killroyandtina&view=single&ID=4089 allowed]'' Killroy to put him in one of these. * ''[[Minions At Work]]'': [http://www.minionsatwork.com/2010/09/minions-241-unwritten-fine-print.html They should have noticed what the boss was like.] * ''[[Girl Genius]]'' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090921 The perils of being in Gil's vicinity.] Line 170 ⟶ 169: * 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20130612205731/http://fetishfuel.wikia.com/wiki/Totally_Spies! we're sure that's unneccesary]. * Shaak Ti gets bound up by electric wires by General Grievous in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars\|Star Wars the Clone Wars]]''. * The [[Three Amigos]] of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' get strung up this way by [[Satan\|Lucius]]. 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