![]() Chained to a Rock-and left to die, either by a monster or by exposure.Chained to a Railway-the classic "tied to the tracks" cliché.but it can just as easily be played for drama. Chained to a Bed-often played for comedy.Bench Breaker-Instead of cutting their bindings with a Conveniently-Placed Sharp Thing, they break the bench or chair they are tied to.Banging for Help-when a bound captive tries to make noise to get attention.Bag of Kidnapping-when the captive is tied in a sack.All Webbed Up-when spiders (or related beings) do the binding.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. 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 actually 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. They even get gagged by apples that get knocked off a table and fly into their open mouths. For example, the US Dennis The Menace cartoon once had a scene where a seal is running amok, and at one point grabs toilet paper in its mouth and runs around the kids, wrapping them up in toilet paper. ![]() Other times, someone might be tied up humorously as the result of some mishap. Of course, if that character is really cute, the intended humor might be lost a bit on some audiences. 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. 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. she's all tied up at the moment." (Villains never get tired of this Pun. Nowadays, 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. In the olden days, this was usually accompanied by some form of fantastical Death Trap to add to the suspense. When a Snooping Little Kid, Damsel in Distress, or Faux Action Girl (or the occasional 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. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. ![]() DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.
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