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* Happens OnceAnEpisode in ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'', since the Medicine Peddler always seals off the area with magic to protect its inhabitants and prevent the mononoke escaping. Moreover, two episodes take place in a boat out at sea and a moving train carriage.
* Ruhenheim in ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' is a particularly grand-scale case of the horror take on this trope.
* Ruhenheim in ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' is a particularly grand-scale case of the horror take on this trope.
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* Happens OnceAnEpisode OncePerEpisode in ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'', since the Medicine Peddler always seals off the area with magic to protect its inhabitants and prevent the mononoke escaping. Moreover, two episodes take place in a boat out at sea and a moving train carriage.
* Ruhenheim in''Anime/{{Monster}}'' ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' is a particularly grand-scale case of the horror take on this trope.
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* ''Literature/TheCloneWarsSecretMissions'': ''Curse of the Black Hole Pirates'' takes place near a black hole that affects navigational systems and keeps anyone, hero or villain alike, from taking their ship out of the region.
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* The second act of ''Theatre/HereWeAre'' is this, being an adaptation of ''Film/TheExterminatingAngel''.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': The entire cast and crew of Bolt’s TV show are gathered together on a movie studio set in “The Murder Mystery” after The Director is killed. All are suspects with plausible motives, and Penny monitors the proceedings.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': The entire cast and crew of Bolt’s Bolt's TV show are gathered together on a movie studio set in “The "The Murder Mystery” Mystery" after The Director is killed. All are suspects with plausible motives, and Penny monitors the proceedings.
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* ''Literature/OurWivesUnderTheSea'': Half of the story consists of Leah's voyage in a submarine which had its power cut out and dropped to the bottom of the ocean. The crew has enough food and water to survive, there isn't anything dangerous outside, and the sub is in good condition; they just can't drive it or communicate with the surface world. It leads to both their physical and mental health deteriorating.
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* All of the entries in the WebVideo/{{Hatchetfield}} series take place in the titular [[ThePlace island]] island [[WordOfGod located]] between the upper and lower peninsulas of UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}}. Add the EldritchLocation nature of the setting and you’ve got a Closed Loop.
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* In ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', once the gigantic pyramid is completed, its incredible amount of PyramidPower [[spoiler:almost]] completely severs Djelibeybi from world, trapping its inhabitants with ALL of its gods. Since several of the gods often were responsible for the same thing, HilarityEnsues as the gods duke it out for control over things like the sun.
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* In ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', once the gigantic pyramid is completed, its incredible amount of PyramidPower [[spoiler:almost]] completely severs Djelibeybi from the world, trapping its inhabitants with ALL of its gods. Since several of the gods often were responsible for the same thing, HilarityEnsues as the gods duke it out for control over things like the sun.
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** ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': 15 students are trapped inside a prestigious academy by a sadistic Teddy Bear named Monokuma. The only way to escape? [[DeadlyGraduation Kill one of your classmates]], then successfully cover up the crime.
** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' continues the trend, but this time the students are trapped on a group of islands with no means of escape. There's even a closed circle within a closed circle when the students are trapped within a funhouse located on one of the islands.
** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' continues the trend, but this time the students are trapped on a group of islands with no means of escape. There's even a closed circle within a closed circle when the students are trapped within a funhouse located on one of the islands.
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** ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': 15 students are trapped inside a prestigious academy by a sadistic Teddy Bear named Monokuma. The only way to escape? [[DeadlyGraduation Kill one of your classmates]], then successfully cover up the crime.
** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' continues the trend, but this time the students are trapped on a group of islands with no means of escape. There's even a closed circle within a closed circle in Chapter 4, when the students are trapped within a funhouse located on one of the islands.
** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' continues the trend, but this time the students are trapped on a group of islands with no means of escape. There's even a closed circle within a closed circle in Chapter 4, when the students are trapped within a funhouse located on one of the islands.
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* ''Infinity'' series:
** ''VisualNovel/{{Ever17}}'' revolves around a group of people trapped in an underwater theme park.
** ''VisualNovel/{{Remember11}}'' involves ''two'' Closed Circle groups. Kokoro, Lin, Yomogi, and Yuni are trapped in a mountain cabin due to bad weather, and Satoru, Utsumi, Hotoru, and Yuni are at the SPHIA psychiatric hospital, which is located on a remote island.
* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and its first sequel ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' are set on a cruise liner designed to flood after nine hours, and at an AbandonedWarehouse respectively, both converted to house a series of [[DeadlyGame Deadly Games]] intentionally designed to test the limits of [[WeAreStrugglingTogether group mentality]]. The third game, ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'', is set in a deliberately created Closed Circle designed for an experiment, which the BigBad has modified to be even more [[DeadlyGame malicious]] than the first two.
** ''VisualNovel/{{Ever17}}'' revolves around a group of people trapped in an underwater theme park.
** ''VisualNovel/{{Remember11}}'' involves ''two'' Closed Circle groups. Kokoro, Lin, Yomogi, and Yuni are trapped in a mountain cabin due to bad weather, and Satoru, Utsumi, Hotoru, and Yuni are at the SPHIA psychiatric hospital, which is located on a remote island.
* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and its first sequel ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' are set on a cruise liner designed to flood after nine hours, and at an AbandonedWarehouse respectively, both converted to house a series of [[DeadlyGame Deadly Games]] intentionally designed to test the limits of [[WeAreStrugglingTogether group mentality]]. The third game, ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'', is set in a deliberately created Closed Circle designed for an experiment, which the BigBad has modified to be even more [[DeadlyGame malicious]] than the first two.
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* ''Infinity'' ''VisualNovel/{{Infinity}}'' series:
**''VisualNovel/{{Ever17}}'' ''VisualNovel/Ever17'' revolves around a group of people trapped in an underwater theme park.
**''VisualNovel/{{Remember11}}'' ''VisualNovel/Remember11'' involves ''two'' two Closed Circle groups. Kokoro, Lin, Yomogi, and Yuni are trapped in a mountain cabin due to bad weather, and Satoru, Utsumi, Hotoru, and Yuni are at the SPHIA psychiatric hospital, which is located on a remote island.
* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and its first sequel ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' are set on a cruise liner designed to flood after nine hours, and at an AbandonedWarehouse respectively, both converted to house a series of[[DeadlyGame Deadly Games]] {{Deadly Game}}s intentionally designed to test the limits of [[WeAreStrugglingTogether group mentality]]. The third game, ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'', is set in a deliberately created Closed Circle designed for an experiment, which the BigBad has modified to be even more [[DeadlyGame malicious]] malicious than the first two.
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* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and its first sequel ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' are set on a cruise liner designed to flood after nine hours, and at an AbandonedWarehouse respectively, both converted to house a series of
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* Many a case arc in ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'' would have the participants being forcibly stuck where the murder case is taking place in said arc (the only way in & out of the area is made inaccessible, the communication devices to the outside world are sabotaged and/or have no connection access point, the ferry service that is due to arrive to pick people up has left and won't return for a few days, etc.), creating panic for the survivors as a result.
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* ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. Twenty-four tributes are forced to fight to the death in an arena surrounded by force fields ''and'' natural boundaries like mountains and lakes. The Gamemakers can even instantaneously alter the arena to make it smaller and smaller as the games progress, thereby increasing the drama for the audiences both in- and out-of-universe.
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* ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Twenty-four tributes are forced to fight to the death in an arena surrounded by force fields ''and'' natural boundaries like mountains and lakes.lakes. Tributes can receive supplies that float out of the sky on parachutes, but otherwise they're on their own. The Gamemakers can even instantaneously alter the arena to make it smaller and smaller as the games progress, thereby increasing the drama for the audiences both in- and out-of-universe.
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** [[ItWasADarkAndStormyNight Inclement weather]], see: HostilePrecipitation; SnowedIn.
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** [[ItWasADarkAndStormyNight Inclement weather]], see: HostilePrecipitation; HostileWeather; SnowedIn.
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* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Myth/TheScholomance, an evil WizardingSchool, is set up this way. The school is deep underground, the front doors lead right into hungry monsters, and the only other way out--a room where magic teleportation works--can only be used by students on official school missions, which neither the protagonist nor most of her classmates qualify for. As a result, the students are stuck there and cannot leave.
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%%* The Flying Pussyfoot in ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' as well as the case of the Advena Avis two hundred years prior.
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* In ''LightNovel/RokkaBravesOfTheSixFlowers'', the main cast is trapped within a magical barrier that prevents them from leaving the forest. The plot involves figuring out who the traitor among them is who activated the barrier.
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* In ''LightNovel/RokkaBravesOfTheSixFlowers'', ''Literature/RokkaBravesOfTheSixFlowers'', the main cast is trapped within a magical barrier that prevents them from leaving the forest. The plot involves figuring out who the traitor among them is who activated the barrier.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Objectified}}'': Trains running to and from Center Ring are halted as news of a parasitic infection spreads, forsaking the entire city (and everyone inside).
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* ''Literature/UnderTheDome'': Stephen King's survival thriller novel is set in the fictional town of Chester's Mill, where a literal impenetrable dome is created around the town, separating it from the outside world entirely, with several parties struggling for survival, but also undermining each other due to being at odds. To make matters worse, the dome causes a greatly diminished air circulation, making breathing increasingly difficult due to accumulating pollution.
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* In ''ComicBook/CinemaPurgatorio'', once somebody enters the cinema, they aren't able to go back out. While they are free to roam anywhere inside, taking one of the exits just warps a person back in front of the door. At first, the protagonist just accepts this as part of a dreamlike experience, but as she keeps waking up in the theater, she becomes just as resigned to staying as the other patrons.
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* As a GhostShip [[RecycledInSpace in space]], the Aurora in ''Literature/DeadSilence'' is inescapable. Doubly so if the passengers (or the rescue crew) activate the "Versailles Contingency", which locked the rich passengers in secured section of the ship as a panic room, but only could be opened from the outside.
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* In ''Manga/ShadowsHouse'', the Children's Wing is surrounded on all sides by walls and a steep cliff, and the only way in and out of the premises is the bridge to the Adult's Building, a place that is strictly off limits to the children. Even without these security measures, the children are never compelled to leave because [[spoiler: they have all been brainwashed to be unconditionally loyal to Lord Grandfather and the Shadows House.]]
* The setting of ''Manga/SummerTimeRendering'' is an island 4km away from the mainland, with only a ferry responsible for bringing and returning people from the island. As Hizuru notices, the boat operatives are already Shadows themselves, and considering that now the Shadows know they have opponents, if any of the heroes try to leave, they're likely to be killed on the trip.
* The setting of ''Manga/SummerTimeRendering'' is an island 4km away from the mainland, with only a ferry responsible for bringing and returning people from the island. As Hizuru notices, the boat operatives are already Shadows themselves, and considering that now the Shadows know they have opponents, if any of the heroes try to leave, they're likely to be killed on the trip.
