History Main / DraggedOffToHell

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Like AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, not all versions of hell are inescapable. See EscapedFromHell and RescuedFromTheUnderworld, though this is typically the absolute worst fate anyone can receive, as any and all torments covered under FateWorseThanDeath can and given the nature of eternal suffering probably will apply with the addition of it starting with death.

* The final fate of Palpatine in ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire''. Having cheated death by {{Body Surf}}ing, he is finally defeated when the Force Ghost of a Jedi grabs his spirit and departs for the afterlife. A Jedi who [[KarmicDeath survived the Purge, no less]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', this is the fate of Lord Barkis Bittern after the Dead learn it was he who murdered Emily. This fate has a unique variation in that the Undeworld is in itself a neutral place, but the rest of the Dead are determined to make his time there an (un)living hell. They waited until he drank the poisoned wine meant for Victor before dragging him off to the land of the dead.

** There is an alley in the town of Morioh inhabited by the ghost of Reimi Sugimoto, victim of serial killer Yoshikage Kira. The only way to proceed safely through the alley is to turn after walking twenty feet, and to not look back: otherwise, the hands of a hundred ghosts will drag you to the afterlife ''in pieces''. Koichi was barely saved by Rohan wiping his memory of looking behind. [[spoiler:Yoshikage Kira]] is not so lucky after his DeathByAmbulance, where he ends up in the alley and [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty gets sent to his reckoning]].

''([[spoiler:Yoshikage Kira]] gets dragged screaming)''

* In ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', this is the fate of Lord Barkis Bittern after the dead learn it was he who murdered Emily. They waited until he drank the poisoned wine meant for Victor before dragging him off to the land of the dead.

* Happens to Hades, the King of the Dead, at the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', by his own subjects no less, when Hercules punches him into the River Styx.

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'', Frollo gets weighed down into a sea of molten lead at the bottom of the Notre Dame cathedral by a sinister-looking gargoyle (which seems to come alive), which is quite symbolic of this trope in a movie crammed full of religious symbolism. His last words (often mistaken for an actual quote from Literature/TheBible) add an extra level of DramaticIrony to his fate.

* Being a demon-heavy series with a focus on HeavenVersusHell, ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' actually features very little dragging of people off into the Burning Hells. Unless you count [[TheQuisling Nihlathak]] from ''VideoGame/DiabloII'''s "Lord of Destruction" expansion, the last Elder of Harrogath who made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Baal]] to hand over the Relic of the Ancients to him in return for Harrogath's safety, which gets him the full Dragged Off To Hell treatment when he is defeated by the player.

* ''Film/Ghost1990'': When both of Sam Wheat's murderers are killed (the hitman who carried out the crime [[spoiler: and the "friend" who ordered the hit itself]]), a group of small shadowy creatures appear from the shadows themselves and drag their spirits to the underworld.

* ''Film/TheExorcistBeliever'': After Angela and Katherine are possessed by the demon Lamashtu, he offers the parents a choice. [[spoiler: Sacrifice one of the girls to save the other. When Katharine's parents choose Angela to sacrifice, the demon proves he was lying killing Katharine,]] and dragging her soul to Hell, [[spoiler:while she futilely screams for her mother and father]].

* The fate of the two serial killers turned ghosts Patricia Bradley and Johnny Bartlett in ''Film/TheFrighteners''. Just when it looks like they have managed to escape from being dragged to the afterlife and are free to go back to Earth while Frank has been dragged all the way to the gates of Heaven and can do nothing to stop them, the tunnel of light that connects Heaven to Earth suddenly changes into the a horrific-looking fiery demonic worm monstrosity which roots the tentacles that line its insides into their ghostly bodies and carries them down below. As Cyrus quips in the aftermath of this event:

* The fate of the two serial killers turned serial ghosts Patricia Bradley and Johnny Bartlett in ''Film/TheFrighteners'', as they are carried off screaming to Hell from the gates of Heaven in the mouth of a horrific-looking demonic worm monstrosity. As Cyrus quips in the aftermath of this event:

* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series' backstory, Wulfharth Ash-King, an ancient King of the Nords who [[EternalHero has died and come back to life]] at least three times, possessed a powerful Thu'um. After defeating a troublesome tribe of Orcs, Wulfharth "shouted their chief into Hell". Later, following one of his deaths at the hands of Elves, Wulfharth himself ended up in Hell but was rescued by Kyne, the Old Nordic aspect of the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric Divine]] Kynareth.

* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series' backstory, Wulfharth Ash-King, an ancient King of the Nords who [[EternalHero has died and come back to life]] at least three times, possessed a powerful [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um]]. After defeating a troublesome tribe of Orcs, Wulfharth "shouted their chief into Hell". Later, following one of his deaths at the hands of Elves, Wulfharth himself ended up in Hell but was rescued by Kyne, the Old Nordic aspect of the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric Divine]] Kynareth.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', Kenny initially rises toward Heaven when he dies, but is suddenly grabbed and dragged to Hell. When Satan and Saddam Hussein begin the breakout after Terrance and Phillip are killed, Kenny also escapes, and helps save the day. As a result, he earns the right to go to Heaven...[[TheyKilledKennyAgain at least, until the next season starts]].

* Hilariously inverted in an ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' two-parter where Saddam Hussein returns from the dead (after Satan killed him in [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut the movie]]), because, well, [[YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead he was dead to begin with]] ([[RunningGag and where was he gonna go]], [[PlaceWorseThanDeath Detroit]]?). Fed up with this, Satan has him Dragged Off to ''Heaven'' by the end of the two-parter (calling in a favor from God); [[HeallOfAHeaven this is a punishment for Saddam because]] [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Heaven is only populated by annoying Mormons]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Who Gives a Buck" has a NightmareSequence where Rocko [[TheSorcerersApprentice chops up his Conglom-O credit card only for it to multiply into thousands]], which pull him from bed and toss him into Hell, or at least [[GoshDangItToHeck the show's equivalent of it]].

-->'''Frollo:''' And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!

* ''VideoGame/Doom3'': At one point, Dr. Betruger opens a portal that forcefully teleports you to {{Hell}}. You survive and proceed to chew up that place, though.

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', failing your warlock companion Wyll's questline in Part II results in this as punishment for failing to keep up his end of his DealWithTheDevil. For added AndIMustScream, he's also mutated into a barely-sapient BlobMonster lemure.

* ''Literature/ShadowOfTheFox:'' This is the fate of [[BigBad Genno]], who was brought back by the demon king O-Hakumon to make a wish to bring about HellOnEarth. His [[SoulJar skull is destroyed]], severing his connection to the mortal world. O-Hakumon [[YouHaveFailedMe brings his soul back as punishment for his failure]]. Later on, the First Oni, Hakaimono, experiences a similar fate when Yumeko wishes for all of Jigoku's creatures to be sent back. For him, however, this is a ''happy'' ending, as he'd been [[SealedEvilInACan trapped in a sword]] for a thousand years and is clearly homesick.

** It is eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the remains of Captains killed in battle are too dense with Reiatsu to break down into Reishi and return to the soil of Soul Society; because it is a threat to the balance between the realms of the living and the dead to just leave them as they are, 12 years after their deaths a ritual is performed to cast them into Hell]].