History Main / DraggedOffToHell

** This actually happens in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins''. Bayek has just killed [[spoiler: Kaliset]], aka the Hyena. [[spoiler: In her black room scene, she says she gathered silica for the Order, the same silica that powers Precursor artifacts around Egypt. She begs the god Osiris to be reunited with her daughter in the Field of Reeds, but hyenas instead drag her by her heels to the Duat as she screams for her daughter back.]]
** Happens just as well in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla''. After Eivor kills [[spoiler:Sister Friedswid]], aka the Leech, [[spoiler: during the White Room conversation, she hands Eivor her Leechbook, a book of all her research before willingly allowing the ghosts of her victims to drag her down to Hell.]]

** ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' gave an explanation that the attacked dragged the victims [[spoiler:into a LotusEaterMachine where everything they saw was shaped by whatever they wanted to see the most. What we saw of it from Yu, however, makes it look like an IronicHell (especially since Izanami intended this to be an act of compassion feeling that was what humans wanted) since Yu's desire to not leave his friends in Inaba meant what he was experiencing was a GroundHogDayLoop of the day before he left Inaba.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', whenever you finish off a boss, it gets dragged to hell by a bunch of clawing red arms. Also happens to Bayonetta on the game over screen if you choose not to continue.
** [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}} The sequel]] reveals that all Umbra Witches get dragged off to hell when they die, not just Bayonetta. This is proven in full force when a trailer shows ''Jeanne'' getting this treatment.
-->'''Rodin:''' Dead witches get dragged to hell... It is what it is.
** The actual game reveals that while this ''does'' happen to Jeanne, she's being taken as a hostage in this case, requiring Bayonetta to mount an OrpheanRescue.
** This fate is also addressed in her stint in ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', fighting against [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]. [[spoiler:On the results screen at the end, this is the last we see of her, fruitlessly trying to resist as she's dragged into the Inferno.]]
** As seen in Tag Climax, the inverse happens to [[SpearCounterpart Lumen Sages]] when they die; creepy heavenly hands appear out of a cloud and pull them up into Paradiso. Given that the series runs on LightIsNotGood, and the knowledge on [[HumanSacrifice how angels]] [[HumanResources are made]], their ultimate fate still fits this trope. Basically, if you read the lore, it's all part of the ancient deal. Witches serve Hell; Sages serve Heaven. When the time comes, they collect.
** Averted with [[spoiler:Jubileus, who burns up in the sun instead]].

** Also happens to [[spoiler: the protagonist himself at the end of the game, unless he imagines himself out of existence.]]
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' - Happens to [[spoiler: Dr. Kaufman]] if he survives to the end of the game.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum'': [[BigBad Cyrus]] wanted to use the powers of [[SpaceMaster Palkia]] and [[TimeMaster Dialga]] to create a world [[InTheirOwnImage in his image]] on a universal scale to "free" it from TheEvilsOfFreeWill. Then '''''[[SatanicArchetype Giratina]]''''' shows up (and he doesn't look very happy), an then Cyrus ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu had the balls to taunt Giratina]]'', [[DoNotTauntCthulhu resulting in him getting an express ticket to the]] [[PhantomZone Distortion World]].

* ''VideoGame/Doom3'' has this happen with you. No, seriously. You survive and proceed to chew up Hell, though.
* Happens to Nick Virago in ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' when he tries to ride [[AfterlifeExpress the Number 9 train to heaven]] with a forged ticket. He's not dragged down personally, but the train he's riding is.

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': According to many fans, this is what Akuma/Gouki's Shun Goku Satsu move does: pulls both him and his victim to the underworld, where they're set upon by demons based on how evil their souls are. In fact, GodNeverSaidThat. %%If you're going to say that WordOfGod said this, link the source.
* In ''VideoGame/GauntletDarkLegacy'', many of the boss fights end with a defeated boss being dragged off by ''something''. The Lich is probably closest to the literal trope.
%%* ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'': Kratos's death at the start. He gets better. Expect a temporary visit to Tartarus to be a feature of every installment in the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroDawnOfTheDragon'': At the end, [[spoiler:Malefor meets his demise when he's grabbed by a group of dragon spirits whom are implied to be the souls of his elders, who drag him down screaming into the core of the planet to an unknown but likely horrific and well-deserved fate]].
* ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'': This happens to [[BigBad Stauf]] at the end, [[spoiler: allowing the final guest, Tad, and his older self, Ego, to presumably [[GoIntoTheLight pass on to the afterlife]]]].
* In ''VideoGame/AmberJourneysBeyond'' Brice, a UFO-obsessed [[StalkerWithACrush gardener with a crush]] on his employer's daughter, gets this once his ghostly self realizes that [[spoiler: he killed her and her parents, and that Brice himself is dead]]. It's pretty damn scary how it happens, too.
* In ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'', there is a pitch black void called the Abyss that requires a special ring to enter, presumably because of the several hundred foot drop required to enter it. However, if you unequip the ring before defeating the boss your character is horrifyingly dragged into the darkness. You even get a special death screen saying "You were consumed by the Abyss." This element of the ''Souls'' universe lore comes back in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', where [[spoiler:High Lord Wolnir]] is graphically pulled into the Abyss he was desperately crawling out of once you destroy the holy bracelets that helped ward off the Abyss's clutch on him.
* The death animation of the ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' series has the Overlord sink into a portal below his feet while his minions blow up all around him.
* The defeat animation in ''VideoGame/{{Pirate101}}'' for the cursed monquistadors combines this with WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath. A fissure appears below them and a large red flaming hand reaches up and grabs them dragging their body into the gap but leaves their soul which has angel wings and a halo and flies off into a patch of clouds that appear.
* The Situation Finish for the Morioh town stage in ''VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'' is the victim suffering this after looking back in the ghost alleyway.
* When Kusaregado uses his Seppuku in ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'', he is pulled into Yomi by a group of bloody hands.
* This is the ultimate fate of [[TheDon Mr. Tayama]] in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', [[HoistByHisOwnPetard at the hands of his beloved]] [[MagicalParticleAccelerator Yamato Perpetual Reactor]], at that. This only happens if you side with Walter, though. If you side with Jonathan, then Walter simply kills him.
* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': In the most epic scene of the entire game, Batman brutally beats Hallucination Joker inside of his mind while infected by fear gas. After finally giving the clown prince of crime a well-deserved beat down, Batman forcibly drags the Joker into a prison box (with Hell appropriately written on it) to take him away forever. The Joker becomes forgotten forever and Batman finally conquers his fear of him returning.
* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': Scorpion does this to his opponent if he wins.
** This is the ultimate fate of [[BewareTheSuperman Regime!Superman]] should he be beaten in the Classic Battle arcade mode. Specifically, he gets dragged into the Phantom Zone and can do nothing but [[AndIMustScream scream]] as he drifts away whilst being trapped there.
* Hisako's stage in ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' features shadowy hands that reach up and grab the opponent if the stage ultra is performed on it. They drag the victim underground... until the victim sprouts back up in an attempt to escape, prompting the victor to smack them back down.
* ''VideoGame/XenaWarriorPrincess'' have Xena herself being cast to hell by the evil Goddess, Kalabrax, and must find her way back to the land of living to stop Kalabrax from performing a sacrificial ritual for achieving invulnerability.
* In ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', it's implied that [[spoiler:Come Unto Your Maker, the OneHitKill move of the FinalBoss]], does this to its victim.
* 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.

* 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 got him the full Dragged Off To Hell treatment when he was defeated by the player.
* Anubis' [[DeathThrows death animation]] in ''VideoGame/{{SMITE}}'' is him being pulled down to the underworld, presumably by the same Grasping Hands he uses as one of his attack abilities.

%%* Seth in ''{{Webcomic/Narbonic}}''.

* Crosses with YourSoulIsMine with [[spoiler:Vaarsuvius]] in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', as per the terms of their DealWithTheDevil. Fortunately for them, [[spoiler:it only lasted 20 minutes before they're let go back to their body. Unfortunately for them, it prevented them from interfering during a very crucial moment, and [[ParanoiaFuel they still owe 2 more 'sessions'...]]]]
* In ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'' Wrava uses the imagery of being dragged off to hell when she uses horned burning skeletons to drag [[spoiler:Strategos Six]] beneath the ashy surface of the burning ruins they're fighting in and into the molten floor while surrounded by demonic statues she just fashioned out their surroundings. In a later chapter [[spoiler: The Strategos escapes by breaking their way out of the ground with a RaisedHandOfSurvival.]]

* ''WebAnimation/MegaManDiesAtTheEnd'': [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 Guts Man]] is sent into Hell after his attempt at changing [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]] for the better only makes him worse. [[spoiler:He later [[UnexplainedRecovery comes back in Season 3 no worse for wear]]]].

* Parodied with the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youre-going-to-brazil "You're Going to Brazil" meme,]] which features people being dragged to, of course, [[PlaceWorseThanDeath Brazil]].

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* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'',

* This happens to [[spoiler:Shiva]] in ''[[AudioPlay/SaintBeast Saint Beast: Seijuu Kourin Hen]]''.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', 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 gets sent to his reckoning.
** In a more literal sense, but using the same alleyway, Rohan Kishibe gets rid of [[spoiler:Cheap Trick]] by tricking him into looking behind. To add insult to injury, he uses Heaven's Door (whose power forces victims to obey anything written on them) to write "I'm going to Hell" on him as he's dragged off (though Rohan notes he's not sure if Hell actually exists or not, if it does exist he wants to make sure that's where [[spoiler:Cheap Trick]] ends up).

* Losing a ''Anime/{{Bakugan}} Brawl'' when a Doom Card is in play automatically results in being sucked into the Doom Dimension for the unlucky Bakugan that loses, which is pretty much the Bakugan Hell. Thankfully, the Brawlers win a bet that allows all the Bakugan sent there to be set free after being sent there themselves. According to WordOfGod, this happened to [[BigBad Naga]] when he was defeated, though we don't see it.
* In the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'' episode "Ghoul Daze!", the VillainOfTheWeek is an [[EnfantTerrible evil]] CuteGhostGirl that attempts to inflict this on the protagonists. TheGrimReaper Pokémon Dusknoir spends the entirety of the episode protecting them from it but [[DarkIsNotEvil gets accused of being the real threat due to its frightening appearance]], before it saves their lives and banishes the girl back to TheUnderworld.
* The Gehenna Gate in ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' contains a bunch of figures and resembles a ball pit. Should anyone go into the gate, the figures latch on and drag them down; a fate the protagonist narrowly avoids.
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh''
** In the original ''Anime/YuGiOh'' anime, Yami Bakura does this to Bonz, Sid, and Zygor. After Bonz loses a Shadow Game, Bonz is dragged into the Shadow Realm by an unknown force, along with Sid and Zygor. This was ''Hell'' in the dub. The original scene from the manga had Yami Bakura simply kill Bonz, which was a bit more gruesome, although not as severe. What's worse, ''this is never brought up again'', and none of the characters are ever seen or heard from again.
** This happened to ''all'' the Dark Signers in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' after losing to the Signers, even the ones who didn't deserve it, although it was a subversion in that there was no screaming or flashy display involved; they simply turned to dust.

*** A less fatal instance happens when a Hell Hound swallows [[spoiler: Rin and Kohaku]] and goes through a Meido into the underworld. [[spoiler: Kohaku]] survives the trip due to [[spoiler: the Jewel Shard in his back]], while the trip kills [[spoiler: Rin, who is saved from being sucked into the deepest depths of hell for damnation, and later revived. Sesshomaru gets Kohaku out as well.]]
*** The attack is also quite notably used on [[spoiler: Naraku]], but his soul is able to escape damnation.

* ''Film/DragMeToHell'' has it right there in the title. Those who piss off Sylvia Ganush get a GypsyCurse placed upon them that involves being tormented for three days and nights by a demon known as the Lamia, after which they are forcibly dragged into the depths of Hell. This happens to a little kid in the opening of the movie, and the bulk of the movie has protagonist Christine getting the curse put on her and doing all she can to try and break it so that she doesn't suffer this fate. [[spoiler:She fails, and is ultimately dragged to Hell in the final scene]].

* 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:
-->'''Cyrus:''' Ah, the good ol' express bus to Hell. No lines, no wait!
* Happens to Creator/AdamWest's chracter in ''Film/ZombieNightmare''.
-->'''Crow:''' ''(thoroughly impressed)'' '''''WOW!''''' So Hell's right there!\\
'''Servo:''' Yeah. That's why you should call before you dig.

* Satan shows up in person to drag John Constantine to Hell in ''Film/Constantine2005'' [[SuicideIsShameful for his two suicides]]. [[spoiler:However, his second suicide not only helped save the world, by calling Satan to collect his soul John gets him to deal with an usurper, John asked for the soul of the sister of a friend who was trapped in hell to be free. This [[HeroicSacrifice selfless act]] redeems John and he ends up getting dragged off to ''Heaven''; the best Satan can do is to heal Constantine's cancer, dragging him back to Earth. Only in order to give him another chance to screw up, but it's Satan, after all.]]
* This is the ultimate fate of [[TheButlerDidIt Ramsley]] in ''Film/TheHauntedMansion''. [[{{Irony}} Ironically, he's dragged to Hell after he tells everyone else that]] ''[[{{Irony}} they]]'' [[{{Irony}} can go to Hell]]. He also happens to be a ghost too, so it’s literal at that too.
* ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'' does this twice with [[spoiler:Satan]]: First in a flashback explaining the origins of the Pick of Destiny, and secondly at [[spoiler:the climax of the movie when JB seals Satan back in Hell after breaking his horn]]. In both cases, though, there aren't really any hands - it's an invisible force which does the (very forceful) dragging - though there are pentagram-style portals to the underworld involved.

* In the Syfy flick ''Film/RockMonster'', the animated stone giant drops through a magma-filled crack in the earth, and it grabs its villainous conjurer and pulls him down with it. It's strongly implied that they wind up in Hell, not just underground.
* In ''Film/RedheadBehindTheLookingGlass'', the villain suffers this fate when the heroine's mother (whom he had previously used as HostageForMacGuffin) tells him "Oh, go to hell!"... while holding the Wishing Nut in her hand.
* In ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun'', the psycho Slick, after being shot by the Hobo, is spiritually carried away to Hell in the charred school bus that he previously incinerated a bunch of little kids in.
* At the end of ''Film/BigTitsZombie'', Maria is dragged off to Hell by the Blue Ogre after she attempts to cast Rena down the Well of Souls.
* ''Film/LeftForDead'': When Clem shots Mobius with his own infernal six-shooter, his soul emerges from the hole in his chests and plunges straight into the ground; leaving his empty shell to collapse to the ground.

--> '''Satan:''' [[{{God}} He]] gets the good ones, and me... I get ''you.''
* When Martin manages to save Rose by having sex with her in ''Film/ExtraOrdinary2019'', there are no more virgins left for Christian to sacrifice, the portal closing right after Christian falls into the pit.
* ''Film/{{Stardust}}'': The ghosts of the Princes of Stormhold serve as a GreekChorus throughout the movie as they cannot move on to the afterlife until a new king has been chosen. At the end of the movie [[spoiler:Tristan is revealed to be their nephew]] which finally allows them to move on. Six of the princes turn into blue-white orbs that rise up towards Heaven. Septimus, the most villainous of the lot, instead turns into a red orb and drops down to the ground indicating he's going to Hell.

* In the ''Literature/DragonKnight'' series, this happened to the evil magickian Malvinne after one of his {{deathtrap}}s encroached on the Kingdom of the Dead (which in this setting is an actual place).

* The ultimate fate of the title character in Creator/HPLovecraft's ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator'' is to be carried off to an uncertain fate by the reanimated corpses he created.
* In ''Literature/TheEyesOfKidMidas'', the protagonist Kevin casually tells Bertram, the school bully, to go to Hell. Since Kevin is wearing a pair of RealityWarping sunglasses, the ground opens up beneath Bertram and swallows him. [[RhetoricalRequestBlunder Uh...whoops.]]
* In the second ''Literature/BlackLondon'' book, ''Demon Bound'', it's what's supposed to happen, but Jack Winter just sort of willingly goes along to hell after lots of having tried to get out of it already because his DealWithTheDevil deadline is up.
* In ''Literature/TheHollows'' series, if a demon escapes from a summoning circle, it can do whatever it wants to you, up to and including taking you to the demonic underworld.
* In ''Wolfie'' by Theodore Cogswell, this is what [[{{Satan}} Dr. Arsoldi's colleague]] will do to him if ever [[YouHaveFailedMe a murder goes awry]].
* ''Literature/SandmanSlim'' deals with a sorcerer who had this happen to him when he was betrayed by his cabal. The first book opens [[EscapedFromHell just as he gets out]].

* The fate of both Nicolae Carpathia and Leon Fortunato as they both are pushed by Michael the archangel into the Lake Of Fire in the Literature/LeftBehind book ''Glorious Appearing''.
* ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: Army of Terror'' has the spectral Kivan wraiths haul off the one responsible for killing them all and turning their world into a GhostPlanet.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Theon Greyjoy's storyline seems based on these Hell morality plays. [[spoiler:He betrays his foster-brother Robb Stark when the Ironborn, led by his father Balon Greyjoy, attack the North and takes Winterfell, capturing Robb's young brothers Bran and Rickon Stark.]] Theon takes advice from "Reek", a necrophiliac prisoner who helped the deceased Ramsay Snow, [[BastardBastard the Bastard of Bolton]], murder Lady Hornwood, and performs more evil acts under their guidance, [[spoiler:even murdering two boys and passing them of as his foster-brothers, then murdering some of his men to cover this up.]] He finally sends Reek to the Bolton seat, [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Dreadfort]], to gather additional forces, and a Bolton army destroys the Northmen sent to retake Winterfell. However, Reek [[spoiler:then reveals himself to be Ramsay, betraying Theon, sacking Winterfell, and taking Theon back to the Dreadfort to be tortured, similar to morality plays ending with the lead being Dragged Off To Hell. Ironically as a result of his torture, which Theon feels he deserves, Theon comes closer to redeeming himself.]]
* In ''Literature/StarlightAndShadows'', Shakti challenges Liriel to a priestess duel where they summon an avatar of Lolth, to see who truly has the goddess's favor. The avatar sides with Liriel and banishes Shakti to the Abyss. However, Liriel worries that Shakti could eventually return, as Lolth is well known for being capricious in her judgements. [[spoiler:Indeed, impressed by the ruthless cunning Shakti uses to survive in the Abyss, and her continued loyalty to Lolth despite the goddess favoring Liriel over her, Lolth eventually praises Shakti's perseverance and sends her back home with additional power and blessings]].
* ''Literature/TheNightOfWishes'': The fate the main villains are attempting to avoid. [[spoiler: They fail and even get Property of Hell stickers courtesy of the archdemon's representative]].
* Averted in Christopher Stasheff's ''Literature/AWizardInRhyme'': the main villain sold his soul to a major devil in return for earthly power. At the end when he is defeated, the devil literally shows up to take his soul to hell. The afore-mentioned good wizard invokes a spell/prayer (in this world they are very close) and Saint Moncaire appears, banishes the devil and saves the villain's soul. (In the afterword, the author explicitly stated that he wanted to write a fantasy book which reflected the feeling of the people in the Middle Ages that God, Satan, devils and saints regularly interacted with ordinary people (albeit in subtle ways) and that prayers and curses were dangerous things to invoke.)
** In a later book in the series, Matt finds out that he really shouldn't have said "damn that stick" when a tree limb was obstructing him, as he literally caused it to be dragged off to hell. While it was a blameless inanimate object ''before'' he damned it, it returns [[CreateYourOwnVillain as a conscious enemy]].
* In the Creator/JosephPayneBrennan short story "[[Literature/TheBordersJustBeyond Lottman's End]]," thief, swindler, murderer and all-around ne'r-do-well Charlie Lottman is on his deathbed, friendless and alone except for a priest. As he nears his end, a demon arrives with the intent of dragging him to hell. [[spoiler:It turns out that Lottman had one redeeming quality, however; he couldn't stand to see animals suffer, and was always kind to [[PetTheDog dogs]] in particular. As the priest watches in awe, the ghosts of every single dog Lottman was ever kind to appear and surround his bed, protecting him from the demon, preventing him from being taken to hell when he dies.]]

* In ''[[Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus The Blood of Olympus]]'', [[spoiler:this fate befalls [[TheSociopath Bryce Lawrence]], when Nico banishes him to the fields of Asphodel, [[FateWorseThanDeath turning the former into a nameless spirit]]]].

* In pretty much every version of the Don Juan story (including Molina's original, Creator/{{Moliere}}'s ''Dom Juan'', and Mozart's ''Theatre/DonGiovanni''), Juan accepts an invitation from a statue of someone he murdered, the father of one of his conquests, and when the statue returns for him, a portal opens up into Hell and Juan enters. If the production doesn't have the budget for that, though, he may just collapse and describe this happening to him as he dies.
* Drawing from the folklore about Myth/{{Faust}}, Marlowe's ''Theatre/DoctorFaustus'' has this as Faustus' fate.
* Subverted in Goethe's ''[[Theatre/FaustII Faust (Part Two)]]'': When Faust lies dying, Mephistopheles and his devils make ready to collect his soul. However, angels distract Mephistopheles so that Faust's soul can go to Heaven, claiming that Faust has never ceased to strive for good and thus has earned redemption.
* In Creator/GilbertAndSullivan's operetta, ''Theatre/TheSorcerer'' the titular sorcerer must sacrifice himself to a demonic force to [[ResetButton undo]] a mass love spell gone wrong.
* In the stage musical version of ''Theatre/MaryPoppins'', the evil Miss Andrew who replaces Mary and rules tyrannically over the children eventually gets locked into a giant birdcage by her predecessor and sent to hell. Mary got her job back.
* Not to hell per se, but rather death - some characters from ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' are dragged offstage by Death Angels/Black Angels. Depending on the production, this may be the mother who pleaded with Franz Joseph for clemency for her son, and/or Sophie.

* The fate of the Witch in ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' could be interpreted as this, when intentionally bringing about the wrath of her mother at the end of "Last Midnight". Particularly clear in the 2012 version starring Donna Murphy as a body reaches up from the ground, grabbing her, and dragging her down below.

* ''Film/{{Ghost}}'': 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.

** [[spoiler:During the International Assassins arc, Denji and the group are teleported to hell by a contract between "Santa Claus" the Hell Devil. All the full-blooded devils start freaking out because Denji's presence almost immediately causes the Darkness Devil to attack them all.]]

* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan'', this is revealed to be the fate of all [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Devils]] that are killed on Earth -- and if they're killed in Hell [[TrappedInAnotherWorld they get dragged off to Earth]]. [[spoiler:During the International Assassins arc, Denji and the group are subjected to this at the hands of "Santa Claus" and the Hell Devil, and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness all the full-blooded devils start freaking out (for very good reason)]].]]

-->-- '''The Crazy World of Arthur Brown''', "Fire"

* In ''WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyMeets'', [[spoiler:Princess Luna saves Applebloom from The Elm Street Slasher [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], by ''impaling him with her horn and throwing him back into hell'']] .

* During UsefulNotes/SuperBowl LIII in 2019, ''Website/TheOnion'' ran a side head reading "[[https://sports.theonion.com/giant-demonic-hand-bursts-out-of-ground-drags-bill-bel-1832310427 Giant Demonic Hand Bursts Out Of Ground, Drags Bill Belichick Back To Hell]]." Which interestingly implies that Hell is where he came from in the first place.

** Red's [[EvilPlan plan]] was this [[UpToEleven up to eleven]]. He was going to use the [[MacGuffin Horn of Gabriel]] to extract all dog souls from heaven and imprison them in hell, possibly damning EVERY dog in the world.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonPlatinum'': [[BigBad Cyrus]] wanted to use the powers of [[SpaceMaster Palkia]] and [[TimeMaster Dialga]] to create a world [[InTheirOwnImage in his image]] on a '''''[[UpToEleven universal scale]]''''' to "free" it from TheEvilsOfFreeWill. Then '''''[[SatanicArchetype Giratina]]''''' shows up (and he doesn't look very happy), an then Cyrus ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu had the balls to taunt Giratina]]'', [[DoNotTauntCthulhu resulting in him getting an express ticket to the]] [[PhantomZone Distortion World]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible|2021}}'':, Damien Darkblood was a ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} CaptainErsatz working as a HardboiledDetective on Earth after his escape from Hell in order to redeem himself and avoid going back. He figured out that [[SupermanSubstitute Omni-Man]] was [[BewareTheSuperman responsible for his team's murder]], but is [[FrameUp framed by him instead]]. [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction GDA Director]] Cecil, the show's ComicBook/NickFury AlternateCompanyEquivalent, knows he's innocent but [[BanishingRitual has him exorcised anyway]] in order to keep up appearances and throw Omni-Man off their trail while they try to figure out his motive. As he's being pulled through the portal by chains, Damien shouts that he might be going back to Hell, but Cecil will end up somewhere ''worse''.

* In ''[[Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus The Blood of Olympus]]'', [[spoiler:this fate befalls [[TheSociopath Bryce Lawrence ]], when Nico banishes him to the fields of Asphodel, [[[[FateWorseThanDeath turning the former into a nameless spirit]]]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'': Subverted. At the climax, as Charlie is saying his last goodbye, a terrifying [[SatanicArchetype Satan figure]]--depicted as a BigRedDevil resembling a cross between a {{dragon|sAreDemonic}} and a {{hellhound}}--comes to drag his soul to hell because he gave up his place in heaven to return to Earth. Thankfully for Charlie, the canine angel Annabelle comes to take him back to heaven because he'd died in a HeroicSacrifice.

* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'': Subverted. At the climax, as Charlie is saying his last goodbye, a huge demonic dragon (implied to be the Devil himself) comes to drag his soul to hell (since he gave up his place in heaven to return to Earth) but thankfully for him, Anabelle comes to take him back to heaven because he'd died in a HeroicSacrifice.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':

** The story ''Gothic'' by Creator/GrantMorrison has this happen to serial killer Mr. Whisper, in reality the centuries-old corrupt monk Manfred of Austria. Having sold his soul to Satan in the 16th century, Manfred had been given 300 years of immortal life, which is about to run out. Batman foils his plan (which involves killing the population of Gotham with a super virus and harvest their souls to offer Satan in return for his own) at the last minute, but Manfred escapes...only to find ''someone'' waiting for him back in his hotel room.
--> '''Satan''' (in the guise of a young nun whom Manfred raped and murdered centuries before): You have sought to cheat me, and so, your last day is forfeit. Come with me, and ''die forever!!''
--> '''Manfred''': [[BigNo NOOOOOOOO!!!!]]
* A more mundane variant in ''{{ComicBook/BPRD}}'' in that there's no dimensional transfer, but after Katha-Hem is destroyed [[spoiler:Pope]] is dragged off by the frogs, servants of the [[EldritchAbomination Ogdru-Hem]]. When he's next seen, he no longer has any desire but to serve them and may no longer be human.
* Depending on your interpretation, this may be the final fate of the eponymous ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'', as he's dragged into "the light", screaming out to God to save him. Given Dave Sim's....peculiar...religious views and how they influenced the latter third of the comic, this certainly seems to fit the trope, but Sim threw a monkey wrench into things by saying in his notes for the last issue that Cerebus may have actually been going to Heaven and was just panicking needlessly at the last second.

* In ''Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}: The Sound and the Fury'', after being defeated by Hellboy, Nimue is dragged down to Hell by the ghosts of the five hundred witches who drowned themselves rather than witness her return.

* Gargamel gets dragged off to Hell by Beelzebub to fulfill his end of the DealWithTheDevil in ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book story "Sagratamabarb."

* Anton Arcane's most despicable act in ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' is condemning [[spoiler:his own niece Abby]], who didn't even come ''close'' to deserving it, to this horrible fate. Swamp Thing manages to rescue [[spoiler:her]] soon after though, and they escape from hell.
* The villains in the ComicBook/{{Tintin}} story ''The Broken Ear'' are dragged off to hell after drowning. Notable for being the only depiction of a bad afterlife in the entire series.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1'', Sofia Constantinas ends up veering too close to a particular crevasse off the coast of Paradise Island after telling off the queen for lying to her own daughter. Sofia flees the island to try and tell Diana that her memories had been altered by the queen. Sofia does yell and make a token struggle before Charon manages to get her entranced so that she will not fight him as he takes her to be locked up in Hades. ComicBook/SteveTrevor is able to rescue her and run back through the closing door to the underworld at the last possible moment.

* In the ''WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyMeets'' CrossOver series, [[spoiler: Princess Luna saves Applebloom from The Elm Street Slasher [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], by ''impaling him with her horn and throwing him back into hell''.]]
** Sadly [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash]] is subjected to this fate, after [[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} Cuphead and Mugman]] incapacitate her, in "Cuphead Meets", thanks to a past DealWithTheDevil she made. [[spoiler: Though Cuphead and Mugman do [[BittersweetEnding plan on freeing her, after they're done with their own debt]]...]]

* ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsFriendshipSouls'': As it is a ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' crossover, Sunset and friends witness this happen to a particular Hollow early on in the fic, and they get Hell's purpose explained to them. [[spoiler:As it turns out, however, Hell is also the place the Zero Division has been imprisoning otherwise-innocent souls they believe are a threat to the new world they intend to create. One such soul was Sunburst, who wasn't even a Hollow and just a recently-killed innocent, right in front of Human Starlight Glimmer (who was the one who did the ritual that was ''supposed'' to just send him on to Soul Society). Her determination to find out ''why'' he was sent to Hell and stumbling onto the Zero Division's intentions is what prompted her severing ties with Soul Society, betraying Discord, and becoming one of the major antagonists [[WellIntentionedExtremist in her goal to stop them]].]]

-->'''Panic''': He's not gonna be happy when he gets out of there!
-->'''Pain''': You mean ''[[IronicEcho if]]'' he gets out of there.
-->'''Panic''': "If." If is good.
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', 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.

* As promised by the title, the end of ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'' shows Jason getting pulled down into Hell after he is stabbed with a certain magical dagger. This course of action leaves only his trademark hockey mask behind, which is then dragged down by [[spoiler:[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger.]]]]

* Satan shows up in person to drag John Constantine to Hell in ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' for his two suicides. [[spoiler:However, as his second suicide not only helped save the world, by calling Satan to collect his soul John gets him to deal with an usurper, John asked for the soul of the sister of a friend who was trapped in hell to be free. This selfless act redeems John and he ends up getting dragged off to ''Heaven''; the best Satan can do is to heal Constantine's cancer, dragging him back to Earth. Only in order to give him another chance to screw up, but it's Satan, after all]].
* This is the ultimate fate of [[TheButlerDidIt Ramsley]] in ''Film/TheHauntedMansion''. [[{{Irony}} Ironically, he's dragged to Hell after he tells everyone else that]] ''[[{{Irony}} they]]'' [[{{Irony}} can go to Hell.]] He also happens to be a ghost too, so it’s literal at that too.

* Happens to the villains of the ''Film/{{Supergirl}}'' movie.

* ''Fanfic/HellsLoud'': after destroying almost the entirety of D.H.O.R.K.'s forces and nearly killing their top agents, the curse on Lincoln finally activates and winds up dragging him back to hell. However, unlike most examples of this trope, this is actually a GOOD THING for him since it put him safely back at I.M.P. headquarters without so much as a scratch.

* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', [[spoiler:the second season ends with Barry deliberately creating a time remnant of himself to both stop Zoom's DoomsdayDevice and to cause [[ClockRoaches Time Wraiths]] to appear. He rightly assumes that the Wraiths will be more pissed off with Zoom for repeatedly messing with the timeline than Barry, and the Time Wraiths partly [[RapidAging drain Zoom's life force]] and then drag him off into wherever they exist. It's hinted that this happens to all speedsters who mess with the timeline and that the Time Wraiths are all former speedsters themselves]].
* This happens to [[BigBad Queen Bansheera]] at the end of ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''; the Rangers [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor and Diabolico]]]] trap her in the Shadow World, populated by the spirits of all the demons who appeared over the series.
* This is the fate of more than one protagonist in the horror anthology ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside''.
* On ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', this happened to Astra as a young child, the EquivalentExchange demanded by the demon who brought her mother BackFromTheDead.
** In Season 4, Constantine uses this as his default method of dealing with magical fugitives, until the heroes decide that ''maybe'' condemning every single fugitive to Hell is DisproportionateRetribution.

* in ''Literature/TheGrimReapersApprentice'', this is the fate of a family in the third chapter, giving Jax a chance to introduce himself as the Devil.

* The final battle of ''Literature/NightOfTheNecromancer'' have this happening to TheDragon, Chancellor Unthank, after being defeated by the hero; he returns as a VengefulGhost after you killed his boss, the Shadow King, only for the sun to rise, and in the aftermath of Unthank's botched ritual, he ends up being dragged into the underworld to be judged for his sins. Probably one of the ''most damn satisfying'' villain deaths in the ''FIghting Fantasy'' franchise.

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', 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.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Near the end of the Alicization arc, Kirito defeats Gabriel Miller/Vector, who has killed his childhood friend/fiance, Alicia Klingerman, [[EnfanteTerrible when he was just a child]], and many others over time just to please his curiosity of the human soul. After finding his corpse, Gabriel's soul is reunited with Alicia's. She immediately grabs him, promising they'll always be together, and Gabriel screams endlessly as Alicia, along with other souls, drags him into Hell ''forever''.

Like AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, not all versions of hell are inescapable. See EscapedFromHell and RescuedFromTheUnderworld.

** It's also the inevitable fate of everyone who [[spoiler:gets branded for sacrifice (no exceptions), gets killed by an apostle or was unwittingly working for one (lots of people) or is filled with hatred at the moment of their death (life in Midland is cruel, so even more candidates available).]] As you can imagine, Hell is a really crowded place in this universe, and [[EasyRoadToHell it's ridiculously easy to end up there]]...at least, if you get "lucky", you have a chance to "merely" become a restless spirit that haunts the area in which it died.

** In the original ''Anime/YuGiOh'' anime, Yami Bakura does this to Bonz, Sid, and Zygor. After Bonz loses a Shadow Game, Bonz is dragged into the Shadow Realm by an unknown force, along with Sid and Zygor. This was ''Hell'' in the dub. The original scene from the manga had Yami Bakura simply kill Bonz, which was a bit more gruesome, although not as severe.

* This has been used as a mind game by Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}} to intimidate their opponents. Undertaker first used this against [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] after Diesel cost him a shot at the WWE Championship.

* In ''35MM: A Musical Exhibition'', the song "Leave, Luanne" focuses on a woman who is abused by her husband and is eventually murdered by him when she tries to run away. However, soon after her death, her spirit returns, and [[LaserGuidedKarma torments him just the way he tormented her]] before dragging him away. Even better? The ending implies she's now an avenging angel, doing this on behalf of abused women everywhere. And it's ''awesome''.

* In the 1st ''Literature/WayOfTheTiger'' book, if Avenger doesn't kill the Efreet within a certain time it will overpower Avenger and take him to the City of Brass whose very floors are oven-hot.

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* Parodied in an older joke where a genie appears before a die-hard gamer and offers him three wishes, on condition that he'll be dragged off to Hell for all eternity once his three wishes are granted. His first wish is for "IDDQD" and his second wish is for "IDKFA". When the genie asks for his third wish, the gamer gleefully remarks "What third wish? Send me to Hell, I'm ready!"[[note]]Those are the cheats for God Mode and All weapons and keys, respectively, from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''[[/note]]