History Main / HumanKnot

* In the live action ''Series/{{Batman}}'' TV series Batman, Robin and Batgirl are tied in a "Siamese Human Knot" by Nora Clavicle.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': In "My Fair Ed", Kevin ties Edd's hat into a bow and threatens to do the same to his legs if he doesn't keep his friends under control.

->"As I foretold, you have annoyed me." Moments later, my arms and legs were tied up in knots. Square knots, to boot. I hate square knots--they're not natural to the human anatomy.
-->--(Creator/EricFlint, ''[[Literature/JoesWorld The Philosophical Strangler]]'')

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* Olive Oyl was naturally prone to this in the ''{{Popeye}}'' cartoons - in one she ends up tied to a tree.
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* Bull does this to Dan Fielding in an episode of ''Series/NightCourt'' when Dan tries to stop him from leaving Harry's office.

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* Lola Bunny leaves Bugs Bunny in a ridiculous knot at the foul line in ''Film/SpaceJam''. Bugs made the mistake of pressing Lola's BerserkButton by calling her "doll."

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* A non-comical example in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'': [[ElongatedMan Ralph Dibny]] knocks out a demon, pumps him full of gingold (a substance that makes a body super-elastic), then ties him up in a giant knot. By the time the demon regains consciousness, the gingold already begins to wear out (with all the nasty consequences of a regular body being tied into a knot), and Ralph offers another portion for the information he needs from the demon.

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* One cover of ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' from 1999 has Wrestling/SteveAustin doing this to Alfred E. Neuman.

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* Happens to ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' sometimes when Sarge beats him up, on those occasions when Sarge doesn't just leave Bailey lying in a heap on the ground after stomping on him.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Muscle Tough" ("Muscle Tussle"), WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck gets his arms tied up in a bow when he attempts some BarehandedBarBending with a fishing pole.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'': Cylindric the German ends up with all his limbs tied into knots via judo.

* In ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', Kaa (the snake) is tied into a knot.
* Sir Hiss (also a snake) in ''Disney/RobinHood'' is tied in knots and stretched like a rubber band.

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* In ''Anime/DragonballZ'', Goku evades Princess Snake's repeated attacks (in her snake form), resulting in her tying herself into knots.

* Happens to Taz in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'', courtesy of Rex the Wrecker, just prior to EatTheCamera.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short ''Muscle Tough'', WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck gets his arms tied up in a bow when he attempts some BarehandedBarBending with a fishing pole.

KnottyTentacles is a subtrope, covering examples of prehensile tentacles, snakes, and characters with stretching superpowers. Both tropes are subtrope of BoundAndGagged, which covers all examples of characters getting tied up (albeit usually in a less ''literal'' fashion).

* Happens to Taz in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'', courtesy of Rex the Wrecker. Watch the episode [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGO06aj9g5A here]].

* Happens to Kaa in ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' and Sir Hiss in ''Disney/RobinHood'' (they're both rope-like snakes, which helps).

SeenItAMillionTimes, the victims getting abused by tying their limbs and other body parts into knots are usually demonstrating the strength of their abuser. A popular tactic in art styles that use RubberHoseLimbs, it can be used in other mediums as well. In RealLife, the bones usually prevent the limbs from bending the way they would need to for this trope.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Muscle Tough", WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck gets his arms tied up in a bow when he attempts some BarehandedBarBending with a fishing pole.

* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Slightly inverted example (it's a small character pulling a CurbStompBattle on a big one and tying him up into a pretzel): Jerry pulls this off on Tom in the Gene Deitch short "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit" to show off [[IKnowKungFu his new "Judo for Mice" skills]]. To add more insult to injury, Jerry does it [[IAmNotLeftHanded with just one hand]].

* ''[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} The Twelve Tasks of Aterix]]'': Cylindric the German ends up with all his limbs tied into knots via judo.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "MUscle Tough", WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck gets his arms tied up in a bow when he attempts some BarehandedBarBending with a fishing pole.

* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Slightly inverted example (it's a small character pulling a CurbStompBattle on a big one and tying him up into a pretzel): Jerry pulls this off on Tom on the Gene Deitch short "Tom And Jerry Cartoon Kit" to show off [[IKnowKungFu his new "Judo For Mice" skills]]. To add more insult to injury, Jerry does it [[IAmNotLeftHanded with just one hand]].
** In another cartoon "Puttin' On The Dog", Tom Cat disguises himself as a dog to infiltrate a dog pound. When Tom is ultimately unmasked, he climbs to the top of a flagpole, and ties his own limbs into knots to keep himself anchored there, beyond the dogs' reach.
** Another cartoon has Jerry being chased by Tom and another cat; by running around both of them, Jerry managed to tie both of them into a knot.

* While appearing in a charity wrestling event, ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' faced a huge wrestler specializing in molding opponents' bodies like balloon sculptures. Darkwing falls to his grip, and gets reshaped into a show poodle. Launchpad and Goslyn call Darkwing away on a case just in time: the wrestler's next intended sculpture was ''octopus''.