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* DonkeyKong in ''DonkeyKongCountry 2: Diddy's Konquest''.

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* DonkeyKong in ''DonkeyKongCountry 2: Diddy's Konquest''.
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* DonkeyKong in ''DonkeyKongCountry 2: Diddy's Konquest''.
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* Marian in the arcade version of the first ''DoubleDragon''.

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* Marian in the arcade version most versions of the first ''DoubleDragon''.original ''DoubleDragon''. There's actually a close-up of her tied up this way before the final battle in the [=iPhone=] version.
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* Tails in ''[[SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance 2]]'' - prior to the beginning of the game, he is kidnapped by Eggman. When you fight the boss of Music Plant, he's swinging from a pole on the machine.
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**Motoko was tied up and suspended in an earlier chapter as well.
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* In ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Voldemort uses magic to suspend his prisoner in the air before eventually killing her.
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** So did Blurr in "The Face of the Nijika".
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* In RobertEHoward's ConanTheBarbarian story "The Slithering Shadow", Thalis does to Natala before flogging her.
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Nunnally was grounded, it was the bomb that was suspended.


* Nunnally of ''CodeGeass'' is tied up like this by Mao close to the end of the 1st season. With her wheelchair. As well as being attached to some sort of pressure sensitive bomb.
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* ''{{xkcd}}'': [[http://xkcd.com/478/ the joys of a staple gun]].
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* Happened to Jean early in the ''{{Series/X-Men}}'' series, but she quickly frees herself.

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* Happened to Jean early in the ''{{Series/X-Men}}'' series, but she quickly frees freed herself.
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* TheUndertaker used to do this to his victims when he ran the Ministry of Darkness PowerStable. He'd tie his 'sacrifices' to a large T symbol and hang them above the stage.
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* In the indie adventure game ''TheMarionette'', [[spoiler: the protagonist, at the end,]] is tied up by his arms from ropes suspended from the ceiling in a way that evokes the game's title.
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** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob]] and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010919 Mickey]] also ended up as {{Distressed Dude}}s like that.

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** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob]] and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010919 Mickey]] Mike]] also ended up as {{Distressed Dude}}s like that.




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* GirlGenius [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090921 The perils of being in Gil's vicinty]].
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* In GrahamMcNeill's {{Warhammer 40000}} Ultramarines novel ''The Killing Grounds'', the GreyKnights suspend Ventris by his manacles when he's their prisoner; his survival may be Justified by his being an inhuman supersoldier.
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* Completely averted in [[NowAndThenHereAndThere Now and Then, Here And There]], where the [[DecoyProtagonist Decoy Protagonist]] is suspended outside the massive death-ship for three continuous days... during which time they fire something we ''swear'' wasn't a nuke.

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* Completely averted in [[NowAndThenHereAndThere In ''[[NowAndThenHereAndThere Now and Then, Here And There]], where There]]'', the [[DecoyProtagonist Decoy Protagonist]] DecoyProtagonist is suspended outside the massive death-ship for three continuous days... during which time they fire something we ''swear'' wasn't a nuke.
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* In ''[[LegendOfTheSeeker Legend Of The Seeker]]'', [[http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4489/107ric.jpg Richard]],[[http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9558/40denna.jpg Denna]] and [[http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1857/176r.jpg Cara]] were all hanged by their wrists and tortured (in the pure FetishFuel fashion) when in possession of Mord-Sith under command of Darken Rahl. [[spoiler:And all of them were successfully punished and broken into submission, if only for a short time.]]

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* In ''[[LegendOfTheSeeker Legend Of The Seeker]]'', [[http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4489/107ric.jpg Richard]],[[http://img14.Richard]], [[http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9558/40denna.jpg Denna]] and [[http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1857/176r.jpg Cara]] were all hanged by their wrists and tortured (in the pure FetishFuel fashion) when in possession of Mord-Sith under command of Darken Rahl. [[spoiler:And all of them were successfully punished and broken into submission, if only for a short time.]]
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* In ''[[LegendOfTheSeeker Legend Of The Seeker]]'', [[http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4489/107ric.jpg Richard]],[[http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9558/40denna.jpg Denna]] and [[http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1857/176r.jpg Cara]] were all hanged by their wrists and tortured (in the pure FetishFuel fashion) when in possession of Mord-Sith under command of Darken Rahl. [[spoiler:And all of them were successfully punished and broken into submission, if only for a short time.]]
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** And then there was [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010403c Nate]] -- where it's not only a robot, it's admitted to be torture.
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* MinionsAtWork [[http://www.minionsatwork.com/2010/09/minions-241-unwritten-fine-print.html should have noticed what the boss was like]]

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** So [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031201c Mega Man]] get it, too, and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031207c George]]'s FateWorseThanDeath

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** So [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031201c Mega Man]] get gets it, too, and it's [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031207c George]]'s FateWorseThanDeathFateWorseThanDeath.
** First of all, [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000909c the Author was there.]]
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** So [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031201c Mega Man]] get it, too, and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031207c George]]'s FateWorseThanDeath
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** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021211c Blues]], with a LampShade on the dangers, plus [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021214c joined by Rock Man]]. This seems to be The Thing To Do for DistressedDudes in BobAndGeorge

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** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021211c Blues]], with a LampShade on the dangers, plus [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021214c joined by Rock Man]]. This seems to be The Thing To Do for DistressedDudes {{Distressed Dude}}s in BobAndGeorge
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** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021211c Blues]], with a LampShade on the dangers, plus [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021214c joined by Rock Man]]. This seems to be The Thing To Do for DistressedDudes in BobAndGeorge

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* George of ''BobAndGeorge'' spends the entire third game parody as one of these.

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* George of ''BobAndGeorge'' spends the entire third game parody as one of these. Like [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020603c here]].


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** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob]] and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010919 Mickey]] also ended up as {{Distressed Dude}}s like that.
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Hanging by the ''wrists'', a common variation, would in RealLife quickly cause permanent damage to the hands.

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Hanging by the ''wrists'', a common variation, would in RealLife quickly cause permanent damage to the hands.
hands and within a few hours cause death by suffocation.

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Hanging by the ''wrists'', a common variation, would in RealLife quickly cause permanent damage to the hands.



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* In one of the stories within the 'The Legend of Zelda' comics done by Valiant, Link is suspended by his wrists when captured by Ganon's minions.

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* In TheWizardOfId, those who offend the kind frequently end up hanging from the wall by their wrist chains.
* In HagarTheHorrible, tax cheats and other offenders frequently end up hanging from the wall by their wrist chains.




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* In one of the stories within the 'The Legend of Zelda' comics done by Valiant, Link is suspended by his wrists when captured by Ganon's minions.
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replacing dead One Manga link.


* In some of the final chapters of LoveHina, {{Tsundere}} female lead Naru Narusegawa is captured by one of her dorm mates Kaolla Su and left tied and suspended. Averted in that the bindings are tied in a way that they act as an impromptu [[http://www.onemanga.com/Love_Hina/113/12/ support harness]](no, it's not a crotch rope), making this example a bit more plausible than others.

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* In some of the final chapters of LoveHina, {{Tsundere}} female lead Naru Narusegawa is captured by one of her dorm mates Kaolla Su and left tied and suspended. Averted in that the bindings are tied in a way that they act as an impromptu [[http://www.onemanga.com/Love_Hina/113/12/ mangafox.com/manga/love_hina/v13/c000/148.html support harness]](no, it's not a crotch rope), making this example a bit more plausible than others.
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* ''TransformersGeneration1'' Optimus Prime got this after his failed attempt to save Elita One.

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