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* Prisoner 945 in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth'' is a four-armed giant bound with ball and chains and two of his arms locked in a stock, and he uses his restraints as weapons. When he uses his ultimate for the first time, he breaks out of his stock for the rest of the game (which is purely cosmetic and doesn't affect his combat abilities).

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has done this, on more than one occasion, including kicking Drusilla while she's chained in a dungeon. On another occasion, when the town attempted to [[BurnTheWitch burn her at the stake]], she simply unearthed the stake and impaled a monster on it.
** She once did this [[GrandTheftMe while in Faith's body]], as the Watcher's Council tried to capture Faith.

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has done this, this on more than one occasion, including kicking Drusilla while she's chained in a dungeon. On another occasion, when the town attempted to [[BurnTheWitch burn her at the stake]], she simply unearthed the stake and impaled a monster on it.
** She once did this [[GrandTheftMe while in Faith's body]], as the In "Who Are You", Buffy is captured by a Watcher's Council tried wetwork team. When their leader goes to capture Faith.execute her, Buffy grabs his pistol between her feet and pulls his head into the bars, then uses the gun to shoot out the various locks holding her captive and escape. She does all this [[GrandTheftMe wearing someone else's body too!]]
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** In "Broken Arrow", Roy Harper surrenders himself to police as The Arrow to protect Oliver. There are plenty of fellow prisoners eager for revenge, but just because Roy's not the real Arrow doesn't mean he's not Badass.
--->'''Inmate:''' Let's see how good you are without your arrows.

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** In "Broken Arrow", Roy Harper surrenders himself to police as The Arrow to protect Oliver. There are plenty of fellow prisoners eager for revenge, but just because Roy's not the real Arrow doesn't mean he's not Badass.
badass.
--->'''Inmate:''' Let's see [[TemptingFate how good you are without your arrows.arrows]].

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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. In "The Climb", ComicBook/RasAlGhul is able to defeat Oliver Queen despite starting their DuelToTheDeath completely unarmed (until he takes a sword off Oliver) and holding one hand behind his back.

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In "The Climb", ComicBook/RasAlGhul is able to defeat Oliver Queen despite starting their DuelToTheDeath completely unarmed (until he takes a sword off Oliver) and holding one hand behind his back.back.
** In "Broken Arrow", Roy Harper surrenders himself to police as The Arrow to protect Oliver. There are plenty of fellow prisoners eager for revenge, but just because Roy's not the real Arrow doesn't mean he's not Badass.
--->'''Inmate:''' Let's see how good you are without your arrows.
--->''(Roy beats them up with his hands cuffed)''
--->'''Roy:''' And remember--that was without arrows.
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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. In "The Climb", ComicBook/RasAlGhul is able to defeat Oliver Queen despite starting their DuelToTheDeath completely unarmed (until he takes a sword off Oliver) and holding one hand behind his back.
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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', during the climax, Peter fights Captain Hook with one hand behind his back.

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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', during the climax, Captain Hook taunts Peter for being a coward because he always flies away instead of fighting him man to man. Accepting the challenge, Peter fights Captain Hook with one hand behind his back.back, without flying.
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* One episode of ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has Satsuki Kiryuin escape [[FullFrontalAssault ''naked'']] while shackled, with nothing but a sharp metal toenail attachment.

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* One episode of ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has Satsuki Kiryuin escape [[FullFrontalAssault ''naked'']] ''[[FullFrontalAssault naked]]'' while shackled, with nothing but a sharp metal toenail attachment.
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* One episode of ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has Satsuki Kiryuin escape [[FullFrontalAssault ''naked'']] while shackled, with nothing but a sharp metal toenail attachment.
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* In ''VideoGame/BugFables'', the mantis ruffians in [[TheAlcatraz the Rubber Prison]] that were released during the wasp occupation are capable of fighting even when cuffed and chained. Their bestiary entry even states that the wasps could've broken the cuffs, yet they didn't, because the ruffians are already dangerous enough.

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* In ''Film/TheOldGuard'', [[EternalLove Joe and Nicky]] are handcuffed and chained to the floor of a van, surrounded by five heavily armed soldiers who make the mistake of yanking them apart while they're having a moment. Cut to the van arriving at the airport and opening up, revealing that they've killed all five of them in the intervening time.

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* In ''Film/TheOldGuard'', [[EternalLove Joe and Nicky]] are handcuffed and chained to the floor of a van, surrounded by five heavily armed soldiers who make the mistake of yanking them apart while they're having a romantic moment. Cut to the van arriving at the airport and airport, the guards opening up, revealing that they've killed all it up...and five of them in dead soldiers tumbling out, with Joe and Nicky sitting there calmly.
--> '''Nicky''': [[RefugeInAudacity I don't suppose it would be possible to get these chains off us?]]
--> '''Keane''': Get 'em on
the intervening time.plane NOW!
--> '''Joe''': [[DeadpanSnarker I guess not.]]
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* In ''Film/TheOldGuard'', [[EternalLove Joe and Nicky]] are handcuffed and chained to the floor of a van, surrounded by five heavily armed soldiers who make the mistake of yanking them apart while they're having a moment. Cut to the van arriving at the airport and opening up, revealing that they've killed all five of them in the intervening time.
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* [[PluckyGirl Annie]] from the anime Movie of ''Literature/TheMagicTreeHouse'' tackles a pirate from shooting her brother despite being a little girl with her hands tied behind her back on a plank and the pirate being a grown man with at least two feet on her. This gives them enough time for her mouse to chew her bonds off.

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* [[PluckyGirl Annie]] from the anime Movie of ''Literature/TheMagicTreeHouse'' tackles a pirate from shooting her brother despite being a little girl with her hands tied behind her back on a plank [[WalkThePlank plank]] and the pirate being a grown man with at least two feet on her. This gives them enough time for her mouse to chew her bonds off.
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* [[PluckyGirl Annie]] from the anime Movie of ''Literature/TheMagicTreeHouse'' tackles a pirate from shooting her brother despite being a little girl with her hands tied behind her back on a plank and the pirate being a grown man with at least two feet on her. This gives them enough time for her mouse to chew her bonds off.

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* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'':
** In "Remembrance", FacelessGoons teleport into Dahj's apartment, murder her boyfriend and shove a sack over her head so she can be hauled off for interrogation. She proceeds to kill every one of them despite being unable to see.
** In "Broken Pieces", Elnor has a clever method to free his bound hands and disarm an assailant. When a female guard attempts to stab him with his own sword, he moves in such a way that not only does she end up slicing the zip ties which were keeping him restrained, but he also knocks the tan qalanq out of her grasp so she can't attack him with it again. He then proceeds to strike her and another soldier until they become unconscious.



* In the pilot of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', FacelessGoons teleport into Dahj's apartment, murder her boyfriend and [[BagOfKidnapping shove a sack over her head]] so she can be hauled off for interrogation. [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening She proceeds to kill every one of them]] despite being unable to see.
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* In the last ''WesternAnimation/Dot and the Kangaroo'' sequel, Dot is tied up and gagged by bubble-shaped aliens who proceed to inspect her to see if she's like them or not, she repeatedly kicks them and stamps on their feet in retaliation.

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* In the last ''WesternAnimation/Dot and the Kangaroo'' ''WesternAnimation/DotAndTheKangaroo'' sequel, Dot is tied up and gagged by bubble-shaped aliens who proceed to inspect her to see if she's like them or not, she repeatedly kicks them and stamps on their feet in retaliation. retaliation.
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* In the last ''Dot and the Kangaroo'', Dot is tied up and gagged by bubble-shaped aliens who proceed to inspect her to see if she's like them or not, she repeatedly kicks them and stamps on their feet in retaliation.

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* In the last ''Dot ''WesternAnimation/Dot and the Kangaroo'', Kangaroo'' sequel, Dot is tied up and gagged by bubble-shaped aliens who proceed to inspect her to see if she's like them or not, she repeatedly kicks them and stamps on their feet in retaliation. retaliation.
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* In the last ''Dot and the Kangaroo'', Dot is tied up and gagged by bubble-shaped aliens who proceed to inspect her to see if she's like them or not, she repeatedly kicks them and stamps on their feet in retaliation.
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* The film of ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' had Drew Barrymore's character fight off a group of minions while ''tied to a chair''. Why didn't they simply grab her from the back?

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* The film of ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' had Drew Barrymore's character fight off a group of minions while ''tied to a chair''. Why didn't they simply grab chair'' for the first minute or so. She eventually breaks the chair and gets her from hands in front of her but they're still bound the back?entire time. The fight also begins with her explaining ''exactly'' how she's going to kick all of their asses.
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* The backstory for Jaeyun in ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'' mentions a legendary fight where he approached a giant with a stick and said that was the only weapon he was using, to make sure it was a fair fight. The giant was scared and promptly fled... when Jaeyun reads about that tale, he confesses that he lost his armor and weapons while gambling and finding that stick was just a lucky break.
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* In Disney's ''Disney/PeterPan'', during the climax, Peter fights Captain Hook with one hand behind his back.

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* In Disney's ''Disney/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', during the climax, Peter fights Captain Hook with one hand behind his back.

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* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': In the Golden Age Wondy (and/or ComicBook/SteveTrevor) ended up bound in some way OnceAnEpisode, and occasionally the baddies even untintentionally stumbled upon her odd KryptoniteFactor by having a man weld together her bracelets of submission, depowering her. Generally this did nothing to prevent her from defeating them given her training and she merely had to do so with her wrists bound and a normal human's strength and speed.

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In the Golden Age Wondy (and/or ComicBook/SteveTrevor) ended up bound in some way OnceAnEpisode, and occasionally the baddies even untintentionally stumbled upon her odd KryptoniteFactor by having a man weld together her bracelets of submission, depowering her. Generally this did nothing to prevent her from defeating them given her training and she merely had to do so with her wrists bound and a normal human's strength and speed.speed.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Diana ends up bound to a pole with her unbreakable lasso. As she can't break the lasso she just tears the pole out from where it's bolted and uses said pole to free Etta Candy and the Holliday Girls by smashing the wall of the prison they're in.
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* [[http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/11/venus-green-cop-basement/ This]] NeverMessWithGranny story of a 87-year-woman who locked a police officer in her basement after he thought he'd pull a warantless search stunt... after he had handcuffed her for trying to stop it.

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* [[http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/11/venus-green-cop-basement/ This]] NeverMessWithGranny story of a 87-year-woman who locked a police officer in her basement after he thought he'd pull a warantless warrantless search stunt... after he had handcuffed her for trying to stop it.
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* ''Film/MoneyMovers'': When Henderson is 'negotiating' with Eric about getting a cut of Eric's planned heist, he has Eric sat in a chair with his hands tied behind his back. Eric manages to get up, fight his way past Henderson's mooks, get out of the house, and over the fence. He is halfway down the hill before he is finally stopped by being tackled by four of the mooks. In the next shot, he has been tied to the chair with copius amounts of rope.
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** Parodied in ''Discworld/MenAtArms'':

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** Also from the Disc, GenreSavvy Vimes in ''Discworld/NightWatch'' tries to use this, getting his hands cuffed in front of him rather than behind his back. They're old, heavy handcuffs, or in other words, "his arms were a hammer." The History Monks interrupt him in the process of swinging it, though.

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** Also from the Disc, GenreSavvy Vimes in ''Discworld/NightWatch'' ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' tries to use this, getting his hands cuffed in front of him rather than behind his back. They're old, heavy handcuffs, or in other words, "his arms were a hammer." The History Monks interrupt him in the process of swinging it, though.
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* Kate Kane learned how to fight with her wrists bound behind her during her ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} training.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': When Marco becomes a knight of Mewni, he expresses a desire to give up his knighthood rather than accept a lifetime appointment away from his friends and family. The other knights tie him up to teach him a lesson (it's in the rulebook), but Marco proves that he really is as good as he says he is by beating them all up with a bored expression on his face. ''Then'' he unties himself.
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* In ''Videogame/CarmenSandiegoWordDetective'', at one point while you are searching for passwords for a key stasher to free an Acme agent captured by Carmen, you find a microfilm of a note Carmen sent to her henchmen warning them about her ex-partner, Chase Devineaux, along with a dossier of him. In the note, Carmen specifically notes that one time when she still worked with him at Acme, Chase captured three criminals with his hands tied behind his back! [[UpToEleven If you look at the microfilm in the intermediate or advanced levels, she adds that Chase did this while on a highwire!]]
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* In the pilot of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', FacelessGoons teleport into Dahj's apartment, murder her boyfriend and [[BagOfKidnapping shove a sack over her head]] so she can be hauled off for interrogation. [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening She proceeds to kill every one of them]] despite being unable to see.
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* The film of ''Film/CharliesAngels'' had Drew Barrymore's character fight off a group of minions while ''tied to a chair''. Why didn't they simply grab her from the back?

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* The film of ''Film/CharliesAngels'' ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' had Drew Barrymore's character fight off a group of minions while ''tied to a chair''. Why didn't they simply grab her from the back?
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** In the penultimate episode of season 3 of the SequelSeries, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra '', the titular heroine manages to put up a hell of a fight against Zaheer with her hands and feet shackled in platinum cuffs that she can’t metalbend.

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** In the penultimate episode of season 3 of the SequelSeries, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra '', the titular heroine manages to put up a hell of a fight against Zaheer with her hands and feet shackled in platinum cuffs that she can’t metalbend. It takes Zaheer blowing her dad off a cliff for him to get the upper hand.

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