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* ''VideoGame/MurderInTheAlps'': When Anna Myers is [[NotMyDriver kidnapped]] by [[spoiler:Gerhard Wagner and Dhara Biguá]] in ''Forgotten Memento'', they force her to wear a sack over her head during the car drive. She still has it on when she's brought before [[spoiler:Oskar Havel]] and knocked unconscious.

'''Sherlock Holmes:''' As to where I am, I was, admittedly, lost for a moment, between Charing Cross and Holborn, but I was saved by the bread shop on Saffron Hill. The only baker to use a certain French glaze on their loaves - a Brittany sage. After that, the carriage forked left, then right, and then the tell-tale bump at the Fleet Conduit. And as to who you are, that took every ounce of my not-inconsiderable experience. The letters on your desk were addressed to a Sir Thomas Rotherham. Lord Chief Justice, that would be the official title. Who you ''really'' are is, of course, another matter entirely. Judging by the sacred ox on your ring, you're the secret head of the Temple of the Four Orders in whose headquarters we now sit, located on the northwest corner of St. James Square, I think. As to the mystery, the only mystery is why you ''bothered'' to blindfold me at all.\\

* Happens twice in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** In ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' the elves of Lothlórien insist on blindfolding Gimli's eyes before the fellowship is taken to the elf village. When he objects to being singled out that way, Aragorn says that all of them shall be blindfolded.
** In ''The Two Towers'' Faramir blindfolds Frodo and Sam before leading them to the refuge of Henneth Annûn. When it comes time to lead them away from the refuge, he trusts them enough to forgo blindfolds, but does want to blindfold Gollum. Frodo insists that he do it to all three of them again, and do it to Gollum last so that he can certain there is nothing to fear over it.

* Bobby Marks gets to have one of these courtesy of Willie Rumson in ''Literature/OneFatSummer''
* Used in at least two Literature/SherlockHolmes stories. In both "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" and "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", Holmes' client was bundled into a carriage that they could not see out of and driven to an unknown destination. Holmes, of course, figures out where they had been taken or at least the general area from clues.
* This is what happens with the cobbler is brought in to sew Kasim's body back together (he was drawn and quartered by the thieves, and if he were buried like that it'd make him look like a crook) in ''Literature/AliBabaAndTheFortyThieves'': He is blindfolded and spun around before being brought to the room where the body is kept. Interestingly, the thieves find the place in spite of this by taking advantage of the cobbler's muscle memory - one of them blindfolds him and spins him around the same number of times, then has him lead the way.
* This happens to Literature/NancyDrew in the book ''The Captive Witness'', set in communist East Germany, when she is taken to a viewing a film that has been banned by the country's government. Of course, being Nancy Drew, she is still able to get a general idea of where she's been taken by making note of how long they've been driving, the sounds she hears, and the number of stairs at their destination.

* ''Literature/CharlieWilsonsWar''. A Pakistani official is blindfolded when taken to the CIA's SpySchool. He takes offense, given that he's already running the CIA's proxy war in Afghanistan for them.
* In ''Death Plus Ten Years'', the author Roger Cooper is arrested by the Iranian secret police, who then get into an argument on which one of them was supposed to bring the blindfold. He has to guide them to a nearby chemist so they can get a bandage for the task. Cooper was familiar enough with Tehran to work out where they were taking him anyway, despite a deliberately circuitous route. When in prison, he was also blindfolded with a towel when being taken to the shower or toilet -- the kinder guards adjusted the towel so Cooper could at least see his feet when walking.

* In ''Literature/TheBridgeKingdomArchives'' Maridrinian princess Lara, newly-wed to Ithicanian king Aren, is blindfolded when they enter the Ithicanian bridge - the structure and particularly the ways in and out are the nation's greatest secret and Lara was supposed never to even get inside it.
* ''Literature/KeeperOfTheLostCities'': In ''Lodestar'', Sophie is blindfolded for the walk to meet Gethen, since he's being kept in a high security location.
* In one of the ''Literature/{{Letterland}}'' books, Bouncy Ben is blindfolded before his birthday trip in a balloon.

** In ''[[Film/MissionImpossible1996 Mission: Impossible]'', Ethan Hunt is told to put on a mask before he's taken to see the mysterious Max, being told that it's "the price of admission".
** This is used as a BrickJoke in ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'' when he goes to meet an underworld figure who happens to have one of Max's former goons working for him; the man recognises Hunt and produces a similar blindfold with a wry smile.

* ''Film/MissionImpossible'': In the [[Film/MissionImpossible1996 first film]], Ethan Hunt is told to put on a mask before he's taken to see the mysterious Max, being told that it's "the price of admission". This is used as a BrickJoke in ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'' when he goes to meet an underworld figure who happens to have one of Max's former goons working for him; the man recognises Hunt and produces a similar blindfold with a wry smile.
* In ''Film/{{Taken 2}}'', when Liam Neeson's character and his ex-wife are captured. During the trip, he counts time in seconds and notes any and all turns they make along with any sounds he hears.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Parodied "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E15BlameItOnLisa Blame It on Lisa]]". After Homer is kidnapped, we see him on a boat with a bag over his head. It turns out he put it on himself, and the kidnappers are rather annoyed about it.

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* In the ''Series/FraggleRock'' episode "Fraggle Wars," Mokey is blindfolded and taken prisoner by the Cave Fraggles, enemies of the Rock Fraggles.
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* ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'': The way to the Bandar Village and the Skull Cave go through an hidden passage way through an waterfall. Whenever one of the selected few has been allowed to visit, they are being blindfolded.

* ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'': Historically the only women who was blindfolded and lead through the hidden passage through the waterfall was the Mother of a future generation of Phantom.
** In the 2019 Sunday Strip "The Spy Ship", Heloise Walker blindfolds her "Best Friend" Kadia when she takes her to the Bandar Village, this causing quite a few raised eyebrows.

-->-- '''Grunkle Stan''', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''

A blindfold is not even necessary. Being shoved and [[PunkInTheTrunk driven somewhere in a locked car trunk]] is pretty much blindfolded, for all intents and purposes - so long as the protagonist doesn't know where they are being taken.

* In the second season ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode ''[[Recap/AdventureTimeS2E19MysteryTrain Mystery Train]]'', Jake blindfolded the sleeping Finn before waking him up, making Finn think he is blind. After revealing the truth, Jake told him to leave it on and took him to the train.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy,'' Season 2 "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E11APictureIsWorthAThousandBucks A Picture is Worth a Thousand Bucks]]", Peter is blindfolded on the way to his birthday surprise. The camera pulls back to reveal he's the one driving there.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "Legend of the Gobblewonker", Stan takes the kids on a blind-folded trip to the lake for a day of fishing. On the way there, Dipper is concerned by Stan's [[DrivesLikeCrazy bad driving]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Fantastic Easter Special" Stan's dad Randy puts a bag over his head when they drive to the secret location for The Hare Club For Men, but he takes it off when he finds out he already knows where it is.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Steven has a habit of doing this to Lapis Lazuli when he wants to surprise her with a present. As she's twice as tall as he is, she helps him out by blindfolding herself with her (translucent) wings. It's as adorable as it is silly.
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Blame It On Lisa". After Homer is kidnapped, we see him on a boat with a bag over his head.
-->'''Homer:''' Where are you taking me?
-->'''Kidnapper #2:''' Shut up... and take that stupid bag off your head.
-->'''Homer:''' No. It smells like cinnamon.

* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': Early in season 4, Gus Fring is seeking structural engineers to figure out how to excavate a secret basement underneath a laundromat he just purchased, with the intention of using said basement to build a meth lab. Because Gus doesn't trust local engineers, he recruits outside help from overseas. As a security measure, engineers being sought for the job must take a very complicated route that ensures anyone who doesn't pass the job interview knows minimal information about the project. They fly into Denver, where they are directed to a pre-paid car with keys under the wheel well and a burner phone in the cupholder. They are then directed by Mike to drive to a pickup point on the side of a two lane road in the Rocky Mountains, where they are to then take out their luggage and don a black hood from the trunk. Then, Mike and another guy, Nick, show up, put the candidate in the back of a windowless van, and drive him all the way down to Albuquerque, not removing the bag until the candidate is inside the laundromat. Then the candidate does an analysis of the site, while Gus is discreetly observing them from the shadows and having Mike act as his representative. The first candidate, a French engineer, is quickly rejected when he starts talking about other jobs he did and [[HonestJohnsDealership shows more interest in getting paid well than doing a proper job]]. As a result, he is re-bagged, put back in the van, and dumped back on the Colorado road where he left the car with a return plane ticket in his pocket. The second candidate, a German engineer, proves more trustworthy and more meticulous with his work ethic despite looking shabbier and having stomach issues, so is not subjected to the return trip and is instead hired by Gus on the spot.

* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy,'' Season 2 "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E11APictureIsWorthAThousandBucks A Picture is Worth a Thousand Bucks]]", Peter is blindfolded on the way to his birthday surprise. The camera pulls back to reveal he's the one driving there.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. Any VictimOfTheWeek who has to be taken to the disused library that's the headquarters of Team Machine gets this. Usually though when someone gets a black hood over their head, it's a sign they're about to be carted off by assassins to be interrogated and murdered.

** When Team Machine reluctantly rescue Leon Tao a [[TooDumbToLive second time]], they take him to their safehouse in a hood. Though they claim it's not for secrecy, but because they don't want him turning up again, asking for help.

* In the first ''Film/MissionImpossible'' film, Ethan Hunt is told to put on a mask before he's taken to see the mysterious Max, being told that it's "the price of admission". This is used as a BrickJoke in a later movie when he goes to meet an underworld figure who happens to have one of Max's former goons working for him; the man recognises Hunt and produces a similar blindfold with a wry smile.

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* A variation happens in ''Film/BeverlyHillsNinja'', [[Creator/ChrisFarley Haru]] is blindfolded when he is first taken to the BigBad's warehouse. Later, he blindfolds himself and tries to use his "ninja skills" to remember the route. He is completely clueless, of course. Luckily, his clan brother [[RobinShou Gobei]] knows the route well and takes the wheel without Haru knowing.

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* ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'': In the 2019 Sunday Strip "The Spy Ship", Heloise Walker blindfolds her friend Kadia when she takes her to the Bandar Village.

* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} blindfolds [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} (Tim Drake) for a training exercise where they balance on top of a train and Dick occasionally asks Tim where they are to see how well Tim is paying attention to their surroundings without the use of his sight.

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