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* ''WesternAnimation/TheToolStreetGang'': In "Where's Squirt?", the gang (on Fret's suggestion) forms one in order to reach down into the AbsurdlySpaciousSewer and fish Squirt out.
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* Done more than once in the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' series, building up a chain extending outward from a ledge, to get to someone who would otherwise be out of reach.

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* Done more than once in the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' series, building up a chain extending outward from a ledge, to get to someone who would otherwise be out of reach.
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HumanLadder is a similar trope. Not to be confused with a ChainOfDeals.

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HumanLadder is a and BodyBridge are similar trope.tropes. Not to be confused with a ChainOfDeals.
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** The Mane Six end up in another one in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies "Power Ponies"]]. This time, Pinkie doesn't even bother to grab hold and just jumps after them once they have all been pulled in.

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** The Mane Six end up in another one in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E6PowerPonies "Power Ponies"]].Ponies"]] when they get sucked into a comic book. This time, Pinkie doesn't even bother to grab hold and just jumps after them once they have all been pulled in.

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A variation to this exists. People will form a chain or a human wall as a sign of either uniting against a common enemy and it’s to show you’ll have to pass through them or as one of mourning, the grief brings them together in brotherhood.

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A variation to this exists. People will form a chain or a human wall as a sign of either uniting against a common enemy and it’s to show you’ll have to pass through them or as one of mourning, the grief brings them together in brotherhood.
brotherhood. Sometimes, a human chain may be formed when people are navigating areas with low visibility.


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* A variant happens around the climax of ''Manga/HellstarRemina'' wherein the survivors all form a human chain while they enter the shelter, in order to keep from getting separated from one another.
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* One ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip from 1964 had a whole bunch of kids forming one to pull Snoopy, resisting a trip for his rabies shot, from the tree he's clinging to.

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* One ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip from 1964 had a whole bunch of kids forming one to pull Snoopy, [[AfraidOfNeedles Snoopy]], resisting a trip for his rabies shot, from the tree he's clinging to.



%% * Also happens in ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine''.

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%% * Also happens in ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine''.''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'': During the third act, [[spoiler:Evelyn tries to pull Jobu Tupaki away from the Everything Bagel black hole, and they're soon joined by Waymond and Gong Gong, forming a chain to save her from the Bagel]].
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* ''Fanfic/SeraphinasTeaQuest'': Seraphina isn't strong enough to stabilize the portal alone, so [[Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse Bear]], [[Fanfic/ABigBlueHouseInTallPineGrove Theresa]], [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018 Summer, Chef, Animal, and Fozzie]] and team up in a chain to help her.

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* ''Fanfic/SeraphinasTeaQuest'': Seraphina isn't strong enough to stabilize the portal alone, so [[Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse Bear]], [[Fanfic/ABigBlueHouseInTallPineGrove Theresa]], [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018 Summer, Chef, Animal, and Fozzie]] and team up in a chain to help her.
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* ''Fanfic/SeraphinasTeaQuest'': Seraphina isn't strong enough to stabilize the portal alone, so [[Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse Bear]], [[Fanfic/ABigBlueHouseInTallPineGrove Theresa]], [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018 Summer, Chef, Animal, and Fozzie]] and team up in a chain to help her.
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* Occurs in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' short ''Pikachu's Rescue Adventure'' as a chain of Pokémon.

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* Occurs in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' short ''Pikachu's Rescue Adventure'' as a chain of Pokémon.
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* A variant is present in the finale of ''Anime/{{Kill la Kill}}''. [[spoiler: As Ryuko falls from space following the FinalBattle with Ragyo, she is first caught by Satsuki, who is sent flying by the momentum before being backed up by Mako, the Elite Four, the rest of the Mankanshoku family, and then damn near every student of Honnōji Academy before they all finally come sliding to a stop.]]

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* A human chain was in one of the ''Literature/WeatherWardens'' books.


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* ''Literature/{{Oona}}'': One of [[TheProtagonist Oona]]'s plans to get the crown out of the pit involved having a bunch of crabs hold claws in a long line, reaching down into the pit. It's foiled by strong waves... and a plank of wood hitting Oona on the head.


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* A human chain was in one of the ''Literature/WeatherWardens'' books.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', the minions do this [[spoiler: to save Gru and Margo towards the end of the movie. And they do it ''really fast''.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'', the minions do this [[spoiler: to save Gru and Margo towards the end of the movie. And they do it ''really fast''.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', in a BlinkAndYouMissIt moment, during Tyler's birthday party, a trio of Mei's classmates are sitting on a couch when Mei grabs on to the one on the end and pulls her onto the dance floor. The one sitting in the middle grabs on to the one being pulled by the arm and the one on the other end by the ankle resulting in all three being pulled with the one on the end being subject to an AnkleDrag. All this takes place in the space of a second.
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* A variation shows up at the climax of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy.'' [[spoiler: When Peter grabs the Infinity Stone to keep it out of Ronan's hands, its power threatens to destroy him. So all of his friends (minus Groot) grab onto him to share the power among them and defeat Ronan.]]

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* A variation shows up at the climax of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy.''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014.'' [[spoiler: When Peter grabs the Infinity Stone to keep it out of Ronan's hands, its power threatens to destroy him. So all of his friends (minus Groot) grab onto him to share the power among them and defeat Ronan.]]



* ''Series/{{Kid Nation}}'', while never seen on the show, one of the kids on the show stated in an interview that chains of people blocked off the area where the show took place so no kid would get lost or that no one would come in.

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* ''Series/{{Kid Nation}}'', ''Series/KidNation'', while never seen on the show, one of the kids on the show stated in an interview that chains of people blocked off the area where the show took place so no kid would get lost or that no one would come in.



* Done in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' to stop Raven from falling into Mumbo's hat... but they all end up falling in anyway.

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* Done in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' to stop Raven from falling into Mumbo's hat... but they all end up falling in anyway.
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* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheRobotKingdom'' have Doraemon and friends, and their new allies from the Rainbow Valley, among their ranks the [[HeelFaceTurn reformed Jeanne]] forming a human chain at the end of the film to force an entry into Dester's fortress, bypassing Dester's robot soldiers due to the ThreeLawsCompliant rules.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' shows the ants towards the climax and the circus bugs all linking arms to form a wall, to show the grasshoppers that they’re united, stronger than them and they’re going to win the fight.
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A variation to this exists. People will form a chain or a human wall as a sign of either uniting against a common enemy and it’s to show you’ll have to pass through them or as one of mourning, the grief brings them together in brotherhood.
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* ''Webcomic/CloseToYourHeart'': The top of Cuda's moving base slices through Blixer's [[TheWormThatWalks mass of minions]] that he's riding on, but he's caught from his fall by Lycan, who's being held by other minions who are still in formation.
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* ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ'': When Anthony launches a gravity bomb [[spoiler:at Garralosh]], but is too close and too injured to avoid falling into it himself, the other ants latch onto him and keep him safe.
--> Even as the insane drag of the spell tries to pull me into the air into its ever hungering maw, I feel more stable than ever. What's happened?! I take a risk and shift myself a little and to my shock and horror I see a forest of ants behind me, each of them gripping onto each other and the ground as those closest have gripped onto me. They've formed living chains that emerge from tunnels in the ground dozens of metres away to bind me back down to the ground.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''. In "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E1MindPollution Mind Pollution]]", Ma-Ti gets pulled off the Capitol while the gang is pursued by zombie drug addicts. Kwame dives to grab him and falls off himself, only for Wheeler to grab Kwame's ankle, just barely keeping them anchored.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''. In "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E1MindPollution Mind Pollution]]", Ma-Ti gets pulled one of the zombie drug addicts grabs Ma-Ti, who screams for help. Kwame pulls him back, causing them both to fall off the Capitol while dome when the gang is pursued by zombie drug addicts. Kwame dives to grab him and falls off himself, only for Wheeler to grab addict lets go. Only [[TheBigGuy Wheeler]] grabbing Kwame's ankle, ankle at the last minute, just barely keeping them anchored.anchored, prevents both of them from falling to their deaths.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''. In "Mind Pollution", Ma-Ti gets pulled off the Capitol while the gang is pursued by zombie drug addicts. Kwame dives to grab him and falls off himself, only for Wheeler to grab Kwame's ankle, just barely keeping them anchored.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''. In "Mind Pollution", "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E1MindPollution Mind Pollution]]", Ma-Ti gets pulled off the Capitol while the gang is pursued by zombie drug addicts. Kwame dives to grab him and falls off himself, only for Wheeler to grab Kwame's ankle, just barely keeping them anchored.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PoohsGrandAdventure''. They do end up falling off the cliff, but nobody's hurt.

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* ''WesternAnimation/PoohsGrandAdventure''. When Tigger gets stuck on a log wedged in a crevasse trying to retrieve the map, Pooh leans down to offer him a hand. Then the ground gives out, and Piglet grabs Pooh, Rabbit grabs Piglet, and Eeyore is stuck anchoring all of them by clenching his teeth around some plants while Rabbit holds his tail. They do end up falling off the cliff, but nobody's hurt.



* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet''. Kwame and Wheeler form an impromptu one after Ma-Ti falls off the Capitol while the gang is pursued by zombie drug addicts.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet''. Kwame and Wheeler form an impromptu one after ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''. In "Mind Pollution", Ma-Ti falls gets pulled off the Capitol while the gang is pursued by zombie drug addicts.addicts. Kwame dives to grab him and falls off himself, only for Wheeler to grab Kwame's ankle, just barely keeping them anchored.
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** In ''Shovel of Hope'' [[spoiler:The Order of No Quarter end up like this once you beat them all in a BossRush. You can help them back up onto solid ground, if you want to. Humoursly, they all end up hanging in the order they choose to fight you in -- leading to such hilarious scenarios as the scrawny Tinker Knight holding everyone up. This scene is repeated at the end of ''Plague of Shadows''- but Shovel Knight leaves the Order to hang while Plague Knight jumps off the end of the chain to escape.]]

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** In ''Shovel of Hope'' [[spoiler:The Order of No Quarter end up like this once you beat them all in a BossRush. You can help them back up onto solid ground, if you want to. Humoursly, Humourously, they all end up hanging in the order they choose to fight you in -- leading to such hilarious scenarios as the scrawny Tinker Knight holding everyone up. This scene is repeated at the end of ''Plague of Shadows''- but Shovel Knight leaves the Order to hang while Plague Knight jumps off the end of the chain to escape.]]
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* In a Season 3 episode of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Careful S. is nearly knocked into lava as he is fighting Kalo but saves himself by having his [[SelfDuplicates duplicates]] form a chain and throw him back onto the ground.

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* In a Season 3 episode of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Careful S. is nearly knocked into lava as he is fighting Kalo but saves himself by having his [[SelfDuplicates [[SelfDuplication duplicates]] form a chain and throw him back onto the ground.

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