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* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', anybody? Aries bestows upon Kratos the most badass weapons ever forged that doubly exist so that he can control Kratos. Said chains became undone at the end of ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarIII III]]'', signifying that his service to the Olympians is now over.

* Kukuri's guardian angel Abraxas in ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes'', a representation of her soul, is restrained as much as possible. Its mouth and eyes are covered and its hands are bound. Yet it can still unleash some powerful mace attacks.

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' there's Berserker, the Greek hero Herakles, and there's Gilgamesh's magical chain, "Enkidu", which responds to any divinity a captive has by growing stronger. As the son of Zeus, Berserker's divinity is highest ever seen in the series (since Gilgamesh lost most of his long beforehand). Despite that, Berserker still manages to break free with sheer strength and rage in order to protect his summoner. He's not a straight example in that he doesn't wear any part of the chains afterwards [[spoiler:indeed, Gilgamesh kills him shortly afterwards]], but his "breaking free" moment is iconic, and a part of one of the game's video intros.
** And then there's Rider's fashionable and functional chains. Though they're not attached to any of her restraints, they're always around her.

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' has Spectra Vondergeist wearing chains a lá Jacob Marley.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', anybody? Aries bestows upon Kratos the most badass weapons ever forged that doubly exist so that he can control Kratos.... for awhile anyway.
** Those chains however became undone at the end of ''III'', signifying that his service to the Olympians is now over.

* In ''LightNovel/MaouNoOreGaDoreiElfWoYomeNiShitandaGaDouMederebaIi'', Nephy was forced into a collar during her enslavement, which suppress her mana and was enchanted to explode if anyone took it off. After the BenevolentBoss she was sold to disenchanted it and freed her, she decided to keep wearing it as a sign of her HappinessInSlavery, and is treated more like an engagement ring for the two (it helps that her natural elf strength means the collar barely weighs anything to her).

* In ''LightNovel/MaouNoOreGaDoreiElfWoYomeNiShitandaGaDouMederebaIi'', Nephy was forced into a collar during her enslavement, which suppress her mana and was enchanted to explode if anyone took it off. After the BenevolentBoss she was sold to disenchanted it and freed her, she decided to keep wearing it as a sign of her HappinessInSlavery, and is treated more like an engagement ring for the two (it helps that her natural elf strength means the collar barely weighs anything to her).

* In ''LightNovel/MaouNoOreGaDoreiElfWoYomeNiShitandaGaDouMederebaIi'', Nephy was forced into a collar during her enslavement, which was enchanted to explode if anyone took it off. After the BenevolentBoss she was sold to disenchanted it, she decided to keep wearing it as a sign of her HappinessInSlavery (it helps that her natural elf strength means the collar barely weighs anything to her).

* In Creator/CharlesDickens' novel ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Jacob Marley's ghost is [[JacobMarleyApparel weighed down by long chains]] as punishment for his greed and apathy in life.

* Billie Eilish in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Pl8CzNzCw this clip]] for the song "Lovely".

* Secondary protagonist Cyrille from Shining Force EXA, has these binding her to her book. While most video game characters that wear chains are freaking strong, Cyrille is the opposite. She's a frail and bookish magician-type, who's more into standing far away and shooting foes with her crossbow pistol or zapping them with magic.

* This was [[http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/06/adidas-cancels-shackle-shoe-that-critics-say-evokes-slavery/ controversially invoked]] in an Adidas shoe design that was quickly canceled before official release.

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* In ''Anime/YuGiOh'', Exodia is a SealedEvilInACan, split into five pieces and each piece bound. Yugi put him back together in the first episode, and he had chains on his limbs.
** In [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh the card game]], there exists Exodia Necross, which is basically a playable-monster-version of the assembled Exodia. He still has the chains and manacles on him... except they're all ''broken''.

* On the cover of an Archie ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehog'' comic, Sonic himself wore broken manacles since the arc had him currently framed for murder.
* Ex-con The Absorbing Man, part of ComicBook/TheMightyThor's RoguesGallery, carries his prison ball-and-chain as a weapon. (Since he was wearing it at the time he got his powers, it has the same magic properties he does, so this is a matter of practicality.)

* In Creator/CharlesDickens' novel ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Jacob Marley's ghost is [[JacobMarleyApparel weighed down by long chains]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' has chains on his right leg and shoulders which act as [[RestrainingBolt Restraining Bolts]], removed only when he triggers his FinishingMove and SuperMode, respectively. Chains also form a large part of Kiva's motif, whenever he changes into [[TheGunslinger Bashaa]], Garuru or [[DropTheHammer Dogga]] chains appear all over the parts of his armor that change, they also spread over Kiva's body during his transformation sequence.

** It's not just limited to the Kiva's either, Kamen Rider Rey from [[NonSerialMovie King Of Hell's Castle]] has loads of chains wrapped around his arms, but instead of restraining wings, they are restraining [[WolverineClaws huge ass claws.]]

* ''Franchise/MonsterHigh'' has Spectra Vondergeist wearing chains a lá Jacob Marley.

* Bowser, of ''{{Mario}}'' fame has manacles. Given that he's a ''king'' and has never been depicted as being chained up, he only wears them truly because of RuleOfCool.

* A later series by Creator/StudioGainax, ''Anime/MelodyOfOblivion'' has Sayoko, who wears manacles which do the exact same thing as Haruko's, pointing toward the man she's in love with. [[spoiler: The manacles are left over from when she was going to be sacrificed, but was saved by Kurofune. Also, they stop pointing toward him and start pointing to Bocca about midway through the series, for obvious reasons.]]

* In ''Literature/TheScar'', a castaway recounts the story of how the avanc, a gargantuan sea monster, swam out the side of a vast wall of water and plunged into the titular crack in the world, [[spoiler: dragging along the boat-city of Armada, to which it had been tethered as a means of propulsion]]. Twenty miles of chain coil around its body as it falls.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has the Bloody Baron, ghost of Slytherin House, whose distinguishing features are being covered in chains and blood. The last book reveals that he wears them [[spoiler: out of guilt for killing Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter, which drove him to kill himself.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' there's Berserker, the Greek hero Herakles, and there's Gilgamesh's magical chain, "Enkidu", which responds to any divinity a captive has by growing stronger. As the son of Zeus, Berserker's divinity is highest ever seen in the series (since Gilgamesh lost most of his long beforehand). Despite that, Berserker still manages to break free with sheer strength and rage in order to protect his summoner. He's not a straight example in that he doesn't wear any part of the chains afterwards [[spoiler: indeed, Gilgamesh kills him shortly afterwards]], but his "breaking free" moment is iconic, and a part of one of the game's video intros.

* In the battle against Bahamut in GranblueFantasy, he spends the first half of the fight heavily chained, a remnant of his original sealing. When he [[TurnsRed goes into Overdrive]], he breaks the chains and unleashes a party-wiping 999999-damage laser.

** To hide the tan lines?
** "The only thing I'm a slave to is fashion."

* [[TechnicolorNinjas Ninjara]] from the upcoming ''VideoGame/{{Arms}}'' game has {{Chain|Pain}}s for arms. He also has glasses and headphones combined by being a chain, that chain also holds his hair up into an shuriken shaped ponytail.

* {{Superman}}'s enemy Doomsday beat the entire Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} to a pulp while still half-bound in the massive steel-cabled straitjacket used to [[SealedEvilInACan seal him in the can.]]
* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, the Amazons of WonderWoman kept their former slave shackles as handy bullet-bouncing bracelets.

** The Reaper, a recurring antagonist in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]'' subseries since ''VideoGame/Persona3'', is wrapped in chains which audibly signal his presence.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Whenever a party member awakens their Persona for the first time, their Persona is surrounded by chains, symbolizing how they feel trapped by society. Arsène in particular has long chains that the protagonist often grips onto. [[spoiler:The hero breaks these chains when Arsène evolves into Satanael.]]

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Shin Megami Tensei}}'' series, some demons have chains on their bodies, such as Hecatoncheirs, Angels, and Grendel, who has chains for hair.
** Beldr from ''VideoGame/{{Devil Survivor}}'' has several chains attached to his body.
** The Reaper from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' is wrapped in chains which audibly signal his presence.