History Main / KindRestraints

* This happens to ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk from time to time. In early stories Bruce Banner had a bunker under the sea which he had Rick Jones lock him into at night for when he turned into the Hulk.

* ''Film/TheWolfMan'': Lawrence Talbot is tied up so he can't get out in his wolf form.

** There werewolf Nina comes to Wolfram & Hart every month to be locked up.

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* OlderThanFeudalism: In ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', Odysseus had himself tied to a mast to keep from being drawn to the sirens.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
** [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Oz]] is confined on full moons. At first in a cage locked with a key, later however in a cage locked with a combination keypad which he can supposedly only operate when he is human.
** In the episode "Living Conditions" she starts rooming with a new girl her own age, then starts to get annoyed about those kinds of little things that roomies do to annoy each other... then she starts to get delusional and claiming that the girl is 'evil', and that she's going to have to 'slay' her, which prompts the rest of the Scoobies to tie her up to stop her while trying to find out why she's suddenly gone crazy. [[spoiler: Turns out the girl actually IS a demon in disguise, and she's been performing nightly rituals to drain Buffy's soul, which is why she's acting erratic. Also, the restraints are less than effective at holding her.]]

** There's a werewolf chick who comes to Wolfram & Hart every month to be locked up.

In many works a character can end up being NotHimself. He or she could even hurt someone, or admit to someone that they are worried they might hurt someone. Sometimes, he or she is just acting oddly enough to give people reason to ''think'' that they're crazy and/or a danger to themselves and others. Often, their freedom is taken away by their own friends or allies to keep them safe and unable to harm themselves or other people. This could be by restraint, sedation, or confinement.

* This happens to Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk from time to time. In early stories Bruce Banner had a bunker under the sea which he had Rick Jones lock him into at night for when he turned into the Hulk.

* A similar situation happens in the AchilleTalon album ''Viva Papa!''. To escape from a prison cell while tied up, Talon has sidekick Lefuneste gnaws on their bonds. Except, as they finds out, the rope is made of Tapasambalian hemp, a dangerous psychotropic plant. Thus Lefuneste has to be kept tied during the escape. Later, the bad guys capture them again and, seeing one of them still in ropes, conclude that he's no longer their friend and have him freed -- and Lefuneste goes berserk on them.

* In TheParasolProtectorate, werewolves have servants called "clavigers", whose job description includes locking their werewolf in a cell when the moon is full.

* In ''TheShining'' by Creator/StephenKing, Jack Torrance starts going violently insane to the point where his wife Wendy has started carrying a knife around in the event that she has to use it on Jack in self defense. When she manages to get him unconscious after he tries to hurt her, she locks him in the pantry of the Overlook to protect herself and their son Danny and so that he won't starve in the time it takes for help to arrive. [[spoiler:He does manage to escape, though.]]

* ''Series/StargateUniverse'':

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':

* In early episodes of ''Series/BeingHuman'', Mitchell does this for [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent George, the resident werewolf]]. Later, George finds ways to get the job done on his own.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Roy has to bound and gag Durkon in the Wooden Forest so that he'd stop freaking out about trees and risk alerting the bandits.

** Angel Bunny ties up Fluttershy, PROBABLY at her own specific request, and certainly with her consent in "Putting Your Hoof Down" when Fluttershy believes that she is a danger to society.

In many works a character can end up being NotHimself. He or she could even hurt someone, or admit to someone that they are worried they might hurt someone. Sometimes, he or she is just acting oddly enough to give people reason to ''think'' that they're crazy and/or a danger to themselves and others. Often, their freedom is taken away by their own friends or allies to keep them safe and unable to harm themselves or other people. This could be by restraint, sedation, or confinement.

This will often happen in a safe location, such as their base or a hospital (or whatever serves as one), and will often result in some fight between the captive and the captor(s). This can result in BreakingTheBonds, or if they gain superpowers it could become a CardboardPrison. Those keeping them captive may employ some sort of KryptoniteFactor to keep them under control. This could also result in an UnwantedRescue. If they [[SelfRestraint ask to be restrained]], it can overlap with NoMatterHowMuchIBeg.

The character being confined does not need to be willing, and the characters to whom they lose their freedom don't need to be benevolent. However, their confinement has to be for safety, and not for malice or punishment, in order to actually fit this trope.

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* This happens to Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk from time to time. In early stories Bruce Banner had a bunker under the sea which he had Rick Jones lock him into at night for when he turned into the Hulk.

* ''Film/TheInvisibleMan Returns'' (1940) has Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) ask a friend and lab colleague to restrain him if he shows signs of insanity (a known side effect of the invisibility formula). After a tense dinner scene with said friend and his love interest, Radcliffe is subdued and chained to a chair [[spoiler: and does indeed attack the friend]].
* ''Film/TheWolfMan'': Lawrence Talbot is tied up so he can't get out in his wolf form.

* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': Dr. Frankenstein locks himself in the dungeon with his creation and tells Igor, Inga and Frau Blücher (insert horse whinny) not to let him out no matter how much he begs. Five seconds later, he bangs on the door and asks to be let out with no avail.

* ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' novel ''TheSilverChair''. The Green Lady's protege asks the protagonists to tie him to the title device and not let him go NoMatterHowMuchIBeg, so that he won't change into a green serpent and kill them. Actually a subversion since he has not yet been revealed to be Prince Rilian and the real reason he is being kept in the Silver Chair is because, rather than being in danger of turning into a snake and killing everyone, those nightly spells are the only times he realizes that he is Prince Rilian and the Green Lady wants to ensure that he doesn't escape from her while he still knows who he is.
* In ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Mockingjay]]'', [[spoiler:Peeta]] is BrainwashedAndCrazy in such a way that the usage of InsaneEqualsViolent is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] and is restrained to ensure that he doesn't harm anyone, especially [[spoiler:Katniss]].
* ''{{Literature/Cut}}'' is about a fifteen year old cutter whose family placed her in a mental health facility once they found out that she'd been engaging in SelfHarm. As well as providing therapy, the facility also has a policy against "sharps," which they call anything that can be used for SelfHarm. This even extends to pencils and glass. However, Callie ''does'' find ways to engage in SelfHarm despite this...
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', Remus Lupin is a [[WolfMan werewolf]] who, each full moon, would be overcome by the wolf and attack any humans in sight. To keep him from hurting anybody, once he enrolled in Hogwarts he was sent to the Shrieking Shack monthly where he would be kept until sunrise.
* In TheParasolProtectorate, werewolves have servants called "clavigers", whose job description includes locking their werewolf in a cell when the moon is full.
* ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'' the team has to tie up Jake when he's accidentally infested,to starve out the Yeerk in his head, and they have to constantly watch him on top of it, because they know the Yeerk will try to morph to free him from the restraints.

* In ''TheShining'' by StephenKing, Jack Torrance starts going violently insane to the point where his wife Wendy has started carrying a knife around in the event that she has to use it on Jack in self defense. When she manages to get him unconscious after he tries to hurt her, she locks him in the pantry of the Overlook to protect herself and their son Danny and so that he won't starve in the time it takes for help to arrive. [[spoiler:He does manage to escape, though.]]

* ''{{Series/Stargate SG-1}}'', in the first season episode "The Broca Divide". Most of the characters in the SGC end up locked up after being affected by a diseases SG-1 brought back from the planet.

* ''Series/StargateUniverse'':
** Chloe being locked in her room while turning into the aliens.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Oz]] is confined on full moons. At first in a cage locked with a key, later however in a cage locked with a combination keypad which he can supposedly only operate when he is human.
** In the episode "Living Conditions" she starts rooming with a new girl her own age, then starts to get annoyed about those kinds of little things that roomies do to annoy each other... then she starts to get delusional and claiming that the girl is 'evil', and that she's going to have to 'slay' her, which prompts the rest of the Scoobies to tie her up to stop her while trying to find out why she's suddenly gone crazy. [[spoiler: Turns out the girl actually IS a demon in disguise, and she's been performing nightly rituals to drain Buffy's soul, which is why she's acting erratic. Also, the restraints are less than effective at holding her.]]
** Buffy chains Angel up to keep him from hurting himself or attacking others after his return from hell, when he's still feral and wild.
* In ''{{Series/Angel}}'':
** There's a werewolf chick who comes to Wolfram & Hart every month to be locked up.
** Angel himself in "Somnambulist". He lets the others tie him up when he's afraid he's killing people in his sleep. "Eternity" might or might not count... he was having a pseudo-Angelus episode brought on by drugs, so he was evil when they chained him up. However, he was left tied for a while by Cordy and Wes later at the end of the ep.
* In ''{{Series/Farscape}}'', at the end of season 2, Crichton is restrained in order to keep [[spoiler: the Neurochip inside his brain]] in check. It doesn't work too well, given that [[spoiler: Scorpius' Neural Clone]] allows him to talk his way out on one occasion.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Tholian Web". When Chekov goes violently insane due to the effect of area of space the ''Enterprise'' is in, he's shown strapped down to a table in Sick Bay screaming.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
** Seven of Nine once is affected by a borg core causing other personalities to come forth.
** Tuvok in a last season episode dealing with Makii brainwashing.
* In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', T'pol in an episode with a Vulcan mining ship, is affected by some mind altering ore.
* In ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'', Castiel, Bobby, and Sam lock Dean in Bobby's panic room to stop him getting to Michael.
** Bobby and Dean also lock Sam in there to keep him away from the demon blood.
* In early episodes of ''Series/BeingHuman'', Mitchell does this for [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent George, the resident werewolf]]. Later, George finds ways to get the job done on his own.

* In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', after one of River's bouts of madness (where she attacks Jayne with a knife) Mal has her confined to her quarters and only allowed out if accompanied by himself or Simon. Unlike most cases, River seems to willingly accept this limitation, as while confined to her room there's no lock or other restraint used. Later in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', after a ''much'' more destructive round of violence, River is chained up in a locked storeroom, but subsequent events show that she only remained restrained because she knew the rest of the crew were terrified of her and could escape at any time.

* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' supplement ''Masks of Nyarlathotep'', adventure "The Derbyshire Murders". Eloise Vane suffers from the Curse of the Vanes, which causes her to turn into a werewolf on nights with a full moon. On those nights Eloise's father and brother lock her away in the castle dungeons to prevent her from wandering around killing people.

* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "The Honking", Bender, who is turning into a "were-car", is bolted to the wall while Fry and Leela find a cure.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "Haunted", the team start to think Robin is insane when he continuously claims to see his arch-enemy Slade when they can't. He threatens to hurt them if they get in the way of his hunt for Slade, so they knock them out and strap him down until they can find out what's wrong with him. [[spoiler: As it turns out he'd inhaled a drug that affected his nervous system, meaning only he could see Slade and his body reacted to Slade's attacks as if they were real.]]

* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', Jim goes a little nuts and starts digging graves in the blazing hot Atlanta sun, and has to be restrained by being tied to a tree until he comes to his senses.

Related to: CruelToBeKind

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* ''SpirouAndFantasio'': In "La Valllée de Banis" a poisonous mosquito bites Fantasio and causes him to go insane; [[InsaneEqualsViolent the insanity makes Fantasio become very violent and reckless]] and Spirou is eventually forced to tie him up to keep them both safe.

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* ''TheWolfMan'': Lawrence Talbot is tied up so he can't get out in his wolf form.
* ''TropicThunder'': the other guys tie up Jeff Portnoy when he starts to freak out over not having any "jelly beans."
* ''{{Young Frankenstein}}'': Dr. Frankenstein locks himself in the dungeon with his creation and tells Igor, Inga and Frau Blücher (insert horse whinny) not to let him out no matter how much he begs. Five seconds later, he bangs on the door and asks to be let out with no avail.

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* OlderThanFeudalism: In ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', Odysseus had himself tied to a mast to keep from being drawn to the sirens.

* In ''[[TheHungerGames Mockingjay]]'', [[spoiler:Peeta]] is BrainwashedAndCrazy in such a way that the usage of InsaneEqualsViolent is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] and is restrained to ensure that he doesn't harm anyone, especially [[spoiler:Katniss]].
* ''Literature/{{Cut}}'' is about a fifteen year old cutter whose family placed her in a mental health facility once they found out that she'd been engaging in SelfHarm. As well as providing therapy, the facility also has a policy against "sharps," which they call anything that can be used for SelfHarm. This even extends to pencils and glass. However, Callie ''does'' find ways to engage in SelfHarm despite this...
* In ''HarryPotter'', Remus Lupin is a [[WolfMan werewolf]] who, each full moon, would be overcome by the wolf and attack any humans in sight. To keep him from hurting anybody, once he enrolled in Hogwarts he was sent to the Shrieking Shack monthly where he would be kept until sunrise.

* ''TheDresdenFiles'' had examples for both werewolves (with the circle in ''Fool Moon'') and (semi) vampires who have trouble controlling their bloodlust (in ''Death Masks'').

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* ''StargateSG1'', in the first season episode "The Broca Divide". Most of the characters in the SGC end up locked up after being affected by a diseases SG-1 brought back from the planet.
* In ''StargateAtlantis'', Sheppard is confined to his room while turning into the iratis bug, he asked for it, he warned everyone, yet no one seemed to take him seriously.
* ''StargateUniverse'':

** Similarly Cornel Young is tied to a chair before swapping minds with one of the aliens to make sure the alien can't do anything to destiny.

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'':

** Angel himself in "Somnambulist". He lets the others tie him up when he's afraid he's killing people in his sleep. "Eternity" might or might not count....he was having a pseudo-Angelus episode brought on by drugs, so he was evil when they chained him up. However, he was left tied for a while by Cordy and Wes later at the end of the ep.
* In ''{{Farscape}}'', at the end of season 2, Crichton is restrained in order to keep [[spoiler: the Neurochip inside his brain]] in check. It doesn't work too well, given that [[spoiler: Scorpius' Neural Clone]] allows him to talk his way out on one occasion.
* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Tholian Web". When Chekov goes violently insane due to the effect of area of space the Enterprise is in, he's shown strapped down to a table in Sick Bay screaming.
* ''StarTrekVoyager'':

* In ''StarTrekEnterprise'', T'pol in an episode with a Vulcan mining ship, is affected by some mind altering ore.
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Castiel, Bobby, and Sam lock Dean in Bobby's panic room to stop him getting to Michael.

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* ''CallOfCthulhu'' supplement ''Masks of Nyarlathotep'', adventure "The Derbyshire Murders". Eloise Vane suffers from the Curse of the Vanes, which causes her to turn into a werewolf on nights with a full moon. On those nights Eloise's father and brother lock her away in the castle dungeons to prevent her from wandering around killing people.

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* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', the scene in the basement of Castle Heterodyne where Agatha has her minions [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable strap her to an operating table]] during an experiment which required her to allow an earlier quasi-DemonicPossession to reassert itself. Unfortunately, some other helpers show up during the experiment, and don't understand why their dear friend is restrained, so they 'help' her...

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' "The Return of Harmony, Part 2," Twilight Sparkle has to find her friends and cast a spell to make them themselves again. Once she finds them, they have to be tied up in order for her to cast the spell because they won't stay still.
** It happens again in "Hearts and Hooves Day," where the Cutie Mark Crusaders brew up a love potion in order to [[ShipperOnDeck get Cheerilee and Big Macintosh together]]: it backfires dramatically as the two become obsessed with one another, and the only cure is to keep them apart for a whole hour. Sweetie Belle manages to barricade Cheerilee in the dressing room while she picks out her wedding dress; keeping [[TheBigGuy Big]] [[{{Determinator}} Macintosh]] at bay, however, takes a bit more effort (and a hastily-dug pit trap).
* In the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Honking", Bender, who is turning into a "were-car", is bolted to the wall while Fry and Leela find a cure.
* In the WesternAnimation/TeenTitans episode "Haunted", the team start to think Robin is insane when he continuously claims to see his arch-enemy Slade when they can't. He threatens to hurt them if they get in the way of his hunt for Slade, so they knock them out and strap him down until they can find out what's wrong with him. [[spoiler: As it turns out he'd inhaled a drug that affected his nervous system, meaning only he could see Slade and his body reacted to Slade's attacks as if they were real.]]
* Happens twice to Batman in BatmanTheAnimatedSeries, both as a result of the Scarecrow's toxins. The first time Bruce inhales a fear-inducing hallucinogen and is confined in Arkham Asylum while suffering various paranoid delusions, unable to convince his caretakers that the Scarecrow's plan is actually real. The second time, a fear-eliminating toxin turns him into a psychopath, and Robin ties him up against his will to protect his enemies.

* ''TropicThunder'': the other guys tie up Jeff Portnoy when he starts to freak out over not having any "jelly beans."

** It happens again in "Hearts and Hooves Day," where the Cutie Mark Crusaders brew up a love potion in order to [[ShipperOnDeck get Cheerilee and Big Macintosh together]]: it backfires dramatically as the two become obsessed with one another, and the only cure is to keep them apart for a whole hour. Sweetie Belle manages to barricade Cheerilee in the dressing room while she picks out her wedding dress; keeping [[TheBigGuy Big]] [[{{Determinator}} Macintosh]] at bay, however, [[{{Understatement}} takes a bit more effort]] (and a hastily-dug pit trap).

* In the TeenTitans episode "Haunted", the team start to think Robin is insane when he continuously claims to see his arch-enemy Slade when they can't. He threatens to hurt them if they get in the way of his hunt for Slade, so they knock them out and strap him down until they can find out what's wrong with him. [[spoiler: As it turns out he'd inhaled a drug that affected his nervous system, meaning only he could see Slade and his body reacted to Slade's attacks as if they were real.]]
* Happens twice to Batman in BatmanTheAnimatedSeries, both as a result of the Scarecrow's toxins. The first time Bruce inhales a fear-inducing hallucinogen and is confined in Arkham Asylum while suffering various paranoid delusions, unable to convince his caretakers that the Scarecrow's plan is actually real. The second time, a fear-eliminating toxin turns him into a psychopath, and Robin ties him up against his will to protect his enemies.

* In ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', Odysseus had himself tied to a mast to keep from being drawn to the sirens, making it OlderThanFeudalism.

* In ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', Odysseus had himself tied to a mast to keep from being drawn to the sirens.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':

** There is an episode of ''{{Buffy}}'' where she starts rooming with a new girl her own age, then starts to get annoyed about those kinds of little things that roomies do to annoy each other... then she starts to get delusional and claiming that the girl is 'evil', and that she's going to have to 'slay' her, which prompts the rest of the Scoobies to tie her up to stop her while trying to find out why she's suddenly gone crazy. [[spoiler: Turns out the girl actually IS a demon in disguise, and she's been performing nightly rituals to drain Buffy's soul, which is why she's acting erratic. Also, the restraints are less than effective at holding her.]]

* In ''{{Angel}}'':

* In ''{{Supernatural}}'', Castiel, Bobby, and Sam lock Dean in Bobby's panic room to stop him getting to Michael.
* In early episodes of ''BeingHuman'', Mitchell does this for [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent George, the resident werewolf]]. Later, George finds ways to get the job done on his own.

* In ''GirlGenius'', the scene in the basement of Castle Heterodyne where Agatha has her minions [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable strap her to an operating table]] during an experiment which required her to allow an earlier quasi-DemonicPossession to reassert itself. Unfortunately, some other helpers show up during the experiment, and don't understand why their dear friend is restrained, so they 'help' her...

* In ''{{Farscape}}'', at the end of season 2 before and after [[spoiler: killing Aeryn]] Chriton is restrained in order to keep Harvy in check.

This will often happen in a safe location, such as their base or a hospital (or whatever serves as one), and will often result in some fight between the captive and the captor(s). This can result in BreakingTheBonds, or if they gain superpowers it could become a CardboardPrison. Those keeping them captive may employ some sort of KryptoniteFactor to keep them under control. This could also result in an UnwantedRescue. If they ask to be restrained, it can overlap with NoMatterHowMuchIBeg.

* ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'' the team has to tie up Jake when he's accidentally infested,to starve out the Yeerk in his head, and they have to constantly watch him on top of it, because they know the Yeerk will try to morph to free him from the restraints.

* In the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' "The Return of Harmony, Part 2," Twilight Sparkle has to find her friends and cast a spell to make them themselves again. Once she finds them, they have to be tied up in order for her to cast the spell because they won't stay still.

* In the second episode of season two on ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Twilight Sparkle has to find her friends and cast a spell to make them themselves again. Once she finds them, they have to be tied up in order for her to cast the spell because they won't stay still.

* In ''{{Farscape}}'', at the end of season 2 before and after killing Aeryn Chriton is restrained in order to keep Harvy in check.

* In ''TheOdyssey'', Odysseus had himself tied to a mast to keep from being drawn to the sirens.

* ''StargateSG1'', in Episode 2, "The Broca Divide". Most of the characters in the SGC end up locked up after being affected by a diseases SG-1 brought back from the planet.