History Main / SlippedTheRopes

* BugsBunny in ''SpaceJam''. When the aliens have him imprisoned, and are "gloating" to the highly amused toons, Bugs is quietly rolling his eyes and slipping out of the somewhat impressive amount of rope he's bound with. And the cuffs for his ears.

* Cody in ''StreetFighterAlpha 3'' is a prisoner who makes a habit of breaking out of jail. He's handcuffed. In his taunt, he slips out of the cuffs, makes fun of his enemy and then puts them back on.

* {{Futurama}} did a similar gag when the Space Amazons have Bender, Zap, Fry, and Kif chained up. To explain that Bender lacks [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean certain parts]] he slips one hand out of the chains to demonstrate and then puts it back in the chain. Again, it's just a quick gag.

-->-- ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick''

* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', as per the quote above.

-->-- ''TheOrderOfTheStick''

* ''TheOrderOfTheStick'', as per the quote above.
* {{Dr McNinja}} has demonstrated this ability at least [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p18/ once]].

* Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind manga.
** Yupa: "Heedra handler!" Said Handler: "if its slop you want, you'll get yours soon enough." Yupa: Holds up handcuffs, proceeds to kick their asses.

* JackieChanAdventures played with this. One episode had the good guys voluntarily let themselves be tied to chairs (clones were involved, just go with it). When they are attacked by a clone Viper slips the ropes, El Toro and Tohru break the ropes, and Captain Black ''tries'' to slip out, but fails.

* Batman does this a few times in the {{DCAU}}. One notable example comes in ''JusticeLeague'', where he's captured by the Injustice Gang and according to Luthor is completely immobilized and couldn't possibly escape. At the end of the episode, Bats taunts the Joker by saying he could have escaped any time, but stayed put in order to keep an eye on things.

* [[{{DCAU}} Batman]] does this a few times, one notable example being in ''JusticeLeague'', where he's captured by the Injustice Gang and according to Luthor is completely immobilized and couldn't possibly escape. At the end of the episode, Bats taunts the Joker by saying he could have escaped any time, but stayed put in order to keep an eye on things.

* SamAndMax do this [[RunningGag repeatedly]] when they are bored in the final episode of the animated series.

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* Iago had this moment in the third ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'' movie. This time, however, it wasn't easy, as he had to wiggle out of his ''very'' tight bonds
* Done hilariously in ''TreasurePlanet'' with Dr. Doppler. Turns out, he has abnormally thin wrists.
* ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Roger Rabbit can slip out of his cuffs at any given moment, but ''only'' when it's funny.

* BugsBunny in ''SpaceJam''. When the aliens have him imprisoned, and are "gloating" to the highly amused toons, Bugs is quietly rolling his eyes and slipping out of the somewhat impressive amount of rope he's bound with. And the cuffs for his ears.

* Cody in ''StreetFighter Alpha 3'' is a prisoner who makes a habit of breaking out of jail. He's handcuffed. In his taunt, he slips out of the cuffs, makes fun of his enemy and then puts them back on.

* The President in ''AirForceOne'' did this, and used a shard of glass to get out.

* LupinTheThird can only be handcuffed if he lets you handcuff him. At one point, Fujiko uses this trait to convince Zenigata he's possessed - there's blood on the cuffs, which means he had to fight his way out of them... something the ''normal'' Lupin wouldn't have to do.

* FamilyGuy parodies this, the family get tied up by robbers and are trying to work out how to get free, when Chris or Peter stands up as the robbers didn't bother to tie him up

* In SpiderMan 2, Doc Ock delivers Spidey to Harry, all tied up in exchange for some UnObtanium. Harry unmasks Peter just as he's coming to, and Peter snaps the ropes off without any trouble whatsoever.

A variation is where they reveal that they ''could'' have slipped the ropes, but chose not too: this is PlayAlongPrisoner.

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* Ganta from ''DeadmanWonderland'' did this, using his own blood.
* LupinTheThird can only be handcuffed if he lets you handcuff him. At one point, Fujiko uses this trait to convince Zenigata he's possessed - there's blood on the cuffs, which means he had to fight his way out of them... something the ''normal'' Lupin wouldn't have to do.
* ''{{Trigun}}'': Vash the Stampede once slid out of ropes to protect a young woman from bandits. Said bandits caught him before he could get back into them... the second time.
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