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->''"What’s the matter, Gaggles? Can’t talk cause you’re gagged, Gaggles?"''
-->--'''A Gra soldier''' to [[DistressedDude Gordin]], ''[[FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''

When a SnoopingLittleKid, DamselInDistress, or FauxActionGirl (or the occasional [[DistressedDude unlucky guy]]) is captured by the villain, they're usually restrained in some fashion, and to keep them from crying out for TheHero, they're usually silenced as well. In the olden days, this was usually accompanied by some form of fantastical DeathTrap to add to the suspense.

Nowadays, the victim's cell phone will invariably ring and the villain will pick it up and answer, "Sorry, she can't come to the phone right now ... she's [[{{Pun}} all tied up]] at the moment." ([[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Villains never get tired of this one]]. [[ObligatoryJoke Never.]] ''[[UndeadHorseTrope EVER]]''.)

To the captives themselves, they're likely to say "IHaveYouNowMyPretty" or "YouGotSpunk" or some variation/combination of the two.

Sometimes this is done for humor instead. For example, a character who is considered annoying might be tied up by the group simply to get that person out of the way. Of course, [[FetishFuel if that character is really cute]], the intended humor might be lost a bit on some audiences. Other times, someone might be tied up humorously as the result of some mishap.

When this trope is played for dead serious drama, you can expect, in many cases, very dark lighting and only glimpses of the bonds. It generally tends to be more light-hearted adventures that actually show a lot of rope. In those cases, part of the fun is often seeing the hero escape, or try to escape, the bonds, so there's a lot of emphasis on showing the bonds, the struggling, and the escape or rescue. When it's played for drama, the emphasis is on how terrible the captive feels, so there's more focus on facial expressions and less on the bonds.

'''Related tropes include:'''

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* AllWebbedUp -- when spiders (or related beings) do the binding.
* BagOfKidnapping -- when the captive is tied in a sack.
* BangingForHelp -- when a bound captive tries to make noise to get attention.
* BenchBreaker -- Instead of cutting their bindings with a ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing, they break the bench or chair they are tied to.
* ChainedHeat -- when two characters are chained to each other.
* ChainedToABed -- often played for comedy... but it can just as easily be played for drama.
* ChainedToARailway -- the classic "tied to the tracks" cliché.
* ChainedToARock -- and left to die, either by a monster or by exposure.
* ChainsOfLove -- to further a romantic plot.
* CombatTentacles -- when the tentacles pierce or hurt their victim.
* ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing -- how many captives get free on their own.
* ConveyorBeltODoom -- when a bound captive is placed on a conveyor belt leading to death.
* DamselInDistress -- a female character who gets tied up a lot.
* DeathTrap -- what many bound captives get placed in for melodrama.
* DistressedDude -- a male character who gets tied up a lot.
* GulliverTieDown -- when the tie-ers are much smaller than the tie-ee.
* InconvenientItch -- A common result of being tied up in comedic works.
* KindRestraints -- when they are tied up by their allies for a good reason.
* KnottyTentacles -- when a being with long, stretchy limbs are tied up with their own appendages.
* LockedUpAndLeftBehind - when the person is tied up and then forgotten
* MummyWrap -- Individuals are restrained by completely or partially mummifying them.
* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth -- may be used for kidnapping purposes, some of the time.
* StrappedToABomb -- a character gets tied up and fastened to some sort of explosive device.
* TentacleRope -- when a living thing restrains someone with its tentacles.
* TribalCarry -- when someone is tied to a pole at the hands and feet and carried away.
* UnwillingSuspension -- when someone is bound and left dangling.
* WithMyHandsTied -- a popular BadassBoast.

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* BoundAndGagged/{{Disney}}
* BoundAndGagged/{{Fan Fiction}}
* BoundAndGagged/{{Live-Action Films}}
* BoundAndGagged/{{Literature}}
* BoundAndGagged/{{Live-Action TV}}
* BoundAndGagged/{{Music}}
* BoundAndGagged/{{Video Games}}
* BoundAndGagged/{{Web Comics}}
* BoundAndGagged/{{Web Original}}
* BoundAndGagged/{{Western Animation}}
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[[folder: Advertising]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dC0_lVaiTQ This Sunsilk commercial right here]]. Tied to a chair with quite a lot of rope, and having her hair "tortured". Did I mention she was tied to a chair with a lot of rope?
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[[folder: Film-Animated]]
* Hilariously done in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', with one unusual twist -- it's the "good guys" doing the binding and gagging (on a Health Inspector and an interfering former Head Chef)!
* After Torchesac/Oily-creep/[=McCreep=] steals the magic flute the night before in {{WesternAnimation/The Smurfs and the Magic Flute}}, Lady Prattle finds Peewit like this in his room.
* Happens to both male and female leads in ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', often with Rapunzel's own hair as the bonds.
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[[folder:Manhwa]]
* PlayedForDrama in the second manhwa of ''Manhwa/TheBreaker'', ''New Waves.'' When it's revealed that the doctor who helped Shiwoon overcome several members of the S.U.C was only trying to get close to him, Shiwoon is then shown StrappedToAnOperatingTable. It turned out that the doctor was after him for the {{Phlebotinum}} he was [[PhlebotinumRebel given in the previous manwa.]] He's given two options: join the S.U.C, or have his blood turned into a powerful {{Phlebotinum}} that will help the S.U.C qonquer Seoul. Since the doctor is [[spoiler: responsible for his mother's severe injuries in an S.U.C. attack]], he naturally refuses. So, the doctor promptly shoves a gag in his mouth and gets ready to turn him into a living blood bank.
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[[folder:NewspaperComics]]
* Diana Palmer from ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'' - it seemed in the early years nearly every story had Diana kidnapped and tied and gagged by an assortment of villains.
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[[folder:TabletopGames]]
* The opening vignette for TabletopGame/InNomine includes a (possibly) more benign use of the trope. The Cherub Tariel, assigned to protect the mortal woman Patricia, has to drive out to meet a contact but doesn't dare let harm come to his charge -- so he binds and gags her in the passenger seat next to him so he can keep her safe (making sure she's carefully seat-belted, of course).
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* In ''OneTouchOfVenus'', a screaming Gloria is tied to a barber chair by Savory and Taxi during their failed ransacking of the barbershop.
* In ''TheMostHappyFella'', a prank is pulled on Herman by tying his arms with light bulbs and putting a basket over his head, causing him to stumble around blindly. Since he's not gagged, he can talk to Cleo, but he stubbornly refuses to complain about his situation.
* In ''Theatre/ArsenicAndOldLace'', Mortimer Brewster describes how a not-too-bright character in a play he's recently seen just sits down in a chair "waiting to be trussed up and gagged," and a moment later has exactly that happen to him. The first policeman who finds him is less interested in untying him than in reading the second act of the play he's written.
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