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* The 15th issue of ''[[ComicBook/NewGods Mister Miracle]]'' has Shilo escape from Scott Free, Big Barda and Oberon by climbing out the window after tying a ladder together from bedsheets.

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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5656012/5/Ever-After Ever After]]'' Ginny uses one to escape the castle after her parents mention that she and Ron are facing an ArrangedMarriage.



* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5656012/5/Ever-After Ever After]]'' Ginny uses one to escape the castle after her parents mention that she and Ron are facing an ArrangedMarriage.



* In ''Cadenza 3: Havana Nights'', the main character uses a bunch of scarves to escape from a balcony.

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* In ''Cadenza 3: Havana Nights'', Nights'' the main character uses a bunch of scarves to escape from a balcony.



* In ''VideoGame/GrimFacade 7: Monster in Disguise'', the detective uses one to chase after the killer.

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* In ''VideoGame/GrimFacade 7: Monster in Disguise'', Disguise'' the detective uses one to chase after the killer.



* In ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles 16: The Revenant's Hunt'', the detective leaves Eliza's room this way to get past the Revenant waiting downstairs.

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* In ''Groove Billygoat'' three young children in the bad part of town climb out a second-story window this way, then ''pull the bedsheets out after them'', which leads to the question of how they were able to climb down it if it wasn't connected properly to anything.
* In ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles 16: The Revenant's Hunt'', Hunt'' the detective leaves Eliza's room this way to get past the Revenant waiting downstairs.



* Edward uses one to leave Morgana's castle in ''VideoGame/WitchesLegacy 6: The Dark Throne''.

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* Edward uses one to leave Morgana's castle in In ''VideoGame/WitchesLegacy 6: The Dark Throne''.Throne'' Edward uses one to leave Morgana's castle.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "[[Recap/RockosModernLifeS1E5CleanLovinUnbalancedLoad Clean Lovin']]", Spunky [[AnimalSweetOnObject falls in love with Rocko's mop]], and when Rocko finds out, he locks the mop in his closet. The following night, Spunky makes a bedsheet ladder to climb out of Rocko's bedroom window when Rocko is asleep, but makes the mistake of not tying the other end to something, which wakes Rocko up.

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* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "[[Recap/RockosModernLifeS1E5CleanLovinUnbalancedLoad Clean Lovin']]", Spunky [[AnimalSweetOnObject falls in love with Rocko's mop]], and when Rocko finds out, he locks the mop in his closet. The following night, Spunky makes attempts to elope with the mop by making a bedsheet ladder to climb out of Rocko's bedroom window when Rocko is while he's asleep, but makes the mistake of not tying the other end to something, which wakes Rocko up.
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* ''Film/Deranged2012'': When the killer starts to [[AxeBeforeEntering bash down the door to Mary's bedroom with an axe]], Silvia and the stripper make a rope out of bed sheets and throw it out the window. Silvia climbs down while the stripper stays behind to slow down the killer.
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* Benvenuto Cellini, an Italian goldsmith and sculptor who lived in the 16th century, claims to have used one of these to escape from the Castel Sant'Angelo, where he had been imprisoned by Pope Paul III.
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* In ''Manga/JunjouRomantica'', Usami's brother Haurhiko locks Misaki [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard in a storeroom where bedsheets are kept]] (alongside a desk full of notebooks that Usami wrote stories in as a kid). Misaki soon sees his way out, though the sheets rip, causing him to fall and sprain his ankle.

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* In ''Manga/JunjouRomantica'', Usami's brother Haurhiko Haruhiko locks Misaki [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard in a storeroom where bedsheets are kept]] (alongside a desk full of notebooks that Usami wrote stories in as a kid). Misaki soon sees his way out, though the sheets rip, causing him to fall and sprain his ankle.

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* "Literature/TheCanaryPrince" is a tale recorded by Creator/ItaloCalvino in his book of Italian folktales. The princess uses bedsheets to sneak out of her [[GirlInTheTower tower]] and from there embarks on her quest to find and rescue her prince.
* "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}": "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!" Slightly unusual in that the braid is also the only way ''up'' the tower, and it was intended for other people to access said tower. The main illustrations that show her wrapping it about some kind of hook are wise. The hair could probably take the weight; it's keeping the weight from unrooting your hair that's the problem, and a hook would do it. Creator/TheBrothersGrimm have the Prince bringing her silk to make a replacement ladder so she can escape, but the plan is ruined when she gives the game away.
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* ''FanFic/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiDuo'': After Nikora declares that the Mermaid Princesses are forbidden to leave the Pearl Piari for any reason, the girls use one to escape through Lucia's bedroom.

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* ''FanFic/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiDuo'': ''Fanfic/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiDuo'': After Nikora declares that the Mermaid Princesses are forbidden to leave the Pearl Piari for any reason, the girls use one to escape through Lucia's bedroom.



* in Literature/TheBible, Michal helps her beloved David escape her father King Saul's wrath with this trick. She also sticks a human-sized idol in his bed so she can tell her father's messengers that he's sick and still asleep.
* ''Literature/TheCanaryPrince'' is a relative of ''Rapunzel'' recorded by Creator/ItaloCalvino in his book of Italian folktales. The princess uses bedsheets to sneak out of her [[GirlInTheTower tower]] and from there embarks on her quest to find and rescue her prince.



* ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'': "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!" Slightly unusual in that the braid is also the only way ''up'' the tower, and it was intended for other people to access said tower. The main illustrations that show her wrapping it about some kind of hook are wise. The hair could probably take the weight; it's keeping the weight from unrooting your hair that's the problem, and a hook would do it. Creator/TheBrothersGrimm have the Prince bringing her silk to make a replacement ladder so she can escape, but the plan is ruined when she gives the game away. Apparently, he never thought of just bringing ''a rope''.


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* ''Literature/TheSwordOfSaintFerdinand'': When Elvira is locked up in Melgarejo Castle, she makes one rope by knotting her room's bedsheets and curtains together, ties one end to the window's supporting column and climbs down the wall.


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* In ''Literature/TheBible'', Michal helps her beloved David escape her father King Saul's wrath with this trick. She also sticks a human-sized idol in his bed so she can tell her father's messengers that he's sick and still asleep.
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* In ''Literature/EricOrLittleByLittle'', Eric ties two sheets together to climb out the dormitory window [[spoiler:when he [[TheRunaway runs away to sea]] to escape the shame of being an accused thief]].
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* This is how the heroine of Creator/GeorgetteHeyer's ''The Corinthian'' meets the hero: He notices her climbing out of her window using a bedsheet ladder (she's also [[SweetPollyOliver dressed as a boy]]), and, when the makeshift rope turns out to be too short, agrees to catch her when she jumps. Cue "''You're'' not a boy!"
* In ''Deader Homes and Gardens'', Claire tries to do this to escape from an upstairs bedroom. Unfortunately, she's not yet recovered from being drugged by her captor, and forgets to anchor one end of her improvised rope before throwing it out the window. [[spoiler:Luckily, Jordan spots the coils of fallen sheet/rope on the ground and comes to sneak her out of the house.]]

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* This is how the heroine of Creator/GeorgetteHeyer's ''The Corinthian'' ''Literature/TheCorinthian'' meets the hero: He notices her climbing out of her window using a bedsheet ladder (she's also [[SweetPollyOliver dressed as a boy]]), and, when the makeshift rope turns out to be too short, agrees to catch her when she jumps. Cue "''You're'' not a boy!"
* In ''Deader Homes and Gardens'', ''Literature/DeaderHomesAndGardens'', Claire tries to do this to escape from an upstairs bedroom. Unfortunately, she's not yet recovered from being drugged by her captor, and forgets to anchor one end of her improvised rope before throwing it out the window. [[spoiler:Luckily, Jordan spots the coils of fallen sheet/rope on the ground and comes to sneak her out of the house.]]



* In Edith Pargeter's historical novel ''Sunrise in the West'', the Welsh prince Griffith ap Llewellyn is held hostage in London, and attempts to escape out a window using a rope smuggled to him by his family. Finding the rope too short, he extends it with the bedclothes and wall hangings in his apartment. He is a large man, and the wall hangings are old and somewhat fragile; the rope gives way and he is killed in the fall.
* ''Two for Tanner'': Evan leaves a prostitute's room this way to avoid the men tailing him.

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* In Edith Pargeter's historical novel ''Sunrise in the West'', ''Literature/SunriseInTheWest'', the Welsh prince Griffith ap Llewellyn is held hostage in London, and attempts to escape out a window using a rope smuggled to him by his family. Finding the rope too short, he extends it with the bedclothes and wall hangings in his apartment. He is a large man, and the wall hangings are old and somewhat fragile; the rope gives way and he is killed in the fall.
* ''Two for Tanner'': ''Literature/TwoForTanner'': Evan leaves a prostitute's room this way to avoid the men tailing him.

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