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* ''Film/DilSe'': in the song and dance number, "Satrangi Re", Amar throws out his long black scarf which whips around the waist of Meghna so he can use it to reel her in.

Particularly notable when someone has a chain as a weapon. It's rare you'll see them actually [[ChainPain thrashing them into submission with it]], as happens in real life -- they'll do this instead. Also, a character wielding a whip will usually tie up an enemy with this technique, rather than actually whipping anyone with it.

* [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]] does this. Of course she [[{{Catchphrase}} has many skills]].

The ability of {{Action Hero}}es, swashbucklers and suchlike to make a [[KnowsTheRopes rope]], [[WhipItGood whip]], [[ChainPain chain]] or [[GrapplingHookPistol wrap itself around a distant object securely]]. Used to achieve a BuildingSwing or to instantly tie up an enemy. While this is certainly possible with luck (and, preferably, a weight or hook on the end), you wouldn't want to stake your life on it.

* In ''Film/PrehistoricWomen'', the captain of the Amazons who captures David neatly ties his hands together with a single [[WhipItGood flick of her whip]].

** The same happened when they tested some of ''Franchise/IndianaJones''' [[WhipItGood whip]] trickery. Adam was able to consistently get his bullwhip to wrap handily around the practice "tree branch" (actually a pipe). Getting it off again was the difficult part.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UZ-2okkXsc#t=11m45s Pulled off]] by JJ in the third installment of the WebOriginal/BenMcYellow series, in his duel against [[BigBad Commander Bubba]] by wrapping a [[ChainPain chain]] around the bad guy's sword. They actually [[RealityIsUnrealistic pulled it off for real]] on the very first take.
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* Ninja III - The Domination has a ninja assassin throw a grappling hook that wraps around a tree and pins the attached rope in place.