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Author: Arivne

Apr 27th 2013 at 12:48:41 AM

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime, "Soul Society/The Rescue" arc episode 45. After Ganju, Uryu and Chad are captured by the Soul Society, manacles are put on them that seal off their spiritual pressure and [[PowerNullifier prevent them from using their powers]].

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* In the DCUniverse, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimbor Grimbor the Chainsman]] was a villain who specialized in creating restraints for use on superpowered characters.

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. After Judge Doom captures the Toons Jessica and Roger Rabbit, he has the weasels tie them up with escape-proof Toon rope.

[[AC:{{Mythology}}]]
* In NorseMythology, the gods had the dwarves create a magical chain called Gleipnir to bind the mighty wolf Fenrir. To make Gleipnir impossible to break (at least until Ragnarok), it was made of six impossible things: the sound of a cat's footfall, the beard of a woman, the roots of a mountain, the sinews of a bear, the breath of a fish and the spittle of a bird.

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* Several ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' adventures had superpowered devices that were used by villains to prevent captured heroes from escaping. One applied a backlash attack to any character that used their superpowers to try to escape it.