History Main / AnkleDrag

* Happens to Ripley at the end of ''{{Aliens}}'', but she manages to get free at the last moment.

* This is how you meet Sigrun in ''DragonAgeOrigins: Awakening'', as she's being dragged away by darkspawn.

* This is done to [[spoiler: Woody]] by [[spoiler: Lotso]] in ''ToyStory3''.

* Done twice to Lara in the E3 demo of the TombRaider reboot. If you fail, it's an instant death.

* This happens to [[spoiler:Gandalf after the battle with the Balrog]] in ''{{Lord of the Rings}}'', though he was actually grabbed at the knees.
** Also in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' [[spoiler:Frodo is grabbed by the Watcher in the Water.]]

** Also in ''TheLordOfTheRings'' [[spoiler:Frodo is grabbed by the Watcher in the Water.]]

* Early on in ''ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' you see a zombified soldier dragged under a hut by something.

* In ''{{Sorority Row}}'' one of the main characters [[spoiler:is sent to turn off the overheating jacuzzi, which has created a giant mass of bubbles, while her sorority sisters go into the house. Soon thereafter, appears at a glass door, begging to be let inside after apparently being chased by the Killer. Unknown to her, a thick wire has become tangled around her ankle, and before the other characters can get to her, she is violently dragged off to her doom.]]

* This is done to [[spoiler: Woody]] by [[spoiler: Lotso]] in ToyStory3.

* This is the [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil last frame of]] ''{{Quarantine}}''.

* In the first ''DeadSpace'', there is a monster that grabs its victims by the ankle and pulls them down corridors. The player has to kill it before it drags Isaac to its mouth and eats him.

May overlap with NaughtyTentacles. May lead into a horizontal TakeMyHand-like scenario as Bob tries to rescue Alice.

* In ''TheDescent'', a monster drags off one of the victims by her feet.

* CodeLyoko: Done to Yumi right after the infamous [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar vine scene]]
* WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}: Happens to Will three times across the series, once by quicksand and twice by the Frost the Hunter.

* {{WITCH}}: Happens to Will three times across the series, once by quicksand and twice by the Frost the Hunter.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'', when Alex Mercer hijacks a tank, a possible animation sees him rip the hatch open, leap inside, and a member of the hapless tank crew crawl from the hatch and ''almost'' make it over the edge of the tank before Alex reaches out and drags him back inside by the ankle. Then screaming happens. And a lot of blood.

* In ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'', just as Courtney [[spoiler: tries to tell Ruby about the truth about his father]], a tentacle grabs her ankle and drags her into the Cave of Origins just as said cave collapses on her.

* This is the last frame of ''{{Quarantine}}''.

* In ''{{Sorority Row}}'' one of the main characters [[spoiler:is sent to turn off the overheating jacuzzi, which has created a giant mass of bubbles, while her sorority sisters go into the house. Soon thereafter, appears at a glass door, begging to be let inside after apparently being chased by the Killer. Unknown to her, a thick wire has become tangled around her ankles, and before the other characters can get to her, she is violently dragged off to her doom.]]

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* Also in ''TheLordOfTheRings'' [[spoiler:Frodo is grabbed by the Watcher in the Water.]]

* This happens in just about every horror movie ever.

* Ron Weasley in ''HarryPotter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' [[spoiler:when he gets kidnapped by the Grim/Sirius Black]].

* Happens to [[spoiler:the second-to-last SWAT member]] in ''NightmareHouse2'' when he's standing near a semi-open shutter.

* In ''{{Prototype}}'', when Alex Mercer hijacks a tank, a possible animation sees him rip the hatch open, leap inside, and a member of the hapless tank crew crawl from the hatch and ''almost'' make it over the edge of the tank before Alex reaches out and drags him back inside by the ankle. Then screaming happens. And a lot of blood.

* Just right before attacking Bruton, the Carnotaurs from ''{{Dinosaur}}'' actually drag a small Pachycephalosaurus to its doom.

* ''{{Supernatural}}'': This happens quite often to the victims of the week, usually into sewerage systems or under cars. Or both.