History Main / BringTheAnchorAlong

* In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', Nutt describes his early childhood labouring in a dark forge, where he built up his strength by working with larger and larger equipment until he could even carry the anvil. When his friend asks why that was so important to him, he clarifies that he was [[BornIntoSlavery chained to the anvil]].

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood Robot of Sherwood]]", the Doctor and Robin are shackled together in the dungeon of Nottingham Castle with chains that run through a bolt in the floor. When the Doctor and Robin escape, they are still [[ChainedHeat chained to each other]] and carrying the large stone the chains are attached to between them.

* ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017'': In one episode, Jacquelyn is tied to a small tree. She escapes by ''uprooting the tree'' and carrying it on her back, which she does for almost the entire episode.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "Robot of Sherwood", the Doctor and Robin are shackled together in the dungeon of Nottingham Castle with chains that run through a bolt in the floor. When the Doctor and Robin escape, they are still [[ChainedHeat chained to each other]] and carrying the large stone the chains are attached to between them.

* In ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'', Alan handcuffs Carl to the door of his police car, then drives to store where Van pelt has the others trapped. He leaves the car (and Carl) in the parking lot. Shortly after, Carl shows up in the store, still handcuffed to the now detached car door and looking for a hacksaw to cut the cuffs off.

* ''[[Anime/{{Patlabor}} Patlabor 2]]''. A detective is caught snooping around the disguised base of the conspirators, so they knock him out and leave him handcuffed to a pipe while they carry out their plan. He wakes up to see their airships taking off; desperate to get to a phone, the detective just detaches the pipe and carries it with him. The pipe comes in handy for [[HeroStoleMyBike forcibly stopping a passing car]] so he can use its carphone.

* ''Patlabor 2''. A detective is caught snooping around the hidden base of the conspirators, so they knock him out and leave him handcuffed to a pipe while they carry out their plan. He wakes up to see their airships taking off; desperate to get to a phone, he just detaches the pipe and carries it with him. The pipe comes in handy for [[forcibly stopping a passing car]] so he can use its carphone.

* A print ad for a brand of Scotch whiskey has the slogan "Some things are just worth it." The photo shows a Dalmatian's leash tied to one corner of a hay shed on a farm. The dog has dragged the foundationless structure all the way to his master's back porch, because ... dog.

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* ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'': Toad escapes jail by disguising himself as a washer woman, hiding the iron ball he's chained to under the dress as a bustle.

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* ''Series/AgentCarter'': In the second episode, Peggy defeats an accomplice of a Leviathan agent but knocked him out cold before he could be interrogated. She ties him to a chair and leaves, and he's found later by the SSR fleeing out in the road with the chair still tied to him. Chief Dooley, after arresting him, snarks at the guy trying to play it casual.
-->'''Dooley''': Yeah, I know. I used to go for walks at night with a chair strapped to my ass too.

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* ''ComicStrip/FootrotFlats'': When Jess the bitch is in heat, the Dog will often take off while still chained to his water tank/kennel; taking the water tank with him.

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* In the climax of ''Theatre/ThePlayThatGoesWrong'', Dennis - who is playing Perkins - is handcuffed to the chaise-lounge. He is supposed to be released when Perkins's innocence is established, but this being [[TheShowMustGoWrong the play that goes wrong]], they have lost the handcuff keys. Dennis struggles through the rest of the scene carrying the chaise-lounge.
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* In ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'', Alan handcuffs Carl to the door of his police car, then drives to store where Van pelt has the others trapped. He leaves the car (and Carl) in the parking lot. Shortly after, Carl shows up in the store, still handcuffed to the now detached car door and looking for a hacksaw to ct the cuffs off.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Slugterra}}'': In "Inheritance", Dana Por breaks into the Shane Gang's hideout, and webs Eli arm to chair during a shootout. The chair is a rolling chair, and Eli spends the the rest of the fight scooting around on it with his arm still stuck to it.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In "WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous", Sylvester handcuffs himself to a radiator to keep himself from getting Tweety. But when he can't restrain his urges any longer, he just charges at Tweety, yanking the radiator off the wall.
* The Franchise/LooneyTunes cartoon ''WesternAnimation/MutinyOnTheBunny'' has Bugs Bunny hornswoggled into rowing Shanghai Sam's ship across the sea, with the rabbit affixed to his post with an ankle shackle attached to a heavy iron ball. Nonetheless, Bugs is able to carry it to the Captain, demanding that he rid the rabbit of this device. Shanghai Sam complies by throwing the ball overboard ... taking the rabbit with it.

* The Franchise/LooneyTunes cartoon ''WesternAnimation/BuccaneerBunny'' has Bugs Bunny hornswoggled into rowing Shanghai Sam's ship across the sea, with the rabbit affixed to his post with an ankle shackle attached to a heavy iron ball. Nonetheless, Bugs is able to carry it to the Captain, demanding that he rid the rabbit of this device. Shanghai Sam complies by throwing the ball overboard ... taking the rabbit with it.

* ''Literature/JoePickett'': In ''Winterkill', Joe gets handcuffed to the wheel of his truck by an escaping prisoner. Without his handcuff keys, Joe undoes the steering wheel and pursues his prisoner with the steering wheel handcuffed to his wrist.

See also EpicFlail and ChainPain when this is weaponized.

Sometimes the heroes (or the villains) need to restrain someone, but are in a hurry and do not have the time to properly imprison them. A temporary solution is to handcuff (or otherwise shackle them) to a heavy or immovable object, which should ensure that they are still there when the hero returns to retrieve them. But this underestimates the determination of the prisoner, and they turn up later, still handcuffed to the object and dragging it with them (and often looking for revenge).

Compare ChainedHeat (when you're chained onto someone else), StealTheSurroundings.

Compare ChainedHeat (when you're chained onto someone else).

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* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': the Absorbing Man is iconic with his ball and chain that was used to restrain him when he was in jail before he acquired his material absorption powers; the ball can also change its material along with him.

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* At the start of ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'', the Lady knocks out Dog Kelly and shackles him to the wheel of an old wagon buried in the desert. Later Dog turns up in town, dragging the wagon wheel with him, and challenges the lady to a duel.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "Robot of Sherwood", the Doctor and Robin and shackled together in the dungeon of Nottingham Castle with chains that run through a bolt in the floor. When the Doctor and Robin escape, they are still [[ChainedHeat chained to each other]] and carrying the large stone the chains are attached to between them.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Homer the Great", Homer is punished for ruining the Stonecutters' sacred parchment by being stipped naked and forced to pull the "stone of shame" all the way home. When the Stonecutters' notice a birthmark identifying homer as TheChosenOne, they release him and instead make him pull the even larger "stone of triumph".

* The Franchise/LooneyTunes cartoon ''WesternAnimation/BuccaneerBunny'' has Bugs Bunny hornswaggled into rowing Shanghai Sam's ship across the sea, with the rabbit affixed to his post with an ankle shackle attached to a heavy iron ball. Nonetheless, Bugs is able to carry it to the Captain, demanding that he rid the rabbit of this device. Shanghai Sam complies by throwing the ball overboard ... taking the rabbit with it.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' in the episode where's he trains to 'jump good', he unknowingly volunteers to have a boulder tied to him. This is thus an inversion (subversion?) of the trope, as it's for training, but he carries the rock around until he can bear its weight.