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* A creepy take on this can be found in Terrence [=McNally's=] ''Theatre/SweetEros.'' The typical staging features soft candlelight, fine music ... and a young woman who's been bound to a chair and gagged, by a young man obsessively searching for his perfect lover. His bizarre efforts to win her affection, even as he's [[ShamefulStrip cutting her clothes off]] and preparing to rape her, create a surreal and uncomfortable atmosphere. [[spoiler:It's made even stranger as she appears to return the "affection" in the end, though it may be up to the director and audience to decide [[StockholmSyndrome how free her choice was.]]]]

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan:'' In ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' Volume 2 #16, after being defeated by The Queen in the previous issue, Spidey wakes up to find himself restrained to the wall in some webs, inside the building that The Queen took over. Shortly after he wakes up, he is visited by The Queen, who flirts with him, explaining [[VillainessesWantHeroes she has chosen him to be her mate and will father her children in the new world]]. She continues to invade his personal space, eventually rolling up his mask halfway, telling him to relax since this is "nature's way" and after whispering for him to simply enjoy it [[ForcefulKiss forces a deep passionate kiss on him]], in an attempt to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy gain control of him and make him love her]]. She nearly succeeds, with Spider-Man slowly falling under her control, he starts to kiss her back. But as the two are making out, Spidey regains control of himself and manages to push The Queen off him while [[KissDiss spitting out her kiss in disgust]]. This act of disrespect and rejection of her love [[WomanScorned angers The Queen]], who drops her romantic approach, and grabs Spider-Man, snarling that nobody does that to her, calling him a "little worm", and slaps him across the face twice before declaring he'll love her whether he wants to or not, and then leaving him bleeding and alone in the dark.
* Deconstructed in ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 "Breaking the Chain"]]. Powerboy knocks ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} out and takes her away. When Kara comes around, she finds she has been shackled and dragged to Powerboy's StalkerShrine of a home, and now Powerboy intends to be her boyfriend whether she likes or not. Kara breaks her chains, calls Powerboy out on being a delusional domestic abuser as fighting him, and tells him to stay away from her from now on.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl''. Mole Man threatens to destroy various buildings until Squirrel Girl goes on a date with him. This just makes her decide to beat him up instead of trying to talk things out.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': At the end of the first part of "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS1E8And9InjusticeForAll Injustice For All]]", Batman is captured by the Injustice Gang and locked in a restraining device. As Luthor has various members guard him in shifts, it is eventually Cheetah's turn, and in a unique twist of the trope, Batman ends up turning the guarding session into a date between them with ''himself'' as the captive. He somehow gets Cheetah to open up to him about her origins, offering her a sympathetic ear and praising her for what she was willing to sacrifice for her cause instead of condemning her as a freak like she expected. Batman's [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe kind words]] quickly cause Cheetah to become [[VillainousCrush attracted to him]], and she slides up next to him as he's restrained, cuddling with him and [[VillainousFaceHold lifting his chin up with a finger]], as the two begin to [[DatingCatwoman openly flirt with each other]]. After a quick exchange between them, with Batman whispering seductively to Cheetah, practically daring her to make a move on him, she gives him a touched smile before wrapping an arm around his head and leaning, planting a deep kiss on him. This might have counted as a ForcefulKiss due to him being restrained, if not for the fact he was kissing her back. It later turns out that Batman had seduced Cheetah to [[FrameUp frame her as the traitor of the Injsutice Gang]], since when Luthor and the others see the video of her and Batman kissing they instantly believe she's the traitor.

Compare NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine for when a captor treats his victim in a more platonic manner. Contrast DinnerAndABreakup, where one partner doesn't want to be there for ''other'' reasons. Not to be confused with ShotgunWedding. Compare SexualExtortion, where a character demands SexForServices.

Compare NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine for when a captor treats his victim in a more platonic manner. Contrast DinnerAndABreakup, where one partner doesn't want to be there for ''other'' reasons. Not to be confused with ShotgunWedding.

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** You'd be hard-pressed to say Batman's first encounter with Poison Ivy doesn't come across this way in her debut episode "[[Recap/Batman:TheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison.]]" Upon noticing Bats tangled up in the TentacleRope of her giant, mutant killer flytrap, kicking back, cracking fangs, struggling for his life, Pam decides to have a [[TheTease little fun with him]] before he dies, [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable throwing on her sexy costume]], coyly slinking out from behind a tree and gigglingly asking about their "late night rendezvous." She proceeds to [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace flirtatiously trace his shoulders]] while explaining her reason for targeting Harvey Dent. Then, to close out their "date", she gives him a [[BigDamnKiss very passionate]] [[KissOfDeath goodnight kiss]].

** You'd be hard-pressed to say Batman's first encounter with Poison Ivy doesn't come across this way in her debut episode {{Recap/Batman:TheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison."}} Upon noticing Bats tangled up in the TentacleRope of her giant, mutant killer flytrap, kicking back, cracking fangs, struggling for his life, Pam decides to have a [[TheTease little fun with him]] before he dies, [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable throwing on her sexy costume]], coyly slinking out from behind a tree and gigglingly asking about their "late night rendezvous." She proceeds to [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace flirtatiously trace his shoulders]] while explaining her reason for targeting Harvey Dent. Then, to close out their "date", she gives him a [[BigDamnKiss very passionate]] [[KissOfDeath goodnight kiss]].

** You'd be hard-pressed to say Batman's first encounter with Poison Ivy doesn't come across this way in her debut episode [[Recap/Batman:TheAnimatedSeriesE5"Pretty Poison."]] Upon noticing Bats tangled up in the TentacleRope of her giant, mutant killer flytrap, kicking back, cracking fangs, struggling for his life, Pam decides to have a [[TheTease little fun with him]] before he dies, [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable throwing on her sexy costume]], coyly slinking out from behind a tree and gigglingly asking about their "late night rendezvous." She proceeds to [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace flirtatiously trace his shoulders]] while explaining her reason for targeting Harvey Dent. Then, to close out their "date", she gives him a [[BigDamnKiss very passionate]] [[KissOfDeath goodnight kiss]].

** You'd be hard-pressed to say Batman's first encounter with Poison Ivy doesn't come across this way in her debut episode [[Recap/Batman:TheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison."]] Upon noticing Bats tangled up in the TentacleRope of her giant, mutant killer flytrap, kicking back, cracking fangs, struggling for his life, Pam decides to have a [[TheTease little fun with him]] before he dies, [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortabe throwing on her sexy costume]], coyly slinking out from behind a tree and gigglingly asking about their "late night rendezvous." She proceeds to [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace flirtatiously trace his shoulders]] while explaining her reason for targeting Harvey Dent. Then, to close out their "date", she gives him a [[BigDamnKiss very passionate]] [[KissOfDeath goodnight kiss]].

** You'd be hard-pressed to say Batman's first encounter with Poison Ivy doesn't come across this way in her debut episode "Pretty Poison." Upon noticing Bats tangled up in the TentacleRope of her giant, mutant killer flytrap, kicking back, cracking fangs, struggling for his life, Pam decides to have a [[TheTease little fun with him]] before he dies, [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable throwing on her sexy costume]], coyly slinking out from behind a tree and gigglingly asking about their "late night rendezvous." She proceeds to [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace flirtatiously trace his shoulders]] while explaining her reason for targeting Harvey Dent. Then, to close out their "date", she gives him a [[BigDamnKiss very passionate]] [[KissOfDeath goodnight kiss]].

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': After her return from the dead StalkerWithACrush Darla Aquista shows up at Tim's new house and decides that his girlfriend's death means they're dating. Tim then has to leave the house with her for an untold period of time (at least a day, at most three) to protect his "uncle" from the superpowered delusional threat and she never realizes what she's doing, even thinking Tim is going to willingly have sex with her after she killed someone right in front of him. She lets him "have some space" to recover from the shock of what she's done but makes it clear she considers it an eventuality that he will come crawling back to her and is only dealt with by ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'s intervention.

* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101026/ Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!]]'': A recently released psychiatric patient kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him. He believes his destiny is to marry her and father her children.

Compare NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine for when a captor treats his victim in a more platonic manner. Not to be confused with ShotgunWedding.

* Golden Eyes' "dinner date" with German officer Hugo Von Schwatzenburg in the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI
serial ''ComicBook/GoldenEyesAndHerHeroBill'' - after the Germans shell Golden Eyes' ambulance, Von Schwatzenburg captures her, takes her back to the German field camp, and has her [[GoGoEnslavement dolled up]] in looted French evening wear. He's convinced she'll fall in love and throw herself at him if he plies her with enough champagne and jewelry: in reality, Golden Eyes is playing coy while trying to come up with a plan to escape both Von Schwatzenburg and the German trenches.

* ''WesternAnimation/LoonyTunes'': One WesternAnimation/PepeLePew cartoon ends with Penelope shackled to him, desperately trying to saw herself free. All PlayedForLaughs, of course.

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* Golden Eyes' "dinner date" with German officer Hugo Von Schwatzenburg in the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI serial ''ComicBook/GoldenEyesAndHerHeroBill'' - after the Germans shell Golden Eyes' ambulance, Von Schwatzenburg captures her, takes her back to the German field camp, and has her [[GoGoEnslavement dolled up]] in looted French evening wear. He's convinced she'll fall in love and throw herself at him if he plies her with enough champagne and jewelry: in reality, Golden Eyes is playing coy while trying to come up with a plan to escape both Von Schwatzenburg and the German trenches.
* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': After her return from the dead StalkerWithACrush Darla Aquista shows up at Tim's new house and decides that his girlfriend's death means they're dating. Tim then has to leave the house with her for an untold period of time (at least a day, at most three) to protect his "uncle" from the superpowered delusional threat and she never realizes what she's doing, even thinking Tim is going to willingly have sex with her after she killed someone right in front of him. She lets him "have some space" to recover from the shock of what she's done but makes it clear she considers it an eventuality that he will come crawling back to her and is only dealt with by ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'s intervention.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl''. Mole Man threatens to destroy various buildings until Squirrel Girl goes on a date with him. This just makes her decide to beat him up instead of trying to talk things out.

* In ''ComicBook/CombatKellyAndHisDeadlyDozen'' #5, Major Strasser, the commandant of Devil's Island, lays on a candlelit dinner for Laurie, accompamied by a thinly veiled threat that things will go very badly for her if the evening does not go the way he envisions. He even provides a dress for her to wear, which is fairly creepy.

* ''Fanfic/ABriefHistoryOfEquestria'': Hurricane steals Clover out of her own bedroom. However, he's a complete gentlepony about it, and eventually returns Clover to her bedroom after sharing a private dinner with her.

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* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101026/ Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!]]'': A recently released psychiatric patient kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him. He believes his destiny is to marry her and father her children.
* Type 4 in ''Film/VanHelsing'', in which {{Dracula}} takes Anna to his masquerade ball and forces her to dance with him while waiting for Van Helsing to arrive. No ropes used, but it's clear he's using some kind of mind control or muscle control.
* The premise of the film ''Film/{{P2}}'' revolves around this idea. After refusing to join a security guard named Thomas for a small Christmas dinner, Angela is kidnapped by him, chained to a chair, and forced to dine with him. She escapes shortly afterwards, and the action moves to the underground parking lot she's trapped in. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that Thomas had been watching and stalking Angela for some time and seems to have developed affections for her. He even goes so far as recording himself dressing her]].

* After Marion is kidnapped in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', Belloq tries to be civil, bringing her a nice dress and then talking to her over wine; unfortunately, the far ''less'' civil Toht comes in and breaks this up.
* The Aussie horror film ''Film/TheLovedOnes'' is about a teenage girl, with help from her dad, kidnapping her high school crush so that she can have the perfect prom with him.

* Dr. Lecter does this with Clarice Starling in ''Film/{{Hannibal}}''. Clarice is free, but drugged. It doesn't help when Lecter starts cutting open the skull of his other guest and eating his brain.
* Downplayed in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. On Belle's first night in the castle, the servants convince the Beast to try charming her, and he "invites" her to dinner. When she indignantly refuses, he becomes angry and declares "If she doesn't eat with me, she doesn't eat at all!" Even after they start warming up to each other, she's still technically a prisoner until he realizes he loves her enough to let her go.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': Starbuck is held captive by Leobin during New Caprica's occupation. It's a nice house and all, and she does kill her captor, but he's a Cylon and just comes back the next day (or earlier), but it doesn't really help her escape since it's still essentially a military prison on the other side of the door. He eventually convinces her to stop even violently murdering him by bringing in a child that she can't risk hurting or getting hurt in further violence.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has an incredibly creepy example between Eric (who can move other people like puppets) and Meredith.
* ''Series/FrontierCircus'': Don Diego does this to Naomi in "Naomi Champagne": staging a romantic dinner for her that she has no choice but to attend.

* A creepy take on this can be found in Terrence [=McNally's=] ''Sweet Eros.'' The typical staging features soft candlelight, fine music ... and a young woman who's been bound to a chair and gagged, by a young man obsessively searching for his perfect lover. His bizarre efforts to win her affection, even as he's [[ShamefulStrip cutting her clothes off]] and preparing to rape her, create a surreal and uncomfortable atmosphere. [[spoiler:It's made even stranger as she appears to return the "affection" in the end, though it may be up to the director and audience to decide [[StockholmSyndrome how free her choice was.]]]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', [[spoiler:ComicBook/JeanGrey]] is held captive by [[spoiler:the Blob]], who thinks she's his girlfriend. He falls into type 1, though ends up violent.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Meg does this to Brian when she falls for him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Killer Moth threatens the city with destruction unless Robin takes Killer Moth's BrattyTeenageDaughter, Kitten, to the prom. Robin complies, much to his chagrin. (In truth, Kitten is doing this [[OperationJealousy to make her true boyfriend, Fang, jealous]]; while it partially works -- he comes crawling back to her apologizing for whatever fight they had -- both of them and her dad ''still'' wind up in jail.)
* One WesternAnimation/PepeLePew cartoon ends with Penelope shackled to him, desperately trying to saw herself free. All PlayedForLaughs, of course.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Mad as a Hatter", Jervis Tetch tries to win his co-worker Alice's heart after her recent breakup. She is charmed by Jarvis but mistakes his romantic overtures as attempts to cheer her up and she later reconciles with her boyfriend. Jarvis then uses his MindControl technology on her and takes her on a "date" at a Wonderland-themed amusement park.

* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', when Beezy is under the influence of a [[LovePotion Love Sweater]] meant for Jimmy, he drags Heloise on a date, and ends up wrapping her in a straitjacket to enjoy a candlelight dinner.
* The [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Ice King]] does this on occasion with a princess since he's trying to woo them, but [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption always fails.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': when Timmy's parents ignored his birthday for Chip Skylark, he wishes for the worst nonlethal thing to happen to him, which is: he is trapped by Vicky. But Timmy soon gets to know Chip, and realizes he's really an ok guy, and decided to free him from Vicky's clutches.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Bend Her," Bender implies that [[NoodleIncident he's done this before]], [[LoonyFan though not (necessarily) in a romantic context]]:
-->'''Bender:''' ...Just once I'd like to eat dinner with a celebrity who isn't [[BoundAndGagged bound and gagged]]. Is that so much to ask?