History Main / DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff

* Kogoro Mouri from ''DetectiveConan''.

* DonaldDuck in the [[DisneyDucksComicUniverse comics]] doesn't have a belt, but he'd often chase his nephews with a stick.
** Used to, anyway. This is practically nonexistent in the modern strips, and these days the boys aren't in need of this kind of treatment anyway, being usually more competent and mature than their uncle.

* Alf Stewart in ''HomeandAway'' when Duncan pushed him too far in a 2001 episode.

** Played with in one episode where Michael would rather take the belt than apologize for what he said to his teacher. James was reluctant to hit him too.
* Done between adults in ''TheSopranos'' when Tony uses his belt to hit his corrupt congressman lackey for sleeping with his mistress. Even though he had (apparently) okayed it earlier.

* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': Set in an era where whippings as parental punishment were common. Although a few episodes featured abusive parents mercilessly whipping their children (including one where orphans James and Cassandra Cooper ultimately come to live with the Ingalls), two episodes included incidences where whippings are depicted as proper fatherly discipline. When Nels Olesen grabs a belt to punish his spoiled daughter, Nellie (usually, after Nellie committed a particularly humiliating prank on Laura), the whippings are not depicted onscreen, but Nellie's screaming can be heard off-screen as she is being lashed .

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5jlrxcpkI Here]]'s one from a comedian named Russell Peters. "Somebody's gonna get a hurt real bad," indeed.

* In ''EarthBound'', after Pokey and his brother Picky arrive late at home, his father takes them both upstairs and a repeating smacking sound is heard. Afterward, when Ness talks to him, he says "I was really scolded by my father. Aa, my butt hurts." The American localization replaced the smacking sound with something more comical (though, from context, it's still obviously a hit) and Pokey replies with "My dad really got after me. He said I get no dessert for the rest of the decade..."

* In ''{{Halo}} 3'', Sgt. Johnson will occasionally yell out in the middle of combat "Don't make me take off my belt!"

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* Princess Raeka has a moment of this to Itchyknee-san in ''{{SamuraiPrincess}}'' during their battle in the tower.

-->'''Nelson''': Yeah.

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* An Indian comedian (his name escapes me) did a routine about the time he tried to avert this - he'd gone over to a friend's house and seen how he talked back to his parents. When asked, the boy told him that they couldn't touch him because of child services. The comedian then imitates the boy upon returning home (responding to being nagged about chores with "fuck you dad" IIRC). His father, naturally, is less than impressed, and demands he front up for punishment. The comedian then tells his father that if he touches him he'll call child services. His dad's response? "Let me get you the phone." The father points out that there's a 20 minute gap between the call being made and someone arriving at the house.
** Russell Peters.

* In ''TheGodfather'' Carlo threatening and attacking Connie with a belt after she confronts him about his affairs is the thing that drives Sonny over the edge.

* In SuburbanKnights, WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob was unable to use a whip for his IndianaJones costume, due to customs officers taking it off him on the way there. He ends up using a belt to compensate.

* Typically happens at the end of an episode of ''MoralOrel''. This eventually developed into a RunningGag of Clay's pants falling down because he forgot to put his belt back on after the beating.

Little Jimmy's done it now. His dad is angry, and this is a crime worthy of far more than a TimeOut. And Daddy's getting out the belt. This ain't gonna be pretty.

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* Typically happens at the end of an episode of ''MoralOrel''. This eventually developed into a RunningGag of Clay's pants falling down because he forgot to put his belt back on after the beating.
** Usually it's only suggested; at the end of ''Grounded'', Clay [[TearJerker visibly beats Orel's religious epiphany out of him]] because it threatened their Protestant beliefs.
* Just like in the comics version, Granddad of TheBoondocks does/threatens this often...Seeing his IndianaJones-esque skills with a belt, you can't blame Riley for freaking and running like hell.
* [[TheSimpsons Grampa Simpson]] tries and fails this trope in an early episode:
-->'''Grampa''': You want me to take off my belt?
-->'''Nelson''': Yeah.
-->'''Grampa''': All right, I'll show you. [pants fall down] Doggone it!
** This elicits Nelson's first ever "[[CatchPhrase ha-ha!]]"
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* TheBible has a verse or two about physical punishment, the most prominent in this troper's mind is Proverbs 23:13-14: "Withhold not discipline from the child, for if you strike and punish him with the rod, he will not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell."

* Nick Fury does this to a corrupt military general in an issue of ''Punisher Max''.

* The comic ''Love And Rockets'' have several kinky references to Hot Wheel tracks.

* Bernie from ''The Bernie Mac Show''
* Pops from ''The Wayans Brothers''

* In SuburbanKnights, TheCinemaSnob was unable to use a whip for his IndianaJones costume, due to customs officers taking it off him on the way there. He ends up using a belt to compensate.

* Typically happens at the end of an episode of ''MoralOrel''.
** At the end of ''Grounded'', Clay [[TearJerker visibly beats Orel's religious epiphany out of him]] because it threatened their Protestant beliefs.

* In ''CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' the Emperor beats one of his sons to death with a huge gem-encrusted belt.

TruthInTelevision. CorporalPunishment has been around since practically the beginning of time. More and more parents are considering it barbaric these days, but it still goes on. Anyone from an old-school Black, Hispanic or Asian family can tell you what's up. ValuesDissonance tends not to be called out, (like other forms of punishment/abuse) because of how ''common'' an occurrence this trope was in RealLife for anyone born before the last couple of decades.

* In TheGodfather Carlo threatening and attacking Connie with a belt after she confronts him about his affairs is the thing that drives Sonny over the edge.

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* In TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny, a young J.B. gets the belt for singing a rock song about fucking the devil at the dinner table.
* In {{Good Will Hunting}}, Will describes how his father would add a layer of psychological torment by making him choose what he would be beaten with. He always chose a wrench, the worst of the three options, "Because fuck him, that's why."

TruthInTelevision. CorporalPunishment has been around since practically the beginning of time. More and more parents are considering it barbaric these days, but it still goes on. Anyone from an old-school Black or Hispanic family (or current Asian family) can tell you what's up. ValuesDissonance tends not to be called out, (like other forms of punishment/abuse) because of how ''common'' an occurrence this trope was in RealLife for anyone born before the last couple of decades.

* This is Antwone Fisher's mother's favorite form of punishment in ''[[Film/AntwoneFisher]]''. Unfortunately, she goes [[AbusiveParents way too far]].

** Although he also uses his belt for a bonus weapon against pimps and hustlers.

** Although he also uses his belt for PlusFiveCMOABonus against pimps and hustlers.

* This is Antwone Fisher's mother's favorite form of punishment in ''AntwoneFisher''. Unfortunately, she goes [[AbusiveParents way too far]].

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