History Main / DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff

* ''MidsomerMurders'': In "Blood Will Out", the VictimOfTheWeek is a bully who thrashes his stepdaughter with his belt. [[spoiler:Of all his transgressions, it is ultimately this one that gets him murdered]].

* In ''VideoGame/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..."

-->'''Grampa''': [[[HurtFootHop Holding his foot]]] You young hellion! You want me to take off my belt?
-->'''Nelson''': Yeah!
-->'''Grampa''': All right, I'll show you... [pants fall down]
-->'''Nelson''': ''Ha-ha-haaah!''
-->'''Grampa''': Doggone it!

* Subverted and parodied in an Episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', when Lily and Marshall are comparing which of their friends would make the best ParentalSubstitute for their child Marvin if they died. They ask their friends what they would use as a punishment for Marvin, and when Barney is asked an ImagineSpot is shown of Barney pulling out a belt... and announcing to Marvin that this fine belt the kid would usually wear is going to be confiscated as punishment, and he has to wear a common leather belt instead.

** Julius [[UpToEleven has a different belt for different offenses.]] The list goes; lying, stealing, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs lying & stealing]], [[TwerpSweating getting somebody pregnant]], and doing drugs. [[RefugeInAudacity The drugs belt has a gun holster on it.]]

[[UpToEleven Then he'd chop me into pieces, and played frisbee with my brain]]\\

* Christian comedian Mark Lowry said that when you heard the sound of his dad's belt flying through belt loops "you knew ''JUDGEMENT had come!!''

** In the aforementioned superhero bit, his mother smacked him so hard that his butt fell off, which prompted this legendary quip from his friends: "It's [[RocketPunch yo momma's hand]]! It's yo momma hand! Just run! Drop yo butt and '''run'''!"

** In the aforementioned superhero bit, his mother smacked him so hard that his butt fell off, which prompted this legendary quip from his friends: "It's [[RocketPunch yo momma's hand]]! Drop yo butt and '''run'''!"

* A caller on [[Radio/GTARadio Chatterbox]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' mentions that he was disciplined as such by his nanny when he was a boy. Now he's seeking a nanny because "Freddie's been a very naughty boy". About a minute later, it's revealed that the caller himself is Freddie and he now gets sexual satisfaction from spanking.

* Implied in ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac''. Two of the items you can obtein after defeating a boss are a belt and a wooden spoon, which cause Isaac's running speed to increase. Let that sink in for a minute...
* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'': Whenever Baldi is nearby, you can recognise his approach by the sound of him hitting his ruler against his open hand. It's pretty clear what he intends to use it for.

* ''Film/PootieTang'' has a ''magic'' +5 belt of whoopass which is the Source Of His Power.
* In one Creator/TylerPerry film, Madea turns a young hooligan girl into a proper young lady... by repeatedly beating her with a belt.
* In ''Film/CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'' the Emperor beats one of his (adult) sons to death with a huge gem-encrusted belt, as the kid had just killed one of his older brothers and attempted a coup. Pretty much every person in that movie pulls something like that on a family member.

* Allegedly PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/MrDeeds'' when quarterback Kevin calls Deeds to apologize for his earlier behavior and Kevin's dad decides to talk to Deeds. When Deeds points out that Kevin's misdeed was using foul language in front of ladies, daddy takes the belt off; however, [[AbusiveParents it's clear from the scene that Kevin is beaten *in the face*]]
* In ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', a young J.B. gets the belt for singing a rock song about fucking the devil at the dinner table.
* In ''Film/GoodWillHunting'', 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."

* Spoofed in ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', where the dad fumbles with his belt while yelling at his son for ruining their food... and tightens it to deal with the hunger pains.
* In ''Film/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, on purpose of course, so that Sonny is lured to his death at the tollbooth.

* In ''Film/BastardOutOfCarolina,'' Bone's stepfather Glen frequently whips her savagely with a belt. When her uncles find out about this they give Glen a beating with his own belt.

** "You done tough guy?"
* A variant in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'': the {{abusive|Parents}} Mary Lou Barebone orders her son to take his ''own'' belt off and hand it over to her. [[spoiler:When she does it during the movie and threatens his sister Modesty, it's the last straw that causes him to lose control of his EnemyWithin and [[PayEvilUntoEvil kill her]].]]
* ''Film/AmericanSniper'': The Kyle brothers' father was a very firm sort of parent. During his "sheep, wolf, and sheepdog" lesson where he's teaching them how to fight the wicked, he takes off his belt and places it on the dining room table suggestively while mentioning that they'll be in a lot of trouble if he sees them turning into wolves.
* One of Jennifer's flashbacks in ''Film/TheWindmillMassacre'' is of her brutish father taking his belt off and thrashing her with it. Everything she reveals indicates that this was a common occurrence.
* In ''Film/CoalMinersDaughter'', teenage Loretta leaves the house without permission to go out on a date with Doo. When she comes home, her father is waiting at the door with a switch in his hand. The spanking is shown on screen. Her mother comforts her afterward, but threatens to give her worse if she doesn't stay away from Doo.
* Natasha's pimp beats her with his belt before he attempts to kill her in ''Film/SonOfAGun''.
* In ''Film/TheOddWayHome'', Maya's boyfriend [[DomesticAbuse beats her with a belt]].
* In ''Film/PoorPrettyEddie'', Liz tries to escape the lodge with a guest, who instead forces her to give him a blowjob. Afterwards, Eddie beats her with his belt, yelling that she's his and she needs to be a decent girl.
* ''Film/WhenTheBoughBreaks1994'' has a heroic example. When Macleah is cornered by the killer, she grabs a belt and hits him with it.
* Gregory from ''Film/TheHanoiHilton'' screams when rats crawl on him while he's restrained. Guards come in and beat him with a belt for making noise.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfic ''{{Fanfic/Syngenesophobia}}'', after the sisters hospitalize Lincoln, Mr. Loud severely disciplines all of his daughters by selling or giving away their possessions, forbidding them to participate their favorite activities and hobbies, and topping it off with the threat to use this trope if they try to get out of the punishments he inflicted on them or if they lose their temper again, [[spoiler: though he hates himself for having to resort to such drastic measures]].

-->'''Grampa''': You want me to take off my belt?
-->'''Nelson''': Yeah.
-->'''Grampa''': All right, I'll show you. [pants fall down] Doggone it!

* Kogoro Mouri from ''Manga/DetectiveConan''.
* Misae Nohara from ''Manga/CrayonShinChan''.

* Pops from ''Series/TheWayansBros''. He does this almost every episode.

* The Headmaster, form masters and prefects of Literature/{{Greyfriars}} school can all dispense corporal punishment and do with (to a modern reader, at least) incredible frequency and little regret. A poor or obnoxious student, like the notorious Billy Bunter, can expect 'six' for offences as minor as 'lounging'. "Yaroooooh!", indeed.

* This is used as punishment by Liza's father in ''Literature/BonesOfFaerie''.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Verence II of Lancre was beaten by his grandfather with a belt often when a child. Since said grandfather was a retired court jester, it was a belt with bells on, which made it more painful.

* Literature/PurpleHibiscus: Kambili (a girl) pushes her deranged father over the edge and he beats her. [[spoiler: She nearly dies.]]

* Inverted in an allegorical story where the much-loved father of a naughty boy forces the ''boy'' to beat ''him'' for the boy's misdeeds instead of the other way around. The boy cries throughout the process since he does love his father and hates hurting him. This helps the boy realise that by misbehaving, he's hurting his father as much as a beating hurts and causes the boy to try to behave better.
* Uncle Hoyt is prone to this in ''Literature/{{Bruiser}}'' and it's played for drama as seen by the numerous scars Brewster bears on his body.

* In the novel ''Addie Pray'' (later renamed ''Paper Moon''), Addie's temporary guardian (and possible father) warns her he will switch her for sassing him. She is indifferent to the threatened whipping and is far more upset when he tells her shortly afterwards he will put her in a home.
* In ''[[Literature/FrancesTheBadger Bedtime For Frances]]'', Frances' father threatens her with a spanking if she doesn't go back to bed. In all fairness, she ''had'' gotten out of bed multiple times at that point and was now waking him up, so he was probably just frustrated at that point.
* ''Literature/WalkersCrossing:'' Lon sometimes threatens to "take a strap" to Gil for making white supremacist comments.

Sometimes this trope is inverted when the father, after realizing he has been unfair with his son, hands his son the belt at the last minute and tells the boy to spank ''him.''

As a form of WouldHurtAChild, it is often treated like an explicit child abuse or an older form of discipline in period pieces. It can be coupled with (and the result of) CallingTheOldManOut. Depending how it's portrayed, this can occur in many places along the SlidingScaleOfParentShamingInFiction; it could be anything from genuine ToughLove to a misguided OverprotectiveDad to outright AbusiveParents.

Of course, in the [[ComedicSpanking comedic version]], the father takes his belt off, raises his arm to apply some pain, and [[RealityEnsues his pants immediately fall down for want of a belt to hold them up.]]

-->''"Well his wife can't have her! Back, sir! Or I shall take off me belt, and by thunder [[RealityEnsues me trousers will fall down!]]"''

* In ''Literature/WhereTheCrawdadsSing'', Kya remembers Pa whipping her with a belt for trying to stop him from [[DomoesticAbuse beating Ma]].

* In the Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians {{Fanfic}} Fanfic/LayingWasteToHalloween, Gabe, Percy's abusive father, frequently physically hurts him if he does something Gabe doesn't like.
* In the Literature/HarryPotter {{fanfic}} Fanfic/ShiftingLines, Remus' father hits Remus if he's too casual with his teachers or has attitude when speaking with his mother. This is portrayed as a bad thing in the work.