History Main / GulliverTieDown

* In ''Anime/TrainToTheEndOfTheWorld'', the military in Sayama has been shrunk down to the size of action figures but are able to knock Shizuru and Reimi out with tranquilizer missiles. When the two wake up, they've been tied by the wrists and ankles to the rotors of a miniaturized drandem-rotor aircraft.

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Small Mercies", the first BodyOfTheWeek is found in a miniature village, staked down and tied to the ground like Gulliver.

* Discussed in the ''Literature/NomesTrilogy'' book ''Truckers'' after one of the Nomes sees the illustration in a copy of ''Gulliver's Travels''. Masklin concludes that the most impressive thing about it is the amount of co-operation required; if a group of Nomes tried it, they'd start arguing and never get the job done.

* Gulliver's Kingdom: The centrepiece of Gulliver's Kingdom was a 45 meters long statue of Gulliver in the iconic tied-down position he found himself in after being captured by the people of Lilliput. It existed from the park's opening in 1997 and survived its closing in 2001 up to 2007, when the remains of the abandoned part were demolished.

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* [[https://pbfcomics.com/comics/gnome-bubbles/ "Gnome Bubbles"]] from ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' combines this with EyeScream.
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* In the episode "Bitter Gnomes and Gardens" from ''The Adventures of Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM'', the gnomes tie up the League's zombie manservant Zed in this way, using a garden hose.

* In ''Literature/{{Hilda|TieInSeries}} and the Great Parade'', Hilda is tied up in this manner when she, Frida and David are taken captive by the Bragga clan of Elves.

* In ''Literature/{{Hilda}} and the Great Parade'', Hilda is tied up in this manner when she, Frida and David are taken captive by the Bragga clan of Elves.

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The trope name is ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', a fantasy satirical work by Jonathan Swift from 1726 about a man who travels the globe. One of the fantasy realms he visits is Lilliput, where people are tiny (six inches/ 15 cm high) and he appears to be a giant. Despite the story seemingly at first glance to be a children's story, it also contains political commentary on the issues of the day.

A sister trope to AllWebbedUp, in which the binding is done by BigCreepyCrawlies (or sometimes SpiderPeople) rather than little people. Subtrope of BoundAndGagged, minus the gag.

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* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheTinLabyrinth'' has Doraemon himself subjected to a tie-down after being shot out of the sky by hostile robots who thought he was the enemy.

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* Done to ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} by a band of miniature Odies in [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/09/25/ this]] Sunday strip banner, with Garfield saying, "[[AcidRefluxNightmare Definitely no more pizzas with anchovies and chocolate syrup before bedtime.]]"
* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': Happens to the Doctor in "The Final Chapter" comic strip.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Tomahawk}}'' #102, Tomahawk and Big Anvil are captured by a tribe of [[{{Lilliputians}} Lilliputian-sized tribe of Indians]] who tie then down to the ground.

* One ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' cartoon has someone tied down by a bunch of tiny people dressed in fetish gear, led by a dominatrix.

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* Happens to Mrs. Jumbo in ''{{WesternAnimation/Dumbo}}'' as a result of her attacking a mean boy that was threatening her title son, and consequently being locked up for this reason.

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* In ''Film/TheBabadook'', a seven-year-old boy manages to tie up his boogeyman-possessed mother this way.
* The lawn gnomes in ''Film/Goosebumps2015'' hogtie R.L. Stine with electrical cords in a similar manner. Subverted when Zachary smashes a bunch of them before they can anchor their creator's bonds to the floor.

* In ''Film/{{Willow}}'', the title character and his companion are captured by tiny creatures known as brownies.
* Used by the Gwendy Dolls in ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' when they ambush Cristy and capture her.

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* ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' is the TropeNamer. This is done to him by the tiny Lilliputians when he visits their homeland, as can be seen in the page image.

* Discussed in ''Literature/{{Truckers}}'' after one of the Nomes sees the illustration in a copy of ''Gulliver's Travels''. Masklin concludes that the most impressive thing about it is the amount of co-operation required; if a group of Nomes tried it, they'd start arguing and never get the job done.
* ''Literature/{{Hilda}}'': In ''Hilda and the Great Parade'', Hilda is tied up in this manner when she, Frida and David are taken captive by the Bragga clan of Elves.

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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Small Mercies", the first BodyOfTheWeek is found in a miniature village: staked down and tied to the ground like Gulliver.

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* In ''The Adventures of Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM'' episode, "Bitter Gnomes and Gardens", the gnomes tie up the League's zombie manservant Zed in this way, using a garden hose.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles'', a young Big girl has run away from home, and the Littles set up a ruse to convince her to return. They need to delay her long enough to prepare their trick, so one of them ties her clothing to the floor when she stops to nap in a barn.
* WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse was subjected to this trope in ''Gulliver Mickey'', and did something like it to a giant in ''The Brave Little Tailor''.

** When Mabel gets kidnapped by the gnomes in the premiere episode "Tourist Trapped", they end up tying her down.
** Later happens to Pacifica Northwest in "The Golf War", courtesy of the [[ShoutOut aptly]] [[PunnyName named]] Lilliputtians.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' episode "Fairy Tales of Doom", Brainiac traps Superman in the story ''Gulliver's Travels'' and supplies the Lilliputians with a massive amount of Kryptonite, and they use Kryptonite ropes to tie Superman up. Superman struggles and manages to break free.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DinoBoy'' episode "The Ant Warriors" has the titular creatures tying Ugh down to the ground.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinotrux}}'' features the Slamtools: small, hammerlike creatures who seem to specialize in pretending to be friendly only to lash down their target overnight and run off with their ore. They're so good at it, they also manage to tie down the help that arrives, before he can even react or fight back.
* A thirty second short from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'' has [[WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd Elmer]] chase [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Bugs]] into a rabbit hole, the hole divides into a bunch of smaller holes with smaller Bugs' in them, who then tie him down and do various wacky things to his immobile body.

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