History Main / StockPunishment

* DanielDefoe was sentenced to pillory for seditious label by writing a book about the dissenters from the Church of England sarcastically advocating their extermination, ala ''Literature/AModestProposal''; {{Subverted|Trope}} when the mob pelted him with ''flowers''.

* ''Series/{{ThatsSoRaven}}'': Season 1 Episode 10, Ye Olde Dating Game, has A teacher in a jester costume ends up in the pillory, which includes the main character Raven. She manages to break free, but brings along with her and fights two jousting horsemen.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode, "Lotsa Latkes", this was Doofenshmirtz's daily trap with Perry the Platypus; he found it in a book of top 10 greatest historical traps. Perry makes his way to Phineas and Ferb in the end still trapped in the stocks, which gives Ferb his one line of the episode.

* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'' Chapter 20: Lothario by Night Page 10 has two character stand in the pillory after drugging their friend, which turned into a werewolf.

* ''Webcomic/SisterClaire'' - Book 1 Chapter 7: Another accused witch is thrown in the pillory

* ''[[https://www.webtoonfactory.com/fr/serie/azalais/1/ep-6/ Azalais]]'' - In the sixth episode, Joy In The Pillory, Azalais, her friend two other people end up in the pillory, as they are displayed in the public

* ''Series/DadsArmy''. In "A Man of Action", [[ButtMonkey Private Pike]] gets his [[HelpImStuck head stuck in some gate railings]]. The gate is removed with Pike still in it so he can be brought back to the hall, which leads to a RunningGag of people thinking Pike is undergoing StockPunishment due to Captain Mainwaring having just declared martial law and acting like a petty dictator.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13981875/1/Witching-Hour Witching Hour]]'', an ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' AU set in Medieval times, sees Princess Gaz ordering peasant boy Nick being thrown in the pillory for [[DisproportionateRetribution bumping into her in a tavern]]. [[spoiler: At the climax of the story, [[LaserGuidedKarma she herself is locked in the pillory]] after being accused of witchcraft.]]

* ''Azalais'' - In the sixth chapter, Joy In The Pillory, Azalais, her friend two other people end up in the pillory, as they are displayed in the public

* ''WebcomicAzalais'' - In the sixth chapter, Joy In The Pillory, Azalais, her friend two other people end up in the pillory, as they are displayed in the public

* ''ComicBook/LesCompagnonsDuCrepuscule'' One of the covers has a women in a mobile pillory.

* ''Bakelandt (Kleur)''

* ''ComicBook/{{Mosaik}}'' 385 - Fire, Sausages and Scandal: Characters end up in the pillory

* ''Unknown Worlds'' Issue #38, a character named Tom was placed in the pillory. Of course he was freed and was floats up to the air.
* ''Worlds Finest'' Issue #186, Batman is placed in the pillory by Superman, who thinks he is a witch.
* ''ComicBook/LesCompagnonsDuCrepuscule'' One of the covers has a women in a mobile pillory.
* ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' Issue #73 Wonder Women and a couple of ladies (and one man) who dress up as witches, travel back in time in the Salem Witch Trials. Obviously, nearly all the ladies end up in the pillory, with Wonder Woman's hands tied up behind her back.
* ''The Marvel Family'' In Issue #26, Marvel Marvel: The Story Of Witche's Arces - has the Mary in the pillory in the first page of the story. However her in the pillory never occurs in the actual story.

* ''Garth Comic Strip'' - Dancing queen: Garth gets teleported into medieval times and in a pillory.
* ''Tillie The Toiler'': Tillie tries out a pillory as her John kisses her on the cheek. Of course she wants payback.

* DC's ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnlimitedMonsterMayhem'' has Silver Banshee trapped in the pillory when Green Arrow beaten her.

* In the beginning of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Quasimodo ends in one for attempting to kidnap Esmeralda on [[spoiler:Frollo]]'s orders in the night, and Esmeralda give him water while the mob is pelting him with rotten vegetables and other disgusting things.

* ''BRIXTN - Funpark'': In the music video, there is footage of the singer in the pillory.

* The title heroines of ''Beat Blades Haruka'', ''Ikusa Otome Valkyrie'', and ''Himekishi Lilia'' all get scenes in which they are locked in pillories and raped.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' features Briar, the Restrained Hunger, who as part of her design is regularly locked up in an elaborate metal pillory decked out with spikes and a [[PowerCrystal "hemolith"]]. Briar is [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a bloodthirsty, vampiric homunculus]] created by [[AncientConspiracy the Black Rose]] to serve [[HumanWeapon as an assassin for specific political targets]], but was a tremendous failure due to being [[AxCrazy far too unstable and indiscriminate with her killings]], resulting in her being captured and locked up for years, with the pillory made as a RestrainingBolt to keep her arms bound, with the hemolith additionally tempering her mind. By the present day, [[{{Unishment}} Briar doesn't mind the pillory at all]]' -- while [[CardboardPrison she found a way to slip out of it]], she's also become comfortable with the peace of mind that it brings, though not enough to completely dampen [[HorrorHunger her insatiable hunger for blood]]. Ever since escaping, Briar alternates between [[SelfRestraint willfully staying in the pillory]] to explore the world with a clear, open mind, and [[TheGlovesComeOff shedding it when her hunger pangs are too much to bear and she feels like ripping some heads off]].