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* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': This happens to Muriel near the end of "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling". After too many of his attempts to kill Muriel are thwarted by Courage, the titular duckling straps her to a rocket about to be launched off to the moon. While the Duckling is busy maintaining the rocket, he accidentally closes the hood latch on his wing, causing him to get stuck. Courage manages to free Muriel shortly after the Duckling gets stuck, and then tries to free said Duckling despite all the trouble he caused. However, Eustace is alerted by the Duckling's cries for help and [[HelpMistakenForAttack pushes Courage out of the way to try to free the duckling himself]], but in doing so, both he and the duckling are sent blasting off.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': This happens to Muriel near the end of "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling". After too many of his attempts to kill Muriel are thwarted by Courage, the titular duckling straps her to a rocket about to be launched off to the moon. While the Duckling is busy maintaining the rocket, he accidentally closes the hood latch on his wing, causing him to get stuck. Courage manages to free Muriel shortly after the Duckling gets stuck. As Courage tries to free the Duckling despite all the trouble he caused, Eustace [[HelpMistakenForAttack pushes him out of the way and tries to free the duckling himself]], but in doing so, both he and the duckling are sent blasting off.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': This happens to Muriel near the end of "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling". The titular duckling, after too many of his attempts to kill her are thwarted by Courage, straps Muriel to a rocket about to be launched off to the moon. While the Duckling is busy maintaining the rocket, he accidentally closes the hood panel on his wing, causing him to get stuck. Courage manages to free Muriel, then has to free the Duckling. The duck alerts Eustace[[spoiler:, who was sitting in his armchair, listening to rock music]], and after Eustace [[HelpMistakenForAttack pushes Courage out of the way and tries to free the duck himself]], both he and the duck are sent blasting off.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': This happens to Muriel near the end of "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling". The titular duck, after too many of his attempts to kill her are thwarted by Courage, straps Muriel to a rocket about to be launched off to the moon. While the Duck is busy maintaining the rocket, he accidentally closes the hood panel on his wing, causing him to get stuck. Courage manages to free Muriel, then has to free the duck, only for his cries for help to alert Eustace[[spoiler:, who had been sitting in his armchair listening to rock music, drowning out Muriel's situation, but he was able to hear the duck through his headphones]]. Eustace pushes Courage out of the way and tries to free the duck himself, but by the time he does so, the countdown is up and both are sent blasting off.
-->'''Duck:''' ''(giving Eustace a foot massage on the moon)'' This didn't work out so badly after all, did it?

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': This happens to Muriel near the end of "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling". The titular duck, after too many of his attempts to kill her are thwarted by Courage, straps Muriel to a rocket about to be launched off to the moon. While the Duck is busy maintaining the rocket, he accidentally closes the hood panel on his wing, causing him to get stuck. Courage manages to free Muriel, then has to free the duck, only for his cries for help to alert Eustace[[spoiler:, who had been sitting in his armchair listening to rock music, drowning out Muriel's situation, but he was able to hear the duck through his headphones]]. Eustace pushes Courage out of the way and tries to free the duck himself, but by the time the countdown is up, both the Duck and Eustace are blasted off.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': This happens to Muriel near the end of "The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable Duckling". The titular duck, after too many of his attempts to kill her are thwarted by Courage, straps Muriel to a rocket about to be launched off to the moon. While the Duck is busy maintaining the rocket, he accidentally closes the hood panel on his wing, causing him to get stuck. Courage manages to free Muriel, then has to free the duck, only for his cries for help to alert Eustace[[spoiler:, who had been sitting in his armchair listening to rock music, drowning out Muriel's situation]]. Eustace pushes Courage out of the way and tries to free the duck himself, but by the time the countdown is up, both the Duck and Eustace are blasted off.

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* One of the PulpMagazine covers for Creator/EdmondHamilton's ''Literature/CaptainFuture'' involved the hero's {{Love Interest|s}} strapped to a small RetroRocket while his RobotBuddy tries to cut her free. A later edition had her ''inside'' the one-woman rocket, peering out through a transparent plate as Captain Future fired his raygun at a villain about to pull a large lever, presumably to send her off.
* In the ''Literature/TakeshiKovacs'' novels, this is the Harlan's World equivalent of CementShoes, because the planet is orbited by a bunch of {{Kill Sat}}s that vaporize any advanced technology above a certain altitude.
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* At the end of ''VideoGame/Tekken5'', this is how Heihachi disposes of Jin, Kazuya, and Jinpachi. This later became Heihachi's Level 3 super in ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.

* This is the [[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeNNfS0ZTnU&ob=av3e fate of Mr. A]] so the The Hoosiers can take his place as 'superheroes'. Though like all genuine superheroes, [[EyeAwaken he turns out to be difficult to kill]].

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* In ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'', there's a short snippet of one genius tying another to a rocket. The twist is, along with the rocket not having enough fuel, there are a number of other things wrong with it, and the genius strapped to the rocket is expected to fix those issues mid-flight if he doesn't want to go 'splat'.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', Sid duct-tapes Buzz to a large firework, intending to launch him into the air to explode. [[spoiler:Woody and Buzz eventually use the rocket to catch up to Andy's minivan.]]

* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 5'', this is how Heihachi disposes of Jin, Kazuya, and Jinpachi. This later became Heihachi's Level 3 super in ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.

* ''WesternAnimation/Freakazoid'' is brought to ''Main/RelaxOVision'' including how the Lobe does this to Steph, bothering whatever bad happenings and Lobe is later taught a lesson. Steph mentioned the same clutch to Lobe and threatening to maul him if he continues.

* ''Film/{{Banlieue 13}}'': Taha makes sure to tie Leito's sister Lola (whom he had already kept as a catatonic slave for about a year) to the nuclear missile he stole before shooting it at the Paris city centre.

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* ''ComicBook/HuntersHellcats'': In ''Our Fighting Forces'' #120, the Hellcats have to rescue a group of captured Italian partisans whom the Nazis have chained to a missile that is about to launch.

* One of the PulpMagazine covers for Creator/EdmondHamilton's Literature/CaptainFuture involved the hero's {{Love Interest|s}} strapped to a small RetroRocket while his RobotBuddy tries to cut her free. A later edition had her ''inside'' the one-woman rocket, peering out through a transparent plate as Captain Future fired his raygun at a villain about to pull a large lever, presumably to send her off.

* ''Film/{{Banlieue 13}}'': Taha makes sure to tie Leito's sister Lola (whom he had already kept as a catatonic slave for about a year) to the nuclear missile he stole before shooting it at the Paris city centre.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', Sid duct-tapes Buzz to a large firework, intending to launch him into the air to explode. [[spoiler:Woody and Buzz eventually use the rocket to catch up to Andy's minivan.]]
* In the climax of ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe 2'', El Macho straps Lucy (Gru's colleague [[spoiler:and love interest]]) to a rocket which is also laden with explosives ([[ItMakesSenseInContext and a shark]]) which he plans to fire into a volcano.
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* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 5'', this is how Heihachi disposes of Jin, Kazuya, and Jinpachi. This later became Heihachi's Level 3 super in ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.

* In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando'', this is how the masked thief tries to get rid of the protopet.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', the Dethklok band is offered to perform at a mass inmate execution. They couldn't refuse after being told they get to choose the method. Their choice: getting strapped to a rocket and exploding hundreds of meters in the sky, creating fireworks. Some of the prisoners are even glad to be part of such a "metal" way to go.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' episode "Zorak". The title villain ties Jan and Jace to the seats of his Flying Time Bomb (a spaceship with a TimeBomb inside) and sends it away. Space Ghost rescues them JustInTime.

* Tom Cat tries to tie Jerry Mouse to the anchoring rod of a fireworks rocket in the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' cartoon "Yankee Doodle Mouse." Holding Jerry in place while tying the knots is more than Tom can manage, so Jerry obligingly helps with the knots. Jerry then squirts free, leaving Tom's hands tied to the rod. The rocket ignites and launches Tom high into the sky, exploding in a perfect stars-and-stripes display.
* MadScientist Doctor Strangemoon has built a rocket which will carry a capsule that can attract fiery comets toward the Earth in the ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'' cartoon "Strangemoon Over Miami." Believing the Pussy Cats are spies, Strangemoon captures them, and stows Melody, Alexander and Alexandra aboard the capsule. The rocket is then launched successfully.
* When the ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' launched missiles against three of Black Velvet's fighter craft, the fighters broke off their attack and returned to the AirborneAircraftCarrier. Knowing that Tech Coyote had been taken there earlier, the Loonatics had to destroy their own missiles, because the "genius" coyote never put a destruct mechanism in them. Rev Runner takes out one and Lexi Bunny blasts another. Danger Duck teleports onto the third, rips off a service panel, and starts yanking wires. Duck gets pulled off the missile moments before it explodes.
* In the opening of ''WesternAnimation/GoldieGoldAndActionJack'', Goldie is shown strapped to a rocket in one of the clips.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Bye, Bye Bluebeard", WesternAnimation/PorkyPig is tied to a rocket by the title character.
* Creator/TexAvery's ''Billy Boy'' is about a goat who literally eats everything in front of him. His owner straps the goat to a big firework rocket which goes all the way to the moon -- then he watches the moon getting munched out of existence.

* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'': In "Ninja Moths", the [[{{mooks}} Ninjalino's and moths]] rebel against Night Ninja and Luna Girl respectively, and tie the two to a rocket with sticky splat. Gekko saves them just before the rocket takes off.

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* ''ComicBook/HuntersHellcats'': In ''Our Fighting Forces'' #120, the Hellcats have to rescue a group of captured Italian partisans whom the Nazis have chained to missile that is about to launch.

* In the ''Literature/TakeshiKovacs'' novels this is the Harlan's World equivalent of CementShoes, because the planet is orbited by a bunch of {{Kill Sat}}s that vaporize any advanced technology above a certain altitude.

* In ''Film/CaptainAmerica1990'', the Red Skull ties Captain America to a rocket and launches it towards the White House. Captain America kicks the flaps on it redirecting it to Alaska.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' Sid duct-tapes Buzz to a large firework, intending to launch him into the air to explode. [[spoiler:Woody and Buzz eventually use the rocket to catch up to Andy's minivan.]]

* In ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' there's a short snippet of one genius tying another to a rocket. The twist is, along with the rocket not having enough fuel, there are a number of other things wrong with it, and the genius strapped to the rocket is expected to fix those issues mid-flight if he doesn't want to go 'splat'.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 5'', this is how Heihachi disposes of Jin, Kazuya and Jinpachi. This later became Heihachi's Level 3 super in ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.
* ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'': The only way to permanently defeat John Steele, the S.A.B.R.E. super agent, is to have him in a holding cell when you push the BigRedButton to finish the game's climactic final mission where the titular Evil Genius is launching their DoomsdayDevice and the world's agencies pour an endless number of special agents unto the player's island in attempt to thwart your evil schemes. [[TheBadGuyWins It does not end well for Steele...or the world.]] Pushing the button ends the game with your victory, regardless of where Steele may be at the time, so this is a pure BraggingRightsReward.

* Batman and Steve Trevor are chained to rockets by Baroness Paula Von Gunther in the teaser to the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' epsiode "Scorn of the Star Sapphire!"

* ''ComicBookHuntersHellcats'': In ''Our Fighting Forces'' #120, the Hellcats have to rescue a group of captured Italian partisans whom the Nazis have chained to missile that is about to launch.

* ''WesternAnimation/PJ Masks'': In "Ninja Moths", the [[{{mooks}} Ninjalino's and moths]] rebel against Night Ninja and Luna Girl respectively, and tie the two to a rocket with sticky splat. Gekko saves them just before the rocket takes off.