History Main / TentacleRope

Related to CombatTentacles, only these are for grabbing and binding, not for attacking. Often part of TypicalTentacleTactics.

* In the Comicbook/XWingSeries Booster's tentacled copilot tried to restrain a young Wedge Antilles this way, but Wedge [[KnottyTentacles turned this against him]] off-panel.

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* As seen in the pic, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'' has Ariel captured this way by Morgana after Melody pulls a HeelFaceTurn after finding out who she's really been working for. Furthermore, in the first version of the climax of the first movie, Morgana's fatter sister Ursula uses her tentacles to toss Ariel onto a rock and strangle Eric. Unbeknowst to her, the prince picks up the Trident from the sea bottom (courtesy of Sebastian) and [[BatmanGrabsAGun throws it like an harpoon]], ''shishkebabbing'' her on the chest. You can watch the video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF0_JKyPCwE#t=235 here]].

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', [[{{Disney/TheLittleMermaid}} Flotsam and Jetsam]] [[{{BoundAndGagged}} restrain]] Sora with their bodies during the "Ursula's Revenge" number, and try to [[{{CombatTentacles}} strangle him]] to death. He gets saved by Donald and Goofy before using his Keyblade to vanquish the eels for good.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': Circe has a number of her snake inspired bestiamorphs restrain Diana by wrapping around her and trying to envenom her.

* ''Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume'': In one instance, Ika does this to Eiko when she wanders into Eiko's room and falls asleep there.... Rather, her tentacles did this all on their own. Ika herself was already long asleep.

* In ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'', during the final battle against [[BigBad Dr. Isaacs]], who has transformed into a [[OneWingedAngel Tyrant]], Alice is first caught off-guard by him and briefly loses her knife. As soon as she runs to retrieve it, Isaacs quickly grabs Alice's neck with one of his tentacles and starts choking her to death. Thankfully, Alice manages to find a way to get her knife back and cut off the tentacle strangling her before she dies of suffocation.

* The boss Smorg in ''VideoGame/PaperMario 2'' is both this AND CombatTentacles, being some weird tentacled creature that kidnaps pretty much all the passengers on the Excess Express in this way and attacking with its tentacles and whatnot.

* [[HiveQueen The Goddess]] in ''FanFic/FalloutEquestria'' uses psychically projected blue tentacles to force ponies into the [[PsychoSerum Impelled Metamorphosis Potion]] vats in Maripony, turning them into [[SlaveMooks alicorn drones]]. [[spoiler: Or, in the case of Twilight Sparkle, to pull her [[FusionDance into her "body"]] and [[CannibalismSuperpower absorb her.]]]]

* Many [[HornyDevils 'Cubi]] in ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' use this, or at least something like it. Their fighting style and the context often blurs the lines between Tentacle Rope and CombatTentacles. Some of them like [[spoiler: Dan's mom]] also bring in elements of RomanticizedAbuse. All three aspects are shown in Abel's (spoilerific) confrontation with [[spoiler: Destania]]. Starts [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Ab_101.php here]].

* Cornstalks will often come alive in ''Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' films to tie people up, and maybe murder them as well.

* ComicBook/DoctorOctopus humiliates Franchise/SpiderMan this way during their first encounter before throwing him out a window. TheHulk turned this against him.

* ComicBook/DoctorOctopus humiliates {{Spider-Man}} this way during their first encounter before throwing him out a window. TheHulk turned this against him.

* Most of the creatures from the ''{{Pokemon}}'' series that learn Wrap, Bind, or Constrict, such as Tangela and Tentacool, are this way when they use those attacks, binding their foes in their tentacles. Needless to say, much illicit fan art has been made of this very concept.

* Magical vines tie up [[CuteGhostGirl Ecta]] in TheFourth. In her indignation, she claims never to have been "violated" in such a way.

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* Used in an episode of ''WeissKreuz'' when MadScientist Masafumi Takatori mutates into a be-tentacled ape-creature and uses his new appendages to restrain most of the rest of the characters in the room.

* The [[TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]] has the ability to sprout tentacles or branchlike appendages which he sometimes uses to give his friends (victims) wonderful hugs.
* In the WhateleyUniverse Carmilla has used her tentacles like this. She once wrapped up Shadowolf complete with a tentacle NeckLift and scared him so bad he wet himself.

* In the final battle of ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan''[='s=] first season, Nyarko is captured by Lloiger in this fashion and squeezed hard enough to crack her HenshinHero form's armor (as well as breaking her helmet); she's able to break free after Mahiro throws her her [[CrowbarCombatant crowbar]]. Of course, since the series is inspired by the CthulhuMythos, this trope's use should come as no surprise.