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Seen it a million times . . .
Characters are locked in a cell; an animal outside has access to the keys; they have to convince it to bring them over.
Examples in Pirates of the Caribbean, The Road to El Dorado, Rapunzel's Revenge . . .
Edited by TheGreatConversation