8 year old Jennifer is tied and gagged, but she's so bratty, she laughs under her gag when her would-be rescuers (a 13 year old and another 8 year old) mess up and end up trapping themselves in a closet.
Interesting usage in the kids' book Jennifer the Jerk Is Missing. The Hound of the Baskervilles: Stapleton ties his wife to a beam and wraps her up in a large cloth to the extent that neither Holmes, Watson nor Lestrade initially could identify whether the gagged figure was male or female when they burst in. Harry's tied up and manhandled by Voldemort in The Deathly Hallows, Part II. Snape does this to Lupin at the confrontation scene in Prisoner of Azkaban. Finally the trio and Dean Thomas are tied up when they are taken to Malfoy Manor in The Deathly Hallows. Harry gets tied up by Quirrel in book one, is bound to a gravestone and gagged in The Goblet of Fire, and the Inquisitorial Squad gags and restrains several of his friends in The Order of the Phoenix. Happens often enough in the Harry Potter series. The Hardy Boys went through a lot of this as well, at least in the blue hardcover books. In Gene Stratton-Porter's Freckles, the villains set a trap for Freckles and then tie him to a tree and gag him. On being released Flashman has a rare moment of empathy and orders all the other mutineers released as well. Curious at this odd behavior from someone who's about to suffer a Fate Worse than Death, he removes the gag and Flashman is able to gasp out his identity. Fortunately our cowardly anti-hero keeps his wits about him and attracts the attention of a subaltern by winking at him. On realising his predicament Flashman starts shouting in fear only to be gagged on the spot, so he can't tell his captors it's all been a terrible mistake. Played For Horror when Flashman wakes up bound to the muzzle of a British cannon during the Indian Mutiny, having been knocked unconscious while in disguise as an Indian. Since the captor is pretty cautious, he ensures Harry is also under running water (which neutralizes Harry's magic). In The Dresden Files, Harry is bound and gagged by Nicodemus. This display gets the attention of the cops in short order. #Sock gag story drivers
When they realize that other drivers think they're playing when they yell that they're being kidnapped, they bind and gag one of the group with masking tape, put him at the window by himself, and have him signal with a flashlight in Morse Code for good measure. Hildick's The Case Of The Four Flying Fingers, the villain kidnaps the Kid Detectives in her vehicle, but doesn't tie them up-instead they do it themselves. Many good guys and bad guys, both kids and adults, are tied up or otherwise restrained. Later, some of the kids are wrapped up with magically controlled grass, then the girl is straitjacketed and gagged and taken as a hostage. One of the bullies is later forced into a straitjacket and gagged, by that same adult (the bully had become the lackey of the Big Bad, without realizing how evil she was). An adult who wishes to help the kids out ties up their teacher and takes her place as a substitute.
Happens many times, in diverse ways, in The Candy Shop War. It holds him long enough for two other characters to break the spell. 
In Burning Water, by Mercedes Lackey, one minor character realizes he's been targeted by a mind control spell and demands his brother (a cop, so he actually has handcuffs available) and his sister-in-law cuff him to the bed.Jerin is left ungagged, because he's tied to the bed for a different reason. A Brother's Price: Cira is handled such, and tied to the foot of a bed, after she and Jerin are captured.In Beauty Queens, Agent Harris is bound with duct tape and gagged with a maxi pad.
Frequently kept bound and gagged by the villains, Tommy can count on his wife Tuppence, his own wits or his assistant Albert to rescue him. Happens Once A Book to Tommy in Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence series, narrating the adventures of two married private detectives.Fielding in the An Awfully Beastly Business books. "Now, you boys behave, and I'll be back in a few years."
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