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[[File:Devil'sTrapHandcuff.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Handcuffs with binding sigils etched into them.]]
Colloquially referred to as "angel cuffs", these handcuffs are etched with various sigils that act as binding links to nullify the powers of [[angels]]. Despite being referred to as "angel cuffs", the sigils eteched into them also are effective in restraining [[demons]] and [[reapers]]. They prevent the entities from using their powers, ; reduce their strength, ; prevent [[teleportation]] ; and , in the case of demons and angels , prevent them from vacating their [[vessel]]s.
[[Archangels]] have shown an immunity to the spellwork on the handcuffs, and are typically able to shrug them off. However, [[Bobby Singer (Apocalypse World)|Bobby]] was able to modify the sigils on the cuffs, making them capable of temporarily restraining an archangel's powers, including those of [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]].
==Episodes==
===[[8.23 Sacrifice]]===
[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] use a pair of handcuffs that have been etched with various sigils to keep [[Crowley]] from smoking out of his [[meatsuit]] or teleporting away.
===[[9.02 Devil May Care]]===
===[[9.04 Slumber Party]]===
Crowley is once again shown to be locked up in the Bunker's dungeon when he meets [[the Wicked Witch of the West]], who is unable to free him from his restraints, as the dungeon is warded against all supernatural beings.
===[[9.06 Heaven Can't Wait]]===
Crowley is still locked-up in the dungeon, wearing the handcuffs.
===[[9.10 Road Trip]]===
Crowley is freed from the [[Men of Letters]] dungeon, to help expel [[Gadreel]] from Sam's body, but only on the condition he needs to wear the binding handcuffs. Later when he talks to [[Cecily]], he shows her the cuffs and asks if they can be removed, to which she replies , "Not without the key." Later, Crowley also wears a collar that apparently serves the same purpose as he can't leave his [[meatsuit]] with it on.
===[[9.14 Captives]]===
===[[9.18 Meta Fiction]]===
The handcuffs are used on [[Gadreel]], when he is captured by Sam and Dean.
===[[9.22 Stairway to Heaven]]===
When Dean confronts the [[reaper]] [[Tessa]], and realizes she has carved an [[Enochian]] rune in her chest, and plans to "blow her self herself up." He is able to place the handcuffs on her before a fight can ensue between the two.
===[[9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?]]===
===[[10.03 Soul Survivor]]===
Dean is still in the handcuffs when Sam places him in the devil's trap in [[the Bunker]]'s dungeon. Dean is later able to slip out of the handcuffs, as well as out of the devil's trap , when he becomes human enough.
===[[10.17 Inside Man]]===
Metatron is hauled out of [[Heaven]]'s prison in a pair of handcuffs, etched with binding sigils.
===[[10.18 Book of the Damned]]===
===[[12.07 Rock Never Dies]]===
[[Dean]] attempts to place [[Lucifer]] in the angel cuffs, however Lucifer is easily able to bypass the warding and shrug the handcuffs off of his arm.
[[File:AngelCuffs.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The angel cuffs' sigils glow as [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] is restrained.]]
===[[13.13 Devil's Bargain]]===
While forming a plan to capture [[Lucifer]] and steal his remaining [[grace]] to open a rift to [[Apocalypse World]], [[Sam]] states that he believes that in his weakened state , Lucifer could be restrained with the angel cuffs.
===[[13.22 Exodus]]===
To keep Lucifer in check, Castiel forces him to wear angel cuffs to keep his power bound. Lucifer agrees, but when the group comes across a contingent of angels, Lucifer smites them with a snap, and reveals revealing that the cuffs do not work on him as they melt off his wrists.
===[[14.10 Nihilism]]===
After [[Bobby Singer (Apocalypse World)|Bobby]] did does some tinkering with the angel cuffs, he was is able to improve the angel cuffs , allowing for them to hold an [[archangel]], and giving [[Sam]] a chance to restrain [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] and bring him to [[the Bunker]].
==See also==