You can "scoot" your chair over to the shady guy by sliding your mouse to the left across your character. Place the cursor right of him/her, click and slide to the left and up.
In her secret lair.
after you get tied up there is a hatch on the roof
Move your chair slowly across the floor to the left, by dragging your mouse across your character from right to left. The shady guy will untie you.
There are no sharp tools on Counterfeit Island. The balloons are popped by clicking them, and you free yourself from the chair by "scooting" it backward to the shady guy who is also tied up.
Not really sure, but he ends up tied up (along with your character) later on in the Black Widow's lair.
In the Black Widow's lair, slide your chair over to the tied-up Shady Guy. Point your mouse cursor to the right of your character, then move it up and left across the character and chair. This will "scoot" the chair along the floor to the left.
Untying YourselfIn the Black Widow's Underground Lair, slide your chair over to the tied-up Shady Guy. To do that, point your mouse cursor to the right of your character. Then, move it up and left across your character and chair. This will "scoot" the chair along the floor to the left toward the Shady Guy.
all you do is click then click on the other painting in the next area you want it to be
All items and features on Poptropica are triggered by just clicking the mouse, or by holding and releasing. The one exception is the "movement" (scoot) feature, most prominently on Counterfeit Island, where you must click and drag across your tied-up character to move him (her).
When you are tied up by the Black Widow, scoot your chair over to the shady guy and he will untie you. To scoot chair : put your mouse cursor in front (right) of your character and drag the cursor across him/her to the left. Move it high up, over the character, on the return to avoid moving them the wrong way.
On the upper level of the cottage, notice the peeled piece of the painting. Under the new painting is The Scream. But when you find it... WHACK, POW! You are tied up in the lair of the Black Widow (the famous art thief). And the guy you met at the docks was her partner. But now he is tied up, too.
get up to the statues and crouch :)