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[[File:cit hidamari sketch - Yuno was a student for fourteen years - When she was young she watched the roof and she said to dad I want to go to the roof daddy - Dad said No You will be ABDUCTED BY ALIENS.jpg|link=Hidamari Sketch|
When an alien from another planet, whether one of the [[Little Green Men]] or one of [[The Greys]] or whatever, kidnaps a human. The alien generally leaves no trace of the human until it's done with it. Alien abductions do get witnessed, but the witnesses are almost always portrayed as a bit mad even when the alien abduction is real in canon.
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* In ''[[Alien Dice]]'', Chel, who's about to board a spaceship voluntarily, wonders for a moment if aliens abduct you through talking you into coming with them. Later it's revealed that humans were abducted in the past to create the Rishans but it was forbidden by the laws of [[The Federation]].
* ''[[I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space]]''. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].
* Happens ''a lot'' to Denver in ''[http://starfire.poecatcomix.com/ Starfire Agency]'', and they [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420085247/http://starfire.poecatcomix.com/2006/05/16/05162006/ never return him in the right clothes.] Turns out {{spoiler|[http://starfire.poecatcomix.com/2007/01/31/01312007/ he's a slightly damaged replicant created by the Greys]}}
* Was done in ''[[Does Not Play Well With Others]]'' to Harrisons [http://www.doesnotplaywellwithothers.com/comics/pwc-0012 in the middle of the night]. [[Skewed Priorities|Worst of all]], it was too loud.
* Prudence in ''Dangerously Chloe'' tried to abduct Teddy because he's a human who sees her angel wings that are supposed to be [[Invisible to Normals]] (and did already abduct a "suspicious" puppy). The other angels don't see it as a big deal. Amusingly, after Teddy and his succubi roomies are [[Mistaken for Aliens]] by Naomi, she thinks ''Prudence'' who dropped on Teddy (literally, knocking him out) was a "honest-to-goodness alien abductee", which was confirmed by their miscommunication via euphemisms ("from... you know... up there?").
== Web Original ==
* Occasionally used in T-shirt concept pictures by GlennZ, such as ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140501023743/http://blog.glennz.com/out-for-ice-cream/ Out for Ice Cream]''. [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120516133547/http://concepts.glennz.com/concepts/abductee/ Abductee]'' with LEM purportedly abducting [[The Greys|an alien]] - it seems that everyone accuses each other in misuse of [[Tractor Beam]] these days!
== Western Animation ==
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* One of the most unusual alien abduction stories was that of American logger Travis Walton. Walton was allegedly abducted by a UFO in Arizona in 1975. His abduction was reported by several coworkers who claimed to have witnessed the event, resulting in a state-wide manhunt (and a possible homicide investigation). Walton did not reappear until five days later, claiming he had been abducted by aliens. The movie Fire In the Sky is very loosely based on the alleged abduction.
* Wild animals captured by humans, examined and tagged, then released again. From their perspective this trope might be close to [[Truth in Television]].
* Humans captured in passing in a first contact situation with a new culture. Sometimes the scenario sounds remarkably like an alien abduction. In time gone by it was [[Values Dissonance|perfectly normal]] for explorers to grab a stray wanderer and take them back to show off like zoo specimens.
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[[Category:Alien Abduction]]
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]
[[Category:Kidnapping and Abduction Tropes]]
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