Buried Alive: Difference between revisions

** In a rare example of a hero doing this, {{spoiler|Hiro assures the other heroes that the immortal Adam Monroe will never hurt another person. Cut to [[And I Must Scream|Adam screaming in a coffin]], buried in the same cemetery where Hiro's father (who Adam killed), was interred.}}

** Also, as retribution for all the crimes he had committed against not just the world, but {{spoiler|Parkman's wife}} only minutes before, {{spoiler|Parkman locks Sylar in his own mind, alone and powerless. Not only that, to prevent anyone from finding him and trying to help, he seals Sylar up behind a wall in his basement. Not only THAT, while Sylar was trapped in his own mind doomed to wander New York City alone forever, his super fast brain had an increased perception of time, making every second he spent in reality feel like days. Even though he got better and was really only buried alive for about half an hour, over three years had passed in his mind.}}

* ''[[Bones]]'', Temperance Brennan and Jack Hodgins are buried alive (in a car!) by a kidnapper/serial killer called the Gravedigger.

** They'd previously helped identify the remains of twin boys who'd died after the Gravedigger left them buried alive inside a metal tank. As the name implies, this villain's M.O. was to subject victims to this trope, then demand a ransom in return for information on where they were buried.

** The victim in "Back From the Dead Again" was buried alive.

** In "Red Rock Jarod", the villain of the episode buries a hostage alive in a remote location -- with an air pump, but if he doesn't get what he wants before the pump runs out of fuel...

* ''[[Leverage]]'' has two examples:

** Parker did this to herself once as a child to cure herself of a fear. She thought it was a normal thing to do. The team told her it was not.