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* [[Played With]] in the ''[[Tintin]]'' album ''[[Tintin/Recap/The Calculus Affair|The Calculus Affair]]'', while staying in Borduria as supposed "guests" of the state, Tintin and Haddock get their "bodyguards" drunk so that they can escape.
* In the recent ''[[Batman]]'' storyline, "Bruce Wayne: The Road Home", Vicki Vale does this in just about every early chapter, thinking she isn't in too much danger ''[[To Dumb To Live|just because]]'' she wants to reveal the secret identities of the entire Bat-Family. It isn't until a disguised Bruce Wayne Batman is able to snatch her away and tell her the severity of the situation is she able to settle down slightly.
** Bruce Wayne actually averted this trope during the run-up to No Man's Land. When the board of directors for Waynetech hired a bodyguard -- Sasha Bordeaux -- for their wayward chairman of the board and business concerns made it impossible for him to refuse the offer, he faced a rather serious complication in that a high-end executive bodyguard will quite naturally want to know where their charge is at all times and Bruce needs to be able to sneak out and go be Batman. However, Bruce is intelligent enough to realize that repeatedly sneaking away from Sasha will only arouse her suspicions, and so deals with the problem simply by observing her carefully until he decides whether he can trust her with his secret or not... and then trusting her with his secret.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Artemis often does this in ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' to Butler.
* In ''[[The Belgariad]],'' spoiled brat Princess Ce'Nedra of Tolnedra is bored and wants to go shopping. Her father, Emperor Ran Borune, won't let her leave the Imperial Palace because it's too dangerous (true of Tolnedra at almost any time, and particularly that year as they're building up to a possible civil war). She cons her rather gullible and egotistical tutor into believing that her father wants him to escort her while she visits relatives in another city. (For her own safety, naturally.) On the road, they meet Belgarath and company. Of course, none of them—even Garion—believe her story. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* In several of his books, ''[[Harry Potter]]'' is being threatened by someone (usually Voldemort), and everybody tries to keep him safe. It never works—somehow, for some reason, he always finds his way to the source of the problem to face it himself. This habit comes back to haunt him in the last few books.
* In ''[[Monster Hunter Vendetta]]'', Owen is instructed by the Monster Control Bureau to stay at MHI's compound as bait for the [[Religion of Evil|Church of the Temporary Mortal Condition]]. However he's a pro-active kind of guy, and prefers to take the fight to them.
* The finale of the first ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' novel involves Bella having to sneak away from her vampire bodyguards to meet the bad guy vamp.
* [[Prince Roger]] MacClintock's habit of doing this (and the bodyguards' refusal to admit that ''Roger'', the bratty clotheshorse, manages to slip them) on big game hunting trips means that it takes them a while to realise he actually is a badass dead-eye shot with a rifle. They just try and reconcile his "[[Great White Hunter]]" reputation with the brat by believing his guides and bodyguards are the ones who kill the trophies... until the trip to Marduk rather impressively underscores how much they've been underestimating him.
* "Devo" ditches most of his bodyguards in ''Guilty Wives''. That sets the drama in motion.
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