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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|'''Walter Sobchak:''' That poor slut kidnapped ''herself''.~~\|''[[The Big Lebowski]]''}}~~ \|''[[The Big Lebowski]]''}} People are willing to do anything for the safety of a friend or loved one. If you're the friend or loved one, you can play this to your advantage for material or emotional gain. All you have to do is "disappear," leave a ransom note, and everyone will think you're being held captive. The best part is you don't have to put yourself in actual danger to get the benefits of people going out of their way to save you. Line 9 ⟶ 10: {{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * The second episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' has him solve the kidnapping of the daughter of a bigshot company-president which starts OUT as a [[Faked Kidnapping]] designed to make her overworked father spend more time with her (she even got the good-natured [[The Butler Did It\|Butler]] to help), but turns real when an actual criminal kidnaps he from the family restaurant where she'd been waiting out the fake kidnapping. It's up to Conan to save the day! * ''[[~~Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)\|~~Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'': Maria Louise does this with the help of Domon in order for the latter to fight George de Sand. However, George later reveals he knew about that anyways. == [[~~Comics~~Comic Books]] == * This is part of Ava Lord's [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] to get Dwight to murder her husband in the ''[[Sin City]]'' story ''A Dame To Kill For''. * ''[[Modesty Blaise (~~Comic~~comic ~~Strip~~strip)\|Modesty Blaise]]'': In "Milord", journalist Guido Biganzoli plans to fake his own kidnapping in order to get a big story that will get him transferred back to Italy. However, things do not go according to plan and it turns into an [[Accidental Kidnapping]] of Willie Garvin. == [[Film ~~(Animated)~~]] == * In ''[[Oliver and Company]]'', the dogs take back Oliver, thinking he had been captured, when in fact he had been adopted by [[Lonely Rich Kid]] Penny. When Fagin sees the direction in the collar, he sends a ransom note there in order to pay off Sykes. He changes his mind when Penny arrives with her piggy bank, and simply gives Oliver back. This is followed by the all-too-real kidnapping of Penny by Sykes. * ''[[Scooby -Doo Onon Zombie Island]]'': Simone and Lena fake a breaking and entering and kidnapping. When the gang come to rescue them, it turns out to be a trap. ~~== Film (Live Action) ==~~ * ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' has the Dude and his friend Walter Sobchak do a favor for Mr. Lebowski by solving the kidnapping of his young trophy wife following Mr. Lebowski being sent her faked toe and giving the apparent kidnappers a ransom bribe. Subverted in that the poor slut did not kidnap herself but {{spoiler\|went missing for a few days while her friends sent a ransom note to take advantage of her absence}}. * ''[[Excess Baggage]]''. Emily Hope fakes her own kidnapping to get her father's attention. She handcuffs herself and puts herself in the trunk of her car, but a criminal steals the car while she's in it and the fake kidnapping turns into a real one. Line 28 ⟶ 27: == [[Literature]] == * There's an [[Ellery Queen]] short story where a child faked his own kidnapping to get his estranged parents back together. It worked. * In ''[[Garrett PIP.I.\|Bitter Gold Hearts]]'', Karl Jr.'s kidnapping looks suspiciously like this trope to Garrett when he first starts investigating it. {{spoiler\|It's a subversion: a fake kidnapping that ''turned'' real when his accomplices got scared and/or creative.}} * In a variant from the [[The Dresden Files\|Harry Dresden]] short story "A Restoration Of Faith", some Jerkass parents hire him to find their runaway daughter, but then turn around and tell the police that he kidnapped her, thinking to stiff him on the bill ''and'' get a juicy sob-story out of the incident, rather than let anyone know their own kid can't stand them. * The ''[[~~A to Z Mysteries (Literature)\|~~A to Z Mysteries]]'' book "The Absent Author" revolves around the kidnapping of the eponymous mystery author. Turns out the whole thing was a hoax in order for the author to investigate how real kids solve mysteries. == [[Live -Action TV]] == * An episode of ''[[CSI]]'' focused on the death of a girl who'd been unfortunately involved in the fake kidnapping of another girl. They couldn't find the live girl and were warned that she was faking in an effort to gain attention from her father, but they had to find her to be sure. {{spoiler\|She turned up dead in the trunk of a car - but the kidnapping really had been fake. The death was accidental}}. * ''Mathnet'' (a segment on ''[[Square One TV]]'' parodying ''[[Dragnet]]''): an aging diva fakes a kidnapping by an up and coming ingenue in order to revive her career. Unfortunately for the diva, the ingenue (named [[All About Eve\|Eve]]) happens to be a friend of Kate Monday of the Mathnet squad. Line 43 ⟶ 42: == [[Video Games]] == * ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations ~~Miles Edgeworth (Visual Novel)\|Ace Attorney Investigations~~: Miles Edgeworth]]'': Lance Armano did this to cover his debt to a loan company. ** Also used in case 4 of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ~~(Visual Novel)~~\|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]: Trials and Tribulations''. {{spoiler\|Dahlia Hawthorne, Valerie Hawthorne, and Dahlia's boyfriend}} did this to ransom a $2 million diamond. * Played straight at least once in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''. The process isn't fake, but being that it's an arranged kidnapping, it qualifies. * The ''[[Phantasy Star II]]'' text adventure for Eusis is based around this. == [[Western Animation]] == * In an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~animation)\|The Simpsons]]'' Mr. Burns' grown up son appears but proves to be a disappointment to his father, so he recruits Homer to fake his own kidnapping. {{quote\| '''Mr. Burns (Sr.):''' I should have known you would be the only one stupid enough to kidnap yourself!}} ** In another episode, Bart fakes his kidnapping in order to cover up that he had sneaked out of the house to go to a rap concert. * In ''[[~~American Dad (Animation)\|~~American Dad]]'' episode "Frannie 911" Francine pretends to kidnap Roger in an attempt to prove Stan cares about him. [[Pity the Kidnapper\|She is put through hell]] due to Roger's usual [[Jerkass]] antics and Stan finding out the plan and making extraordinary bluffs, all of which make her realise why Stan loathes the little asshole in the first place. {{quote\| '''Stan:''' Is it saying we have caller ID? Is it saying next time you kidnap Roger don't use your cellphone?}} * On ''[[Kim Possible]]'', when Shego is mentoring Senor Senior Junior once again in “The Big Job”, they discover that several millionaires (the richest people in the world, in fact) are playing poker with Senor Senior Senior, and decide to "hold them" for ransom. Shego actually considers the plan to be perfect. == [[Real Life]] == Line 62 ⟶ 61: [[Category:I Have Your Index]] [[Category:Crime and Punishment Tropes]] [[Category:~~Faked Kidnapping~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Kidnapping and Abduction Tropes]]