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* Subverted in ''[[The X-Files]]''; Mulder's escape from prison is a spur-of-the-moment decision on the part of his friends to escape execution and comprises only about five minutes of the two-hour series finale. It does feature a nice [[Heel Face Turn]] from former FBI archnemesis ADA Kersh.

* Parodied in [http://youtu.be/zVP_wdcYMQ4 a sketch] from the finnish sketch comedy show, ''[[Ketonen Ja Myllyrinne]]''. Two prisoners outline their escape plan, which includes things such as [[You Fail Geography Forever|flying a helicopter over the Gulf of Finland to Mexico]] and killing guards [[Improbable Weapon User|with a fork]]. Also, the guy who they're enlisting to pilot the helicopter has two days to learn to fly a helicopter from a book.

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* This is the first goal for the PC party the epic 5th edition adventure Out of the Abyss. Using the [[You All Meet in a Cell]] trope as the hook, the campaign starts with the low-Level PCs captured by drow slavers, at the mercy (or rather, lack thereof) of [[Starter Villain| Mistress Illvarta]], a cruel woman whom they do not have a prayer to overpower or defeat in a fight at their current level. The entire first chapter is devoted to the party figuring out a way to escape the small outpost (the slavers forcing them to do labor while waiting for their superiors to come pick them up, giving the heroes a means to scope the place out), and there are other NPC prisoners they can befriend, each with many variables regarding who to befriend or trust. (One might be friendly and want to help, but have limited ability to do so, while another might have valuable information, but is likely to double cross them). When they do escape, the second chapter is spent [[Don't Celebrate Just Yet| evading Illvarta and her henchmen who are intent on recapturing them]], more out of pride than any idea of profit.

== [[Video Games]] ==