Hostage Situation: Difference between revisions

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The situation for the bad guys has gone so far sideways that the only way out is to trade hostages for transportation. This may be the true gauge of desperation, in that no degree of [[Genre Blindness]] can excuse the bad guys from knowing that this never, ever works. Ever.

In spite of this, most municipal police forces on TV employ a negotiator specializing in these situations who has the job of convincing the bad guys that this time it could all turn out differently, if they are only judicious and fair in the way they release hostages. The negotiator's [[Good Cop Bad Cop|primary assistance]] in perpetrating this lie will be a wild-eyed SWAT team leader who is panting for a chance to [[Nuke Em|nuke the building]] [[Colony Drop|from orbit.]]

In spite of this, most municipal police forces on TV employ a negotiator specializing in these situations who has the job of convincing the bad guys that this time it could all turn out differently, if they are only judicious and fair in the way they release hostages. The negotiator's [[Good Cop Bad Cop|primary assistance]] in perpetrating this lie will be a wild-eyed SWAT team leader who is panting for a chance to [[Nuke'Em|nuke the building]] [[Colony Drop|from orbit.]]

There are a few additional required characters for this scenario. A hero-wannabe hostage, for instance, whose primary job is to try something stupid and get killed. This might be a case of death by [[Genre Blindness]]. A particularly noble hostage who tells the hero not to worry about them and [[Kill Him Already|kill the bad guy anyway]]. A hostage who decides to raise the stakes by [[You Wouldn't Shoot Me|calling the bad guy's bluff]]. There may also be a hostage who just completely panics and starts screaming and flailing about in a way that frightens a bad guy into shooting them.

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* Happens several times in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', most obviously when Chigusa uses Konoka as a hostage and when Fate threatens to wipe out a crowd of people if Negi doesn't listen to him. The former backfires horribly, as hurting Konoka is [[Bodyguard Crush|Setsuna's]] berserk button, and in the latter, Negi ultimately decides to attack Fate anyway, relying on his partners to prevent collateral damage.

* [[School Shock]] has one to kick off the main plot, resulting in the main character first encounter. She saves his ass from being shot and dropped from a high building.

* Scaled up in ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' episode 10, where [[Sergeant Rock|Lady Une]] threatens to attack the space colonies with self-defense missile satellites unless the Gundam Pilots surrender. [[The Stoic|Heero]] [[Take a Third Option|takes a third option]] and [[Self Destruct Mechanism|self-destructs his Gundam]], which is what really kicks off the main plot by sparking the ideological divide within [[The Federation|OZ]] between the [[Anti Villain|noble soldiers]] and [[Colonel Killgore|the ruthless]] and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|corrupt]].

* Scaled up in ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' episode 10, where [[Sergeant Rock|Lady Une]] threatens to attack the space colonies with self-defense missile satellites unless the Gundam Pilots surrender. [[The Stoic|Heero]] [[Take a Third Option|takes a third option]] and [[Self-Destruct Mechanism|self-destructs his Gundam]], which is what really kicks off the main plot by sparking the ideological divide within [[The Federation|OZ]] between the [[Anti-Villain|noble soldiers]] and [[Colonel Killgore|the ruthless]] and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|corrupt]].

* A very cruel one happens in [[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]], when {{spoiler|[[Magnificent Bastard]] / [[Complete Monster]] Sora brainwashes his [[Retired Badass]] girlfriend, Rika Noyamano, into fighting Kilik and the Sleeping Forest team, which Rika used to be a member of.}} The kicker, and what makes this specially mean? {{spoiler|''[[Moral Event Horizon|Rika is pregnant, and HE is the baby's father]]''.}} The subversion comes when {{spoiler|Kilik manages to deploy a [[Batman Gambit]] to get Rika restrained without actually landing a hit on her, then unleashing his and the Sleeping Forest's Air Regalia.}} And then it's further suverted when {{spoiler|Sora actually ''counterattacks'' with his own gambit and shoots back at ''them''.}}

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== Videogames ==

* At the end of the Bring Down the Sky DLC for ''[[Mass Effect]]'', the leader of the Batarian terrorist group tells you he'll kill the hostages he's captured unless you let him go unharmed. Since this is ''[[Mass Effect]]'', you have the option of [[Anti Hero|sacrificing the hostages and capturing/killing him anyways]].

* At the end of the Bring Down the Sky DLC for ''[[Mass Effect]]'', the leader of the Batarian terrorist group tells you he'll kill the hostages he's captured unless you let him go unharmed. Since this is ''[[Mass Effect]]'', you have the option of [[Anti-Hero|sacrificing the hostages and capturing/killing him anyways]].

** In the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC, a character you're chasing takes a hostage and tells you to back off. In a [[Call Back]] moment, both Renegade or Paragon players can throw their rep in her face to intimidate her.

* ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]]'' At the finale of the [[Bonus Level From Hell]] "Mile High Club," the terrorist leader takes a hostage and you must kill him with a pistol headshot (in slow motion) to save him.

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'''Hathaway''': ''Then make it $500,000!'' }}

** Later, after Stan has clearly left the area completely:

{{quote| '''Hathaway''': [The hostages] are clear! ''[[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him|Take your shot!]]''<br />

{{quote| '''Hathaway''': [The hostages] are clear! ''[[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|Take your shot!]]''<br />

'''Cop''': Wait, what?<br />

'''Hathaway''': '''''Take the shot!'''''<br />