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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.]]
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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== Live-Action TV ==
* Subverted in ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'': When Agent Dobson takes River hostage in the pilot episode, {{spoiler|Mal simply shoots him in the head as he boards the ship, without even breaking stride}}.
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* In the ''[[Series/Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Resurrection," the mirror universe counterpart of Kira's deceased lover shows up on the station and takes Kira hostage with a nonfunctional disruptor pistol. She goes all the way from ops to the landing pad with him before pointing it out.
* Inverted in ''[[Stargate SG-1 (TV)|Stargate SG-1]]'', "Bad Guys"; a misunderstanding leaves the heroes trapped in a museum with a room full of hostages. They have to deal with both the hero-wannabe and the screamer, while stalling the negotiator until help can arrive.
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