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* ''[[Burn Notice]]'' has done it once or twice and Michael gives a tip on what to do if take hostage in this manner: go limp it's hard to both lift and carry a body.
** Also happens in a cliffhanger season finale, with a bad guy holding Michael hostage. How does {{spoiler|Jesse}} save him? By shooting Michael in the shoulder with a high-powered sniper rifle, so that the bullet would pass through the shoulder and kill the bad guy.
* ''Rizzoli and Isles'' at the end of Season 1 an un-armed Rizzoli was [[Standard Female Grab Area|grabbed]] by the bad guy and used to protect him from several dozen cops, including many of her close friends. She is screaming at them to "Shoot him!", apparently believing that if both she and the bad guy were shot, the
* In one episode of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', the hostage situation ends when the hero shoots the hostage, distracting the baddie long enough to then shoot him too. This only works because of the setup: The heroes use phasers on stun, while the baddies use projectile weaponry and have never considered weapons that don't actually harm people.
** The cowboy is also shocked that Reed would shoot one of his own.
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