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{{quote|'''Military Commander:''' Tim, they've got your wife!
'''[[Action Hero|Tim:]]''' But I'm not married!
'''Military Commander:''' You are now... To '''[[Eagle Land|AMERICA!]]'''
|''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]'', "Exploder" commercial on ''[[GTA Radio|V-Rock]]''.}}
The [[Big Bad]] tries to get the hero (or someone else) to [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|do his bidding]] by taking someone precious from him and essentially holding them to ransom. It's often a significant other, frequently a wife or girlfriend.
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== [[
* ''[[All He Ever Wanted]]''. In one of the most polemic parts of the fic, the [[Complete Monster]] [[Big Bad]] keeps the [[Action Girl]]'s [[Non-Action Guy]] ex-husband hostage and uses this not just to have her pull a [[Face Heel Turn]], but to actually ''torture and rape her in front of him to show off his power''.
* ''[[And Shine Heaven Now]]'': {{spoiler|Walter. In ''[[Hellsing]]'', he pulls a [[Face Heel Turn]] which is never adequately explained. Here, the bad guys have his daughter, Maggie (imported from ''[[Read or Die]]''). How far he will go to keep her safe remains to be seen.}}
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** ''24'' loves this trope so much it was parodied [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bc0mG5omTo by Derrick Comedy].
* In ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' series 2, in order for Sark to give her an antidote to save Vaughn from a deadly illness, Sydney was forced to assassinate (or rather attempt, it turned out to be a ploy for the two to work together) Arvin Sloane. This is a slight variation on the scenario.
* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* After playing it straight multiple times, there is a spot of [[Lampshade Hanging]] on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. Harmony claims to have the perfect plan to defeat Buffy, but when Spike outlines the above plan as a guess, she steals the idea. Of course, it fails miserably.
* In the ''[[Burn Notice]]'' episode "End Run", Michael is controlled by threats against his brother who, ironically, is completely unaware of his danger {{spoiler|right up until Brennen ''shoots him''.}}
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* In ''[[The Force Unleashed]] 2'', Darth Vader tries to force Starkiller to work for him again by kidnapping Juno Eclipse, the woman he loves.
{{quote|'''Vader''': Find and kill General Kota. If you refuse, the woman dies. You will return to me and give yourself to The Dark Side. If you resist, she dies. And when your training is complete, you will hunt down and execute the rebel leaders. If you FAIL, SHE DIES! }}
* The motivation for the protagonist in ''The Getaway''. Hilariously parodied by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120514185058/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/520-The-Getaway Unskippable crew]:
{{quote|'''Charlie Jolson''': I ring you, you do the job. You don't do what I tell you, the kid dies. You don't do it where I tell you, the kid dies. You don't do it when I tell you, the kid dies! Are you getting my drift? Now you want to see your kid again, you do exactly what I say. You talk to anyone, you're late, or you let me down, your kid dies! Do I make myself clear?
'''Paul Saunders''' (as Mark): But what if I go skydiving?
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* The ''[[Loading Ready Run]]'' episode "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130117023535/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/3327-Ransom Ransom]" took it to its illogical extreme. The villain kidnaps the hero's girlfriend and calls him with the demands. The hero counters by kidnapping the villain's henchmen. The villain escalates by kidnapping the hero's mother which the hero counters by capturing the villain's deaf brother. All this takes place in the span of five minutes with the hero and villain still engaged in the original phone conversation. The villain tries to end things by kidnapping the hero but the hero responds by kidnapping the villain (while still tied up in the villain's lair).
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