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'''[[Action Hero|Tim:]]''' But I'm not married!<br />

'''Military Commander:''' You are now... To '''[[Eagle Land|AMERICA!]]'''|''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]'', "Exploder" commercial on ''[[GTA Radio|V-Rock]]''.}}

* Ichigo from ''[[Bleach]]'' has this done to him twice with Orihime as bait. Though, it was more of a 'We have your friend and potential [[Love Interest]]' moment.

* Subverted in ''[[Death Note]]'', with an exchange that goes something like this (he wasn't holding anyone hostage)

'''Kira:''' (smirks to self) That's right, and I'll kill her unless you do what I say. }}

** It's later played straight when {{spoiler|Mello kidnaps Light's little sister Sayu. Their father happens to be the head of the team working on the Kira case. Mello specficially mentions that it would be pointless to tell him not to contact the police, because he's in the police. But he does ask him to stop it spreading further.}}

* ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' has a "flashback" of how Keyser Soze came to power. Low-level thugs take his wife and children hostage while he's out on business. He comes home to find them under guard and with guns pointed at them. He then {{spoiler|shoots his wife, multiple thugs and his kids}}. He tells the only remaining thug still alive to tell his bosses what happened.

* ''[[Shooter]].'' The bad guys kidnap Sarah, which makes Bob realize how much he cares for her.

Bob Lee Swagger: Neither did I... until they took her. }}

 

* It happens in a quite interesting way in ''[[The Devil to Pay In The Backlands]]'', because it's the [[Anti-Hero|heroes]] who kidnap [[Devil in Plain Sight|Hermógenes]]'s wife to use her as bait. Eventually, she [[Badass Adorable|becomes Diadorim's friend]].

* [[Doc Savage]] gives this as the reason why he doesn't form relationships. Of course that hasn't stopped people from speculating that the 1930's hero has [[Ho Yay|other reasons...]].

Savage: "There was a girl once. We were to be married. She was kidnapped by the men I had been pursuing--they threatened to kill her if I didn't drop the chase. I gave in. I had to. Later, when she was returned safely to me, I realized there could never be a future for us. [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies|I realized if I were to do what I had chosen with my life, there could never be a loved one who could be used against me. Or harmed because of me. Do you understand?]]" }}

* This is why Wellington Yueh betrays the Atreides in ''[[Dune]]'', with a twist: the Harkonnens have Yueh's wife Wanna (of course), and they are torturing her. Constantly. Yueh's deal with the Baron is that the Baron will ''kill'' Wanna, putting an end to her miserable existence. {{spoiler|This is why Yueh also sacrifices his life to assassinate the Baron; the plan fails, but it's kind of sweet.}}

* Done by the [[Anti-Hero]] ''protagonist'' in ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', via [[An Offer You Can't Refuse]]; victim must "exit the stage", so to speak, but both parties sign a magical contract that state said hero cannot harm either wife or husband. He lets her go eventually. {{spoiler|This is when hero's assistant shows up with a machine gun.}}

* In the [[Attract Mode]] for ''[[Final Fight]]'', Damnd (the Round 1 boss) calls Haggar and tells him to turn on the TV. It reveals his daughter Jessica with her hands tied behind her back.

'''Damnd:''' Nothing yet. But we'd enjoy the opportunity. }}

* In ''[[The Force Unleashed]] 2'', Darth Vader tries to force Starkiller to work for him again by kidnapping Juno Eclipse, the woman he loves.

* The motivation for the protagonist in ''The Getaway''. Hilariously parodied by the [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/unskippable/520-The-Getaway Unskippable crew]:

'''Graham''': Your ki--touché. }}

* Spoofed in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|GTA: Vice City]]'', as demonstrated by the page quote.