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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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