I Surrender, Suckers: Difference between revisions

* A "deliberately allowed oneself to be caught" variation occurred in the ''[[Batman]]'' short story "Cracks." The Penguin kidnaps Commissioner Gordon's wife Sarah and locks her in a gas chamber, into which he will release poisonous gas at midnight. He then has himself deliberately arrested so that he will be taken to Gotham Police Headquarters and can [[Evil Gloating|taunt James Gordon about his inability to save his wife and generally gloat about how inferior Gordon is]]. (The Penguin has recently been [[Villain Decay|all but ignored by Batman and the police]], and he's desperate to prove to the city how much of a "tough guy" he thinks he still is.) The scheme backfires: Gordon becomes so enraged by the Penguin's taunts and his refusal to reveal Sarah's location that he delivers a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] on the bird-man, even [[Improvised Weapon|scorching his face with his own trademark cigarette holder]]. He then drags the Penguin by the collar up to the roof of the police building and threatens to throw him to his death, while the Penguin begs and blubbers. But before anything else can happen, Batman shows up with the rescued Sarah and persuades James to get a hold of himself.

* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Asterix]]''; according to the comics, Vercingetorix surrendered to [[Julius Caesar]] by dropping his weaponry [[Agony of the Feet|on Caesar's toes]].

 

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