Keep-Away: Difference between revisions

Polar opposite of the [[MacGuffin Delivery Service]] and [[Hot Potato]]. Hot Potato is when characters toss around an object because they don't want it, Keep-Away is when they want the item.

* There is a ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' episode where the heroes and villains fight over the then unhatched Togepi egg while maneuvering through Weezing's smoke. Pikachu ultimately catches it before it could shatter, but Misty's the main [[Team Mom|mom]] to it.

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', Jonouchi/Joey and Honda/Tristan throw around a piece of Yugi's Millennium Puzzle before Joey tosses it into a pool. Later on, when Yugi stands up for the two of them, Joey gives the piece back.

** [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|We're tormenting you!]]

* In one of the animated adaptations of [[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]], Satako and a couple other students do this with one of Rika's books. [[Beware the Nice Ones|Cue Rika beating the stuffing out of Satoko with a chair]].

* [[Ranma One Half½|Ranma 1/2]]: In the manga, Ranma, Genma, and Soun toss [[Dirty Old Man|Happosai]] between the three of them in order to keep him away from Pantyhose Taro. Ranma even says:

{{quote| Keep passing the pervert around!}}

* Happens with Satoko and several classmates with Rika's book in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]] Rei''.

* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Filmfilm)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] 2'' has the titular turtles playing keep-away from the Foot with the last canister of mutagenic ooze. It eventually finds its way into Tatsu's hands when one of the defeated Foot lays a staff across the floor, causing Donatello to wipe out.

* The bullies in ''[[Beethoven (Filmfilm)|Beethoven]]'' do this to Ted with his glasses.

* ''[[Titan AEA.E.]]'' had a scene where some bat-like aliens do this with the protagonist as the "ball" to keep him safe.

* Mr. Toad and his friends Mole, Water Rat, and Angus [[Mac Badger]] actually do this to the deed for Toad Hall at the end of ''[[The Wind in Thethe Willows]]'' segment of ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Disney)|The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]'' in order to get rid of the evil innkeeper Mr. Winkie and his army of weasels, who have taken over the mansion after framing Toad for allegedly stealing a car.

* Baloo and Bagheera actually do this to Mowgli near the middle of ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' in order to rescue him from King Louie and the other monkeys. Curiously enough, the animation for this scene was actually taken from the above film.

* [[Aladdin (Disney film)|''Aladdin: The Return of Jafar'']] ends with Aladdin and his friends attempting to get [[Jackass Genie|Jafar's]] lamp away from Jafar and [[Harmless Villain|Abis]] [[Punny Name|Mal]] in order to destroy it, because according to Genie, the only way to kill a genie is to destroy his lamp before his summoner can wish him free (at which the genie becomes invincible afterwards). Jafar finds out about this, and as a result he traps the heroes in a pit of lava, with the lamp just out of reach. Fortunately, [[Heel Face Turn|Iago the parrot]] shows up in time, grabs Jafar's lamp, and throws it into the lava. [[Family-Unfriendly Death|Cue Jafar getting electrocuted, turning into a skeleton, screaming throughout, and exploding violently.]]

* In the ''[[BerensteinThe Berenstain Bears]]'' chapter books, this is just one of the ways the bullies pick on Ferdy.

* In ''[[The Eyes of Kid Midas (Literature)|The Eyes of Kid Midas]]'', the schoolyard bullies Bertram and Hal play keepaway with the protagonist's glasses. They break. Luckily, he gets [[Artifact of Doom|a new pair]].

* Apparently ''[[Monk (TV)|Monk]]'' played this version right through College. [[Chekhov's Skill|It becomes useful.]]

* Used as a spoof of Rugby in ''[[Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (TV)|Maid Marian and Her Merry Men]]''. Just to add to the spoof, they're using an actual egg.

* Given the [[Gotta Catch Them All]] nature of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', it's little surprise this often happens. The second season opener subverted it: once the keepaway session (with the Talismans) was completed, Uncle angrily revealed that the heroes had gone after the ''wrong'' [[MacGuffin]].

* ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'' has an episode where he and Batgirl keep getting snatched from them (or dropped) the antidote that will cure the three villains.

* In one episode of ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'', the bullies do this with Bart's "Junior Campers" uniform. Bart actually wanted to quit so he started to walk away, telling them to keep it. Jimbo then tells him that he'd better ''pretend'' to want it back, or he'd be sorry. Bart complies.

{{quote| "[[Sarcasm Mode|Oh, woes me. My precious uniform.]]"}}

* In ''[[DuckDuckTales Tales(1987)]]'', The [[Harmless Villain|Beagle Boys]] and the [[Bratty Half-Pint|triplets Huey Dewey and Louie]] ended up doing this with a [[MacGuffin|bag of form-changing powder]], while engaged in a [[Shapeshifter Showdown]] on top of that!

* Near the end of one episode of [[Cyberchase (Animation)|Cyberchase]], the kids toss the Sun-o-sphere back and forth to keep the Hacker from taking it. At the end of another (doubling as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]), Matt trusts Slider enough to play [[Keep-Away]] with the Ring.

* In an episode of ''[[Storm Hawks (Animation)|Storm Hawks]]'', the Hawks annoy Starling because what they claim is a training exercise seems like a game of this-the climax of the episode turns out to be a [[Final Exam Boss]] requiring the skills addressed in the assortment of "games" played earlier when they trained, including, yes, a game of keep-away.

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