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[[Exactly What It Says
When this begins, [[Never Tell Me the Odds|the odds are]] 99% someone will attempt a [[Indy Hat Roll]].
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Also see: [[Trapped in Containment]]. Quite likely to result in [[Failsafe Failure]] or [[Didn't See That Coming]] if the plot demands whatever is in lockdown escapes.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has a set of
* An early episode of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' features the Hinata house going into Lockdown...because Keroro has a cavity. A cavity caused by tiny aliens, but still...
* In ''[[Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]'', after Tylor is {{spoiler|kidnapped}} the command takes the opportunity to put the whole crew in quarantine because ([[Blatant Lies|they claim]]) of the alien virus {{spoiler|the crew were infected with to force him to surrender.}}
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Quarantine (film)|Quarantine]'' (2008).
* ''[[The Andromeda Strain]]'' (without human input).
*
* ''[[Star Wars]]'':
** "Close the blast doors!"
** "Open the blast doors, open the blast doors!"
* ''[[
* During the film ''[[Men in Black (
* ''[[X-Men
* ''[[Total Recall]]''. Happens twice. Once when Quaid arrives on Mars and later when Cohaagen locks down a sector which has disobeyed him:
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'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' [as if obvious] Don't do anything.
'''Technician:''' But they won't last an hour, sir.
'''Vilos Cohaagen:''' Fuck 'em. It'll be a good lesson to the others. }}
* ''[[Warning Sign]]'' has a full quarantine lockdown in the Biotek facility. And apparently their employees are idiots, because they stare at the closing shutters and alarms in confusion, and then complain to the security guard that they are frightened of being ''locked in''.
* Averted in ''[[The Bourne Supremacy]]''.
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'''CIA Mook:''' This is Italy, they don't do lockdown. }}
== [[Literature]] ==
* Done in the [[
* ''[[Blind Lake]]'' begins with the entirety of the titular town being put under lockdown for an unknown reason.
* Happens for months to the city of Oran in ''[[The Plague (
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* ''[[Scrubs]]'' had a quarantine.
** and an Indy Hat Roll
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' had a lockdown in Level 5 to keep the bad dudes from getting out.
* The lockdown in the hatch in ''[[Lost]]'' seems to shield the residents with blast shield. The previous Dharma Initiative resident used these shields as maps before the arrival of the protagonists.
* ''[[
** CTU is locked down constantly, but it never seems to do any good actually stopping people from breaking in or out!
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' has a lockdown protocol, including [[Stock Footage]] of the NORAD blast doors closing (see Real Life).
* The first (broadcast) episode of ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' from the '90s had a secure medical experiment lab that could be sealed and sterilized with microwaves.
* ''[[Spooks]]'' has done this twice. First with the VX episode "I Spy Apocalypse", and then with the episode with the crazy former spy, and the Princess Di conspiracy theory story.
* In ''[[Bones]]'', the boys were sawing a bone that had some fungus in it, resulting in the team being locked down for Christmas in the Jeffersonian lab. It's first time we see Angela's father.
* ''[[
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' does this a few times.
* Happens in ''[[Oz]]'' (and every other prison drama) when someone gets murdered or the prisoners riot.
* Parodied in a [[Very Special Episode]] of ''[[One Tree Hill]]'' where Jimmy Edwards shoots up the school. He doesn't understand how Keith is able to enter the school because...
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* Happens a few times on ''[[Eureka]]'' with Global Dynamics.
* Purdey gets trapped inside a high-tech building that goes into lockdown in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]'' episode "Complex".
* Happens in a few episodes ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' when Earl is in prison for a crime that Joy committed.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* [[City Of The Gods]], a part of ''[[Dungeons
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* In the U.S., due to the rash of school shootings most schools have a [[Lockdown]] procedure that goes into effect if there's any report of a violent criminal or crime in (or even near) the school. All teachers are told to lock their doors until they get the all clear.▼
* US government buildings usually have [[Lockdown]] procedures as well, in case of workplace violence or terrorism. ▼
* NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain has a lockdown procedure to isolate itself from the world, including sealing a huge blast door.▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The vaults in ''[[Fallout]]''.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Mitadake High]]'' begins with you in a locked-down school with the killer. [[It Gets Worse]].
* ''[[
* Periodically in ''[[Dead Space (
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100527194202/http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1903837 "Mix Up at the Snack Factory".]
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"Well, I guess we'll have to hire new workers, won't we?" }}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Young Justice (
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* In the U.S., due to the rash of school shootings most schools have a
▲* US government buildings usually have
▲* NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain has a lockdown procedure to isolate itself from the world, including sealing a huge blast door.
* In the first quarter of 2020, the novel infectious disease COVID-19 caused Italy, Spain, France, and parts of China and the United States to enact shelter-in-place orders lasting several weeks.
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