Might as Well Not Be in Prison At All: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]: [[The Animated Series]]'', although the authorities ''think'' that Hamsterviel is perpetually trapped in the ceiling of his holding cell unable to do anything destructive, he's actually somehow managed to trick out the dungeon cell with various gadgets, contacts Gantu frequently, and even has objects teleported between his cell and Gantu's ship... all while the prison guards aren't looking.

** On top of that, the protagonists are aware of this, but ''do nothing about it''. The most [[egregious]] case was when he escaped from prison, and after they helped to recapture him [[What an Idiot!|they didn't say a word about him communicating with Gantu]] and just let him be taken back to his tricked-out cell. Sure, [[Status Quo Is God]], but come on...

* Willy Watt in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' was fully capable of exerting his telekinetic abilities to do whatever he wanted wherever he pleased while still being in juvenile hall. {{spoiler|That all ends after his powers are exposed and Terry recaptures him. He's last seen shackled and wearing a [[Power Limiter]] helmet that negates his telekinesis...and he ''still'' doesn't get any visitors}}.

* In one episode of the western ''[[Street Fighter]]'' animated series, Bison is captured by a British team of superagents (Cammy was a former member) and sent to prison. This turned out to be a ''distraction'' on Bison's part that allowed his agents to enact a scheme that threatened ''all of England''. Bison then forces the British government to hand over a ransom of one billion pounds sterling—all while chilling in his cell and sipping tea.

* Most of the villains of ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' are like this. Doctor Octopus fakes a return to his old, harmless self and by pretending to have been insane<ref>well, he is insane, but he faked being legally insane/treatable</ref> is able to get himself into a psychiatric treatment center that's a lot less stringent than prison would be, and he starts running a criminal empire from there. Most of the other villains do their time in a maximum security [[Cardboard Prison]] and go in knowing they only have to bide their time before their underworld connections break them out. Mysterio has a robot double doing time for him, so he literally isn't in prison at all.