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''Banned from Argo just for having a little fun

''We took a jolly shore leave there for just three days or four

 

You, possibly along with your [[True Companions|merry band of travelers]], have found a nice place to hang out. Maybe it's a nice bar, a seaside town, or a resort planet. But then...things happened. You may not have ''meant'' for bad stuff to go down, but sometimes events are beyond your control. There might have been [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen|nudity]], [[We Come in Peace, Shoot to Kill|violence]], [[Stuff Blowing Up|stuff]] [[Impressive Pyrotechnics|blowing]] [[A Nuclear Error|up]], [[Intoxication Ensues|certain]] [[Everybody Must Get Stoned|substances]] may have been imbibed/smoked, and whoops, you just started a revolution. Possibly, your name is [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|Mike Nelson]], in which case, you're probably screwed.

 

May or may not be considered a [[Noodle Incident]]. The redheaded stepchild of [[You Can't Go Home Again]]. See also [[Hollywood Restraining Order]]. May or may not be related to [[Banned in China]]. Video games with a [[Karma Meter]] or [[Alliance Meter]]s may impose this on a player at certain locations as part of [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment]] or for plot-related reasons.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Has happened to the ''[[Dirty Pair]]'' on at least two occasions. They go off on leave to some distant resort with plans to lounge on the beach, but while they're there [[Busman's Holiday|they inevitably get drawn into some sort of illicit intrigue]] and wind up causing massive destruction in their attempts to stop it.

 

== Comic Books ==

* Happens far too often to [[LARP]] goth Walden Woods in ''[[Dork Tower]]''; ''something'' inevitably gets them banned from their latest gathering spot.

{{quote|'''Walden:''' "Great Clans of Mud Bay, I have called this gathering in the Poochy's Last Stand pet cemetery for one reason!"

 

 

* In the ''[[Chuck]]'' story ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5756619/1/What_Fates_Impose What Fates Impose]'', Sarah and Bryce mention that they've been banned from Paraguay for [[Noodle Incident|an incident involving a donkey]].

 

 

== Film ==

* ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'': Ulysses should have stayed out of the Woolsworth [sic].

** Is that ''all'' Woolworths, or just that particular one?

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Tooth and Claw", the Doctor and Rose are banned from Great Britain by [[Queen Vicky|Queen Victoria]]. Not that he cares.

* On ''[[Friends]]'', Ross recounts how he and his first wife Carol got banned from Disneyland for having sex behind the animatronic children on "It's a Small World".

* ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'': As "Fold Equity" tells us, Cal Lightman has been banned from the entire city of Las Vegas after hustling one too many people at poker and [[Noodle Incident|something involving casino owner Ellis's wife]].

* Newark, NJ mayor Cory Booker put Conan O'Brien on the "No Fly List" after Conan made a disparaging joke about his city. Conan soon after banned Cory from Burbank Airport, to which Cory retaliated by banning Conan from the entire state of New Jersey, as well as Newark's sister cities around the world. Conan subsequently banned Cory from California. Of course, as later revealed, this was all staged.

* There are a handful of hosts and musical guests on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' who have caused so much trouble backstage (or on the show) that they can never appear on the show again:

** Chevy Chase: Speaking of which, he's banned from hosting (after doing so nine times, the record for a former cast member) due to his [[Jerkass]] attitude toward the writers and cast members. He has made cameos in a few episodes, but hasn't hosted since Season 22 (1996–97).

** Milton Berle: Hosted the April 14, 1979 episode, and after consistently upstaging other performers, non-stop mugging to the camera, and unscripted performance of "September Rain", Michaels banned him from the show. Berle's episode (along with Lasser's) would not be seen in syndication for twenty years after (and are included in the season DVD sets).

** Adrien Brody: Hosted in Season 28 (2002–03) and got himself banned after introducing musical guest Sean Paul in a rude boy Jamaican get-up and ad-libbing. There wasn't any profanity uttered; it was just that Lorne utterly hates unscripted performances. Considering the rest of Season 28,<ref>which most fans didn't care for due to the absence of Will Ferrell and Jimmy Fallon's constant [[Corpsing]]</ref> this was actually considered a highlight.

** Musical guest Sinead O'Connor was banned after ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II and calling him 'the true enemy' after her second song (the segment was banned as well, save for an appearance on an ''SNL'' DVD special about the show's popular music performances in 25 years. The segment does appear, albeit with Lorne Michaels introducing the piece and telling viewers about the controversy behind it).

** Musical Guest Fear (on the season seven episode hosted by [[Donald Pleasence]], which is also banned for its dark, disgusting humor <ref>Doesn't help that it was a Halloween episode</ref>), after a profanity-laden and set-destroying performance.

* In the first season of ''[[Heroes]]'', Ando and Hiro are banned from all of Mr. Linderman's casinos after they abuse Hiro's powers to cheat at poker. This becomes a problem later in the series, when they need to get back into one of the casinos in order to steal an ancient [[Samurai]] sword in Mr. Linderman's collection.

* In an episode of ''[[iCarly]]'', Carly joins an art class after dropping her lessons with Spencer. When Spencer observes the class and freaks out like a jealous ex, ending up in a paint fight with the teacher, the Shay siblings get banned from that building forever. And it's not like they'll forget, because security took their pictures and thumb-prints.

** And after a freak accident in December 2011 where a cannonball got loose and proceeded to bounce around a nearby suburb (which caused a fair bit of property damage but luckily no injuries), the Mythbusters are no longer allowed to use the Alameda County Bomb Range.

* ''[[The Middle]]'': Mike is banned from Brick's school after his attempt to help at the Valentine's Day craft project ends up ruining Valentine's Day.

* On ''[[Two Broke Girls]]'' Caroline Channing is not welcomed at any society functions due to [[Sins of Our Fathers|her father cheating thousands of people out of their money]]. When she gets an invitation to a gala and decides to go, she is stopped at the entrance and it is made clear that even though she has a valid invitation she is not going to be let in. It does not help that while she is trying to clear this up, people who lost money in the [[Ponzi|Ponzi Scheme]] recognize her and start punching her.

 

* In [[RA Salvatore]]'s novel ''Road of the Patriarch'' Jarlaxle and Artemis end up banned for life from the Bloodstone Lands. Jarlaxle points out that Elves live a long time and he'll probably outlive the ban. Artemis is not comforted by this, being a human, with the attendant shorter life span.

* Hrolf the Unruly, the captain of Elfmaid from ''[[Forgotten Realms|Starlight And Shadows]]'' trilogy by Elaine Cunningham got "a taste for recreational mayhem", which earned him ban from many ports and even imprisonment and confiscation in [[Wretched Hive|Skullport]], which is an achievement in itself. Where he was found under arrest, roaring a song:

* In ''[[Discworld/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', The Band With Rocks In is banished from every city they visit on their Sto Plains tour, on pain of pain and/or being buried alive.

* In [[Simon R. Green]]'s ''For Heaven's Eyes Only'', Roger the half-demon claims he's been banned from Limbo.

* This has happened to a variety of CIA officers with diplomatic immunity who got caught spying in [[Tom Clancy]] novels. The consequences for officers or agents who ''don't'' have diplomatic immunity and get caught spying tend to be far more severe.

* Hanatarash, for reasons that only [[The Other Wiki]] [[wikipedia:Hanatarash|could adequately explain with a straight face]]. [[Refuge in Audacity|And yes, there is video.]]

* [[Ozzy Osbourne]] was banned from the city of San Antonio, Texas for a decade, for urinating on a cenotaph outside The Alamo.

** Ironically, the song itself became so over-used that [[Hype Backlash|it got banned from several SF conventions]].

** There's a sequel in which Argo forgives them, and invites the Next Generation crew to visit. They wind up getting banned themselves, and this time Argo learns its lesson and makes the ban permanent.

== Tabletop RPG ==

* Classic ''[[Traveller]]'' supplement ''The Traveller Adventure''. During the adventure "Pysadian Escapade" the [[PC]]s are railroaded into inadvertently breaking a Pysadian law and end up being banned from the planet.

 

== Theatre ==

 

 

* Tedd of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' managed to get himself banned from [http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-03-01 certain areas of the mall.] This overlaps with [[Noodle Incident]] because not even the author wants to know what happened (read the title of that strip).

* In ''[[Questionable Content]]'', Jimbo managed to get himself banned from Canada. [[Noodle Incident|Not even he knows how it happened.]] [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=777 Apparently he was very drunk at the time].

 

== Western Animation ==

* Skipper mentions in ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' that he can't go back to Denmark due to the [[Noodle Incident|Copenhagen Incident]] involving Hans the Puffin.

* Unsurprisingly, ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':

** In the episode where Marge conquers her fear of flying, Homer Simpson ends up banned from Moe's Tavern for a prank he committed against Moe on Prank Day. Ironically, his prank (overloading the sugar container so it spills in a soggy manner) was actually safer than some of the pranks played that day, such as having a king cobra nearly bite Moe or causing a fire.

** The Simpsons were nearly banned from Springfield by the populace for some of the things they did.

* On ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', Crocker can never go back to Cincinnati. [[Noodle Incident|For reasons unknown]].

** Also, Cosmo is banned from Atlantis since he sunk it nine times. Therefore, he becomes the number one criminal there. But in the end of the episode, Timmy is the new number one criminal.

* ''[[Chowder]]'' episode "Banned From the Stand" featured Mung Daal being [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|banned from Gazpacho's fruit stand]]. Mung can't simply buy fruits from another stand because the fruit stand owner code allows Gazpacho to extend the ban to the other fruit stands in Marzipan City. After Mung tried (and failed) to buy fruits under several disguises, Gazpacho became so paranoid he banned everyone... even ''himself''. Because being banned from a stand last for as long as the stand remains, his only way out was destroying the stand and building a new one, from which {{spoiler|Mung got himself banned after repeating what got him banned from the first one}}.

* ''[[Generator Rex]]'': Lansky in "Moonlighting" has a [[Running Gag]] of "I can't go to (X). Long story."

 

 

== Real Life ==

* This is essentially the idea behind most restraining orders, to keep someone away from someone or someplace after they do something bad to them.

* Michael Savage is [[Banned in China|banned from entering the UK]] for "inciting hatred" against Muslims.

* [[Conspiracy Theorist|Conspiracy theorist]] [[Alex Jones]] was permanently banished from most mainstream social media and internet services following complaints and defamation cases filed by relatives of mass shooting victims whom Jones and his followers launched harassment campaigns aimed to discredit them as so-called "crisis actors", as well as Jones inciting hatred and sowing discord against people of other ethnicities and beliefs. Facebook flagged Jones and his site under their "Dangerous individuals and organisations" blacklist, whilst Apple, YouTube, Spotify, Periscope, Roku, Vimeo and Twitter removed and permanently banned him and his content from being posted on their services. Online payment service PayPal wanted nothing to do with his business transactions either, and both the Apple App Store and Google Play removed the official InfoWars app from their stores, in the latter case only in March 2020 due to serious concerns about lies and misinformation being circulated about the [[COVID-19 Pandemic]].

* In 2017 [[Steven Seagal]] was banned from entering Ukraine as "a national security threat" (in reality obviously as a tantrum over Seagal being granted Russian citizenship) [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/05/steven-seagal-banned-ukraine-branded-national-security-threat/].

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