Pregnant Hostage: Difference between revisions

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== [[Fanfic]] ==

* Happens twice in the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fanfic ''[[~~Maternal Instinct (Fanfic)|~~Maternal Instinct]]''.

* Happens twice in the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fanfic ''[[Maternal Instinct]]''.

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[~~Die Hard (Film)|~~Die Hard]]'' plays with it. Shortly after Hans and his crew take over, they're informed by Holly that one of the hostages is pregnant. Hans rolls his eyes until Holly clarifies that she's not due for a few weeks, but just needs something more comfortable to sit on. He's willing to oblige, to a point.

* ''[[Die Hard]]'' plays with it. Shortly after Hans and his crew take over, they're informed by Holly that one of the hostages is pregnant. Hans rolls his eyes until Holly clarifies that she's not due for a few weeks, but just needs something more comfortable to sit on. He's willing to oblige, to a point.

** Mostly because {{spoiler|he's planning on killing them all anyway}}.

* In ''[[The Way of the Gun]]'', Ryan Philippe and Benicio del Toro kidnap a heavily pregnant [[Juliette Lewis]].

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* In ''[[The Sacred Art of Stealing]]'', this trope is used to hint that the bank robbers [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|aren't the bad guys]]. They immediately set free any hostage who is pregnant or has a heart condition.

* In ''[[Deryni|Camber of Culdi]]'', one of the [[Disproportionate Retribution|fifty human hostages taken after a Deryni lord is murdered]] is a pregnant woman. Cathan MacRorie pleads for their release and is offered the chance to take one of them; he first chooses the pregnant woman, only to be asked if he wants her or her baby. Cathan tries to argue, then chooses to take a teenaged boy instead. {{spoiler|The woman gives birth in captivity and is later hanged like the rest of the hostages.}}

* She is the main female lead and ''not'' [[Obviously Pregnant]], but nonetheless this happens in ''[[Tales of Kolmar ~~(Literature)~~|The Lesser Kindred]]''.

* She is the main female lead and ''not'' [[Obviously Pregnant]], but nonetheless this happens in ''[[Tales of Kolmar|The Lesser Kindred]]''.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In the ''[[~~Diagnosis Murder (TV)|~~Diagnosis Murder]]'' episode "Baby Boom'', a kidnapper strapped with explosives holds a class full of pregnant women hostage.

* In the ''[[Diagnosis Murder]]'' episode "Baby Boom'', a kidnapper strapped with explosives holds a class full of pregnant women hostage.

* A pregnant bank teller was one of the hostages in the ''[[Flashpoint (TV)|Flashpoint]]'' episode "Who's George?"

* A pregnant bank teller was one of the hostages in the ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'' episode "Who's George?"

** This happened again in the later episode "Aisle 13."

** And again in "Remote Control".

* In an episode of ''[[FX the Series]]'', the villain put a gun to a pregnant woman's stomach. Subverted since the woman wasn't pregnant and was really [[The Mole]] giving information from the outside after being released.

* Happens in an episode of ''[[House (TV)|House]]''.

* Happens in an episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''.

* In the ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'' finale, the pregnant hostage is the reason for Nadira's [[Heel Face Turn]]. The stress apparently sends the woman into labor, and Trip convinces/forces Nadira to help her give birth. Her amazement leads her to question her father's hatred of humans, and she attempts to protect a (different) baby from one of her father's attacks. The realization that he could have killed his daughter is what leads to [[Big Bad]] Ransik's [[Heel Face Turn]].

* Happened at least twice on ''[[Law and Order SVU]]''. One was a 12-year-old girl with religiously- inspired [[Stockholm Syndrome]]... that is, until the week's [[Cult Colony]] [[Cloudcuckoolander]] [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|says a [[Blasphemous Boast]] that earns him a couple of pistol slugs straight to Hell}}.