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== Film ==
 
* [[Robin Hood]]
* [[The Scarlet Pimpernel (film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]
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== Literature ==
 
* ''[[Animorphs]]'': Visser Three says this all the time.
* In ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards Guards]]'', the Palace guard is at one point to seize Vimes. [[Genre Savvy]] as they are, they [[Mook Chivalry|question the wisdom]] of [[Conservation of Ninjutsu|attacking a lone person]], who might even start swinging on the chandelier.
** In another book Rincewind has had so many variations on this phrase that he muses (while running) that his nickname is "Don't let him get away!".
* In the Star Trek novel ''How Much for Just the Planet?'' the evil queen says "Seize them! Oh, I do love saying that! Seize them again!"
* In the [[Tortall Universe]] book ''Wolf-Speaker'', Rikash says (in an 'it makes sense in context way') "Get that SQUIRREL!!"
 
== Live -Action TV ==
 
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Steel Sky"
* ''[[Farscape]]''. John Crichton is infiltrating a Peacekeeper base [[Dressing as the Enemy|disguised as an officer]]. It's later revealed that Scorpius can see heat, and this vision showed that Crichton wasn't even the right species.
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** An interesting example, since this trope is usually an indicator of [[Incoming Ham]], yet Scorpius delivers the line with an utterly flat affect.
 
== = Mystery Science Index 3000 ===
 
* ''[[Prince of Space]]''
 
== Radio ==
 
* From the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]] radio series:
{{quote|'''Hig Hurtenflirst:''' ''(to foot warrior)'' Well then just seize the prisoners.
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== Video Games ==
 
* In the ending sequence of ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] IV'', Admiral Towlyn [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpbOkVdl7b0#t=1m58s demonstrates how to be a melodramatic villain].
 
== Web Original ==
 
* [[The Onion]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219073613/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/26039 Seize Him!]
 
== WebcomicsWeb Comics ==
 
* ''[[Digger]]'' caught this from the hyenas at one point.
 
== Western Animation ==
 
* ''[[The Herculoids]]'' episode "The Mole Men".
* ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "A Clone of My Own". The Near-Death Star Robots, and...
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