Stockholm Syndrome: Difference between revisions

* In the penultimate chapter of ''[[The Legend of Zelda/Fanfic Recs|Group of Weirdoes: Ocarina of Time]]'', Gate reveals that he's started to bond with Ganondorf. Of course, Gate's a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], so that might not be true.

* It's not ''romantic'' affection, but Scootaloo comes out of the "good" ending of ''[[Pattycakes]]'' viewing Fluttershy as a kind of mentor and [[Parental Substitute]]. Given that Fluttershy had hit her on the head and forced her to run a gauntlet of tests dotted with the risk of arbitrary [[Mind Rape]], either it's Stockholm syndrome, or Scoots had a ''really'' crappy home life. (I mean, say what you will about your parents - no matter how bad they were, at least they never tried to totally destroy your mind.)

 

== [[Film]] ==

* "[[The Who|Black Widow's Eyes]]", from the album ''Endless Wire'', was written in response to the [[wikipedia:Beslan school hostage crisis|Beslan school massacre]]. It was inspired by one hostage's comments on [[What Beautiful Eyes!|the haunting beauty of one female terrorist's eyes]]. Said [[Word of God|Pete Townshend]] on the subject: "We sometimes fall in love when we do not want to, and when we do not expect to."

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X28MZ5drPok "Soldier"] by Bitter Ruin seems to be about a very Stockholm-y relationship in which the narrators describe how they've given up on attempting to escape, and just want to be a good soldier for their captor.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* [[Played for Laughs]] in the French cartoon ''[[Zig and Sharko]]'', which revolves around [[Villain Protagonist|Zig]] repeatedly kidnapping a mermaid called Marina. Marina's surprising lack of distress when this happens is eventually explained when it is revealed that she has a crush on Zig.

* Played surprisingly seriously in one episode of ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'', where teen star actress Jennifer Nocturne is revealed to suffer from this (with Gwen Tennyson explicitly mentioning the trope). This cause her to fall in love with [[Fallen Hero]] Carl Nesmith/Captain Nemesis, who had kidnapped her in a previous episode, and help him escape. She goes as far as becoming his accomplice, severely injuring Ben in order to save him, and even keeping following him after he committed several murders. {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending|She ends up injuring herself in the process, causing Nesmith to surrender so she can get medical assistance.]]}}

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

 

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