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Line 1: {{work}} {{Needs Image}} '''''Taken''''' is a [[Science Fiction]] miniseries made in 2002. It's about three families, beginning with Russel Keyes, an Air Force pilot who is abducted by aliens in the middle of a battle; Owen Crawford, an Air Force captain who is the first from the military to see the crashed alien spaceship; and Sally Clarke, a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage who meets a strange man in her shed. Three generations of conflict unfolds from these events, and we, along with the characters, slowly learn the motives behind the abductions that have been going on for almost a century. Despite the overuse of cliches, it's actually pretty good. It focuses just as much on the characters as on the plot, as we watch them grow from children to adults. ~~----~~ {{tropelist\|page=Taken}} ~~=== This series contains examples of: ===~~ * [[Alien Invasion]]: Owen fears this is the alien's ultimate plan. * [[Aliens Made Them Do It]]: {{spoiler\|The penultimate goal of the aliens. Not played for humour OR sexiness}}. Line 43 ⟶ 44: * [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]] * [[Jittercam]]: Subtley, and rarely. * [[Journey to ~~The~~the Center of ~~The~~the Mind]]: Of a sort. People who walk into the {{spoiler\|alien ship}} see people and places from their mind. {{spoiler\|Owen Crawford}} claims to be a manifestation of {{spoiler\|Mary's}} view of him. {{spoiler\|It turns out Ally was psychically manipulating everyone}}. * [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler\|Owen Crawford}}. * [[Lady Drunk]]: Ann Crawford Line 50 ⟶ 51: * [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] * [[Meaningful Echo]]: Sally tells Jacob this phrase every now and again. Jacob repeats it, first to his mother when she sends him away, and again to his daughter {{spoiler\|just before he dies. She repeats it to Ally just before Ally goes with the aliens}}. {{quote\| ''I love you. Every day and twice on Sundays.''}} ** When Jacob is about to [[Mind Rape]] somebody, he says "Look at me". {{spoiler\|When Ally is about to save her dad, she says "Look at me"}}. * [[Mind Rape]]: Alien technology has a bad habit of inducing this. {{quote\| All your memories play at once. All your memories and all your fears.}} * [[Naked First Impression]]: {{spoiler\|Charlie and Lisa first meet when the aliens coerce them into having sex with each other. Much, much less funny and erotic than it sounds}}. * [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted. At one point Owen holds a discussion with [[Those Two Guys]] while taking a piss. * [[Not So Stoic]]: Jacob, when he has to leave his mother. * [[Perma -Stubble]]: Charlie grows some. * [[Pet the Dog]]: While he isn't evil so much as an industrial-grade [[Tin Man]], Jacob's gesture for his dying mother is very heartwarming. * [[Power Incontinence]]: The aliens need to practice their natural psychic abilities, otherwise they kill humans. Half-humans need to be even more careful - they could accidentally kill themselves. Line 91 ⟶ 92: [[Category:Sci Fi Channel]] [[Category:Miniseries]] [[Category:Epic Movie]]▼ [[Category:American Series]] [[Category:~~Taken~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:TV Series]] ▲[[Category:~~Epic Movie~~Taken]] [[Category:Live-Action TV of the 2000s]] [[Category:One-Word Title]]