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[[File:Motleycrew.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|"Prisoner transfer from Block [[THX 1138|one-one-three-eight]]."]]
{{quote|'''CIA''': Was getting caught part of your plan?
'''Bane''': Of course!
|''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''}}
Perhaps you need to smuggle some recognizable people into a base, or smuggle some friends out of a hostile situation. Perhaps the two of you have just been caught by your enemies, and are trying a bluff. Time for the '''Trojan Prisoner''' trick.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In the ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' ''[[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Dark Dragon and Sword of Light]]'' manga adaptation by Maki Hakoda, this is one of Marth's favourite tactics to outsmart stronger armies, with himself as the captive.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', during the Impel Down riot, Mr.2 does this with Buggy and Mr. 3. They get past Magellan and then manage to reach Level 5 (in order to save a captured and poisoned Luffy) thanks to Mr.2's ability to change his aspect. He disguises as Hannyabal and then takes the other two with him as his prisoners.
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', [[Big Bad]] Gauron lets himself be captured in order to get aboard the good guys' transport. The Trojan Prisoner part comes after he's aboard.
== Comic Books ==
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* ''[[Firefly]]'', "The Train Job", Inara gets Mal and Zoe out of holding by pretending they're escaped indentured servants.
** Slightly subverted in that the sheriff is obviously suspicious of this but not enough to stop them. He also believes he has judged Mal correctly when he sets an ambush, expecting him to return the stolen loot (which turns out to be {{spoiler|desperately-needed medical supplies}}). He lets Mal go after getting the loot back.
* ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' has done this several times, often to get a member of their team into a prison, such as in "Old Man Out", "Trial By Fury" and "The Test Case".
* In ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', the Cat and Kochanski dress up as Gelfs (with Lister as himself) in order to get into a Simulant's ship.
* In Spike's introductory episode on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Angel tries this with Xander as the prisoner, using [[Enforced Method Acting]] to coax realistic prisoner behavior out of him. It doesn't work as Spike knows Angel too well and thus knows he's faking it.
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* A villainous example: The intro of ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' has Batman dragging [[The Joker]] off to Arkham after thwarting a hostage situation that involved the Mayor that was instigated by the latter, noting that it was suspiciously easy this time around. Turns out, he's right and it was all part of the Joker's plan to take over the madhouse. Turns out that when you take an insane person to the asylum, you're just taking him home.
* A rather convoluted example in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]''. Snake and Olga teamed up and then apparently betrayed Raiden near the entrance to Arsenal Gear, and subdued him, captured and delivered him to Solidus's men. The betrayal was actually faked in order to lessen security onboard Arsenal Gear, although they never told Raiden before doing it, presumably in order to sell the act. This understandably left Raiden really ticked off at Snake when he met up with him later.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat|Mortal Kombat 11]]''. In chapter 6 of Story Mode, the Earthrealm Warriors bring Kitana into the Tarkatan village, claiming she is a "gift" for Shao Kahn. Their true intent is to convince Baraka to help them. This fails for two reasons, firstly because Skarlet is there too and wants Kitana for herself (Edenian blood is a "delicacy" to her) and secondly because, well, this is a [[Fighting Game]] you know, so Baraka naturally isn't going to consider it until Kitana fights him.
* In chapter 9 of the remake of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', Cloud and Aerith discover that Tifa is being taken to Don Corsone's mansion for an "audition". The "winner" of that audition becomes Don's "bride for the night", which is a nice way of saying [[Sex Slave]]. In order to rescue her, Aerith tries volunteering for the audition, and after quite a few hurdles and side quests to earn the "endorsement" she needs, Cloud ends up doing the same, [[Disguised in Drag]]. As it turns out, this was also the reason Tifa is there (she was not kidnapped, as Cloud assumes) having volunteered in order to shake info out of Don.
* ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]'' starts with the eponymous protagonist captured by [[Space Pirates]], locked up in their ship's brig, and without his powers, no less. Fortunately, his pal Glowbox gets himself captured on purpose, smuggling in a Silver Loom (by [[Stomach of Holding| swallowing it]], one of his odd talents) which Rayman uses to restore at least some of his powers, enough to well, begin [[Title Drop|a great escape.]]
== Web Comics ==
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== Real Life ==
* Jerzy Bielecki managed to escape from Auschwitz with a friend [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104064025/http://
* A similar escape happened at [[The Alcatraz|Colditz POW camp]]. The Allied prisoners were quite adept at making convincing fake guard uniforms, but the process was slow. It was noticed that a storeroom in the outer courtyard of the castle was occasionally visited by work details from another camp under heavy guard. After digging a quick tunnel to the storeroom and acquiring some Polish NCO uniforms eight prisoners were able to walk straight out of the camp following a shift change, while using up only two of the precious Guard disguises.
* The Dutch resistance freed 44 prisoners from Leeuwarden prison during the German occupation in 1944 by sending five men into the prison using this trope.
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