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Some states provide a similar (but less comprehensive, obviously) program for witnesses to state crimes. Other countries also have similar programs.
A number of films have used the premise of witness protection, either as a story [[Ripped from the Headlines]], a [[True Story]] or total fiction. The trope can be used dramatically, or for comedy:▼
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== [[Film]] - Animated ==
* A similar program re-locates super heroes who reveal themselves in ''[[The Incredibles]]''.
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* in the film ''Mobsters and Mormons'' a family of three( with mob/mafia connections) is relocated to Utah. Hilarity ensues as they try to fit in, and deal with the overly friendly neighbors.
* ''[[Donnie Brasco]]'' went into this after the events detailed in the movie. Al Pacino's character in [[Real Life]] was very surprised and very, very pissed when "Donnie" walked into the courtroom to testify as an FBI agent. Eventually the agent was able to return to his normal life after the Fed's managed to get the Mob to call off the hit on him.
* ''[[Did You Hear About the Morgans?]]?'' a film with Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant is about a Manhattan couple who witness a murder, and are sent to Wyoming for witness protection.
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* ''[[Wiseguy]]''. Undercover cop John Henry Raglin advises a participant in the Garment Industry case to go into the Witness Protection Program. When she asks Raglin (who's posing as a mob enforcer) how come he knows so much about it, Raglin jokes, "Half my relatives are in it."
* One of the victims of the week in an early ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode is a mobster who is being prepped for this. It's this revelation that enable's that episode's [[Eureka Moment]].
* In ''[[24
* ''[[The Wire]]'' - the complete and total failure of Baltimore's local witness protection program is a major, recurring plot point. In fact, Carcetti uses the bad press from a witness murder to win the Mayoral election. The kicker: {{spoiler|The guy was actually killed by a ricochet from dumbass drunks shooting bottles.}} In Season 1, a kid agrees to testify against his gang, but the best that Baltimore can do is drop him off at his Grandmother's house in the country. He gets bored, wanders back into the city to hang out with his friends, and is murdered.
* An episode of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' had it turn out that one of the victims was in witness protection.
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* A witness to a crime doesn't want to testify because they are in witness protection in an episode of ''[[JAG]]''.
* A suspect in a murder investigation is about to enter witness protection in the ''[[NCIS]]'' episode "Nine Lives".
== [[Manga]] and [[Anime]] ==
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