You All Meet in a Cell: Difference between revisions

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This is kind of like [[You All Meet in An Inn]], except instead of the players beginning in a inn, they start off in some form of captivity for no apparent reason. The characters must then escape imprisonment, and find out why.

The theme in [[RPG|RPGs]] and writing is that imprisonment is instant motivation ("get out of here"), and that they can work out the details of why later. It also gives reason why [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|people who wouldn't normally like each other]] are [[Teeth Clenched Teamwork|pulling together]]. Similar to a [[Closed Circle]], and a common way to [[How to Gather Characters|Gather Characters]].

The theme in [[RPG|RPGs]] and writing is that imprisonment is instant motivation ("get out of here"), and that they can work out the details of why later. It also gives reason why [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|people who wouldn't normally like each other]] are [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|pulling together]]. Similar to a [[Closed Circle]], and a common way to [[How to Gather Characters|Gather Characters]].

Can lead to the [[Great Escape]], [[Boxed Crook]], or [[Condemned Contestant]]. May be used to justify a [[No Gear Level]]. In [[Tabletop Games]], [[You All Meet in A Cell]] usually goes poorly, as the characters have no reason to stick together once they escape their confinement, and often don't. At least when [[You All Meet in An Inn]], any character who isn't inclined to join up with the group will leave ''immediately'', instead of one or two sessions in.

Can lead to the [[Great Escape]], [[Boxed Crook]], or [[Condemned Contestant]]. May be used to justify a [[No-Gear Level]]. In [[Tabletop Games]], [[You All Meet in A Cell]] usually goes poorly, as the characters have no reason to stick together once they escape their confinement, and often don't. At least when [[You All Meet in An Inn]], any character who isn't inclined to join up with the group will leave ''immediately'', instead of one or two sessions in.

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== Live Action TV ==

* The original cast of ''[[Blake's Seven ~~(TV)~~|Blakes Seven]]'' (with one exception, introduced later) were all prisoners on a prison ship.

* The original cast of ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]'' (with one exception, introduced later) were all prisoners on a prison ship.

* ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'': the main characters of all meet on a prison ship. They then make off with said prison ship and run around the galaxy.

* ''[[The Lone Gunmen]]'': While Langly and Frohike were business rivals (they sold bootleg cable), the Gunmen only solidified into a unit once they found themselves in the custody of Baltimore PD for their failed attempt to expose a conspiracy to test a mind-control drug on the unsuspecting public.

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