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* Subverted in an episode of ''[[American Dad]]'': Francine fakes a kidnapping of Roger in order to prove that Stan really does care about him. Stan's response is complete and total nonchalance, to the point where he actually negotiates the ransom money down to a handful of change. After a few days, he reveals that he knew the whole thing was fake<ref>They have Caller ID, and Francine called from her own cell phone</ref>. Then the [[Zany Scheme]] backfires when Stan draws Francine's attention to the terrible way Roger's been treating her throughout, which makes ''her'' hate him, too.

* In the ''[[Archer]]'' episode "El Secuestro," Pam gets kidnapped, and the show gets a lot of comedic mileage about just how little ISIS cares. First, Archer hangs up on the ransom negotiations because he thinks the kidnappers are robots and [[Three Laws Compliant|can't harm a human being]]. When pressed, Mallory offers five thousand dollars as ransom, a fraction of what she spent buying a table earlier in the episode. When Archer and Gilette go to rescue her, they get distracted and never get around to it. Then, when there's a [[Mexican Standoff]] and the kidnappers threaten to shoot Pam if they don't lower their weapons. No one lowers their weapons.

* In the ''[[Archer]]'' episode "El Secuestro," Pam gets kidnapped, and the show gets a lot of comedic mileage about just how little ISIS cares. First, Archer hangs up on the ransom negotiations because he thinks the kidnappers are robots and [["Three Laws"-Compliant|can't harm a human being]]. When pressed, Mallory offers five thousand dollars as ransom, a fraction of what she spent buying a table earlier in the episode. When Archer and Gilette go to rescue her, they get distracted and never get around to it. Then, when there's a [[Mexican Standoff]] and the kidnappers threaten to shoot Pam if they don't lower their weapons. No one lowers their weapons.

* In an episode of ''[[South Park]]'' that strikingly parallels ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', Tweek steals a bazooka and aims it at [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[George Lucas]] after they've kidnapped the other major characters (it's a long story). "All I want are my friends," Tweek explains - and then he quickly adds "Except for Cartman; you can keep him."

* ''[[Atomic Betty]]'' once had to rescue an Empress captured by Maximus, who demanded a [[McGuffin]] as ransom. Instead of giving him what he wanted, her people told him they didn't want her.