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* Inverted in {Drakengard}, where [[Nowe's]] first real experience with Manah is taking and holding her captive. In the brief conversation that follows, ''she'' turns ''his'' entire worldview upside down, and he defects the army to join her rebellion and eventually become her LoveInterst immediately after her escape.

A form of MeetCute, where two characters who inevitably end up becoming friends / comrades / boyfriend and girlfriend first meet in this ''very'' [[ClickHello uncordial way]]. One of the characters, normally through a misunderstanding, ends up taking the other character hostage / kidnapping them. Their interactions are normally [[ComedicSociopathy played for comedy]], with plenty of snarking and arguing. If they're together for a while, it's expected that somewhere along the line, the hostage ends up developing feelings for and grows attached to their kidnapper, seeing signs that the kidnapper is not all bad. Whether or not initially they are on opposing sides depends, but it normally ends with either one of them defecting to the "correct" side.

* ''ALifeLessOrdinary'', with Ewan MacGregor kidnapping Cameron Diaz.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' begins with The Doctor basically kidnapping Barbara and Ian.

* ''DoctorWho'' begins with The Doctor basically kidnapping Barbara and Ian.

** A [[WildMassGuessing WMG]] subverted example is of [[GentleGiant Sweden]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Norway]]. Historically, Sweden even before losing Finland was [[StalkerWithACrush adamant of gaining Norway]] and many times tried to [[IfICantHaveYou attack as a means of assimilation.]] He indirectly succeeded too when Denmark was forced to give up Norway and Sweden refusing to comply to Norway's LoopholeAbuse. Their relationship [[ItGotBetter got better]] only to eventually become an averted case of ThisMeansWar nearing the end of the [[ArrangedMarriage union.]]

* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is pretty much this trope personified; he makes her his prisoner and torments her until she falls in love with him.

* ''{{Disgaea 2}}''. No one intended to summon Rozalin, but once they had she was bound to help them find Zenon. Not doing so, or stopping searching for Zenon altogether would kill either Rozalin or Adell respectively. Forced cooperation -> mutual understanding and goal -> love.

* Something of this sort happens in ''NationalTreasure'' with Abigail Chase ending up tagging along with Nicholas Cage.

* ''The Chase'': Charlie Sheen kidnaps Kristy Swanson

* ''DoctorWho'' begins with The Doctor basically kidnapping Barbara and Ian.

* A friendship version of this is found in the film ''RuthlessPeople'', where the poor, young couple Sandy and Ken kidnap millionaire Danny DeVito's wife (Bette Midler), hoping to hold her hostage for ransom (since DeVito had conned them out of their savings and stole Sandy's fashion ideas). Of course, it turns out that DeVito wants his wife dead, since he has a new flame that he's having an affair with. It turns out that Sandy and Ken are actually insanely nice people, and [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain have the hardest time pretending to be villainous kidnappers]]. Bette Midler, being the loud-mouthed, violent and bossy woman, ends up being more aggressive and scarier than them. Later, she ends up seeing what gentle and kind people they are, and they end up becoming friends, joining together to bring down her evil husband.
* It's not a romantic example, but this kind of situation going ''horribly wrong'' is the basic plot of the korean movie ''SympathyForMrVengeance''. [[spoiler: Deaf guy and his communist girlfriend tries to kidnap boss' daughter to get money to buy his sister a new kidney. The kid is extremely cute and everything seems to go fine... until the kid drowns accidentally, which sets the boss off on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. In the end, it's a KillEmAll ending]].

* "[[http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/85646400e1/hostage-a-love-story-with-zachary-quinto HOSTAGE: A love story]]"
* In ''FullmetalAlchemist'', Al first meets with Greed and his chimera underlings by being kidnapped by them. Granted, he never really becomes ''friends'' with Greed, but... Greed (and ''especially'' his underlings) are portrayed as being pretty sympathetic and not actually all ''that'' evil. And their interactions were hilarious. All in all, they actually treated Al pretty decent for a hostage captive. And in the end, Al definitely bonded with and liked the two underlings Dorochet and Martel. Which made [[spoiler: their death [[TearJerker all the more tragic]]]].
* ''HayateTheCombatButler'': At least kidnapping ''was'' Hayate's original plan. Having always been a [[TheMessiah Messiah-esque]], wonderful little boy, he ends up [[DeusAngstMachina getting taken advantage of]] to the point where he gets ''fed up'' with optimistic ideas. He decides to finally "become a devil" and do something evil to get money. So he sets his sights on kidnapping Nagi, the rich little oujo. Only... at every opportunity to do something evil, he [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain ends up going back to his selfless, old habits, and treats her ]]''[[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain very]]'' [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain nicely]]. To the point where his declaration that he wants to "run away with her (by kidnapping her)" causes her to misunderstand that he's [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove confessing that he wants to elope with her]]. And she ''liked'' it...

* In ''{{Gankutsuou}}'', the series is pretty much jump-started by Albert getting kidnapped by Peppo and the gang she's a part of and held hostage for ransom. They later develop a mutual crush on each other while he's in captivity, although Albert's crush [[spoiler: ceases when he finds out that "she" is a ''he'']]. They still stay friends, though.
* ''{{Berserk}}'': Guts and Farnese first meet in this sort of fashion, and their interactions are ''highly'' amusing. When they first meet, Farnese was a section leader of the [[CorruptChurch Holy Iron Chain Knights]], and she was assigned to capture and kill the Black Swordsman (Guts). Guts ends up temporarily taking her hostage (only to get shot and then captured by Farnese's group). Later, in order to escape, he ends up kidnapping and holding her hostage ''again'', this time with more funny and amusing interactions between the two of them than the previous time. (Including a moment where he threatens to "burn her ass" if the soldiers don't make way.) During this time period, her future [[PrecociousCrush infatuation]] and admiration of him is foreshadowed and hinted at.
* ''BlackLagoon'': How Rock joined the Lagoon Company.
* Pedro Almodavar's ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' could be described as being MADE of this trope. Antonio Banderas kidnaps a depressed and 'uptight' actress and refuses to let her go until she 'loosens up' and 'joyfully' falls in love with him. It's all for her own good, of course. The disturbing thinking behind this concept is what differentiates this trope from the psychological phenomenon of StockholmSyndrome.
* This is much of the plot of ''{{Stardust}}'': the hero sees a falling a star with the girl he loves, and vows to bring it back for her. However, the star turns out to be a real person...

* ''OtherPeoplesBusiness'': [[spoiler: Colin and Leon of Friendly Hostility]] meet through [[spoiler: admittedly failed carjacking]].
* The videogame ''PrinceOfPersia: Sands of Time'' (and the [[Film/PrinceOfPersia movie]]) starts out with the Prince's army taking Farah prisoner, but with their ending up in love.
* KingKong, anyone? (At least the versions where she falls in love with the ape-- i.e. all but the original).
* ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is pretty much this trope personified; he makes her his prisoner and torments her until she falls in love with him.
* Also ''BeautyAndTheBeast.''
* This is how Bourne and Marie meet in ''TheBourneIdentity'' novel. She then attempts to escape to the custody of the men after him, which... [[AttemptedRape doesn't go as she'd planned]], and Bourne [[RescueRomance has to rescue her]].

* ScroogeMcDuck and Glittering Goldie in CarlBarks' "Back to the Klondike." Barks himself couldn't believe what he'd implied after Disney's censors pointed it out to him and fully understood why they initially censored the story. DonRosa, on the other hand, went into even more details about the month Scrooge held Goldie captive working on his gold claim in "[[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck The Prisoner of White Agony Creek]]," even adding a DestructoNookie scene. [[MemeticMutation Ya know, for kids!]]
* [[spoiler:Battler and Beatrice]] in ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''. They start out as bitter enemies set out to torture each other endlessly. They end up [[spoiler:''HappilyMarried'']].

* This is how [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Italy and Germany]] meet in one of the first episodes of AxisPowersHetalia set during WorldWarI. Germany captures Italy, and Italy, who is shown as a [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey Pasta Eating Surrender Monkey]], is perfectly fine with that. Italy gets StockholmSyndrome. Then, in WorldWarII, he comes back and wants to be on Germany's side this time ...
* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Natsumi enters into the plot with a naked Kotarou behind her and a few inches from digging his claws into her neck.....[[NotWhatItLooksLike Stop thinking those dirty thoughts,]] Kotarou was just scared after passing out and waking in a strange room. Anyway, guess who Natsumi later gets a crush on and who Kotarou forms a [[FirstKiss Pactio]] with?

* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Natsumi enters into the plot with a naked Kotarou behind her and a few inches from digging his claws into her neck.....[[NotWhatItLooksLike Stop thinking those dirty thoughts,]] Kotarou was just scared after passing out and waking in a strange room. Anyway, guess who Natsumi later gets a crush on and Kotarou forms a [[FirstKiss Pactio]] with?

* The videogame ''Prince of Persia: Sands of Time'' starts out with the Prince's army taking Farah prisoner, but with their ending up in love.
* King Kong, anyone? (At least the versions where she falls in love with the ape-- i.e. all but the original).

* Also ''Beauty and the Beast.''

* Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Glittering Goldie in CarlBarks' "Back to the Klondike." Barks himself couldn't believe what he'd implied after Disney's censors pointed it out to him and fully understood why they initially censored the story. DonRosa, on the other hand, went into even more details about the month Scrooge held Goldie captive working on his gold claim in "[[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck The Prisoner of White Agony Creek]]," even adding a DestructoNookie scene. [[MemeticMutation Ya know, for kids!]]

* {{Disgaea 2}}. No one intended to summon Rozalin, but once they had she was bound to help them find Zenon. Not doing so, or stopping searching for Zenon altogether would kill either Rozalin or Adell respectively. Forced cooperation -> mutual understanding and goal -> love.

* ''{{Empowered}}'' starts out this way.

* In the {{manhwa}} ''The Kidnapping of Minja Jo's Boyfriend'', Park Jun-Sook is the rival female gang leader of Minja Jo. To get even with her, Park Jun-Sook decides to kidnap Minja Jo's boyfriend. However, due to a misunderstanding, she accidentally ends up kidnapping a [[{{Bishonen}} beautiful]], smart boy from school, Junghoon Son (who has absolutely nothing to do with the entire thing). Of course, they end up [[HilarityEnsues having a bunch of hilarious interactions and misunderstandings]], but end up falling in love (even before the misunderstanding is cleared up).

* ''Out Of Sight'': Jennifer Lopez is a cop who gets abducted trying to prevent the escape of a jail inmate played by George Clooney. They get to spend quality time stuck together in the trunk of a car, and mutual attraction ensues.

* Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Glittering Goldie in CarlBarks' "Back to the Klondike." Barks himself couldn't believe what he'd implied after Disney's censors pointed it out to him and fully understood why they initially censored the story. DonRosa, on the other hand, went into even more details about the month Scrooge held Goldie captive working on his gold claim in "[[TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck The Prisoner of White Agony Creek]]," even adding a DestructoNookie scene. [[NostalgiaCritic Ya know, for kids!]]

* [[spoiler: Erika and Renard]] in ''TheWorldIsNotEnough'' could be considered an evil version of this.

* [[Spoiler: Erika and Renard]] in ''TheWorldIsNotEnough'' could be considered an evil version of this.