History Main / DitchTheBodyguards

Compare UnsafeHaven. An all-too-common source of headaches for anyone on a LiveActionEscortMission, or any Secret Service agents trying to protect the President's daughter.

* Bradley does this once in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Not that he needs them.

->'''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]]''': Granted, Lois, Luthor does a lot of strange things. But what reason could he possibly have for trying to fool his own bodyguard?
->'''Lois Lane''': Maybe he just needed some space. Haven't you ever noticed how she hovers over him, everywhere he goes?
->'''Clark Kent''': But Lois, that's her job.
->'''Lois Lane''': It's no wonder why you're still single, Kent.

* Somewhat of a RunningGag in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5240643/1/ this]] ''Film/StarTrek'' fanfiction.

* Somewhat of a RunningGag in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5240643/1/ this]] Film/StarTrek fanfiction.

* ''Operation Daybreak'' (197). On the day of his assassination UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich is running late, so he orders his driver to speed up, leaving their escort of an armoured car and two truckloads of troops behind.

WitnessProtection is boring. If it's done right, there's no opportunity for adventure. So when the protagonist is asked to hole up in a cheap motel until he can testify at the trial, odds are he won't comply. Perhaps he needs to save someone else in danger. Maybe he needs the freedom to catch the real bad guy. Or maybe he just [[TooDumbToLive doesn't believe he's in as much danger as the police say he is]]. Whatever the reason, he'll take the first opportunity to lose his bodyguards and strike out on his own, leaving the police to track him down before TheMafia assassins do.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Zelda, having gotten fed up with Link following her everywhere in large part out of jealousy over the greater ease he had in fulfilling his role as a Champion compared to her difficulty awakening her sealing power, tells him to get lost. She soon afterward exploits Gerudo Town's [[LadyLand prohibition against men entering]] to force him to stay away. She nearly gets killed by the Yiga Clan because of this.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', one of the early missions is to help Zelda escape her own castle and bodyguards.

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Inverted, then played with. After Sigrun and Emil leave for book-scavenging in Chapter 10, Mikkel ends up being the only TheImmune person capable of fighting in tank that otherwise contains two non-immune non-combatants and a currently DeepSleep-ridden fellow immune combatant. Mikkel also happens to really, really want to check out a building within walking distance that may contain clues to a [[CureForCancer cure for the Rash]], the story's PlagueZombie inducing disease. He suddenly decides that he's ''[[LoopholAbuse technically]]'' not leaving Tuuri and Reynir without protection because the sleeping Lalli is with them and heads out. Soon after that, Tuuri and Reynir find a very, very flimsy excuse to go after Mikkel (he wanted to take the CuteKitten with him, but she jumped out of his pocket during Tuuri's attempts to keep him from leaving, so obviously they need to bring her to Mikkel), effectively ditching Lalli in the process. In this case, the "bodyguard" is basically in coma, so he's actually the most helpless person in the vehicle.

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Inverted, then played with. After Sigrun and Emil leave for book-scavenging in Chapter 10, Mikkel ends up being the only TheImmune person capable of fighting in tank that otherwise contains two non-immune non-combatants and a currently DeepSleep-ridden fellow immune combatant. Mikkel also happens to really, really want to check out a building within walking distance that may contain clues to a [[CureForCancer cure for the Rash]], the story's PlagueZombie inducing disease. He suddenly decides that he's ''[[LoopholAbuse technically]]'' not leaving Tuuri and Reynir without protection because the sleeping Lalli is with them and heads out.

* In ''Fanfic/MementoVivere'', a ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' fanfiction, Braska does this to his guardians in Guadosalam.

* {{Downplayed}} by Han and Leia Solo in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse -- Leia's [[EliteMook Noghri]] bodyguards have been a standing order since TheThrawnTrilogy, so it's not surprising that they sometimes want a little time alone. In particular, Han takes a minor but persistent delight in ordering them to fetch something from off the ship, and then taking off without them (they ''must'' see through it by now, [[HonorBeforeReason but have to do it anyway]]). Of course, both [[BadassNormal Han]] and [[{{Ambadassador}} Leia]] are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves, but they still usually have cause to regret leaving the Noghri behind.

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* PlayedWith in the ''Comicbook/{{Tintin}}'' album ''Recap/TintinTheCalculusAffair'': while staying in Borduria as supposed "guests" of the state, Tintin and Haddock get their "bodyguards" drunk so that they can escape.

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* Franchise/WonderWoman and [[SpoiledSweet Princess Audrey]] of Kasnia do this when they first meet in Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}. Audrey admits that she's been ditching bodyguards since childhood.

Compare UnsafeHaven. An all-too-common source of headaches for anyone on a LiveActionEscortMission, or any Secret Service agents trying to protect ThePresidentsDaughter.

* The whole plot of ''Film/ChasingLiberty'' proceeds from ThePresidentsDaughter ditching her Secret Service detail to get some personal space.

* In ''TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', one of the early missions is to help Zelda escape her own castle and bodyguards.
* In ''Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door'' Princess Peach ditches Toadsworth in the intro because he was irritating; this leads to her being captured by the BigBad and his minions later.
* The occasional quest in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' involves killing key [=NPCs=] that are usually accompanied by [[EliteMook Elite mobs]], requiring the player to figure a way to separate the two before attacking. One notable example is in Shadowmoon Valley, with the NPC in question being a Blood Elf who's basically a fantasy version of a drug addict and trying to hide it; the player lures him away from his bodyguard with a package of the drug in question.

* The whole plot of ''ChasingLiberty'' proceeds from ThePresidentsDaughter ditching her Secret Service detail to get some personal space.

* ''MamotteLollipop'', early on Nina gets really fed up with her male protectors and slips away more than once. One time was into the girls' room, only to have the antagonists waiting for her there. (This backfired on them when one admitted he was actually a boy in drag--in front of the female audience.)

* Franchise/WonderWoman and [[SpoiledSweet Princess Audrey]] of Kasnia do this when they first meet in JusticeLeague. Audrey admits that she's been ditching bodyguards since childhood.

* ''GunslingerGirl''. Mimi Machiavelli, daughter of a witness who's testifying in a mob trial, handcuffs Hilshire and Triela together and nicks out the door to see her boyfriend, only to get immediately nabbed by mafiosi. Fortunately there are other Agency cyborgs on site who immediately snatch her back. Naturally the event gets used for a Shipping moment.
-->'''Hilshire:''' Say, what did she mean by we should "Talk about love"?
-->'''Triela:''' ''(picking the lock on their handcuffs)'' I think she's got [[StudentTeacherRomance the wrong idea about us]].
-->'''Hilshire:''' We're ''[[LikeBrotherAndSister fratello]]''. We don't need to talk about love.

* ''DarkAngel'', when Max has to protect Bruno.

* Frequent element of ''InPlainSight'', a show about the Witness Protection Program.

* In ''TheBelgariad,'' spoiled brat Princess Ce'Nedra of Tolnedra is bored and wants to go shopping. Her father, Emperor Ran Borune, won't let her leave the Imperial Palace because it's too dangerous. She cons her rather gullible and egotistical tutor into believing that her father wants him to escort her while she visits relatives in another city. (For her own safety, naturally.) On the road, they meet Belgarath and company. Of course, none of them -- even Garion -- believe her story. HilarityEnsues.