History Main / GrandTheftPrototype

** In ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', ''all'' Zords were first claimed by villains, then freed or convinced to do an HeelFaceTurn by the Rangers. Middle example of this trope because the Zords are sentient.

* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' begins with the Earth forces having already stolen the enemy Super Prototype; the beginning of the first episode has the Glorff trying to take it back again.

** Subverted when Revive and [[spoiler:Anew]] fail to get the [[spoiler: 00 Gundam]] because they couldn't bypass the security. Revive DOES successfully jack the [[spoiler:0 Raiser]], only to be foiled by [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome RED HARO]] of all things.]]

* After subverting FallingIntoTheCockpit just previously, episode nine of ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' has [[TheHero Crinn]] doing this to recover the eponymous unit from the Federation, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome quite awesomely]].

* A background piece has an Imperial commando wreak havoc behind Tau lines. One sees an open battlesuit, either going for this trope or just booby-trapping it... and is fried by the system not recognizing his DNA.

** [[spoiler: Edi does this with Eva]].
** Meanwhile, the Earth Systems Alliance does this with the ''Normany SR-2'' (previously a very expensive Cerberus frigate) during the months between ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' and ''Mass Effect 3'', as a result of Commander Shepard surrendering the ship to the Alliance authorities after breaking ties with Cerberus. Alliance technicians spent most of the intervening time heavily refitting the ship to bring her in line with Alliance standards and to slap a nice [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience blue and silver]] paint job on her. It seems that the Alliance considered the Cerberus design to be AwesomeButImpractical with quite a bit of NoOSHACompliance thrown in.

* ''VideoGame/WingCommander IV: The Price of Freedom'' has the Border Worlds Militia do this to variously steal advanced fighters, new missiles, [[RefugeInAudacity a fleet carrier]], and several of the villains' SuperPrototype secret weapons. [[spoiler: Captain Eisen]] takes the cake, however, when he pulls off a GunshipRescue [[spoiler: with a brand new Super Carrier that he and some of his friends lifted from the Sol System - the capital of the Terran Confederation.]]

* In the iOS and Mac game VideoGame/GalaxyOnFire Valkyrie DownloadableContent, Keith the protagonist sneaks into a Voss station to steal a prototype K’suuk fighter that was designed for non-Vossk. He isn’t stealing it so the Terrans who are enemies of the Voss can analyze it - the Terrans don’t really care about this ship. He is stealing it for Alice a rogue ArmsDealer who wants to copyright the design and be the first to introduce the ship to market.
* In the iOS game VideoGame/NearOrbitVanguardAlliance’s second and third installments, Captain Wardin the protagonist can hijack mechs to fight an onslaught of enemies - including other mechs.

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* In ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'''s review of ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' #1, [[spoiler: Linkara reveals he stole ComicBook/{{Neutro}} from Dr. Insano]].
* In the Literature/WhateleyUniverse, when the Syndicate and Deathlist's army of Sabretooths try to invade SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy at Halloween, school range officer Erik Mahren jacks one of the Syndicate's gunships. Turns out his old codename when he was in an Army special force was Hijacker.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries:'' Superman's first crime-fighting adventure in the three-part series premiere is kicked off by the theft of a [=LexCorp=] GiantMecha prototype. [[spoiler:It's actually a setup to cover Luthor's illegal sale of the device to Kaznia.]]

* The final mission in ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor: Frontline'' involves stealing an experimental Nazi fighter plane.

* In ''Manga/MobileSuiteGundamThunderbolt'', Federation ensign Io Fleming gets the drop on a Rick Dom used by a member of the Living Dead sniper unit, forcing the hatch open and shooting the pilot in the head as his comrades, including TheRival Daryl Lorenz, are forced to watch on their comm feeds when Io throws the corpse into space and taunt them for their [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain disabilities]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking tastes in music]].

* The first episode of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' [[TropeNamer coined this trope's previous name]] through the title of the first episode: "Gundamjack". Here, AcePilot [[Pantheon/{{War}} Anavel Gato]] does just that with the [[NukeEm Nuke-loaded GP02A Physalis]], thus setting off the plot of the series. Of course, how the said hijacking was pulled off should go down in [[Awesome/{{Gundam}} the annals of badassery]]...

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'', this is surprisingly not the case with Gundam Barbatos. However, it is the case with it's sister unit, Gundam Gusion. After Tekkadan defeats the [[ShadowArchetype Brewers]], they salvage the Gusion, [[GoodCostumeSwitch remove it's heavy armor]], and give it to Akihiro. Akihiro's previous suit was also jacked, but was a mook suit, it ended up became an AceCustom in the hands of Norba.

** In ''Series//PowerRangersDinoSuperCharge'', after getting a hold of the Rangers' technology, a faction of villains was able to take control of the Zords and use them to fight Heckyl.

** Using captured enemy aircraft operationally could be a two-edged sword due to FriendOrFoe confusion. The Luftwaffe was known to take captured Allied aircraft, paint them in Luftwaffe markings, and use them for reconnaissance, with at least one case of a German pilot using a P-51 to fly [[RefugeInAudacity right through an American bomber formation unmolested]] despite the clearly German markings (shortly after, a much larger force of German fighters attacked the bombers). Meanwhile, one Japanese pilot flying a Curtiss P-40 (in Japanese markings) was shot down over Rangoon by another Japanese pilot who mistook him for an American or British pilot.

->''Beeblebrox stole the Improbability Drive ship when he was, in fact, meant to be launching it.''

See also PhlebotinumRebel, where the heroes hijack ''themselves''. May overlap with HighSpeedHijack if the vehicle is in motion when stolen. This isn't meaning a crossover between ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' and ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'', although that would be awesome.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has at least two angels that hijack an Eva for their own personal use:
* Bardiel, a fungus-like angel that contaminates Unit-03 as it's transported through a storm (in which it was presumably hiding) and then takes control during its activation test, with it trying to kill the other Eva pilots. In both continuities, Shinji refuses to fight it because he realises that the human pilot is still trapped inside, and [[ManipulativeBastard Gendo]] activates the Dummy Plug system, which takes control of Unit-01 away from Shinji and forces it to destroy Unit-03 (almost an example of this trope in itself). The main difference between
''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion' here is that in NGE, Toji was the pilot, lost a leg to the Dummy Plug's attack, and was left incapacitated for the rest of the series; in ROE, the pilot is [[spoiler: Asuka, who presumably suffered far less severe injuries, as, when we see her after the TimeSkip in 3.33, she has only an eyepatch - which is implied to be hiding [[BodyHorror where Bardiel either mutated her to give her angelic traits, or outright ''merged with her head''.]]

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has at least two angels that hijack an Eva for their own personal use.
** Then, in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion 2.0'', Mari jacks Unit-02 to fight against Zeruel. [[CurbStompBattle Not that it did ANY good, unfortunately]]. Nevertheless, it is interesting that she intentionally uses a feature of Unit-02 that Asuka never used (and may not even be aware of). The fact that she was able to Evajack it at all - given the nature of the Evangelions in the original series - has spawned a number of EpilepticTrees: [[spoiler: each Eva contains either part of or a fully intact human soul, and can only be piloted by the child of that person, or by someone who essentially [[CloningBlues is that the person]] (in Rei's case). Unit 02 contains the soul of Asuka's mother - Mari would only be able to use it if they have the same mother..or if she's an angel.]]

** Then, in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion 2.0'', Mari jacks Unit-02 to fight against Zeruel. [[CurbStompBattle Not that it did ANY good, unfortunately]]. Nevertheless, it is interesting that she intentionally uses a feature of Unit-02 that Asuka never used (and may not even be aware of). The fact that she was able to Evajack it at all - given the nature of the Evangelions in the original series - has spawned a number of EpilepticTrees.

* In ''Enemy Mind'' you're an alien entity capable of infiltrating other minds and making them do your bidding. Because the game is a 2D sidescroller in space, this translates to being able to jump from ship to ship more or less to your heart's desire - and you do need to do this often, as the vessels you commandeer are scarce in both ammunition and armor, so it's unfeasible to get a ship you like and stick with it. It's worth noting that once you jump away, if the previous ship still has any ammunition left, the pilot will regain his will and try to shoot you down again. (If no ammo is left, they [[MadeOfExplodium spontaneously combust]].)