History Main / HostageVideo

* ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'' did this once.
* HostageVideo: The baddies leave one these behind showing Hopper's brother-in-law bruised up and tied to a chair.

* The second ''MissCongeniality'' had a hostage video of Cheryl and Stan, which was the whole reason the rest of the movie happened.
* In Film/IronMan, Tony Stark is shown in in one after his capture. It turns out that [[spoiler: the terrorist group that kidnapped him are asking for more money to kill him for Obadiah Stane, after finding out who he is.]]

* In Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures Rolas must make one for his family to see after he's captured by the titular SpacePirate.

* TheGameHeroes do this with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic when they kidnap him. What do they want? [[SeriousBusiness More people to buy their t-shirts]].

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* TheGameHeroes do this with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic when they kidnap him. What do they want? [[SeriousBusiness More people to buy their t-shirts]].
* Creator/ThisIsIt used this trope to promote their kickstarter for ''Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared'' the series. The first one is a more descriptive video showing the red thing reading out the captor's demands (money) while a synthesized voice describes what the show is about and what the kickstarter is for. The next two are much shorter and really, ''really'' threatening.
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* Rapunzel's kidnapper has her make one in WebVideo/UniversityEverAfter, in which she reads a riddle giving her friends a twelve hours to figure out what the kidnapper wants and where they're keeping her.
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* ''Series/{{Numb3rs}} did this once.

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* In one episode of ''{{Fantomette}}'', the heroine's best friend once tried to force [[BigBad Silver]] [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Mask]] to reveal what happened to her parents but his CoDragons rescue him and he takes advantage of it to pretend he's been abducted and ask for a ranson from town. He gave a HostageVideo where he unwittingly clued the heroine to his whereabouts.
* Some hostage takers try this on Homer in {{The Simpsons}}. It really falls apart when Homer starts going off script. “Death to America!” “Stick to script!”

* Film/IronMan The captured Tony Stark starts in one of these only later in the film does he learn [[spoiler: They are asking for more money to kill him for Obadiah Stane, after finding out who he is]]

* CSI had one with where the rest of the time could watch their teammate Nick Stokes trapped in a box and BuriedAlive.
* ''{{Castle}}'' did this with some guy that had his son kidnapped. The son manages to sneak in a hidden message.

* The Game Heroes do this with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic when they kidnap him. What do they want? [[SeriousBusiness More people to buy their t-shirts]].

* ''TheBill'' had this happen to Abigail Nixon, who was tied up in a shipping container and left to suffocate.

* ''{{Airwolf}}'' did this once, with a group of totally uncooperative hostages.

* Film/IronMan The captured Tony Stark starts in one of these only later in the film do he learn [[spoiler: They are asking for more money to kill him for Obadiah Stane, after finding out who he is]]

* ''[=~24~=]'' likes this trope a lot, such as with Secretary Heller in Season 4.

* Used in ArtemisFowl The Arctic Incident. Artemis then gets Foaly to trace the video.

* The Game Heroes do this with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic when they kidnap him. What do they want? [[SeriousBusiness More people to buy their t-shirts]].

* The Game Heroes do this with TheNostalgiaCritic when they kidnap him. What do they want? [[SeriousBusiness More people to buy their t-shirts]].

* [[Film/Iron Man]] The captured Tony Stark starts in one of these only later in the film do he learn [[spoiler: They are asking for more money to kill him for Obadiah Stane, after finding out who he is]

* [[Film/IronMan]] The captured Tony Stark starts in one of these only later in the film do he learn [[spoiler: They are asking for more money to kill him for Obadiah Stane, after finding out who he is]

* Castle (<--link please) did this with some guy that had his son kidnapped. The son manages to sneak in a hidden message.