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** However, if the protagonist is Mazed, the player is faced with a relatively simple OneOfTheseDoorsIsNotLikeTheOther ploy to get out.

* One of the reasons ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' was disliked by fans is that, where the cartoon's Earthbender prison was a huge platform out at sea that's only escaped because Katara (thought to be an earthbender by the Fire Nation) managed to smuggle in some bending material, in the movie they're kept in a ''[[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard quarry]]''.

** In connection to specific endings of its predecessor, ''Infiltrating the Airship'', [[PlayAlongPrisoner waiting to be transferred to a cell]], [[spoiler:breaking down to the next level, and calling in a government buddy to pick him up. Rank: '''International Rescue Operative'''.]][[note]]Calling in the criminal Toppat Clan for the pickup [[DownerEnding ends less-than-well]].[[/note]]

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!Examples:

** [[LeeroyJenkins Charge-tackling the brute standing at the door]], [[spoiler:stealing a truck, get stuck on the edge of a cliff, and letting Dmitri push over the truck thinking he went down with it. Rank: '''Presumed Dead'''.]]

* In the episode "[[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS1E12Pixtopia Pixtopia]]" in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Star and her friends are sentenced to work in the mines possibly for the rest of their lives. There are other people in the mines who look like they must have been there for years who tell them that there's no way to escape. Seconds later, they find the exit and escape through it.
* In the episode "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E11Wizard Wizard]]" from the first season of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Finn gets tricked into keeping a meteor at bay for eternity. The two other people that are trapped there have been there for ''at least'' decades and had never figured out how to get out. Within minutes Finn devises a plan to free them, and it works.

** In connection to specific endings of its predecessor, ''Infiltrating the Airship'', [[PlayAlongPrisoner waiting to be transferred to a cell]], [[spoiler:breaking down to the next level, and calling in a government buddy to pick him up. Rank: '''International Rescue Operative'''.[[note]]Calling in the criminal Toppat Clan for the pickup [[DownerEnding ends less-than-well]].[[/note]]]]

** [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy Subtly asking his fellow convict for a boost up]], [[spoiler:sneaking his way through the complex unseen, and taking off in a dinghy. Rank: '''Ghost Inmate'''.]]

* The Wall of ''[[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Fleeing the Complex]]'' is a prison complex built into a cliff face in some wintry region. It hasn't had a single successful escape attempt, and the past fifty years have gone entirely without incident. Then they capture the infamous [[VillainProtagonist Henry Stickmin]], with the promise that he's "[[TemptingFate going to be here for a long time]]". His [[MultipleEndings possible escape routes]] include:
** [[LeeroyJenkins Charge tackling the brute standing at the door]], [[spoiler:stealing a truck, get stuck on the edge of a cliff, and letting them push over the car thinking he went down with it. Rank: '''Presumed Dead'''.]]
** [[PlayAlongPrisoner Waiting to be transferred to a cell]], [[spoiler:breaking down to the next level, and calling in a government buddy to pick him up. Rank: '''International Rescue Operative'''.[[note]]Calling in a criminal gang for the pickup [[DownerEnding ends less-than-well]].[[/note]]]]

** [[FireForgedFriends Taking said fellow convict with him]], [[spoiler:tag-teaming every obstacle between them and the yard, starting a PrisonRiot, and riding off on a motorcycle. Rank: '''Convict Allies'''.]]. The page quote is from this route.

* In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', angering the Lady of Pain who rules the city of Sigil will result in being stuck in a maze which is designed specifically for the individual. The trick of the mazes is that they have exits that are supposed to be nearly impossible to find, and most who have been Mazed have never escaped. However, if the protagonist is Mazed, the player is faced with a relatively simple OneOfTheseDoorsIsNotLikeTheOther ploy to get out.

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* One of the reasons ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' was disliked by fans in that where the cartoon's Earthbender prison was a huge platform out at sea that's only escaped because Katara (thought to be an earthbender by the Fire Nation) managed to smuggle in some bending material, in the movie they're kept in a ''[[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard quarry]]''.

->''"There has not been an incident here in fifty years, and the ''day'' you show up, [[PrisonRiot this happens!]]"''
-->-- '''Warden Dimitri Johannes Petrov''' to [[WalkingDisasterArea Henry Stickmin]], ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries''

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->''"There has not been an incident here in fifty years, and the ''day'' you show up, [[JailRiot this happens!]]"''

->''"There has not been an incident here in fifty years, and the ''day'' you show up, this happens!"''
-->-- '''Warden Dimitri Johannes Petrov''', ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries''

* Downplayed in the last chapter of the ''Literature/LabyrinthsOfEcho'' series, where Max winds up in the Quiet City--the one place in the multiverse from which supposedly no one has ever escaped--and escapes it within about a year. Justified, however, in that Max already knows that escape is at least theoretically possible, since a bit earlier, he has met the first person to have ever pulled it off ([[spoiler:King M�¶nin]]) and furthermore, Max is an Arbiter, meaning that his wishes (including his desire to escape) are so reality-warping, that not even the Quiet City can defy them.

-->-- '''Warden Dimitri Johannes Petrov''', ''[[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Fleeing the Complex]]''

-->'''Warden Dimitri Johannes Petrov''', ''[[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Fleeing the Complex]]''

Usually attributed to StatusQuoIsGod, and because spending an entire season sitting around in prison can get a bit boring for the viewer.

* In ''Film/RingOffear'', O'Malley escapes from a maximum security facility for the criminally insane mere minutes after his appeal is turned down, with no indication that he has done any planning or preparation for it.