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As a RuleOfFunny, there may be a stereotypically thuggish inmate locked in with the cast.

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* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'': One arc sees most of the characters except Goat being arrested for various reasons. Luckily, before he could ruin the strip with his [[TheBore lack of humor]], the rest of the cast end up getting bailed out by [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Steve Dallas]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': In "Duck!", this happens to Grim, Irwin, and several others when a ghostly duck (whom only its chosen victims can see) gets them in trouble by blowing raspberries and making it look like they're farting at the worst possible moment.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "For Bros About To Rock" Lincoln and Clyde are arrested for buying counterfeit tickets from an undercover cop for a rock concert after the real tickets have been sold out. Luna disguises herself as Lincoln's mom to get him and Clyde out of there, but [[TheDitz Bobby]] doesn't quite understand what's going on and innocently blows her cover, getting her thrown in the same cell.

* ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'': In one episode, "Milo Gets a Ninja" to put [[BarbaricBully Jocktopus]] in line, placing him in a time out bowl. The power goes to his head however and he goes on to the same to everyone for extremely minor reasons, to the point where every single being in Freshwater High, and some who didn't even attend the school, end up in bowls. Oscar and Bea talk some sense into Milo, but Milo still decides to ramble about getting a Robot Army to do his bidding, which gets [[LaserGuidedKarma''him'']] [[LaserGuidedKarma put into a bowl]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'': In one episode, "Milo Gets a Ninja" to put [[BarbaricBully Jocktopus]] in line, placing him in a time out bowl. The power goes to his head however and he goes on to the same to everyone for extremely minor reasons, to the point where every single being in Freshwater High, and some who didn't even attend the school, end up in bowls. Oscar and Bea talk some sense into Milo, but Milo still decides to ramble about getting a Robot Army to do his bidding, which gets ''him'' [[LaserGuidedKarma put into a bowl]].

* In the 2000 ''VideoGame/SpiderMan'' game, all of the foes are jailed together in a single cell at the end (never mind that a normal jail cell couldn't hold any one of them, let alone all of them). In ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro'', all villains from ''that'' game are jailed in a single cell together… [[BrickJoke across the hall from the villains from the first game]].

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'':
* Happens in "Bobbsey Twins In Stir". Mrs. Davis is tricked into selling counterfeit tickets to the Policeman's Ball and jailed overnight. When released she goes to stay with her sister Angela, too embarrassed to tell how she had been tricked. Mrs. Davis really should have said something; Miss Brooks decides to sell the tickets to help the charity drive. Miss Brooks, Mr. Boynton, Mr. Conklin and Mr. Stone end up jailed in quick succession.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In the only successful escape from Reformation Island--though only half the conspirators actually made it out before being recaptured--the four who made it off the island to the US were recaptured and sent back one after another within a day of their escape.

* ''Series/TrueJacksonVP'''s episode "Ditch Day" has True and Lulu end up in mall jail for "stealing" coins from the fountain. Other members of the cast wind up in there as well as the episode progresses, such as Jimmy being tossed into jail for making music the mall-cop dislikes.

* At the climax of the first season of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', Section 9's investigation of the Laughing Man case unintentionally reveals their existence to the public's eye, and they are blamed as the culprits of the Laughing Man incident. This forces Section 9 to disband and go into hiding, but they are eventually tracked down one by one and taken into custody.

* One arc in ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' saw most of the characters except Goat being arrested for various reasons. Luckily, before he could ruin the strip with his [[TheBore lack of humor,]] the rest of the cast end up getting bailed out by [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Steve Dallas.]]

* An offscreen occurrence happens in ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' episode "Andy Saves Barney's Morale". Andy has to leave Mayberry to testify in a court case, so he leaves Barney in charge of keeping the town peaceful and quiet. Upon getting back, he realizes Barney has followed through with his task by ''[[UpToEleven arresting the entire population of Mayberry]]''. Andy releases them all and discharges them after reviewing their "offenses".
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* In the ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode "[[Recap/GilligansIslandS3E15GilliganGoesGungHo Gilligan Goes Gung Ho]]", the Castaways set up a system of law enforcement with Gilligan and the Skipper as "policemen". Gilligan goes overboard and proceeds to arrest Mr. Howell (unauthorized borrowing of binoculars, which could count as theft), Mrs. Howell (for trying to slip him a JailBake), Ginger and Mary Ann (for building a fire too close to a hut), the Professor (for carrying concealed weapons -- something he had made for their latest escape attempt) and the Skipper (for shaking him to get the keys).

* One episode of ''Series/MrRobot'' sees Elliot seeking to move up in his company so that he can get the security clearance he needs to carry out his latest plan. Since earning promotions fairly would take too long, he instead chooses to boost himself up by having his superiors arrested. Cue a montage of the FBI repeatedly coming to arrest his co-workers.
* A serious example is the plot of ''Series/PrisonBreak''. After his brother is imprisoned and sentenced to death, Michael Scofield deliberately commits a crime in order to be put in the same jail as him, which occurs in the first episode.
* A variation of this trope occurs in ''Series/RaisingHope''. In one episode it is discovered that Burt Chance is a registered sex offender, having been caught having sex with his future wife when she was still underage. Burt then tries to get taken off the sex offender registry. However, over the course of the episode, the rest of the Chance family get on sex offender registry for a variety of reasons (e.g. Maw Maw strips down in a court house, Virginia urinates in a public place).

* A variant occurs in ''Series/VeronicaMars'', where Logan gets himself arrested for car vandalism [[GetIntoJailFree in order to be in prison]] with the Hearst rapist, who attempted to attack Veronica.

-->'''Grim:''' At the rate this duck is getting people into trouble, I predict this cell will be full in about... ''four hours''.
-->''(two hours later)''
-->'''Grim:''' Man, he's workin' fast!
-->'''[[WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne Hector Con Carne]]:''' [[MediumAwareness I'm not even on this stupid show anymore!]]

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons'' episode "A Fistful of Cabbage", King Pig dresses up as a sheriff from a magazine that he was reading, and goes around town lassoing his minions and throwing them in a small jail cell for [[DisproportionateRetribution minor offences]], such as littering, playing with a water gun, and spitting on the ground. Soon after, when the cell has gotten so full that it looks like it's about to burst, one minion pig manages to escape through the bar windows, and when King Pig gets intimidated by a gang of pig robbers, he runs to the cell to free the imprisoned pigs and then puts himself behind bars.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' two-parter "Operation Dude Rescue" has the male Titans trying to act "chivalrous" towards the female Titans, but are really just acting more obnoxious than anything. This extends to deciding to take it upon themselves to take on The Brain, but they are easily imprisoned. This starts a vicious cycle where Robin comes up with an idea for other counterparts of them to break them out using a time machine, only for them to fail and get locked up too. Meanwhile the female titans gather some of the reoccurring female villains to help them rescue the males, only to get trapped in their own personal prison bubble. However, they are able to work together to get out and save the boys and their counterparts, only to still find them in their annoying "chivalry" stage. [[RefusingToRescueTheDisliked The girls decide not to help them anymore]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and go off to get ice cream]].

* A serious example is the plot of ''Series/PrisonBreak''. After his brother is imprisoned and sentenced to death, Michael Scofield deliberately commits a crime in order to be put in the same jail as him, which occurs in the first episode.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' two-parter "Operation Dude Rescue" has the male Titans trying to act "chivalrous" towards the female Titans, but are really just acting more obnoxious than anything. This extends to deciding to take it upon themselves to take on The Brain, but they are easily imprisoned. This starts a vicious cycle where Robin comes up with an idea for other counterparts of them to break them out using a time machine, only for them to fail and get locked up too. Meanwhile the female titans gather some of the reoccurring female villains to help them rescue the males, only to get trapped in their own personal prison bubble. However, they are able to work together to get out and save the boys and their counterparts, only to still find them in their annoying "chivalry" stage. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The girls decide not to help them anymore and go off to get ice cream]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'': In "Blanket Fort" Piggy as the Queen of the Blanket Kingdom has the other babies sent to the dungeon one by one for breaking one of her many rules. Soon, Piggy is left all alone, while the others are having fun in their cell. So Piggy has herself arrested and joins her friends.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Legal Eagle" involved Orson finding an old law book and giving it to Roy to keep the piece while the former went on vacation. Roy quickly goes mad with power and locks up the rest of the cast by following the outdated and nonsensical rules. Orson later returns and, after getting locked up as well, has Roy HoistByHisOwnPetard by pointing out Roy's own equally nonsense rule breaking. This just results in Roy locking himself up with the rest of them.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'': Kronk becomes the hall monitor one day, so Yzma attempts to use him to get Kuzco sent to detention in order to get him alone, so she can bump him off. Instead, Kuzco catches Kronk accidentally breaking the rules himself and has him turn the tables and get Yzma locked up. In the end, Kuzco abuses his new power over Kronk so much, he attempts getting everyone locked up including the running gag of the chimp and the bug as well as the show's background colorists.

* In the ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode "Gilligan Goes Gung Ho", the Castaways set up a system of law enforcement with Gilligan and the Skipper as "policemen". Gilligan goes overboard and proceeds to arrest Mr. Howell (unauthorized borrowing of binoculars, which could count as theft), Mrs. Howell (for trying to slip him a JailBake), Ginger and Mary Ann (for building a fire too close to a hut), the Professor (for carrying concealed weapons -- something he had made for their latest escape attempt) and the Skipper (for shaking him to get the keys).

* One arc in ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' saw most of the characters except Goat being arrested for various reasons. Luckily, before he could ruin the strip with his [[TheBore lack of humor,]] the rest of cast ended up getting bailed out by [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Steve Dallas]].

* One arc in ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' saw most of the characters except Goat being arrested for various reasons. Luckily before he could ruin the strip with his [[TheBore lack of humor]], the rest of cast ended up getting bailed out by [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty Steve Dallas]].

* A variant occurs in ''Series/VeronicaMars'', where Logan gets himself arrested for car vandalism in order to be in prison with the Hearst rapist, who attempted to attack Veronica.

So a character has the misfortune of being arrested for something. Maybe the crime was legitimate, maybe it was committed by someone else. Maybe the reason they get in trouble is [[FelonyMisdemeanor frivolous and shouldn't be considered an offense in any way]]. In any case, they'll end up being charged as guilty and [[PrisonEpisode locked behind bars]].

The character won't be alone in this, as another character soon joins them in jail. More often than not, they too have done something that really wasn't a big deal. But sometimes, they really were committing a crime in helping the imprisoned character escape.

** ''Series/HenryDanger'': The ChristmasEpisode, of all places, has this for a plot. First, Captain Man is arrested for not wearing a hairnet at a soup kitchen. Jasper goes to protest Captain Man's arrest by breaking more of Swellview's stupid laws, getting sentenced to the same cell as Captain Man as a result. Feeling bad for Captain Man having to share a cell with Jasper, Henry repeats Jaspers offenses so Captain Man won't have to be alone with Jasper, while [[GuiltByAssociation Charlotte gets arrested for watching]]. Henry's parents are notified by a police officer about his arrest, so upon Piper's suggestion, Kris and Jake retaliate by throwing the officers walkie talkie in the fireplace and pantsing him respectively. Kris is sent in the same cell as everyone else, while Jake is sent to a cell full of the tougher convicts. The episode ends with all of them stuck in prison for Christmas, [[BittersweetEnding but they all manage to put a positive spin on things by realizing that they're mostly all together and singing a Christmas song]].

** ''Series/{{Victorious}}'': The hour-long episode "Locked-Up" has Tori getting, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well...guess]], after accidentally flinging her heel at the chancellor in his last good eye. The rest of the cast try to convince the chancellor to forgive her and let her out and almost succeed in doing so, when Robbie fumbles with a lamp and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero knocks it into the chancellor's pet octopus's aquarium, electrocuting it]]. As a result of that, not only is Tori still stuck in prison, but the rest of the cast joins her (except Sikowitz, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere who snuck out over the chancellor's mourning]]).

* The ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' episode "Charlie is 2" combines this trope with In-Universe HowWeGotHere, as the episode actually ''begins'' with [[DownerBeginning the entire family getting sent to the same cell]] on [[ABirthdayNotABreak Charlie's 2nd birthday]] [[WhatAreYouInFor for different reasons]]. Teddy, Gabe, and Charlie tried breaking into a Gurgle's concert they failed to get tickets for, Bob and Amy rented a stolen mini-horse, and P.J wouldn't stop harassing one of the Gurgles. They are fortunately bailed out by, of all people, the Gurgle who T.J. was stalking.

* ''Series/TrueJacksonVP'''s episode "Ditch Day" has True and Lulu end up in mall jail for "stealing" coins from the fountain. Other members of the cast wind up in there as well as the episode progresses, such as Jimmy being tossed in jail for making music the mall-cop dislikes.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': The holding cells in the GCPD Headquarters get filled with all the various criminals that Batman defeats during the game. All the supervillains [[spoiler:[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Fire Chief]]]] end up sharing the same cell.
* In the 2000 ''VideoGame/SpiderMan'' game, all of the foes are jailed together in a single cell at the end (never mind that a normal jail cell couldn't hold any one of them, let alone all of them). In ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro'', all villains from ''that'' game are jailed in a single cell together. . . [[BrickJoke across the hall from the villains from the first game]].

* The ''Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'' video "Mario Preschool" has the channel become child friendly [[RealLifeWritesThePlot due to]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork strict Youtube Guidelines]]. The main characters each host a segment of the video where they act as teachers to a group of toddlers, only for something to happen that gets each of them arrested. The very end of the episode has them all in the same cell, swearing to go back to crude humor and immature jokes since doing otherwise clearly didn't work out for them.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' has "Who Framed Jimmy Neutron" where Jimmy is [[ClearMyName wrongly accused of committing a bank robbery]] and sent to jail. Carl and Sheen attempt to break him out but, like the Kenan and Kel example above, don't do a good job at it and join Jimmy as convicts. The trio escape to Cindy's room to figure out who the real culprit is, but the Warden catches up with them and places the three and Cindy under arrest. Fortunately, Jimmy was able to figure out the identity of real criminal by this point, [[spoiler: the Warden himself]], which frees himself and his friends.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' two-parter "Operation Dude Rescue" has the male titans trying to act "chivalrous" towards the female titans, but are really just acting more obnoxious than anything. This extends to deciding to take it upon themselves to take on The Brain, but they are easily imprisoned. This starts a vicious cycle where Robin comes up with an idea for other counterparts of them to break them out using a time machine, only for them to fail and get locked up too. Meanwhile the female titans gather some of the reoccurring female villains to help them rescue the males, only to get trapped in their own personal prison bubble. However, they are able to work together to get out and save the boys and their counterparts, only to still find them in their annoying "chivalry" stage. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere They decide not to help them anymore and go off to get ice cream]].