History Main / KidnappedByTheCall

* Played with in ''FinalFantasyIX'', Cid Fabool IX orders Tantalus [[TheHero (Zidane's group)]] to kidnaps Princess Garnet to initiate a peace talk between Lindblum and Alexandria, but it turns out Garnet [[JumpAtTheCall wants to be kidnapped in the first place for a similar reason.]]

* ''[[{{Tron20}} Tron 2.0]]'': The situation is desperate. A corrupted, digitized User has become a living computer virus threatening to destroy all of cyberspace. Even worse, thugs hired by a rival corporation have kidnapped Alan Bradley (possibly the best computer security guy in that universe) in broad daylight from Encom HQ. Alan's son Jet runs into the laser lab trying to figure out what's going on. The AI Ma3a figures Jet will have to do...

* In ''Franchise/DieHard III'' after Zeus plays GoodSamaritan and saves [=McClane=], the villain forces him to team with [=McClane=] and solve together several puzzles to defuse some bombs scattered all along the city.

* At the end of ''Half-Life'', Gordon Freeman can either go with the G-Man willingly, or be pitted against a roomful of aliens he can't possibly defeat. It's been implied that the G-Man would have just taken him either way and was only giving him "the illusion of free choice". Same thing happens to Adrian Shephard, though so far we've only seen the kidnapping, with no "call" to speak of having occurred as of yet.

* In MichaelMoorcock's novel series "Eternal Champion," Ekrose (a man of many, many names and lives such as Prince Elric) is always summoned to a different world to perform a heroic task. He has no say in the matter.

Sometimes the hero of your adventure (or one of his allies) just isn't going to come willingly. Maybe they've got other responsibilities; you know, those pesky families would-be heroes are so often attached to. Maybe they've got little reason to believe that mysterious prophetic dream you had once while you were asleep and possibly drunk. Or perhaps they're just cowardly. At any rate [[RefusalOfTheCall they aren't coming.]]

-->''Few reluctant fantasy heroes miss their homes. Few miss their families. Many were abused at home. Others were “misunderstood,” which in the eyes of many teenage and amateur writers of this kind of story translates to “told to do chores.” Still others are orphans and have no especial ties to their villages. They’re still reluctant, because authors are freakin’ in love with the thought of their protagonist being forced against his will to do something, but they don’t have much reason to stay. They find their truest friends and their love interests on the road, they always end up wielding the mysterious magical powers of doom that they have to use to save the world, and they always come to believe in the cause they were kidnapped for. I can’t think of a single instance where a fantasy hero at the end of the book still resented that he’d been kidnapped. [[WallBanger Many even thank their captors for doing so]].''

* ''[[{{Tron20}} Tron 2.0]]'': The situation is desperate. A corrupted, digitized User has become a living computer virus threatening to destroy all of cyberspace. Even worse, thugs hired by a rival corporation have kidnapped Alan Bradley (possibly the best computer security guy in that universe) in broad daylight from Encom HQ. In walks Alan's son Jet trying to figure out what's going on. The AI Ma3a figures Jet will have to do...

* In her [[http://limyaael.livejournal.com/466351.html blog]], [[LimyaeelsFantasyRants Limyaeel]] advises against this.

* In may happen to the Warden in ''DragonAgeOrigins''. If your character refuses to go with Duncan, he invokes the Right of Conscription effectively forcing you into the ranks of Grey Wardens. You may then do the same to Nathaniel Howe instead of letting him go or hanging him.

* In TomClancy's ''WithoutRemorse'', John Kelly (later Clark) is gently coerced out of his semi-retirement by naval officers/the CIA intent on securing his behind-the-lines expertise for a rescue mission, by reminding him that if he doesn't want to, they can always call him back into active duty (this was during the Vietnam War). This is in addition to TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive for his ... [[VigilanteMan private hobby]].

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* ''BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' episode "Cosmic Wiz Kid". Lieutenant Dia Cyrton asks Buck to rescue her boss Hieronymus Fox, the president of the planet Genesia. When Buck refuses, she uses a MindControl drug on him and takes him to Genesia against his will.

* ''Literature/SunWolfAndStarhawk'': In The Ladies of Manddrigyn the eponymous ladies force Sun Wolf to train them in combat so they can rescue their kidnapped husbands by poisoning him and [[PoisonAndCureGambit witholding the cure]] from him until their training is complete.

Compare and contrast TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive. Contrast JumpedAtTheCall. Closely related to PressGanged which covers direct incidents where someone is actually kidnapped into serving a cause, be it good or evil. Compe SummonEverymanHero, where the ''only'' way for the good guys to get the hero is via cross-dimensional kidnapping.

Summary: A situation where the hero is kidnapped or otherwise forced to come along on an adventure via any means, direct or indirect, or otherwise forced to partake in a '''heroic''' cause.

Compare and contrast TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive. Contrast JumpedAtTheCall. Closely related to PressGanged which covers direct incidents where someone is actually kidnapped into serving a cause, be it good or evil.

Subtrope of CallToAdventure

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* In Anime/NinjaScroll, the protagonist, Jubei, is forced into the film's main story when he is faced with a PoisonAndCureGambit.

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* Literature/SunWolfAndStarhawk: In The Ladies of Manddrigyn the eponymous ladies force Sun Wolf to train them in combat so they can rescue their kidnapped husbands by poisoning him and [[PoisonAndCureGambit witholding the cure]] from him until their training is complete.
* In TomClancy's WithoutRemorse, John Kelly (later Clark) is gently coerced out of his semi-retirement by naval officers/the CIA intent on securing his behind-the-lines expertise for a rescue mission, by reminding him that if he doesn't want to, they can always call him back into active duty (this was during the Vietnam War). This is in addition to TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive for his ... [[VigilanteMan private hobby]].

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* This is of course what governments hope to invoke with the draft, assuming that government isn't a horrible tinpot dictatorship establishing said draft for a few more moments of sweet sweet power, and also isn't just using the war as a cynical PR exercise to distract from problems at home. Whether or not the draftees agree with the government on the worthiness of the cause they are drafted for is another matter entirely, [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement making this a potential can of worms]].