History Main / KnockoutAmbush

* A scene in Film/{{Daybreakers}} has a convoy of humans being ambushed by the vampire military. They stop to change a tire, only to have an OhCrap moment when a dart is found sticking out of it. Then crossbow bolts and tranquilizer darts start flying between the two sides, until all the humans are [[HumanResources captured for use in the blood banks]].

** In chapter 4 "Time Out" the {{PC}}s are at a charity basketball game when the supervillian Arcade floods the gymnasium with KnockoutGas in order to capture them.

*** While the {{PC}}s are escaping from Mandrill's base, one his soldiers wearing a battlesuit attacks them. She uses a [[StunGuns neurostunner]] built into her armor to knock them out.

*** While the {{PC}}s are escaping from Mandrill's base, one his soldiers wearing a battlesuit attacks them. She uses a [[Stun Gun neurostunner]] built into her armor to knock them out.

* In chapter 5 "Nightmare in New Guinea" the {{PC}}s are at an audience with the Mandrill when he decides to capture them. He and his soldiers open fire on them with [[StunGuns neurostunner pistols]] that cause unconsciousness.

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* ''TabletopGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' supplement ''Uncanny X-Men'' boxed set "Adventure Book". In chapter 4 "Time Out" the {{PC}}s are at a charity basketball game when the supervillian Arcade floods the gymnasium with KnockoutGas in order to capture them.

* ''MarvelSuperHeroes'' supplement ''Uncanny X-Men'' boxed set "Adventure Book". In chapter 4 "Time Out" the {{PC}}s are at a charity basketball game when the supervillian Arcade floods the gymnasium with KnockOut gas in order to capture them.

* In ''TheIncredibles'', Mr. Incredible is taken down by cannons shooting expanding globs of a mysterious substance that eventually immobilize him.
* ''MonstersVsAliens'': "Is he talking about [[{{Area51}} Area fifty...]]" *zip!* *thud!*

* Happened on ''{{Lost}}'' when Michael leads Sawyer, Kate, Jack, and Hurley to the Others' camp. The Others ambush them from the trees using tranq darts, then gag them and put bags over their heads.
* In ''MyNameIsEarl'', after Darnell is identified as a former secret agent, Earl and Randy keep being shot at with tranquilizer darts as a RunningGag.

* Happens to Vanessa and Madlax in ''{{Madlax}}'', when they are captured by Enfant.

* In ''HudsonHawk'', Almond Joy takes out Eddie, Tommy Five-Tone and Anna using curare-tipped blowgun darts.
* In ''StarWars'', the Jawas ambush R2-D2 and C-3PO with ionization blasters designed specifically to disable droids.
* In ''{{Hannibal}}'', Hannibal is ambushed and captured by mooks wielding some sort of stun gun.

* In ''SurfsUp'', the Pen-Guans take out Chicken Joe ([[CameraAbuse and the cameraman]]) with blowdarts, right after Joe says that "[[TemptingFate the jungle is the most peaceful place on the planet]]."

Usually the scene will involve the darts coming out of nowhere before those being shot at even see their attackers. The heroes are walking along, when all the sudden - ''zip!'', Alice goes down. Followed by Bob and Charlie, and the screen fades out.

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* At one point in ''HalfLife'' you're knocked out from behind by a couple of soldiers.

* In ''Series/Supernatural'' 'Swap Meat' this happens to Sam.

The heroes of a story are suddenly ambushed but are shot with TranquilizerDarts, KnockoutGas or something with a similar effect, and not lethal weapons, because the ambushers want them alive.

The heroes of a story are suddenly ambushed but are shot with Tranquilizer Darts, or something with a similar effect, and not lethal weapons, because the ambushers want them alive.

SubTrope of IWantThemAlive. Often involves InstantSedation

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* ''TabletopGame/DungoensAndDragons'', module A3 ''Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords''. If the {{PC}}s will be playing in module A4, at the end of A3 the entire {{PC}} party will rendered unconscious by a green gas and captured by the Slave Lords.

* ''Series/{{Merlin}} had Merlin and Arthur hit by tranquilizer darts by a band of slave-traders.

* In ''{{Firestarter}}'', agents of The Shop capture Andy and Charlie [=McGee=] by shooting them with tranq darts from long range. Which was smart considering Andy can control minds and Charlie is pyrokinetic.

* Happened in an old issue of the ''BionicWoman'' comic. Thugs shot Jamie Sommers, apparently killing her. Then the thugs mention that she was shot with "medicated wax pellets", drugging her into unconsciousness.

* Happened to [[TheCaptain Sheridan]] on Mars in an episode of ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]''. {{Subverted}} in that rather than just go down for the count, Sheridan is able to fight his attackers for a short time before succumbing to the tranquilizer patch that had been slapped on him by [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn Garibaldi]]]].

* In ''[VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' you are [[spoiler: knocked out by a stun grenade from nowhere after recovering the G.E.C.K]].

* In ''[[{{Fallout}} Fallout 3]]'' you are [[spoiler: knocked out by a stun grenade from nowhere after recovering the G.E.C.K]].
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* In ''Hannibal'', Hannibal is ambushed and captured by mooks wielding some sort of stun gun.
* In the ''Series/{{Stargate}}'' movie, soldiers are knocked out by the blunt ends of staff weapons one by one.

* In the ''{{StarGate}}'' movie, soldiers are knocked out by the blunt ends of staff weapons one by one.