History Main / LiveActionEscortMission

** In the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "Harmony", the team has to get a princess, Harmony, to the ruins.

* In the ''StargateAtlantis'' episode "Harmony", the team has to get a princess, Harmony, to the ruins.

* The "diplomat" version occurs in StargateSG1. SG1 is ordered to escort members of the IOA to the Alpha site. When it is overrun by carnivorous bugs, the IOA delegates demand that SG1 continue protecting them. They do refuse to obey orders a bit at first but when they see how serious the situation is, most of them shape up.

* In ''TheGreatestAmericanHero'' episode, "The Hit Car," Max and Ralph transport a gun moll to court. Unfortunately, she is seemingly a complete flake who insist of being driven to the courthouse, a journey which the heroes are repeatedly attacked by hit men where Ralph and his super suit is the only means of fighting them off. Eventually, they get the woman to court, only to have her plead the Fifth and they realize the whole gauntlet was arranged specifically to target Max.

* Appears in both ''ConanTheBarbarian'' and ''Conan the Destroyer'' as the reasons for Conan's quests, although the princess in the first movie barely appears and is much less annoying than the one in the second.

* The second half of ''PitchBlack''.

* The heart of ''JurassicPark''.

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Our intrepid adventurer or team of explorers has been tasked with a simple mission: Get someone from point A to point B. Unfortunately, the person they are tasked with escorting is a spoiled kid (or someone just as bad) and while they know they need to be escorted, they have no qualms against running away, going on side missions, fiddling with artifacts they shouldn't be fiddling with, making noise and attracting enemies, and generally refusing to obey the people escorting them. It can remind you [[EscortMission of a video game]].

Worse yet, the adventurers don't have the authority to just discipline their charge, who is a princess, diplomat, or other important figure who they don't dare upset, and whose word might be believed over their own.

* ''{{Spaceballs}}'': Princess Vespa.

* This is the premise of ''[=~Who's That Girl?~=]'', with Madonna as the escortee.

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* This is the main plot of MichaelChabon's novel ''GentlemenOfTheRoad''. The two main characters (who are essentially mercenaries) have been asked to escort the son of a deposed and murdered king to relatives in another nation where he'll be safe, but all he wants to do is run back to the capitol to kill the usurper. [[spoiler: Which they eventually agree to do. Also, the "prince" turns out to be a girl.]]

* This happens a lot in ''IndianaJones and the Temple of Doom'', although whether he's escorting Willie, Shortround, or both changes moment to moment.

* In the Ruby-Spears ''Series/MegaMan'' cartoon, Mega had to escort Brain Bot, a superintelligent robot, to California. Not only did he not know when to quit messing with things and trying to "fix" them, Wily also had his sights on the brainy 'bot.

* In ''RedTails'', the Tuskegee Airmen guard flights of bombers over German territory in a TruthInTelevision example. They're pleased to do it too, as it's the best chance they've gotten to prove what they can do.

* {{United 93}}'s finale is built around a [[LiveActionEscortMission Live Action Escort]] [[StormingTheCastle To The Cockpit]], but with a much more mature and serious walking MacGuffin.
* [[ThreeTenToYuma 3:10 to Yuma]] features one as its main plot, as a posse escorts outlaw Russell Crowe's character to the nearest train station, before taking it UptoEleven at the climax, when Russell Crowe's character's gang catches up to the group.
* The second half of PitchBlack.
* The entire premise of [[SixteenBlocks 16 Blocks]].

* One arc in the ''{{Bleach}}'' anime is about Ichigo bodyguarding princess Lurichiyo. Of course, this is [[DisContinuity ignorable]] since this is a {{filler}} story.

* One arc in the ''{{Bleach}}'' anime is about Ichigo bodyguarding princess Lurichiyo. Of course, this is [[DisContinuity ignorable]] since this is a filler story.

* One of the funniest episodes of ''TeenTitans'' was in season 5, where Raven got sent alone to escort three "younger" heroes to a safehouse from the BigBad types trying to kidnap them. No one told her that the oldest was 4, and the youngest still in diapers. HilarityEnsues all around. Especially when they stop for the night. Take note, when asked to tell a bedtime story she slightly dumbs down the Trigon arc into hilariously funny NightmareFuel for the little kids.
* WorldOfQuest is an entire series of this. Quest himself is tricked into it, the others just like Quest and think it'll be fun. The escortee, Prince Nestor, is an incompetent jackass most of the time.(Though he becomes relatively useful in fights, his ego still causes way more problems than his skills can fix, particularly since the other members of the party are still way more useful in fights.)
* In the Ruby-Spears Series/MegaMan cartoon, Mega had to escort Brain Bot, a superintelligent robot, to California. Not only did he not know when to quit messing with things and trying to "fix" them, Wily also had his sights on the brainy 'bot.

*** Not to mention Leia and Amidala are both tough cookies.

* The entire premise of 16Blocks.

* [[ThreeTenToYuma 3:10 to Yuma]] features one as its main plot, as a posse escorts outlaw Russell Crowe's character to the nearest train station, before taking it [[UptoEleven]] at the climax, when Russell Crowe's character's gang catches up to the group.

* [[ThreeTenToYuma 3:10 to Yuma]].

If the team is lucky, the escortee will get captured or hurt, teaching them that relying on their social status to get what they want doesn't work well in the real world.