History Main / Lockdown

* Periodically in ''DeadSpace'', the room Isaac is in goes into "quarantine" lockdown. The lockdown ends when he successfully defeats the Necromorphs that find their way in.

* In ''ElGoonishShive'' Moperville South school has a "standard lockdown procedure". This means suddenly every door is locked ([[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-05-30 even ones without locks]]) and corridors are cut into sectors with SomeKindOfForceField. How can this happen? Because one of the teachers is a wizard.

* "[[StarWars Close the blast doors!]]"

* ''DevilSurvivor'' takes place in the "Tokyo Lockdown", things get complicated and bad very quickly.

* In ''SonicAdventure2'', the titular prison of Prison Island is locked down when Tails gets there. Also, the facility that Dr. Eggman breaks into to retrieve the secret weapon goes into lockdown. This time, you see a number of doors closing and hear a voice telling people to close them. (In both cases, the doors that don't succumb to you blowing off the locks open anyway just because you destroyed some G.U.N. robots.)
* ''MitadakeHigh'' begins with you in a locked-down school with the killer. ItGetsWorse

* Done in the Literature/AgentPendergast novel ''Relic'', with disastrous results.

* ''{{Torchwood}}'' had one that could be removed by reading poetry. (ItMakesSenseInContext)

** CUT is locked down constantly, but it never seems to do any good actually stopping people from breaking in or out!

* Done in the AgentPendergast novel ''Relic'', with disastrous results.

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A location is isolated by means of locking every door/window/refrigerator/[[AirVentEscape air vent]]/other entrance in the area so that no one can get in or out of the building. For the medical cases surrounding this, it is a quarantine. Armed guards may also be posted, depending on whether or not the military is involved. Has nothing to do with a [[TransformersAnimated Cybertronian bounty hunter]].

* During the film ''MenInBlack II'', the [=MIB=] [=HQ=] goes into Code 101 Lockdown.

* Purdey gets trapped inside a high-tech building that goes into lockdown in ''Series/TheNewAvengers'' episode "Complex".

* In ''IrresponsibleCaptainTaylor'', after Tylor is [[spoiler: kidnapped]] the command takes the opportunity to put the whole crew in quarantine because ([[BlatantLies they claim]]) of the alien virus [[spoiler: the crew were infected with to force him to surrender.]]

* In ''ElGoonishShive'' Moperville South school has a "standard lockdown procedure". This means suddenly every door is locked ([[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-05-30 even ones without locks]]) and corridors are cut into sectors with SomeKindOfForceField. Because one of teachers is a wizard.

Also see: TrappedInContainment

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A location is isolated by means of locking every door/window/refrigerator in the area so that no one can get in or out of the building. For the medical cases surrounding this, it is a quarantine. Has nothing to do with a [[TransformersAnimated Cybertronian bounty hunter]].

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A location is isolated by means of locking every damn door/window/refrigerator in the area so that no one can get in or out of the building. For the medical cases surrounding this, it is a quarantine. Has nothing to do with a [[TransformersAnimated Cybertronian bounty hunter]].

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ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A location is isolated by means of locking every damn door/window/refrigerator in the area so that no one can get in or out of the building. For the medical cases surrounding this, it is a quarantine.

* CityOfTheGods, a part of ''DungeonsAndDragons'' Blackmoor series, locks down the corridors if the PCs set off the alarm and appear to either be escaping or have remained in full alert for too long.

* ''Fil/{{X-Men}} Origins: Wolverine'' when Wolverine is escaping the Weapon X facility.

* An early episode of KeroroGunsou features the Hinata house going into Lockdown...because Keroro has a cavity. A cavity caused by tiny aliens, but still...

* First ''Resident Evil'' film (without human input).

* ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' when Wolverine is escaping the Weapon X facility.

* Parodied in a VerySpecialEpisode of OneTreeHill where Jimmy Edwards shoots up the school. He doesn't understand how Keith is able to enter the school because...

* Happens a few times on {{Eureka}} with Global Dynamics.