History Main / PriceOnTheirHead

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': After Akira goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the MegaCorp executive Chloe for stealing from one of his close friends, after Chloe gets to the safety of the city, she puts a 50 billion aurum bounty on his head. What follows is Akira hiding in the wilderness with Carol in her camper/APC hybrid, a massive battle where tank formations and artillery encircle Akira and his team in an ambush (since Akira is a OneManArmy at that point), all culminating in TheSiege of his Hunter Gang’s HomeBase in the slums. This was all part of TheConspiracy to show off that corporation's power to help it recruit someone, and they pay Akira and the city off.

* Bounties are a regular feature of the so-called Leijiverse. The title characters of both ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' and ''Anime/QueenEmeraldas'' have large bounties on their heads, along with their companion Tochiro. Random side characters with bounties also appear from time to time. In an interesting variation, the price is often given as a one-year supply of energy capsules instead of cash.

* ''Film/ForcedVengeance'': Creator/ChuckNorris is told there's a $100,000 price on his head. His only reaction is to ask if it's in US or Hong Kong dollars.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor has had various prices on their head over the years, ranging from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E6TheWomanWhoLived £20]] to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunMakers an entire star system]].

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' uses [[WantedPoster wanted beacons]] which show holograms of the criminals (usually Moya's crew) with narration explaining the reward for turning them in.
-->'''HOLOGRAM:''' An unprecedented reward is offered for information leading-- ''(Chiana advances recording)'' --dead or alive, five million currency pledges rests on the Nebari Chiana, who was last seen-- ''(shuts chip off)''
-->'''CHIANA:''' They're everywhere. In every bar, every port, every ship that can fly. We had nowhere to go but here, and all because of you [Crichton].
-->'''RYGEL:''' ''(smugly)'' [[VillainCred I'm worth seven million.]] That's frelling with her head, too. ''(Chiana hits him)''
* ''Series/BlakesSeven''.
** When SpacePirates seize the Liberator in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E11Bounty Bounty]]", their leader Tarvin says the Federation will offer him 13 million credits for the Liberator and its crew.
-->'''Tarvin:''' I wonder if there's a price on your head anywhere?
-->'''Sarkoff:''' No. But I imagine there is on yours, though.
-->'''Tarvin:''' [Laughs] I'd be ashamed if there weren't.
** In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E11Gambit Gambit]]", Servalan negotiates with a crime boss to have a Federation fugitive captured dead or alive. She offers two million credits, but is forced to settle on eight million. However it's later revealed to be just a ploy to get the crime boss wondering what's so important about this man that Servalan wants dead.
* ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'':
** TheEmpire has a price on each member's head in Zagin (with 1 Zagin equalling 360 Japanese yen), with [[ButtMonkey Don's]] always being the lowest. It gets to the point where Captain Marvelous's bounty is listed as "Unlimited Reward" after the events of episode 38 and the death of [[DiscOneFinalBoss Warz Gill]], while the others' last bounties are 8 million (Gokai Blue), 4 million (Gokai Pink), 3 million (Gokai Yellow), 300 thousand (Gokai Green and Gokai Silver each), and fifty (Navi).
** Basco ta Jolokia also had a 3 million Zagin bounty on his head before coming to work for Zangyack. His actions in betraying them in episode 43 result in it being reinstated and upped to 10 million, while his monkey partner Sally got a bounty of fifty (the same as Navi's).
** [=AkaRed=], Marvelous's mentor, had a bounty of at least eight million before his apparent death.
* On ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', [[TheCaptain Captain Archer]] escapes a life sentence on the Klingon gulag Rura Penthe. Later in the season, it's revealed that the Klingons have put a price on his head. After he escapes a capture attempt, it likely goes up.
* In the documentary ''Churchill's Bodyguard'', it's mentioned that Irish Nationalist leader Michael Collins complained bitterly about a 5000 pound price that the authorities had put on his head, dead or alive. Churchill responded by showing him his framed Wanted notice that had been put out after Churchill escaped from a Boer prisoner-of-war camp, offering only 25 pounds for him dead or alive. Collins found this ActuallyPrettyFunny.

* ''The Quest for the Silver Empress'' adventure from Judges Guild ''Pegasus'' magazine: One of the [=NPCs=] is "Rabid" Grawulf Thornal. Thornal is a criminal who killed the son of a noble during a robbery, resulting in a 5,000 gold piece price on his head.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''Magazine/{{Dungeon}}'' magazine TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms adventure "All Things Nice". The ConArtist thief Clavius has a price on his head in twenty different towns. Treblun Gonologon is worth 2,000 gold pieces, dead or alive, to a group of pirates in Baldur's Gate.

* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'': [[spoiler:During the Nyakuza Metro's finale, when Hat Kid steals the Time Pieces from Empress, rather than attacking Hat Kid right then and there, Empress instead calls out to the whole Metro that Hat Kid now has a bounty while deliberately letting Hat Kid flee from the shop, and then chases her as Hat Kid desperately runs for her life from a gang of cats and the enraged Empress who is hauling a rocket launcher]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'': All [[HalfHumanHybrid Basilisk Soldiers]], such as Slim, have a 10,000 key bounty on their heads due to their role in the attempted rebellion. According to [[BountyHunter Abe]], the bounty is so high because the only people in any position to take advantage of it would have been rooting for the rebels.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'', Lex has an ability called "Retribution" that puts a bounty on an opposing Champion that increases when they gain a kill streak. If he lands the killing blow on his mark, he can potentially earn a lot of credits at once.

* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': In the mission ''A Fisher of Men'', Arthur and Jack Marston are confronted by Agents Milton and Ross of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, who're on the hunt for the Van der Linde Gang. Milton mentions that Arthur's head alone is worth $5,000.
->'''Arthur''': Five thousand dollars? [[DeadpanSnarker Can I turn myself in?]]
* Bounties appear in two forms in ''VideoGame/RebelGalaxy'':
** Requests to take out a specific pirate or other target may turn up on mission boards. Operations against pirate fleets or bases can overlap with the second form.
** The player can also encounter randomly spawned pirates with a bounty attached to them that is collected upon destruction of their ship.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Aku placed a price on Jack's head, said to be a googolplex in season 1. In one episode, he had to deal with bounty hunter after bounty hunter. In another episode, he encounters another character who also had a price on his head placed by Aku and after their initial clash, they worked together to deal with the bounty hunters going after them in that episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In [[CowboyEpisode Episode 88]], Stumpy, Quack Quack, and Mr. Cat, who are bandits in this episode, see {{Wanted Poster}}s with their names, pictures and rewards: 5000 dollars for Mr. Cat, 6500 dollars for Quack Quack and... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking 33 cents for Stumpy.]]

** When pro-Vichy elements of the Foreign Legion were tasked with running an internment camp for Allied personnel that was one step above being a concentration camp (it was located in the deep desert in Algeria, a technically neutral country but a colony of Vichy France, a puppet state of Nazi Germany), this system was ressurected to deter British, Commonwealth and American prisoners from attempting escape.

* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': In the mission ''A Fisher of Men'', Arthur and Jack Marston are confronted by Agents Milton and Ross of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, who're on the hunt for the Van der Linde Gang. Milton mentions that Arthur's head alone is worth $5,000 ($657,045.45 in today's money).

* Bounties are a regular feature of the so-called Leijiverse. The title characters of both ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' and ''Anime/QueenEmeraldas'' have large bounties on their heads, along with their companion Tochiro. Random side characters with bounties also appear from time to time. In an interesting variation, the price is often given as a one-year supply of energy capsules instead of case.

This person (and the price) will often feature on a WantedPoster. The price will usually attract [[BountyHunter Bounty Hunters]].

This person will often feature on a WantedPoster. The price will usually attract [[BountyHunter Bounty Hunters]].

** [[spoiler: As of the Vivre Card datebook releases in September 2021, aside from Luffy, only eleven other people are known to have ever had bounties of one billion or higher -- in order, the top six are the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger (5,564,800,000, the highest known to have ever been given), Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate (5,046,000,000 before his death and the second highest ever issued), Kaido "of the Beasts" (4,611,100,000), "Big Mom" Charlotte Linlin (4,388,000,000), "Red-Haired" Shanks (4,048,900,000), "Blackbeard" Marshall D. Teach (2,247,600,000), while the five below Luffy are King "The Conflagration" (top-ranked of Kaido's three "Lead Performers"; 1,390,000,000), Marco "The Phoenix" (former First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates; 1,374,000,000), Queen "The Plague" (second-ranked of Kaido's three "Lead Performers"; 1,320,000,000), Charlotte Katakuri (son of Big Mom; 1,057,000,000) and Jack "The Drought" (lowest of Kaido's three "Lead Performers"; 1,000,000,000).]]

* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' villains are sometimes shown progressing in crime by their growing bounties (Averell Dalton's is always lower than his brothers', when he even has one).

* ''Fanfic/UltimateVideoRumble'': After Demitri Maximoff's actions in the second Rumble, Heihachi Mishima puts a sizable bounty on the vampire's head in the third. (As there are a lot of guns-for-hire in the Rumble, and many of them have no qualms with shooting the competition, the hunt rapidly [[MeleeATrois degenerates into a free-for-all]].)

* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': Some loopers, such as Pikachu and Anakin Skywalker, are known to put out rewards for non-loopers to find and capture [=MLE=]s during loops.

* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'': The bandit Cheyenne has a $5,000 bounty on his head. Harmonica uses it to bid for Jill's land.

* ''Film/{{Ransom}}'': Millionaire Tom Cullen receives a demand for $2,000,000 for the safe return of his son. When federal agents kill the only connection to the kidnappers, Mullen tries a new strategy: he broadcasts the $2,000,000 as a bounty to anyone who fingers the kidnappers. Anyone, no questions asked, no charges pressed.

* ''Film/TheInformer'': The British are offering £20 for information leading to the capture of Frankie [=McPhillip=]. Gypo goes for it.
* In ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', the Sheriff of Nottingham is constantly raising the bounty on Robin Hood's head. First it's 100 gold pieces. Then 500. The 25,000 crowns. It does nothing to sway people's loyalty to him.
* ''Film/IShotJesseJames'': Everybody in the [[BanditClan James clan]] has one, though Jesse's is the highest at $3,000.
* ''Film/ForcedVengeance'': Creator/ChuckNorris is told there's a $100,000 price on his head. His only reaction is to ask if it's in US or Hong Kong dollars.
* ''Film/MortalEngines'': Hester is about to be auctioned off to a [[HumanResources sausage maker]] when the notorious Anti-Tractionist Anna Fang appears and bids 50 on her. While this is ten times his offered bid, the auctioneer points out that there's a reward of 50,000 on Fang's head, so unless she's willing to cough up that much... Fang [[OneManArmy quickly demonstrates]] that he should have taken the 50.

* ''Literature/TheExecutioner''. TheMafia has a $250,000 open contract (in 1970's money) on Mack Bolan, though the VillainCred of killing the vigilante OneManArmy tends to be emphasized more.

* ''Literature/ForestKingdom'': In the ''Hawk & Fisher'' spinoff series' book 5 (''Guard Against Dishonor''), when Fisher is framed as a traitor, a bounty is briefly placed on her head. It's revoked when she helps catch the real traitor.
* ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'': Late in ''Through Fiery Trials'', the Grand Duke of Spring Flower announces to his soldiers that he will pay 5000 marks to the one who brings an opposing commander in alive, but only 1000 marks if said opponent is brought in dead. No one collects, because unknown to Spring Flower that opponent and his forces have been getting covert assistance from Charis.

** [[spoiler: As of chapter 957, aside from Luffy, only nine other people are known to have ever had bounties of one billion or higher -- in order, they are the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger (5,564,800,000, the highest known to have ever been given), Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate (5,046,000,000 before his death and the second highest ever issued), Kaido "of the Beasts" (4,611,100,000), "Big Mom" Charlotte Linlin (4,388,000,000), "Red-Haired" Shanks (4,048,900,000), "Blackbeard" Marshall D. Teach (2,247,600,000), Queen "The Plague" (one of Kaido's three "Lead Performers"; 1,320,000,000), Charlotte Katakuri (son of Big Mom; 1,057,000,000) and Jack "The Drought" (another of Kaido's three "Lead Performers"; 1,000,000,000). Chapter 1006 later reveals that King "The Conflagration", the last of Kaido's three "Lead Performers", also has a bounty of over 1 billion, and a Vivre Card release in July 2021 revealed that Marco "The Phoenix", the First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, had a bounty of 1,374,000,000.]]

* In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'', the bandit Cheyenne has a $5,000 bounty on his head. Harmonica uses it to bid for Jill's land.

* ''Film/ForcedVengeance''. Creator/ChuckNorris is told there's a $100,000 price on his head. His only reaction is to ask if it's in US or Hong Kong dollars.
* In ''Film/MortalEngines'', Hester is about to be auctioned off to a [[HumanResources sausage maker]] when the notorious Anti-Tractionist Anna Fang appears and bids 50 on her. While this is ten times his offered bid, the auctioneer points out that there's a reward of 50,000 on Fang's head, so unless she's willing to cough up that much... Fang [[OneManArmy quickly demonstrates]] that he should have taken the 50.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In [[CowboyEpisode Episode 88]], Stumpy, Quack Quack, and Mr. Cat, who are bandits in this episode, see {{Wanted Poster}}s with their names, pictures and rewards: 5000 dollars for Mr. Cat, 6500 dollars for Quack Quack and... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers 33 cents for Stumpy.]]

* In order to stop desertion from Foreign Legionnaries left without work wince the pacification of Morocco, on 1921, Commander Maire announced to the locals that each deserter brought alive would be worth 20 francs, and that each head would be worth 100 francs; this stopped desertions.

* ''Literature/TheExecutioner''. TheMafia has a $250,000 open contract on Mack Bolan, though the VillainCred of killing the vigilante OneManArmy tends to be emphasized more.

** [[spoiler: As of chapter 957, aside from Luffy, only nine other people are known to have ever had bounties of one billion or higher -- in order, they are the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger (5,564,800,000, the highest known to have ever been given), Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate (5,046,000,000 before his death and the second highest ever issued), Kaido "of the Beasts" (4,611,100,000), "Big Mom" Charlotte Linlin (4,388,000,000), "Red-Haired" Shanks (4,048,900,000), "Blackbeard" Marshall D. Teach (2,247,600,000), Queen "The Plague" (one of Kaido's three "Lead Performers"; 1,320,000,000), Charlotte Katakuri (son of Big Mom; 1,057,000,000) and Jack "The Drought" (another of Kaido's three "Lead Performers"; 1,000,000,000). Chapter 1006 later reveals that King "The Conflagration", the last of Kaido's three "Lead Performers", also has a bounty of over 1 billion.]]

( ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'': On the Invasions Tab, the Grineer and Corpus will often be battling one another, and offering up rewards to Tenno that side with them. After clearing 5 invasion missions for one side, the other will put out a hit on your Tenno, represented as a Death Mark similar to the one the Stalker can give upon killing a boss; the Grineer will enlist the Grustrag Three, while the Corpus have Alad V sic his Zanuka pet upon you, and each one only spawns inside their faction-controlled mission nodes (meaning no Zanuka in a Grineer-controlled node, for example). In addition to these, whichever Syndicates you have negative standing with will occasionally send out Eximus Squads to attack you.

* Duting the revolt of the Hereros in the German South West Africa, Lothar von Trotha announced to his troops that he would pay 1,000 mark for each rebel chief, and 5,000 for Samuel Maherero.

* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': [[DestructiveSavior Vash]] has $$60,000,000,000 on his head for the destruction of a city. This paradoxically causes even more damage due to the hordes of reckless bounty hunters that are constantly chasing him. Eventually the Bernadelli Insurance Corporation declares him a "human act of God" to avoid paying claims on the damage he causes.

* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': [[DestructiveSavior Vash]] has $$60,000,000,000 on his head for the destruction of a city. Up until the Bernadelli Insurance Corporation declares him a "human act of God" to avoid paying claims on the damage he causes.

** TheEmpire has a price on each member's head in Zagin (with 1 Zagin equalling 360 Japanese yen), with [[ButtMonkey Don's]] always being the lowest. It gets to the point where Captain Marvelous's bounty is listed as "Unlimited Reward" after the events of episode 38 and the death of the DiscOneFinalBoss, while the others' last bounties are 8 million (Gokai Blue), 4 million (Gokai Pink), 3 million (Gokai Yellow), 300 thousand (Gokai Green and Gokai Silver each), and fifty (Navi).

** [[spoiler:As of chapter 957, aside from Luffy, only nine other people are known to have ever had bounties of one billion or higher--the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger (5,564,800,000, the highest known to have ever been given), Whitebeard (5,046,000,000 before his death and the second highest ever issued), Kaido "of the Beasts" (4,611,100,000), "Big Mom" Charlotte Linlin (4,388,000,000), "Red-Haired" Shanks (4,048,900,000), "Blackbeard" Marshall D. Teach (2,247,600,000), Queen "The Plague" (a subordinate of Kaido; 1,320,000,000), Charlotte Katakuri (son of Big Mom; 1,057,000,000) and Jack "The Drought" (another subordinate of Kaido; 1,000,000,000).]]

* ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' - TheEmpire has a price on each member's head, with [[ButtMonkey Don's]] always being the lowest.

* In the documentary ''Churchill's Bodyguard'', it's mentioned that Irish Nationalist leader Michael Collins complained bitterly about a 5000 pound price that had put on his head, dead or alive. Churchill responded by showing him his framed Wanted notice that had been put out after Churchill escaped from a Boer prisoner-of-war camp, offering only 25 pounds for him dead or alive. Collins found this ActuallyPrettyFunny.