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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has Gabi do this to escape prison. She fakes a seizure then bashes her guard’s head in with a small bag of rocks when he comes to help.
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*''Series/DoctorWho'': Romana once escaped a Dalek slave-camp this way. More specifically, she put herself into suspended animation. They threw the "corpse" outside, and she got up and ran away once they were gone.
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* ''Series/YuYuHakusho2023'': Keiko pretends to be sick to trick a guard into entering her cell, then knocks him out so she and Yukina can escape.
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* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': In Chapter 31, the captive [[KnightTemplar Vera Bexley]] pretends to have fallen unconscious so that the guard checking her cell will enter to examine her. This allows her to get the jump on the guard and escape.
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* ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'': DoubleSubverted. When Hanratty arrives at the run-down French prison to extradite Frank to the United States, he assumes that Frank's uncontrollable coughing is just him acting in order to attempt another escape. He's legitimately ill and has to be taken to the infirmary after he collapses in front of Hanratty. He does attempt to escape while there, but he doesn't get any further than the end of the block before he collapses again.

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* ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'': DoubleSubverted. When Hanratty arrives at the run-down French prison to extradite Frank to the United States, he assumes that Frank's uncontrollable coughing is just him acting in order to attempt another escape. He's legitimately ill and has to be taken to the infirmary after he collapses in front of Hanratty. He does attempt to escape while there, but he doesn't get any further than the end of the block before he collapses again. The cops don't even bother running to catch him; they walk up to him coolly and put a gun to his head.
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* ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'': DoubleSubverted. When Hanratty arrives at the run-down French prison to extradite Frank to the United States, he assumes that Frank's uncontrollable coughing is just him acting in order to attempt another escape. He's legitimately ill and has to be taken to the hospital after he collapses in front of Hanratty. He does attempt to escape while there, but he doesn't get any further than the end of the block before he collapses again.

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* ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'': DoubleSubverted. When Hanratty arrives at the run-down French prison to extradite Frank to the United States, he assumes that Frank's uncontrollable coughing is just him acting in order to attempt another escape. He's legitimately ill and has to be taken to the hospital infirmary after he collapses in front of Hanratty. He does attempt to escape while there, but he doesn't get any further than the end of the block before he collapses again.

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