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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In "Frontier in Space", the Doctor is given a life sentence on a lunar penal colony. A political prisoner is planning an escape aided by a sympathetic guard, but it turns out to be a setup with them [[{{Cliffhanger}} trapped in an airlock with the air being pumped out]]. Ironically it's the Doctor's ArchEnemy The Master who [[VillainousRescue turns up to save them]], posing as an official sent to extradite the Doctor for other crimes. When the prison governor tries to throw the Doctor into solitary confinement for a year, the Master threatens to call for an inquiry into the 'escape' unless the Doctor is released into his custody.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In "Frontier in Space", the Doctor is given a life sentence on a lunar penal colony. A political prisoner is planning an escape aided by a sympathetic guard, but it turns out to be a setup with them [[{{Cliffhanger}} trapped in an airlock with the air being pumped out]]. Ironically it's the Doctor's ArchEnemy The Master who [[VillainousRescue turns up to save them]], posing as an official sent to extradite the Doctor for other crimes. When the prison governor tries to throw the Doctor into solitary confinement for a year, the Master threatens to call for an inquiry into the 'escape' unless the Doctor is released into his custody. Later the Master allows Jo Grant to escape and send a radio message for help; it's not a SubspaceAnsible so only the spacecraft the Doctor is in is [[LuredIntoATrap close enough to respond]].
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** In ''Tribesmen of Gor'' Tarl is framed for an attempted assassination, then broken out by one of his accusers, who gives him a camel and waterbags. (''Tribesmen'' takes place in a FantasyCounterpartCulture to Beduin-era Saudi Arabia.) Tarl's camel has been boobytrapped with a poisoned needle hidden in its hoof so that it would collapse shortly after leaving town and the water is spkied with salt; however, Tarl anticipates this and finds the needle & dumps the water.
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** In ''Tribesmen of Gor'' Tarl is framed for an attempted assassination, then broken out by one of his accusers, who gives him a camel and waterbags. (''Tribesmen'' takes place in a FantasyCounterpartCulture to Beduin-era Saudi Arabia.) Tarl's camel has been boobytrapped with a poisoned needle hidden in its hoof so that it would collapse shortly after leaving town and the water is spkied spiked with salt; however, Tarl anticipates this and finds the needle & dumps the water.
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* On ''Series/TheMentalist'', an investigator who was looking into the Blake Association, a secret organization of corrupt law enforcemet officials, [[WellIntentionedExtremist kidnaps Jane, tortures someone else and murders two others]] in his quest, and is arrested. After being driven away in a police van, it stops and he is ordered to exit the vehicle. It turns out that the man he had taken into his confidence over the investigation is a part of the Association. He is given the chance to run away, but they both know that the corrupt official is just going to shoot him down from the back while he "attempts" escape.
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': In "The Confession", the IMF creates a ChainedHeat situation by handcuffing Rollin (posing as a criminal) to a captured assassin for transport. They then provide an opportunity for an escape; knowing that the assassin will head to his backer and drag Rollin along with him.
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': In "The Confession", the IMF creates a ChainedHeat situation by handcuffing Rollin (posing as a criminal) to a captured assassin for transport. They then provide an opportunity for an escape; knowing that the assassin will head to his backer and drag Rollin along with him.
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* On ''Series/TheMentalist'', an investigator who was looking into the Blake Association, a secret organization of corrupt law enforcemet enforcement officials, [[WellIntentionedExtremist kidnaps Jane, tortures someone else and murders two others]] in his quest, and is arrested. After being driven away in a police van, it stops and he is ordered to exit the vehicle. It turns out that the man he had taken into his confidence over the investigation is a part of the Association. He is given the chance to run away, but they both know that the corrupt official is just going to shoot him down from the back while he "attempts" escape.
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': In "The Confession", the IMF creates a ChainedHeat situation by handcuffing Rollin (posing as a criminal) to a captured assassin for transport. They then provide an opportunity for anescape; escape, knowing that the assassin will head to his backer and drag Rollin along with him.
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': In "The Confession", the IMF creates a ChainedHeat situation by handcuffing Rollin (posing as a criminal) to a captured assassin for transport. They then provide an opportunity for an
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* In the episode, "Whom Gods Destroy" of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Spock apparently breaks Kirk out of his cell and gets him to the communications room to contact the Enterprise. In this episode, since they were going to a penal colony, a code phrase had been arranged that had to be spoken prior to beaming anyone up. "Spock" turns out to be shapeshifter, Garth of Izar, and the escape was to get Kirk to reveal the code. He didn't fall for it.
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* In the episode, "Whom Gods Destroy" of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Spock apparently breaks Kirk out of his cell and gets him to the communications room to contact the Enterprise. In this episode, since they were going to a penal colony, a code phrase had been arranged that had to be spoken prior to beaming anyone up. "Spock" turns out to be a shapeshifter, Garth of Izar, and the escape was to get Kirk to reveal the code. He didn't fall for it.
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* A spectacular one is pulled by David Xanatos in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', who uses a ridicoulously human robot Coyote to break out the group known as the Pack, sans Fox as the former can no longer stomach the gang's villainy and stays behind. Of course, Xanatos doesn't care about the prisoners, who are pawns in a test of the combat mechanics of Coyote. He's not even concerned about Coyote's devastating loss... the true purpose of the jail break was for Fox to stay behind, impressing the parole board enough to grant her an early parole. To sum it up, Xanatos used this to effect a real (and more importantly, legal) jail break.
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* A spectacular one is pulled by David Xanatos in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', who uses a ridicoulously ridiculously human robot Coyote to break out the group known as the Pack, sans Fox as the former can no longer stomach the gang's villainy and stays behind. Of course, Xanatos doesn't care about the prisoners, who are pawns in a test of the combat mechanics of Coyote. He's not even concerned about Coyote's devastating loss... the true purpose of the jail break was for Fox to stay behind, impressing the parole board enough to grant her an early parole. To sum it up, Xanatos used this to effect a real (and more importantly, legal) jail break.
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* ''The Stone Killer'' (1973). A criminal undergoing medical examination is provided with a pistol which he uses to disarm the police officer escorting him. His colleagues are waiting in the carpark with a getaway car and shout for the criminal to run to them; when he does so they kill him with a submachine gun.
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* ''The Stone Killer'' ''Film/TheStoneKiller'' (1973). A criminal undergoing medical examination is provided with a pistol which he uses to disarm the police officer escorting him. His colleagues are waiting in the carpark with a getaway car and shout for the criminal to run to them; when he does so they kill him with a submachine gun.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In "Frontier in Space", the Doctor is given a life sentence on a lunar penal colony. A political prisoner is planning an escape aided by a sympathetic guard, but it turns out to be a setup with them [[{{Cliffhanger}} trapped in an airlock with the air being pumped out]]. Ironically it's the Doctor's ArchEnemy The Master who [[VillanousRescue turns up to save them]], posing as an official sent to extradite the Doctor for other (faked) crimes. When the prison governor would rather thrown the Doctor into solitary confinement for a year, the Master threatens to call for an inquiry into the escape unless he's released into his custody.
* In the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E08DreamALittleDream Dream a Little Dream]]", the villain sends someone to break Zhaan out of prison (which she was only in because they'd secretly arranged it). They don't intend her to get far - rather, they're committing a murder and want to ensure there's a "dangerous escapee" in the area who they can pin it on.
* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Ramsay Snow engineers a fake escape for Theon Greyjoy, partly to play good cop and get information, partly for shits and giggles. He leads Theon back into his cell after he learns what he wants, and [[BadBoss even kills some of his own men as part of the deception]].
* In the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E08DreamALittleDream Dream a Little Dream]]", the villain sends someone to break Zhaan out of prison (which she was only in because they'd secretly arranged it). They don't intend her to get far - rather, they're committing a murder and want to ensure there's a "dangerous escapee" in the area who they can pin it on.
* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Ramsay Snow engineers a fake escape for Theon Greyjoy, partly to play good cop and get information, partly for shits and giggles. He leads Theon back into his cell after he learns what he wants, and [[BadBoss even kills some of his own men as part of the deception]].
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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In "Frontier in Space", the Doctor is given a life sentence on a lunar penal colony. A political prisoner is planning an escape aided by a sympathetic guard, but it turns out to be a setup with them [[{{Cliffhanger}} trapped in an airlock with the air being pumped out]]. Ironically it's the Doctor's ArchEnemy The Master who [[VillanousRescue [[VillainousRescue turns up to save them]], posing as an official sent to extradite the Doctor for other (faked) crimes. When the prison governor would rather thrown tries to throw the Doctor into solitary confinement for a year, the Master threatens to call for an inquiry into the escape 'escape' unless he's the Doctor is released into his custody.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. Inthe ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E08DreamALittleDream Dream a Little Dream]]", the villain sends someone to break Zhaan out of prison (which she was only in because they'd secretly arranged it). They don't intend her to get far - rather, far--rather, they're committing a murder and want to ensure there's a "dangerous escapee" in the area who they can pin it on.
* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Ramsay Snow engineers a fake escape for Theon Greyjoy, partly to play good cop and get information, partly for shits and giggles. He leads Theon [[GoingInCircles back into hiscell cell]] after he learns what he wants, and [[BadBoss even kills some of his own men as part of the deception]].
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* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Ramsay Snow engineers a fake escape for Theon Greyjoy, partly to play good cop and get information, partly for shits and giggles. He leads Theon [[GoingInCircles back into his
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* ''Literature/MurderInCowetaCounty:'' In TheFilmOfTheBook, Turner initially thinks he's been released from jail by DirtyCop Sheriff Collier for lack of evidence, until he runs into Wallace and his men waiting for him outside, and they make it clear that they're about to kill him under the protection of the law.
--> '''Wallace:''' No boy, you got it wrong. You ain't been released. You're escaping.
--> '''Wallace:''' No boy, you got it wrong. You ain't been released. You're escaping.
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* The main plot of the Creator/MargaretWeis novel ''Hung Out'' is main character Xris helping some mob bosses escape from their HellholePrison. They think he was hired by one of their subordinates, but he was actually working for the government to get them to lead him (and by extension government investigators) to the location of their secret financial information so that the mob can be shut down for good.
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* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'': ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho142TheDemonsOfRedLodge The Demons of Red Lodge]]'': In "Doing Time", [[WardensAreEvil Governor Chaplain]] allows the force field surrounding the prison to go down while she hosting a TV crew and there is a large number of prisoners in the yard. Several of the prisoners make a break for it, but it is actually a set up to allow the film crew to capture are efficient she is at handling a crisis as part of her campaign for president.
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* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'': ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho142TheDemonsOfRedLodge The Demons of Red Lodge]]'': In "Doing Time", [[WardensAreEvil Governor Chaplain]] allows the force field surrounding the prison to go down while she hosting a TV crew and there is a large number of prisoners in the yard. Several of the prisoners make a break for it, but it is actually a set up to allow the film crew to capture are efficient she is at handling a crisis as part of her campaign for president.
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* An episode of the radio series ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' had a prisoner in Hell find a spoon to dig his way out. Turns out it was a deliberate torment, designed to torture the fugitive with his own determination.
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* An episode of the radio series ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' had a prisoner in Hell find [[CutleryEscapeAid a spoon to dig his way out.out]]. Turns out it was a deliberate torment, designed to torture the fugitive with his own determination.
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** In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', Rincewind and the Red Army are imprisoned, but soon find that their cells have been unlocked, the guards have been killed, and weapons have been provided. There's even a map to the Emperor's chambers. Rincewind [[GenreSavvy knows perfectly well]] that this is TooGoodToBeTrue, and that the Red Army is being set up, but the others take a bit of convincing.
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** In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', Rincewind and the Red Army are imprisoned, but soon find that their cells have been unlocked, the guards have been killed, and weapons have been provided. There's even a map to the Emperor's chambers. Rincewind [[GenreSavvy knows perfectly well]] well that this is TooGoodToBeTrue, and that the Red Army is being set up, but the others take a bit of convincing.
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* In ''Film/{{Apache}}'', Weddle wants Massai to escape while transporting him to the train so he will have an excuse to kill him. He removes the prisoners' leg irons so they can climb a steep hill. However, when one of the other prisoners makes a break for it, Weedle stupidly shoots him rather than immediately shooting Massai. Massai instead counterattacks while Weddle is distracted and overpowers Weddle and the other guard.
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* GiveMeAReason: The escape will fail, but the jailers will have an excuse for lethal force while suppressing it.
* YankTheDogsChain: Prisoners are allowed a HopeSpot only so that the captors can have the pleasure of snatching it away.
* OutOfTheFryingPan: The fugitive is actually being "helped" into a worse situation than his current one. Such as:
** LuredIntoATrap: The prisoners are escaping right into the clutches of some other enemy who, when imprisoned, they were safe from.
** DeadlyEnvironmentPrison: The outside of the prison is actually nastier than the inside.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Tricking prisoners into fleeing will make them look guilty even if they're actually WronglyAccused.
* UnwittingPawn: The fugitives are going to do something useful for their captors without realising it, perhaps as a result of hints "accidentally" dropped during their captivity.
* TrickAndFollowPloy: Someone's going to follow the "fugitive" straight back to a more valuable target. As a variant, the fugitive may escape with an "ally" who turns out to be an agent for the captors.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Without being aware of it, the fugitive has been hypnotized or otherwise programmed into doing something for their enemies when they return to the outside world.
* FauxtasticVoyage: Fugitives aren't actually going anywhere, but the captors gain something from creating the illusion of it, whether one of the above or simple {{Gaslighting}}.
People trying to trick prisoners into escaping might arrange a PassiveRescue (especially the anonymous kind, since open help might raise suspicion) or by deliberately enforcing poor security (CardboardPrison, TheGuardsMustBeCrazy, etc.). If prisoners are reluctant to escape, they may be guilt-tripped by reminders that they're needed outside (BringNewsBack, ProtectorBehindBars, etc.). Some captors may in fact be running a XanatosGambit so that prisoners [[MortonsFork lose either way]] — whether prisoners escape into a trap or stay obediently locked up, it suits the captors just fine.
* YankTheDogsChain: Prisoners are allowed a HopeSpot only so that the captors can have the pleasure of snatching it away.
* OutOfTheFryingPan: The fugitive is actually being "helped" into a worse situation than his current one. Such as:
** LuredIntoATrap: The prisoners are escaping right into the clutches of some other enemy who, when imprisoned, they were safe from.
** DeadlyEnvironmentPrison: The outside of the prison is actually nastier than the inside.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Tricking prisoners into fleeing will make them look guilty even if they're actually WronglyAccused.
* UnwittingPawn: The fugitives are going to do something useful for their captors without realising it, perhaps as a result of hints "accidentally" dropped during their captivity.
* TrickAndFollowPloy: Someone's going to follow the "fugitive" straight back to a more valuable target. As a variant, the fugitive may escape with an "ally" who turns out to be an agent for the captors.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Without being aware of it, the fugitive has been hypnotized or otherwise programmed into doing something for their enemies when they return to the outside world.
* FauxtasticVoyage: Fugitives aren't actually going anywhere, but the captors gain something from creating the illusion of it, whether one of the above or simple {{Gaslighting}}.
People trying to trick prisoners into escaping might arrange a PassiveRescue (especially the anonymous kind, since open help might raise suspicion) or by deliberately enforcing poor security (CardboardPrison, TheGuardsMustBeCrazy, etc.). If prisoners are reluctant to escape, they may be guilt-tripped by reminders that they're needed outside (BringNewsBack, ProtectorBehindBars, etc.). Some captors may in fact be running a XanatosGambit so that prisoners [[MortonsFork lose either way]] — whether prisoners escape into a trap or stay obediently locked up, it suits the captors just fine.
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* GiveMeAReason: The Self-incrimination: Prisoners who try to flee may [[NotHelpingYourCase make themselves look guilty]] even when [[WronglyAccused they're not]]. Their escape attempt may [[WrongfulAccusationInsurance constitute or involve a criminal offence]] even though there was no crime to start with. Jailers will fail, but the jailers will [[GiveMeAReason have an excuse for lethal force force]] while suppressing it.
an escape.
*YankTheDogsChain: Escape into danger: Prisoners may actually be [[OutOfTheFryingPan in more trouble]] free than they were in captivity. They may be escaping [[LuredIntoATrap right into the clutches]] of some other enemy who couldn't get at them while they were imprisoned, or the outside of the prison may be [[DeadlyEnvironmentPrison unforgiving to escapees]] (especially if they [[EscapeRouteSurprise didn't know what to expect]] until they escaped).
* Morale-lowering: Prisoners are allowed aHopeSpot [[HopeSpot glimmer of hope]] only so that the captors can have [[YankTheDogsChain snatch it away]] -- perhaps because the pleasure of snatching it away.
* OutOfTheFryingPan: The fugitive is actually being "helped" into a worse situation than his current one. Such as:
** LuredIntoATrap: The prisoners are escaping right intocaptors want to break the clutches of some other enemy who, when imprisoned, they were safe from.
** DeadlyEnvironmentPrison: The outside of the prison is actually nastier than the inside.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Tricking prisoners into fleeing will make them look guilty even ifprisoners' spirits, or perhaps because they're actually WronglyAccused.
just sadistic.
*UnwittingPawn: The fugitives are going Helping the enemy: Prisoners may [[UnwittingPawn unwittingly assist]] their former captors once they've escaped. They may have been subject to do something useful for manipulation or outright [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]], or may be acting on some important (mis)information that their captors without realising it, perhaps as a result of hints "accidentally" dropped during their captivity.
* TrickAndFollowPloy: Someone's going to followlet slip. Alternatively, the "fugitive" straight back captors may simply want to a more valuable target. As a variant, [[TrickAndFollowPloy see where the fugitive prisoners go]] once they've escaped. Prisoners may also escape with an "ally" who has apparently earned their trust but turns out to be an agent for the captors.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Without being aware of it, the fugitive has been hypnotized or otherwise programmed into doing something for their enemies when they return to the outside world.
* FauxtasticVoyage: Fugitives aren't actually going anywhere, but the captors gain something from creating the illusion of it, whether one of the above or simple {{Gaslighting}}.
captors.
People trying to trick prisoners into escaping might arrange a PassiveRescue (especially the anonymous kind, since open help might raise suspicion) or by deliberately enforcing poor security (CardboardPrison, TheGuardsMustBeCrazy, etc.). The escape might not even be real -- a FauxtasticVoyage can be used instead, with the fugitives not actually going anywhere but the captors gain something from creating the illusion of it (perhaps including simple {{Gaslighting}}). If prisoners are reluctant to escape, they may be guilt-tripped by reminders that they're needed outside (BringNewsBack, ProtectorBehindBars, etc.). Some captors may in fact be running a XanatosGambit so that prisoners [[MortonsFork lose either way]] — whether prisoners escape into a trap or stay obediently locked up, it suits the captors just fine.
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* Morale-lowering: Prisoners are allowed a
* OutOfTheFryingPan: The fugitive is actually being "helped" into a worse situation than his current one. Such as:
** LuredIntoATrap: The prisoners are escaping right into
** DeadlyEnvironmentPrison: The outside of the prison is actually nastier than the inside.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Tricking prisoners into fleeing will make them look guilty even if
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* TrickAndFollowPloy: Someone's going to follow
* {{Brainwashed}}: Without being aware of it, the fugitive has been hypnotized or otherwise programmed into doing something for their enemies when they return to the outside world.
* FauxtasticVoyage: Fugitives aren't actually going anywhere, but the captors gain something from creating the illusion of it, whether one of the above or simple {{Gaslighting}}.
People trying to trick prisoners into escaping might arrange a PassiveRescue (especially the anonymous kind, since open help might raise suspicion) or by deliberately enforcing poor security (CardboardPrison, TheGuardsMustBeCrazy, etc.). The escape might not even be real -- a FauxtasticVoyage can be used instead, with the fugitives not actually going anywhere but the captors gain something from creating the illusion of it (perhaps including simple {{Gaslighting}}). If prisoners are reluctant to escape, they may be guilt-tripped by reminders that they're needed outside (BringNewsBack, ProtectorBehindBars, etc.). Some captors may in fact be running a XanatosGambit so that prisoners [[MortonsFork lose either way]] — whether prisoners escape into a trap or stay obediently locked up, it suits the captors just fine.
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** In ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', Rincewind and the Red Army are imprisoned, but soon find that their cells have been unlocked, the guards have been killed, and weapons have been provided. There's even a map to the Emperor's chambers. Rincewind [[GenreSavvy knows perfectly well]] that this is TooGoodToBeTrue, and that the Red Army is being set up, but the others take a bit of convincing.
** In ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'', Vimes finds a particularly nasty weapon left for him in his prison cell. Thinking about it, though, he decides that whoever put it there is just trying to get him killed. Even armed, he wouldn't get far - but ''because'' HesGotAWeapon, his escape attempt would be more likely to end in death than recapture. The weapon he's given is a miniature crossbow with only one shot; you can use it to kill somebody, but is otherwise useless (and killing a guard would be politically disastrous). He ends up throwing the weapon away but escaping anyway.
** In ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', there's a similar situation. The people who've chained up Detritus the troll know perfectly well that the chains aren't strong enough, but are trying to provoke him into breaking them so that they have a justification to kill him. He doesn't fall for it.
** A dark example is in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''. Polly's squad takes an enemy soldier hostage, and their inexperienced lieutenant insists that he be treated honorably. Unfortunately they're in the process of infiltrating behind enemy lines, making the prisoner an enormous liability. So Sergeant Jackrum makes sure to put the squad's most inept member on guard duty, and sure enough the soldier tries to escape, giving them an excuse to kill him. Polly calls Jackrum out on this but can't think of a better way to handle the situation.
** In ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'', Vimes finds a particularly nasty weapon left for him in his prison cell. Thinking about it, though, he decides that whoever put it there is just trying to get him killed. Even armed, he wouldn't get far - but ''because'' HesGotAWeapon, his escape attempt would be more likely to end in death than recapture. The weapon he's given is a miniature crossbow with only one shot; you can use it to kill somebody, but is otherwise useless (and killing a guard would be politically disastrous). He ends up throwing the weapon away but escaping anyway.
** In ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', there's a similar situation. The people who've chained up Detritus the troll know perfectly well that the chains aren't strong enough, but are trying to provoke him into breaking them so that they have a justification to kill him. He doesn't fall for it.
** A dark example is in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''. Polly's squad takes an enemy soldier hostage, and their inexperienced lieutenant insists that he be treated honorably. Unfortunately they're in the process of infiltrating behind enemy lines, making the prisoner an enormous liability. So Sergeant Jackrum makes sure to put the squad's most inept member on guard duty, and sure enough the soldier tries to escape, giving them an excuse to kill him. Polly calls Jackrum out on this but can't think of a better way to handle the situation.
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** In ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', Rincewind and the Red Army are imprisoned, but soon find that their cells have been unlocked, the guards have been killed, and weapons have been provided. There's even a map to the Emperor's chambers. Rincewind [[GenreSavvy knows perfectly well]] that this is TooGoodToBeTrue, and that the Red Army is being set up, but the others take a bit of convincing.
** In''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'', ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'', Vimes finds a particularly nasty weapon left for him in his prison cell. Thinking about it, though, he decides that whoever put it there is just trying to get him killed. Even armed, he wouldn't get far - but ''because'' HesGotAWeapon, his escape attempt would be more likely to end in death than recapture. The weapon he's given is a miniature crossbow with only one shot; you can use it to kill somebody, but is otherwise useless (and killing a guard would be politically disastrous). He ends up throwing the weapon away but escaping anyway.
** In''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', there's a similar situation. The people who've chained up Detritus the troll know perfectly well that the chains aren't strong enough, but are trying to provoke him into breaking them so that they have a justification to kill him. He doesn't fall for it.
** A dark example is in''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''.''Literature/MonstrousRegiment''. Polly's squad takes an enemy soldier hostage, and their inexperienced lieutenant insists that he be treated honorably. Unfortunately they're in the process of infiltrating behind enemy lines, making the prisoner an enormous liability. So Sergeant Jackrum makes sure to put the squad's most inept member on guard duty, and sure enough the soldier tries to escape, giving them an excuse to kill him. Polly calls Jackrum out on this but can't think of a better way to handle the situation.
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* One episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' had [=DiNozzo=] go undercover as an inmate [[ChainedHeat cuffed to another]] and then fake a jailbreak (he even pretended to suffocate the guard, who was in on it) so that they could track the other inmate to his cache of stolen goods.
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* In season six of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'', after Jay has been kidnapped by Nadakhan the Djinn (who needs him to make his third wish in order to properly capture him), Jay believes he has convinced one of Nadakhan's underlings to help him escape and join the rebellion, but it turns out to be a HopeSpot designed to break his spirit. Nadakhan even says he can't believe Jay was naive enough to fall for it.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' "More than Meets the Eye Part 3," the Autobots develop a plan to lure the Decepticons into a trap by seeming to blab in the presence of their current Decepticon prisoner, Ravage, about a base full of fuel they need. They then arrange for Ravage believe he has escaped on his own to send that bait to Megatron. Unfortunately, Megatron figures out the ruse and prepares a plan of his own to keep the Autobots busy while his own followers raid the real base.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' episode "Partners": Arcee is guarding Starscream who is imprisoned with multiple stasis cuffs but Starscream cannot help shooting his mouth off about killing Arcee's previous partner, Cliffjumper, so Arcee tosses him the key to his cuffs knowing with a bit of goading back Starscream will make a break for it and [[GiveMeAReason give her a reason]] to execute him during his escape attempt. Unfortunately for her, Bumblebee stumbles upon her trying to frame Starscream's murder as an escape attempt.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' episode "Partners": Arcee is guarding Starscream who is imprisoned with multiple stasis cuffs but Starscream cannot help shooting his mouth off about killing Arcee's previous partner, Cliffjumper, so Arcee tosses him the key to his cuffs knowing with a bit of goading back Starscream will make a break for it and [[GiveMeAReason give her a reason]] to execute him during his escape attempt. Unfortunately for her, Bumblebee stumbles upon her trying to frame Starscream's murder as an escape attempt.
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* Franchise/{{Transformers}} has tried this scheme more than once.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' "More than Meets the Eye Part 3," the Autobots develop a plan to lure the Decepticons into a trap by seeming to blab in the presence of their current Decepticon prisoner, Ravage, about a base full of fuel they need. They then arrange for Ravage believe he has escaped on his own to send that bait to Megatron. Unfortunately, Megatron figures out the ruse and prepares a plan of his own to keep the Autobots busy while his own followers raid the real base.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' "More than Meets the Eye Part 3," the Autobots develop a plan to lure the Decepticons into a trap by seeming to blab in the presence of their current Decepticon prisoner, Ravage, about a base full of fuel they need. They then arrange for Ravage believe he has escaped on his own to send that bait to Megatron. Unfortunately, Megatron figures out the ruse and prepares a plan of his own to keep the Autobots busy while his own followers raid the real base.
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* On ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', Sam Hanna goes undercover in prison to help a terrorist leader escape; the idea is that said terrorist will then lead Sam to his followers, allowing NCIS to attack the camp, kill the terrorists, and rescue the boy they've taken hostage.
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People trying to trick prisoners into escaping might arrange a PassiveRescue (especially the anonymous kind, since open help might raise suspicion) or by deliberately enforcing poor security (CardboardPrison, TheGuardsMustBeCrazy, etc.). If prisoners are reluctant to escape, they may be guilt-tripped by reminders that they're needed outside (BringNewsBack, ProtectorBehindBars, etc.). Some captors may in fact be running a XanatosGambit so that prisoners [[MortonsFork lose either way]] -- whether prisoners escape into a trap or stay obediently locked up, it suits the captors just fine.
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People trying to trick prisoners into escaping might arrange a PassiveRescue (especially the anonymous kind, since open help might raise suspicion) or by deliberately enforcing poor security (CardboardPrison, TheGuardsMustBeCrazy, etc.). If prisoners are reluctant to escape, they may be guilt-tripped by reminders that they're needed outside (BringNewsBack, ProtectorBehindBars, etc.). Some captors may in fact be running a XanatosGambit so that prisoners [[MortonsFork lose either way]] -- — whether prisoners escape into a trap or stay obediently locked up, it suits the captors just fine.
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* In ''Film/AssaultOnPrecinct132005'', one of the cops trapped in the titular Precinct finds a tunnel that could help them escape. However, when they come out on the other end the dirty cops who trapped them there are waiting for them; they were sold out by the one who found the tunnel, and they've "escaped" into a worse position than if they'd not moved.
* ''Film/BatmanTheMovie''. While carrying the Penguin in the Batmobile, Batman has car trouble and stops. The Penguin then gasses the Caped Crusaders and escapes in the Batmobile. Batman and Robin jump up (they had earlier taken Anti-Penguin Gas pills) and Batman reveals that the whole situation had been a cunning plan to [[TrickAndFollowPloy get the Penguin to lead them to the United Underworld headquarters]].
* In ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'', Flash is imprisoned by Barin, who has promised not to kill him but wants to find an excuse. An associate of Barin tricks Flash into escaping from captivity into a temple, where Flash finds that, through no provable fault of Barin, he's obliged to take part in a test which may well be lethal.
* In ''Film/LockUp'', Frank is told that his girlfriend is in danger, and he accepts help in escaping prison so that he can save her. However, it's all a trick by the prison warden, who has a grudge against Frank and knows that the escape attempt will cause Frank's prison term (which is nearly up) to be extended.
* ''Film/MarathonMan''. The protagonist is captured and InterrogatedForNothing, only to be 'rescued' by a CIA agent who unfortunately is a DoubleAgent for the BigBad. Once he finds the protagonist really doesn't know anything, he hands him right back to the mooks who were supposedly 'killed' during the rescue. The BigBad then proceeds to torture the protagonist some more, refusing to accept what he's been told.
* ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' also has a TrickAndFollowPloy, with the elderly Duncan being allowed to escape so that he can be followed back to Robin's camp.
* A variant occurs in ''Film/SinCity'', where Hartigan, currently serving time in prison, is led to believe that Nancy, the girl he saved before getting sent away, is in danger. He finally gives in to the demands of the corrupt police and confesses to the crime he was locked up for (which he did not commit) so that he can be released and save Nancy, only to find out that she was never in any danger and he led her attacker right to her.
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* ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' has Leia deduce that their escape from the Death Star was actually a TrickAndFollowPloy by Tarkin, who is more interested in the rebel base than in the princess. A certain amount of resistance was provided for the sake of plausibility, but not as much as there should have been[[note]]Given that the other option was staying on the Death Star, letting the Empire find the Rebel Base in exchange for getting the Death Star's weakness to the Rebels is usually considered a fair trade[[/note]].
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* ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars ''Franchise/StarWars: Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' IV — Film/ANewHope'' has Leia deduce that their escape from the Death Star was actually a TrickAndFollowPloy by Tarkin, who is more interested in the rebel base than in the princess. A certain amount of resistance was provided for the sake of plausibility, but not as much as there should have been[[note]]Given that the other option was staying on the Death Star, letting the Empire find the Rebel Base in exchange for getting the Death Star's weakness to the Rebels is usually considered a fair trade[[/note]].
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* ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' also has a TrickAndFollowPloy, with the elderly Duncan being allowed to escape so that he can be followed back to Robin's camp.
* ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' also has a TrickAndFollowPloy, with the elderly Duncan being allowed to escape so that he can be followed back to Robin's camp.
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*''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' also has a TrickAndFollowPloy, ''The Stone Killer'' (1973). A criminal undergoing medical examination is provided with a pistol which he uses to disarm the elderly Duncan being allowed police officer escorting him. His colleagues are waiting in the carpark with a getaway car and shout for the criminal to escape run to them; when he does so that he can be followed back to Robin's camp.they kill him with a submachine gun.
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* In ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'', Flash is imprisoned by Barin, who has promised not to kill him but wants to find an excuse. An associate of Barin tricks Flash into escaping from captivity into a temple, where Flash finds that, through no provable fault of Barin, he's obliged to take part in a test which may well be lethal.
* In ''Film/LockUp'', Frank is told that his girlfriend is in danger, and he accepts help in escaping prison so that he can save her. However, it's all a trick by the prison warden, who has a grudge against Frank and knows that the escape attempt will cause Frank's prison term (which is nearly up) to be extended.
* In ''Film/AssaultOnPrecinct132005'', one of the cops trapped in the titular Precinct finds a tunnel that could help them escape. However, when they come out on the other end the dirty cops who trapped them there are waiting for them; they were sold out by the one who found the tunnel, and they've "escaped" into a worse position than if they'd not moved.
* ''The Stone Killer'' (1973). A criminal undergoing medical examination is provided with a pistol which he uses to disarm the police officer escorting him. His colleagues are waiting in the carpark with a getaway car and shout for the criminal to run to them; when he does so they kill him with a submachine gun.
* ''Film/BatmanTheMovie''. While carrying the Penguin in the Batmobile, Batman has car trouble and stops. The Penguin then gasses the Caped Crusaders and escapes in the Batmobile. Batman and Robin jump up (they had earlier taken Anti-Penguin Gas pills) and Batman reveals that the whole situation had been a cunning plan to [[TrickAndFollowPloy get the Penguin to lead them to the United Underworld headquarters]].
* ''Film/MarathonMan''. The protagonist is captured and InterrogatedForNothing, only to be 'rescued' by a CIA agent who unfortunately is a DoubleAgent for the BigBad. Once he finds the protagonist really doesn't know anything, he hands him right back to the mooks who were supposedly 'killed' during the rescue. The BigBad then proceeds to torture the protagonist some more, refusing to accept what he's been told.
* A variant occurs in ''Film/SinCity'', where Hartigan, currently serving time in prison, is led to believe that Nancy, the girl he saved before getting sent away, is in danger. He finally gives in to the demands of the corrupt police and confesses to the crime he was locked up for (which he did not commit) so that he can be released and save Nancy, only to find out that she was never in any danger and he led her attacker right to her.
* In ''Film/LockUp'', Frank is told that his girlfriend is in danger, and he accepts help in escaping prison so that he can save her. However, it's all a trick by the prison warden, who has a grudge against Frank and knows that the escape attempt will cause Frank's prison term (which is nearly up) to be extended.
* In ''Film/AssaultOnPrecinct132005'', one of the cops trapped in the titular Precinct finds a tunnel that could help them escape. However, when they come out on the other end the dirty cops who trapped them there are waiting for them; they were sold out by the one who found the tunnel, and they've "escaped" into a worse position than if they'd not moved.
* ''The Stone Killer'' (1973). A criminal undergoing medical examination is provided with a pistol which he uses to disarm the police officer escorting him. His colleagues are waiting in the carpark with a getaway car and shout for the criminal to run to them; when he does so they kill him with a submachine gun.
* ''Film/BatmanTheMovie''. While carrying the Penguin in the Batmobile, Batman has car trouble and stops. The Penguin then gasses the Caped Crusaders and escapes in the Batmobile. Batman and Robin jump up (they had earlier taken Anti-Penguin Gas pills) and Batman reveals that the whole situation had been a cunning plan to [[TrickAndFollowPloy get the Penguin to lead them to the United Underworld headquarters]].
* ''Film/MarathonMan''. The protagonist is captured and InterrogatedForNothing, only to be 'rescued' by a CIA agent who unfortunately is a DoubleAgent for the BigBad. Once he finds the protagonist really doesn't know anything, he hands him right back to the mooks who were supposedly 'killed' during the rescue. The BigBad then proceeds to torture the protagonist some more, refusing to accept what he's been told.
* A variant occurs in ''Film/SinCity'', where Hartigan, currently serving time in prison, is led to believe that Nancy, the girl he saved before getting sent away, is in danger. He finally gives in to the demands of the corrupt police and confesses to the crime he was locked up for (which he did not commit) so that he can be released and save Nancy, only to find out that she was never in any danger and he led her attacker right to her.
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* Played with ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Terminal", Avon is searching for Blake when he's shot by a TranquilizerDart. He's then placed in a LotusEaterMachine which feeds him an illusion where he escapes and finds Blake, only to be recaptured. It turns out Blake was never there, but he's then taken to the BigBad who offers a HostageForMacGuffin trade -- Blake for the ''[[CoolShip Liberator]]''. Given that he apparently found Blake on his own, Avon believes the lie.
* In the ''Series/BurnNotice'' episode "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS2E4Comrades Comrades]]", Michael and Co. are trying to rescue a woman from TheMafiya, and in order to do so they kidnap and imprison their lead human trafficker, Ivan. They finally find the man's safehouse and rescue the girls after Michael, undercover as Ivan's cellmate, convinces him to break out and move the girls to another safehouse.
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* In one episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}'', Monk's half-brother escapes from jail using a plan created by one of the prison guards. What he didn't know was that the guard was trying to frame the escapee for the murder of another guard.
* ''Series/NYPDBlue'' has a version in which the "trap" is just letting the jailers off the hook. The cops have made an illegal arrest but they don't want to tell the arrestee that. So Sipowicz goes into the holding area where the perp is locked in a cage, opens it up to talk to him, then starts acting like a crazy bad cop and complaining about the heat. He opens the window along with the locked fence covering the window (ostensibly to get some air circulation), continues to yell at the perp, and then stalks out "forgetting" to close the window or locking him up again. The perp takes the opportunity to escape out the window, which is what they wanted him to do in order to get him out of the station!
* ''Series/NYPDBlue'' has a version in which the "trap" is just letting the jailers off the hook. The cops have made an illegal arrest but they don't want to tell the arrestee that. So Sipowicz goes into the holding area where the perp is locked in a cage, opens it up to talk to him, then starts acting like a crazy bad cop and complaining about the heat. He opens the window along with the locked fence covering the window (ostensibly to get some air circulation), continues to yell at the perp, and then stalks out "forgetting" to close the window or locking him up again. The perp takes the opportunity to escape out the window, which is what they wanted him to do in order to get him out of the station!
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max is captured by KAOS and brainwashed into shooting the Chief after their next chess game. A very frustrating day ensues for his captors as they try to trick him into "escaping," with Max refusing to take each opportunity [[RightForTheWrongReasons for the wrong reasons.]]
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* In the third season of ''Series/StrikeBack'', when Dalton can't get any useful information out of Sophia, his associate Kamali pretends to help her escape so that they can try to learn something by following her.
* In the ''Series/BurnNotice'' episode "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS2E4Comrades Comrades]]", Michael and Co. are trying to rescue a woman from TheMafiya, and in order to do so they kidnap and imprison their lead human trafficker, Ivan. They finally find the man's safehouse and rescue the girls after Michael, undercover as Ivan's cellmate, convinces him to break out and move the girls to another safehouse.
* In the ''Series/BurnNotice'' episode "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS2E4Comrades Comrades]]", Michael and Co. are trying to rescue a woman from TheMafiya, and in order to do so they kidnap and imprison their lead human trafficker, Ivan. They finally find the man's safehouse and rescue the girls after Michael, undercover as Ivan's cellmate, convinces him to break out and move the girls to another safehouse.
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* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': In "The Confession", the IMF creates a ChainedHeat situation by handcuffing Rollin (posing as a criminal) to a captured assassin for transport. They then provide an opportunity for an escape; knowing that the assassin will head to his backer and drag Rollin along with him.
* Inthe third season of ''Series/StrikeBack'', when Dalton can't get any useful information out of Sophia, his associate Kamali pretends to help her escape so that they can try to learn something by following her.
* In the ''Series/BurnNotice''one episode "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS2E4Comrades Comrades]]", Michael and Co. are of ''Series/{{Monk}}'', Monk's half-brother escapes from jail using a plan created by one of the prison guards. What he didn't know was that the guard was trying to rescue frame the escapee for the murder of another guard.
* ''Series/NYPDBlue'' has awoman from TheMafiya, version in which the "trap" is just letting the jailers off the hook. The cops have made an illegal arrest but they don't want to tell the arrestee that. So Sipowicz goes into the holding area where the perp is locked in a cage, opens it up to talk to him, then starts acting like a crazy bad cop and complaining about the heat. He opens the window along with the locked fence covering the window (ostensibly to get some air circulation), continues to yell at the perp, and then stalks out "forgetting" to close the window or locking him up again. The perp takes the opportunity to escape out the window, which is what they wanted him to do in order to do get him out of the station!
* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', Mary Margaret gets framed for murder, but is then slipped a key. She uses it, but is then persuaded to return, since escaping from custody would add a real crime to the fictitious one. That turns out to be the motive of the person who gave her the key.
* In the mini-series ''A Man Called Intrepid'' a female agent is allowed to escape by the Gestapo, then secretly recaptured so theykidnap and imprison their lead human trafficker, Ivan. They finally find the man's safehouse and rescue the girls after Michael, undercover as Ivan's cellmate, convinces him can send transmissions in her name back to break out and move the girls to another safehouse.London.
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* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', Mary Margaret gets framed for murder, but is then slipped a key. She uses it, but is then persuaded to return, since escaping from custody would add a real crime to the fictitious one. That turns out to be the motive of the person who gave her the key.
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** Inverted in "Checkmate". Number Six is able to identify several prisoners who are not informers and plan a genuine escape. However they become convinced this trope is in play and [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption turn on him]] in the belief that he's an AgentProvocateur .
* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', Mary Margaret gets framed for murder, but is then slipped a key. She uses it, but is then persuaded to return, since escaping from custody would add a real crime to the fictitious one. That turns out to be the motive of the person who gave her the key.
* In the mini-series ''A Man Called Intrepid'' a female agent is allowed to escape by the Gestapo, then secretly recaptured so they can send transmissions in her name back to London.
* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', Mary Margaret gets framed for murder, but is then slipped a key. She uses it, but is then persuaded to return, since escaping from custody would add a real crime to the fictitious one. That turns out to be the motive of the person who gave her the key.
* In the mini-series ''A Man Called Intrepid'' a female agent is allowed to escape by the Gestapo, then secretly recaptured so they can send transmissions in her name back to London.
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** Inverted in "Checkmate". Number Six is able to identify several prisoners who are not informers and plan a genuine escape. However However, they become convinced this trope is in play and [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption turn on him]] in the belief that he's an AgentProvocateur .
* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', Mary Margaret gets framed for murder, but is then slipped a key. She uses it, but is then persuaded to return, since escaping from custody would add a real crime to the fictitious one. That turns out to be the motive of the person who gave her the key.
* In the mini-series ''A Man Called Intrepid'' a female agent is allowed to escape by the Gestapo, then secretly recaptured so they can send transmissions in her name back to London.AgentProvocateur.
* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', Mary Margaret gets framed for murder, but is then slipped a key. She uses it, but is then persuaded to return, since escaping from custody would add a real crime to the fictitious one. That turns out to be the motive of the person who gave her the key.
* In the mini-series ''A Man Called Intrepid'' a female agent is allowed to escape by the Gestapo, then secretly recaptured so they can send transmissions in her name back to London.
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* Played with ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Terminal", Avon is searching for Blake when he's shot by a TranquilizerDart. He's then placed in a LotusEaterMachine which feeds him an illusion where he escapes and finds Blake, only to be recaptured. It turns out Blake was never there, but he's then taken to the BigBad who offers a HostageForMacGuffin trade -- Blake for the [[CoolShip Liberator]]. Given that he apparently found Blake on his own, Avon believes the lie.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max is captured by KAOS and brainwashed into shooting the Chief after their next chess game. A very frustrating day ensues for his captors as they try to trick him into "escaping," with Max refusing to take each opportunity [[RightForTheWrongReasons for the wrong reasons.]]
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': In "The Confession", the IMF creates a ChainedHeat situation by handcuffing Rollin (posing as a criminal) to a captured assassin for transport. They then provide an opportunity for an escape; knowing that the assassin will head to his backer and drag Rollin along with him.
* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max is captured by KAOS and brainwashed into shooting the Chief after their next chess game. A very frustrating day ensues for his captors as they try to trick him into "escaping," with Max refusing to take each opportunity [[RightForTheWrongReasons for the wrong reasons.]]
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': In "The Confession", the IMF creates a ChainedHeat situation by handcuffing Rollin (posing as a criminal) to a captured assassin for transport. They then provide an opportunity for an escape; knowing that the assassin will head to his backer and drag Rollin along with him.
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* Played with ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Terminal", Avon is searching for Blake the third season of ''Series/StrikeBack'', when he's shot by a TranquilizerDart. He's then placed in a LotusEaterMachine which feeds him an illusion where he escapes and finds Blake, only to be recaptured. It turns Dalton can't get any useful information out Blake was never there, but he's then taken of Sophia, his associate Kamali pretends to the BigBad who offers a HostageForMacGuffin trade -- Blake for the [[CoolShip Liberator]]. Given help her escape so that he apparently found Blake on his own, Avon believes the lie.
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* A spectacular one is pulled by David Xanatos in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', who uses a ridicoulously human robot Coyote to break out the group known as the Pack, sans Fox as the former can no longer stomach the gang's villainy and stays behind. Of course, Xanatos doesn't care about the prisoners, who are pawns in a test of the combat mechanics of Coyote. He's not even concerned about Coyote's devastating loss... the true purpose of the jail break was for Fox to stay behind, impressing the parole board enough to grant her an early parole. To sum it up, Xanatos used this to effect a real (and more importantly, legal) jail break.
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* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': In "The Confession", the IMF creates a ChainedHeat situation by handcuffing Rollin (posing as a criminal) to a captured assassin for transport. They then provide an opportunity for an escape; knowing that the assassin will head to his backer and drag Rollin along with him.
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* An episode of the radio series ''Old Harry's Game'' had a prisoner in Hell find a spoon to dig his way out. Turns out it was a deliberate torment, designed to torture the fugitive with his own determination.
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* An episode of the radio series ''Old Harry's Game'' ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' had a prisoner in Hell find a spoon to dig his way out. Turns out it was a deliberate torment, designed to torture the fugitive with his own determination.
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* A spectacular one is pulled by David Xanatos in ''WesternAnimation/Gargoyles'' who uses a ridicoulously human robot Coyote to break out the group known as the Pack, sans Fox as the former can no longer stomach the gang's villainy and stays behind. Of course, Xanatos doesn't care about the priosners, who are pawns in a test of the combat mechanics of Coyote. He's not even concerned about Coyote's devastating loss... the true purpose of the jail break was for Fox to stay behind, impressing the parole board enough to grant her an early parole. To sum it up, Xantos used a TrickedIntoEscape to effect a real (and more importantly, legal) jail break.
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* A spectacular one is pulled by David Xanatos in ''WesternAnimation/Gargoyles'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' who uses a ridicoulously human robot Coyote to break out the group known as the Pack, sans Fox as the former can no longer stomach the gang's villainy and stays behind. Of course, Xanatos doesn't care about the priosners, who are pawns in a test of the combat mechanics of Coyote. He's not even concerned about Coyote's devastating loss... the true purpose of the jail break was for Fox to stay behind, impressing the parole board enough to grant her an early parole. To sum it up, Xantos used a TrickedIntoEscape to effect a real (and more importantly, legal) jail break.
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* {{Brainwashed}}: Without being aware of it, the fugitive has been hypnotized or otherwise programmed into doing something for their enemies when they return to the outside world.
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* In the third ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' novel, Gale and other members of the rescue party sent to retrieve Peeta and some other prisoners note it was too easy, that it was as if the Capital let them go. It turns out they brainwashed Peeta into killing Katniss.
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* ''Series/GetSmart'': Max is captured by KAOS and brainwashed into shooting the Chief after their next chess game. A very frustrating day ensues for his captors as they try to trick him into "escaping," with Max refusing to take each opportunity [[RightForTheWrongReasons for the wrong reasons.]]
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* A spectacular one is pulled by David Xanatos in ''WesternAnimation/Gargoyles'' who uses a ridicoulously human robot Coyote to break out the group known as the Pack, sans Fox as the former can no longer stomach the gang's villainy and stays behind. Of course, Xanatos doesn't care about the priosners, who are pawns in a test of the combat mechanics of Coyote. He's not even concerned about Coyote's devastating loss... the true purpose of the jail break was for Fox to stay behind, impressing the parole board enough to grant her an early parole. To sum it up, Xantos used a TrickedIntoEscape to effect a real (and more importantly, legal) jail break.
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* Heavily {{implied}} in retrospect in ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' when [[spoiler:[[TheCaptain Captain Lorca]] is captured by the Klingons, but escapes with fellow Starfleet officer Ash Tyler; it turns out that Tyler is actually a Klingon who's been physically and psychologically modified to be a sleeper agent aboard USS ''Discovery'']].
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* TrickAndFollowPloy: Someone's going to follow the "fugitive" straight back to a more valuable target.
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* TrickAndFollowPloy: Someone's going to follow the "fugitive" straight back to a more valuable target. As a variant, the fugitive may escape with an "ally" who turns out to be an agent for the captors.
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* A variant occurs in ''Film/SinCity'', where Hartigan, currently serving time in prison, is led to believe that Nancy, the girl he saved before getting sent away, is in danger. He finally gives in to the demands of the corrupt police and confesses to the crime he was locked up for (which he did not commit) so that he can be released and save Nancy, only to find out that she was never in any danger and he led her attacker right to her.
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* ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' has Leia deduce that their escape from the Death Star was actually a TrickAndFollowPloy by Tarkin, who is more interested in the rebel base than in the princess. A certain amount of resistance was provided for the sake of plausibility, but not as much as there should have been.
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* ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' has Leia deduce that their escape from the Death Star was actually a TrickAndFollowPloy by Tarkin, who is more interested in the rebel base than in the princess. A certain amount of resistance was provided for the sake of plausibility, but not as much as there should have been.been[[note]]Given that the other option was staying on the Death Star, letting the Empire find the Rebel Base in exchange for getting the Death Star's weakness to the Rebels is usually considered a fair trade[[/note]].
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* In the first ''Literature/AbleTeam'' novel "Tower of Terror", the terrorists plan to blow up the eponymous tower, but their radio detonator is destroyed by a stray shot. So when it's time to escape, their leader locks the hostages in a room with a fake TimeBomb, with a tripwire on the other side of the door. When the hostages break down the door to escape, they'll trigger the real bomb.
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People trying to trick prisoners into escaping might arrange a PassiveRescue (especially the anonymous kind, since open help might raise suspicion) or by deliberately enforcing poor security (CardboardPrison, TheGuardsMustBeCrazy, etc.). If prisoners are reluctant to escape, they may be guilt-tripped by reminders that they're needed outside (BringNewsBack, ProtectorBehindBars, etc.). Some captors may in fact be running a XanatosGambit so that prisoners [[MortonsFork lose either way]] – whether prisoners escape into a trap or stay obediently locked up, it suits the captors just fine.
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People trying to trick prisoners into escaping might arrange a PassiveRescue (especially the anonymous kind, since open help might raise suspicion) or by deliberately enforcing poor security (CardboardPrison, TheGuardsMustBeCrazy, etc.). If prisoners are reluctant to escape, they may be guilt-tripped by reminders that they're needed outside (BringNewsBack, ProtectorBehindBars, etc.). Some captors may in fact be running a XanatosGambit so that prisoners [[MortonsFork lose either way]] – -- whether prisoners escape into a trap or stay obediently locked up, it suits the captors just fine.
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* ''Film/MarathonMan''. The protagonist is captured and InterrogatedForNothing, only to be 'rescued' by a CIA agent who unfortunately is a DoubleAgent for the villain. Once he finds the protagonist really doesn't know anything, he hands him right back to the mooks who were supposedly 'killed' during the rescue. The BigBad then proceeds to torture the protagonist some more, refusing to accept what he's been told.
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* ''Film/MarathonMan''. The protagonist is captured and InterrogatedForNothing, only to be 'rescued' by a CIA agent who unfortunately is a DoubleAgent for the villain.BigBad. Once he finds the protagonist really doesn't know anything, he hands him right back to the mooks who were supposedly 'killed' during the rescue. The BigBad then proceeds to torture the protagonist some more, refusing to accept what he's been told.
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* ''Film/MarathonMan''. The protagonist is captured and InterrogatedForNothing, only to be 'rescued' by a CIA agent who unfortunately is a DoubleAgent for the villain. Once he finds the protagonist really doesn't know anything, he hands him right back to the mooks who were supposedly 'killed' during the rescue. The BigBad then proceeds to torture the protagonist some more, refusing to accept what he's been told.