History Main / VulnerableConvoy

* In ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', a convoy of captured resistance members is attacked as it passes through the streets of NYC in an attempt to free the prisoners. The ensuing chaos, where neither side seems all that interested or concerned with the safety of nearby civilians on his old block, is the final straw as far as the ever-loving blue-eyed [[ComicBook/TheThing Thing]] is concerned. He walks away from the conflict in disgust and spends the rest of the civil war in Europe, fighting crime and hanging out with some Euro-heroes.

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'', they set up a prisoner transport with a decoy prisoner in order to catch a contract killer. [[spoiler:The cops are forced to shoot the killer before they can capture him.]]

* Happens repeatedly to the British troops in ''Film/ThePatriot'', including Benjamin's rescue of his arrested son Gabriel. The Brits [[GenreSavvy eventually wise up]], at one point laying an ambush using a supply wagon.

Occasionally, a convoy may not even need to be attacked. Something can go awry during the trip, such as a snowstorm or traffic accident, and the transports never make it to the jail. Alternatively, the prisoners may pick the locks on their shackles or [[SickCaptiveScam feign illness, and then overpower the guards]]. The prisoners take advantage of the problem to escape. This leads naturally to a second act in the story, as now the prisoners are on the run wearing a prison uniform and with no supplies.

This can be prevented with a DecoyConvoy (or two, or three, or...), by increasing the size of convoy's security escort, or using a heavily-armed SWAT unit to protect the convoy.

Occasionally, a convoy may not even need to be attacked. Something can go awry during the trip, such as a snowstorm or traffic accident, and the transports never make it to the jail. Alternatively, the prisoners may pick the locks on their shackles or feign illness, and then overpower the guards. The prisoners take advantage of the problem to escape. This leads naturally to a second act in the story, as now the prisoners are on the run wearing a prison uniform and with no supplies.

Occasionally, a convoy may not even need to be attacked. Something can go awry during the trip, such as a snowstorm or traffic accident, and the transports never make it to the jail. The prisoners take advantage of the problem to escape.

For video games, this trope only applies if the player attacks a convoy. If the player is tasked with defending one, it's an EscortMission. Compare and contrast ArmedBlag, where the target convoy is transporting money rather than a prisoner.

In crime movies, thrillers, or TV shows about police, any time a convoy transporting a prisoner or a group of prisoners is shown, it will almost always be [[InescapableAmbush ambushed][ by a criminal gang, either to free an imprisoned gang leader or take out a rival gang member.

In crime movies, thrillers, or TV shows about police, any time a convoy transporting a prisoner or a group of prisoners is shown, it will almost always be ambushed by a criminal gang. Sometimes, a convoy may even be sent out to draw out the attackers. The vehicle may be a police van, bus, or armored car. The security escort is often police cars or large [=SUVs=].

Occasionally, a convoy may not even need to be attacked. Something can go awry during the trip, especially if it involves prisoners, such as a snowstorm or traffic accident, and the transports never make it to the jail. The prisoners take advantage of the problem to escape.

This can be prevented with a DecoyConvoy (or two, or three, or...), by increasing the size of convoy's security escort, or using a heavily-armed SWAT unit.