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8	[[DoNotAdjustYourSet Greetings, tropers]]. It may shock you to know that I Have Your Index. How I came to obtain it is not important at this particular point in time. All that is important is that I'm willing to give it back... [[HostageForMacguffin for a price]]. If you want your precious index back, I request... [[ComicallySmallDemand the sum of forty-three dollars and seventy cents]].
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10	...
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12	I appreciate your cooperation. Here is your index, safe and sound.
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14	Contrast IndexToTheRescue.
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16	!!Tropes:
17	[[index]]
18	[floatboxright:
19	'''Also see:'''
20	* EscapeTropes
21	* IndexAtGunpoint
22	* IndexToTheRescue
23	* ARestrainedIndex
24	* ASlaveToTheIndex
25	]
26	* AbductionIsLove: Kidnapping other people out of romantic or sexual attraction to them.
27	* AccidentalKidnapping: The wrong target was kidnapped by mistake.
28	* AlienAbducteesFightBack: When the captured human resists and tells the [=ETs=] to go screw themselves.
29	* AlienAbduction: Humans get kidnapped by extraterrestrial beings.
30	* AllWebbedUp
31	* AndNowYouMustMarryMe
32	* AndYourLittleDogToo: The villain threatens one of the hero's loved ones just because they can.
33	* AuthenticationByNewspaper: A hostage is photographed alongside a current newspaper to show that they're still alive.
34	* BadassInDistress: A {{badass\|Tropes}} character who would normally be able to defend themselves still gets captured by the enemy anyways.
35	* BagOfKidnapping: Abducting someone by wrapping them inside a big sack.
36	* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: The villain orders his minions to groom a woman held prisoner so he can rape her.
37	* BabyBeMine: A baby or child is kidnapped by someone who wants to raise them as their own, usually as a replacement for a child they lost.
38	* BoundAndGagged: A captured person is tied up so they can't get away and gagged so they can't cry for help.
39	* BreedingSlave: The captive victim is forced to have sex with their abductor in order to produce children.
40	* BringHimToMe
41	* BruceWayneHeldHostage: The hero's [[SecretIdentity civilian identity]] gets held hostage in a misguided attempt to draw the hero out from hiding.
42	* BulletproofHumanShield: Grabbing someone as a living meat shield to force them to take the brunt of enemy attacks for you.
43	* BusFullOfInnocents: A whole group of hostages are put at risk by the villain.
44	* CaptiveAudience: People are captured and forced to be spectators to an event.
45	* CaptiveDate
46	* CaptivePush: Walking the dog with the captives as it.
47	* TheCaptivityNarrative: Tales of European settlers (usually white women) being abducted by Native American warriors.
48	* CapturedByCannibals
49	* CapturedSuperEntity: An all-powerful entity is held in captivity by less powerful beings for some nefarious purpose.
50	* CarouselKidnapping: As soon as a child is out of line-of-sight, they're taken.
51	* CaughtInASnare
52	* ChangelingTale: [[TheFairFolk Fairy]] [[OurFairiesAreDifferent creatures]] abduct human babies and replace them with [[HumanDisguise disguised impostors]].
53	* CodeEmergency
54	* CreepyStalkerVan
55	* DamselInDistress: A female character whose main purpose is to get taken hostage so that the hero must save her.
56	* DamselOutOfDistress: When she decides to escape on her own without waiting for a hero to rescue her.
57	* DamselScrappy: A character who is disliked by audiences for always needing to be rescued.
58	* DecoyDamsel: When the "[[WoundedGazelleGambit distressed]]" damsel is actually just trying to lure the hero into a trap.
59	* DefiantCaptive
60	* DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel: When she ''intentionally'' gets herself captured or into trouble.
61	* DesignatedVictim: This character will ''always'' get in trouble whenever the plot demands it.
62	* DisguisedHostageGambit
63	* DistressBall
64	* DistressCall
65	* DistressedDude: A male character is taken hostage.
66	* DragonsPreferPrincesses: A dragon has captured a princess, requiring a brave hero to save her.
67	* FakedKidnapping: Pretending to abduct someone.
68	* FingerInTheMail
69	* GoGoEnslavement: A female hostage is forced to serve as [[MsFanservice eye-candy]] for their captor (possibly overlapping with SexSlave).
70	* GoingForTheBigScoop
71	* HandGagging
72	* HelpHelpTrappedInTitleFactory
73	* HostageForMacGuffin
74	* HostageHandlerHuddle: Villains have captured the hero and argue what to do with him.
75	* HostageSituation: The bad guys take people as hostages to use them as bargaining chips for whatever goals they have.
76	* HostageSpiritLink
77	* HostageVideo: Kidnappers produce a video featuring their hostage to make threats and ransom demands about them.
78	* HumanShield: Someone grabs a hostage to be placed in front of them in order to dissuade enemies from attacking.
79	* HumanTraffickers: These criminals often take live people in captivity, usually to sell them off as slaves.
80	* HypnotizeTheCaptive
81	* IHaveAFamily
82	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: The kidnapper makes it no secret that they want to do something sexual to their captive.
83	* IHaveYourWife: Someone is manipulated into doing what the villain says because the villain captured this person's loved one.
84	* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: When something/someone is just ''so'' cute that someone wants to take them home... whether they have consent or not.
85	* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: When (non-human) beings kidnap infants.
86	* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure
87	* InnocentBystander
88	* JustBetweenYouAndMe
89	* KidnappedByAnAlly
90	* KidnappedByTheCall: The call to adventure will take you on an adventure, whether you like it or not.
91	* KidnappedDoctor: A physician or other medical professional is kidnapped so they can be forced to treat someone's health problems.
92	* KidnappedForExperimentation: A character is abducted to be a scientific test subject.
93	* KidnappedFromBehind
94	* KidnappedScientist: A scientist, engineer, or similar professional is abducted and forced to use their expertise in service of their abductor's goals.
95	* KidnappedWhileSleeping
96	* KidnappersKFC: A kidnapper buys his hostage fast food while running from the cops.
97	* KidnappingBirdOfPrey
98	* TheKindnapper
99	* KnottyTentacles: Tying up an opponent with their own tentacles/long stretchy limbs/snake-like features.
100	* LimaSyndrome: When the captor starts to sympathize with their captive.
101	* LivingDollCollector: A character collects people like they were dolls.
102	* LockedUpAndLeftBehind: When the kidnapper locks up the hostage and [[LeftForDead leaves them to die alone]].
103	* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: When the kidnappers are dumb enough to hand their hostage the means to escape or cause trouble.
104	* MadeASlave: Someone is abducted with the sole intention of being forced to work, unwillingly and likely with the threat of violence, for their kidnapper.
105	* MakingTheChoiceForYou
106	* AMatchMadeInStockholm: When both sides of the kidnapping develop Stockholm/Lima syndrome to the point that they fall in love with each other.
107	* MissingMissionControl
108	* NotMyDriver: When someone gets in a vehicle and does not realize that there is something evil driving.
109	* OverTheShoulderCarry
110	* ParentsInDistress: When it's on the offspring to do the springing out.
111	* PityTheKidnapper: When the hostage turns out to be too annoying or otherwise unbearable for their captors to handle.
112	* PoisonousCaptive
113	* PoliticalHostage: TheEmpire wants to keep a vassal state in line, so they hold someone important to them as a guest.
114	* PregnantHostage: An expectant mom-to-be gets captured.
115	* PrisonerExchange: In some sort of war or conflict, two enemy/rival factions make an agreement to release some of both sides' members whom they were respectively holding captive.
116	* ProtectorBehindBars: When the captors are the police and/or guards to the captives.
117	* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway
118	* RansomDrop: A discreet way to deliver a ransom to the criminals.
119	* RescueRomance
120	* RoguishRomani
121	* SadisticChoice: The hero only has time to rescue one captured loved one and has to make the difficult decision of which person he'll save and which one he'll leave to die.
122	* SaveThePrincess
123	* ScarpiaUltimatum: Blackmailing someone into having sex with you by threatening to hurt their loved ones if they say no.
124	* SexSlave: The abductee is captured for the purpose of being forced to have sex with their kidnapper, or to be sold into involuntary prostitution.
125	* ShackleSeatTrap
126	* SheWillComeForMe
127	* ShootTheHostage
128	* ShootTheHostageTaker
129	* SickCaptiveScam: A captive fakes illness or injury to get the drop on his captor.
130	* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Grabbing a woman by her arm will stop her cold.
131	* UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome: When a captive person starts to sympathize with their captor.
132	* StopOrIShootMyself: Taking ''yourself'' hostage.
133	* TakeMeInstead
134	* TakenDuringTheEnding: A character/object is taken away at the end of the story for a purpose, leaving it ambiguous on what's going to happen next.
135	* TentacleRope: Tied up with tentacles
136	* TribalCarry
137	* UnhandThemVillain
138	* UsurpingSanta: A villain plots to depose Santa Claus or another holiday figure to gain their power and fame.
139	* VehicularKidnapping
140	* VerticalKidnapping: An unanticipated pickup from above.
141	* TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: As a prelude to a kidnapping.
142	* VillainousFaceHold
143	* YouCanKeepHer
144	* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo
145	[[/index]]

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