History Main / ThereAreNoPolice

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* While the player character and his allies in {{Battlefield Hardline}} are of course exceptions, almost every level involves a massive gunfight occurring in a major city without a badge in sight. The portagonists not calling for backup themselves could be justified as they, like their developers, are trying to be 80's {{cowboy cops}}, but you'd think someone else would have the common sense to call 911.

* In ''{{Glee}}'', when Hunter steals the Nationals trophy no one even mentions calling the cops despite the overwhelming amount of evidence. The trophy is on display in the Dalton Academy choir room, a man in a Dalton Academy uniform is holding the trophy and gloating in the video, the perps left a ''laptop.'')
* When Gibby goes to rescue the ''{{iCarly}}'' gang from [[LoonyFan Nora]], the best idea he has when he's sure that she kidnapped them is break into her house and fight her, instead of just calling 911. Only after everything is resolved (after Gibby ''broke into Nora's house'', mind you - never mind her being the bad guy, breaking and entering is still an offense) they call the cops, as mentioned by Carly at the end of the episode.

* This is the {{back story}} behind Annie Social's [[TheGimmick gimmick]]. She was a criminally insane sadist who hated everyone, till Shane Hardcore showed her how to assault people and not go to or endure more therapy. [[LampshadeHanging Become a pro wrestler]]. Thus, Shane became Annie's first friend.[[/folder]]

* An episode of "FamilyGuy" subverts this trope when Peter detonates explosives outside a childrens hospital, entirely destroying the building. No repercussions of the incident seem to occur, as is common in the show, until the very end where Peter is informed that the crime has been investigated and is taken to court.
** The ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "Three Hundred Big Boys" ends similarly, with Bender being beaten by the police for stealing a $10,000 cigar much earlier in the episode.

* Many GagPerDayWebcomics fit this trope, inasmuch as they feature ComedicSociopathy as a major source of their humour, necessitating that the UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist (e.g. Ethan of ''CtrlAltDel''), {{Manchild}} (Rayne Summers of ''LeastICouldDo''), or violent JerkAss (Mike Warner of the {{Walkyverse}}) rarely, if ever, faces arrest or even a warning from the police.

* Completely subverted/averted in ''{{Megatokyo}}''. Almost every major occurrence of weirdness has police intervention, in the form of Inspector Sonada and the Tokyo Police Cataclysm Division. Figuring out who's responsible and actually catching them however, is a completely different matter, especially when there can be more pressing things to deal with, like Zombie Godzilla attacks.

* The above applies to KillBill as well, a murder spree happens across both Texas and Japan and you only see the police in one scene.

** The characters were also concerned about getting pulled over once [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace Marvin was shot in the face]].

* ''Film/PulpFiction'' has a noticeable lack of police or any sort of legitimate authority figure. Either the characters are very lucky, or there are no cops in Los Angeles. Even after Butch deliberately runs down Marcellus, gets into a car wreck, is chased down the street and shot at and a bullet hits a bystander, nobody thinks to call the cops.
** Well the owner of the pawn shop called a cop, but he wasn't all that interested in protecting or serving...
** Vincent's drug supplier was pissed when Vincent called him on a car phone, apparently in case the conversation (Mia Wallace OD'd on heroin) was overheard by the authorities or someone willing to contact them.

* In the old ''TheAdventuresOfCaptainMarvel'' serial, not a single one of the scientists even considers the possibility of calling the police, even as their number is being quickly reduced by thugs, kidnappers, murderers, and [[MalevolentMaskedMen the black-masked guy who hired the thugs, kidnappers, and murderers in the first place]].

* When Gibby goes to rescue the ''iCarly'' gang from [[LoonyFan Nora]], the best idea he has when he's sure that she kidnapped them is break into her house and fight her, instead of just calling 911. Only after everything is resolved (after Gibby ''broke into Nora's house'', mind you - never mind her being the bad guy, breaking and entering is still an offense) they call the cops, as mentioned by Carly at the end of the episode.

* In Glee, when Hunter steals the Nationals trophy no one even mentions calling the cops despite the overwhelming amount of evidence. The trophy is on display in the Dalton Academy choir room, a man in a Dalton Academy uniform is holding the trophy and gloating in the video, the perps left a ''laptop.'')

* In ''TheCookTheThiefHisWifeAndHerLover'', the Thief in question publicly beats his wife, attacks his own customers at his restaurant and commits his crimes in full view and yet, no cops show up.
* ''PulpFiction'' has a noticeable lack of police or any sort of legitimate authority figure. Either the characters are very lucky, or there are no cops in Los Angeles. Even after Butch deliberately runs down Marcellus, gets into a car wreck, is chased down the street and shot at and a bullet hits a bystander, nobody thinks to call the cops.

* ''[[Film/DieHard Live Free or Die Hard]]'': Automatic weapons fire all around Farrell's New Jersey apartment, and then a large explosion in it. Naturally, you would expect sirens and police and fire trucks to show up. Nope.

* In ''{{Noir}}'' the AntiHero protagonists never show slightest concern towards the police in wealthy industrialized nations when applying their trade of killing people for money. And indeed, the only time that the police interfere is when they are corrupt cops hired by an equally corrupt judge to protect himself from them. [[FridgeLogic You would think that he could have gotten perfectly legal police protection, under the circumstances.]]

* ''{{Bleach}}'': Multiple times in Karakura Town there have been explosions, buildings being damaged or destroyed, and large numbers of humans being killed. The series has never shown any police investigation (or any government response of any kind, for that matter) to these events.

* In ''TheCookTheThiefHisWifeAndHerLover'', the Thief in question is a brutal CompleteMonster who publicly beats his wife, attacks his own customers at his restaurant and commits his crimes in full view and yet, no cops show up.

* In ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' pre duel monsters, killer theme parks, and people being set on fire occur without the specter of police attention.

* ''[[DieHard Live Free or Die Hard]]'': Automatic weapons fire all around Farrell's New Jersey apartment, and then a large explosion in it. Naturally, you would expect sirens and police and fire trucks to show up. Nope.

* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'', there are no police on the Moon. There are only the Warden's guards, who don't care about convict on convict crime. The convicts (and their many descendants) handle "justice" their own way. In fact, one of the reasons that people there start to support revolution happens when the guards start to take an interest in enforcing the (mostly newly created) rules.

** There was a scene in the first movie where someone had to have called the paramedics to retrieve Ichigo's body, due to him being in {{Shinigami}} mode, and therefore out of his body. Then again, this isn't canon.

* ''VisualNovel/{{School Days}}'': After [[spoiler:Sekai stabs Makoto, and Katsura carries his severed head around]] no one even mentions the police or tries to avoid detection.

* In ''{{Noir}}'' the AntiHero protagonists never show slightest concern towards the police in wealthy industrialized nations when applying their trade of killing people for money. And indeed, the only time that the police interfere is when they are corrupt cops hired by an equally corrupt judge to protect himself from them. [[FridgeLogic You would think that he could have gotten perfectly legal police protection, under the circumstances.]]

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* In RobertAHeinlein's ''{{The Moon is a Harsh Mistress}}'', there are no police on the Moon. There are only the Warden's guards, who don't care about convict on convict crime. The convicts (and their many descendants) handle "justice" their own way. In fact, one of the reasons that people there start to support revolution happens when the guards start to take an interest in enforcing the (mostly newly created) rules.

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* An episode of "{{Family Guy}}" subverts this trope when Peter detonates explosives outside a childrens hospital, entirely destroying the building. No repercussions of the incident seem to occur, as is common in the show, until the very end where Peter is informed that the crime has been investigated and is taken to court.