History PlayingWith / CaptiveDate

** Bob hopes that if he keeps Alice captive long enough, she'll develop StockholmSyndrome and fall for him.

** Bob is a male {{Yandere}} and Alice doesn't like him, so forcing her to go out with him is the only way to go on a date with her.

** Bob helds Alice on a leash while they dine together.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Conversed''': "...What the hell kind of date is this?!?"
* '''Implied''': Halfway through a mundane dinner, Alice says "This is so stupid - I'd be better off elsewhere!" and gets up. Bob looks at her and says "That's not true. [[ShameIfSomethingHappened Something inapropiate might happen]]." Alice sights and sits back on her chair.

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** Alice and Bob are ''both'' being blackmailed into the date by a third party with a warped sense of humor.

** Alice is seen tied up during a date, but only because [[CasualKink she's into that sort of thing.]]

* '''Implied''': Halfway through a mundane dinner, Alice says "This is so stupid - I'd be better off elsewhere!" and gets up. Bob looks at her and says "That's not true. [[ShameIfSomethingHappened Something inapropiate might happen.]]" Alice sights and sits back on her chair.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice is held captive to keep her ''from'' dating Bob.

* '''Subverted''': Alice's friends bust in to rescue her during the date, but it turns out it was all an act for a TV Drama. The producers never told Alice's friends in order to get some easy (and free) "method acting" out of them.
** Alice is tied up during a date, but [[CasualKink she's into that sort of thing.]]

* '''Parodied''': Alice is on a blind date and acts as if she's being held captive.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob goes to incredible lengths to abduct Alice and ensure that she has no chance of escaping, hiring mercenaries to act as security and keeping a tracking device attached to her. He also goes as far as to cordon off an entire mall and actors that won't help Alice so that he and Alice can have an uninterrupted but otherwise normal date.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''':
** When Alice tries to escape, she's shot by Bob.
** Alice is left severely traumatized by her kidnapping.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** Alice's friends rescue her and subdue Bob before her wound becomes fatal.
** Alice gets therapy and recovers from the incident.

* '''Played for Laughs:''' Alice is kept BoundAndGagged but is more annoyed than scared, and Bob is completely nervous and makes an utter fool of himself as he tries to woo Alice. Bob also interprets Alice's grunts and muffled groans as her saying that she likes him.

** "Look, I know you had other plans tonight, but if you'd just stop [[ScreamingWoman screaming]] and try the wine, I think we could have a really romantic evening together."

** "Look, I know you had other plans tonight, but if you'd just stop screaming and try the wine, I think we could have a really romantic evening together."

* '''Conversed''': ???

** Alice's friends rescue her and subdue Bob before her wound becomes Fatal.

** Bob hopes that if he keeps Alice captive long enough, she'll develop Stockholm Syndrome and fall for him.

* '''Lampshaded''': "You're really so desperate to spend time with her that you'd kidnap her? Dude, she's not into you!"

** "Look, I know you had other plans tonight, but if you'd just stop screaming and try the wine, I think we could have a really romantic evening together.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Straight''': Bob kidnaps Alice and forces her to have dinner with him.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob goes to incredible lengths to abduct Alice and ensure that she has no chance of escaping, hiring mercenaries to act as security and keeping a tracking device attached to her. He also goes as far as to cordon off an entire mall and actors that won't help Alice so that he and Alice can have an uninterrupted but otherwise normal date.
* '''Justified''': Bob is a male {{Yandere}} and Alice doesn't like him, so forcing her to go out with him is the only way to go on a date with her.

* '''Inverted''': Alice is held captive to keep her ''from'' dating Bob.
* '''Subverted''': Alice's friends bust in to rescue her during the date, but it turns out it was all an act for a TV Drama. The producers never told Alice's friends in order to get some easy (and free) "method acting" out of them.
* '''Doubly Subverted''': Bob and Alice convince her friends that she's in no danger, but it's later revealed that Alice was being mind controlled.
* '''Deconstructed''': When Alice tries to escape, she's shot by Bob.
** Alice is left severely traumatized by her kidnapping.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's friends rescue her and subdue Bob before her wound becomes Fatal.
** Alice gets therapy and recovers from the incident.

* '''Invoked''': Bob takes everything literally, and when Alice turns him down, remarking that she'd have to be kidnapped and forced to go out with him to ever spend time with him, he immediately calls up some mercenaries to get the job done.
* '''Defied''': Bob is in love with Alice, and she doesn't like him, but Bob realizes that kidnapping her and forcing her to go on a date with him is just plain illogical and would never get her to like him.
* '''Played for Drama:''' Alice is kept tied up, and is incredibly terrified. She struggles against her bonds as Bob taunts her and explains that she's never going to escape or see her loved ones again.
* '''Played for Laughs:''' Alice is kept BoundAndGagged but is more annoyed than scared, and Bob is completely nervous and makes an utter fool of himself as he tries to woo Alice. Bob also interprets Alice's grunts and muffled groans as her saying that she likes him.
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