Line #13 PlayingWith/BailEqualsFreedom


1	'''Basic Trope''': Bailing someone out of jail will clear things up.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice is arrested for [[MattressTagGag pulling the tag off her mattress.]] Bob comes down to Troperville County Jail, forks over $100,000, and the incident is never mentioned again.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Alice has actually been sent to {{Prison}}, not jail, and if not for Bob, would [[DisproportionateRetribution spend the next 20 years there]].
5	** Alice receives a GetOutOfJailFreeCard when Bob posts her bail.
6	** Alice is arrested for treason. The police have an OrgyOfEvidence, and a signed confession. Bob posts a nominal bail and she is absolved of all wrongdoing.
7	* '''Downplayed''':
8	** Alice pays a fine for [[TheTroubleWithTickets a speeding ticket]].
9	** Alice the AmateurSleuth pays bail for a serious crime and uses that time where she's free to look for evidence exonerating her, thereby [[ClearTheirName clearing her name]].
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** Alice's crime was just that petty.
12	** The prison system is heavily corrupt, to the point that "bail" is generally known and accepted legalized bribery.
13	* '''Inverted''': Bob pays the jail to keep Alice there.
14	* '''Subverted''':
15	** Alice is released from jail, but expected to appear in court several episodes later.
16	** Alice is being held without bail.
17	** The amount the judge sets as bail is ''way'' more money than Bob has.
18	** AliceAndBob are playing ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}''
19	** After she misses her court appearance, a BountyHunter is sent to arrest Alice.
20	** It turns out the crime was only punishable by a fine.
21	* '''Double Subverted''':
22	** The bail is off the table because either a) Alice is a huge flight risk b) [[AndThatsTerrible what Alice did was extremely heinous]], and/or c) Alice is a repeat offender.
23	** Bob gets on the [[TelecomTree phone]] and contacts several relatives and friends, [[GondorCallsForAid who all pitch in to help Alice]].
24	* '''Parodied''':
25	** All that's needed is [[DonutMessWithACop a box of donuts]] for the arresting officer.
26	** Alice is released, and gets into the tiny car of ''the'' UnclePennybags, waving her "Get Out of Jail Free Card" in the air.
27	* '''Zig Zagged''': It depends on what the crime is: for petty crimes, the bail can be treated as a fine. For more serious crimes, all it does is let the person out temporarily...if it's even allowed at all.
28	* '''Averted''':
29	** Alice is not facing any criminal charges.
30	** Alice is being held without bail.
31	** Bail doesn't happen in this setting.
32	** Alice still has to face trial.
33	* '''Enforced''': SmallReferencePools, ArtisticLicenseLaw
34	* '''Lampshaded''':
35	-->'''Bob''': "Shouldn't you have shown up for trial by now?"\
36	'''Alice''': "Ssshhh!"
37	* '''Invoked''': Alice is being held in jail, and is told about her bail and that she has OnePhoneCall.
38	* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her OnePhoneCall to get Bob to pay her way out.
39	* '''Defied''':
40	** The legal system still considers Alice to be in debt to society, and she's still expected to appear in court and accept whatever sentence the judge passes down.
41	** The legal system in this setting does not allow bail for ''any'' offense, [[FelonyMisdemeanor no matter how minor]].
42	** Bob either cannot or will not pay for Alice's freedom.
43	* '''Discussed''': "Wait...so, if I go to jail, and you pay them money, [[KarmaHoudini I get off scot-free?]]"
44	* '''Conversed''': "Not quite. I think someone confused "bail" with "fine."
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50	%%* '''Implied''': ???
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