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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46 | Back to BailEqualsFreedom |
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48 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
49 | %% |
50 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
51 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
52 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
53 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
54 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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