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* ''Fanfic/HoursVerse'': Late in ''Monarch's Cascade'', [[spoiler: it's revealed that the Akechi that's been with the Thieves during January is actually a cognition created from Akira's memories. The real Akechi, having left Iwatodai out of concern over not hearing from Akira,]] went into Maruki's Palace and got captured, and despite Maruki dancing around the issue he still makes it clear that he can't guarantee Akechi's safety if the Palace comes down with him still in it.
* ''Fanfic/HoursVerse'': Late in ''Monarch's Cascade'', [[spoiler: it's revealed that the Akechi that's been with the Thieves during January is actually a cognition created from Akira's memories. The real Akechi, having left Iwatodai out of concern over not hearing from Akira,]] went into Maruki's Palace and got captured, and despite Maruki dancing around the issue he still makes it clear that he can't guarantee Akechi's safety if the Palace comes down with him still in it.
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* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': Richard Simpson tries to make a deal with John Constantine's niece, to give her anything she wants in exchange for being held captive for a few days, just to distract John with searching for her so that John won't interfere with Simpson's plans.
--> '''Simpson:''' Nothing personal, but I'm in the middle of something important and I don't want John getting involved. So I'm going to stick you somewhere out of the way and feed him clues about where you are until I'm finished.
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* ''Fanfic/CollateralDamageWorm'': The CUI tried to kidnap Annette to get leverage over Danny. Unfortunately for everyone, they messed up and killed her instead, upon which Danny set out to wipe China off the map.
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* In ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'', a group of enemy agents kidnap Gray's family before her eyes and tell her to turn herself over by noon of the next day, or risk not seeing her family again. The scheme backfires the next day when Gray calls their bluff.
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* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3004123/1/Dark-Legacy Dark Legacy]]" features Zorpox being returned to action when he tricks Global Justice into turning Ron back into him. When he infiltrates the Possible house posing as Ron, Wade is confused when Zorpox only takes Kim’s favourite Cuddle Buddy stuffed toy “hostage” rather than any of her family, but Kim points out that taking the doll is more symbolic than anything, considering that Zorpox’s very nature means that he already has Ron himself as a “hostage” to lure Kim in.
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** The sequel ''Academy of Discontent'' is similar, with students like Junko and Peko being shown familiar faces like Mukuro and Fuyuhiko respectively while students such as Shuichi and Chiaki being shown people they don't recognize (Kaede and Miss Chisa Yukizomi respectively). [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Junko was shown her boyfriend Yasuke Matsuda]].
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* "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3004123/1/Dark-Legacy Dark Legacy]]" features Zorpox being returned to action when he tricks Global Justice into turning Ron back into him. When he infiltrates the Possible house posing as Ron, Wade is confused when Zorpox only takes Kim’s favourite Cuddle Buddy stuffed toy “hostage” rather than any of her family, but Kim points out that taking the doll is more symbolic than anything, considering that Zorpox’s very nature means that he already has Ron himself as a “hostage” to lure Kim in.
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** In Chapter 6, Rokuro grabs Hinata with a giant hand and threatens to squeeze her if Naruto doesn't give him his fox power.
** In Chapter 76, [[spoiler:Karin]] tells Sasuke and Naruto that she stabbed Sakura and took her hostage. She's willing to tell Sasuke and Naruto where Sakura is if they will let her and [[spoiler:Evil Sasuke]] go. As a result, Naruto lowers his kunai from [[spoiler:Evil Sasuke]]'s neck, giving the latter an opportunity to leave with [[spoiler:Karin]]. However, [[spoiler:right before Evil Sasuke and Karin could leave, Sakura appears, having healed her injury thanks to the Souzou Saisei, and proceeds to beat the crap out of Karin]].
** In Chapter 6, Rokuro grabs Hinata with a giant hand and threatens to squeeze her if Naruto doesn't give him his fox power.
** In Chapter 76, [[spoiler:Karin]] tells Sasuke and Naruto that she stabbed Sakura and took her hostage. She's willing to tell Sasuke and Naruto where Sakura is if they will let her and [[spoiler:Evil Sasuke]] go. As a result, Naruto lowers his kunai from [[spoiler:Evil Sasuke]]'s neck, giving the latter an opportunity to leave with [[spoiler:Karin]]. However, [[spoiler:right before Evil Sasuke and Karin could leave, Sakura appears, having healed her injury thanks to the Souzou Saisei, and proceeds to beat the crap out of Karin]].
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* In ''Fanfic/RaiseYourVoiceAgainstLiars'', Bob Roth plans to kidnap [[spoiler:Juleka]], extort a ransom from their family, and [[YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo then sell them off to somebody in Germany]].
* ''Fanfic/ShedSomeOfThisBlackLightToSurroundingTowns'': While Seto and Yuugi are visiting I-Island, [[spoiler:Mokuba]] gets kidnapped with the intent of forcing Seto to bail off from his upcoming investments.
* ''Fanfic/ShedSomeOfThisBlackLightToSurroundingTowns'': While Seto and Yuugi are visiting I-Island, [[spoiler:Mokuba]] gets kidnapped with the intent of forcing Seto to bail off from his upcoming investments.
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* ''Fanfic/TheNegotiationsVerse'': In the [[AlternateUniverse AU]] ''Fallen'', Princess Celestia reveals that she's captured Fluttershy's human lover Martin, keeping him imprisoned and tortured.
* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'': ''Longest Night, Longest Day'' sees Corona taking a bevy of hostages from Ponyville in order to force their compliance. She also did this to her Day Court in the past.
* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'': ''Longest Night, Longest Day'' sees Corona taking a bevy of hostages from Ponyville in order to force their compliance. She also did this to her Day Court in the past.
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* ''Fanfic/OperationGEAR'': In order to force [[spoiler:Professor Elm]] to cooperate, Ghetsis threatens his wife and son.
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* ''Fanfic/TraitorsFace'': Suki's older sister Kirai suffers from ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, and is used against Suki several times. In particular, Azula targets her in a PoisonAndCureGambit in an effort to {{Blackmail}} Zuko into cooperating with her in Book 3.
* ''Fanfic/TraitorsFace'': Suki's older sister Kirai suffers from ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, and is used against Suki several times. In particular, Azula targets her in a PoisonAndCureGambit in an effort to {{Blackmail}} Zuko into cooperating with her in Book 3.
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* ''Fanfic/ZooCoupRiot'' has Froggy 2 and Adelaide kidnapped in order to try and blackmail Sid into releasing all of the zoo animals.
* ''Fanfic/ZooCoupRiot'' has Froggy 2 and Adelaide kidnapped in order to try and blackmail Sid into releasing all of the zoo animals.
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* ''Fanfic/WereNotFriendsKacchan'' [[DiscussedTrope discusses the possibility]] of Ochako getting targeted by All for One and the League of Villains if she and Izuku become an OfficialCouple.
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* ''Fanfic/UmeiNoMaisUnchained'':
** Izuna forces Tobirama to become her concubine by revealing that she's also abducted his cousin Touka; refusing her would seal Touka's fate.
** Izuna also intends to use Tobirama as a bargaining chip against Hashirama, forcing him to surrender to the Uchiha clan and accept their rule by holding his brother and any children they have hostage.
** Izuna forces Tobirama to become her concubine by revealing that she's also abducted his cousin Touka; refusing her would seal Touka's fate.
** Izuna also intends to use Tobirama as a bargaining chip against Hashirama, forcing him to surrender to the Uchiha clan and accept their rule by holding his brother and any children they have hostage.
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* In ''Fanfic/APieceOfRebellion'', President Business has Ma and Pa Cop guest star on one of Emmet's broadcasts in order to let GCBC know that his parents are unwittingly being held hostage.
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* ''Fanfic/LimitlessPotential'': Sigma plans to use [[spoiler:Chiyo]] as a bargaining chip in order to force [[spoiler:Dr. Fujiwara]]'s cooperation. When this doesn't work out as he intended, he decides to dispose of them both.
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* ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'': In an effort to force Mastermind/Izuku to join him, Overhaul threatens his mother Inko. [[BerserkButton It doesn't end well for him]].
* ''Fanfic/LimitlessPotential'': Sigma plans to use [[spoiler:Chiyo]] as a bargaining chip in order to force [[spoiler:Dr. Fujiwara]]'s cooperation. When this doesn't work out as he intended, he decides to dispose of them both.
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* ''Fanfic/LittleRebellions'' offers an AntiHero example when [[spoiler:Blue Pearl]] blackmails [[spoiler:Blue Diamond]] into helping them quell the riots started in the wake of [[spoiler:the New Rebellion taking over]]. They do this by showing them that they've got [[spoiler:Yellow and White Diamond]] as prisoners.
* ''Fanfic/LittleRebellions'' offers an AntiHero example when [[spoiler:Blue Pearl]] blackmails [[spoiler:Blue Diamond]] into helping them quell the riots started in the wake of [[spoiler:the New Rebellion taking over]]. They do this by showing them that they've got [[spoiler:Yellow and White Diamond]] as prisoners.
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* ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflySaga'':
** One of Astrid's plans to get Hiccup to come back to Berk in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' is to kidnap Mirabel and use her to bait him back. Considering she doesn't account for the idea that her house is alive and won't let her near the girl, going after Mirabel by force fails spectacularly.
** When flattery fails, Drago falls back to threatening Peep if Karla and Pedro don't cooperate with him in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteout''.
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* Invoked in ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons''. Ra's Al Ghul very calmly explains that if he wanted to hurt Batman through Catwoman, he wouldn't kill her; he'd hold her hostage until the Dark Knight met his pre-release conditions.
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Now, as to the matter of your wife. If I wished to use her against you, Detective, I can assure you of this: I would kidnap her. Oh, yes, I would. I would make certain that she was alive and that you knew it, but that you also knew that I had power over her. And thus I would have power over you. But I would not kill her. Not unless it presented great advantage to me, or unless all else was lost and it was the last stroke I could play. I promise you, Detective, I am far away from my last stroke."\\
'''Batman:''' "You may be closer than you think."\\
'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Death follows close behind us all, Detective. But in most cases, I am the one who pushes its hand. No. I am not lying to you. I had nothing to do with the attempt on your wife's life. Now, if someday your wife should be taken by brigands, there is the possiblity, and no more than that, that I may be behind it. That will be if I need your help, and you refuse a polite request. Should you perform that request, she will be freed unharmed. This would be done, certainly."
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** One of Astrid's plans to get Hiccup to come back to Berk in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' is to kidnap Mirabel and use her to bait him back. Considering she doesn't account for the idea that her house is alive and won't let her near the girl, going after Mirabel by force fails spectacularly.
** When flattery fails, Drago falls back to threatening Peep if Karla and Pedro don't cooperate with him in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteout''.
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* Invoked in ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons''. Ra's Al Ghul very calmly explains that if he wanted to hurt Batman through Catwoman, he wouldn't kill her; he'd hold her hostage until the Dark Knight met his pre-release conditions.
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Now, as to the matter of your wife. If I wished to use her against you, Detective, I can assure you of this: I would kidnap her. Oh, yes, I would. I would make certain that she was alive and that you knew it, but that you also knew that I had power over her. And thus I would have power over you. But I would not kill her. Not unless it presented great advantage to me, or unless all else was lost and it was the last stroke I could play. I promise you, Detective, I am far away from my last stroke."\\
'''Batman:''' "You may be closer than you think."\\
'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Death follows close behind us all, Detective. But in most cases, I am the one who pushes its hand. No. I am not lying to you. I had nothing to do with the attempt on your wife's life. Now, if someday your wife should be taken by brigands, there is the possiblity, and no more than that, that I may be behind it. That will be if I need your help, and you refuse a polite request. Should you perform that request, she will be freed unharmed. This would be done, certainly."
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* ''Fanfic/AllHeEverWanted''. In one of the most polemic parts of the fanfic, the BigBad keeps the ActionGirl's NonActionGuy ex-husband hostage and uses this not just to have her pull a FaceHeelTurn, but to actually ''torture and rape her in front of him to show off his power''.
* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'': [[spoiler:Walter. In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', he pulls a FaceHeelTurn which is never adequately explained. Here, the bad guys have his daughter, Maggie (imported from ''Anime/ReadOrDie''). How far he will go to keep her safe remains to be seen.]]
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9821669/chapters/22053209 Awakening]]'', [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Strika]], Elita's servant, kidnaps the sparkling of Starscream's servant Nightwish in order to force Nightwish to poison Starscream.
* In one of the installments in the ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' series, ''A Child's Innocence'' has two examples:
** Annabelle Lennox is kidnapped by Laserbeak and Starscream so that the Autobots will be distracted with trying to get her back.
** [[spoiler:Mikaela Banes is kidnapped by Dylan Gould and Soundwave to force Sam Witwicky into being TheMole for the Decepticons.]]
* Invoked in ''Batman'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons''. Ra's Al Ghul very calmly explains that if he wanted to hurt Batman through Catwoman, he wouldn't kill her; he'd hold her hostage until the Dark Knight met his pre-release conditions.
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Now, as to the matter of your wife. If I wished to use her against you, Detective, I can assure you of this: I would kidnap her. Oh, yes, I would. I would make certain that she was alive and that you knew it, but that you also knew that I had power over her. And thus I would have power over you. But I would not kill her. Not unless it presented great advantage to me, or unless all else was lost and it was the last stroke I could play. I promise you, Detective, I am far away from my last stroke."\\
'''Batman:''' "You may be closer than you think."\\
'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Death follows close behind us all, Detective. But in most cases, I am the one who pushes its hand. No. I am not lying to you. I had nothing to do with the attempt on your wife's life. Now, if someday your wife should be taken by brigands, there is the possiblity, and no more than that, that I may be behind it. That will be if I need your help, and you refuse a polite request. Should you perform that request, she will be freed unharmed. This would be done, certainly."
* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'': [[spoiler:Walter. In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', he pulls a FaceHeelTurn which is never adequately explained. Here, the bad guys have his daughter, Maggie (imported from ''Anime/ReadOrDie''). How far he will go to keep her safe remains to be seen.]]
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9821669/chapters/22053209 Awakening]]'', [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Strika]], Elita's servant, kidnaps the sparkling of Starscream's servant Nightwish in order to force Nightwish to poison Starscream.
* In one of the installments in the ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' series, ''A Child's Innocence'' has two examples:
** Annabelle Lennox is kidnapped by Laserbeak and Starscream so that the Autobots will be distracted with trying to get her back.
** [[spoiler:Mikaela Banes is kidnapped by Dylan Gould and Soundwave to force Sam Witwicky into being TheMole for the Decepticons.]]
* Invoked in ''Batman'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons''. Ra's Al Ghul very calmly explains that if he wanted to hurt Batman through Catwoman, he wouldn't kill her; he'd hold her hostage until the Dark Knight met his pre-release conditions.
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Now, as to the matter of your wife. If I wished to use her against you, Detective, I can assure you of this: I would kidnap her. Oh, yes, I would. I would make certain that she was alive and that you knew it, but that you also knew that I had power over her. And thus I would have power over you. But I would not kill her. Not unless it presented great advantage to me, or unless all else was lost and it was the last stroke I could play. I promise you, Detective, I am far away from my last stroke."\\
'''Batman:''' "You may be closer than you think."\\
'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Death follows close behind us all, Detective. But in most cases, I am the one who pushes its hand. No. I am not lying to you. I had nothing to do with the attempt on your wife's life. Now, if someday your wife should be taken by brigands, there is the possiblity, and no more than that, that I may be behind it. That will be if I need your help, and you refuse a polite request. Should you perform that request, she will be freed unharmed. This would be done, certainly."
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* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'': [[spoiler:Walter. In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', he pulls a FaceHeelTurn which is never adequately explained. Here, the bad guys have his daughter, Maggie (imported from ''Anime/ReadOrDie''). How far he will go to keep her safe remains to be seen.]]
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9821669/chapters/22053209 Awakening]]'', [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Strika]], Elita's servant, kidnaps the sparkling of Starscream's servant Nightwish in order to force Nightwish to poison Starscream.
* In one of the installments in the ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' series, ''A Child's Innocence'' has two examples:
** Annabelle Lennox is kidnapped by Laserbeak and Starscream so that the Autobots will be distracted with trying to get her back.
** [[spoiler:Mikaela Banes is kidnapped by Dylan Gould and Soundwave to force Sam Witwicky into being TheMole for the Decepticons.]]
* Invoked in ''Batman'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons''. Ra's Al Ghul very calmly explains that if he wanted to hurt Batman through Catwoman, he wouldn't kill her; he'd hold her hostage until the Dark Knight met his pre-release conditions.
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Now, as to the matter of your wife. If I wished to use her against you, Detective, I can assure you of this: I would kidnap her. Oh, yes, I would. I would make certain that she was alive and that you knew it, but that you also knew that I had power over her. And thus I would have power over you. But I would not kill her. Not unless it presented great advantage to me, or unless all else was lost and it was the last stroke I could play. I promise you, Detective, I am far away from my last stroke."\\
'''Batman:''' "You may be closer than you think."\\
'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Death follows close behind us all, Detective. But in most cases, I am the one who pushes its hand. No. I am not lying to you. I had nothing to do with the attempt on your wife's life. Now, if someday your wife should be taken by brigands, there is the possiblity, and no more than that, that I may be behind it. That will be if I need your help, and you refuse a polite request. Should you perform that request, she will be freed unharmed. This would be done, certainly."
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** The sequel ''Academy of Discontent'', is similar, with students like Junko and Peko being shown familiar faces like Mukuro and Fuyuhiko respectively while students such as Shuichi and Chiaki being shown people they don't recognize (Kaede and Miss Chisa Yukizomi respectively).
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/DaughterOfFireAndSteel'', General Zod gets ComicBook/LoisLane abducted to ensure [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]'s cooperation. When [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] points out that holding his lover hostage is guaranteed to ''alienate'' him, Zod just brushes off her concerns.
* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', an unnamed Mafia Boss tries to coerce ComicBook/{{Superboy}} into working for him by kidnapping his parents. Though, Superboy makes the next counteroffer: the Boss gives him his parents back and keeps his mouth shut concerning his secret identity, and Superboy will not go after him. The Boss takes it up.
* In ''Brilliancy,'' the second part of the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'', the trope is turned upside down. Roy knows his wife has been taken - he just doesn't know who did it, or why.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12783281/1/A-Feline-s-Birdy-Love A Feline's Birdy Love]]'' Chapter 8, Night Ninja abducts Connor/Catboy after brutalizing him severely and taunts Amaya/Owlette, who is in the middle of G-Rated WillTheyOrWontThey with Connor, about how much he knows this will hurt her emotionally. Interestingly for this trope, while Night Ninja taunts Amaya and Greg (Connor's best friend who's equally distressed by the kidnapping) that he dares them to try a rescue, he also claims that it's going to end badly whether they attempt a rescue or leave Connor to Night Ninja's whims.
* Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36328930/chapters/90569485 Harry’s Past]]: the events are kicked off when Harry’s son, Tim, is kidnapped by his old friend turned foe from detective school in a plan to ruin Harry’s life. Tim is his prisoner for most of the fic.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': The ''only'' reason Germany and Japan didn't beat the homophobe within an inch of his life when they saw him brutalizing Italy and he threatened to make it worse if they go any closer. Not that they didn't want to. However, the moment [[AttemptedRape the homophobe was about to rape Italy]], Germany and Japan tackled him to the ground before proceeding to beat the living crap out of him. [[CurbStompBattle He didn't stand a chance]].
* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has the Fire Daimyo's daughter kidnapped by the BigBad. The price for the girl's safety? That the Fire Nation and Hidden Leaf Village stay out of the coming war.
* ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'' has a disturbing example. [[spoiler:Precia is forced to work for the Infinite Empire because Enlil is possessing Alicia's corpse, essentially holding her body hostage with the promise that she'll properly revive her once she gets what she wants. Played with, because [[LackOfEmpathy Enlil]] views it as a beneficial partnership and fails to understand why Precia (and the protagonists, when they find out) are so upset.]]
* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Interstitium}}'', Wrex and Shepard have to set this up in order to convince the other krogan to let Mordin take care of some personal business on their planet. Since Mordin doesn't ''have'' a wife, however, they have to fake it. With [[spoiler:Miranda]] playing the part, and Mordin [[LargeHam hamming it up]] for all it's worth.
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/DaughterOfFireAndSteel'', General Zod gets ComicBook/LoisLane abducted to ensure [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]'s cooperation. When [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] points out that holding his lover hostage is guaranteed to ''alienate'' him, Zod just brushes off her concerns.
* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', an unnamed Mafia Boss tries to coerce ComicBook/{{Superboy}} into working for him by kidnapping his parents. Though, Superboy makes the next counteroffer: the Boss gives him his parents back and keeps his mouth shut concerning his secret identity, and Superboy will not go after him. The Boss takes it up.
* In ''Brilliancy,'' the second part of the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'', the trope is turned upside down. Roy knows his wife has been taken - he just doesn't know who did it, or why.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12783281/1/A-Feline-s-Birdy-Love A Feline's Birdy Love]]'' Chapter 8, Night Ninja abducts Connor/Catboy after brutalizing him severely and taunts Amaya/Owlette, who is in the middle of G-Rated WillTheyOrWontThey with Connor, about how much he knows this will hurt her emotionally. Interestingly for this trope, while Night Ninja taunts Amaya and Greg (Connor's best friend who's equally distressed by the kidnapping) that he dares them to try a rescue, he also claims that it's going to end badly whether they attempt a rescue or leave Connor to Night Ninja's whims.
* Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36328930/chapters/90569485 Harry’s Past]]: the events are kicked off when Harry’s son, Tim, is kidnapped by his old friend turned foe from detective school in a plan to ruin Harry’s life. Tim is his prisoner for most of the fic.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': The ''only'' reason Germany and Japan didn't beat the homophobe within an inch of his life when they saw him brutalizing Italy and he threatened to make it worse if they go any closer. Not that they didn't want to. However, the moment [[AttemptedRape the homophobe was about to rape Italy]], Germany and Japan tackled him to the ground before proceeding to beat the living crap out of him. [[CurbStompBattle He didn't stand a chance]].
* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has the Fire Daimyo's daughter kidnapped by the BigBad. The price for the girl's safety? That the Fire Nation and Hidden Leaf Village stay out of the coming war.
* ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'' has a disturbing example. [[spoiler:Precia is forced to work for the Infinite Empire because Enlil is possessing Alicia's corpse, essentially holding her body hostage with the promise that she'll properly revive her once she gets what she wants. Played with, because [[LackOfEmpathy Enlil]] views it as a beneficial partnership and fails to understand why Precia (and the protagonists, when they find out) are so upset.]]
* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Interstitium}}'', Wrex and Shepard have to set this up in order to convince the other krogan to let Mordin take care of some personal business on their planet. Since Mordin doesn't ''have'' a wife, however, they have to fake it. With [[spoiler:Miranda]] playing the part, and Mordin [[LargeHam hamming it up]] for all it's worth.
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** The sequel ''Academy of Discontent'', Discontent'' is similar, with students like Junko and Peko being shown familiar faces like Mukuro and Fuyuhiko respectively while students such as Shuichi and Chiaki being shown people they don't recognize (Kaede and Miss Chisa Yukizomi respectively).
*In ''Film/ManOfSteel'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/DaughterOfFireAndSteel'', General Zod gets ComicBook/LoisLane abducted to ensure [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]'s cooperation. ''Fanfic/NeverSayNever'' has an interesting variation on this: When [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] points out that holding his lover hostage is guaranteed to ''alienate'' him, Zod just brushes off her concerns.
* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', an unnamed Mafia Boss tries to coerce ComicBook/{{Superboy}} into working for him by kidnapping his parents. Though, Superboy makesthe next counteroffer: the Boss gives him his parents back and keeps his mouth shut concerning his secret identity, and Superboy will not go after him. The Boss takes it up.
* In ''Brilliancy,'' the second part of the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'', the trope is turned upside down. Roy knows his wife has been taken - he just doesn't know who did it, or why.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12783281/1/A-Feline-s-Birdy-Love A Feline's Birdy Love]]'' Chapter 8, Night Ninja abducts Connor/Catboy after brutalizing him severely and taunts Amaya/Owlette, who is in the middle of G-Rated WillTheyOrWontThey with Connor,students begin complaining about how much he knows this will hurt her emotionally. Interestingly for this trope, while Night Ninja taunts Amaya and Greg (Connor's best friend who's equally distressed by Monokuma changing the kidnapping) that he dares rules during the third trial, the bear threatens to kill them to try a rescue, he also claims that it's going to end badly whether they attempt a rescue or leave Connor to Night Ninja's whims.
* Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36328930/chapters/90569485 Harry’s Past]]:all and restart the events are kicked off Killing Game with their hostages from the first motive.
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* In ''Fanfic/Zero2ARevision'', whenHarry’s son, Tim, is kidnapped by his old friend turned foe from detective school in a plan Oikawa's pleading of Demon to ruin Harry’s life. Tim is his prisoner for most of the fic.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': The ''only'' reason Germany and Japan didn't beat the homophobe within an inch of his life when they saw him brutalizing Italy and he threatened to make it worse if they go any closer. Not that they didn't want to. However, the moment [[AttemptedRape the homophobe was about to rape Italy]], Germany and Japan tackledteleport him to the ground before proceeding to beat the living crap out of him. [[CurbStompBattle He didn't stand a chance]].
* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has the Fire Daimyo's daughter kidnapped by the BigBad. The price for the girl's safety? That the Fire Nation and Hidden Leaf Village stay out of the coming war.
* ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'' has a disturbing example. [[spoiler:Precia is forced to work for the Infinite Empire because Enlil is possessing Alicia's corpse, essentially holding her body hostageDigital World ends up being met with deaf ears from the promise that she'll properly revive her once she gets Digimon, he decides to threaten original Digidestined Hiroaki's ex-wife [[spoiler:soon to be wife]] Nancy for his Digivice, desperate to enter the Digital World. However, after Cody's grandfather [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives him a harsh word beating]], Oikawa breaks down and releases the hostage, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone finally realizing what she wants. Played with, because [[LackOfEmpathy Enlil]] views it as a beneficial partnership and fails to understand why Precia (and the protagonists, when they find out) are so upset.]]
* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Interstitium}}'', Wrex and Shepard have to set this up in order to convince the other krogan to let Mordin take care of some personal business on their planet. Since Mordin doesn't ''have'' a wife, however, they have to fake it. With [[spoiler:Miranda]] playing the part, and Mordin [[LargeHam hamming it up]] for all it's worth.he has done]].
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* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', an unnamed Mafia Boss tries to coerce ComicBook/{{Superboy}} into working for him by kidnapping his parents. Though, Superboy makes
* In ''Brilliancy,'' the second part of the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'', the trope is turned upside down. Roy knows his wife has been taken - he just doesn't know who did it, or why.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12783281/1/A-Feline-s-Birdy-Love A Feline's Birdy Love]]'' Chapter 8, Night Ninja abducts Connor/Catboy after brutalizing him severely and taunts Amaya/Owlette, who is in the middle of G-Rated WillTheyOrWontThey with Connor,
* Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36328930/chapters/90569485 Harry’s Past]]:
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* In ''Fanfic/Zero2ARevision'', when
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': The ''only'' reason Germany and Japan didn't beat the homophobe within an inch of his life when they saw him brutalizing Italy and he threatened to make it worse if they go any closer. Not that they didn't want to. However, the moment [[AttemptedRape the homophobe was about to rape Italy]], Germany and Japan tackled
* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has the Fire Daimyo's daughter kidnapped by the BigBad. The price for the girl's safety? That the Fire Nation and Hidden Leaf Village stay out of the coming war.
* ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'' has a disturbing example. [[spoiler:Precia is forced to work for the Infinite Empire because Enlil is possessing Alicia's corpse, essentially holding her body hostage
* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Interstitium}}'', Wrex and Shepard have to set this up in order to convince the other krogan to let Mordin take care of some personal business on their planet. Since Mordin doesn't ''have'' a wife, however, they have to fake it. With [[spoiler:Miranda]] playing the part, and Mordin [[LargeHam hamming it up]] for all it's worth.
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* ''Fanfic/LostToDust'': Cinder Fall reveals that Neo obeys her because she threatened Neo's friend Roman Torchwick.
* During ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', [[spoiler:Jewelius]] has the parents of Twilight Sparkle captured shortly after the Changeling invasion to be used as leverage in case [[spoiler:he loses his grip over their manipulated daughter. He uses this threat when Twilight finally realizes how evil Jewelius is, but it's soon made null when Raven Inkwell (actually a disguised Changeling) helps Twilight by releasing her parents so they can all escape to Ponyville]].
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf reveals that he has [[spoiler:Missandei]], and if [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] wants to see her again, he'll do exactly as the Wolf says... [[BloodKnight which is to come fight him]] (the Wolf being concerned that [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] planned to sail away to foreign shores after [[spoiler:Daenerys' death]]).
* ''Fanfic/NeverSayNever'' has an interesting variation on this: When the students begin complaining about Monokuma changing the rules during the third trial, the bear threatens to kill them all and restart the Killing Game with their hostages from the first motive as mentioned below in the "Visual Novel" folder.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Nightingale}}'', Orochimaru holds Hinata hostage, and the ransom note he sends to her father says, word for word, "I have your daughter."
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'', Voldemort sets a trap for Snape by kidnapping Lily, whom Snape would do anything for. And then tests Snape's loyalty by ordering him to kill her.
* One of the villains in ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' fanfic series ''Fanfic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' forces the title character's cooperation by taking her best friend hostage. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, the rest of the TrueCompanions find out...]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13471897/1/Save-My-Life-Can-You-Save-Me-Now Save My Life: Can You Save Me Now?]]'' features [[Series/HenryDanger several Swellview villains]] abducting Henry to blackmail Captain Man into releasing all the villains he and Henry put away. Interestingly, the villains don't try to have Henry speak directly to Captain Man until he's unable to get the Toddler released, at which point they try to get Henry to tell Captain Man to release ''all the villains'', which he refuses to do.
* During ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', [[spoiler:Jewelius]] has the parents of Twilight Sparkle captured shortly after the Changeling invasion to be used as leverage in case [[spoiler:he loses his grip over their manipulated daughter. He uses this threat when Twilight finally realizes how evil Jewelius is, but it's soon made null when Raven Inkwell (actually a disguised Changeling) helps Twilight by releasing her parents so they can all escape to Ponyville]].
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf reveals that he has [[spoiler:Missandei]], and if [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] wants to see her again, he'll do exactly as the Wolf says... [[BloodKnight which is to come fight him]] (the Wolf being concerned that [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] planned to sail away to foreign shores after [[spoiler:Daenerys' death]]).
* ''Fanfic/NeverSayNever'' has an interesting variation on this: When the students begin complaining about Monokuma changing the rules during the third trial, the bear threatens to kill them all and restart the Killing Game with their hostages from the first motive as mentioned below in the "Visual Novel" folder.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Nightingale}}'', Orochimaru holds Hinata hostage, and the ransom note he sends to her father says, word for word, "I have your daughter."
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'', Voldemort sets a trap for Snape by kidnapping Lily, whom Snape would do anything for. And then tests Snape's loyalty by ordering him to kill her.
* One of the villains in ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' fanfic series ''Fanfic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' forces the title character's cooperation by taking her best friend hostage. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, the rest of the TrueCompanions find out...]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13471897/1/Save-My-Life-Can-You-Save-Me-Now Save My Life: Can You Save Me Now?]]'' features [[Series/HenryDanger several Swellview villains]] abducting Henry to blackmail Captain Man into releasing all the villains he and Henry put away. Interestingly, the villains don't try to have Henry speak directly to Captain Man until he's unable to get the Toddler released, at which point they try to get Henry to tell Captain Man to release ''all the villains'', which he refuses to do.
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* During ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', [[spoiler:Jewelius]] has the parents of Twilight Sparkle captured shortly after the Changeling invasion to be used as leverage in case [[spoiler:he loses his grip over their manipulated daughter. He uses this threat when Twilight finally realizes how evil Jewelius is, but it's soon made null when Raven Inkwell (actually a disguised Changeling) helps Twilight by releasing her parents so they can all escape to Ponyville]].
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf reveals that he has [[spoiler:Missandei]], and if [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] wants to see her again, he'll do exactly as the Wolf says... [[BloodKnight which is to come fight him]] (the Wolf being concerned that [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] planned to sail away to foreign shores after [[spoiler:Daenerys' death]]).
* ''Fanfic/NeverSayNever'' has an interesting variation on this: When the students begin complaining about Monokuma changing the rules during the third trial, the bear threatens to kill them all and restart the Killing Game with their hostages from the first motive as mentioned below in the "Visual Novel" folder.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Nightingale}}'', Orochimaru holds Hinata hostage, and the ransom note he sends to her father says, word for word, "I have your daughter."
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'', Voldemort sets a trap for Snape by kidnapping Lily, whom Snape would do anything for. And then tests Snape's loyalty by ordering him to kill her.
* One of the villains in ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' fanfic series ''Fanfic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' forces the title character's cooperation by taking her best friend hostage. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, the rest of the TrueCompanions find out...]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13471897/1/Save-My-Life-Can-You-Save-Me-Now Save My Life: Can You Save Me Now?]]'' features [[Series/HenryDanger several Swellview villains]] abducting Henry to blackmail Captain Man into releasing all the villains he and Henry put away. Interestingly, the villains don't try to have Henry speak directly to Captain Man until he's unable to get the Toddler released, at which point they try to get Henry to tell Captain Man to release ''all the villains'', which he refuses to do.
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* In ''Brilliancy,'' the second part of the ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'', the trope is turned upside down. Roy knows his wife has been taken - he just doesn't know who did it, or why.
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* In ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'', Voldemort sets a trap for Snape by kidnapping Lily, whom Snape would do anything for. And then tests Snape's loyalty by ordering him to kill her.
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* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'': [[spoiler:Walter. In the original series, he pulls a FaceHeelTurn which is never adequately explained. Here, the bad guys have his daughter, Maggie (imported from ''Anime/ReadOrDie''). How far he will go to keep her safe remains to be seen.]]
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13471897/1/Save-My-Life-Can-You-Save-Me-Now Save My Life: Can You Save Me Now?]]'' features several Swellview villains abducting Henry to blackmail Captain Man into releasing all the villains he and Henry put away. Interestingly, the villains don't try to have Henry speak directly to Captain Man until he's unable to get the Toddler released, at which point they try to get Henry to tell Captain Man to release ''all the villains'', which he refuses to do.
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* ''Fanfic/AllHeEverWanted''. In one of the most polemic parts of the fanfic, the BigBad keeps the ActionGirl's NonActionGuy ex-husband hostage and uses this not just to have her pull a FaceHeelTurn, but to actually ''torture and rape her in front of him to show off his power''.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': The ''only'' reason Germany and Japan didn't beat the homophobe within an inch of his life when they saw him brutalizing Italy and he threatened to make it worse if they go any closer. Not that they didn't want to. However, the moment [[AttemptedRape the homophobe was about to rape Italy]], Germany and Japan tackled him to the ground before proceeding to beat the living crap out of him. [[CurbStompBattle He didn't stand a chance]].
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* One of the villains in ''Fanfic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' forces the title character's cooperation by taking her best friend hostage. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, the rest of the TrueCompanions find out...]]
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* ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'' has a disturbing example. [[spoiler:Precia is forced to work for the Infinite Empire because Enlil is possessing Alicia's corpse, essentially holding her body hostage with the promise that she'll properly revive her once she gets what she wants. Played with, because [[LackOfEmpathy Enlil]] views it as a beneficial partnership and fails to understand why Precia (and the protagonists, when they find out) are so upset.]]
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* In ''Fanfic/{{Interstitium}}'', Wrex and Shepard have to set this up in order to convince the other krogan to let Mordin take care of some personal business on their planet. Since Mordin doesn't ''have'' a wife, however, they have to fake it. With [[spoiler:Miranda]] playing the part, and Mordin [[LargeHam hamming it up]] for all it's worth.
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* During ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', [[spoiler:Jewelius]] has the parents of Twilight Sparkle captured shortly after the Changeling invasion to be used as leverage in case [[spoiler:he loses his grip over their manipulated daughter. He uses this threat when Twilight finally realizes how evil Jewelius is, but it's soon made null when Raven Inkwell (actually a disguised Changeling) helps Twilight by releasing her parents so they can all escape to Ponyville]].
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* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has the Fire Daimyo's daughter kidnapped by the BigBad. The price for the girl's safety? That the Fire Nation and Hidden Leaf Village stay out of the coming war.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Nightingale}}'', Orochimaru holds Hinata hostage, and the ransom note he sends to her father says, word for word, "I have your daughter."
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* In ''Fanfic/Zero2ARevision'', when Oikawa's pleading of Demon to teleport him to the Digital World ends up being met with deaf ears from the Digimon, he decides to threaten original Digidestined Hiroaki's ex-wife [[spoiler: soon to be wife]] Nancy for his Digivice, desperate to enter the Digital World. However, after Cody's grandfather [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives him a harsh word beating]], Oikawa breaks down and releases the hostage, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone finally realizing what he has done]].
* ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflySaga'':
** One of Astrid's plans to get Hiccup to come back to Berk in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' is to kidnap Mirabel and use her to bait him back. Considering she doesn't account for the idea that her house is alive and won't let her near the girl, going after Mirabel by force fails spectacularly.
** When flattery fails, Drago falls back to threatening Peep if Karla and Pedro don't cooperate with him in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteout''.
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** One of Astrid's plans to get Hiccup to come back to Berk in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' is to kidnap Mirabel and use her to bait him back. Considering she doesn't account for the idea that her house is alive and won't let her near the girl, going after Mirabel by force fails spectacularly.
** When flattery fails, Drago falls back to threatening Peep if Karla and Pedro don't cooperate with him in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteout''.
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* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36328930/chapters/90569485 Harry’s Past]]'': the events are kicked off when Harry’s son, Tim, is kidnapped by his old friend turned foe from detective school in a plan to ruin Harry’s life. Tim is his prisoner for most of the fic.
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* ''Fanfic/LostToDust'': Cinder Fall reveals that Neo obeys her because she threatened Neo's friend Roman Torchwick.
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* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf reveals that he has [[spoiler:Missandei]], and if [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] wants to see her again, he'll do exactly as the Wolf says... [[BloodKnight which is to come fight him]] (the Wolf being
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* In ''Fanfic/DaughterOfFireAndSteel'', General Zod gets ComicBook/LoisLane abducted to ensure Kal-El's cooperation. When [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] points out that holding his lover hostage is guaranteed to ''alienate'' him, Zod just brushes off her concerns.
* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', an unnamed Mafia Boss tries to coerce ComicBook/{{Superboy}} into working for him by kidnapping his parents. Though, Superboy makes the next counteroffer: the Boss gives him
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9821669/chapters/22053209 Awakening]]'', Strika, Elita's servant, kidnaps the
* In one of the installments in the ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' series, ''A Child's Innocence'' has
* ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflySaga'':
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** [[spoiler:Mikaela Banes is
** When flattery fails, Drago falls back to threatening Peep if Karla and Pedro don't cooperate with him in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteout''.
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-> ''"Those children are powerful... too powerful... In truth, there's nothing stopping the girl from just running away... Or the boy from conjuring himself a way to escape[.] The other girl is...incentive. As long as they believe her life is in danger, they'll do anything to keep her from harm. Including serving me. Once I've trained them into complete obedience, we can get rid of her."''
-->-- '''Drago Bludvist''', ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteout'', "[[Recap/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteoutChapter13 Chapter 13: New Jobs]]"
Examples of IHaveYourWife found in Fanfiction.
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-->-- '''Drago Bludvist''', ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteout'', "[[Recap/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteoutChapter13 Chapter 13: New Jobs]]"
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* One of Astrid's plans to get Hiccup to come back to Berk in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' is to kidnap Mirabel and use her to bait him back. Considering she doesn't account for the idea that her house is alive and won't let her near the girl, going after Mirabel by force fails spectacularly.
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* ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflySaga'':
** One of Astrid's plans to get Hiccup to come back to Berk in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' is to kidnap Mirabel and use her to bait him back. Considering she doesn't account for the idea that her house is alive and won't let her near the girl, going after Mirabel by force failsspectacularly.spectacularly.
** When flattery fails, Drago falls back to threatening Peep if Karla and Pedro don't cooperate with him in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteout''.
** One of Astrid's plans to get Hiccup to come back to Berk in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' is to kidnap Mirabel and use her to bait him back. Considering she doesn't account for the idea that her house is alive and won't let her near the girl, going after Mirabel by force fails
** When flattery fails, Drago falls back to threatening Peep if Karla and Pedro don't cooperate with him in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterflyWhiteout''.
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* Jim Rhodes helps with the Program in ''Fanfic/SeventyTwoHours'' because his family is being held hostage by the government.
* ''Fanfic/AllHeEverWanted''. In one of the most polemic parts of the fanfic, the BigBad keeps the ActionGirl's NonActionGuy ex-husband hostage and uses this not just to have her pull a FaceHeelTurn, but to actually ''torture and rape her in front of him to show off his power''.
* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'': [[spoiler:Walter. In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', he pulls a FaceHeelTurn which is never adequately explained. Here, the bad guys have his daughter, Maggie (imported from ''Anime/ReadOrDie''). How far he will go to keep her safe remains to be seen.]]
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9821669/chapters/22053209 Awakening]]'', [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Strika]], Elita's servant, kidnaps the sparkling of Starscream's servant Nightwish in order to force Nightwish to poison Starscream.
* In one of the installments in the ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' series, ''A Child's Innocence'' has two examples:
** Annabelle Lennox is kidnapped by Laserbeak and Starscream so that the Autobots will be distracted with trying to get her back.
** [[spoiler:Mikaela Banes is kidnapped by Dylan Gould and Soundwave to force Sam Witwicky into being TheMole for the Decepticons.]]
* Invoked in ''Batman'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons''. Ra's Al Ghul very calmly explains that if he wanted to hurt Batman through Catwoman, he wouldn't kill her; he'd hold her hostage until the Dark Knight met his pre-release conditions.
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Now, as to the matter of your wife. If I wished to use her against you, Detective, I can assure you of this: I would kidnap her. Oh, yes, I would. I would make certain that she was alive and that you knew it, but that you also knew that I had power over her. And thus I would have power over you. But I would not kill her. Not unless it presented great advantage to me, or unless all else was lost and it was the last stroke I could play. I promise you, Detective, I am far away from my last stroke."\\
'''Batman:''' "You may be closer than you think."\\
'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Death follows close behind us all, Detective. But in most cases, I am the one who pushes its hand. No. I am not lying to you. I had nothing to do with the attempt on your wife's life. Now, if someday your wife should be taken by brigands, there is the possiblity, and no more than that, that I may be behind it. That will be if I need your help, and you refuse a polite request. Should you perform that request, she will be freed unharmed. This would be done, certainly."
* ''Fanfic/Danganronpa23ReduxReturnUntoDeath'':
** The first motive Monokuma reveals is that he's taken sixteen hostages, each of whom is the loved one of one of Monoville's unwilling residents. He then randomly distributes videos of them to each participant, 'linking' them together: if the resident is killed, their hostage will survive. If three days pass without any of the residents getting murdered, then ''all'' of the hostages will be executed.
** His second motive, by contrast, has him revealing that he's captured individuals that each of the residents has [[ItsPersonal personal reasons to despise]]. In this case, he's offering the chance for {{Revenge}}: murder somebody, and the person you hate most will be killed as well.
* In ''Fanfic/DanganronpaTheImmersiveLearningProgram'', the motive video of the second chapter is for the most part similar to the first visual novel, such as Hiro with his mom, Sonia with her country, and Korekiyo with his sister. However, they also show some students individuals they cannot remember (Ex: Kaede with Shuichi, Kaito with Maki, Nekomaru with Akane).
** The sequel ''Academy of Discontent'', is similar, with students like Junko and Peko being shown familiar faces like Mukuro and Fuyuhiko respectively while students such as Shuichi and Chiaki being shown people they don't recognize (Kaede and Miss Chisa Yukizomi respectively).
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/DaughterOfFireAndSteel'', General Zod gets ComicBook/LoisLane abducted to ensure [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]'s cooperation. When [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] points out that holding his lover hostage is guaranteed to ''alienate'' him, Zod just brushes off her concerns.
* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', an unnamed Mafia Boss tries to coerce ComicBook/{{Superboy}} into working for him by kidnapping his parents. Though, Superboy makes the next counteroffer: the Boss gives him his parents back and keeps his mouth shut concerning his secret identity, and Superboy will not go after him. The Boss takes it up.
* In ''Brilliancy,'' the second part of the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'', the trope is turned upside down. Roy knows his wife has been taken - he just doesn't know who did it, or why.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12783281/1/A-Feline-s-Birdy-Love A Feline's Birdy Love]]'' Chapter 8, Night Ninja abducts Connor/Catboy after brutalizing him severely and taunts Amaya/Owlette, who is in the middle of G-Rated WillTheyOrWontThey with Connor, about how much he knows this will hurt her emotionally. Interestingly for this trope, while Night Ninja taunts Amaya and Greg (Connor's best friend who's equally distressed by the kidnapping) that he dares them to try a rescue, he also claims that it's going to end badly whether they attempt a rescue or leave Connor to Night Ninja's whims.
* Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36328930/chapters/90569485 Harry’s Past]]: the events are kicked off when Harry’s son, Tim, is kidnapped by his old friend turned foe from detective school in a plan to ruin Harry’s life. Tim is his prisoner for most of the fic.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': The ''only'' reason Germany and Japan didn't beat the homophobe within an inch of his life when they saw him brutalizing Italy and he threatened to make it worse if they go any closer. Not that they didn't want to. However, the moment [[AttemptedRape the homophobe was about to rape Italy]], Germany and Japan tackled him to the ground before proceeding to beat the living crap out of him. [[CurbStompBattle He didn't stand a chance]].
* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has the Fire Daimyo's daughter kidnapped by the BigBad. The price for the girl's safety? That the Fire Nation and Hidden Leaf Village stay out of the coming war.
* ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'' has a disturbing example. [[spoiler:Precia is forced to work for the Infinite Empire because Enlil is possessing Alicia's corpse, essentially holding her body hostage with the promise that she'll properly revive her once she gets what she wants. Played with, because [[LackOfEmpathy Enlil]] views it as a beneficial partnership and fails to understand why Precia (and the protagonists, when they find out) are so upset.]]
* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Interstitium}}'', Wrex and Shepard have to set this up in order to convince the other krogan to let Mordin take care of some personal business on their planet. Since Mordin doesn't ''have'' a wife, however, they have to fake it. With [[spoiler:Miranda]] playing the part, and Mordin [[LargeHam hamming it up]] for all it's worth.
* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', the Royal Reaper breaks this to Simba in quite a chilling way.
-->'''Simba:''' What have you done with Nala?\\
'''The Royal Reaper:''' Oh, she's safe. For now. I'm taking ''good'' care of her. Very good care indeed.\\
'''Simba:''' If you hurt her, then--\\
'''The Royal Reaper''': I'm afraid it's too late for warnings now, Simba. I've already... injured Nala to a certain extent, so she won't be running away from the location where I've held her captive. Was it necessary? Yes. Was it fun? Yes. Will I do it again? Yes.
* ''Fanfic/LostToDust'': Cinder Fall reveals that Neo obeys her because she threatened Neo's friend Roman Torchwick.
* During ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', [[spoiler:Jewelius]] has the parents of Twilight Sparkle captured shortly after the Changeling invasion to be used as leverage in case [[spoiler:he loses his grip over their manipulated daughter. He uses this threat when Twilight finally realizes how evil Jewelius is, but it's soon made null when Raven Inkwell (actually a disguised Changeling) helps Twilight by releasing her parents so they can all escape to Ponyville]].
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf reveals that he has [[spoiler:Missandei]], and if [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] wants to see her again, he'll do exactly as the Wolf says... [[BloodKnight which is to come fight him]] (the Wolf being concerned that [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] planned to sail away to foreign shores after [[spoiler:Daenerys' death]]).
* ''Fanfic/NeverSayNever'' has an interesting variation on this: When the students begin complaining about Monokuma changing the rules during the third trial, the bear threatens to kill them all and restart the Killing Game with their hostages from the first motive as mentioned below in the "Visual Novel" folder.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Nightingale}}'', Orochimaru holds Hinata hostage, and the ransom note he sends to her father says, word for word, "I have your daughter."
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'', Voldemort sets a trap for Snape by kidnapping Lily, whom Snape would do anything for. And then tests Snape's loyalty by ordering him to kill her.
* One of the villains in ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' fanfic series ''Fanfic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' forces the title character's cooperation by taking her best friend hostage. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, the rest of the TrueCompanions find out...]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13471897/1/Save-My-Life-Can-You-Save-Me-Now Save My Life: Can You Save Me Now?]]'' features [[Series/HenryDanger several Swellview villains]] abducting Henry to blackmail Captain Man into releasing all the villains he and Henry put away. Interestingly, the villains don't try to have Henry speak directly to Captain Man until he's unable to get the Toddler released, at which point they try to get Henry to tell Captain Man to release ''all the villains'', which he refuses to do.
* ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'' flips the trope around by having the bad guys kidnap [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Cullen]]'s girlfriend. Since he's been on the verge of proposing, he actually blurts out that "They have my wife!" - even though she isn't.
* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' has two examples, though in both cases the victims were also chosen because [[XanatosGambit the kidnappers were hoping to take advantage of their unique abilities should they fail to be rescued]]:
** In the counterpart to canon's Sausuke Retrieval Arc, Orochimaru has the Sound Five kidnap Kaida and Hagane during his invasion to force [[BigBrotherInstinct Naruto]] to launch a rescue attempt where he'd run right into a trap set by Akatsuki.
** When Danzo is marked for treason and Jiraiya brings a battalion of Konoha ninja to arrest him, he has his men kidnap the loved ones of several high ranking Konoha ninja to split their attention while he makes his escape.
* In ''Fanfic/Zero2ARevision'', when Oikawa's pleading of Demon to teleport him to the Digital World ends up being met with deaf ears from the Digimon, he decides to threaten original Digidestined Hiroaki's ex-wife [[spoiler: soon to be wife]] Nancy for his Digivice, desperate to enter the Digital World. However, after Cody's grandfather [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives him a harsh word beating]], Oikawa breaks down and releases the hostage, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone finally realizing what he has done]].
* One of Astrid's plans to get Hiccup to come back to Berk in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' is to kidnap Mirabel and use her to bait him back. Considering she doesn't account for the idea that her house is alive and won't let her near the girl, going after Mirabel by force fails spectacularly.
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* ''Fanfic/AllHeEverWanted''. In one of the most polemic parts of the fanfic, the BigBad keeps the ActionGirl's NonActionGuy ex-husband hostage and uses this not just to have her pull a FaceHeelTurn, but to actually ''torture and rape her in front of him to show off his power''.
* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'': [[spoiler:Walter. In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', he pulls a FaceHeelTurn which is never adequately explained. Here, the bad guys have his daughter, Maggie (imported from ''Anime/ReadOrDie''). How far he will go to keep her safe remains to be seen.]]
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9821669/chapters/22053209 Awakening]]'', [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Strika]], Elita's servant, kidnaps the sparkling of Starscream's servant Nightwish in order to force Nightwish to poison Starscream.
* In one of the installments in the ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' series, ''A Child's Innocence'' has two examples:
** Annabelle Lennox is kidnapped by Laserbeak and Starscream so that the Autobots will be distracted with trying to get her back.
** [[spoiler:Mikaela Banes is kidnapped by Dylan Gould and Soundwave to force Sam Witwicky into being TheMole for the Decepticons.]]
* Invoked in ''Batman'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons''. Ra's Al Ghul very calmly explains that if he wanted to hurt Batman through Catwoman, he wouldn't kill her; he'd hold her hostage until the Dark Knight met his pre-release conditions.
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Now, as to the matter of your wife. If I wished to use her against you, Detective, I can assure you of this: I would kidnap her. Oh, yes, I would. I would make certain that she was alive and that you knew it, but that you also knew that I had power over her. And thus I would have power over you. But I would not kill her. Not unless it presented great advantage to me, or unless all else was lost and it was the last stroke I could play. I promise you, Detective, I am far away from my last stroke."\\
'''Batman:''' "You may be closer than you think."\\
'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' "Death follows close behind us all, Detective. But in most cases, I am the one who pushes its hand. No. I am not lying to you. I had nothing to do with the attempt on your wife's life. Now, if someday your wife should be taken by brigands, there is the possiblity, and no more than that, that I may be behind it. That will be if I need your help, and you refuse a polite request. Should you perform that request, she will be freed unharmed. This would be done, certainly."
* ''Fanfic/Danganronpa23ReduxReturnUntoDeath'':
** The first motive Monokuma reveals is that he's taken sixteen hostages, each of whom is the loved one of one of Monoville's unwilling residents. He then randomly distributes videos of them to each participant, 'linking' them together: if the resident is killed, their hostage will survive. If three days pass without any of the residents getting murdered, then ''all'' of the hostages will be executed.
** His second motive, by contrast, has him revealing that he's captured individuals that each of the residents has [[ItsPersonal personal reasons to despise]]. In this case, he's offering the chance for {{Revenge}}: murder somebody, and the person you hate most will be killed as well.
* In ''Fanfic/DanganronpaTheImmersiveLearningProgram'', the motive video of the second chapter is for the most part similar to the first visual novel, such as Hiro with his mom, Sonia with her country, and Korekiyo with his sister. However, they also show some students individuals they cannot remember (Ex: Kaede with Shuichi, Kaito with Maki, Nekomaru with Akane).
** The sequel ''Academy of Discontent'', is similar, with students like Junko and Peko being shown familiar faces like Mukuro and Fuyuhiko respectively while students such as Shuichi and Chiaki being shown people they don't recognize (Kaede and Miss Chisa Yukizomi respectively).
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/DaughterOfFireAndSteel'', General Zod gets ComicBook/LoisLane abducted to ensure [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]'s cooperation. When [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] points out that holding his lover hostage is guaranteed to ''alienate'' him, Zod just brushes off her concerns.
* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', an unnamed Mafia Boss tries to coerce ComicBook/{{Superboy}} into working for him by kidnapping his parents. Though, Superboy makes the next counteroffer: the Boss gives him his parents back and keeps his mouth shut concerning his secret identity, and Superboy will not go after him. The Boss takes it up.
* In ''Brilliancy,'' the second part of the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'', the trope is turned upside down. Roy knows his wife has been taken - he just doesn't know who did it, or why.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12783281/1/A-Feline-s-Birdy-Love A Feline's Birdy Love]]'' Chapter 8, Night Ninja abducts Connor/Catboy after brutalizing him severely and taunts Amaya/Owlette, who is in the middle of G-Rated WillTheyOrWontThey with Connor, about how much he knows this will hurt her emotionally. Interestingly for this trope, while Night Ninja taunts Amaya and Greg (Connor's best friend who's equally distressed by the kidnapping) that he dares them to try a rescue, he also claims that it's going to end badly whether they attempt a rescue or leave Connor to Night Ninja's whims.
* Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36328930/chapters/90569485 Harry’s Past]]: the events are kicked off when Harry’s son, Tim, is kidnapped by his old friend turned foe from detective school in a plan to ruin Harry’s life. Tim is his prisoner for most of the fic.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': The ''only'' reason Germany and Japan didn't beat the homophobe within an inch of his life when they saw him brutalizing Italy and he threatened to make it worse if they go any closer. Not that they didn't want to. However, the moment [[AttemptedRape the homophobe was about to rape Italy]], Germany and Japan tackled him to the ground before proceeding to beat the living crap out of him. [[CurbStompBattle He didn't stand a chance]].
* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has the Fire Daimyo's daughter kidnapped by the BigBad. The price for the girl's safety? That the Fire Nation and Hidden Leaf Village stay out of the coming war.
* ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}'' has a disturbing example. [[spoiler:Precia is forced to work for the Infinite Empire because Enlil is possessing Alicia's corpse, essentially holding her body hostage with the promise that she'll properly revive her once she gets what she wants. Played with, because [[LackOfEmpathy Enlil]] views it as a beneficial partnership and fails to understand why Precia (and the protagonists, when they find out) are so upset.]]
* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Interstitium}}'', Wrex and Shepard have to set this up in order to convince the other krogan to let Mordin take care of some personal business on their planet. Since Mordin doesn't ''have'' a wife, however, they have to fake it. With [[spoiler:Miranda]] playing the part, and Mordin [[LargeHam hamming it up]] for all it's worth.
* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', the Royal Reaper breaks this to Simba in quite a chilling way.
-->'''Simba:''' What have you done with Nala?\\
'''The Royal Reaper:''' Oh, she's safe. For now. I'm taking ''good'' care of her. Very good care indeed.\\
'''Simba:''' If you hurt her, then--\\
'''The Royal Reaper''': I'm afraid it's too late for warnings now, Simba. I've already... injured Nala to a certain extent, so she won't be running away from the location where I've held her captive. Was it necessary? Yes. Was it fun? Yes. Will I do it again? Yes.
* ''Fanfic/LostToDust'': Cinder Fall reveals that Neo obeys her because she threatened Neo's friend Roman Torchwick.
* During ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', [[spoiler:Jewelius]] has the parents of Twilight Sparkle captured shortly after the Changeling invasion to be used as leverage in case [[spoiler:he loses his grip over their manipulated daughter. He uses this threat when Twilight finally realizes how evil Jewelius is, but it's soon made null when Raven Inkwell (actually a disguised Changeling) helps Twilight by releasing her parents so they can all escape to Ponyville]].
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf reveals that he has [[spoiler:Missandei]], and if [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] wants to see her again, he'll do exactly as the Wolf says... [[BloodKnight which is to come fight him]] (the Wolf being concerned that [[spoiler:Grey Worm]] planned to sail away to foreign shores after [[spoiler:Daenerys' death]]).
* ''Fanfic/NeverSayNever'' has an interesting variation on this: When the students begin complaining about Monokuma changing the rules during the third trial, the bear threatens to kill them all and restart the Killing Game with their hostages from the first motive as mentioned below in the "Visual Novel" folder.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Nightingale}}'', Orochimaru holds Hinata hostage, and the ransom note he sends to her father says, word for word, "I have your daughter."
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThePeaceNotPromised'', Voldemort sets a trap for Snape by kidnapping Lily, whom Snape would do anything for. And then tests Snape's loyalty by ordering him to kill her.
* One of the villains in ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' fanfic series ''Fanfic/ThePrivateDiaryOfElizabethQuatermain'' forces the title character's cooperation by taking her best friend hostage. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, the rest of the TrueCompanions find out...]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13471897/1/Save-My-Life-Can-You-Save-Me-Now Save My Life: Can You Save Me Now?]]'' features [[Series/HenryDanger several Swellview villains]] abducting Henry to blackmail Captain Man into releasing all the villains he and Henry put away. Interestingly, the villains don't try to have Henry speak directly to Captain Man until he's unable to get the Toddler released, at which point they try to get Henry to tell Captain Man to release ''all the villains'', which he refuses to do.
* ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook'' flips the trope around by having the bad guys kidnap [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Cullen]]'s girlfriend. Since he's been on the verge of proposing, he actually blurts out that "They have my wife!" - even though she isn't.
* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' has two examples, though in both cases the victims were also chosen because [[XanatosGambit the kidnappers were hoping to take advantage of their unique abilities should they fail to be rescued]]:
** In the counterpart to canon's Sausuke Retrieval Arc, Orochimaru has the Sound Five kidnap Kaida and Hagane during his invasion to force [[BigBrotherInstinct Naruto]] to launch a rescue attempt where he'd run right into a trap set by Akatsuki.
** When Danzo is marked for treason and Jiraiya brings a battalion of Konoha ninja to arrest him, he has his men kidnap the loved ones of several high ranking Konoha ninja to split their attention while he makes his escape.
* In ''Fanfic/Zero2ARevision'', when Oikawa's pleading of Demon to teleport him to the Digital World ends up being met with deaf ears from the Digimon, he decides to threaten original Digidestined Hiroaki's ex-wife [[spoiler: soon to be wife]] Nancy for his Digivice, desperate to enter the Digital World. However, after Cody's grandfather [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gives him a harsh word beating]], Oikawa breaks down and releases the hostage, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone finally realizing what he has done]].
* One of Astrid's plans to get Hiccup to come back to Berk in ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'' is to kidnap Mirabel and use her to bait him back. Considering she doesn't account for the idea that her house is alive and won't let her near the girl, going after Mirabel by force fails spectacularly.
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