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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. [[FeatheredFiend The Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]], was under the orders of finding Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but it managed to kidnap several girls with long ears across the Great Sea by mistake. On Link's birthday, the bird mistakenly kidnaps his younger sister, Aryll, after nearly succeeding with Tetra, and his quest to [[BestBossEver give the bird and its master]] [[ItsPerson their much-deserved punishments]] begins.
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. [[FeatheredFiend The Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]], was under the orders of finding Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but it managed to kidnap several girls with long ears across the Great Sea by mistake. On Link's birthday, the bird mistakenly kidnaps his younger sister, Aryll, after nearly succeeding with Tetra, and his quest to [[BestBossEver give the bird and its master]] [[ItsPerson [[ItsPersonal their much-deserved punishments]] begins.
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]]. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, his younger sister, Aryll, would be next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and now, Link has to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird and its master]] [[ItsPersonal their much-deserved punishment]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the The Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]]. Under Ganon's orders, Ganon]], was under the bird's primary target was orders of finding Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on it managed to kidnap several girls with long ears across the Great Sea by mistake. On Link's birthday, the bird mistakenly kidnaps his younger sister, Aryll, would be next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, after nearly succeeding with Tetra, and now, Link has his quest to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird and its master]] [[ItsPersonal [[ItsPerson their much-deserved punishment]].punishments]] begins.
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]]. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, his younger sister, Aryll, would be next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and now, Link has to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird and its master]] [[ItsPersonal their much-deserved comeuppance]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]]. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, his younger sister, Aryll, would be next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and now, Link has to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird and its master]] [[ItsPersonal their much-deserved comeuppance]].punishment]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]]. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, Aryll was next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and now, he has to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird and its master]] [[ItsPersonal their much-deserved comeuppance]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]]. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, Aryll was his younger sister, Aryll, would be next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and now, he Link has to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird and its master]] [[ItsPersonal their much-deserved comeuppance]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]]. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, Aryll was next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and now, he has to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird]] [[ItsPersonal its much-deserved comeuppance]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]], a minion of [[BigBad Ganon]]. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, Aryll was next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and now, he has to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird]] bird and its master]] [[ItsPersonal its their much-deserved comeuppance]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]], a minion of Ganon. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, Aryll was next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and now, he has to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird]] [[ItsPersonal its much-deserved comeuppance]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]], a minion of Ganon.[[BigBad Ganon]]. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, Aryll was next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and now, he has to travel across the Great Sea to save her and [[BestBossEver give the bird]] [[ItsPersonal its much-deserved comeuppance]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Link's younger sister, Aryll, is kidnapped on his birthday after [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]] mistakes for Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:later revealed to be Princess Zelda,]] and Link has to travel across the Great Sea to save her.
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Link's younger sister, Aryll, is Several girls with long ears across the Great Sea had been kidnapped on his birthday after by [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]] mistakes for King]], a minion of Ganon. Under Ganon's orders, the bird's primary target was Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:later [[spoiler:who is revealed to be Princess Zelda,]] Zelda later in the game,]] but on Link's birthday, Aryll was next-in-line to be mistakenly kidnapped by the bird, and Link now, he has to travel across the Great Sea to save her.her and [[BestBossEver give the bird]] [[ItsPersonal its much-deserved comeuppance]].
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** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Link's younger sister, Aryll, is kidnapped on his birthday after [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]] mistakes for Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:later revealed to be Princess Zelda,]] and Link has to travel across the Great Sea to save her.
** This is what kicks off the plot for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Link's younger sister, Aryll, is kidnapped on his birthday after [[FeatheredFiend the Helmaroc King]] mistakes for Tetra the Pirate, [[spoiler:later revealed to be Princess Zelda,]] and Link has to travel across the Great Sea to save her.
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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' features a serial killer known as the Gravedigger, whose M.O. is to kidnap people, bury them alive, and demand a ransom in exchange for their location. They only intend to take one victim at a time, but if someone else happens to witness the kidnapping, the Gravedigger [[LeaveNoWitnesses has to take them too]]. The first kidnapping is intentional, but the unplanned addition of a second person is not. This mistake happens not once, but ''twice'', to the same killer and within the same episode.
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The accidental kidnapper need not be perfectly innocent either: they may have confused the kidnapped character with their intended target in a case of MistakenIdentity, they may have been trying to commit a different crime such as stealing a car without realizing someone was inside it, or the kidnapping may be the start of a CrimeAfterCrime cycle where the kidnapper is forced to deal with their accidental victim one way or [[MurderIsTheBestSolution another]].
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The accidental kidnapper need may not be perfectly innocent either: they may have confused the kidnapped character with their intended target in a case of MistakenIdentity, they may have been trying to commit a different crime such as stealing a car without realizing someone was inside it, or the kidnapping may be the start of a CrimeAfterCrime cycle where the kidnapper is forced to deal with their accidental victim one way or [[MurderIsTheBestSolution another]].
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* The ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Lupe's Revenge", where on a field trip to Mexico, Peggy accidentally brings along a local girl and is arrested for kidnapping when trying to bring her back (and the only way to get her out of it was to prove to the judge that she brought the girl to America by mistake because her Spanish comprehension is bad).
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* The ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Lupe's Revenge", "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS6E3LupesRevenge Lupe's Revenge]]", where on a field trip to Mexico, Peggy accidentally brings along a local girl and is arrested for kidnapping when trying to bring her back (and the only way to get her out of it was to prove to the judge that she brought the girl to America by mistake because her Spanish comprehension is bad).
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' revolves around Tommy being kidnapped by two goons who mistake the Pickles' house for the house of their actual target (due to confusion over the sixes and nines in the street address). They promptly return him to his very confused parents when he makes a mess out of their hideout doing what he usually does in an episode.
** Another accidental kidnapping on ''Rugrats'' happened when Grampa Lou puts Tommy in a luxury car while talking to a man standing next to it. Turns out the luxury car didn't belong to the man and actually belonged to two ugly spinsters.
** Another accidental kidnapping on ''Rugrats'' happened when Grampa Lou puts Tommy in a luxury car while talking to a man standing next to it. Turns out the luxury car didn't belong to the man and actually belonged to two ugly spinsters.
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** One episodeof ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' revolves around Tommy being kidnapped by two goons who mistake the Pickles' house for the house of their actual target (due to confusion over the sixes and nines in the street address). They promptly return him to his very confused parents when he makes a mess out of their hideout doing what he usually does in an episode.
** Another accidental kidnappingon ''Rugrats'' happened when Grampa Lou puts Tommy in a luxury car while talking to a man standing next to it. Turns out the luxury car didn't belong to the man and actually belonged to two ugly spinsters.
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* Played with in ''Film/{{Clockwise}}''. When the police arrive just after Brian has vandalised the phone box, Brian realises that Laura does not have a driving licence, and Laura refuses to let him drive; so on the spur of the moment, he asks Pat to drive them away. Pat's horrified mother believes that Brian has kidnapped her, and sends the police to follow them, and Pat is made to drive herself further and further away from home to try to escape the police.
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* ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'': When the party are searching the Emerald City for Mombi, the Tin Woodman plucks a rose from a bush, and places it inside his buttonhole. The rose happens to be Mombi, who has transformed herself. The party leaves the City, unaware that they have succeeded in their quest.
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* ''Literature/TheFamousFive'':
** In ''Five Run Away Together'': when the Sticks have invaded Kirrin Island, Edgar falls through the hole in the roof of the cave where the Five are hiding. The Five immediately make a prisoner of him; first with HandGagging by Julian, then threatening him with being bitten by Timmy if he yells for his parents.
** In ''Five go to Smuggler's Top'': Mr Barling intentionally kidnaps Uncle Quentin, but Sooty ends up kidnapped as well, because he happens to see what Mr Barling is doing.
** This happens in ''Five have Plenty of Fun''. The American girl Berta stays with the Five because she might be kidnapped, and she is disguised as a boy (and makes a more convincing boy than George). When George takes Berta's poodle down to the kennel at night, she is kidnapped, and the kidnappers are sure she is Berta, because she looks like a girl dressed as a boy, and happens to be carrying Berta's dog.
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** In ''Five Run Away Together'': when the Sticks have invaded Kirrin Island, Edgar falls through the hole in the roof of the cave where the Five are hiding. The Five immediately make a prisoner of him; first with HandGagging by Julian, then threatening him with being bitten by Timmy if he yells for his parents.
** In ''Five go to Smuggler's Top'': Mr Barling intentionally kidnaps Uncle Quentin, but Sooty ends up kidnapped as well, because he happens to see what Mr Barling is doing.
** This happens in ''Five have Plenty of Fun''. The American girl Berta stays with the Five because she might be kidnapped, and she is disguised as a boy (and makes a more convincing boy than George). When George takes Berta's poodle down to the kennel at night, she is kidnapped, and the kidnappers are sure she is Berta, because she looks like a girl dressed as a boy, and happens to be carrying Berta's dog.
---> '''Dick:''' The police don't seem to realise how ''complicated'' this is: the wrong girl kidnapped, the wrong father informed, the right one not at all inclined to give up powerful secrets - and poor old George not knowing what is happening!
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* ''WebAnimation/MangaSoprano'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiheCH1AjOQ Miki]] attempts to coerce money out of her brother Kota by kidnapping his future wife Yuko in the middle of the wedding. However, when Kota brought Bakara to the rescue, it turned out the "bride" she kidnapped wasn't Yuko, but [[spoiler:Erika]]. This leads her boyfriend Bakara to punish Miki by making her work as a hostess.
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* In ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': In "Traffic Jam", Dewey is left in a van with the keys still in ignition, when a convenience store is robbed, and the robber runs out of the store and gets into the van. He starts speeding off and takes off his mask, only to look in the rearview mirror and see Dewey, who smiles and says "hello!".
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** In the episode "Coerced", a mentally ill man takes a boy from his home after mistaking him for his own estranged son. He's eventually deemed [[InsanityDefense not guilty by reason of mental disease]] and is sentenced to treatment rather than punishment.
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** In the episode "Coerced", a mentally ill man takes a boy from his home after mistaking him for his own estranged son. He's eventually deemed [[InsanityDefense not guilty by reason of mental disease]] and is sentenced to treatment in a mental hospital rather than punishment.jail.
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* In the film ''The Little Kidnappers'', a pair of orphaned boys "rescue" an infant they find on a beach, believing the child is abandoned or has no family, but the baby had actually just been momentarily left there and his family was horrified to come back and find him missing. However, they know their grandfather won't approve of bringing in another child, so they hide the baby away to care for him themselves, which prevents anyone from making the connection to the high-profile missing baby case. The baby is eventually found and returned to his family, and the older boy is brought up on charges, but is ultimately acquitted as both the judge and the baby's family recognize that it really was a genuine misunderstanding.
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* ''Series/{{Phoenix}}''. A safecracker steals a car for his next job, not realising there's a baby asleep in the back. When he realises what happened he rings up Sgt. Brennon to return the child, which doesn't make things much easier given that Brennon is trying to convince the criminal to turn informant and now he's got a child kidnapping charge hanging over him, creating unwelcome publicity.
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* Happened in ''Series/TheBill'': A guy carjacked a car and didn't realise there was a baby in the back. The baby was found injured and [[spoiler: It turned out that she'd been hit by her dad just beforehand]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', [[spoiler:Captain Smek took a rock from the Gorg, which turns out to contain the next generation of his race]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', [[spoiler:Captain Smek took a rock from the Gorg, which turns out to contain the next generation of his race]].
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* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', anyone who wanders through Betel's barrier ends up settling in the village and forgetting their previous lives. After leaving the barrier, Kalliv just wants to go home to his real family (but can't remember where it is), and Yfa's family are shocked that Yfa has returned after disappearing for years.
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* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', anyone who wanders through Betel's barrier ends up settling in the village and forgetting their previous lives. After leaving the barrier, Kalliv just wants to go home to his real family (but can't remember where it is), and Yfa's family are shocked that Yfa has returned when he shows us after disappearing having disappeared for years.
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** In another episode, a young girl is kidnapped from her mother by a woman and bounty hunters but insist they are actually rescuing her as they believe the girl is actually the woman's missing daughter who was kidnapped as a baby and was lied that her baby died which the mother finds it absurd since she herself gave birth to her daughter. When the team investigate further, [[spoiler:they discover the girl ''is'' the woman's genetic daughter, but she isn't the missing child; the two mothers went to the same fertility clinic, and after the first woman completed a successful course of IVF, the dishonest doctor used that woman's leftover embryos to impregnate another woman whose embryos weren't viable. The "missing" daughter, meanwhile, was really DeadAllAlong, but the woman was in denial and convinced herself that her daughter was only missing in order to avoid facing the truth, and because of this, when she saw the other girl who looked so much like her daughter (due to being her genetic sibling), she became convinced that the girl was her "missing" daughter.]]
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** In another episode, a young girl is kidnapped from her mother by a woman and bounty hunters but who insist they are actually rescuing her her, as they believe the girl is actually the woman's missing daughter who was kidnapped as a baby and the woman was lied to that her baby died which the died. The girl's mother finds it absurd since she herself gave birth to her daughter. When the team investigate further, [[spoiler:they discover the girl ''is'' the woman's kidnapper's genetic daughter, but she isn't the her missing child; the two mothers went to the same fertility clinic, and after the first woman completed a successful course of IVF, the dishonest doctor used that woman's leftover embryos to impregnate another woman whose embryos weren't viable. The "missing" daughter, meanwhile, was really DeadAllAlong, but the woman was in denial and convinced herself that her daughter was only missing in order to avoid facing the truth, and because of this, when she saw the other girl who looked so much like her daughter (due to being her genetic sibling), she became convinced that the girl was her "missing" daughter.]]
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* Near the end of the second ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' game, [[spoiler:Sebastian Debeste is kidnapped by two men working for [[AbusiveParents his father, Blaise.]] Turns out they were actually trying to kidnap John Marsh, Justine Courtney's adopted son, in an attempt to get her to acquit Patricia Roland for murder. They kidnapped Sebastian instead because they didn't actually know what John looked like and because Sebastian said he knew Justine.]] To make things worse, [[spoiler:the men ''told him that Blaise ordered the kidnapping,'' meaning all he could do until Edgeworth and Kay Faraday found him was sit there and wonder why his own father ordered him to be kidnapped, pushing him to the brink of a mental breakdown.]]
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* Possible in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' event "Enough With The Kidnapping" where both Bowser and Jr. alongside a Boss Galaga that only affects Peach attempt to kidnap her. Nabbit is also a kidnapper and presumably works for Bowser and while he could also in theory kidnap Peach herself he could also accidentally kidnap Bowser and his son.
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* Possible in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' event "Enough With The Kidnapping" where both Bowser and Jr. alongside a Boss Galaga that only affects Peach attempt to kidnap her. Nabbit is also a kidnapper and presumably works for Bowser and while he could also also, in theory theory, kidnap Peach herself he could also accidentally kidnap Bowser and his son.
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** For the wrestling match in "[[Recap/TotalDramaMillionDollarBabies Million Dollar Babies]]", Chris buys a ball pit from a local carnaval that has neither been checked nor cleaned. A dirty diaper and a full baby bottle aren't unexpected finds, but Duncan also digs up a genuine baby. Chef rushes in to get the kiddo out of the combat zone and presumably back to its parents.
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** For the wrestling match in "[[Recap/TotalDramaMillionDollarBabies Million Dollar Babies]]", Chris buys a ball pit from a local carnaval that has neither been checked screened nor cleaned. A dirty diaper and a full baby bottle aren't unexpected finds, but Duncan also digs up a genuine baby. Chef rushes in to get the kiddo out of the combat zone and presumably back to its parents.
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** For the wrestling match in "[[Recap/TotalDramaMillionDollarBabies Million Dollar Babies]]", Chris buys a ball pit from a local carnaval that has neither been checked nor cleaned. A dirty diaper and a full baby bottle aren't unexpected finds, but Duncan also digs up a genuine baby. Chef rushes in to get the kiddo out of the combat zone and presumably back to its parents.
** To sabotage Team CIRRRRH in "[[Recap/TotalDramaBroadwayBaby Broadway, Baby!]]", Heather exchanges their baby carriage holding Noah with a baby carriage holding a baby while the team isn't looking, Noah is sleeping, and the child's mother is distracted by a phone call. Team CIRRRRH take the carriage with them to the finish line and only there realize they've got a baby with them and not Noah. Because they can't win without their full team, Alejandro rushes back and exchanges the baby for Noah just as the mother realizes something isn't right.
** For the wrestling match in "[[Recap/TotalDramaMillionDollarBabies Million Dollar Babies]]", Chris buys a ball pit from a local carnaval that has neither been checked nor cleaned. A dirty diaper and a full baby bottle aren't unexpected finds, but Duncan also digs up a genuine baby. Chef rushes in to get the kiddo out of the combat zone and presumably back to its parents.
** To sabotage Team CIRRRRH in "[[Recap/TotalDramaBroadwayBaby Broadway, Baby!]]", Heather exchanges their baby carriage holding Noah with a baby carriage holding a baby while the team isn't looking, Noah is sleeping, and the child's mother is distracted by a phone call. Team CIRRRRH take the carriage with them to the finish line and only there realize they've got a baby with them and not Noah. Because they can't win without their full team, Alejandro rushes back and exchanges the baby for Noah just as the mother realizes something isn't right.
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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' Kirk and crew, thanks to an unplanned TimeTravel incident, ends up in the 60s. The first past guy they grab is more or less on purpose, but while trying to set things right, they screw up further when a random past cop fiddles with Kirk's communicator and ends up beamed aboard.
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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' Kirk and crew, ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the ''Enterprise'', thanks to an unplanned TimeTravel incident, ends up in the 60s. The first past guy they grab is more or less on purpose, but while While trying to set things right, they screw up further when erase some photos that were taken of their ship, Kirk and Sulu are found by a random past cop fiddles with military policeman who confiscates Kirk's communicator and ends proceeds to inadvertently trigger the emergency beam-out signal. The ''Enterprise'' responds accordingly, beaming up beamed aboard.the communicator and the man holding it... the policeman.
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** In another episode, a young girl is kidnapped from her mother by a woman and bounty hunters but insist they are actually rescuing her as they believe the girl is actually the woman's missing daughter who was kidnapped as a baby and was lied that her baby died which the mother finds it absurd since she herself gave birth to her daughter. When the team investigate further, [[spoiler:they discover the girl is the kidnapping woman's daughter but genetically only since said daughter was actually born using the eggs of the woman which she donated in the past and the woman's actually daughter was really DeadAllAlong. The Woman, who was still in mourning for her late daughter, mistaken the kidnapped girl as her own daughter due to how similar they look.]]
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** In another episode, a young girl is kidnapped from her mother by a woman and bounty hunters but insist they are actually rescuing her as they believe the girl is actually the woman's missing daughter who was kidnapped as a baby and was lied that her baby died which the mother finds it absurd since she herself gave birth to her daughter. When the team investigate further, [[spoiler:they discover the girl is the kidnapping woman's daughter but genetically only since said daughter was actually born using the eggs of the woman which she donated in the past and ''is'' the woman's actually genetic daughter, but she isn't the missing child; the two mothers went to the same fertility clinic, and after the first woman completed a successful course of IVF, the dishonest doctor used that woman's leftover embryos to impregnate another woman whose embryos weren't viable. The "missing" daughter, meanwhile, was really DeadAllAlong, but the woman was in denial and convinced herself that her daughter was really DeadAllAlong. The Woman, who was still only missing in mourning for her late daughter, mistaken order to avoid facing the kidnapped truth, and because of this, when she saw the other girl as who looked so much like her own daughter due (due to how similar they look.being her genetic sibling), she became convinced that the girl was her "missing" daughter.]]
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* Possible in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' event "Enough With The Kidnapping" where both Bowser and Jr. alongside a Boss Galaga that only affects Peach attempt to kidnap her. Nabbit is also a kidnapper and presumably works for Bowser and while he could also in theory kidnap Peach herself he could also accidentally kidnap Boswer and his son.
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* Possible in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' event "Enough With The Kidnapping" where both Bowser and Jr. alongside a Boss Galaga that only affects Peach attempt to kidnap her. Nabbit is also a kidnapper and presumably works for Bowser and while he could also in theory kidnap Peach herself he could also accidentally kidnap Boswer Bowser and his son.
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* In the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Mushroom Samba", [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Ed]] randomly crawls into a bounty hunter's car trunk without the driver knowing. The bounty hunter gets pulled over by the police, who are looking for the same person that she is, andManga]]check the trunk. When they find Ed, who fell asleep during the car ride, they assume the bounty hunter is a kidnapper. When both the bounty hunter and police look away, Ed wanders off none the wiser without providing any explanation.
* In the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Mushroom Samba", [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Ed]] randomly crawls into a bounty hunter's car trunk without the driver knowing. The bounty hunter gets pulled over by the police, who are looking for the same person that she is, and
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* In the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Mushroom Samba", [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Ed]] randomly crawls into a bounty hunter's car trunk without the driver knowing. The bounty hunter gets pulled over by the police, who are looking for the same person that she is, and check the trunk. When they find Ed, who fell asleep during the car ride, they assume the bounty hunter is a kidnapper. When both the bounty hunter and police look away, Ed wanders off none the wiser without providing any explanation.
* This happens in the Creator/CartoonNetwork crossover series ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar'' when the villains take WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy entirely by mistake.
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* This happens in the Creator/CartoonNetwork crossover series ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkSuperSecretCrisisWar'' when the villains take WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy entirely by mistake.
* ''Fanfic/OverGamer'': When trying to escape from the police, Kirito accidentally abducts Silica(who he had been shielding from gunfire at the time) and takes her back to his lair.
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* ''Fanfic/OverGamer'': When trying to escape from the police, Kirito accidentally abducts Silica(who he had been shielding from gunfire at the time) and takes her back to his lair.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', [[spoiler:Captain Smek took a rock from the Gorg, which turns out to contain the next generation of his race]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', [[spoiler:Captain Smek took a rock from the Gorg, which turns out to contain the next generation of his race]].
* Not to mention the Adam Sandler movie ''Film/BigDaddy'', where Sonny takes a little boy sent to HIS place, not his neighbor's.
* This was combined with a FrameUp in ''Film/DickTracy'', where No-Face kidnapped Tess and left her BoundAndGagged in Big Boy Caprice's headquarters without him knowing it, leading Tracy to believe, at first, that Big Boy had kidnapped her. Of course, the crime boss had done no such thing, and when he realized he had been set up with planted evidence of committing a capital offense, he panicked, and he kidnapped Tess for real, leading to a chase, which led to the climax of the movie.
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* Graeme and Clive in ''Film/{{Paul}}'' realise they have to kidnap Ruth to prevent her telling anyone about Paul.
* Happens with a TrafficWarden in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels''.
* Happens with a TrafficWarden in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels''.
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* Turkish film ''Film/{{Varyemez}}'' has a rich industrialist getting car-bumped by a bunch of cash-strapped actors. The industrialist, already edgy from the death threats he's been receiving, believes the actors to be kidnappers. The actors just [[SureLetsGoWithThat shrug and go with it]], hoping they may get some ransom money.
* In ''Film/{{Memento}}'', Leonard wakes up in a hotel room and finds a gun in the desk drawer and a man gagged and bound in the closet. He knew what he was doing when he kidnapped him but because of his condition, he's constantly wondering WhatDidIDoLastNight.
* In ''Film/{{Memento}}'', Leonard wakes up in a hotel room and finds a gun in the desk drawer and a man gagged and bound in the closet. He knew what he was doing when he kidnapped him but because of his condition, he's constantly wondering WhatDidIDoLastNight.
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* Turkish In Akira Kurosawa's film ''Film/{{Varyemez}}'' has a rich ''Film/{{High and Low|1963}}'', the kidnappers snatch not the son of the industrialist getting car-bumped by a bunch of cash-strapped actors. The industrialist, already edgy from the death threats he's been receiving, believes the actors to be kidnappers. The actors just [[SureLetsGoWithThat shrug and go with it]], hoping they may get some ransom money.
* In ''Film/{{Memento}}'', Leonard wakes up in a hotel room and finds a gun inwere after, but the desk drawer and a man gagged and bound in the closet. He knew what he was doing when he kidnapped him but because child of his condition, he's constantly wondering WhatDidIDoLastNight.chauffeur.
* In ''Film/{{Memento}}'', Leonard wakes up in a hotel room and finds a gun in
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* This was combined with a FrameUp in ''Film/DickTracy'', where No-Face kidnapped Tess and left her BoundAndGagged in Big Boy Caprice's headquarters without him knowing it, leading Tracy to believe, at first, that Big Boy had kidnapped her. Of course, the crime boss had done no such thing, and when he realized he had been set up with planted evidence of committing a capital offense, he panicked, and he kidnapped Tess for real, leading to a chase, which led to the climax of the movie.
* Not to mention the Adam Sandler movie ''Film/BigDaddy'', where Sonny takes a little boy sent to HIS place, not his neighbor's.
* In Akira Kurosawa's film ''Film/{{High and Low|1963}}'', the kidnappers snatch not the son of the industrialist they were after, but the child of his chauffeur.
* In ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', Goodnight really has nobody's fault but her own when she gets caught by Scaramanga; she actually ''hides in the trunk of his car'' while trying to plant a tracking device on it. (Fortunately, it still functions.)
* Not to mention the Adam Sandler movie ''Film/BigDaddy'', where Sonny takes a little boy sent to HIS place, not his neighbor's.
* In Akira Kurosawa's film ''Film/{{High and Low|1963}}'', the kidnappers snatch not the son of the industrialist they were after, but the child of his chauffeur.
* In ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', Goodnight really has nobody's fault but her own when she gets caught by Scaramanga; she actually ''hides in the trunk of his car'' while trying to plant a tracking device on it. (Fortunately, it still functions.)
* In ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', Goodnight really has nobody's fault but her own when she gets caught by Scaramanga; she actually ''hides in the trunk of his car'' while trying to plant a tracking device on it. (Fortunately, it still functions.)
* In ''Film/{{Memento}}'', Leonard wakes up in a hotel room and finds a gun in the desk drawer and a man gagged and bound in the closet. He knew what he was doing when he kidnapped him but because of his condition, he's constantly wondering WhatDidIDoLastNight.
* Graeme and Clive in ''Film/{{Paul}}'' realise they have to kidnap Ruth to prevent her telling anyone about Paul.
* In ''Film/{{Memento}}'', Leonard wakes up in a hotel room and finds a gun in the desk drawer and a man gagged and bound in the closet. He knew what he was doing when he kidnapped him but because of his condition, he's constantly wondering WhatDidIDoLastNight.
* Graeme and Clive in ''Film/{{Paul}}'' realise they have to kidnap Ruth to prevent her telling anyone about Paul.
* Happens with a TrafficWarden in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels''.
* Turkish film ''Film/{{Varyemez}}'' has a rich industrialist getting car-bumped by a bunch of cash-strapped actors. The industrialist, already edgy from the death threats he's been receiving, believes the actors to be kidnappers. The actors just [[SureLetsGoWithThat shrug and go with it]], hoping they may get some ransom money.
* Turkish film ''Film/{{Varyemez}}'' has a rich industrialist getting car-bumped by a bunch of cash-strapped actors. The industrialist, already edgy from the death threats he's been receiving, believes the actors to be kidnappers. The actors just [[SureLetsGoWithThat shrug and go with it]], hoping they may get some ransom money.
* A variant is seen in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub''. In ''Dawn and the Impossible Three,'' Dawn babysits for a very scatterbrained divorcee who constantly mixes up which dates her ex-husband is supposed to have their children. One day when Dawn is watching the three kids, the only boy, Buddy, suddenly goes missing. It turns out he's been picked up by his father, who is supposed to have visitation that day, and taken to an amusement park. When asked why he's not enjoying himself, Buddy explains that he's worried that Dawn doesn't know where he is - at which point the father realizes that his ex-wife isn't even home and that, from the babysitter's point of view, he's just kidnapped his own son.
* ''Literature/BurglarBill'' steals a useful-looking wooden box with little holes in the lid, and gets it home before he finds a baby asleep in it. He proves to be a surprisingly good accidental father, which leads to him and the baby's mother, Burglar Betty, getting married and going straight.
* Robin in ''Literature/{{Sherwood Forest}}'' doesn't intend to kidnap Shaima; he's essentially forced into it by his fellow soldiers, who want her summarily executed for sneaking into their camp. Shaima doesn't really care either way about his motivations, and just wants to go home.
* Subverted in Michael Kardos's ''The Three Day Affair''. The narrator believes he has accidentally kidnapped a convenience store clerk, [[spoiler: but the kidnapping has been arranged as part of another character's more complicated plan.]]
* In ''[[Literature/TheParasolProtectorate Timeless]]'', [[spoiler: Alexandria's vampire hive]] kidnaps Alexia's daughter Prudence. Well, they ''thought'' they kidnapped Prudence; they got Ivy's daughter by mistake. To be fair, it was two dark-haired toddlers, and Prudence hid under the bed when she heard them break in.
* ''Literature/BurglarBill'' steals a useful-looking wooden box with little holes in the lid, and gets it home before he finds a baby asleep in it. He proves to be a surprisingly good accidental father, which leads to him and the baby's mother, Burglar Betty, getting married and going straight.
* Robin in ''Literature/{{Sherwood Forest}}'' doesn't intend to kidnap Shaima; he's essentially forced into it by his fellow soldiers, who want her summarily executed for sneaking into their camp. Shaima doesn't really care either way about his motivations, and just wants to go home.
* Subverted in Michael Kardos's ''The Three Day Affair''. The narrator believes he has accidentally kidnapped a convenience store clerk, [[spoiler: but the kidnapping has been arranged as part of another character's more complicated plan.]]
* In ''[[Literature/TheParasolProtectorate Timeless]]'', [[spoiler: Alexandria's vampire hive]] kidnaps Alexia's daughter Prudence. Well, they ''thought'' they kidnapped Prudence; they got Ivy's daughter by mistake. To be fair, it was two dark-haired toddlers, and Prudence hid under the bed when she heard them break in.
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* In ''[[Literature/TheParasolProtectorate Timeless]]'', [[spoiler: Alexandria's vampire hive]] kidnaps Alexia's daughter Prudence. Well, they ''thought'' they kidnapped Prudence; they got Ivy's daughter by mistake. To be fair, it was two dark-haired toddlers, and Prudence hid under the bed when she heard them break in.
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* Subverted in Michael Kardos's ''The Three Day Affair''. The narrator believes he has accidentally kidnapped a convenience store clerk, [[spoiler: but the kidnapping has been arranged as part of another character's more complicated plan.]]
* Robin in ''Literature/{{Sherwood Forest}}'' doesn't intend to kidnap Shaima; he's essentially forced into it by his fellow soldiers, who want her summarily executed for sneaking into their camp. Shaima doesn't really care either way about his motivations, and just wants to go home.
* Robin in ''Literature/{{Sherwood Forest}}'' doesn't intend to kidnap Shaima; he's essentially forced into it by his fellow soldiers, who want her summarily executed for sneaking into their camp. Shaima doesn't really care either way about his motivations, and just wants to go home.
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* A variant is seen in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub''. In ''Dawn and the Impossible Three,'' Dawn babysits for a very scatterbrained divorcee who constantly mixes up which dates her ex-husband is supposed to have their children. One day when Dawn is watching the three kids, the only boy, Buddy, suddenly goes missing. It turns out he's been picked up by his father, who is supposed to have visitation that day, and taken to an amusement park. When asked why he's not enjoying himself, Buddy explains that he's worried that Dawn doesn't know where he is - at which point the father realizes that his ex-wife isn't even home and that, from the babysitter's point of view, he's just kidnapped his own son.
* ''Literature/BurglarBill'' steals a useful-looking wooden box with little holes in the lid, and gets it home before he finds a baby asleep in it. He proves to be a surprisingly good accidental father, which leads to him and the baby's mother, Burglar Betty, getting married and going straight.
* ''Literature/BurglarBill'' steals a useful-looking wooden box with little holes in the lid, and gets it home before he finds a baby asleep in it. He proves to be a surprisingly good accidental father, which leads to him and the baby's mother, Burglar Betty, getting married and going straight.
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* Happens in various fashions at multiple points in ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'':
** The straightest example of this trope would be, after a critic writes a bad review of Paddy's calling it "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar In Philadelphia" (the episode's title), Charlie gets drunk and kidnaps him, leaving the rest of the episode as an exercise in how to release him without legal repercussions.
** In "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition", the gang kidnaps a family in a misguided attempt to remodel their house. After [[spoiler:destroying their house instead, they have to give Dee's newly-acquired house to the family in compensation]].
** In "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis", Frank forces the kids of the family resident in the house he just bought to do work in the basement when their parents are at work. [[spoiler:Same ending as the last one]].
** The straightest example of this trope would be, after a critic writes a bad review of Paddy's calling it "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar In Philadelphia" (the episode's title), Charlie gets drunk and kidnaps him, leaving the rest of the episode as an exercise in how to release him without legal repercussions.
** In "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition", the gang kidnaps a family in a misguided attempt to remodel their house. After [[spoiler:destroying their house instead, they have to give Dee's newly-acquired house to the family in compensation]].
** In "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis", Frank forces the kids of the family resident in the house he just bought to do work in the basement when their parents are at work. [[spoiler:Same ending as the last one]].
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* Happens Almost happens in various fashions at multiple points in ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'':
** The straightest example''Series/{{Angel}}'': Gwen enlists Gunn's help to rescue a girl named Lisa. It turns out she meant to steal a piece of this trope would be, technology, with the acronym [=LISA=], to use it to control her powers. Gunn only finds out after a critic writes a bad review of Paddy's calling it "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar In Philadelphia" (the episode's title), Charlie gets drunk and kidnaps him, leaving the rest of the episode as an exercise in how little girl he tried to release rescue told him without legal repercussions.
** In "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition", the gang kidnaps a familythat she was in a misguided attempt to remodel their house. After [[spoiler:destroying their house instead, they have to give Dee's newly-acquired house to the family in compensation]].
** In "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis", Frank forces the kids of the family resident in the house he just bought to do work in the basement when their parents are at work. [[spoiler:Same ending as the last one]].her own home.
** The straightest example
** In "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition", the gang kidnaps a family
** In "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis", Frank forces the kids of the family resident in the house he just bought to do work in the basement when their parents are at work. [[spoiler:Same ending as the last one]].
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* In the ''Series/MacGyver1985'' episode "Hearts of Steel", kidnappers accidentally kidnap the housekeeper's daughter rather than the daughter of a business magnate because the two girls have swapped jackets.
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* ''Series/BetterOffTed'':
** In one episode, Linda is inadvertently drugged and, in a misguided fit of appreciation, steals a baby so she can claim it as her own by writing her name on it.
** In another episode, Ted regales the''Series/MacGyver1985'' episode "Hearts demographic he's unpopular with with a tale of Steel", kidnappers how, in his youth, he once accidentally kidnap the housekeeper's daughter kidnapped a random pig rather than the daughter of a business magnate because the two girls have swapped jackets.another school's mascot.
** In one episode, Linda is inadvertently drugged and, in a misguided fit of appreciation, steals a baby so she can claim it as her own by writing her name on it.
** In another episode, Ted regales the
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* Happens in ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', when Michael holds the pizza boy hostage and demands a better deal, and his coworkers inform him he is committing a felony by holding a minor against his will.
* ''Series/TheNanny'': Happens in "The Nanny Napper", when Fran takes a baby from an ethnic woman who had her hands full on a subway. Fran and Maxwell considered caring for it until they see a criminal sketch for Fran on TV. The episode also drops a reference to a similar plot on ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' Kirk and crew, thanks to an unplanned TimeTravel incident, ends up in the 60s. The first past guy they grab is more or less on purpose, but while trying to set things right, they screw up further when a random past cop fiddles with Kirk's communicator and ends up beamed aboard.
* In ''Series/{{Titus}}'' (sit back, cause [[ItMakesSenseInContext this is complicated]]), Tommy's ex-girlfriend came back to town and he wanted to talk with her, only he was limited by a past restraining order. He ran into her car and then in a note claimed that Titus would repair her car for free (owning his own car shop). When she came in Tommy tried to hide, but she ended up seeing him. Panicking, she barricaded herself in Titus' office and tried to call the police, but Dave yanked out the phone line. Titus does a FacePalm and declares that they now have a hostage.
* ''Series/TheNanny'': Happens in "The Nanny Napper", when Fran takes a baby from an ethnic woman who had her hands full on a subway. Fran and Maxwell considered caring for it until they see a criminal sketch for Fran on TV. The episode also drops a reference to a similar plot on ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' Kirk and crew, thanks to an unplanned TimeTravel incident, ends up in the 60s. The first past guy they grab is more or less on purpose, but while trying to set things right, they screw up further when a random past cop fiddles with Kirk's communicator and ends up beamed aboard.
* In ''Series/{{Titus}}'' (sit back, cause [[ItMakesSenseInContext this is complicated]]), Tommy's ex-girlfriend came back to town and he wanted to talk with her, only he was limited by a past restraining order. He ran into her car and then in a note claimed that Titus would repair her car for free (owning his own car shop). When she came in Tommy tried to hide, but she ended up seeing him. Panicking, she barricaded herself in Titus' office and tried to call the police, but Dave yanked out the phone line. Titus does a FacePalm and declares that they now have a hostage.
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* Happens Early in ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', ''Series/BurnNotice'', Mike gets kidnapped during a bank heist. So a few seasons later when Michael holds the pizza boy he calls to say he's involved in a hostage and demands a better deal, and his coworkers inform him situation, everyone assumed he is committing a felony by holding a minor against his will.
* ''Series/TheNanny'': Happens in "The Nanny Napper", when Fran takes a baby from an ethnic woman who had her hands full on a subway. Fran and Maxwell considered caring for it until they see a criminal sketch for Fran on TV. The episode also drops a reference to a similar plot on ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' Kirk and crew, thanks to an unplanned TimeTravel incident, ends up ingot kidnapped again.
-->'''Mike:''' Actually...we're the60s. The first past guy they grab is more or less on purpose, but while trying to set things right, they screw up further when a random past cop fiddles with Kirk's communicator and ends up beamed aboard.
* In ''Series/{{Titus}}'' (sit back, causehostage ''takers''. [[ItMakesSenseInContext this is complicated]]), Tommy's ex-girlfriend came back It's a long story]]
* Happens in a mid-2000s episode of ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', when a man being threatened over his debts steals an unlocked car from in front of a house in order totown pay them off, not realising that there's a man hiding in the boot waiting to surprise his girlfriend who's just passed her driving test.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': One episode has [[{{Jerkass}} Chang]] try to prove he could be a good father by picking up Shirley's kids from school. Except they weren't her kids; [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he just grabbed the first two black kids he saw andhe wanted to talk with her, only he was limited by a past restraining order. He ran took them into his car.]]
* In ''Series/TheDailyShow'' 2012 election special, Samantha Bee kidnapped the girlfriend of a focus group member she was interviewing, and threatened to kill hercar and if the man didn't choose a candidate to vote for. The man then in a note claimed confusedly stated that Titus would repair her car for free (owning the BoundAndGagged woman was ''not'' his own car shop). When she came in Tommy tried girlfriend, leading Sam to hide, but she ended up seeing him. Panicking, she barricaded herself in Titus' office and tried to call the police, but Dave yanked out the phone line. Titus does a FacePalm and declares that they now have a hostage.realize she'd kidnapped some random person. Cue INeedToGoIronMyDog remark...
* ''Series/TheNanny'': Happens in "The Nanny Napper", when Fran takes a baby from an ethnic woman who had her hands full on a subway. Fran and Maxwell considered caring for it until they see a criminal sketch for Fran on TV. The episode also drops a reference to a similar plot on ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' Kirk and crew, thanks to an unplanned TimeTravel incident, ends up in
-->'''Mike:''' Actually...we're the
* In ''Series/{{Titus}}'' (sit back, cause
* Happens in a mid-2000s episode of ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', when a man being threatened over his debts steals an unlocked car from in front of a house in order to
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': One episode has [[{{Jerkass}} Chang]] try to prove he could be a good father by picking up Shirley's kids from school. Except they weren't her kids; [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he just grabbed the first two black kids he saw and
* In ''Series/TheDailyShow'' 2012 election special, Samantha Bee kidnapped the girlfriend of a focus group member she was interviewing, and threatened to kill her
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* ''Series/BetterOffTed'':
** In one episode, Linda is inadvertently drugged and, in a misguided fit of appreciation, steals a baby so she can claim it as her own by writing her name on it.
** In another episode, Ted regales the demographic he's unpopular with with a tale of how, in his youth, he once accidentally kidnapped a random pig rather than another school's mascot.
* Happens in ''Series/PushingDaisies'' during a flashback to Olive Snook's childhood. When a pair of men burglarize her home, she stows away in their getaway car to escape her neglectful parents, and [[spoiler:she and her kidnappers have a wonderful time together]]. (Her parents are so neglectful that they don't notice her absence until [[spoiler:the accidental kidnappers berate them for failing to look out for their daughter]].)
* In the ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' episode ''Very Bad Things'' Joy steals a delivery truck without realizing that there was a delivery boy still inside. Earl and Joy then have to figure out how to release him without getting caught. [[spoiler: In the end of season 2, Joy goes to trial and Earl ends up taking the rap for her and going to jail.]]
* Early in ''Series/BurnNotice'', Mike gets kidnapped during a bank heist. So a few seasons later when he calls to say he's involved in a hostage situation, everyone assumed he got kidnapped again.
-->'''Mike:''' Actually...we're the hostage ''takers''. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It's a long story]]
* Almost happens in ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Gwen enlists Gunn's help to rescue a girl named Lisa. It turns out she meant to steal a piece of technology, with the acronym [=LISA=], to use it to control her powers. Gunn only finds out after the little girl he tried to rescue told him that she was in her own home.
* In ''Series/TheDailyShow'' 2012 election special, Samantha Bee kidnapped the girlfriend of a focus group member she was interviewing, and threatened to kill her if the man didn't choose a candidate to vote for. The man then confusedly stated that the BoundAndGagged woman was ''not'' his girlfriend, leading Sam to realize she'd kidnapped some random person. Cue INeedToGoIronMyDog remark...
* Happens in a mid-2000s episode of ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', when a man being threatened over his debts steals an unlocked car from in front of a house in order to pay them off, not realising that there's a man hiding in the boot waiting to surprise his girlfriend who's just passed her driving test.
** In one episode, Linda is inadvertently drugged and, in a misguided fit of appreciation, steals a baby so she can claim it as her own by writing her name on it.
** In another episode, Ted regales the demographic he's unpopular with with a tale of how, in his youth, he once accidentally kidnapped a random pig rather than another school's mascot.
* Happens in ''Series/PushingDaisies'' during a flashback to Olive Snook's childhood. When a pair of men burglarize her home, she stows away in their getaway car to escape her neglectful parents, and [[spoiler:she and her kidnappers have a wonderful time together]]. (Her parents are so neglectful that they don't notice her absence until [[spoiler:the accidental kidnappers berate them for failing to look out for their daughter]].)
* In the ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' episode ''Very Bad Things'' Joy steals a delivery truck without realizing that there was a delivery boy still inside. Earl and Joy then have to figure out how to release him without getting caught. [[spoiler: In the end of season 2, Joy goes to trial and Earl ends up taking the rap for her and going to jail.]]
* Early in ''Series/BurnNotice'', Mike gets kidnapped during a bank heist. So a few seasons later when he calls to say he's involved in a hostage situation, everyone assumed he got kidnapped again.
-->'''Mike:''' Actually...we're the hostage ''takers''. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It's a long story]]
* Almost happens in ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Gwen enlists Gunn's help to rescue a girl named Lisa. It turns out she meant to steal a piece of technology, with the acronym [=LISA=], to use it to control her powers. Gunn only finds out after the little girl he tried to rescue told him that she was in her own home.
* In ''Series/TheDailyShow'' 2012 election special, Samantha Bee kidnapped the girlfriend of a focus group member she was interviewing, and threatened to kill her if the man didn't choose a candidate to vote for. The man then confusedly stated that the BoundAndGagged woman was ''not'' his girlfriend, leading Sam to realize she'd kidnapped some random person. Cue INeedToGoIronMyDog remark...
* Happens in a mid-2000s episode of ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', when a man being threatened over his debts steals an unlocked car from in front of a house in order to pay them off, not realising that there's a man hiding in the boot waiting to surprise his girlfriend who's just passed her driving test.
* Happens in various fashions at multiple points in ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'':
** The straightest example of this trope would be, after a critic writes a bad review of Paddy's calling it "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar In Philadelphia" (the episode's title), Charlie gets drunk and kidnaps him, leaving the rest of the episode as an exercise in how to release him without legal repercussions.
** In "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition", the gang kidnaps a family in a misguided attempt to remodel their house. After [[spoiler:destroying their house instead, they have to give Dee's newly-acquired house to the family in compensation]].
** In "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis", Frank forces the kids of the family resident in the house he just bought to do work in the basement when their parents are at work. [[spoiler:Same ending as the last one]].
** The straightest example of this trope would be, after a critic writes a bad review of Paddy's calling it "Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar In Philadelphia" (the episode's title), Charlie gets drunk and kidnaps him, leaving the rest of the episode as an exercise in how to release him without legal repercussions.
** In "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition", the gang kidnaps a family in a misguided attempt to remodel their house. After [[spoiler:destroying their house instead, they have to give Dee's newly-acquired house to the family in compensation]].
** In "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis", Frank forces the kids of the family resident in the house he just bought to do work in the basement when their parents are at work. [[spoiler:Same ending as the last one]].
* In the ''Series/MacGyver1985'' episode "Hearts of Steel", kidnappers accidentally kidnap the housekeeper's daughter rather than the daughter of a business magnate because the two girls have swapped jackets.
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* ''Series/{{Community}}'': One episode has [[{{Jerkass}} Chang]] try to prove he could be a good father by picking up Shirley's kids from school. Except they weren't her kids; [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he just grabbed the first two black kids he saw and took them into his car.]]
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* ''Series/{{Community}}'': One In the ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' episode has [[{{Jerkass}} Chang]] try ''Very Bad Things'' Joy steals a delivery truck without realizing that there was a delivery boy still inside. Earl and Joy then have to prove he could be a good father by picking figure out how to release him without getting caught. [[spoiler: In the end of season 2, Joy goes to trial and Earl ends up Shirley's kids taking the rap for her and going to jail.]]
* ''Series/TheNanny'': Happens in "The Nanny Napper", when Fran takes a baby fromschool. Except an ethnic woman who had her hands full on a subway. Fran and Maxwell considered caring for it until they weren't see a criminal sketch for Fran on TV. The episode also drops a reference to a similar plot on ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''.
* Happens in ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', when Michael holds the pizza boy hostage and demands a better deal, and his coworkers inform him he is committing a felony by holding a minor against his will.
* Happens in ''Series/PushingDaisies'' during a flashback to Olive Snook's childhood. When a pair of men burglarize herkids; [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain he just grabbed the first two black kids he saw home, she stows away in their getaway car to escape her neglectful parents, and took [[spoiler:she and her kidnappers have a wonderful time together]]. (Her parents are so neglectful that they don't notice her absence until [[spoiler:the accidental kidnappers berate them into his car.]]for failing to look out for their daughter]].)
* ''Series/TheNanny'': Happens in "The Nanny Napper", when Fran takes a baby from
* Happens in ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', when Michael holds the pizza boy hostage and demands a better deal, and his coworkers inform him he is committing a felony by holding a minor against his will.
* Happens in ''Series/PushingDaisies'' during a flashback to Olive Snook's childhood. When a pair of men burglarize her
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' Kirk and crew, thanks to an unplanned TimeTravel incident, ends up in the 60s. The first past guy they grab is more or less on purpose, but while trying to set things right, they screw up further when a random past cop fiddles with Kirk's communicator and ends up beamed aboard.
* In ''Series/{{Titus}}'' (sit back, cause [[ItMakesSenseInContext this is complicated]]), Tommy's ex-girlfriend came back to town and he wanted to talk with her, only he was limited by a past restraining order. He ran into her car and then in a note claimed that Titus would repair her car for free (owning his own car shop). When she came in Tommy tried to hide, but she ended up seeing him. Panicking, she barricaded herself in Titus' office and tried to call the police, but Dave yanked out the phone line. Titus does a FacePalm and declares that they now have a hostage.
* In ''Series/{{Titus}}'' (sit back, cause [[ItMakesSenseInContext this is complicated]]), Tommy's ex-girlfriend came back to town and he wanted to talk with her, only he was limited by a past restraining order. He ran into her car and then in a note claimed that Titus would repair her car for free (owning his own car shop). When she came in Tommy tried to hide, but she ended up seeing him. Panicking, she barricaded herself in Titus' office and tried to call the police, but Dave yanked out the phone line. Titus does a FacePalm and declares that they now have a hostage.
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* The entire plot of ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' kicks off when due to various reasons, a [[RealityWarper hyperresonance]] sends TheHero and the erstwhile "kidnapper" halfway across the world, setting in motion the first part of the game: getting one ShelteredAristocrat and [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] back home before things go from bad to worse.
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* In the ‘’VideoGame/NancyDrew’’ game “The Final Scene,” this is ultimately why Nancy’s friend, Maya Nguyen, is kidnapped. The kidnapper actually intended to kidnap actor Brady Armstrong and force Brady’s agent, Simone Mueller, to use her Hollywood connections to save an old theatre that was about to be torn down. Unfortunately for Maya, Brady was apparently late coming back from an appointment with his hairdresser, and when Maya walked into Brady’s dressing room, the kidnapper panicked and grabbed her instead. Oops.
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* In the ‘’VideoGame/NancyDrew’’ ''VideoGame/NancyDrew'' game “The Final Scene,” this is ultimately why Nancy’s friend, Maya Nguyen, is kidnapped. The kidnapper actually intended to kidnap actor Brady Armstrong and force Brady’s agent, Simone Mueller, to use her Hollywood connections to save an old theatre that was about to be torn down. Unfortunately for Maya, Brady was apparently late coming back from an appointment with his hairdresser, and when Maya walked into Brady’s dressing room, the kidnapper panicked and grabbed her instead. Oops.
* The entire plot of ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' kicks off when due to various reasons, a [[RealityWarper hyperresonance]] sends TheHero and the erstwhile "kidnapper" halfway across the world, setting in motion the first part of the game: getting one ShelteredAristocrat and [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] back home before things go from bad to worse.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Lupe's Revenge", where on a field trip to Mexico, Peggy accidentally brings along a local girl and is arrested for kidnapping when trying to bring her back (and the only way to get her out of it was to prove to the judge that she brought the girl to America by mistake because her Spanish comprehension is bad).
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* Done in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', in "Return to Omashu". The ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Lupe's Revenge", where on a field trip to Mexico, Peggy gang led some freedom fighters out of the city, and accidentally brings along a local girl and is arrested for kidnapping when trying to bring her back (and get the only way Fire Nation Governor's toddler son as well. He was just following [[TeamPet Momo]] after the latter flew into their house to get her out of it was to prove to the judge that she brought the girl to America by mistake because her Spanish comprehension is bad).food.
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* Done in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', in "Return to Omashu". The gang led some freedom fighters out of the city, and accidentally get the Fire Nation Governor's toddler son as well. He was just following [[TeamPet Momo]] after the latter flew into their house to get food.
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* Done in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', in "Return to Omashu". The gang led some freedom fighters out of the city, and ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Lupe's Revenge", where on a field trip to Mexico, Peggy accidentally get brings along a local girl and is arrested for kidnapping when trying to bring her back (and the Fire Nation Governor's toddler son as well. He was just following [[TeamPet Momo]] after the latter flew into their house only way to get food.her out of it was to prove to the judge that she brought the girl to America by mistake because her Spanish comprehension is bad).
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' Gives us the episode "Over A Barrel" where, early in the show, a tribe of Buffaloes takes a train car containing an apple tree Applejack was delivering to Appleloosa.... only the Buffaloes didn't know until it was too late that the train car also contained a sleeping Spike.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', this turns out to be how Eda ended up with [[spoiler:King. She found him as a baby in a deteriorating castle, alone with a speechless creature that immediately attacked her. Understandably assuming he was in danger as well, she took him with her when she fled. Years later, they return, and it's discovered that the creature will ''only'' listen to King, and was actually put inside the castle to protect him from intruders. Like Eda. Whoops.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' Gives us the episode "Over A Barrel" where, early in the show, a tribe of Buffaloes takes a train car containing an apple tree Applejack was delivering to Appleloosa.... only the Buffaloes didn't know until it was too late that the train car also contained a sleeping Spike.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', this turns out to be how Eda ended up with [[spoiler:King. She found him as a baby in a deteriorating castle, alone with a speechless creature that immediately attacked her. Understandably assuming he was in danger as well, she took him with her when she fled. Years later, they return, and it's discovered that the creature will ''only'' listen to King, and was actually put inside the castle to protect him from intruders. Like Eda. Whoops.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' Gives us the episode "Over A Barrel" where, early in the show, a tribe of Buffaloes takes a train car containing an apple tree Applejack was delivering to Appleloosa.... only the Buffaloes didn't know until it was too late that the train car also contained a sleeping Spike.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', this turns out to be how Eda ended up with [[spoiler:King. She found him as a baby in a deteriorating castle, alone with a speechless creature that immediately attacked her. Understandably assuming he was in danger as well, she took him with her when she fled. Years later, they return, and it's discovered that the creature will ''only'' listen to King, and was actually put inside the castle to protect him from intruders. Like Eda. Whoops.]]
