History Main / CaughtUpInARobbery

* ''Series/TheNanny'': In "[[Recap/TheNannyS4E16TheBankRobbery The Bank Robbery]]," Fran and Sylvia are at the bank when a {{Stupid Crook|s}} decides to rob it and hold them hostage. Fran ends up bonding with him when she learns he too has an overbearing JewishMother.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'': George Jetson and Astro happen to be at a bank when the alarm rings. Two criminals dash from the building with {{Stock Money Bag}}s in hand, and hop into their getaway car. Before departing, one crook asks the other if there are any witnesses, to which the reply is "Yeah, but we'll come back later 'n' rub 'em out." George and Astro panic and leave pronto, not seeing a director yell, "Cut!" [[SubvertedTrope The robbery was a staged event for a film.]]

* ''Series/TheNanny'': In "[[/Recap/TheNannyS4E16TheBankRobbery The Bank Robbery]]," Fran and Sylvia are at the bank when a {{Stupid Crook|s}} decides to rob it and hold them hostage. Fran ends up bonding with him when she learns he too has an overbearing JewishMother.

* ''Series/KenanAndKel'':
** In "Clownin' Around", Kenan is tasked with looking after the convenience store he works at, Rigby's. During his shift, Kel comes in per usual, but so does a clown, who entertains the boys with some tricks, before tying them up (under the guise of another trick), emptying the cash register, and escaping.

** In "Ditch Day Afternoon", Kenan and Kel get caught up in a bank robbery while SkippingSchool, and Kenan's attempts to keep the robbery going so they don't get shown on the news (which would reveal to their families, school, and work that they're ditching) end up [[PityTheKidnapper scaring the robbers into giving themselves up]].

** In "Ditch Day Afternoon", Kenan and Kel get caught up in a bank robbery while SkippingSchool, and Kenan's attempts to keep the robbery going so they don't get shown on the news which would reveal to their families, school, and work that they're ditching end up [[PityTheKidnapper scaring he robbers into giving themselves up]].

* ''Series/KenanAndKel'': In "Clownin' Around", Kenan is tasked with looking after the convenience store he works at, Rigby's. During his shift, Kel comes in per usual, but so does a clown, who entertains the boys with some tricks, before tying them up (under the guise of another trick), emptying the cash register, and escaping.

* ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'': In this 1954 WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon, Bugs Bunny visit a bank, where he keeps carrots in a safe deposit box. Upon leaving the bank, Bugs mistakes the getaway car of Rocky and Mugsy for a waiting taxicab. Rocky then leaves the bank, fires a couple of shots into the lobby, and tosses in some {{Stock Money Bag}}s. The loot and the bunny get taken to the crooks' hideout.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': The 1954 WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon "Bugs and Thugs" has Bugs Bunny visit a bank, where he keeps carrots in a safe deposit box. Upon leaving the bank, Bugs mistakes the getaway car of Rocky and Mugsy for a waiting taxicab. Rocky then leaves the bank, fires a couple of shots into the lobby, and tosses in some {{Stock Money Bag}}s. The loot and the bunny get taken to the crooks' hideout.

* ''Film/TheRitual'' opens with Robert and Luke getting caught up in a robbery at an off-licence (liquor store) after leaving their friends at the pub. Luke hides, while Robert is caught and the robbers attempt to take his wedding ring, slitting his throat when he refuses to hand it over. This is also the IncitingIncident for the group's trip to Sweden.

[[folder:Webcomics]]

[[/folder]]

* This is how Sydney's abilities get revealed, at least indirectly, in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower''. [[https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-35-purple-hair-no-chance-shes-a-main-character/ She was at the bank]] and a local superhero ''just'' happened to be there, and noticed something odd about her after the events.

%%* ''Series/SmallWonder'': In the third-season episode "Bank Hostages", a couple of clumsy bank robbers hold Jamie, Vicki and Harriet hostage.

[[folder: Anime & Manga]]

* ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'': On Honoka's birthday in episode 10, she and her family are at a jewelry store that gets attacked by robbers. Honoka foils the robbery by lecturing the robbers into repenting and they end up turning themselves in when the police arrive.

[[folder: Fanfiction]]
* ''Fanfic/WrongPlaceWrongTime'': This ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'' fanfiction begins with a robbery breaking out in the bank Don, Terry, and Charlie are at to take out cash for their lunch. Given that they're [[RightManInTheWrongPlace law enforcement themselves]], the three work together to stop the robbers.

[[folder: Film--Animated]]

[[folder: Film--Live Action]]

* ''Film/Shazam2019'': Billy (as Shazam) and Freddy head to a convenience store to buy beer now that Billy looks like an adult and is likely to not be carded. Two robbers enter and begin to hold up the store. However, instead of being roped in, Freddy encourages Billy to directly intervene so he can film his heroic feat and post it online. Billy does and learns he is [[NighInvulnerable completely bulletproof]] and then proceeds to toss the two robbers out a window.

[[folder: Literature]]

[[folder: Live-Action TV]]

* ''{{Series/Due South}}'': In "Vault," Ray and Fraser are caught up in a bank robbery when Ray is wrongly declared dead and he goes to the bank to collect his money. They end up locked in the bank vault and it won't open for a while because it's on a time delay.

[[folder: Tabletop Games]]

[[folder: Video Games]]

[[folder: Web Animation]]

[[folder: Western Animation]]

* The 1954 ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'' cartoon "Bugs And Thugs" has Bugs Bunny visit a bank, where he keeps carrots in a safe deposit box. Upon leaving the bank, Bugs mistakes the getaway car of Rocky and Mugsy for a waiting taxicab. Rocky then leaves the bank, fires a couple of shots into the lobby, and tosses in some {{Stock Money Bag}}s. The loot and the bunny get taken to the crooks' hideout.

[[/folder]]

* ''Film/DieHard'': Detective John [=McClane=] just happens to be visiting his wife at her workplace at the Nakatomi Corporation when CardCarryingVillain Hans Gruber and his cronies seize control of the building and take the executive pool hostage in a supposed terrorist attack. This is actually just a cover for Hans and Co.'s real scheme: breaking into the Nakatomi Tower's vault to steal $640 million worth of bearer bonds. John evades capture and becomes [[RightManInTheWrongPlace a rogue agent]], monkey-wrenching the villains' machinations at every turn.

What follows depends on the genre. Sitcoms and comedies are likely to have our main characters try a series of [[HilarityEnsues increasingly ridiculous and hilarious]] attempts to address the robber and get out relatively unscathed. Often, in doing so, they might get [[MistakenForThief confused for the robber]] (or an accomplice) and end up as a reluctant or oblivious negotiator between them and the police. They're likely to eventually [[AccidentalHero blunder their way into saving the day]], especially if the robbers are StupidCrooks. In more dramatic works, the protagonists might morph into {{Action Survivor}}s and try to find ways to work with others caught up in the situation to varying degrees of success and unintentional death.

If the robbery escalates into a HostageSituation, 99% of the time at least one of the protagonists will be a hostage. And if some of the protagonists are outside, expect a lot of cutting back and forth between the two situations. If lucky, someone at the scene (if not the protagonists themselves) will reveal themself to be the RightManInTheWrongPlace. Or better yet, the robbers may try to victimize one of the protagonists only to end up MuggingTheMonster, leading to their defeat and/or capture.

Note this does not cover personal muggings or a character's private residence getting broken into and robbed. Nor does it cover any and all public robberies; if the protagonists aren't there as it breaks out, it doesn't qualify. The characters need to have no prior knowledge of the robbery (it's wholly unexpected), but they need to eventually become involved in it in some way, as victims, hostages, hero, or robbers themselves.

* ''Series/SmallWonder'': In the third-season episode "Bank Hostages", a couple of clumsy bank robbers hold Jamie, Vicki and Harriet hostage.

Set-up is fairly simple: the protagonists are engaging in their daily routines and it has brought them to a public place like a bank, a store, or a mall. Then with little preamble other than maybe the loud announcement that "This is a hold up!", the place is in the process of being robbed and our protagonists are now InnocentBystanders.

** Double Subverted in ''[[Recap/BobsBurgersS2E2BobDayAfternoon Bob Day Afternoon]]'', Bob goes to the bank to apply for a much-needed loan but is comically denied. After he leaves (punching a sign on the way out), the police arrive and the family assumes they've come for something Bob did while he was in the bank. Instead, they learn it is being robbed. The robber takes hostages and requests a meal, so the police get Bob to make and deliver it. He is then taken hostage as well, ultimately falling into the trope.
* The 1946 ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'' cartoon "Bugs And Thugs" has Bugs Bunny visit a bank, where he keeps carrots in a safe deposit box. Upon leaving the bank, Bugs mistakes the getaway car of Rocky and Mugsy for a waiting taxicab. Rocky then leaves the bank, fires a couple of shots into the lobby, and tosses in some {{Stock Money Bag}}s. The loot and the bunny get taken to the crooks' hideout.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': In "Schnitzel Makes a Deposit", Chowder and Schnitzel are on line to make a bank deposit when a rat suddenly bursts in and stages a holdup. Schnitzel, who had been unfairly kicked out of the line several times throughout the episode, [[RageBreakingPoint snaps]] and beats up the robber.