History Main / FascistsBedTime

* RealLife: Dictatorial regimes have in fact been known to do this. Augusto Pinochet is said to have enforced his curfew with snipers. Mubarak tried it in Egypt recently. It was quite ignored indeed.

-->-- Old [[UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} Polish joke]][[note]] Presumably from the days of the Marshall Pilsudski, who came to power during the Polish-Soviet war of 1918-21 and died in 1935 - leaving the country a rather racist military dictatorship that despised the numerous ethnic minorities under its rule and encouraged violence against them (in the hope that they would flee the country and thus make it more ethnically homogenous).[[/note]]

** However, in an amusing instance of TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything, if you wear the Otacon mask you got in the chapter previous, the guards will pat you down and let you move completely freely, passing you off as a citizen on his way home.

* Bluto and the Commodore had one over the town in ''{{Popeye}}''.
* [[TheCaligula Cal]] instituted such a curfew during his reign as Chief Judge in ''JudgeDredd''.

* In one ''SonicTheComic'' story, set when Robotnik was still ruler of Mobius, badniks started declaring new, asinine laws around a town, including a curfew set at a time that had already passed, meaning everyone broke the law retroactively.

* In ''TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'', new Head Peacekeeper Romulus Thread declares a curfew in District 12.

* You first gain control of the main character of ''ZorkGrandInquisitor'' seconds before the town's curfew goes into effect.
* In the Konquest mode of ''MortalKombat Deception'', the main character returns to meet his former ally and all-around KnightTemplar Hotaru in the town he's just conquered, only to be arrested for breaking curfew. Judging by appearances, he is held in a cell awaiting trial for ''over a decade''.
* One of the options in political simulator ''{{Democracy}} 2''. It will take a lot of political influence and it will make you unpopular very quickly.

* In ''MetalGearSolid4'', the town in which chapter 3 takes place is under a very strict curfew, any PMC registered person outside after a period of time is arrested (or in Snake's case, shot at) under suspicion of being part of LaResistance. Naturally you have to tail a resistance member who's breaking curfew - [[StealthBasedGame what else were you expecting?]]

* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' story ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The Happiness Patrol]]''.
** The episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS2E5RiseOfTheCybermen Rise of the Cybermen]]" shows a curfew in the parallel world, but no indication that there's anything wrong with the government.

* This was actually a historical and very grim way racial segregation was enforced in the US. A "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town sundown town]]" was one in which non-ethnic-Europeans would be assaulted and/or killed if found there at night. Minorities could not buy land in these communities, and being caught in them after dark could lead to harassment, expulsion, or even lynching, sometimes at the hands of local law enforcement. This phenomenon was not limited to Southern white-on-black oppression - the technique was used against blacks, Native Americans, Jews, and Chinese minorities, and the state with the most confirmed cases of the phenomenon was Illinois.

* This was actually a historical and very grim way racial segregation was enforced in the US. A "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town sundown town]]" was one in which non-ethnic-Europeans were explicitly not safe after dark. Minorities could not buy land in these communities, and being caught in them after dark could lead to harassment, expulsion, or even lynching, sometimes at the hands of local law enforcement. This phenomenon was not limited to Southern white-on-black oppression - the technique was used against blacks, Native Americans, Jews, and Chinese minorities, and the state with the most confirmed cases of the phenomenon was Illinois.

* This was actually a historical and very grim way racial segregation was enforced in the US. A "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town sundown town]]" was one in which minorities were explicitly not safe after dark. Minorities could not buy land in these communities, and being caught in them after dark could lead to harassment, expulsion, or even lynching, sometimes at the hands of local law enforcement. This phenomenon was not limited to Southern white-on-black oppression - the technique was used against blacks, Native Americans, Jews, and Chinese minorities, and the state with the most confirmed cases of the phenomenon was Illinois.

-->-- Old [[UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} Polish joke]]

* This is one of the theories of the origin of a popular Ashkenazi Jewish Klezmer song "7:40". In Imperial Russia, Jews couldn't show up in Odessa after dark if they weren't registered residents (and even that it was the case, they had no right to leave their ghettos after dark). So any Jew from outside Odessa who had business in the city had to arrive on a morning train which entered the city at the eponymous time (7:40 am), and leave in evening.

* This is one of the theories of the origin of a popular Ashkenazi Jewizh Klezmer song "7:40". In Imperial Russia, Jews couldn't show up in Odessa after dark if they weren't registered residents (and even that it was the case, they had no right to leave their ghettos after dark). So any Jew from outside Odessa who had business in the city had to arrive on a morning train which entered the city at the eponymous time (7:40 am), and leave in evening.

*** YMMV on saying that the Americans weren't dictators in that example. There have been many cases in history where imperialistic nations have been considered dictatorial. We probably shouldn't argue about which one America was due to the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement. However, both interpretations are widespread and should at least be mentioned.

** However, in an amusing instance of TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything, if you wear the Otacon mask you got in the chapter previous, the guards won't even give you a passing nod, since Otacon isn't on any watch list.

* In ''MetalGearSolid4'', the town in which chapter 3 takes place is under a very strict curfew, anyone caught outside after a period of time is arrested (or in Snake's case, shot at) under suspicion of being part of LaResistance. Naturally you have to tail a resistance member who's breaking curfew - [[StealthBasedGame what else were you expecting?]]

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', hallmarks of Meredith's reign as Templar Knight-Commander apparently include curfews and midnight raids on families suspected of sheltering mage relatives. It doesn't stop Hawke and co. from going wherever they please, but most of Meredith's methods tend to do more damage than they prevent.

** A fan-made prequel and GameMod ''[[TwentyTwentySeven 2027]]'' features Moscow under martial law. Police and bots will shoot at anyone caught out after dark.

* In the more repressive cities in America they have one for anyone they think is under 18. There have been reports of the government doing this for ''everyone'' in a city down south.

* In ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', Evey gets in trouble with the [[SecretPolice Fingermen]] over prostitution. ''And'' curfew. [[LighterAndSofter Toned down]] to just curfew in the film.

** Not only dictators, the Americans did it in Iraq too (though, hey, if it quacks like a duck...) Curfews are an effective counter measure against insurgencies or when you're expecting trouble. Not only is there the implication that people ''not'' following the curfew must be Up To Something, but it can also help to ensure that innocents are out of the way if and when trouble happens.

** Not only dictators, the Americans did it in Iraq too. Curfews are an effective counter measure against insurgencies or when you're expecting trouble. Not only is there the implication that people ''not'' following the curfew must be Up To Something, but it can also help to ensure that innocents are out of the way if and when trouble happens.

* In ''VForVendetta'', Evey gets in trouble with the [[SecretPolice Fingermen]] over prostitution. ''And'' curfew. [[LighterAndSofter Toned down]] to just curfew in the film.