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A more modern version of the classic ransom note, gaining popularity in recent years with the increasing use of the internet and real life use by groups like Al-Qaeda.
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A more modern version of the classic ransom note, gaining popularity in recent years with the increasing use of the internet and real life use by groups like Al-Qaeda.
Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.
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* Al-Qaeda was very fond of this trope and frequently released them online, which was later used by other Islamist terrorist groups. Unfortunately, they don't have happy endings and [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement we will NOT link to any of them.]]
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* Al-Qaeda was very fond of this trope and frequently released them online, which was later used by other Islamist terrorist groups. Unfortunately, they don't have happy endings and [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement we will NOT link to any of them.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/NotForBroadcast'', Katie Brightman, an economist known for speaking in support of the Advance government, is abducted by [[LaResistance Disrupt]] and forced to read out a speech admitting that her praise for Advance was misplaced. On Day 912, you have the option of playing a recording of the speech in place of one of the ad breaks, bolstering support for Disrupt's ongoing uprising.
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* Al-Qaeda was very fond of this trope and frequently released them online.online, which was later used by other Islamist terrorist groups. Unfortunately, they don't have happy endings and [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement we will NOT link to any of them.]]
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* In ''Film/IronMan1'', Tony Stark is filmed with demands being made by the terrorists in Urdu. Audience members who don't [[BilingualBonus happen to speak that language]] won't find out until later that [[spoiler:that it's not a ransom demand. The terrorists were hired by Obadiah Stane to kill Stark, and they're demanding more money to finish the job now they realise who their famous captive is.]]
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* In ''Film/IronMan1'', Tony Stark is filmed with demands being made by the terrorists in Urdu. Audience members who don't [[BilingualBonus happen to speak that language]] won't find out until later that [[spoiler:that it's not a ransom demand. The terrorists were hired by Obadiah Stane to kill Stark, and they're demanding more money to finish the job now they realise who their famous captive is.]]
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* Al-Qaeda was very fond of this trope and frequently released them online. Unfortunately, they don't have happy endings and [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement we will NOT link to any of them.]]
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* Al-Qaeda was very fond of this trope and frequently released them online. Unfortunately, they don't have happy endings and [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement we will NOT link to any of them.]]
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* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In ''Strong Bad in Jail Cartoon'', Strong Bad tries to make one after kidnapping the Poopsmith for ransom. It lasts ''five seconds'' before he's discovered by Homestar, who followed a "mysterious trail" left by the Poopsmith, much to Strong Bad's disgust.
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* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In ''Strong Bad in Jail Cartoon'', Strong Bad tries to make one after kidnapping the Poopsmith for ransom. It lasts ''five seconds'' before he's discovered by Homestar, who followed a "mysterious trail" left by the Poopsmith, much to Strong Bad's disgust.
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* In ''Film/IronMan1'', Tony Stark is filmed with demands being made by the terrorists in Urdu. Audience members who don't [[BilingualBonus happen to speak that language]] won't find out until late that [[spoiler:that it's not a ransom demand. The terrorists were hired by Obadiah Stane to kill Stark, and they're demanding more money to finish the job now they realise who their famous captive is.]]
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* In ''Film/IronMan1'', Tony Stark is filmed with demands being made by the terrorists in Urdu. Audience members who don't [[BilingualBonus happen to speak that language]] won't find out until late later that [[spoiler:that it's not a ransom demand. The terrorists were hired by Obadiah Stane to kill Stark, and they're demanding more money to finish the job now they realise who their famous captive is.]]
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* In ''Film/IronMan1'', Tony Stark is filmed with demands being made by the terrorists in their own language. It's not Urdu. Audience members who don't [[BilingualBonus happen to speak that language]] won't find out until later on the audience discovers late that [[spoiler:that it's not a ransom demand. The terrorists were hired by Obadiah Stane to kill Stark, and they're demanding more money to finish the job now they realise who their famous captive is.]]
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* In an episode of ''Series/JonathanCreek'', a confusing hostage tape kicks off the mystery. The plot twist is [[that the tape in question was not the hostage tape, the contents were being livestreamed to the TV]]
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* In an episode of ''Series/JonathanCreek'', a confusing hostage tape kicks off the mystery. The plot twist is [[that [[spoiler:that the tape in question was not the hostage tape, the contents were being livestreamed to the TV]]TV]].
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* ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'': For the ''VideoGame/MissionImpossible'' review, Fred abducts a games journalist who originally gave the game a glowing review, forcing to read the original column out loud.
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* In ''Film/{{Blooded}}'', the AnimalWrongsGroup forces each of the hunters they have just [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame pursued across the island]] to read a prepared statement denouncing hunting and renouncing their previous beliefs, which they video and intend to up load to the web. Liv, Ben, Charlie and Eve all comply, but Lucas regards his position as the public face of the hunting lobby as being too important and remains DefiantToTheEnd.
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* Used in Literature/ArtemisFowl The Arctic Incident. Artemis then gets Foaly to trace the video.
** Used again in The Last Guardian, by [[spoiler:Opal bartering her freedom for her younger self's life.]] [[spoiler:She doesn't uphold her end of the deal.]]
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* Used in Literature/ArtemisFowl ''Literature/ArtemisFowl: The Arctic Incident.Incident''. Artemis then gets Foaly to trace the video.
** Used again inThe ''The Last Guardian, Guardian'', by [[spoiler:Opal bartering her freedom for her younger self's life.]] [[spoiler:She doesn't uphold her end of the deal.]]
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* The baddies on ''Series/DayBreak'' leave one these behind showing Hopper's brother-in-law bruised up and tied to a chair.
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** Used again in The Last Guardian, by [[spoiler:Opal bartering her freedom for her younger self's life.]] [[spoiler:She doesn't uphold her end of the deal.]]
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* In ''Film/IronMan1'', Tony Stark is shown in in one after his capture. It turns out that [[spoiler:the terrorist group that kidnapped him are asking for more money to kill him for Obadiah Stane, after finding out who he is.]]
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* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux''. The Iraqi's force Colonel Walters to make a video saying [[BlatantLies how well treated he is]] (the obscene hand signals he's giving make it clear what we're supposed to think of this).
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* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux''. The Iraqi's Iraqis force Colonel Walters to make a video saying [[BlatantLies how well treated he is]] (the obscene hand signals he's giving make it clear what we're supposed to think of this).
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* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux''. The Iraqi's force Colonel Walters to make a video saying [[BlatantLies how well treated he is]] (the obscene hand signals he's giving make it clear what we're supposed to think of this).
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* In the short-lived 1990's spy series ''Under Cover'', a senior official in the GovernmentAgencyOfFiction is kidnapped and forced to give one of these to relay their demands, concluded by him screaming as the terrorists start torturing him.
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A more modern version of the classic ransom note, gaining popularity in recent years with the increasing use of the internet and real life use by the Al-Qaeda franchise.
groups like Al-Qaeda.
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* In the first episode of ''Series/BlackMirror'' a member of the royal family gets kidnapped with the single demand of the Prime Minster to have sex with a pig on live TV. The real kicker is that it's sent over youtube so everybody knows about it.
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* In the [[Recap/BlackMirrorTheNationalAnthem first episode episode]] of ''Series/BlackMirror'' a member of the royal family gets kidnapped with the single demand of the Prime Minster to have sex with a pig on live TV. The real kicker is that it's sent over youtube so everybody knows about it.
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* Yandere-chan uses this in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', kidnapping Musume Ronshaku in order to get her father Mr. Ronshaku, a notorious LoanShark, to release Kokona's father and all his other clients from their debt to him.
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-> ''"Those aren’t the words of a certified clinical psychologist filing a report… those are the words of a woman with a bag over her head, sitting between a camera and a flag, moments before her third finger’s hacked off."''
--> '''Colm Mullan''', ''Fanfic/ChrysalisVisitsTheHague''
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* Creator/ThisIsIt used this trope to promote their kickstarter for ''Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared'' the series. The first one is a more descriptive video showing the red thing reading out the captor's demands (money) while a synthesized voice describes what the show is about and what the kickstarter is for. The next two are much shorter and really, ''really'' threatening.
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* Creator/ThisIsIt used this trope to promote their kickstarter Kickstarter for ''Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared'' the series.''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' . The first one is a more descriptive video showing the red thing reading out the captor's demands (money) while a synthesized voice describes what the show is about and what the kickstarter is for. The next two are much shorter and really, ''really'' threatening.
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* In ''Film/TheKingdom2007'', Adam Leavitt (Creator/JasonBateman) is used to make one after being kidnapped by Saudi terrorists. It gets interrupted when his colleagues arrive and kill or wound his captors.
