History Main / JustGotOutOfJail

* In ''MyNameIsEarl'', Earl gets released from prison, but finds he no longer has the apartment, the job, or girlfriend he acquired in Season 2...and that life has gotten a lot tougher, since no one wants to hire an ex-con. [[spoiler: Even though he was in for a crime his ex-wife committed.]] This causes him to lose faith in Karma, and go back to his old ways.

* ''Film/HudsonHawk'' starts with Eddie getting out of prison. He's almost immediately forced to participate in an international burglary operation.
* ''OceansEleven'' [[BookEnds begins and ends]] with Danny Ocean being released from prison.
* Happens OnceAnEpisode in ''[[Film/OlsenBanden Olsen's Gang]]'' movies. Every movie starts with Egon leaving prison (usually with the new plan ready) and ends with him getting locked up again.

* In ''Film/TheItalianJob1969'', Charlie is first spotted being released from prison and is promptly given the plan for the titular job.

* It's heavily implied that this is the case with Ostap Bender in Literature/TheTwelveChairs (he wears a clean fancy suit and shoes but no everyday consumables like socks, and is homeless; the suit and shoes are implied to be given back to him upon release). This explains why he is extremely cautious about not violating the criminal code directly.

* ''TheBluesBrothers'' begins with "[[MeaningfulName Joliet]]" Jake Blues being released from the prison that provides his nickname.
* ''HudsonHawk'' starts with Eddie getting out of prison. He's almost immediately forced to participate in an international burglary operation.

* ''TheSpitfireGrill'' begins with [[GenderBlenderName Percy]] being released from a five-year prison sentence.
* In ''TheItalianJob'', Charlie is first spotted being released from prison and is promptly given the plan for the titular job.

* Happens OnceAnEpisode in ''[[{{Olsen-Banden}} Olsen's Gang]]'' movies. Every movie starts with Egon leaving prison (usually with the new plan ready) and ends with him getting locked up again.

* ''Film/ConAir'' happens ''on the hero's flight back from jail''.

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->'''[[TheLancer Paden]]:''' Did you offend anyone?
->'''[[TheHero Emmitt]]:''' Not for five years.
->'''Paden:''' Jefferson City?
->'''Emmitt:''' No, Leavenworth.
-->-- ''Film/{{Silverado}}''

* In ''MassEffect2'', Jack a.k.a. Subject Zero joins TheSquad after you bail her out of the galactic prison.

* ''[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Animated Series]]'': "Harley's Holiday". Poor Harley even ''paid'' for that dress...

--> --''{{Silverado}}''

* ''{{Silverado}}'' provides the page quote. One of the heroes, Emmitt, has just been released from jail when he's ambushed, breaks another character out of jail, infiltrates a group of bandits, and winds up on the wrong side of a fight with a corrupt sheriff.

* ''ConAir'' happens ''on the hero's flight back from jail''.

* ''SinCity'' has John Hartigan get released from prison on parole just so he could tie up a loose end. This was intentional on his part, however.
* This is the premise of ''CarlitosWay''. The newly-released Carlito tries to make a legitimate living, but the FBI still want to see him put away. It doesn't help that he constantly gets tangled up in his colleagues' shady activities.
* At the end of the initial gunfight in ''JudgeDredd'', Dredd arrests a man for tampering with a vending robot. When he realizes that the man he arrested was just released from prison (That very day), he adds a few years to the sentence. The reason the man had tampered with the robot was to have a hiding place from the shoot-out, which he had unknowingly walked into.

* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}!'' begins with Jacknife being released from a normal prison. He immediately demonstrates [[SarcasmMode how well he learned his lesson]] by [[CompleteMonster killing a man and stealing his car with his daughter still in it]].

* PrisonBreak: Linc (after his name was cleared the first time) kills a Mook and tells LJ and Sofia to run since he rightly assumes the police won't care if its self-defense.
* In ''MyNameIsEarl'', Earl gets released from prison, but finds he no longer has the apartment, the job, or girlfriend he acquired in Season 2...and that life has gotten a lot tougher, since no one wants to hire an ex-con. [[spoiler: Even though he was in for a crime his ex-wife committed.]] This causes him to lose faith in Karma, and go back to his old ways.

* The first episode of ''{{Superjail}}!'' begins with Jacknife being released from a normal prison. He immediately demonstrates [[SarcasmMode how well he learned his lesson]] by [[CompleteMonster killing a man and stealing his car with his daughter still in it]].

* ''AmericanGods'' starts with Shadow being released from prison; he quickly gets recruited as an assistant to Mr. Wednesday, who spends most of his time grifting despite being a [[spoiler:PhysicalGod.]]

* ''OceansEleven'' begins and ends with Danny Ocean being released from prison.

If a genuine villain just got out of jail, he is a {{Civillain}} or KarmaHoudini.

-> --''{{Silverado}}''

* ''{{Buffalo 66}}'' opens with Billy getting let out of jail. He has to whiz so bad he asks to be let back in for just a sec, but they won't let him.
* SinCity has John Hartigan get released from prison on parole just so he could tie up a loose end. This was intentional on his part, however.

* ''Buffalo '66'' opens with Billy getting let out of jail. He has to whiz so bad he asks to be let back in for just a sec, but they won't let him.

* ''AmericanGods'' starts with Shadow being released from prison; he quickly gets recruited as an assistant to Mr. Wednesday, who spends most of his time grifting despite being a PhysicalGod.

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