History Main / PriceOnTheirHead

* This is played [[ExactWords literally straight]] in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' when NCR Major Dhatri puts out bounties on the heads of three notorious Fiends - Violet, Cook Cook, and Driver Nephi. He needs their heads to verify their deaths, and the heads must not be mangled so bad their identity cannot be confirmed. To claim the bounty, you must not use energy weapons ( which turn entire bodies into ash or goo), explosive weapons (which mangle the entire body), or headshots that mangle the head. And it is best not to bring ED-E (who uses energy weapons) or Boon (who gets a lot of headshot kills).

* WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder: [[BigBad Lord Hater]] posts bounties on Wander and Sylvia for his past defeats, even directly hiring some bounty hunters on occasion to collect. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This ends up]] putting him at a disadvantage at one point, as due to being the number one fugitive in the galaxy solely because of Hater’s influence, it qualifies Wander to attend a normally villains-only party, thus giving Hater additional competition.

* WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse: Eda has a rather high price on her head, for refusing to join a coven. Eda, being [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority Eda]], naturally takes this in stride. [[spoiler:Luz, Lilith, and even Hooty later end up with additional bounties as well, as [[VaguenessIsComing The Day of Unity]] approaches, and pressures at joining a coven intensify. King is the only one who doesn't get his own dedicated bounty because Emperor Belos mistook him for being Eda's pet dog (which is what ultimately leads to his downfall).]]

* ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'': Some loopers, such as Pikachu and Anakin Skywalker, are known to put out rewards for non-loopers to find and capture [=MLE=]s during loops.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Every one of the fugitives that Jet and Spike are chasing has this as an incentive for the heroes to catch them. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption It rarely works out]].

* Bounties are a regular feature of the so-called Leijiverse. The title characters of both ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' and ''Anime/QueenEmeraldas'' have large bounties on their heads, along with their companion Tochiro. Random side characters with bounties also appear from time to time. In an interesting variation, the price is often given as a one-year supply of energy capsules instead of cash.

* WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}: [[spoiler:After toad tower falls on his watch,]] Captain Grime is declared a fugitive for his failure, with him and Sasha having to fight off [[FrontlineGeneral General Yunan]] when she tries to eliminate him.

* WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse: Eda has a rather high price on her head, along with King, for refusing to join a coven. Eda, being [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority Eda]], naturally takes this in stride. [[spoiler:Luz, Lilith, and even Hooty later end up with additional bounties as well, as [[VaguenessIsComing The Day of Unity]] approaches, and pressures at joining a coven intensify.]]

* ''Film/JohnWick'': Viggo puts a $2,000,000 bounty on John to try and prevent him from killing his son, being prepared to take it to twice that if an assassin is willing to breach the rules of The Continental and kill him on-premises.
* ''Film/JohnWickChapter2'': After John honours Santino D'Antonio's marker, Santino promptly puts a price on his head, and eventually doubles it as John cuts a bloody swathe through everyone who tries to collect. The consequences of this continue into [[Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum Chapter Three]] (and [[Film/JohnWickChapter4 beyond]]).
--> '''The Bowery King:''' He's offered seven million dollars for your life. Seven million dollars is a lot of money, Mr. Wick.\\

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': After Akira goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the MegaCorp executive Chloe for stealing from one of his close friends, after Chloe gets to the safety of the city, she puts a 50 billion aurum bounty on his head. What follows is Akira hiding in the wilderness with Carol in her camper/APC hybrid, a massive battle where tank formations and artillery encircle Akira and his team in an ambush (since Akira is a OneManArmy at that point), all culminating in TheSiege of his Hunter Gang’s HomeBase in the slums. [[spoiler:This was all part of TheConspiracy to show off that corporation's power by Alice to help it recruit someone, and they pay Akira and the city off.]]

* On ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', [[TheCaptain Captain Archer]] escapes a life sentence on the Klingon gulag Rura Penthe. Later in the season, it's revealed that the Klingons have put a price on his head. After he escapes a capture attempt, it likely goes up.