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* ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'': After English foils Pascal Sauvage's scheme to take over England, Sauvage is placed under arrest. Afterwards, a SpinningPaper is shown, which mentions that he may be executed for his crimes.

* In Season 5 of ''Series/TheSopranos'', legendary gangster Feech La Manna is released after nearly twenty years in prison. As a sign of respect and as a reward for not snitching, Tony allows him to collect money from various illegal activities. However, Feech stills sees Tony as a kid, completely ignoring Tony's status as boss and begins to cause headaches. First he breaks the arm of landscaper Sal Vitro to force him to give up some of his routes. Vitro is forced to go to Tony for help and ultimately suffers enough financial difficulty that he has to pull his son from college ''and'' landscape both Tony and Johnny Sack's large homes for free. Feech apologizes to Tony and pledges his respect, but when he hears Dr. Ira Fried speak of his daughter's lavish, expensive wedding he organizes a mass hijacking of the guests' expensive cars, causing more headaches for Tony. Knowing he cannot have such a respected gangster whacked, Tony sets a plan in motion. Chris and Benny trick Feech into storing stolen plasma televisions in his garage. His parole office is tipped off and the last scene of Feech in the series is him on the bus to prison, catching as much of the outside world as he can before he returns to prison for the rest of his life.

* Many episodes of ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'' end with one or more police officers walking into the scene and leading off the villain of the day after their latest scheme is foiled.

* In the fifth season of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', Duncan, in an attempt to defy his BadassDecay, blows up Chris’s “summer cottage” (actually an elaborate mansion). Chris wastes no time in [[NonGameplayElimination not only voting him off]], but in [[RealityEnsues sending him to jail for arson]].

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* In the ''Film/TheFugitive'' the last time [[spoiler: Dr. [[BigBad Nichols]]]] and [[spoiler: one-armed man [[TheDragon Sikes]]]] are seen are when they are handcuffed and placed inside a squad.

** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': Senator Stern is last seen getting arrested towards the end of the film. Considering that his actor died 2 years after the movie's release, we can safely assume that this is the last appearance of the character in the franchise.

* In Season 5 of Series/TheSopranos, legendary gangster Feech La Manna is released after nearly twenty years in prison. As a sign of respect and as a reward for not snitching, Tony allows him to collect money from various illegal activities. However, Feech stills sees Tony as a kid, completely ignoring Tony's status as boss and begins to cause headaches. First he breaks the arm of landscaper Sal Vitro to force him to give up some of his routes. Vitro is forced to go to Tony for help and ultimately suffers enough financial difficulty that he has to pull his son from college ''and'' landscape both Tony and Johnny Sack's large homes for free. Feech apologizes to Tony and pledges his respect, but when he hears Dr. Ira Fried speak of his daughter's lavish, expensive wedding he organizes a mass hijacking of the guests' expensive cars, causing more headaches for Tony. Knowing he cannot have such a respected gangster whacked, Tony sets a plan in motion. Chris and Benny trick Feech into storing stolen plasma televisions in his garage. His parole office is tipped off and the last scene of Feech in the series is him on the bus to prison, catching as much of the outside world as he can before he returns to prison for the rest of his life.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Most episodes in the series end with the real killer being arrested, which is usually the last we hear of them. Key word being ''usually'' as the Ace Attorney universe has The Afterlife, ghosts, spirit mediums ''and'' the death penalty. Put all four together...

* ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'': In a rare case of a main Bond villain not being killed outright, the wily Georgi Koskov is ultimately arrested by the Russians after all his schemes unravel. His last scene leaves it open to interpretation whether they're going to imprison him or simply execute him but in either case, he's taken away and never seen again.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Most episodes in the series end with the real killer being arrested, which is usually the last we hear of them.

* In Season 5 of Series/TheSopranos, legendary gangster Feech La Manna is released after nearly twenty years in prison. As a sign of respect and as a reward for not snitching, Tony allows him to collect money from various illegal activities. However, Feech stills sees Tony as a kid, completely ignoring Tony's status as boss and begins to cause headaches. First he breaks the arm of landscaper Sal Vitro to force him to give up some of his routes. Vitro is forced to go to Tony for help and ultimately suffers enough financial difficulty that he has to pull his son from college ''and'' landscape both Tony and Johnny Sack's large homes for free. Feech apologizes to Tony and pledges his respect, but when he hears Dr. Ira Fried speak of his daughter's lavish, expensive wedding he organizes a mass hijacking of the guests' expensive cars, causing more headaches for Tony. Knowing he cannot have such a respected gangster whacked, Tony sets a plan in motion. Chris and Benny trick Feech into storing stolen plasma televisions in his garage. His parole office is tipped off and the last shot of Feech in the series is him on the bus to prison, catching as much of the outside world as he can before he returns to prison for the rest of his life.

* In Season 5 of Series/TheSopranos, legendary gangster Feech La Manna is released after nearly twenty years of prison. As a sign of respect and as a reward for not snitching, Tony allows him to collect money from various illegal activities. However, Feech stills sees Tony as a kid, completely ignoring that Tony is now the boss and begins to cause headaches. First he breaks the arm of landscaper Sal Vitro to force him to give up some of his routes, a situation that forces Vitro to go to Tony for help and ultimately causes him enough financial difficulty that he has to pull his son from college. Feech apologizes to Tony and pledges his respect, but when he hears Dr. Ira Fried speak of his daughter's lavish, expensive wedding he organizes a mass hijacking of the guests' expensive cars, causing more headaches for Tony. Knowing he cannot have such a respected gangster whacked, Tony sets a plan in motion. Chris and Benny trick Feech into storing stolen Plasma TVs in his garage. His parole office is tipped off and the last shot of Feech in the series is him on the bus to prison, catching as much of the outside world as he can before he returns to prison for the rest of his life.

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' Season 1, at the conclusion of a four part crossover with ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Faith turned herself in for her cross-series crime spree and was sent off to prison. Aside from a cameo in the season 2 opener, that was the last she was heard from in either series [[spoiler: until Season 4]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': Lawrence is arrested at the end for conspiring with the BigBad, Dr. Facilier, to take over New Orleans. Facilier himself meets his end [[spoiler:at the hands of his supernatural Friends on the Other Side.]]
* Plankton is arrested at the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' for taking over Bikini Bottom. Since the movie is the end of the series proper according to WordOfGod, despite lasting several more seasons and two movie sequels, this can be considered Plankton's final fate.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryOfTerror'' ends with police officers coming to arrest [[spoiler:the motel manager, who had been stealing guests' toys and selling them online.]] The suspect tries to get away on their squad car, but crashes into the motel sign and then runs away, with the implication that he didn't get far.

* ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'': When English is accidentally [[spoiler:crowned king of England,]] he himself places Sauvage under arrest for attempting to take over England. Afterwards, a SpinningPaper tells the audience of Sauvage's arrest, and adds that he may be executed for his crimes.

** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': Senator Stern is last seen getting arrested towards the end of the film. Considering that his actor died, we can safely assume that this is the last appearance of the character in the franchise.

* ''Film/JohnnyEnglish'': After English foils Pascal Sauvage's scheme to take over England, Sauvage is placed under arrest. Afterwards, a SpinningPaper is shown, which mentions that he may be executed for his crimes.

* ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'': Sunny Burch and his associates are last seen being arrested by the FBI.
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': Helmut Zemo is taken to prison by Black Panther before he can commit suicide, ultimately sitting out the next few years until his return in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''.
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': Senator Stern is last seen getting arrested towards the end of the film. Considering that his actor died, we can safely assume that this is the last appearance of the character in the franchise.

* ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'': Unlike most MCU villains, Adrian Toomes/The Vulture is arrested and sent to prison instead of dying. There is a quick scene near the end showing Toomes in prison, where he meets Mac Gargan, a minor villain from earlier who also got arrested.

* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Batman has the opportunity to let the Joker fall to his death, but following his CharacterDevelopment, he instead catches the Joker with his grappling hook, letting him dangle upside down for the police to take him away.

* In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the last scene shows the antagonist being dragged off to the brig by Odo.

* ''Film/HomeAlone'': The Wet Bandits are arrested by the police after their defeat at the end of the movie. There was originally going to be a scene showing them in jail, but it was cut.

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'': Due to a combination of writer's block, NoBudget, and everyone getting fed up with the film's TroubledProduction. Arthur and his knights prepare to storm the French castle and are then promptly arrested by modern police officers for the murder of a historian killed by a random knight halfway through the film, without so much as closing credits.

* ''Literature/RickyRicottasMightyRobot'': Every book ends with the VillainOfTheWeek getting locked up in the same prison building, which gets increasingly full as the series goes on.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'' closes out the NES era with Doctor Wily at last arrested and behind bars.

* ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' and ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' both end with Superman taking Lex Luthor to prison. In the latter film, Superman tells him "See you in twenty", which became HilariousInHindsight when the next Superman film, ''Film/SupermanReturns'' came out almost 20 years later.

* In the ''Film/TheFugitive'' the last time [[spoiler: Dr. [[BigBad Nichols]]]] and [[spoiler: one armed man [[TheDragon Sikes]]]] are seen are when they are handcuffed and placed inside a squad.

* ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'': In a rare case of a main Bond villain not being killed outright, the wily Georgi Koskov is ultimately arrested by the Russians after all his schemes unravel. His last scene leaves it open to interpretation whether they?re going to imprison him or simply execute him, but in either case he?s taken away and never seen again.

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'': Due to a combination of writer's block, NoBudget and everyone getting fed up with the film's TroubledProduction. Arthur and his knights prepare to storm the French castle, and are then promptly arrested by modern police officers for the murder of a historian killed by a random knight halfway through the film, without so much as closing credits.

* In ''Film/TheWarriors'' this is Ajax's fate. After he lags behind the others to chat up a woman, he becomes sexually aggressive with her and she handcuffs him to a bench, revealing herself to an undercover police officer. Snow and Cowboy go back for him, only to see him being taken away by the cops and they're unable to help him. In a 2009 comic miniseries the Warriors bust Ajax out of jail, but in the film itself this is the last we see of him.

* The warlock Ethan Rayne was a repeat antagonist for ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' in early seasons. He was last seen being taken into custody by Riley and The Initiative in season 4, and does not appear again.
* An integral part of every single episode of ''Series/ColdCase'' is the killer being arrested for their crimes and taken away. Trials are never shown, nor is it discussed what's going to happen to any of them in prison - presuming they make it that far. There are a couple of exceptions in the over 150 episodes, including "Mindhunters" (which ends with the killer walking free), "A Perfect Day" (where the killer was [[spoiler:already dead]] so Stillman had to do a replacement of having his photograph taken down; and in "Torn", every single character except the maid's daughter has already died so there's nobody to arrest. Every other episode follows the pattern. There are also semi examples which play with the formula, like in "The Road" where the killer was arrested at the beginning of the episode, so it couldn't technically happen at the end of the episode, but it did end with the police taking him into custody.

* ''VideoGame/BugFables'': In the end of the "Explorer Check!" sidequest, when Team Snakemouth defeats Cenn and Pisci (who attempted to impersonate the exploration team to smuggle items from the Ant Storage Service worker), they end up attempting to escape, but were thwarted by Gen and Eri, who sedated them with the Sleep Bomb trap. Gen and Eri then thank Team Snakemouth for their assistance in apprehending criminals, and the two ruffians were shipped off into prison. [[spoiler:Much later, when Team Snakemouth visits said prison in the penultimate chapter during its occupation by [[WickedWasps wasps]], Cenn and Pisci can be seen there, sitting in their prison cells despite the fact that they have a perfect opportunity to escape, implying that they genuinely want to atone themselves by serving out their sentence.]]

* ''VideoGame/SpiderMan'' ends with a scene showing Rhino, Mysterio, Scorpion, Doc Ock, and a random {{Mook}} sharing a prison cell. The sequel, ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro'' has a similar final scene, with Hammerhead, Shocker and Electro sharing a cell, with the final shot revealing [[ContinuityNod their cell is right next to the one from the first game]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Most of the show's villains either make a HeelFaceTurn, or get get [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away somehow]] after being blasted by the concentrated [[ThePowerOfFriendship Magic of Friendship]]. It's rare to see them arrested, but not completely unheard of:

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': When the villains aren't either [[KilledOffForReal killed]], [[SealedEvilInACan sealed off]], [[AFateWorseThanDeath some horrific fate]] or outright [[VillainExitStageLeft leave before they can be caught]] this trope is what usually happens to them. Among these villains being Pythor in Season 3, The Sons of Garmadon in Season 8 and Lord Garmadon in Season 9.