Basic Trope: A rape that takes place in prison.
- Straight: Bob is sent to prison and raped by his cellmate.
- Exaggerated:
- Bob is sent to prison and gang-raped by everyone in his cell block the first night. Oh, and did we mention that most of the rapists are black?
- Corrupt Charlie rapes the entire population of the prison. Even the guards.
- Alternatively, Bob is raped by everyone in prison, including the guards.
- Downplayed:
- Although Bob faces some sexual harassment, it doesn't go as far as rape or sexual assault.
- Bob offers himself to his cellmate, but only because the cellmate will protect him from other inmates.
- Justified:
- The cell mates were in prison for being rapists in the first place.
- This is a show of dominance over inmates perceived as "weak," or a form of punishment against those who committed particular crimes.
- Inverted: Bob gets raped only after he gets out of prison.
- Gender Inverted: Alice gets sent to prison and raped by her cellmate or a guard.
- Subverted:
- Some prisoners attempt to rape Bob, but Alex comes to his rescue.
- It looks like Alex is going to rape Bob, but it turns out he was actually flirting.
- Bob successfully fights back against his attackers.
- Double Subverted: Only to hold this against Bob and have his way with Bob later.
- Parodied:
- Some prisoners make a bet over who is going to rape Bob first, but none of them manages to succeed because the others try to sabotage it; meanwhile, Bob is oblivious to the whole thing.
- People from outside cheer on those who they think will rape Bob... yet all they're doing is giving an honest talk with him, and are disgusted with the idea they'll rape Bob.
- Bob drops the soap in the comfort and safety of his own home, and a scary prison inmate materializes out of nowhere.
- A Camp Gay Bob goes to prison, deliberately drops the soap in a crowded shower, and announces to the whole shower that he's about to bend over to pick it up, clearly looking for some action.
- Zig Zagged: Some characters in Trope State Correctional Facility are raped (or commit rape, or both), others are not.
- Averted:
- No rapes occur at TSCF. All sex is consensual.
- Bob has consensual sex with his cellmate, Alex.
- Or a conjugal visit from his wife/girlfriend.
- Lampshaded:
- "I hope that monster Bob gets his for what he did to Alice!"
- "Hey, Bob! Don't drop the soap!"
- Invoked: Bob notices a new Bishounen come in, and shouts "Hey guys! Fresh meat over here!!".
- Exploited:
- "Bob, this prison is full of rapists. You won't last past the first shower. That's why you should join me in trying to escape".
- The guards turn a blind eye to the rape, allowing the prisoners to rape each other in exchange for cooperation with authorities.
- Defied:
- The prisoners (and guards) refuse to commit rape, being disgusted by the very idea.
- Alex tells Bob who to look out for and who not to talk to, and protects Bob while in with him.
- Whenever a new prisoner or guard arrives, the Warden warns him that rapists will not be tolerated and that anyone caught committing rape will be summarily executed in the courtyard. The Warden also makes them watch old videos of these executions to show that he means business.
- Bob carves his toothbrush into a fine point, and uses it to stab his rapist to death at the first opportunity.
- The President makes it a goal to eliminate prison rape, launching sweeping investigations and punishing guards who turn a blind eye to it.
- All the inmates in the TSCF are placed in single cells and take showers in separate shower cabins, with lines for showers watched by the staff. While it's quite costly to keep them separate all the time (not to speak of the toll it takes on inmates' psyches), it does one big lot to prevent rapes, side effects be damned for the sake of the order.
- Discussed: "Poor Bob! How will he survive the next 15 years?!"
- Conversed: "Sheesh, I've been to prison once and I've probably never gotten raped, though I did see it occur once or twice."
- Implied: Shortly after his prison sentence begins, Bob begins walking with a limp and complaining of pain in his anus. He also has some... suspiciously-located bruises.
- Deconstructed:
- Bob is traumatized by what he went through, especially because no one will take him seriously. (Even thinking that maybe he deserved it.)
- Bob can not take it anymore.
- That's how Bob started raping people (men, women, or children) in the first place. He wanted to establish dominance to cope with the trauma.
- It is made abundantly clear that prison rape leads to a karmically twisted cycle of injustice in which everyone involved is at fault and suffers more because of it.
- Because society enables prison rape as karmic, it comes back to bite them in the ass when prisoners leave prison and reenter society as traumatized men.
- Reconstructed: Eventually, Bob finds someone that takes him seriously, and gets the help he needs. He eventually goes on to lead a normal (or normal-ish, depending on the length of his prison sentence) life.
- Played For Laughs: Double Standard: Rape, Male on Male
- Played For Drama: Rape as Drama
- Bob was arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and gets raped by his cellmates. When his attorney finally proves his innocence, he's left emotionally(and maybe physically) scarred.
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