I know exactly what you are thinking, Jack Harkness, I know it: "She won't do this, not really, not my Gwen. No, Gwen she can't hurt me. Gwen loves me. She never hands me anywh" — You know this is about my daughter. And I swear for her sake I will see you killed like a dog right in front of me if it means I get her back in my arms. Understood?
— Gwen Cooper, Torchwood: Miracle Day
Aquamarine: We've learned so much about your life, Steven. Especially how much you love your precious My-Dad. But if you want him back, you'll have to do us a favor or two. Such as...destroying your house!
Ruby: Yeah!
Aquamarine: Bubble your friends!
Ruby: Yeah!
Aquamarine: And burn Little Homeworld to the ground!
Ruby: Do it!
Steven: No!
Aquamarine: Then My-Dad gets it.
Ruby: Gets what?
Aquamarine: Gets hurt. Just do what we saw in that movie.
Ruby: Yeah!
Aquamarine: Bubble your friends!
Ruby: Yeah!
Aquamarine: And burn Little Homeworld to the ground!
Ruby: Do it!
Steven: No!
Aquamarine: Then My-Dad gets it.
Ruby: Gets what?
Aquamarine: Gets hurt. Just do what we saw in that movie.
— Steven Universe: Future, "Bluebird"
Ava: We'll make them bring the lab back.
Foster: How?
Ava: Lang. He has a daughter, right?
Foster: You can't mean that. Ava, I tolerate a lot of the things you do out there, but I won't be a part of anything like that.
Ava: You're not the one who's about to fade away into nothing, Bill! I am! You said you could fix me! You promised.
Foster: I know. I will. But not like that. You lay one finger on that little girl, I won't help you, and we're done.
Foster: How?
Ava: Lang. He has a daughter, right?
Foster: You can't mean that. Ava, I tolerate a lot of the things you do out there, but I won't be a part of anything like that.
Ava: You're not the one who's about to fade away into nothing, Bill! I am! You said you could fix me! You promised.
Foster: I know. I will. But not like that. You lay one finger on that little girl, I won't help you, and we're done.
I ran into some technical difficulties with this game. Instead of the burning pain I was expecting in my eyes from the Power Rangers Ninja Storm title screen, my Game Boy displayed a picture of my mother with a laser knife to her throat and croaked in a digital voice, "REMOVE THE GAME FROM MY CARTRIDGE PORT. OR THE HUMAN WOMAN DIES." So yes, this video game is a tragedy, but the fact that it could actually cause a machine to feel emotions, no matter how terrifying, is an amazing technological leap for the industry.
— Seanbaby
You need some motivation
Just look at Ben's face
Then ask yourself how long you think I'll remain patient
I'll throw him overboard and let him swim with killer sharks
You either hand over the wand or he'll be ripped apart.
—>—Uma, Descendants 2
Just look at Ben's face
Then ask yourself how long you think I'll remain patient
I'll throw him overboard and let him swim with killer sharks
You either hand over the wand or he'll be ripped apart.
—>—Uma, Descendants 2
Isn't it grand what I've managed to do?
By kidnapping those...closest to you.
I've taken their souls to lay on the line...
In a winner-take-all...duel for all time!
By kidnapping those...closest to you.
I've taken their souls to lay on the line...
In a winner-take-all...duel for all time!
—Pegasus, Yu-Gi-Oh! "Face Up, Face Down"
"Malcolm Hawke was reluctant. Had to be… persuaded. I was Warden Commander, it was my duty. I delivered an ultimatum – 'help us or you'll never see her again'."
—Larius, Dragon Age II
"Listen carefully. I have taken your wife hostage. If you don't have a wife, I have kidnapped your brother. Nod if you understand. Now, back away from Burns, and I will let your dog live."
—Homer Simpson, E. Pluribus Wiggum
Some very rich people live in the lawless nooks and crannies of the world. Many of those rich people have families, and you became quite rich by finding out just how much some of those family members were worth. Sometimes, Daddy thought you were bluffing and you buried a little corpse in an unmarked grave. More often, Husband Dearest figured out that you were serious and got his wife back none the worse for wear.
—The Bogeyman, Vampire: The Masquerade - Clanbook: Assamite (Revised)
John. As recordings are so... sadly impersonal, I'll have to imagine what your face looks like now. Etched with failure, I expect. I have Ka D'Argo's son. Surrender to me, or the boy dies.
—Scorpius, Farscape, "With Friends Like These"
Jason Brody: I'm here for my friend, Keith.
Buck Hughes: Nah, sorry, doesn't ring a bell.
Jason: You bought him from Hoyt.
Buck(getting a beer): Oh, him! He said his name was...(imitates Keith screaming through a gag, then laughs helplessly).
Jason: You're hysterical.
Buck: All right, then. Let's get down to brass tacks. You must be Jason Brody.
Jason: Look, I just want Keith!
Buck: Jason, Jason, Jason. We're not all savages here! We're just businessmen, responsible capitalists. I've got something that, that you want, right? That's a product. You've got something that I want.
Jason: And what the hell is that?
Buck: Ooh, temper, temper, Jas. Be careful. If you do me in, you'll never get him back.
Buck Hughes: Nah, sorry, doesn't ring a bell.
Jason: You bought him from Hoyt.
Buck(getting a beer): Oh, him! He said his name was...(imitates Keith screaming through a gag, then laughs helplessly).
Jason: You're hysterical.
Buck: All right, then. Let's get down to brass tacks. You must be Jason Brody.
Jason: Look, I just want Keith!
Buck: Jason, Jason, Jason. We're not all savages here! We're just businessmen, responsible capitalists. I've got something that, that you want, right? That's a product. You've got something that I want.
Jason: And what the hell is that?
Buck: Ooh, temper, temper, Jas. Be careful. If you do me in, you'll never get him back.
I ring you, you do the job. You don't do what I tell you, the kid dies. You don't do it where I tell you, the kid dies. You don't do it when I tell you, the kid dies. Are you getting my drift? Now, you want to see your kid again, you do exactly what I say. You talk to anyone, you're late, or you let me down, your kid dies! Any questions?
Not every threat a Nephandus levels against the object of her quest is against him directly. Snatching a loved one - children are preferred when available - and then offering to trade the hostage's continued good health in exchange for service is a time-honored Nephandic technique. The victim is presented with evidence of the hostage's current health and peril, and informed that the hostage will stay health as long as the target does exactly what he's told. Nine times out of ten, the tasks laid before him serve no real purpose other than to sully his reputation and get him used to committing atrocities. Orders to commit theft or vandalism rapidly transform into demands for assault, murder and worse. But, with the hostage's safety in the balance, the target can do nothing but obey.
In may cases, once the victim is judged sufficiently tainted, the hostage is killed and the corpse mutilated for the new recruit's benefit. However, with his reputation savaged and even his former friends convinced that he's irredeemable, the target has nowhere else to go. Confronted with evidence that he's destroyed himself in vain, his options are death, self-destruction or damnation. More times than not, he chooses the last.
—Mage: The Ascension - The Book Of Madness
I told you I wanted my doll back, and since you don't care enough to give my poor sweet lovely doll back to me even after three hundred and fifty souls lie dead at my feet, I WILL MAKE YOU CARE. I made the little Lion cry. I sheared him and sent a part of him to you as a present. I even wrote this letter in his blood. Do you see it? Do you care, or are you as heartless as you always have been? Can you hear him weeping in his sleep? I made him bleed, all because of you.
—The Hellion, The Land of What Might-Have-Been
Inuyasha: Let me get this straight, you and I are supposed to be lovers?
Kagome: This is no time to get all shy!
Inuyasha: You actually think I'd hand over the jewel shards as a ransom to get you back?!
Kagome: Of course you would! Cause that's what a lover would do!
Kagome: This is no time to get all shy!
Inuyasha: You actually think I'd hand over the jewel shards as a ransom to get you back?!
Kagome: Of course you would! Cause that's what a lover would do!
— Inuyasha
Ra's Al Ghul: "Now, as to the matter of your wife. If I wished to use her against you, Detective, I can assure you of this: I would kidnap her. Oh, yes, I would. I would make certain that she was alive and that you knew it, but that you also knew that I had power over her. And thus I would have power over you. But I would not kill her. Not unless it presented great advantage to me, or unless all else was lost and it was the last stroke I could play. I promise you, Detective, I am far away from my last stroke."
Batman: "You may be closer than you think."
Ra's Al Ghul: "Death follows close behind us all, Detective. But in most cases, I am the one who pushes its hand. No. I am not lying to you. I had nothing to do with the attempt on your wife's life. Now, if someday your wife should be taken by brigands, there is the possiblity, and no more than that, that I may be behind it. That will be if I need your help, and you refuse a polite request. Should you perform that request, she will be freed unharmed. This would be done, certainly."
Batman: "You may be closer than you think."
Ra's Al Ghul: "Death follows close behind us all, Detective. But in most cases, I am the one who pushes its hand. No. I am not lying to you. I had nothing to do with the attempt on your wife's life. Now, if someday your wife should be taken by brigands, there is the possiblity, and no more than that, that I may be behind it. That will be if I need your help, and you refuse a polite request. Should you perform that request, she will be freed unharmed. This would be done, certainly."
Kira: Guess who I'm holding hostage.
Raye Penber: ...No! You're holding her hostage? ("her" being Naomi Misora, Penbar's fiancée)
Kira: (smirks to self) That's right, and I'll kill her unless you do what I say.
Raye Penber: ...No! You're holding her hostage? ("her" being Naomi Misora, Penbar's fiancée)
Kira: (smirks to self) That's right, and I'll kill her unless you do what I say.
Quex-Ul: "There's one more thing you should know sir. The humans found out about Kal-El from a human they believed discovered his identity and befriended. A female named Lois Lane."
Aethyr: "Befriended? Please tell me he hasn't mated with one of those humans."
General Zod: "Well done Quex. This could be important. Bring back this Lois Lane as well. Having a hostage should keep him in line should we need to."
Aethyr: "Befriended? Please tell me he hasn't mated with one of those humans."
General Zod: "Well done Quex. This could be important. Bring back this Lois Lane as well. Having a hostage should keep him in line should we need to."
"Outlander! Outlander! We have your woman!"
—Malachi, Children of the Corn (1984)
While we wait to hear your response, I will continue my discussions with Lin. I have been enjoying her company greatly over these last weeks, and relish the chance to deal with her more closely. She bets that you will respond to this epistle while she still retains some of her headlegs. I remain unconvinced. The current rate is one headleg every two days we do not hear from you after today. Who will be proved right?
I will rip them from her while she twitches and spits, do you understand? And within two weeks I will tear her carapace from her headbody and feed her living head to the rats. I will personally hold her down while they lunch.
Yours sincerely,
"I don't want to kill you, Charley. I want you to bring Peter Vincent to my house. Just the two of you. That is, if you ever want to see Amy... again."
—Jerry Dandridge, Fright Night (1985)
Diaz: (waving Jenny's "I Love You Daddy" Father's Day card in Matrix's face) If you want your kid back then you gotta cooperate, right?
Matrix: Wrong. (shoots Diaz)
Matrix: Wrong. (shoots Diaz)
— Commando
Visitor: "Very well, Danvers... We learned the disruptors can only cause pain to your super-daughter... Her atoms are too compressed for any permanent damage... We cannot force you to work for us by threatening her... But nothing can prevent us from destroying your other loved one!"
Fred Danvers: "No! Not Edna— Not my wife!"
Fred Danvers: "No! Not Edna— Not my wife!"
The Boss: (picking up their phone) Carlos, where the fuck are you?
Jessica Parrish: I think your people skills need some work, sweetie.
The Boss: Jessica... how'd ya like Maero's new tattoo?
Jessica: Actually, I think it's pretty sexy... rugged, tough...
The Boss: Radioactive.
Jessica: That's cute.
The Boss: I try. Now what the fuck do you want?
Jessica: Well, I just wanted to let you know that since you were nice enough to give my man a makeover, I should return the favour... don't worry, by the time we're done with him, Carlos'll look just as handsome as Maero.
The Boss: Listen up, you fuckin' bitch...
Jessica: 'Course, I don't have access to the same materials you did, but ya know, I figure we can make do.
The Boss: When I find you-
Jessica: I'm sure you'll do something scary. Do me a favour. When they're scraping up your buddy's face, just remember Maero gave you a chance to be his partner.
Jessica Parrish: I think your people skills need some work, sweetie.
The Boss: Jessica... how'd ya like Maero's new tattoo?
Jessica: Actually, I think it's pretty sexy... rugged, tough...
The Boss: Radioactive.
Jessica: That's cute.
The Boss: I try. Now what the fuck do you want?
Jessica: Well, I just wanted to let you know that since you were nice enough to give my man a makeover, I should return the favour... don't worry, by the time we're done with him, Carlos'll look just as handsome as Maero.
The Boss: Listen up, you fuckin' bitch...
Jessica: 'Course, I don't have access to the same materials you did, but ya know, I figure we can make do.
The Boss: When I find you-
Jessica: I'm sure you'll do something scary. Do me a favour. When they're scraping up your buddy's face, just remember Maero gave you a chance to be his partner.
"Well, would you look at that! Those kids really care about you. And you care about them. DON'T YOU?! Perhaps torturing those kids will make you talk!"
—Bill Cipher to Stanford Pines, Gravity Falls
"Vergil. I don't know who you are, or why you have been stupid enough to attack me. But I know you mean something to this girl, so I suspect this girl means something to you. I also know that you are collaborating with the Nephilim. I want the Nephilim. You want the girl. We trade their lives."
—Mundus about Kat and Dante, DmC: Devil May Cry
Lightning: Serah's soul. That's what I'm missing.
Lumina: And you know who took it out, don't you? Bhunivelze did, when he woke you up to do his bidding. He must have messed with your memories, too, and tried and make you forget about it.
Lightning: And so he had the perfect "motivation". Or should I say, hostage. He's gonna hold onto her until I've done what he wants.
Lumina: And you know who took it out, don't you? Bhunivelze did, when he woke you up to do his bidding. He must have messed with your memories, too, and tried and make you forget about it.
Lightning: And so he had the perfect "motivation". Or should I say, hostage. He's gonna hold onto her until I've done what he wants.
"Don't hang up, Mr. Mayor. Your daughter's life depends on it."
—Damnd in the Attract Mode, Final Fight
