Xander: You don't hide. You're bait. Go act baity.
Cordelia: What's the plan?
Xander: The vampire attacks you.
Cordelia: And then what?
Xander: The vampire kills you. We watch, we rejoice.
Cordelia: What's the plan?
Xander: The vampire attacks you.
Cordelia: And then what?
Xander: The vampire kills you. We watch, we rejoice.
— Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Anne"
"I object to being used as psychopath bait!"
— Marten, Questionable Content #742
Joker: You used me as bait?
Shepard: Go!
Joker: You used me as bait! You see that? The Savior of the Citadel uses the brittle-bones guy as bait.
Shepard: Go!
Joker: You used me as bait! You see that? The Savior of the Citadel uses the brittle-bones guy as bait.
— Mass Effect 3, Citadel DLC
Maya: I have a plan. Damon, you be a decoy.
Damon: Me be the decoy? It's your brilliant plan, you be the decoy! [...] It sure is dangerous for me to be out here, all alone...hope no-one attacks me...
Damon: Me be the decoy? It's your brilliant plan, you be the decoy! [...] It sure is dangerous for me to be out here, all alone...hope no-one attacks me...
Hemlock: Pope, I really don't mind you being an asshole, you really can't help that, but I do mind you lying to me like I was a fool. Now you came here with one thought in mind, and that was to attach yourself to me so the target would know who I am and what I am. Now, who's gonna perform this sanction if he gets me? You?
Pope: You don't think I can handle it?
Hemlock: In a locked closet with a grenade.
— The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Bodie: I always knew it, you know...you're as mad as he is.
Doyle: Who?
Bodie: The nutter! He could be anywhere...a thousand yards....laser sight...couldn't miss.
Doyle: Yeah but he won't, will he? He's teasing me. He's not just a nutter, he's a sadistic nutter. He's setting me up.
Bodie: Yeah, and you're just going to sit there and take it like a traditional nanny goat...
Doyle: ...till he comes out to get me.
Bodie: And then what?
Shaggy: Like, I can't count how many times the two of us were bait to catch some crazy mask-wearing villain. (takes out some photos) Here's the time you guys made us dress like giant tools to catch the Monstrous Mechanic. Or as ducks to catch the Horrific Huntsman. Or when we had to be the cow to catch the Crazed Cowgirl from Beyond the Grave. Scooby-Doo almost got milked!
Scooby: It was so humiliating.
Jill: Carlos its Jill. Do you read me?
Carlos: Loud and clear. You alright?
Jill: Yeah... [Nemesis] is dead.
Carlos: Good. Fuck 'im. But what were you thinking turning yourself into bait? You could've been killed.
Jill: Don't start. I did what I had to do.
Carlos: Loud and clear. You alright?
Jill: Yeah... [Nemesis] is dead.
Carlos: Good. Fuck 'im. But what were you thinking turning yourself into bait? You could've been killed.
Jill: Don't start. I did what I had to do.
"[Saddler] thinks he's going to lure me out."
— Leon, noticing Ada tied up hanging from a scaffold, Resident Evil 4 (Remake)
“Bait,” he said.
“The word seems to bother you. Call it sushi, if you like that better. It amounts to the same thing.”
“The word seems to bother you. Call it sushi, if you like that better. It amounts to the same thing.”
— Hit List by Lawrence Block
"Batman needs Robin. Why do you think he makes us wear those lame colors? 'Cause we're drawing fire. "Look over here, assholes!" Then boom, the Bat lands and starts trashing ass!"
— Jason Todd, Titans (2018)
