This page will cover a wick check for the trope The Commies Made Me Do It.
Progress: 60/60 (complete).
Why?: This trope appears to be a The Same, but More Specific version of I Have Your Wife.
Comments in bold. All spoiler tags have been removed, given that most entries had them.
Indexes, sandboxes, commented-out entries and other non-example pages are excluded.
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Villain is threatening the character's loved one(s) (I Have Your Wife) 37/60
- Leviathan: Played with. When Vergilius asks Nanseul why he betrayed the rest of the Office, he states that unlike The Ring, Vergilius won't harm Nanseul's family over his betrayal.
- The Last Guest: Rose only betrayed Jez and Guest and obeyed the Colonel so that he wouldn't execute her mother. This one is even jointly listed as I Have Your Wife.
- Tropes A to I: In The Vor Game, at least one of Cavilo's men is only following her because of his wife and family being held prisoner.
- Puzzle & Dragons: Ayame's motivation for going to Paradox, as shown in The Reveal, although this is played with in execution. Enigma promised Ayame that he would help her find her pet, Sayaa, if she joined. In reality, Enigma is holding her cat hostage and Nick figured out this plot.
- Keeper of the Sun and Moon: Kol helps Reyna capture the MC because his siblings are in danger.
- Literature: Tessia's parents Alduin and Merial learn from Agrona himself that the Beast Will Arthur had given Tessia has given him control over whether their daughter lives or dies. After giving them a Sadistic Choice over whether he lets Tessia die or they let in his forces into the Council Castle to kill Virion, they choose the latter. (The Beginning After the End)
- Literature: Copy-and-paste of the above.
- Fuga: Melodies of Steel: After beating him, Britz reveals that the Berman message he found in the previous chapter said that his mother and sister are under their imprisonment. The ultimatum given is that he is to return to active service along with intel on the Taranis or his family's lives are forfeit.
- Wonder Woman (1975): The villainness Paula von Gunther who worked for the Nazis was revealed as doing so because they had her daughter captive. (In the comics she was a willing accomplice, until her Heel–Face Turn.)
- The Third Day: Although not commies. Jess tells Sam that she betrayed him and more or less stalked him around the island so he couldn't escape because she's from a similar cult community and her (abusive?) husband had their daughters.
- MacGyver (1985): In "Deathlock", the girl of the week turns out to be acting as a mole for the bad guys because they have her brother hostage.
- Chernobyl: A literal example — Shcherbina comments that anyone who tries to stand up to the Soviet government will not just be threatening themselves, but encouraging the government to go after their friends and family.
- Literature: He also has a penchant for making deals with lessers wherein he holds their loved ones' lives at stake though sometimes he promises them power and wealth. (Entry for Agrona Vritr, The Beginning After the End.)
- Mr Robot S 03 E 10: Santiago of all people. His reason for screwing over Dominique is that his mother would be a potential target of the Dark Army should he deviate from their agenda whatsoever.
- Chernobyl S1E4 "The Happiness of All Mankind": Copy-and-paste of the other Chernobyl example above.
- Welcome Back, Traitor: Markus only tried to betray Hiro because The Emperor threatened to kill his family if he didn't. Hiro and the rest of the party agree they'd have done the same in his place. Under "Justified".
- Literature: Another The Beginning After the End example regarding the same event detailed above.
- Paladin of Shadows: Dr. Arensky was forced into working for the villains because they took his daughter hostage.
- Casino Royale: Vesper's reason for her betrayal. She had a Polish boyfriend who was in the RAF and was captured by the Soviets. He revealed information about her under torture and the Soviets told her that her boyfriend would live only if she worked for them.
- Colombiana: Cataleya tells Agent Ross she'll kill a member of his family every week if he doesn't get Sandoval's location from the CIA.
- Casino Royale (2006): The post-Soviet version. Vesper Lynd turns out to be working for the bad guys because they have her boyfriend hostage.
- Walk a Mile in Another's Shoes: Izuku is forced to spy for All for One because his mother has been taken hostage.
- The Mighty Thor: Thor #358 features a Soviet plot to destroy the USA's economy; one of the key players is an immigrant who's being blackmailed into helping for the sake of his parents who are still in Soviet hands.
- Superman (Phillip Kennedy Johnson): Thao-La asks Superman to forgive her before she attacks him and his family. She doesn't want to attack them, but she's terrified of Mongul punishing her loved ones if she refuses to do his will.
- Undocumented Features: She was originally a GENOM undercover agent, convinced with the hope of being reunited with her friends. (Folder for Eiko Rose).
- The Beginning After The End Royal Families: As of Volume 10, both the grandmother and her sister died due to overexerting their Cast from Lifespan divination powers, the father and mother were forced to make a deal with the Big Bad when he revealed he had control over their daughter's life and were executed in the aftermath, and the daughter was captured and turned into the vessel for the Legacy (though she is still Fighting from the Inside).
- The Beginning After The End Arthur Leywin: The same as the Nice Job Breaking It, Hero page example above.
- The Beginning After The End Agrona Vritra: The same as the Satanic Archetype page example above.
- SPY×FAMILY: Ostania: He intends to do that with Twilight by keeping Anya hostage and forcing him to take pictures of the Minister's wig himself. He fortunately never had the chance to even start this scheme. (Edgar)
- Phantasy Star Universe: He is coerced into assassinating president Dallgun by the Illuminus' leader (who threatens to kill his father if he doesn't comply.) The attempt fails and he is forced to flee. (Ethan Waber)
- Luminosity: When the Volturi order her and her coven to act as The Mole among the rebels, they take David prisoner to ensure compliance. (Tanya)
- I Became a Dog: He nearly killed Catherine, but only because Lily was holding Nancy hostage. (Max)
- ''HIVE Series Students: Played straight. Pretty much the whole point of Aftershock. They use her brother. (Laura)
- EVE Online: Again, the Nefantar aided the Amarr conquest of the other tribes because they didn't want to see their own families enslaved. Naturally, the rest of the Minmatar have very little sympathy for them.
- Dune: The Harkonnens kidnap his wife and torture her, threatening to continue her agony unless Yueh betrays the Atreides. He's aware that she's almost certainly dead, but the thought of leaving her in the Harkonnens' clutches is unbearable enough that he goes through with the betrayal. (Dr. Yueh)
- Literature: Yet another reference to the same The Beginning After the End example.
- Woobie Family: Yet one more instance of the above.
Villain is threatening to reveal compromising information (Blackmail) 3/60
- Inverted. In this case it's the Commie who was made to do it* — Dr. Cossack was blackmailed by Wily into conquering the world and destroying Mega Man with his robots. Borderline ZCE, but it claims it's Blackmail of some sort.
- I Owe You My Life: Space Pirate Ryoko Balouta from Tenchi Muyo! GXP, blackmailed into trying to assassinate the protagonist Seina, swears to serve him after he saves her life (and her crew's families, who were held hostage, are freed unharmed). The crush on him doesn't hurt, of course... And again.
- Self-Restraint: The Amerimanga Gold Digger has Crush, a former superheroine who was blackmailed into serving a supervillain; she accepted her prison sentence and refuses to seek parole, despite being a model prisoner who helps keep her prison in order. She's trying to repent for "going native" and killing a petty criminal who was actually an undercover policeman.
ZCE & Potholes 18/60
- The Last Guest: Was Rose really a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing that wanted to ruin Guest and Jez's lives or just because the Bacon Colonel Made Her Do It? The Great War confirms the latter.
- Exo Squad: Diana.
- My Hero Academia Traitor Theories: There are ways to get people to help you even if they don't actually want to.
- The Red Queen: Literal examples abound in a series about the USSR! *groans*
- Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn: The "traitorous" captive townsfolk at the battle of the Stone of Farewell.
- Dune: Dr. Yueh's rationale for betraying the Atreides.
- Dune: Identical to the above.
- Literature: This revelation plays a major role in the climax of Volume 7, as it means Agrona has control over Tessia's life which he uses to blackmail her parents into letting his forces into the Council Castle at the close of the war]]. The Beginning After the End again, with no context.
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934): Why Marguerite betrays the Pimpernel to Chauvelin.
- Gold Digger: Crush; although somewhat justifiable, she notably refused a "Get Out of Jail Free" Card and chose to do the time for the crimes she committed, proving she did have moral fiber.
- Arthur Benton: invoked several times in the second cycle. It's Cold War after all. [sic] *sighs heavily*
- Gold Digger Other Characters: Introduced as a Boxed Cape working for Tirant. (Crush).
- Forced into Evil, I Have Your Wife, Justified Criminal, Trapped by Gambling Debts, Treacherous Quest Giver: Comparison potholes.
- In the Indiana Jones parody episode of Phineas and Ferb, Isabella is an Ingenue and a Femme Fatale, having business cards for both. "A girl has to earn a living!" (She's also a certified Damsel in Distress. And a Dirty Double-Crosser.)
Any other misuse 2/60
- Resident Evil Roleplaying: Occurs frequently whenever the players play games like Truth or Dare or ask for anonymous questions. Invoked word-for-word by Bertha when she was dared to lick Keith. I don't think this is an example?
- Tenchi Muyo! GXP: Kidnapped as a child and brainwashed into becoming a pirate. Clearly nothing to do with the trope.
