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* ''Fanfic/TriptychContinuum'': The Diarchs have a habit of doing this, to the mixed frustration and terror of the Royal Guard. The Diarchs sympathize with their protectors' worries, but being kept under lock and key permanently would end with them going completely stir-crazy.
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* ''Manga/MamotteLollipop'', early on Nina gets really fed up with her male protectors and slips away more than once. One time was into the girls' room, only to have the antagonists waiting for her there. (This backfired on them when one admitted he was actually a boy in drag--in front of the female audience.)
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* ''Manga/MamotteLollipop'', early on Nina gets really fed up with her male protectors and slips away more than once. One time was into the girls' room, only to have the antagonists waiting for her there. (This backfired on them when one admitted he was actually a boy in drag--in front of the female audience.)
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'', Miorine never has any trouble evading her bodyguards and is often seen alone without their absence ever being addressed. It's established early that her father doesn't bother to vet them and they are extremely lazy, inattentive, and useless as far as guarding her, leaving it ambiguous in some cases if she ditched them on purpose or if they just carelessly lost track of her.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'', Miorine never has any trouble evading her bodyguards and is often seen alone without their absence ever being addressed. It's established early that her father doesn't bother to vet them and they are extremely lazy, inattentive, and useless as far as guarding her, leaving it ambiguous in some cases if she ditched them on purpose or if they just carelessly lost track of her.
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* In the first few episodes of ''{{Series/Arrow}}'', Oliver Queen does this constantly to John Diggle (and to his replacement until the latter resigns in exasperation). However it becomes unnecessary after Oliver reveals the truth about his vigilantism to Diggle and he becomes the first recruit to Team Arrow. It gets an amusing CallBack in Season 8 when Oliver--in an alternate Earth where he's reliving the events of the pilot episode--tries to [[StealthHiBye slip out of Diggle's car]] like when they first met, only to find Diggle has locked the car door in advance.
* ''Series/TheBill'' had a light version in an episode where a detective is doing some illicit moonlighting as a bodyguard, guarding the son of a Muslim businessman. The kid slips his bodyguard and goes partying instead, only returning at the last minute with a smug expression. The detective gets his revenge by giving a photograph he found of the kid drinking alcohol to his younger brother, so [[BigBrotherBully his elder brother can't afford to boss him around any more.]]
* ''Series/TheBill'' had a light version in an episode where a detective is doing some illicit moonlighting as a bodyguard, guarding the son of a Muslim businessman. The kid slips his bodyguard and goes partying instead, only returning at the last minute with a smug expression. The detective gets his revenge by giving a photograph he found of the kid drinking alcohol to his younger brother, so [[BigBrotherBully his elder brother can't afford to boss him around any more.]]
* Played straight on an episode of ''Series/BurnNotice'' when one of the protectees sneaks out of the safe house (read: "Michael's mother's garage") so she can go to prom. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Reality ensues]], but fortunately Michael is able to get there in time to rescue her.
** And again when Sam's friend Virgil, an ex-Navy SEAL, sneaks out with Michael's mom (mutual attraction), then one of the two sets of [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villains of the Week]] shows up at the club and kidnaps him.
** And again when Sam's friend Virgil, an ex-Navy SEAL, sneaks out with Michael's mom (mutual attraction), then one of the two sets of [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villains of the Week]] shows up at the club and kidnaps him.
* ''Series/TheEqualizer''. Robert [=McCall=] is not impressed when a little old lady does this to one of his operatives by locking them in the bathroom.
* Finn and Dana attempt this in ''Series/{{Homeland}}''. It ends badly.
* Finn and Dana attempt this in ''Series/{{Homeland}}''. It ends badly.
* On one episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', somebody puts out a hit on a Navy lieutenant commander that, naturally, he does not believe is genuine. But the trope is subverted twice: when he ditches Ziva halfway through the episode, absolutely nothing untoward happens. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he ditched Ziva so he could go kill the person who put out the hit.]]
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* On one episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', somebody puts out a hit on a Navy lieutenant commander that, naturally, he does not believe is genuine. But the trope is subverted twice: when he ditches Ziva halfway through the episode, absolutely nothing untoward happens. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he ditched Ziva so he could go kill the person who put out the hit.]]
* Played straight on an episode of ''Series/BurnNotice'' when one of the protectees sneaks out of the safe house (read: "Michael's mother's garage") so she can go to prom. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Reality ensues]], but fortunately Michael is able to get there in time to rescue her.
** And again when Sam's friend Virgil, an ex-Navy SEAL, sneaks out with Michael's mom (mutual attraction), then one of the two sets of [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villains of the Week]] shows up at the club and kidnaps him.
* Finn and Dana attempt this in ''Series/{{Homeland}}''. It ends badly.
* In the first few episodes of ''{{Series/Arrow}}'', Oliver Queen does this constantly to John Diggle (and to his replacement until the latter resigns in exasperation). However it becomes unnecessary after Oliver reveals the truth about his vigilantism to Diggle and he becomes the first recruit to Team Arrow. It gets an amusing CallBack in Season 8 when Oliver--in an alternate Earth where he's reliving the events of the pilot episode--tries to [[StealthHiBye slip out of Diggle's car]] like when they first met, only to find Diggle has locked the car door in advance.
* ''Series/TheEqualizer''. Robert [=McCall=] is not impressed when a little old lady does this to one of his operatives by locking them in the bathroom.
* ''Series/TheBill'' had a light version in an episode where a detective is doing some illicit moonlighting as a bodyguard, guarding the son of a Muslim businessman. The kid slips his bodyguard and goes partying instead, only returning at the last minute with a smug expression. The detective gets his revenge by giving a photograph he found of the kid drinking alcohol to his younger brother, so [[BigBrotherBully his elder brother can't afford to boss him around any more.]]
* Played straight on an episode of ''Series/BurnNotice'' when one of the protectees sneaks out of the safe house (read: "Michael's mother's garage") so she can go to prom. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Reality ensues]], but fortunately Michael is able to get there in time to rescue her.
** And again when Sam's friend Virgil, an ex-Navy SEAL, sneaks out with Michael's mom (mutual attraction), then one of the two sets of [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villains of the Week]] shows up at the club and kidnaps him.
* Finn and Dana attempt this in ''Series/{{Homeland}}''. It ends badly.
* In the first few episodes of ''{{Series/Arrow}}'', Oliver Queen does this constantly to John Diggle (and to his replacement until the latter resigns in exasperation). However it becomes unnecessary after Oliver reveals the truth about his vigilantism to Diggle and he becomes the first recruit to Team Arrow. It gets an amusing CallBack in Season 8 when Oliver--in an alternate Earth where he's reliving the events of the pilot episode--tries to [[StealthHiBye slip out of Diggle's car]] like when they first met, only to find Diggle has locked the car door in advance.
* ''Series/TheEqualizer''. Robert [=McCall=] is not impressed when a little old lady does this to one of his operatives by locking them in the bathroom.
* ''Series/TheBill'' had a light version in an episode where a detective is doing some illicit moonlighting as a bodyguard, guarding the son of a Muslim businessman. The kid slips his bodyguard and goes partying instead, only returning at the last minute with a smug expression. The detective gets his revenge by giving a photograph he found of the kid drinking alcohol to his younger brother, so [[BigBrotherBully his elder brother can't afford to boss him around any more.]]
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* The finale of the first ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novel involves Bella having to sneak away from her vampire bodyguards to meet the bad guy vamp.
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* The finale of [[Literature/Twilight2005 the first ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' novel Twilight novel]] involves Bella having to sneak away from her vampire bodyguards to meet the bad guy vamp.
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WitnessProtection is [[UnwantedAssistance boring]]. If it's done right, there's no opportunity for adventure.
So when the protagonist is told to hole up in a cheap motel with a police car in front until he can testify at the trial, odds are he won't comply. Perhaps he needs to save someone else in danger. Maybe he needs the freedom to catch the real bad guy. Or maybe he just [[TooDumbToLive doesn't believe he's in as much danger as the police say he is]]. Whatever the reason, he'll take the first opportunity to lose his bodyguards and strike out on his own, leaving the police to track him down before TheMafia assassins do.
Compare UnsafeHaven, where the protected person stays put in the safe place (i.e. with the bodyguards) but is put in danger regardless. They have the same reason; being safe is not exciting. This is an all-too-common source of headaches for anyone on a LiveActionEscortMission, or any Secret Service agents trying to protect the President's teenage daughter.
So when the protagonist is told to hole up in a cheap motel with a police car in front until he can testify at the trial, odds are he won't comply. Perhaps he needs to save someone else in danger. Maybe he needs the freedom to catch the real bad guy. Or maybe he just [[TooDumbToLive doesn't believe he's in as much danger as the police say he is]]. Whatever the reason, he'll take the first opportunity to lose his bodyguards and strike out on his own, leaving the police to track him down before TheMafia assassins do.
Compare UnsafeHaven, where the protected person stays put in the safe place (i.e. with the bodyguards) but is put in danger regardless. They have the same reason; being safe is not exciting. This is an all-too-common source of headaches for anyone on a LiveActionEscortMission, or any Secret Service agents trying to protect the President's teenage daughter.
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WitnessProtection under the close watch of bodyguards is [[UnwantedAssistance boring]]. If it's done right, there's no opportunity for adventure.adventure, romance, or getting your favorite snacks at 2 am.
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Compare UnsafeHaven, where the protected person stays put in the safe place (i.e. with the bodyguards) butis put is in danger regardless. They have the same reason; being safe is not exciting. This is an all-too-common source of headaches for anyone on a LiveActionEscortMission, or any Secret Service agents trying to protect the President's teenage daughter.
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Compare UnsafeHaven, where the protected person stays put in the safe place (i.e. with the bodyguards) but
