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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Now, more than ever before, my dear hostages need me!"''
|'''[[Minion with an F In Evil|Sky-byte]]''', ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]''}}
According to [[wikipedia:Lima Syndrome|the article on]] [[That Other Wiki]],
In fiction, there are a number of reasons why this would happen. Maybe one or more of the kidnappers don't agree with the plan, or they just don't feel up to hurting innocents. Maybe the villain has decided that he doesn't have the heart to keep his prisoner locked up. Or maybe he's [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|just doing what's necessary]], and generally feels bad about it. Usually, the one to develop sympathy for a captive [[High Heel Face Turn|will be the woman]], because it's generally assumed that [[Double Standard|women are]] [[Women Are Wiser|much more in touch with their emotions]] and so more likely to empathize with others. Well, fair enough. If it's a man, expect his captive to be [[The Dulcinea Effect|female]] - unless somebody's going for something good and slashy.
This person is also likely to be the one in charge of tending to the captives, bringing them food or [[Florence Nightingale Effect|healing their wounds]], and thus has a greater chance of developing an attachment and growing to actually care about their well-being. Alternatively, the captor could simply be a [[Minion with an F In Evil]]. It may also be that one of the prisoners is particularly [[The Woobie|prone to inspiring sympathy]] - see [[Pregnant Hostage]] for a specific example of this type of character - or else the self-proclaimed authorities and rescuers ends up being a worse bunch than the hostage-takers; this usually results in the hostages [[Enemy Mine|teaming up with their captors]] to defeat the worse of the two evils.▼
In many stories, this type of behavior will often foreshadow a [[Heel Face Turn]]. People trying to artificially induce this might use a [[Hannibal Lecture]] of some sort. See [[Stockholm Syndrome]] for the reverse situation
▲This person is also likely to be the one in charge of tending to the captives, bringing them food or [[Florence Nightingale Effect|healing their wounds]], and thus has a greater chance of developing an attachment and growing to actually care about their well-being. Alternatively, the captor could simply be a [[Minion with an F In Evil]].
▲See [[Stockholm Syndrome]] for the reverse situation. The two may often go hand in hand if the feelings are mutual between the abductor and their captive. Any plot featuring [[The Svengali]] (for whom [[Lima Syndrome]] is effectively an occupational hazard) tends to have some of both.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
* Piccolo from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' eventually came to care for Gohan, leading up to his [[Heel Face Turn]], which was more surprising because "Redemption Through Helpfulness" hadn't become the signature trope of the series yet. All the more notable, given that Piccolo's role in the previous story arc was roughly analogous to ''[[Satan]]''.▼
▲== [[Anime]] ==
▲* Piccolo from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' eventually came to care for Gohan, leading up to his [[Heel Face Turn]], which was more surprising because "Redemption Through Helpfulness" hadn't become the signature trope of the series yet. All the more notable given that Piccolo's role in the previous story arc was roughly analogous to ''[[Satan]]''.
* ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'': [[Noble Demon|Sky-Byte]] accidentally takes a tower full of humans hostage, and goes to great lengths to protect them. "My hostages need me!"▼
▲* {{spoiler|Natasha}} from [[G Gundam]], towards {{spoiler|Argo Gulskii}}.
▲* ''[[Transformers Robots in Disguise]]'': [[Noble Demon|Sky-Byte]] accidentally takes a tower full of humans hostage, and goes to great lengths to protect them. "My hostages need me!"
* ''[[Gun X Sword]]'': After Michael Garret develops a [[Stockholm Syndrome]] to The Claw, he is assigned on training observed by his [[The Dragon|second-in-command]] [[Dark Action Girl|Fasalina]]. She was an ex-prostitute, but eventually she genuinely fell in love with Michael and even had sex with him.
* Considering how their relationship is shown in the comics, some speculate that if Tino/Finland from [[Axis Powers Hetalia]] has [[Stockholm Syndrome]], then his "partner" Berwald/Sweden parallely has Lima Syndrome. He might have started thinking of Finland as a mere companion for his journey, then <s> fell in love with him</s> became genuinely fond and protective of him.
* In ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'', Iason Mink's [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]] thoughts make him develop this towards his "[[Sex Slave|pet]]" Riki.
* In ''[[Project ARMS]]'', {{spoiler|Keith Green falls in love with Katsumi and eventually tries to rescue her from the Egrigori, dying in the process. Possibly justified, in that she was the first human he really got to know, along with the fact that she was genuinely kind to him (seeing him as a rescuer and not a jailer).}}
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* Koga from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' kidnaps Kagome for her ability to see the Shikon jewel shards, but ends up falling in love with her because of her kindness and loyalty. Kagome also develops very slight [[Stockholm Syndrome]] (or at least that's what it looks like to Inuyasha)
* Lampshaded in ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' when the reformed {{spoiler|Akito}} develops strong feelings for Shigure, Yuki, Kyo, and Kureno (argueably {{spoiler|Akito's}} prisoners).
* Averted in ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' in the twisted obsession that Road has with Allen
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', it was this trope that helped make {{spoiler|[[Only Sane Man|Ougi]]}} [[Love Makes You Dumb|fall in love with]] {{spoiler|Villetta}}.
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* [[Carl Barks]] realized to his horror that he'd implied this accidentally in ''Back to the Klondike'': "Scrooge picked her up and carried her out to his claim and made her go to work. It didn't look like kidnapping, yet it was. He was taking the law into his own hands and that is not lawful. And what did he do with her at night?" [[Don Rosa]] intentionally milked this for all it was worth in ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck|The Prisoner Of White Agony Creek]]''.
== [[Fan
* This is combined with [[Stockholm Syndrome]] in a series of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' fanfics, the ''[[Oneiroi Series]]'', with [[Anti-Villain|Redcloak]] and his captive, [[Anti-Hero|Vaarsuvius.]] It has an [[Slap Slap Kiss|inter]][[Kiss Kiss Slap|esting]] [[Gauze Gauze Kiss|outcome.]]
* The
* In the ''[[Death Note]]'' fic ''[[I Won't Say]]'' [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4760868/1/I_Wont_Say\] (another male example) when Light holds the lives of L and his family of [[Heartwarming Orphan|orphans]] hostage without anyone but him and L knowing about it. Of course {{spoiler|Light is ''[[Shame If Something Happened|threatening]]'' L instead of just killing him because [[Slash Fic|he has]] [[Villainous Crush|a huge crush on him]]; [[If I Wanted You Dead...|otherwise he would have just killed him.]] [[Papa Wolf|Light becomes very protective of L and the kids]] and gets really insulted when L suggests he would ever [[Even Evil Has Standards|kill the children]] ([[Dating Catwoman|even though L is his enemy]] and [[Tyke Bomb|the kids are being trained to be his enemies.]]}}
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' combines this with [[Stockholm Syndrome]] in the case of
** Actually, Bond ''thinks''
* Happened in ''[[Ruthless People]]''
* More a case of [[Anti-Villain|the captor being a pretty much decent guy,]] but in ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]'' the hostages are treated incredibly well and probably weren't even in any real danger. One of the main character's associates ''lets one of the hostages hold his gun'' (though he had unloaded it at the time) during a memorable look inside.
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* This is most of the entire plot of ''[[Cadillac Man]]''. A car salesman played by [[Robin Williams]] gets caught into a hostage situation and uses his knowledge of how people work to get the hostager to calm down and empathize with the hostages, including and especially himself.
* In the fifth film of the ''[[Police Academy]]'' series, the diamond thief started to feel sorry for commandant Lassard.
* While Belle's relation to the Beast in ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' is occasionally referred to as Stockholm Syndrome, actually watching the movie makes one realize it's far more this Trope.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* A major plot element in [[Christopher Brookmyre]]'s ''[[The Sacred Art of Stealing]]''.
* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Blaze]]'', a mentally challenged con man kidnaps a millionaire's infant for ransom but eventually finds himself bonding with the child.
* ''[[A Simple Survey]]'' features a possible example of this. An interrogator, after talking to his captive, confronts his colleague and claims that the colleague lied to him about the situation. The colleague claims that the interrogator has fallen victim to this trope, but [[Ambiguous Situation|the story ends before revealing the truth]].
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Suikoden V]]'', Lucretia Merces is locked away for political reasons. By the time the hero gets to her, the guards outside her cell have all become fanatically loyal to her (and in the case of the woman guard, [[Les Yay|more than loyal]]), and no longer have any loyalty at all to their actual employer.
* TEC the computer developing [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|feelings]] for Princess
* In ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'', Adell's mother accidentally summons Overlord Zenon's daughter Rozalin, and the summoning forces her to follow him "until Adell meets the real Overlord Zenon". Adell promises to take her back to her father, because he needs to defeat Zenon. A mutual Stockhom/Lima Syndrome ensues, followed by lots and lots of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]].
* ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series:
** Sniper Wolf's affection towards Otacon in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' was specifically stated to be Lima Syndrome by [[Word of God]], though they had already become friends before Foxhound took over and made the
** Snake towards Quiet ''[[Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain]]''. Quiet is initially an enemy who is taken prisoner, and Snake - through the player - decides whether she lives or dies; since letting her live is the canon choice, and she joins Snake's side if he does, one can assume this Trope applies. Probably [[Stockholm Syndrome]] too, as she [[The Silent Bob|clearly doesn't voice]] [[Meaningful Name|any objections]].
* A horrific example of this in ''[[Resident Evil: Village]]'' - Lady Dimitrescu's [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|three "daughters"]] are in fact kidnapped victims who were subjected to experiments with the Cadou parasite. They're far from the only ones, but Dimitrescu took a liking to these three. Whether that makes them better off than the others [[Body Horror|is debatable]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', Harley Quinn's origin is Lima Syndrome turned [[Mad Love]].
* Though it is quickly forgotten, Belle of ''[[Beauty and the Beast
* The ''[[Adventure Time]]'' episode "What Have You Done?" may count as an example
* In ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]'', Sasha's experience after being captured by Captain Grime was... well, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVSjc4JVULo%7C maybe Sasha herself can summarize it better.] {{spoiler|While this may seem to overlap with [[Stockholm Syndrome]], by the way, it does not; Sasha actually cares nothing for Grime or his troops, and would turn against them in an instant if it meant finding a way back home.}}
* In one episode of the 1987 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' series, Shredder captures a [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] from Dimension-X called a Grybyx, planning to use its untapped energy to power the Technodrome. He unwisely tells Rocksteady and Bebop to guard it; Rocksteady feels sorry for the Grybyx, and decides to give it his hamburger. Which turns out to be a ''terrible'' mistake, because as the Turtles have already discovered, eating human food causes the Grybyx to ''use'' that untapped energy and go [[One-Winged Angel]], turning into a ferocious beast.
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[[Category:Psychology Tropes]]
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