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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
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
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]].
== [[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]]''.▼
* ''[[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!"▼
▲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.
▲{{examples|Examples:}}
▲== [[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]]''.
▲* {{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 ''[[
* 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
* 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 ''[[
* The
* In the ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[
** Actually, Bond ''thinks''
* Happened in ''[[Ruthless People]]''
* More a case of [[Anti
* Also happens in ''Ransom'', where one of the kidnappers (the one played by [[New Kids
* Happens in the movie ''[[The Big Hit]]'' with the kidnapper played by ''[[The Departed|Mark]]'' [[The Happening|Wahlberg]]. Must run in the family.
* The first part of ''[[The Crying Game]]'' is all about Fergus developing sympathies towards the hostage he's supposed to be guarding.
* ''[[The Rock (
* Basically the plot of ''[[Suicide Kings]]''.
* ''Faked'' by Hans Gruber in ''[[
* The main plot thread of ''[[
* 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]] ==
* In ''The Confessions of [[
* ''Red Fox'' by Gerald Seymour. A hard-headed British businessman is kidnapped by a teenage terrorist, and after his initial attempts to escape fail, starts putting into practice the methods he'd been taught in a hostage seminar (which he'd walked out of thinking it was all rubbish). He's therefore able to postpone his death until the authorities find him, and is [[Stockholm Syndrome|quite distraught]] when the terrorist is shot by a sniper.
* In ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', Maedhros and Maglor take captive Elrond and Elros, who are only children, but Maglor (or Maedhros in some versions) ends up fostering them. Maedhros and Maglor are [[Anti
{{quote|
* Some of the terrorists in ''Bel Canto'' develop this, most notably Carmen. In fact, the plot of the book is based on the real life incident that named this trope.
* In the book series ''[[On the Run|Kidnapped]]'', 11-year-old Meg tries to invoke this in one of her captors, partly in the hopes of eventually turning him against the other two captors. It works.
* A major plot element in [[Christopher Brookmyre]]'s ''[[The Sacred Art of Stealing]]''.
* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[
* ''[[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]] ==
* In ''[[True Blood]]'', Jason begins to feel sorry for a vampire that he and Amy have kidnapped for the purpose of harvesting his blood, and begins sneaking him bottles of synthetic blood to keep him alive. Unfortunately, it doesn't end well.
* The First Doctor to his (kidnapped) schoolteacher companions Ian and Barbara early in ''[[
* Combined with [[Stockholm Syndrome]] in an episode of ''[[New Tricks]]'': Hannah Taylor was kidnapped by a young man with a grudge against her mother, a then-alcoholic doctor who he blamed for his mother's death. After Paul talked with Hannah for a while, he came to his senses and decided to release her and go on the run, not even bothering to collect the ransom he'd asked for. But Hannah, who hated her mother as much as Paul did, chose to come with him. 13 years later they're [[Happily Married]] with a child.
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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:
* Though it is quickly forgotten, Belle of ''[[Beauty and
* The ''[[
* 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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