Bag of Kidnapping

Roquefort: Duchess! Kittens! Watch out for the ... (Edgar traps them in a bag) sack.

—The Aristocats

Penelope: Boy, am I sleepy.

Hooded Claw: Good, it's time you hit the sack (Evil Laugh) literally!

—The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

A tactic mostly seen in Western Animation: The villain usually sneaks up behind the target and throws a large burlap sack over her head and carries her off to his hideout; this usually happens to a Damsel in Distress or Snooping Little Kid. The target is almost always female, but it can happen to male characters, just not as often.

Examples of Bag of Kidnapping include:

Anime and Manga

• Lupin III:
  • This has happened to Fujiko Mine on a few occasions. Lupin once did it to her to prevent her from escaping with a rare diamond in a blizzard.
  • It also happened to Lupin and Zenigata when they are abducted by a training camp in Morocco.
• Fuu is captured this way in one of the last episodes of Samurai Champloo for a prostitute smuggling ring.
• In Bleach, Grimmjow transports Orihime this way so he can use her to heal Ichigo. Rurichiyo Kasumiōji is also captured this way.
• In the Pokémon episode "A Friend in Deed", Jessie and James capture Pikachu this way.
  • They also do this to a Sandshrew in "The Path to the Pokémon League".
• Government agents try to do this Robin in One Piece. Little do they know, that they actually caught her fake.

Comic Books

• In Flash Comics #87 both Johnny Thunder and the original Black Canary (Diana Lance) are captured this way by gangsters, Johnny is thrown off a cliff while Black Canary is thrown into a dungeon.
• In the G.I. Joe issue #21 "Silent Interlude" Storm Shadow kidnaps Scarlett this way.

Fan Fic

• In Calvin and Hobbes: The Series, the titular duo is captured this way by Dr. Brainstorm.
• In Rescuing Dara, the titular Dara is kidnapped in this manner.

Film

• In Borat, the title character attempts to marry Pamela Anderson by shoving her in a bag and trying to run off with her, an example of "marriage by capture". He doesn't get far, but hey, he tried.
• In Casino Royale 1967, Vesper (Ursula Andress) steps out of the casino and two waiting thugs throw a bag over her and carry her off. Evelyn (Peter Sellers) steps out a moment later looking for her.

Evelyn [to doorman]: You haven't by chance seen a young lady in a green dress, have you?
Doorman: Now let me see, sir...would that be a lady with a black bag over her head being manhandled by two unsavory gentlemen?

Live-Action TV

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Happens to Dawn when she is abducted by the Puppet Minions in the Musical Episode. We don't see her actually in the sack though, as she wakes up on a pool table completely sackless.
• Castle: During a CIA related episode, the CIA keeps doing this to the good guys. Apparently, the location of their underground headquarters are classified. God only knows why the CIA isn't going through normal, legal channels instead of randomly kidnapping cops of the street at gunpoint. Seriously.

Video Games

• In Dwarf Fortress the Goblins send baby snatchers who come with a bag. So you can e.g. catch one with a cage trap on the way out, and the abducted child can be saved if dumped out of the bag soon enough.

Web Comics

• In Girl Genius, Tarvek gets kidnapped in this fashion, which among other things delays the lead kidnapper's discovery that his minion has kidnapped the wrong person.
• In Rescuing Dara, Dara is kidnapped in this manner.
• Clover Firelight of Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic gets kidnapped like this at least once. And once by the local assassin guild... sort of.

Web Original

• We don't see the actual kidnapping, but The Nostalgia Critic had a bag kept over his head in this Hostage Video.

Western Animation

• Happens in a What If episode of The Simpsons, where Willie declares himself the greatest hero in English history for capturing a wee girl (played by Lisa)
• On The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, the Hooded Claw does this to Penelope in at least one episode.
• This has happened to Daphne of Scooby Doo a couple of times, most notably in the 1976 episode "A Menace in Venice".
• April O'Neil was captured this way in at least one episode of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.
• A U.S. Acres segment of Garfield and Friends, "The Bo Show", has Orson's brothers capture the entire cast except for Bo this way.
  • Also in the Garfield segment "The Cactus Saga" in Jon's Uncle Cactus Jake's story of his grandfather Cactus Jack, his partner The Lasagna Kid's (Garfield's grandfather) girlfriend Miss Kitty (an Arlene expy) is kidnapped in this fashion by the Leftkowitz Brothers.
• In Gay Purr-ee, Meowrice's henchcats capture Mewsette this way after she attempts suicide by jumping off a bridge.
• Both Babs and Buster Bunny have this done to them in the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Europe in 30 Minutes".
• In Futurama, Zap Brannigan uses this method to transport President McNeal to the Omicronians.
• Captain Hook and Smee do this to Wendy's daughter Jane in Return to Neverland.
• In Classic Disney Shorts, Pete has kidnapped Minnie Mouse many times this way, including the movie Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers.
• Bluto has captured Olive Oyl a few times this way in Popeye.
• Lock, Shock, and Barrel do this to the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
• In the Total Drama World Tour episode "Aftermath Aftermayhem" Blainley captures Bridgette this way and mails her to Siberia so she can take over hosting duty.
• In the Donkey Kong Jr cartoon "Double Or Nothing" Bones' cousin Lucy Belle is kidnapped this way so she won't inherit her deceased uncle's mansion, later the same guys do this to Jr and Bones to prevent them from saving her.
• In the American Dad episode "Stan Knows Best" Stan is tired of his daughter Hayley dating Jeff so he arranges a group of mercenaries to abduct her from a party he's throwing, and they capture her with this method.
• In Megamind, Minion throws a bag of kidnapping over Roxanne's face.