->''"When we pulled into Argo Port in need of R&R,\\
The crew set out investigating every joint and bar.\\
We had high expectations of their hospitality,\\
But found too late it wasn't geared for spacers such as we!\\
And we're banned from Argo, everyone\\
Banned from Argo just for having a little fun\\
We took a jolly shore leave there for just three days or four\\
But Argo doesn't want us anymore ..."''
-->-- Leslie Fish & the Dehorn Crew, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7mK79i0tF8 "Banned from Argo"]]

''"Banned From Argo" redirects here. For the FilkSong, see Music/BannedFromArgo''.

You, possibly along with your [[TrueCompanions merry band of travelers]], have found a nice place to hang out. Maybe it's a nice bar, a seaside town, or a resort planet. But then...things happened. You may not have ''meant'' for bad stuff to go down, but sometimes events are beyond your control. There might have been [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen nudity]], [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill violence]], [[StuffBlowingUp stuff]] [[ImpressivePyrotechnics blowing]] [[ANuclearError up]], [[IntoxicationEnsues certain]] [[EverybodyMustGetStoned substances]] may have been imbibed/smoked, and whoops, you just started a revolution. Possibly, your name is {{Mike Nelson|DestroyerOfWorlds}}, in which case you're probably screwed.

Whatever happened, you're not allowed back there. '''EVER'''. Nor is anyone on your crew, any of your family, or anyone connected with you in any way shape or form.

The trope name itself is Latin for "an unwelcome person." The plural is ''personae non gratae''. It is the commonly used RealLife legal term for anyone not permitted to enter another's domain, especially [[AssInAmbassador diplomats]] (who, because of [[DiplomaticImpunity diplomatic immunity]], often cannot be charged with crimes but can be kicked out of the country -- if they ever return, they will have no protected status and thus may be brought up on charges).

May or may not be a NoodleIncident. The redheaded stepchild of YouCantGoHomeAgain. See also HollywoodRestrainingOrder. May or may not be related to BannedInChina. Video games with a KarmaMeter or {{Alliance Meter}}s may impose this on a player at certain locations as part of VideoGameCrueltyPunishment or for plot-related reasons.


* A kayak.com commercial shows a middle-aged man gloomily [[MajorMinorInconvenience searching multiple travel sites one by one]] because he's banned from using the one-stop search engine. Cue {{Flashback}} of him bullying the site's creator back in (judging from their hair and outfits) TheSeventies.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* Has happened to the ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' on at least two occasions. They go off on leave to some distant resort with plans to lounge on the beach, but while they're there [[BusmansHoliday they inevitably get drawn into some sort of illicit intrigue]] and wind up causing massive destruction in their attempts to stop it.
** Other times, this can't happen as the place that would've banned them ''no longer exists''.
* Something like this happened to the original ''{{Macross}}''. A freak accident causes them to be banned from [[strike:Utah]] [[strike:the USA]] ''the Earth''. This is after they spend several episodes getting back to Earth ''[[ShaggyDogStory through the defense of the Zentraedi]]''.
* The plot of Manga/KarateShoukoushiKohinataMinoru is kicked off because the eponymous character has been banned from all functions of his school's gymnastics club, and needs somewhere to live now that he can't stay at their dorms.
* In the second season of ''CodeGeass'', Zero becomes declared a ''Persona Non Grata'' by the Britannian government and, in exchange for the emancipation of one million Japanese. This, however, turns out to be a ploy to disguise those one million Japanese as Zero, getting them '''''all''''' exiled.
* This is ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'''s Nozomi Yumehara's big problem and biggest distinguishing feature from the other leader Cures: her clumsiness has caused her to be tossed out of every school club. Rin takes great glee in mentioning the fact that her fastest booting was a NoodleIncident in the DramaClub: out the door in two days.

[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', Nitro Ferguson got banned from [=GaryCon=] after his D-Day game ran amok even more spectacularly than games in [=KoDT=] usually do.
* Happens far too often to {{LARP}} goth Walden Woods in ''DorkTower''; ''something'' inevitably gets them banned from their latest gathering spot.
-->'''Walden:''' "Great Clans of Mud Bay, I have called this gathering in the Poochy's Last Stand pet cemetery for one reason!"
-->'''Goth:''' "Because Beef-A-Roo won't let us gather there anymore?"
-->'''Walden:''' "APART FROM THAT!"
* Implied in the Halloween party arc in FoxTrot when Paige [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome stands up to two party crashers]] who were prepared to kill Peter for not having beer at the party:
-->'''Paige Fox:''' My friend over there is on the phone with the cops right now, so I suggest you and your party-crashing pals go back to wherever you came from.\\
'''Big Party Crasher:''' That might be tricky -- That place called the cops, too.
** Also, the final panel for this strip:
-->'''Peter Fox:''' Dad, did you ever have to pull an all-nighter studying for a test?\\
'''Roger Fox:''' A few times, sure.\\
'''Peter Fox:''' What was your secret? How did you stay awake?\\
'''Roger Fox:''' ''(hand on mouth, thinking)'' Well, I'd drink coffee... Splash cold water on my face... ''(outstreches his palms)'' And if that didn't work, I'd play really loud music.\\
''[[GilliganCut (cut to Roger and Andy's bedroom, with large music notes on the top, Andy groggily irritated, and Roger looking at a watch)]]''\\
'''Andy Fox:''' Did you also tell him why you were expelled from three fraternities?\\
'''Roger Fox:''' Calm down. We'd be waking up in a few hours anyway.
* One ArchieComics story has the gang try, for the sake of variety, to have lunch some place other than Pops'. In each place they try they end up getting booted out due to their personal flaws and character quirks, until the only eatery left is Pops'.
* The ''DCComics'' hero Damage was banned from his hometown of Atlanta after he blew it up when his powers first activated.

[[folder:Fan Fic]]
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5739975/1/A_Trail_a_Mile_Wide A Trail a Mile Wide]]'', the crewmembers of the [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 SSV Normandy SR2]] find themselves banned from a colony after [[WhatDidIDoLastNight a truly epic shore leave]]. The story itself heavily homages the Trope Naming song.
* In the ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' story ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5756619/1/What_Fates_Impose What Fates Impose]]'', Sarah and Bryce mention that they've been banned from Paraguay for [[NoodleIncident an incident involving a donkey]].
* In the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6341291/1/Harveste Harveste]] series, the Addamses are banned from Haiti and Indonesia. Gomez has been banned from Africa for an undetermined amount of time, but as of 1995, has at least ten years left on the ban. Grandmama is accepted as a witch doctor in five countries and banned from the rest of the world.
* In the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', [[GeneralRipper Makarov]] -- the BigBad of Shining Armor's side story -- is threatened with this by several countries in order to get him to cease his attempts on Shining's life.

* In ''Film/{{Casino}}'', Nicky gets his name in a ''Black Book'' and is banned from the casinos ''because of notorious and unsavory reputation''. [[CassandraTruth Sam warns him beforehand]] but Nicky mocks the issue as the book only has two names and the other is AlCapone and continues to generate waves. Then he laments, as the ban hurts his operations.
* After the massive battle that spanned half of Paris in ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', the Joes are banned from [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys France]]. Forever.
* ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'': Ulysses should have stayed out of the Woolsworth [sic]. It's never clarified if it applies to just the store or the entire franchise.
* In ''Film/TheParty'', the protagonist is supposed to be blacklisted from Hollywood after accidentally blowing up a movie set. Instead, his name is unknowingly put on the invitation list for an A-list Hollywood party.
* ''Film/RainMan'': The casinos don't know exactly how Raymond did it, but he and his brother are told to take their winnings and never return; also not to try this anywhere else because now their reputation shall precede them everywhere they go.
* Obliquely used in ''ReturnOfTheLivingDead'': "No, we can't: the cops said they'd ''shoot'' us if we go back to the park."
* In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', after getting drunk and telling Him off, God kicked the angels Bartleby and Loki from Heaven, setting in motion the events of the movie.
* In ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'', after the fiasco at the eponymous beauty pageant, the family is told that the pageant will not press charges under the condition that Olive never enter another "Little Miss" pageant in the state of California, ever again. The family's reaction to the news amounted to "That's fine with us!"
* In ''Film/PulpFiction'', Marsellus Wallace revokes Butch's "LA privileges". Given that Wallace initially had a hit out on him for failing to throw a match, Butch is fine with that.
* In ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Jar Jar Binks tells Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan that he was kicked out of Otoh Gunga for his "clumsiness." [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse EU material]] describes the events in better detail: he inadvertently flooded half the city.
* ''MisterRoberts''. Having been deprived of shore leave for ages thanks to their tyrannical captain, the crew go nuts when they finally have the opportunity. This gets the USS ''Reluctant'' thrown out of port, and Captain Morton makes sure to get his revenge on the man who engineered their leave, Lt. Roberts.

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* In an episode of ''{{Entourage}}'', Johnny Drama is banned forever from the Playboy Mansion, then he gets readmitted and gets someone else banned from the Playboy Mansion.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Tooth and Claw", the Doctor and Rose are banned from Great Britain by [[QueenVicky Queen Victoria]]. Not that he cares.
** Further episodes cemented his dismal diplomatic track record with multiple British queens.
* A recurring trope on ''Series/MurphyBrown'', with Murphy being banned from the White House for various reasons.
* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Ross recounts how he and his first wife Carol got banned from Disneyland for having sex behind the animatronic children on "It's a Small World".
* A popular bit of {{fanon}} is that after the events of "Upgrades," ''[[Series/StargateSG1 SG-1]]'' are banned from O'Malley's for the bar fight they started under the influence of AppliedPhlebotinum armbands.
* ''Series/LieToMe'': As "Fold Equity" tells us, Cal Lightman has been banned from the entire city of Las Vegas after hustling one too many people at poker and [[NoodleIncident something involving casino owner Ellis's wife]].
* Newark, NJ mayor Cory Booker put Conan O'Brien on the "No Fly List" after Conan made a disparaging joke about his city. Conan soon after banned Cory from Burbank Airport, to which Cory retaliated by banning Conan from the entire state of New Jersey, as well as Newark's sister cities around the world. Conan subsequently banned Cory from California. As later revealed, this was all staged.
* The humorous introductions given for [[TopGear The Stig]] often mention him being banned from some location or event.
* There are a handful of hosts and musical guests on ''SaturdayNightLive'' who have caused so much trouble backstage (or on the show) that they can never appear on the show again:
** Louise Lasser: Hosted the penultimate episode of Season 1 (1975-76). Michaels has gone on record in saying that Lasser was incoherent during her performance and wouldn't appear in any sketches unless she was by herself or with Chevy Chase.
** Chevy Chase: Speaking of which, he's banned from hosting (after doing so nine times, the record for a former cast member) due to his {{jerkass}} attitude toward the writers and cast members. He has made cameos in a few episodes, but hasn't hosted since Season 22 (1996-97).
** Milton Berle: Hosted the April 14, 1979 episode, and after consistently upstaging other performers, non-stop mugging to the camera, and unscripted performance of "September Rain", Michaels banned him from the show. Berle's episode (along with Lasser's) would not be seen in syndication for twenty years after (and are included in the season DVD sets).
** Steven Seagal: Hosted the April 20, 1991 episode, and was banned soon afterwards because he had difficulty working with the cast and crew, often pitching lousy sketch ideas and getting angry that none of them were picked. This was referenced in a later episode (September 26, 1992) featuring Nicholas Cage, where Lorne Michaels responds to Cage's insistence that his monologue made him look like "the biggest jerk on the show" with the response "No, no. That would be Steven Seagal."
** Martin Lawrence: Hosted the episode that came right after the infamous Alec Baldwin-hosted show with the "Canteen Boy Goes Camping" sketch (where Canteen Boy (Adam Sandler) is [[spoiler: molested by his scoutmaster]]) in 1994 (Season 19), and got himself banned when he launched into a monologue about the decline in women's hygiene. All reruns have cut off Martin's monologue and replaced it with cards that explain why this can never air on TV again.
** Adrien Brody: Hosted in Season 28 (2002-03) and got himself banned after introducing musical guest Sean Paul in a rude boy Jamaican get-up and ad-libbing. There wasn't any profanity uttered; it was just that Lorne utterly hates unscripted performances. Considering the rest of Season 28 [[note]]which most fans didn't care for due to the absence of Will Ferrell and Jimmy Fallon's constant {{Corpsing}}[[/note]], this was actually considered a highlight.
*** It was later revealed that Brody was never banned from the show and this was only a rumor (with Brody even talking about a return appearance in April 2012). Apparently, the rumor was started by none other than TinaFey (who supposedly hated the idea of having Brody host).
** Musical guest Sinead O'Connor was banned after ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II and calling him 'the true enemy' after her second song (the segment was banned as well, save for an appearance on an ''SNL'' DVD special about the show's popular music performances in 25 years. The segment does appear, albeit with Lorne Michaels introducing the piece and telling viewers about the controversy behind it).
** Musical Guest Cypress Hill (on the season 19 episode hosted by Shannen Doherty) was banned after DJ Muggs lit a join on-camera (and trashed their dressing room).
** Musical Guest Fear (on the season seven episode hosted by DonaldPleasence, which is also banned for its dark, disgusting humor [[note]] Doesn't help that it was a Halloween episode[[/note]]), after a profanity-laden and set-destroying performance.
** Subverted with Elvis Costello, who was initially banned for playing "Radio Radio" (a song critical of the music publishing establishment, of which NBC certainly was), instead of the planned "Less than Zero" on the season three episode hosted by Miskell Spillman (an elderly woman who [[ContestWinnerCameo won]] ''SNL'''s "Anyone Can Host" contest). He eventually returned to the show in 1987 (appearing on the episode hosted by Mary Tyler Moore), and eventually took part in the show's 25th anniversary celebration by recreating his song switch.
* In the first season of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Ando and Hiro are banned from all of Mr. Linderman's casinos after they abuse Hiro's powers to cheat at poker. This becomes a problem later in the series, when they need to get back into one of the casinos in order to steal an ancient {{samurai}} sword in Mr. Linderman's collection.
* In an episode of ''Series/ICarly'', Carly joins an art class after dropping her lessons with Spencer. When Spencer observes the class and freaks out like a jealous ex, ending up in a paint fight with the teacher, the Shay siblings get banned from that building forever. And it's not like they'll forget, because security took their pictures and thumb-prints.
** Sam was banned from participating in beauty pageants for a number of years.
* As recounted in a retrospective episode, the Series/MythBusters are banned from Esparto, California after the finale of the "Knock Your Socks Off" myth, which involved setting off a huge explosion. The problem was that they underestimated just how big the shockwave would be, so it knocked people off sofas, broke windows, set off car alarms, and knocked down ceiling tiles in the town, and a news report erroneously made it sound like the Mythbusters had ''leveled the town''. As they put it:
-->"And that's why we can never go to Esparto again."
** While never stated verbatim in any episode, there was a period of time (after the [[GoneHorriblyWrong errant cannonball incident]]) where the [=MythBusters=] tested at a bomb range in ''Yolo'' County instead of the usual bomb range at the Alameda County Sheriff's Facility. Given that the cannonball accident happened ''at'' the Alameda County bomb range, it's not surprising. The [=MythBusters=] have since been allowed back to the Alameda County bomb range.
* ''TheMiddle'': Mike is banned from Brick's school after his attempt to help at the Valentine's Day craft project ends up ruining Valentine's Day.
* Happens to Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}, believe it or not. She heads to Los Angeles for the sole purpose of assassinating Faith, who had sought out Series/{{Angel}} to kill her after realizing if she wasn't a monster then she was very close to being one. Instead he's intent on helping her reform. Buffy attacks Angel, defies him and goes after Faith. Afterwards Angel of all people tells Buffy she is not welcome, she reacts by being upset that Faith wins and escapes justice, despite the fact Faith had turned herself in to face the consequences of her actions.
* Series/{{Monk}} almost ends up this to the San Francisco Police Department in the two-parter pilot episode of Monk due to Monk being forced to let Ian Sykes escape from the police due to a crippling fear of heights (ironically when attempting to stop him himself). Only reason he didn't is because Sharona got Burger to get the SFPD to listen to him again as part of a favor in exchange for getting her to resume working with Monk after he inadvertently ruined her date.
* On ''TwoBrokeGirls'' Caroline Channing is not welcomed at any society functions due to [[SinsOfOurFathers her father cheating thousands of people out of their money]]. When she gets an invitation to a gala and decides to go, she is stopped at the entrance and it is made clear that even though she has a valid invitation she is not going to be let in. It does not help that while she is trying to clear this up, people who lost money in the [[{{Ponzi}} Ponzi scheme]] recognize her and start punching her.
* In one ''{{Law and Order}}'' episode, Jack [=McCoy=] has his new ADA use a friend from Federal Prosecution as a threat to get a criminal to plea out in the lesser State Court. The "friend" was not amused and declared the ADA Persona Non Grata.
* ''HowIMetYourMother'': Barney gets banned temporarily from [=MacClarens=] until he agrees to stop doing magic tricks. Most of the time it involved playing with fire.
* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': Ronon accidentally goes back to a planet he previously visited as a runner. Because he stayed there too long, the Wraith destroyed the settlement. Needless to say, the survivors were none too happy when he came back.

* RobertRankin's ''BrentfordTrilogy'' books frequently involve intrepid protagonists Jim Pooley and John Omally being banned from their favorite pub The Flying Swan by the mercurial part-time barman, Neville. The ban never lasts long, though.
* Skeeve is banned from Perv at the end of ''[[MythAdventures Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections]]''.
** Long before that, in the very first book of the series, ''Another Fine Myth'', it's revealed that Frumple is banned from Deva.
* In the ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' series, Tarl Cabot was banned from returning to the city-state of Ar, but that didn't stop him from doing so.
* In RASalvatore's novel ''[[TheSellswords Road of the Patriarch]]'' Jarlaxle and Artemis end up banned for life from the Bloodstone Lands. Jarlaxle points out that Elves live a long time and he'll probably outlive the ban. Artemis is not comforted by this, being a human, with the attendant shorter life span.
* Hrolf the Unruly, the captain of Elfmaid from ''[[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Starlight And Shadows]]'' trilogy by Elaine Cunningham got "a taste for recreational mayhem", which earned him ban from many ports and imprisonment and confiscation in [[WretchedHive Skullport]], which is an achievement in itself. Where he was found under arrest, roaring a song:
-->Come ashore with the lads of the Elfmaid, my friend.
-->We're awash on an ocean of ale!
-->Some taverns to plunder, some guards to sunder,
-->And then, a short rest in the jail!
* In ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', The Band With Rocks In is banished from every city they visit on their Sto Plains tour, on pain of pain and/or being buried alive.
** The Nac Mac Feegle was banished for rebelling against the tyranny of the [[TheFairFolk Fairy Queen]], [[ViolentGlaswegian and NOT for being]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial completely smashed at four in the afternoon.]] They'll fight any lying scunner who says otherwise.
* In SimonRGreen's ''[[SecretHistories For Heaven's Eyes Only]]'', Roger the half-demon claims he's been banned from Limbo.
* This has happened to a variety of CIA officers with diplomatic immunity who got caught spying in Creator/TomClancy novels. The consequences for officers or agents who ''don't'' have diplomatic immunity and get caught spying tend to be far more severe.
* In one of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' novels, Harry Dresden is banned from a college bookstore which caters to the supernatural crowd, on account of trouble following him everywhere, and the other patrons and the owner being worried it might follow him there. He gets word of this ban just before exactly that happens. [[spoiler: Also, he was talking to his imaginary friend, Lasciel.]]
** However, GenreSavvy [[TheDon "Gentleman" Johnny Marcone]] has all of his establishment give Dresden the Red Carpet treatment to ensure that the employees are polite to Dresden without having to let them in on TheMasquerade or let them know that the business is actually a front for organized crime (and therefore make Harry less likely to burn the building down). This is perfectly logical, given that Dresden at that point in the series has proven to be basically the AnthropomorphicPersonification of KillItWithFire.
* In the NorthlandSeries, Drake [[UnreliableNarrator claims to be]] banned from Walmart, Taco Bell, and Germany.
* The LemonyNarrator of ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' mentions off-hand that he is banned from a town not very far from where the reader lives.
* In ''Literature/MisterRoberts'', it's understandable why the crew of the "Bucket" would not be allowed ashore on Elysium again, after hearing what they did while on liberty there.

* In the late 80s and early 90s, various members of Music/XJapan (and occasionally the entire band) were banned from various restaurants, hotels, bars, and drinking establishments around Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan, due to the band's tendencies to start [[BarBrawl fights]]. Some bars even had "No Yoshiki" or [[VisualKei "No Blondes"]] (since both Yoshiki and other VK rockers that tended to cause trouble often had blonde hair) signs, and the band still holds the record [[ForMassiveDamage for most damage done to a Japanese hotel]]. [[KungShui Not just the room, either. The hotel]].
* At one time, it was almost a point of pride for many punk rock, heavy metal, and hard rock bands to get themselves banned from venues and hotels; typically after trashing their rooms or starting riots at the venues, but also for violating local obscenity laws. Several have been banned from performing in entire states or countries; usually on obscenity grounds.
** Music/{{GWAR}} was at one time banned from the state of North Carolina, for certain... elements of their costuming.
** Music/BadBrains was at one time banned at nearly every nightclub and performance venue in Washington D.C.
** TheWho at one time held the record for this, thanks to the antics of the late Keith Moon.
** Taken to the extreme by [[{{Industrial}} Power Electronics]] group Whitehouse, who would [[BlatantLies routinely bill themselves as a "synth-pop" band]] in order to get gigs, often provoking the baffled audience to riot or simply leave.
** [[TheWorldInfernoFriendshipSociety The World/Inferno Friendship Society]] won't have a chance to play at Cha-Cha's of Coney Island again, after what happened at [[NoodleIncident that one show in 2007]].[[note]] Supposedly Cha-Cha's even calls other venues the band is playing at to try and warn the owners to cancel the show.[[/note]] Prior to 2003 the band was also banned from a few venues that they'd actually [[ImpressivePyrotechnics set on fire]].
* Music/GunsNRoses can never again perform in St. Louis after the Riverport Riot (in case you don't know, it all started when a bootlegger pressed W. Axl Rose's BerserkButton, and Axl flipped out and left the stage, which indirectly led the fans to riot).
* Hour of Penance is almost assuredly banned from Alicante, Spain after an incident where they were scheduled to play a club in the city near the tail-end of a European tour, only to have their performance cancelled. Why? Well, their drummer at the time, Mauro Mercurio, decided to get drunk and wound up causing thousands of dollars worth of damage to a backstage area in the club, which very nearly resulted in the band's arrest and led to Francesco Paoli voluntarily quitting and Mauro being unceremoniously ejected.
* During a 1985 show in Switzerland, the PostPunk band Swans were actually arrested onstage and asked to ''leave the country'' for being too loud.
* Hanatarash, for reasons that only TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanatarash could adequately explain with a straight face]]. [[RefugeInAudacity And yes, there is video.]]
* Music/OzzyOsbourne was banned from the city of San Antonio, Texas for a decade, for urinating on a cenotaph outside The Alamo.
* The Acacia Strain is on more than a few venue blacklists thanks to numerous incidents where the crowd got violent to the point where significant damage was caused to the venues, resulting in quite a few preemptive bans from other venues.
* In the FilkSong ''Banned From Argo'', the former TropeNamer which provides the page quote, the crew of a [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet]] vessel heavily implied to be the ''Enterprise'' causes mayhem on the eponymous shore leave planet until they get kicked out.
** Ironically, the song itself became so over-used that [[HypeBacklash it got banned from several SF conventions]].
** There's a sequel in which Argo forgives them, and invites the Next Generation crew to visit. They wind up getting banned themselves, and this time Argo learns its lesson and makes the ban permanent.
* Creedence Clearwater Revival's first single (under that name at least), "Porterville", is about a man who is no longer welcome in his hometown for some unspecified reasons.

[[folder:Tabletop RPG]]
* Classic ''{{Traveller}}'' supplement ''The Traveller Adventure''. During the adventure "Pysadian Escapade" the {{PC}}s are railroaded into inadvertently breaking a Pysadian law and end up being banned from the planet.
* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the vampire Planeswalker Sorin Markov is still banned from entering the Markov manor. [[IHateYouVampireDad Sorin and his grandfather Edgar really don't get along.]]


* An [[TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples old]] example in ''RomeoAndJuliet'': after killing Tybalt, Romeo is banished from Verona.
* In ''Don't Drink the Water'' by Creator/WoodyAllen, the main character, Axel, is banned from Africa. He laments that while many diplomats have been banned from various countries, he's the only one to have ever been banned from a ''continent''.

[[folder:Video Games]]
* In the first ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' game, if you end up killing an important fish on Mannan, the planetary authorities ban you from ever coming back.
** You ''can'' blackmail the authorities and force them to let you return, which is perfectly in line with the previous evil action.
* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', Ange mentions briefly that Amakusa will get arrested if he's ever caught back in France.
* Max has something to brag about in the ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' game ''Moai Better Blues'':
-->'''Max''': ...and I've been banned from 27 local arcades for playing ''Forbidden Dance Insurrection'' in ways that the designers never intended.
* The conclusion of ''[[TonyHawkProSkater Tony Hawk Underground 2]]''- subtitled "World Destruction Tour" - is a news report, which concludes with:
-->'''[[PunnyName Hugh Jass]]''': And finally, Tony Hawk and Bam Margera, the founders of the World Destruction Tour, have been officially banned from ever returning to UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}, Barcelona, Berlin, Australia, UsefulNotes/NewOrleans, and even [[NoodleIncident Thailand]]. Upon hearing the news, Tony and Bam replied, "Hey, good call."
* A variation in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': You can get yourself banned from gambling at every casino in the game if you win too much while gambling. You can still enter the casinos, but you can't gamble anymore. [[MontyHaul Not that you'll want for money ever again...]]
* Georg Prime from the ''{{Suikoden}}'' series used to be a Queen's Knight in Falena, but is no longer welcome in the country because he supposedly killed the previous Queen. [[spoiler: It's true, [[ShootTheDog but she WANTED him to do it]] for [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity reasons involving one of the 27 True Runes]]. He's actually on good terms with the current leaders of Falena, and (if the good ending of SuikodenV is Canon) both a friend and ParentalSubstitute to the [[PlayerCharacter Commander of the Queen's Knights]]. [[HeroWithBadPublicity To the public at large, however...]]]]
* At the end of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', Ezio is banned from Constantinople by [[spoiler:the new Sultan Selim, who notes that it's only because his son Suleiman speaks highly of him that he doesn't just execute him on the spot.]]
* In ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', the hero gets banned from his hometown after pulling out the Mana Sword because the village elder fears that it will bring monsters to their village.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}'', Fuka Kazamatsuri manages to get herself banned from [[FluffyCloudHeaven Celestia]] forever for insulting Lady Archangel [[spoiler:Flonne]].

* Tedd of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' managed to get himself banned from [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-03-01 certain areas of the mall.]] This overlaps with NoodleIncident because not even the author wants to know what happened (read the title of that strip).
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', John and Dad are banned from the Cirque du Soleil. It's implied that it has something to do with John's [[spoiler:Gamzee caused]] phobia of clowns.
* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', Jimbo managed to get himself banned from Canada. [[NoodleIncident Not even he knows how it happened.]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=777 Apparently he was very drunk at the time]].
* In ''SlightlyDamned'', [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Buwaro]] and [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Kieri]] can never go back to the town of Weyville. Not because they've been ''banned'', technically, but because it's home to a KnightTemplar angel who'll kill them if he ever sees them again (and already tried to the first time he saw them).
* ''TriangleAndRobert'' are [[http://www.froup.com/tr/tr.pl?1653 banned from more of the country (essentially the USA) than actually exists]], as they've been banned from some areas twice and one county that banned them no longer exists as a consequence of the event that caused the ban. They're essentially living where they are because [[http://www.froup.com/tr/tr.pl?1654 the non industrial part of their city is the only place they can legally be in the entire country.]]
* [[http://www.absurdnotions.org/page58.html Punned on]] in ''AbsurdNotions''; after Warren tells his ex-boss Garry that he is sick of Garry's cheesy smile, cheesy banter, and cheesy attitude, and "would appreciate it if (Garry) would remove (his) ''cheesy'' self from (Warren's) home and not return ever again", Garry remarks he's apparently "persona au gratin".

[[folder:Web Original]]
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic can never go back to Nevada due to [[{{Kickassia}} it being the location of his base of operations during his attempt at invading & conquering the micro-nation of Molossia]].
** Similarly, WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob was banned from returning to Kickassia by the Critic, after he plotted to overthrow him.
* The [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad email]] "movies" ends with Strong Bad firing a bazooka in a theater out of frustration at the other patrons. Cut to him typing...
--->'''Strong Bad:''' So that's why I'm not allowed at the movies anymore.
** Sbemail 22 has Strong Bad, in response to a fan's query as to what he thinks of the English, say something so offensive that he is officially banned from the United Kingdom.
* The Outcasts of ''{{Tasakeru}}'' are stripped of their citizenship and given a lifetime ban on setting foot inside their country's only city. Most of them have found ways of avoiding or ignoring the ban.
* In ''FriendshipIsWitchcraft'', Twilight Sparkle is banned from all bounce houses in the aftermath of a waffle-making incident. Twilight insists [[NeverMyFault it wasn't her fault]]--it would have worked if Spike didn't have such a weak grip.
* In his "Best/Worst of 2013" video, [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] jokingly (hopefully) tells the story of his banning from his local ice cream parlor:
-->'''Yahtzee:''' Life is an exercise in duality; one can only appreciate the pleasure if there has been pain to put it into context. The delightful taste of a knickerbocker glory is nothing if you've never stapled your bollocks over a worktop and set about them with a toffee hammer. Anyway, that's why I'm not allowed in the ice cream parlour anymore...

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In every episode of the show, TimonAndPumbaa got thrown out of wherever they were. Timon even [[LampshadeHanging asks]] at one point "Why did you think it was a good idea to drag us around the world getting into trouble?"
* Skipper mentions in ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' that he can't go back to Denmark due to the [[NoodleIncident Copenhagen Incident]] involving Hans the Puffin.
* Unsurprisingly, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** After getting kicked out of Florida in one episode, we see the family with an enormous map of the United States. They cross Florida off in a close shot, and the camera zooms out to show that all but 2 states have permanently banned them. [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Neither of which they're currently in.]]
** Played with in the episode "Lisa the Iconoclast'' where Lisa, and her children, and her children's children are banned from the historical society... for three months!
** On "Brother's Little Helper" (the episode where Bart is put on ADHD medication after his latest prank at school), Homer mentions a ten-year ban from the water park that recently ended. Whether this is connected to the incident in season two where Homer got stuck on a water slide due to his weight and the water slide had to be shut down so officials could release him isn't known as it wasn't mentioned outright, making the scene the punchline to a BrickJoke or yet another throwaway line that the writers don't want to flesh out that now stands as a NoodleIncident.
** In yet another episode, Bart and Milhouse were banned for life from Comic Book Guy's store (although the "for life" part eventually ended up revoked due to them saving Comic Book Guy's life when he underwent a severe heart attack in the middle of an angry rant). In an attempt to comfort him, Homer tearfully reminisces of his first life-long ban: after eating one of Gallagher's melons during one of his shows, the latter banned him for life from all his future performances and related media.
** In one episode, Bart enters the school library only to find his father Homer there doing research. "This library is for students, why aren't you at the regular public library?" "There was some... [[NoodleIncident unpleasantness]], I can never go back."
*** Dr. Hibbert was also banned from the library for reasons [[NoodleIncident never specified]] other than it relating to Moe Syszlak's actions while Hibbert hired him to act as a body double to distract Bart regarding a flu vaccination.
** And they'll never let Homer near [[NoodleIncident Lake Havasu again]].
** In the episode where Marge conquers her fear of flying, Homer Simpson ends up banned from Moe's Tavern for his contribution to a series of pranks the barflies play on [[ButtMonkey Moe]]. Ironically, his prank (loosening the lid of a sugar container so it would spill and ruin his coffee) was actually safer than some of the pranks played that day, such as having a king cobra repeatedly bite Moe, or setting Moe's clothes on fire...while he was wearing them.
** The Simpsons were nearly banned from Springfield by the populace for some of the things they did.
** Bart was placed on the "No Fly List" after he unbuckled his seatbelt before the plane came to a complete stop.
* In the ''{{Rugrats}} In Paris'' movie, one of Charles Finster's potential dates is said to not be allowed in the state of Kentucky.
* On ''TheFairlyOddparents'', Crocker can never go back to Cincinnati. [[NoodleIncident For reasons unknown]].
** Also, Cosmo is banned from Atlantis since he sunk it nine times. Therefore, he becomes the number one criminal there. But in the end of the episode, Timmy is the new number one criminal.
** After establishing that it was he who made Crocker's life miserable, Timmy is banned by Jorgen von Strangle from going back in time to March 15th to fix that. Jorgen also threatened to ban Timmy from visiting other months of that year if he interferes with the election of "President [=McGovern=]".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' "We Call It Maze", Dr. Doofenshmirtz reveals that he's no longer welcome in Albania after he [[NoodleIncident somehow provoked the ambassador's wife]].
* On ''FriskyDingo'', Killface and Simon CAN'T EVER GO BACK TO ARIZONA!
* ''{{Chowder}}'' episode "Banned From the Stand" featured Mung Daal being [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin banned from Gazpacho's fruit stand]]. Mung can't simply buy fruits from another stand because the fruit stand owner code allows Gazpacho to extend the ban to the other fruit stands in Marzipan City. After Mung tried (and failed) to buy fruits under several disguises, Gazpacho became so paranoid he banned everyone... even ''himself''. Because being banned from a stand last for as long as the stand remains, his only way out was destroying the stand and building a new one, from which [[spoiler:Mung got himself banned after repeating what got him banned from the first one]].
* ''GeneratorRex'': Lansky in "Moonlighting" has a RunningGag of "I can't go to (X). Long story."
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', after a trip to the bowling alley, as the Cutie Mark Crusaders leave, Scootaloo says that Mr. Kingpin will probably never let her back in the bowling alley again after making a gutter ball... on another lane. She seems oddly cheerful about it.
* In WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy, Peter alludes to being banned from Sea World for something when he prepares to explain to Chris what a whale's blowhole is for (or more specificially, what a whale's blowhole is ''not'' for), but [[NoodleIncident we never hear it]] due to the scene shifting. The closest to an explanation given is from Seth [=MacFarland=]'s in-character commentary for the episode, where he, in Peter's voice, claimed that he had sex with a whale's blowhole.
* {{Archer}}, Pam, Cheryl, Malory, Lana, Cyril, Ray, and probably the rest of ISIS are banned from Canada after the events of ''The Limited''.
-->'''Ray''': Au revoir, sweet man-whores of Montreal.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Puck spends most of the series trying to find a way to delay his return to Avalon because he finds mortals so amusing. Oberon eventually gives him [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor exactly what he wants]] by banishing Puck from Avalon ''forever''. Puck falls to his knees begging Oberon to reconsider but to no avail.
* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' ban themselves from Townsville in their movie since the populace hates them for wrecking the city and after Mojo's army of monkeys take over even the Professor doubts them. The girls eventually return to show what they're capable of when Mojo threatens the Professor.

[[folder:Real Life]]
For details, see BannedInChina.
* This is essentially the idea behind most restraining orders, to keep someone away from someone or someplace after they do something bad to them.
* Michael Savage is [[BannedInChina banned from entering the UK]] for "inciting hatred" against Muslims.
* Creator/CharlieChaplin was banned from the USA during the RedScare and the [=McCarthy=] era, a situation that he parodied in ''Film/AKingInNewYork''. He was allowed back in with open arms in the early 1970's.
* Fred Phelps (the late leader of Westboro Baptist Church) was banned from several places, most notably the UK.
* Semi-related, but comedian Creator/AndrewDiceClay is the only person to be banned from Creator/{{MTV}}.
** He was, apparently, unbanned at some point before [[http://www.mtv.com/photos/vma-2011-backstage-moments/1669000/6498896/photo.jhtml attending the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards]].
* At least one musician is banned for life from England's Channel 4 for saying "Fuck" before the WaterShed.
* For several years in the late 1980s, a CoastGuard cutter which shall remain nameless was banned from the port of Juneau, Alaska, until the crew (due to the usual billet changes and rotations) was almost entirely replaced. Upon its eventual return, Leslie Fish's filk song made the rounds of the enlisted decks.
* SnoopDogg has been banned from entering the UK, Australia and Sweden on various occasions, and is currently banned from entering Norway.
* This is quite frequently the fate of anybody caught counting cards at a casino blackjack table. While card counting mentally is legal, so is banning players for virtually any reason besides discrimination, making ''Film/RainMan'' a case of [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Hollywood]].
** World Memory Champion Dominic O'Brien was banned from every casino in the UK.
** Likewise, every known member of the famous MIT Blackjack Team is banned for life from most if not all casinos in the US, including every casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
* [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/btricomi/sets/72157603931562612/with/4370806405/ Arielle Juliette]], belly dancer from Madison, Wisconsin. Plans were supposedly [[WhatCouldHaveBeen afoot to get her banned from performing in Bury, Bolton and some other parts of Greater Manchester]], all areas OopNorth, but thankfully this never happened.
** It's still not known WhatCouldHaveBeen, considering [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff that she's more popular in Greater Manchester than Madison, Wisconsin]]...
* Rustycon 1995: A Seattle area science-fiction convention already notorious for its wild partying was put into a very fancy Hyatt hotel. The hotel staff was clueless about what to expect, resulting in business guests being put on the same floor as the party wing. Among the highlights were an intoxicated person crashing ''through'' a plate glass window, sabotage to the fire alarm, broken elevators, several chandeliers being ripped down, and damage to the lobby artwork that reached the five-figures mark. It took almost ''twenty years'' before downtown Bellevue hosted another sci-fi convention.
** In general, conventions and expos that don't have a permanent location tend to get banned, be it for sci-fi, video games, or furries, some idiots will inevitably do something so stupid/dangerous/damaging that the city will refuse to have them back.
** Tekkoshocon in Pittsburg, PA isn't banned from the city itself, but a few hotels have blacklisted it after one particularly drunk and riotous pair painted their room floor to ceiling, smashed the toilet, and ''rode a dresser down the stairs like a bob-sled''. Obviously, the individuals themselves are no longer allowed at the convention, either.
* Also banned from the UK is Terry Jones... Not the Creator/MontyPython one. The one that holds Koran burnings.
* The man who started the NBA Pacers-Pistons brawl (a.k.a. [[FanNickname The Malice at the Palace]]) got a season ticket revocation and a lifetime ban from the arena.
* There was an attempt to ban the German film, ''Film/TheTinDrum'' in Oklahoma due to the belief that it was child pornography. The director personally spoke to law makers to get the ruling overturned. He succeeded.
* Kurt Waldheim was Secretary-General of the UN and then President of Austria. He was also maybe a [[NaziGrandpa former Nazi intelligence officer]]. The controversy got so bad that by the time he was President of Austria he was not allowed to enter the United States, or many European countries. Nobody ever found conclusive proof (and at least one author claimed he was framed by Mossad), so Waldheim was never prosecuted.
* Creator/RichardGere is banned from China, probably due to the fact that he's openly against China's occupation of Tibet.
* The Sheraton hotel chain will not host a [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats Shriners' convention]], owing to the extreme rowdiness and damages that tend to follow them. Ray Stevens' song "Shriner's Convention" involved molestation, extreme intoxication, and a motorcycle going off a high diving board; the real ones aren't nearly that sedate. (Bear in mind: it's based on a convention he attended.)
* The Bullingdon Club, a near-equivalent to the Shriners (although catering to young {{Upper Class Twit}}s--with the occasional GentlemanSnarker--at [[{{Oxbridge}} Oxford]] rather than middle-aged, middle-class Americans), are effectively banned from every bar and restaurant in the country for much the same reason, but get around it by the simple expedient of booking function rooms through some sort of shell corporation and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney writing cheques for the cost of repairing the venue]] as they stagger away from the wreckage.
** Then you realize that both UsefulNotes/DavidCameron and UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson were both members...and also [[TheHouseOfWindsor Edward VII and Edward VIII]]...and pretty much every notable male Tory Oxonian since the late 19th century.
* During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the Allies tried to quarter ANZAC troops in Cairo. The Egyptian government refused, saying that while New Zealanders were welcome, the city was still recovering from the victory celebration the Australian troops gave in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne the last world war]].
* [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Ancient Athens]] had a procedure known as ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism ostracism]]'', in which people would hold a vote on a whoever was seen as the worst threat to society; the selected citizen would then be banished from Athens for a period of ten years. (Notably, the penalty did not include confiscation of property or any other loss of status.)
* Frequently happens on internet forums, for obvious reasons. Sometimes, the members who were banned make spin-off forums, as sort of a "refugee camp" for banned users so to speak. Other people may try to sign up under a different name to keep trolling the place.
* Many privately owned establishments, whether they be sports stadiums, restaurants, or retail stores, may ban a specific customer/consumer for life if they done something worthy of the ban. (See Website/NotAlwaysRight)
* Chuck Austen was essentially excommunicated from the comic book industry after ''retailers'' told Marvel and DC that they wouldn't buy his books.
* Adam Sandler was banned from the campus of a Nebraska state college after he was caught getting high with some students after a comedy performance
* It's not entirely uncommon for spies, working under a cover of being diplomatic staff at an embassy (or actual diplomats, spying in addition to their official duties), being ejected from a country after being caught, or sometimes just in response to one of the host country's spies or diplomats being similarly ejected from the other country. Not worth the trouble or fuss to arrest them for spying and cause a diplomatic incident, and it gets the troublesome individual out of your yard.
* TheodoreRoosevelt pissed off the nation of Colombia due to his actions concerning the construction of the Panama Canal; when asked why he had left it off his speaking tour of South America, he mentioned that he was "not a ''persona grata''" in that country.
* In response to the death of Sergei Magnitsky, the US passed [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act The Magnitsky Act]] PNG'ing 18 people believed to be responsible for his death. In response, Russia banned American adoption of Russian children and PNG'd back 18 individuals involved with either the Guantanamo Bay prison camp or the prosecution of two Russian citizens. John Yoo (from the Gitmo list), for one, is know to be [[InsultBackfire quite proud of his inclusion.]]
* The government of UsefulNotes/{{Azerbaijan}} has compiled a blacklist of people, mainly foreign politicians, ambassadors, and even famous entertainers, who are no longer allowed entry into the country because they visited UsefulNotes/NagornoKarabakh, a breakaway, ''de facto'' country that seceded from Azerbaijan with the fall of the Soviet Union, but that Azerbaijan still claims as theirs.
* Inverted in China recently - [[http://www.chinadailyasia.com/news/2013-11/06/content_15096825.html failure to obey Chinese court rulings, including debt payments,]] doesn't get you banned from the country. You will be barred from leaving!
* The Cannes Film Festival declared director Creator/LarsVonTrier ''persona non grata'' after he made some inflammatory comments about how he "was a Nazi" and "understood Hitler." Trier considered it [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity a compliment to be the first person banned from Cannes]].
* Donald Sterling, the soon-to-be former owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, was thrust in the centre of a scandal in April of 2014 when audio was leaked of him asking his girlfriend not to "bring black people to Clippers games", amongst other things. Having already been accused of racism by the people he rents his real estate out to, once the NBA authenticated his voice, they decided to ban him from setting foot on NBA property for life, and removed any and all authority he held over the team.