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While it's pretty common for [[RPG|RPGs]]s to give your party a thief as a team member, or otherwise give the player an ability to [[Video Game Stealing|swipe goods off an opponent during battle]], it is relatively rare to encounter monsters or foes that do the same thing to you, even when you're specifically fighting thieves as opponents.
 
Now enter the [['''Bandit Mook]]'''.
 
This is the occasional [[Mook]] who isn't interested in your party's demise so much as he is in your [[Bag of Holding]]. He may have a share of normal attacks, but he's unlikely to do any serious harm -- hisharm—his signature attack pattern is to swipe something from your [[Hyperspace Arsenal]] then disappear as quickly as possible, taking the stolen goods with him. Fenced goods may be gone forever if stolen, so for this reason he will (usually) interest himself only in items that can be easily replaced at local shops. After all, if the Bandit Mook randomly made off with your hard-earned [[MacGuffin|MacGuffins]]s and [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]]s, this could render your game [[Unwinnable by Design]], and nobody wants that.
 
Defeating a Bandit Mook frequently results in the immediate recovery of any stolen goods; but this isn't always the case, especially if it was just cash. (Exactly how he can keep you from [[Fridge Logic|physically looting his corpse]] is a mystery, but then again, it may be because [[Everything Fades]].)
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** They return in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|the sequel]] as common enemies, some of which can steal items and even ''badges'', and must be defeated to regain your stolen loot. They also appear as neutral NPCs.
* ''[[Gauntlet (1985 video game)]]'' has the Thief, who steals treasure or, if possible, a potion from a player (selected randomly if two, three or four are playing). They also love to infuriate their victim by running away at lightning speeds proclaiming [[I Shall Taunt You|"YOU CAN'T CATCH ME!" in primitive digitized speech.]]
* Some ''[[Kirby]]'' games, like ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', have TAC, who can steal your power -- orpower—or outright kidnap your ''partner''.
* Thieves in the ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' series can usually unlock and loot chests if you don't get to them quickly enough, and will them promptly make off with the goods if you don't kill them before they leave the map. Sometimes they'll perform [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|other acts of banditry]], and aim for nearby villages instead which usually have gold or useful items if you warn them to shut their gates. Depending on the game, the thieves may or may not be able to steal items from your slower characters.
* ''[[Yoshi's Island]]'' had the same Bandits from Paper Mario that steal Baby Mario from your back and run off with him as he screams and the timer goes down. Luckily they can never fully run away. Frogs and weak Toadys also do it too.
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* ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', the first Mario role playing game, had [[Alliterative Name|Croco the crook]].
* One of the first enemies you meet in ''[[MOTHER 1|Earthbound Zero]]'', the Crow, steals food items and does not return them upon death.
** The Spiteful Crow from ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'', again one of the first enemies that Ness meets, is also fond of stealing your food.
* The Smirking Thief in ''[[Castle of the Winds]]'' can steal your money or whatever's on your belt, then randomly teleport to anywhere else in the level. Very agile and requires three fireballs worth of damage to kill. You can get your stuff back if you can find and kill it.
* ''[[Minecraft]]'' introduces the Endermen, a tall and sleek mob that is passive unless provoked by attacking it or looking at it. When they are not provoked, Endermen will wander aimlessly and may steal a block and place it somewhere else (such as dirt, grass, sand, gravel, mushrooms, flowers, etc.). This is usually of no concern if you are exploring but if you have a structure built by your own hands, things can get ''nasty'' if Endermen start to pick apart your structure, depending on how you have things set up. While Endermen can only take 1 block at a time, the block is [[Lost Forever]] once an Endermen steals it, even if you kill it.
** However, as of 1.0, Enderman can only pick up some natural materials like dirt, sand, and gravel ([[Paranoia Fuel|except for TNT]]), making it much easier to deal with them.
* ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' has rats in Lab 16 who will steal a tonic from your inventory and run away if they manage to catch you.
* The Meta-Being known as Gliro in ''[[Baroque]]'' likes to steal an item from your inventory, then flee at top speed. And yes, it can snatch the sword right out of your hands or the coat right off your back. If you manage to chase it down and kill--erkill—er, purify it, it will drop whatever it stole from you...but sometimes the Gliro chooses to ''throw'' the item at you in self-defense, in which case the item will be [[Lost Forever]].
* ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Pokémon Ruby]]'' and ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Sapphire]]'' introduced [[Mon|Mons]]s that learn item-stealing moves naturally, such as Linoone (with Covet), potentially making them Bandit Mooks. As well as item-disabling moves like Knock Off. The [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|Generation IV]] games took it up a notch with moves like Pluck, which damages the enemy and eats any berry the target is holding.
* The Packrat in ''Anvil of Dawn.''
* The original ''[[King's Quest]]'' has the Dwarf, who steals whatever treasure you're carrying. If this happens, the game becomes [[Unwinnable]].
* The gnomes in the [[Harry Potter (video game)|Harry Potter]] video games would steal a few of your Bertie Bott Every Flavor Beans if they ran into you. They weren't reobtainable in the first game, but they were in the second game.
* ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' featured Pluton - who made matters worse by being [[Invincible Minor Minion|invlunerable]] on top of everything else. They return in ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising|Kid Icarus Uprising]]'', where they thankfully can finally be destroyed.
* Some enemies in ''[[ToME 2]]'' steal gold and items from the player, but you can get them back if you kill the monster. Agents of the black market even do this in the town.
 
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