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* In one early ''[[The Witcher|Witcher]]'' story Geralt, convalescing in the Nenneke's monastery, hides his booze behind the books in the library, because Nenneke disapproved of his drinking. Dandelion, visiting his friend there, promptly hangs lampshade on this trope.
* In one early ''[[The Witcher|Witcher]]'' story Geralt, convalescing in the Nenneke's monastery, hides his booze behind the books in the library, because Nenneke disapproved of his drinking. Dandelion, visiting his friend there, promptly hangs lampshade on this trope.


== Live Action TV ==
== Live-Action TV ==
* On ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', House hides a secret stash of Vicodin inside a textbook on Lupus, on the grounds that he'll never need the textbook because [[Running Joke|"It's never Lupus."]] (Shockingly, in the fourth season, they did get a Lupus case.)
* On ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', House hides a secret stash of Vicodin inside a textbook on Lupus, on the grounds that he'll never need the textbook because [[Running Joke|"It's never Lupus."]] (Shockingly, in the fourth season, they did get a Lupus case.)
* ''[[Lost]]''
* ''[[Lost]]''
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** A different version might be when Penny puts her letter into Desmond's copy of ''Our Mutual Friend.'' Knowing that he'll turn to that book at his lowest time, it kind of works the same as a Bible.
** A different version might be when Penny puts her letter into Desmond's copy of ''Our Mutual Friend.'' Knowing that he'll turn to that book at his lowest time, it kind of works the same as a Bible.
* In the opening credits for ''[[Blackadder]] The Third'', Edmund is browsing through a library full of big, heavy history books with titles like ''From Black Death to Black Adder'' and ''The Blackobite Rebellion''. He then picks up a particularly hefty tome with ''Blackadder The Third'' on the front, raises an eyebrow at the camera, and opens it to reveal a lurid paperback with the episode title.
* In the opening credits for ''[[Blackadder]] The Third'', Edmund is browsing through a library full of big, heavy history books with titles like ''From Black Death to Black Adder'' and ''The Blackobite Rebellion''. He then picks up a particularly hefty tome with ''Blackadder The Third'' on the front, raises an eyebrow at the camera, and opens it to reveal a lurid paperback with the episode title.
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]': A nun keeps whiskey in a hollowed-out Bible and takes a [[Quick Nip]] during a prayer service when no one is looking.
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'': A nun keeps whiskey in a hollowed-out Bible and takes a [[Quick Nip]] during a prayer service when no one is looking.
* ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'': [[Big Eater|The eponymous vicar]] hides chocolate bars inside her Bibles.
* ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'': [[Big Eater|The eponymous vicar]] hides chocolate bars inside her Bibles.
* ''[[The Wire]]'': Randy is a group home kid who tries to stash the cash he's been earning in the spine of a school textbook. When he finds it stolen, it's one of the worst gut punches in the series.
* ''[[The Wire]]'': Randy is a group home kid who tries to stash the cash he's been earning in the spine of a school textbook. When he finds it stolen, it's one of the worst gut punches in the series.
* An episode of ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'' has one of the twins hiding candy bars in hollowed-out cookbooks because his mom never looks at them.
* An episode of ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'' has one of the twins hiding candy bars in hollowed-out cookbooks because his mom never looks at them.
* When Blanche was going through her father's belongings in [[The Golden Girls]], she came across his Bible, and fondly remembers Sundays at church—before opening it and finding whiskey. Which explains why after every service he would stand up and proclaim "I can lick any man in this church!" Later, Rose brings in some encyclopedias in. Blanche tells her to put them with the Bible in the liquor cabinet.
* When Blanche was going through her father's belongings in ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', she came across his Bible, and fondly remembers Sundays at church—before opening it and finding whiskey. Which explains why after every service he would stand up and proclaim "I can lick any man in this church!" Later, Rose brings in some encyclopedias in. Blanche tells her to put them with the Bible in the liquor cabinet.
* ''[[The Colbert Report]]'': Colbert faked out the audience by revealing that he had a secret stash of Eggo waffles hidden inside of Sarah Palin's new book (the Palin story had to wait until the waffle shortage story was done).
* ''[[The Colbert Report]]'': Colbert faked out the audience by revealing that he had a secret stash of Eggo waffles hidden inside of Sarah Palin's new book (the Palin story had to wait until the waffle shortage story was done).
* Once on ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'', Nina says that the only book she owns is the hollowed out almanac from her trip to Colombia.
* Once on ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'', Nina says that the only book she owns is the hollowed out almanac from her trip to Colombia.
* One episode of [[Square One TV]]'s ''Mathnet'' concerned the theft of a carved crystal falcon. The detectives tracked down the culprit, but discovered the falcon had been stolen from him in turn. He had been storing it in a book, the pages cut into the exact shape of the statue.
* One episode of [[Square One TV]]'s ''Mathnet'' concerned the theft of a carved crystal falcon. The detectives tracked down the culprit, but discovered the falcon had been stolen from him in turn. He had been storing it in a book, the pages cut into the exact shape of the statue.
* On an episode of ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' a hunter who enjoys hunting [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]] has Dr. Banner trapped in a room; IIRC a clue leads him to a key hidden inside a hollowed out book on [[Chess Motifs|chess, which was a major thematic element of the episode]].
* On an episode of ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' a hunter who enjoys hunting [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]] has Dr. Banner trapped in a room; IIRC a clue leads him to a key hidden inside a hollowed out book on [[Chess Motifs|chess, which was a major thematic element of the episode]].
* Played for comic effect on [[The George Lopez Show|George Lopez]]:
* Played for comic effect on ''[[The George Lopez Show]]'':
{{quote|Benny: If you [Angie] ever tell anyone what's in this book [money] I will ''kill'' you with what's in ''that'' book.}}
{{quote|Benny: If you [Angie] ever tell anyone what's in this book [money] I will ''kill'' you with what's in ''that'' book.}}
* In an episode of [[Night Court]], we discover in Harry's office a bookshelf that has a set of legal texts that hinge up to reveal a secret compartment, holding his pet rabbit.
* In an episode of ''[[Night Court]]'', we discover in Harry's office a bookshelf that has a set of legal texts that hinge up to reveal a secret compartment, holding his pet rabbit.
* [[Conversational Troping]] in ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]'':
* [[Conversational Troping]] in ''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]'':
{{quote|'''George''': I love secret compartments, they're so mysterious. I've been thinking of putting a secret compartment in my book. I mean in the story, not in the actual ... Sir! A secret compartment in the actual book! It could hide a ... a smaller book!}}
{{quote|'''George''': I love secret compartments, they're so mysterious. I've been thinking of putting a secret compartment in my book. I mean in the story, not in the actual ... Sir! A secret compartment in the actual book! It could hide a ... a smaller book!}}
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