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A gun concealed inside or [[Shoe Phone|in the shape of]] a briefcase.
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== [[Anime]]
* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'': Roberta uses a [[More Dakka|machinegun]] briefcase in her initial appearance.
* Used by a pair of bodyguards in the opening scene of ''[[Ghost in
** The briefcases also make an appearance at the end of ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' being carried by {{spoiler|the [[Eagle Land|American]] [[The Empire|Empire]] agents who are accompanying Gouda in the final episode of season 2}}.
* ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' If you see the [[Badass Normal]] sidekick coming towards you with a briefcase, RUN. If you find out what is in it, you are probably already dead. (He has at least 5 ways to kill a person built into that thing by the end)
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* In ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]'', a prison warden hands Rico a small case containing Rico's old badge. Rico quickly reveals that the case itself is a reconfigurable handgun in disguise. Why the warden handed his most dangerous prisoner a package without inspecting what was inside it is a Wallbanger that is never explained.
* ''[[RoboCop]] 2''. As Hob is escaping he's carrying what appears to be a small metal briefcase. When confronted by Officer Lewis he unfolds it into a machine gun and tries to shoot her. [[Truth in Television|It's an actual weapon]], the [http://world.guns.ru/smg/usa/ares-fmg-e.html Ares FMG]
* In ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]] 2'', Tony has a briefcase that converts into an ''entire suit of armor''. This is straight out of the comics too (although there, the armor is usually stored inside the briefcase). To really get into this trope, one action figure of this
* In ''[[The Replacement Killers]]'', the back-up hitmen used the MP5 briefcase described below.
* These come in handy in the first ''[[Alien vs. Predator]]'' film.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Snow Crash]]'', [[BFG|Reason]] is mounted inside a suitcase, though it does have a heat exchanger coming out of the side.
* ''[[The Executioner]]'': while posing as a drug dealer's bodyguards, Able Team are each equipped with a briefcase with an Uzi inside and a
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'': One of the weapons used by the CIA in ''CIA vs. KGB'' is a [[James Bond|Walther PPK]] hidden in a briefcase with a pulley system (terminating in a string looped around the finger) attached to the trigger. The agent assigned to test it manages to shoot all three targets perfectly while carrying the case normally.
== [[Tabletop
* In the ''[[Hot Chicks]]'' RPG
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[James Bond|007: Nightfire]]'' has the Phoenix [[Ronin (film)|Ronin]], a minigun concealed inside of a briefcase that can be set down as an automated sentry gun or operated by remote.
* The ''[[The House of the Dead (series)|House of the Dead]]'' spinoff ''Zombie Revenge'' featured the two guitar-case weapons from ''Desperado''
* The Pandora gun in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'' is carried around like a briefcase. It can turn into a crossbow, a bazooka, a laser cannon, a minigun-version of the more realistic
* The 'Sniper Case' from the ''[[Hitman]]'' games allow you to carry a disassembled [[Sniper Rifle]] around in a briefcase without suspicion, as sniper rifles are too large to be concealed in 47's jacket.
** There are also a few other suitcases for other types of rifles. Also a subversion as these suitcases are so long that somebody should be asking questions.
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