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* In ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'', Mathilda (Natalie Portman) tries this trick to get past the door security at the NYC DEA office.
* ''[[The Mechanic]]'' (original). The hitman pretends to be driving one of the chicken delivery trucks.
* "Candygram for Mongo!" The ''hero'' uses this tactic against a dimwitted and [[Nigh Invulnerability|nigh-invulnerable]] thug deployed by the villains in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''. Subverted in that this is a comedy, and the explosion only results in an [[Ash Face]] and Mongo's capture.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
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* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' season 1. A recurring character is a "land shark" that tries to get people to open their door. He always gets in when offering a candygram.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': In "What's My Line?", Cordelia lets a cosmetics salesman into the house, unaware that he is actually an assassin who [[The Worm That Walks|can transform himself into thousands of mealworms]].
 
== Music ==
* ''Special Delivery'' by [[The Offspring]].
 
== [[Video Games]] ==