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'''Random Guard''': Yes!

'''Prince Teppic''': That could take some time.

 

A character is told to drop all his weapons, or is frisked. He lays down the [[Shotguns Are Just Better|shotgun]], takes the [[Handguns|pistol]] or pistols out of their holsters, and drops them onto the ground. Then the gun from the shoulder holster... the smaller concealed pistol... the extra magazines... [[Knife Nut|the combat knife from his belt]]... [[Knife Nut|the combat knife strapped to his leg]]... [[Rule of Three|the switchblade]]... the tear gas... [[Four Is Death|the butterfly]] [[Butterfly Knife|knife]]... the grenades... the shuriken... the ''[[Blade on a Stick|poleaxe]]''... the ''[[Stuff Blowing Up|bazooka]]''...

* Used in a commercial for Netflix (or a similar product) that plays this scene typically, highlighting how they're making movies more awesome again.

* Sprint's Samsung Epic 4G ad—with a spoof movie called "Epic [[Cowboy Cop|Renegade Cop]]" featuring a [[Turn in Your Badge]] moment—is a perfect example of this. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110814041317/http://www.facebookvideodown.com/sprint-epic-renegade-cop-commercial-hq-31294.html Available here].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* The ''[[Ranma ½]]'' anime series tends to take Mousse's abilities as a Master of Hidden Weapons well past the logical conclusion. In one filler episode, Ranma, Ryoga, and Mousse have all gotten themselves chained to a steel ball about eight feet in diameter that is actually a [[Big Bulky Bomb|bomb]]. Ranma and Ryoga are forced to go searching through Mousse's robes to find the key to the chains, and by the time they find it there's a six-foot pile of stuff on the ground.

* Played with in ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]'': Manji on occasion drops about a dozen weapons all at once just before a fight to intimidate his opponents and pick out whichever weapon seems most useful in the given situation.

 

== Comic Books ==

* [[Deadpool]] is famous for pulling out a convenient weapon out of seemingly ''nowhere.'' One time where he actually used this trope (returning a large amount of weapons to other characters), when asked how he carried all of it, he simply stated, "[[Squick|It involves a lot of lubricant.]]"

* In an Italian comic named ''[[Cattivik]]'', the [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|titular character]] is stopped at the airport's metal detector and removes first a metal rasp from his [[Hyperspace Arsenal]] and then other stuff including a small cannon, several large cannon-balls, an axe, a couple of scimitars and a spiked mace. After all this he reveals to have still one little trinket down there... [[Tank Goodness|and said trinket is a huge tank!]]

 

== Fan Works ==

* In ''[[Top Dog]]'', this is a staple of the Amazon Hidden Weapons art; Mu Tze does it [[Rummage Fail|looking for a shotgun]] and along the way manages to pull an autorickshaw out of his coat.

* In ''[[Ascension]]'', '''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|REI]]''' of all people does this trope as part of her author-induced [[Xenafication]]. She produces two customized revolvers, two Micro Uzis, [[Knife Nut|over three dozen knives]], a sword, four shurikens, two chakrams, a ''grenade launcher'' and all the assorted ammunition in the form of speedloaders, drum magazines and HE grenades. Above all that she possesses a [[BFG|.50cal tank rifle]] but doesn't usually carry it with her because it's [[Averted Trope|impossible]] [[Hammerspace|to conceal]].

 

== Film ==

::Justified (possibly) in that the coats belong to gangsters.

* [[Career Killers|Vlad Taltos]] from the ''[[Dragaera]]'' books carries a lot of knives, darts and similar equipment concealed on his person, and swaps all of them out periodically so they don't pick up enough of his aura to be traced back to him. The first time he does it he's a bit surprised himself just how much it is when it's all in one heap.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[The Office]]'': Lampshaded by Michael in his improv class. He had the habit of [[Chandler's Law|simply walking into a scene and shooting everyone with an imaginary gun]], much to the annoyance of pretty much everyone else present. The instructor eventually tells him to hand over all of his guns, and Michael proceeds to mime removing at least a half dozen firearms from varying places on his person.

** Although he didn't carry the weapons on his body, this trope still applies after Dwight maces Roy and is forced to get rid of the weapons he's hidden around the office. Cue a long series of shots of him handing over shurikens from the filing cabinet, a sword from underneath his desk, and so on. This happens again when Dwight duels Andy.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* A prestige class from an Ambient d20 sourcebook features the ability to conceal a number of small-sized weapons equal to the character's dexterity modifier "in ways that would not be obvious to onlookers". The flavor text for the class has a women with this class saving another party member by throwing a number of knives at a monster trying to ambush him. While taking a bath in a lake in nothing but underwear. The rescued character at first wonders where she could have possibly hidden all those knives, but then decides he's just glad she did.

** The Master Thrower prestige class more or less invokes this trope—just from the example picture from the book ([http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/cw_ag/75419.jpg seen here]), which carries at least thirty small bladed weapons between what can be seen and what can be inferred from symmetry.

 

== Video Games ==

* A ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' ad had Crash being stopped at a metal detector, and unloading a ridiculous amount of weaponry. After seemingly finishing, the metal detector continued to beep. Crash turns around and walks away in disgust... revealing that he forgot to remove his jetpack.

* In ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'', if you decide to make Isabella your paramour (or just talk her into a quick roll in the hay) you don't get the normal, romantic build-up; the two of you bust through the door to Hawke's room mid-embrace, falling all over each other. You each pull away your base weapons; then some backup weapons ([[Gameplay and Story Segregation|which are never used in-game]]); and then another knife; and something else, and then you FINALLY make it into position on the bed... At which point Hawke makes an uncomfortable face, and Isabella removes a blade from between her legs. Of course, at no time do either one of them remove any actual [[Right Through His Pants|clothing]].

 

== Web Comics ==

* Played straight in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130917214817/http://mocpages.com/home.php/24689 Architect of Vonthako]'s mini-comic [https://web.archive.org/web/20100429040126/http://mocpages.com/moc.php/198718 here].

* Happens with Shadow at an airport [[Metal Detector Checkpoint]] in an episode of ''[[Sonic Uncut]]''. This was ''before'' the black blur's [[Shadow the Hedgehog|self-titled game]] was made.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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