Hairpin Lockpick: Difference between revisions

Alice and Bob are in a tight situation; maybe they need to break into a closet, or maybe they have been locked up by the bad guys. Either way, a lock is blocking their... way. Bob's mind is racing. How are they going to get out? And what is that [[Written Sound Effect|''click!'']] he just heard? [[Double Take|Wait a second]]... ''did the lock just open?!''

 

 

When a resourceful character picks a lock, be they [[Handy Cuffs|handcuffs]], [[Locked Door|doors]] or [[Secret Diary|secret diaries]], with a hairpin, you get the '''Hairpin Lockpick'''. Most often utilized by females as they are way more likely to have a hairpin actually on their person.

 

 

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* Night Nurse in ''[[Doctor Strange]]: The Oath'' opens a door this way. The impressed Strange can only comment "You should wear your hair like that more often."

 

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* In the ''[[Doc Savage]]'' novel "The Lost Oasis," a woman tries to pick the lock on her slave collar with a hairpin after seeing Doc perform a similar feat. She doesn't have the necessary training.

* If [[Nancy Drew]] didn't have those Industrial-Strength bobby pins, she would still be locked in many a closet.

* Subverted in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', where the fallacy in this trope is pointed out, and Violet uses an electrical plug as a lock pick.

 

* On ''[[Burn Notice]]'', Michael has noted that Fiona's hairpin is as good as a lockpick.

* In an episode of ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'', [[Loony Fan|Mel]] uses a hairpin to open the bathroom door. While Bret's in the bathroom.

 

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[[Category:MacGyvering]]

[[Category:Crime and Punishment Tropes]]