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** In one movie alone he stole a submarine, a large nuclear fuel source, a space shuttle, and a satellite full of money.

** In another he started a legitimate company by stealing oil from a rival company's well.

* Jack Rakan from [[Mahou Sensei Negima]] stole [[Panty Thief|panties]] off one of two girls without them noticing. The only reason he didn't get both of them is that the other girl was [[Going Commando]]. And he is supposed to be a fighter, not a thief. He later one-ups himself by stealing the panties off of several of Fate's minions simultaneously.

* ''[[King of Bandit Jing|Jing, King of Bandits]]'', it's claimed that the title character can steal anything and that is what he does. He ''does'' concede defeat after discovering that one treasure is a landmark. Given that he has succeeded in stealing greed, a dream, and a smile, this is quite an admission.

** The above refers to the movie ''Beautiful Dreamer''. In the anime, Ataru steals Lum's bikini by using a sticky dart gun to latch onto and pull off her [[Fur Bikini]] top. When the [[Defeat By Modesty|ashamed]] [[Cute Monster Girl|oni]] dives at him to retrieve it, he outmaneuvers her and grabs her horns from behind, as she's too distracted to think about flying away from him.

* Deconstructed by [[Magic Kaito|Kaitou]] [[Detective Conan|KID]], in several ways. While the biggest thing he has ever stolen is a pair of clock hands from a clock tower, the way he [[Incredibly Lame Pun|performs]] his heists make him an impossible thief. Among fan favorites is him literally walking in midair, and establishing an alibi in true [[Code Geass|Lelouch]] form by going on a date and performing his heist, effectively putting him in literally two places at once. Shinichi has long since given up on figuring out his identity, focusing more on how he performs his impossible tasks.

 

 

* [[Christopher Nolan]]'s ''[[Inception]]'' features a crew of thieves that steal ideas for a living.

** [[Justified Trope|Justified]], since they do this by reading the subject's mind. In a situation like that, ''all'' you can steal are ideas.

* In ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]'', Kermit enters [[Wonderful Life|an alternate reality in which he never existed]] and meets Fozzie, who has become a street thief. Fozzie promptly picks his pocket. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Kermit's angel companion, who correctly points out that Kermit, being a frog, doesn't ''have'' any pockets.

* The Thief from ''[[The Thief and The Cobbler (Animation)|The Thief and The Cobbler]]'' steals the [[MacGuffin]] from a collapsing death machine, the words "The End" at the end of the movie and ''the film from the projector''!

*** Slightly subverted. {{spoiler|the world this takes place in is actually a computer simulation-- the Dusks didn't actually steal the word photo, they just altered the code so that particular word was left undefined and, hence, had no meaning. As all the characters you meet there are simulated by the program, they are unable to recall the word. In the "real world" of Kingdom Hearts, things like this are not possible and do not occur.}}

* ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' has an example that overlaps with [[Video Game Stealing]]. Locke Cole, behind enemy lines in occupied South Figaro, steals first a merchant's clothes and then an Imperial officer's uniform, while the merchant and the officer are wearing them. While it's done within the standard battle system (this section of the game being the only time Locke's in-battle theft works this way), stealing the officer's uniform is required to advance the plot (the merchant's clothes, while useful, can be skipped), meaning that it's not ''just'' gameplay mechanics.

* In [[Arcanum]], the background material mentions Bolo, halfling god of thievery, who tried to show off by stealing the shadow off his stepfather Progo, god of storms. He was found out, and Progo cut off Bolo's arm. In revenge, Bolo stole Progo's ''soul'', and tore it in half, killing the god instantly.

* Twice during the ''Wrath of the Lich King'' expansion in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', a handful of rogues inexplicably wound up with the ability to speak two languages that are usually off-limits to players: Draconic and Titan. This has never been removed in subsequent patches. Obviously, this means that while you're logged out, your characters are hard at work ''stealing languages''.

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