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* The parents of [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Jean Grey]] keep their spare keys under a fake rock. Unfortunately, Hercules (in ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' crossover where she resurfaces after ''The Dark Phoenix Saga'') kicks the door down before she could get to it.
* The parents of [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Jean Grey]] keep their spare keys under a fake rock. Unfortunately, Hercules (in ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' crossover where she resurfaces after ''The Dark Phoenix Saga'') kicks the door down before she could get to it.
* [[All Star Superman|Superman]] keeps the key to his Fortress of Solitude under the ''welcome'' mat by the entrance. But it's made of White Dwarf star matter and only he can lift it.
* [[All-Star Superman|Superman]] keeps the key to his Fortress of Solitude under the ''welcome'' mat by the entrance. But it's made of White Dwarf star matter and only he can lift it.




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* ''[[The Ring]] 2''
* ''[[The Ring]] 2''
* This is how Colt gets into the [[Big Bad]]'s hideout in ''[[Loaded Weapon 1|Loaded Weapon I]]''.
* This is how Colt gets into the [[Big Bad]]'s hideout in ''[[Loaded Weapon 1|Loaded Weapon I]]''.
* ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie Grow Up Timmy Turner]]'': Magnate's headquarters has the key hidden under the doormat.
* ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!]]'': Magnate's headquarters has the key hidden under the doormat.
* A deleted scene in the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (Film)|Star Trek]]'' movie reveals that the young Kirk found the keys to his father's Corvette above the sun visor.
* A deleted scene in the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' movie reveals that the young Kirk found the keys to his father's Corvette above the sun visor.




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== Live Action TV ==
== Live Action TV ==


* ''[[House (TV)|House]]'' has them breaking into Cuddy's house at one point. The key is under a vase while Chase is busy telling House that's not going to work.
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' has them breaking into Cuddy's house at one point. The key is under a vase while Chase is busy telling House that's not going to work.
* In one ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'' flashback, young Miles found a dead man's apartment key under a white stone rabbit. White rabbits are a motif on the show. As Miles talks to dead people, it was implied that the man told him where the key was.
* In one ''[[Lost]]'' flashback, young Miles found a dead man's apartment key under a white stone rabbit. White rabbits are a motif on the show. As Miles talks to dead people, it was implied that the man told him where the key was.
* Lowell did this on ''[[Wings (TV)|Wings]]'', revealed in an episode where the whole gang goes to Boston to be in the audience of a talk show. Thinking that he may have left his iron turned on at home, he announces to the camera his address and key hiding place, asking someone to check for him. Predictably, this leads to thieves stealing everything he owns. ("Except the iron...which was off!").
* Lowell did this on ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'', revealed in an episode where the whole gang goes to Boston to be in the audience of a talk show. Thinking that he may have left his iron turned on at home, he announces to the camera his address and key hiding place, asking someone to check for him. Predictably, this leads to thieves stealing everything he owns. ("Except the iron...which was off!").
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', where it was mentioned that Drew kept a ''fake'' key in a fake rock under his welcome mat.
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', where it was mentioned that Drew kept a ''fake'' key in a fake rock under his welcome mat.
* In ''[[Psych]]'', Gus wonders how Shawn was able to get into his house, and Shawn points out that the key hidden under a fake rock is a bit obvious for a ''second-floor'' apartment.
* In ''[[Psych]]'', Gus wonders how Shawn was able to get into his house, and Shawn points out that the key hidden under a fake rock is a bit obvious for a ''second-floor'' apartment.
* In ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', pretty much all of Lorelai Gilmore's neighbors knew that the spare key was in the turtle.
* In ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', pretty much all of Lorelai Gilmore's neighbors knew that the spare key was in the turtle.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' telemovie with Paul McGann in, the car-key version was done with, of all things, the ''TARDIS''.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' telemovie with Paul McGann in, the car-key version was done with, of all things, the ''TARDIS''.
* On ''[[Friends]]'' one of Ross' dates kept hers in the light fixture near her apartment door. It made the key hot, though. Seriously lady, that's a stupid place to put it!
* On ''[[Friends]]'' one of Ross' dates kept hers in the light fixture near her apartment door. It made the key hot, though. Seriously lady, that's a stupid place to put it!
* In the first episode of ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'', Alan gets into Charlie's house as his fake key-hiding rock is kept out in the open, due to Charlie often coming home so drunk he wouldn't be able to find it if it was in a pile of rocks.
* In the first episode of ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'', Alan gets into Charlie's house as his fake key-hiding rock is kept out in the open, due to Charlie often coming home so drunk he wouldn't be able to find it if it was in a pile of rocks.
* ''[[Fringe]]'' has Olivia go to a alternate universe where she breaks into her counterpart's apartment because they hide the spare key in the same place. However, they do not keep their {{spoiler|guns}} in the same place.
* ''[[Fringe]]'' has Olivia go to a alternate universe where she breaks into her counterpart's apartment because they hide the spare key in the same place. However, they do not keep their {{spoiler|guns}} in the same place.
* In ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'', Bernie gets locked out of his house by the children in a hot day after he punished them and had the air conditioner fixed. With every door and window locked, the last place to look for is the key under the doormat. Brianna was sent to get the key, but was taken by Bernie and leads to a negotiation with the other two kids.
* In ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'', Bernie gets locked out of his house by the children in a hot day after he punished them and had the air conditioner fixed. With every door and window locked, the last place to look for is the key under the doormat. Brianna was sent to get the key, but was taken by Bernie and leads to a negotiation with the other two kids.
* ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV)|Starsky and Hutch]]'': Hutch keeps it on top of the door-frame. None of the repeated times the bad guys break into his place ever seem to convince him to stop doing this.
* ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]]'': Hutch keeps it on top of the door-frame. None of the repeated times the bad guys break into his place ever seem to convince him to stop doing this.
* In one episode of ''[[Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip]]'', Jordan and Danny are locked on the roof of the studio. They try to get the attention of a bum by throwing a rock <s>at</s> near him. Then Danny remembers there <s>is</s> was a hide-a-key rock on the roof.
* In one episode of ''[[Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip]]'', Jordan and Danny are locked on the roof of the studio. They try to get the attention of a bum by throwing a rock <s>at</s> near him. Then Danny remembers there <s>is</s> was a hide-a-key rock on the roof.
* ''[[Power Rangers ZEO]]'': When Rita and Zedd are fleeing from the Machine Empire, she asks her father if they can stay at his place. He agrees and says he'll leave a spare key under the mat.
* ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'': When Rita and Zedd are fleeing from the Machine Empire, she asks her father if they can stay at his place. He agrees and says he'll leave a spare key under the mat.


== Radio ==
== Radio ==
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* On ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'', there's a fictional inventor that attempts to avert this. He sells Cowpie Key Hiders. In Minnesota, lumps of cow manure are supposedly ubiquitous, and who's gonna look for a key under that? What if it turns out it's not fake? So instead of putting your key under the mat like an idiot, you can put it where nobody wants to look.
* On ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'', there's a fictional inventor that attempts to avert this. He sells Cowpie Key Hiders. In Minnesota, lumps of cow manure are supposedly ubiquitous, and who's gonna look for a key under that? What if it turns out it's not fake? So instead of putting your key under the mat like an idiot, you can put it where nobody wants to look.
* In the Radio Drama ''The Father Gilbert Mysteries'' "Where The Heart Is", Mr. Eckhart concludes that someone broke into the church's crypt by using the key hidden under the flower pot beside the door. Father Gilbert chews him out for keeping a key there, as it's the first place anyone would look.
* In the Radio Drama ''The Father Gilbert Mysteries'' "Where The Heart Is", Mr. Eckhart concludes that someone broke into the church's crypt by using the key hidden under the flower pot beside the door. Father Gilbert chews him out for keeping a key there, as it's the first place anyone would look.
* Similarly in ''[[Adventures in Odyssey (Radio)|Adventures in Odyssey]]'' Connie jumps from tree to ledge to window in order to get into Mitch's apartment. Mitch tells her that she could have just used the key under the mat. A rather unsafe place for an FBI agent to hide a key though...
* Similarly in ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]'' Connie jumps from tree to ledge to window in order to get into Mitch's apartment. Mitch tells her that she could have just used the key under the mat. A rather unsafe place for an FBI agent to hide a key though...


== Theme Park ==
== Theme Park ==


* At the queue for ''[[Muppet Vision 3D]]'' at the [[Disney Theme Parks]], there's a mat with a sign pointing at it, saying "Key Under Mat." Sure enough, anyone curious enough to look will find one glued to the floor.
* At the queue for ''[[Muppet*Vision 3D]]'' at the [[Disney Theme Parks]], there's a mat with a sign pointing at it, saying "Key Under Mat." Sure enough, anyone curious enough to look will find one glued to the floor.


== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
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== Web Original ==
== Web Original ==
* In the [[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Strong Bad email]] "50 emails", Strong Bad tells an unknown caller:
* In the [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad email]] "50 emails", Strong Bad tells an unknown caller:
{{quote| '''Strong Bad:''' (whispering) "I'll leave the key under the [[Pig Latin|at-may]]."}}
{{quote| '''Strong Bad:''' (whispering) "I'll leave the key under the [[Pig Latin|at-may]]."}}
* In the online flash game MOTAS, there is a key under a doormat. The doormat is on top of a grate for some reason, so after you accidently knock the key down you have to go down and get it.
* In the online flash game MOTAS, there is a key under a doormat. The doormat is on top of a grate for some reason, so after you accidently knock the key down you have to go down and get it.
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== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' remembers he keeps a spare key under his doormat after spending one whole episode stuck outside his pineapple.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' remembers he keeps a spare key under his doormat after spending one whole episode stuck outside his pineapple.
* In the first episode of ''[[Ben 10 Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'', Ben finds the key to the Rustbucket in a fake rock near the door.
* In the first episode of ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'', Ben finds the key to the Rustbucket in a fake rock near the door.
* Bart did this in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. In order to get into the locked school, he...yeah. Homer also did it it one episode TWICE, the first time to get into the nuclear power plant, the second time to get into the reactor! And furthermore, even the key inside the plant was hidden under a small rock lying on the pristine floor, potentially subverting this trope.
* Bart did this in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. In order to get into the locked school, he...yeah. Homer also did it it one episode TWICE, the first time to get into the nuclear power plant, the second time to get into the reactor! And furthermore, even the key inside the plant was hidden under a small rock lying on the pristine floor, potentially subverting this trope.
* In the second episode of ''[[X-Men Evolution (Animation)|X-Men Evolution]]'', Rogue accidentally touches a football player and takes his running/tackling skill and memory. And the knowledge that a spare key to his house was in the gutter above the door.
* In the second episode of ''[[X-Men: Evolution|X-Men Evolution]]'', Rogue accidentally touches a football player and takes his running/tackling skill and memory. And the knowledge that a spare key to his house was in the gutter above the door.
* There is a key under a doormat in an episode of [[Neds Newt]]. On the doormat is a huge picture of a key and an arrow pointing to one corner of the mat.
* There is a key under a doormat in an episode of [[Ned's Newt]]. On the doormat is a huge picture of a key and an arrow pointing to one corner of the mat.
* In the ''[[All Star Superman]]'' movie the key to the Fortress of Solitude is kept under the doormat. Lois is bemused and asks where the big gold key (a staple in Silver Age comics) went. Supes remarks that the doormat method is more secure. This is because the key is made out of dwarf star material and is '''really''' heavy.
* In the ''[[All-Star Superman]]'' movie the key to the Fortress of Solitude is kept under the doormat. Lois is bemused and asks where the big gold key (a staple in Silver Age comics) went. Supes remarks that the doormat method is more secure. This is because the key is made out of dwarf star material and is '''really''' heavy.
* In an episode of ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' where Scratch loses his memory and thinks he's Sonic's ally, he recalls that Robotnik leaves the key to his fortress under his "unwelcome" mat.
* In an episode of ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' where Scratch loses his memory and thinks he's Sonic's ally, he recalls that Robotnik leaves the key to his fortress under his "unwelcome" mat.


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