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{{quote|''It's not "Stealing". It's "Adding to my Inventory."''
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As much as the motto for the FPS is, "[[Shoot Everything That Moves|If it moves, shoot it]]," the motto for the [[Adventure Game]] and [[Role-Playing Game]] is, "When it's dead, loot it." or "Take everything that isn't [[Empty Room Psych|nailed down or too heavy]] <ref>and anything that can be pried loose is not considered nailed down.</ref>" (The latter advice appeared in the general strategy section of [[Infocom]]'s manuals.)
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See also [[Ninja Looting]], [[Sticky Fingers]], and [[Video Game Stealing]].
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* Subverted in the anime ''[[Mahoujin Guru Guru]]'', where one character actually introduces another character to the idea of stealing herbs from homes, which backfires on the second character. This anime plays with other tropes, including a scene at the end where {{spoiler|the characters defeat everything except the final boss, then leave without fighting him.}}▼
* Parodied in the [[RPG Episode]] of ''[[
* ''[[The Slayers]]'' is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of RPGs and the protagonist Lina Inverse did this often. Although she said it didn't belong to the bandits she stole from in the first place, later she mentions feeling an itch to attack bandits and steal the loot.▼
* A deeply unnerving example is Homura from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. Like many of the magical girls, Homura can summon ludicrous amounts of weapons from her [[Hyperspace Arsenal]] to destroy witches. The difference is that Homura has no ability to fabricate weapons, the nature of her wish only granted her [[Time Stands Still|time magic]]. No, Homura has been ''stealing'' them, from the the [[Yakuza]] and military, over the course of her [[Groundhog Day Loop]]. By the time we see her in the series she has amassed enough weapons to make a South American dictator blush including (but not limited to)
* ''[[Mogworld]]'', a book focusing on NPCs in an MMORPG, lampshades this. Turns out local villagers are not very fond of adventurers, and among their long list of complaints against them is this.▼
{{quote|"Knocking on your door at all hours of the day and night, wanting to rummage through your drawers for potions and loose change."}}▼
== Video Games ==
=== Action Adventure ===
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Legend of Zelda the Minish Cap]]'', a Wind Tribe lady tells you she has so many Kinstones she wishes somebody would take some, explaining why you can go through ''her'' house, at least. Doesn't explain how you got away with all the thieving and vandalism you will have inevitably done already though...
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** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' tries to break this habit as well. You can open the cabinet in your Knight Academy dorm room for a free blue Rupee, but opening other people's cabinets rewards you with the message "You really shouldn't look through other people's things..." Since the surface has been going through an apocalypse for a few thousand years at this point in the timeline, there are no houses to vandalize, but you ''can'' break the pots in an ancient temple holding something very, very important and plot-related (protip: one of them always contains a fairy). There are hardly any pots in the residential quarters of Skyloft. Even sitting in other people's chairs gets you called out (Gortram scolds you for sitting in his chair, Fi says that [[Deadpan Snarker|you really should find that thing you were looking for before you take a rest]]). Most notably, breaking the chandelier with the heart piece on it in the Lumpy Pumpkin gets you a hilarious facial expression from the owner, a good talking-to, and [[Sidequest|unpaid work until you pay the thing off.]]
{{quote|'''''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?]]'''''}}
* Lampshaded in the PS2/Xbox "remake" of ''[[The Bard's Tale]]'', right towards the beginning. After opening his first chest, the narrator will comment on how horrible it is that The Bard is stealing, and the two will engage in a brief argument over it. Helpfully, all of the "junk" that The Bard finds (wanted posters of himself, animal hides, etc) will be automatically converted into silver, since the game understands that most... okay, ''all'' players would just sell those items at the store for money.
** The Bard from ''[[The Bard's Tale]]'' insists that he is not this trope, but that he takes items for safekeeping against others of this trope. The narrator doesn't buy it.
* In ''[[Okami]]'' you can set off ''bombs'' in people's houses to get food or coins from the ensuing wreckage. Since this game evolved from ''Zelda'', it's expected.
* ''[[Solatorobo]]'' normally allows Red to poke about unmolested anywhere he likes, including at an orphanage. However, searching Vanille's bed will result in [[Kleptomaniac Hero, Found Underwear|him finding some underwear]], and his sister Chocolat telling him to not stare at it.
=== Adventure Game ===
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* ''[[Terraria]]'' lets you take this [[Up to Eleven]]. Found a shrine made of golden bricks containing a treasure chest inside a jungle? You can take the treasure inside the chest, then use your hammer to take the chest itself, then take out your pickaxe and ''take the shrine itself''.
▲* Subverted in the anime ''[[Mahoujin Guru Guru]]'', where one character actually introduces another character to the idea of stealing herbs from homes, which backfires on the second character. This anime plays with other tropes, including a scene at the end where {{spoiler|the characters defeat everything except the final boss, then leave without fighting him.}}
▲* Parodied in the [[RPG Episode]] of ''[[Haré+Guu|Haré+Guu]]'' where Haré opening a treasure chest in a random house results in him getting him beaten up for stealing.
▲* ''[[The Slayers]]'' is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of RPGs and the protagonist Lina Inverse did this often. Although she said it didn't belong to the bandits she stole from in the first place, later she mentions feeling an itch to attack bandits and steal the loot.
▲* A deeply unnerving example is Homura from [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]. Like many of the magical girls Homura can summon ludicrous amounts of weapons from her [[Hyperspace Arsenal]] to destroy witches. The difference is that Homura has no ability to fabricate weapons, the nature of her wish only granted her [[Time Stands Still|time magic]]. No, Homura has been ''stealing'' them, from the the [[Yakuza]] and military, over the course of her [[Groundhog Day Loop]]. By the time we see her in the series she has amassed enough weapons to make a South American dictator blush including (but not limited to): assorted small and heavy arms, pipe bombs, hundreds of rocket launchers, thousands of pounds of C4, and ''a battleship''.
▲=== Literature ===
▲* ''[[Mogworld]]'', a book focusing on NPCs in an MMORPG, lampshades this. Turns out local villagers are not very fond of adventurers, and among their long list of complaints against them is this.
▲{{quote|"Knocking on your door at all hours of the day and night, wanting to rummage through your drawers for potions and loose change."}}
▲=== Web Comics ===
* Thief from ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'' does this early on in the series just to prove a point about his character (as if it wasn't obvious.)
{{quote|'''Black Mage''': ''"Didn't the pirates take everything already?"''
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* Used for humorous effect in [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/darthsanddroids/episodes/0071.html this] ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' strip.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130510091213/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/stolen-pixels/6501-Stolen-Pixels-123-Her-Story Parodied] in this webcomic about ''Velvet Assassin'', where you gain XP by swiping random junk owned by Nazis, where her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"Crowning Achievement"]] was stealing Himmler's left boot.
* ''[[Nodwick]]'': The adventuring party fits this description. They'll loot ''anything'' from a dungeon, including the statuary. This is not appreciated by their poor henchman Nodwick, who invariably has to schlep several tons of worthless junk back home. In one story, they had accumulated so much of it they decided to hold a garage sale.
* The eponymous character of ''[[Sarab]]'' loots his kill in an [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]].
* Naturally, appears in ''[[Adventurers!]]!'' The homeowner's lack of objection is justified:
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* ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' on "[https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/03/21/why-elves-gots-to-be-like-that Why Elves Gots To Be Like That]".
* Parodied in ''[[College Saga]]''. In his dorm room, the hero acquires items "Roommate's Car Key", "Roommate's Passport" and "Roommate's Credit Card".
** And then the roommate attacks the party for being thieves.
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[[Category:CRPG Tropes]]▼
[[Category:Steal This Index]]
[[Category:Video Game Items and Inventory]]
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