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== Anime and Manga ==
* Inspector Runge from ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' keeps an absurdly expansive encyclopedia on practically everything in his head by constantly making a typing motion and saying that he's just calling up the memories as he needs them, or something along those lines.
* The titular character of ''[[
* Somewhat justified in the ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' considering the heavily cyber-ized world, although it's averted in that it doesn't work all the time.
== Comic Books ==
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** This trope was lampshaded with:
{{quote|"Can you believe someone put together a database of grille dimensions?"}}
**They also regularly catch spies by comparing their facial features to records. As if spies were celebrities sort of like sports stars and opponents would not be at pains to [[Captain Obvious|keep the identity of spies obscure]] and could not disguise facial features in any event.
***Even sillier, they sometimes call Interpol to ID a spy. As if Interpol would do that. Setting aside the fact that they are a ''police'' organization, not an intelligence agency, no government would provide them any information if they did.
* ''[[Torchwood]]'''s main characters are a secret organization with nationwide database records sorted by an ancient alien computer system. The team is capable of literally [[retcon]]ning anything by changing the database.
** ''Torchwood'' also subverted it once - just as Jack and Toshiko are getting ready to search every database they have, Owen announces that he's already found the man they're looking for. He was listed in the phone book.
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* David of ''[[Wishbone]]'' apparently has access to a database of dog breeds that includes things like their jaw measurements, for some reason. It has a very '90s aesthetic to it, like an over-the-top hacker-movie interface run on an old Macintosh OS.
* Alcatraz has a database in their Bat Cave that can find, in seconds, a complete map of all private bomb shelters built in the 1960s by a company that went out of business decades ago.
== Radio ==
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