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See Also: [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb]], [[Insecurity Camera]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* Played for laughs in ''[[Allo Allo (TV)|Allo Allo]]'', where a listening device in the Colonel's office is disguised as a vase of daffodils. When it is activated, one of the daffodils rises a few inches and rotates to point at whoever's talking. In a later episode, this incident is referred to, and everyone agrees that they won't be fooled again... and we notice that the desk lamp is rotating to point at whoever's talking.
* Subverted on ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'': your typical flashing bug is planted in the terrorists' hangout, but it's put there to allow Sayid to find and disable it, thus winning favor with the terrorists and beginning his infiltration.
* Played for comedy on ''[[
* Subverted in the pilot of ''[[Leverage (TV)|Leverage]]'', the protagonists plant a bug that's found by the mark. Realizing the plan, he intends to trap the protagonists by informing the FBI of the plan, not knowing that he's running headlong into the protagonists' [[Kansas City Shuffle]].
{{quote| '''Dubenich:''' I found the transmitter!<br />
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== Web Original ==
* In ''[[I'm a Marvel And Im ADC (Fanfic)|The Randomverse]]: Marvel/DC Happy Hour'', Batman attaches a tracer to the Joker, but Joker immediately notices and puts it on the Green Goblin.
* Appears in ''[[Doctor
* In ''[[Familiar Faces]]'' episode 36, CR receives a fruit basket from ''[[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]''. It's shown to contain a few fruits and one large buzzing camera.
* ''[[Orions Arm]]'' has (or had) the spy plant. This attractive potted plant is easy to take care of, you just need to water it regularly, and speak about your subversive activity loudly and clearly.
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** In another episode, the FBI places a listening device under Homer's shirt that makes a noticeable rectangular bulge. Homer goes into Moe's and, of course, immediately asks if anyone has any illegal activities they would like to discuss. When one barfly is arrested, and the others smell a rat (though nobody suspects Homer), Homer audibly mumbles "End Transmission" into his stomach and slinks off.
** And the treehouse phone (consisting of [[Tin Can You Hear Me Now|two cans and a string]]) was tapped by another string running into a van.
* In the ''[[Batman:
** Then in the Batman/Superman crossover movie, ''World's Finest'', he plants a similar-sized bug on Superman. Superman can't even find the bug until after he's changed into Clark Kent and the Batman figured out his identity.<br />The thing was hidden in the folds of his cape, and he was sure to piss Superman off before he planted it, thus ensuring the Man Of Steel wasn't thinking clearly on his way home.
* A tracking bug stuck to Goliath in the first story arc of ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'' is fairly inconspicuous... but blatantly labeled with the logo of the people who placed it!
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* An episode of ''[[Project Gee Ke R]]'' had a huge emitter dart that actually injected a nano-emitter.
* ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'' takes it to new levels when Ed hides a camera on Kevin's lawn. And by "hides", we mean "puts in plain sight and tapes a twig to it".
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Pinkie Pie dangles a [[Tin Can You Hear Me Now|can-onna-string]] ''right in front of Twilight Sparkle's face'' to listen in on her conversation with Mrs. Cake. Locating the listening device [[Amusing Injuries|proves ill for Twilight]].
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'', where Francine knows Stan was spying on her as part of a plot due to the multitude of obvious cameras lying around the house.
* Used in an episode of ''[[Code Lyoko (Animation)|Code Lyoko]]''. Secret service agents think Jeremie is hacking into weapons databases, so Jim volunteers to be the one to plant a tracking device on him. His method? He slaps it onto him.
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