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* ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]''. After the two scientists complete the submarine tracking system, Stromberg transfers $10 million into their Swiss bank accounts. [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|He then kills them]], and cancels the transfers.
* ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]''. After the two scientists complete the submarine tracking system, Stromberg transfers $10 million into their Swiss bank accounts. [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|He then kills them]], and cancels the transfers.
* ''The Spanish Prisoner''.
* ''The Spanish Prisoner''.
{{quote| '''Jimmy Dell:''' You now have a Swiss bank account if anybody asks. Credit Nationale Du Geneve, code name 'PADDY'. Lavish awkward gesture. All of fifteen Swiss Francs in it, but if you ever want to impress anybody, they can find out you have a Swiss account. But, Swiss law prohibits the bank from revealing the balance. Thus are all men made equal.}}
{{quote|'''Jimmy Dell:''' You now have a Swiss bank account if anybody asks. Credit Nationale Du Geneve, code name 'PADDY'. Lavish awkward gesture. All of fifteen Swiss Francs in it, but if you ever want to impress anybody, they can find out you have a Swiss account. But, Swiss law prohibits the bank from revealing the balance. Thus are all men made equal.}}
* There's one in ''Smiley's People''.
* There's one in ''Smiley's People''.
* ''The Order''. The character Ben Nur has one.
* ''The Order''. The character Ben Nur has one.
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* ''[[Fun with Dick and Jane]]'': The local bad guy has stashed all his plundered money in an account like this (it's never mentioned what country it belongs to).
* ''[[Fun with Dick and Jane]]'': The local bad guy has stashed all his plundered money in an account like this (it's never mentioned what country it belongs to).
* A group of mercenaries in the 1985 comedy ''[[Water]]'':
* A group of mercenaries in the 1985 comedy ''[[Water]]'':
{{quote| '''French agent:''' This is a dangerous mission, and some of you will die. But remember, in a world gone mad, you will die for a principle that you all hold close to your heart. Money!<br />
{{quote|'''French agent:''' This is a dangerous mission, and some of you will die. But remember, in a world gone mad, you will die for a principle that you all hold close to your heart. Money!
'''Mercenaries:''' Viva franc! Viva deutschmark! Viva dollar! Viva numbered bank account in Switzerland! }}
'''Mercenaries:''' Viva franc! Viva deutschmark! Viva dollar! Viva numbered bank account in Switzerland! }}
* At the end of ''[[FX]]'', Rollie and Leo use Rollie's special effects makeup expertise (and the stolen account information) to drain Nick DeFranco's Swiss bank account of nearly ten million dollars before the Swiss bankers find out that Nick has been killed.
* At the end of ''[[FX]]'', Rollie and Leo use Rollie's special effects makeup expertise (and the stolen account information) to drain Nick DeFranco's Swiss bank account of nearly ten million dollars before the Swiss bankers find out that Nick has been killed.
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* ''[[Burn Notice]]''
* ''[[Burn Notice]]''
** Episode "Friends and Enemies":
** Episode "Friends and Enemies":
{{quote| '''Michael Westen:''' Who do you work for?<br />
{{quote|'''Michael Westen:''' Who do you work for?
'''Gregory Hart:''' I work for a 16-digit Swiss bank account number, and an anonymous email address. }}
'''Gregory Hart:''' I work for a 16-digit Swiss bank account number, and an anonymous email address. }}
** Michael's friend Barry specializes in setting those up and using them to launder money for criminals and spies.
** Michael's friend Barry specializes in setting those up and using them to launder money for criminals and spies.
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* In ''[[Human Target]]'' Season 2 premiere Ilsa (a a good person) has a vault in a Swiss bank which can only be entered with retina scans of both Ilsa and her late husband; the bad guy uses her (in a hostage situation) and [[Borrowed Biometric Bypass|her dead husband's eyeball, removed from his body]] to get in to steal their billions. In another episode she transfers a couple mil from her Swiss bank to a local bank specifically in order to draw out some [[Dirty Cop|Dirty Cops]] who were looking for her; in that same episode the main bad guy has an offshore bank account in Barbados where he stores his ill-gotten gains.
* In ''[[Human Target]]'' Season 2 premiere Ilsa (a a good person) has a vault in a Swiss bank which can only be entered with retina scans of both Ilsa and her late husband; the bad guy uses her (in a hostage situation) and [[Borrowed Biometric Bypass|her dead husband's eyeball, removed from his body]] to get in to steal their billions. In another episode she transfers a couple mil from her Swiss bank to a local bank specifically in order to draw out some [[Dirty Cop|Dirty Cops]] who were looking for her; in that same episode the main bad guy has an offshore bank account in Barbados where he stores his ill-gotten gains.
* An episode of ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' had a millionaire fall in love with Murphy and shower her with expensive gifts to try to get her to marry him, until he flat out tries to bribe her with a large check. She says no, the guy finally relents...and proposes to Kay, who immediately accepts. Murphy is horrified and calls Kay out on this...
* An episode of ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' had a millionaire fall in love with Murphy and shower her with expensive gifts to try to get her to marry him, until he flat out tries to bribe her with a large check. She says no, the guy finally relents...and proposes to Kay, who immediately accepts. Murphy is horrified and calls Kay out on this...
{{quote| '''Kay''': ''[softly to Murphy]'' Don't worry. I'll have this money in my Cayman Islands account before we're within ''miles'' of an altar.}}
{{quote|'''Kay''': ''[softly to Murphy]'' Don't worry. I'll have this money in my Cayman Islands account before we're within ''miles'' of an altar.}}
** Because [[Status Quo Is God]] the guy divorces her and takes back the money. However Kay managed to keep [[Ben Stein]] as her man servant.
** Because [[Status Quo Is God]] the guy divorces her and takes back the money. However Kay managed to keep [[Ben Stein]] as her man servant.
* The unsophisticated drug lord Marlo Stanfield from ''[[The Wire]]'' has to be introduced to this trope (Antillean off-shore version) and even then he decides to visit the bank in person to verify that his money is actually there.
* The unsophisticated drug lord Marlo Stanfield from ''[[The Wire]]'' has to be introduced to this trope (Antillean off-shore version) and even then he decides to visit the bank in person to verify that his money is actually there.
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== Theatre ==
== Theatre ==
* In ''[[Evita]]'', the corrupt government's lavish spending is explained in the song "And The Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)", which is all about Eva's charity work until the last verse:
* In ''[[Evita]]'', the corrupt government's lavish spending is explained in the song "And The Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)", which is all about Eva's charity work until the last verse:
{{quote| If the money keeps rolling in what's a girl to do?<br />
{{quote|If the money keeps rolling in what's a girl to do?
Cream a little off the top for expenses--wouldn't you?<br />
Cream a little off the top for expenses--wouldn't you?
But where on Earth can people hide their little piece of Heaven?<br />
But where on Earth can people hide their little piece of Heaven?
Thank God for Switzerland<br />
Thank God for Switzerland
Where a girl and a guy with a little petty cash between them<br />
Where a girl and a guy with a little petty cash between them
Can be sure when they deposit no-one's seen them<br />
Can be sure when they deposit no-one's seen them
Oh what bliss to sign your checks as three-o-one-two-seven<br />
Oh what bliss to sign your checks as three-o-one-two-seven
Never been accounts in the name of Eva Peron! }}
Never been accounts in the name of Eva Peron! }}


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* In one episode of ''[[G.I. Joe Extreme]]'', Rampage mentions he'll transfer the money he got from a deal to his Swiss bank account.
* In one episode of ''[[G.I. Joe Extreme]]'', Rampage mentions he'll transfer the money he got from a deal to his Swiss bank account.
* The Cayman Islands version appears in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Bart the Fink":
* The Cayman Islands version appears in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Bart the Fink":
{{quote| '''Cayman Islands guy:''' ''(on phone)'' I'm sorry, but I cannot divulge information about that customer's secret illegal account.<br />
{{quote|'''Cayman Islands guy:''' ''(on phone)'' I'm sorry, but I cannot divulge information about that customer's secret illegal account.
''(hangs up)''<br />
''(hangs up)''
Oh, crap. I shouldn't have said he was a customer.<br />
Oh, crap. I shouldn't have said he was a customer.
Oh, crap. I shouldn't have said it was a secret.<br />
Oh, crap. I shouldn't have said it was a secret.
Oh, crap! I certainly shouldn't have said it was illegal.<br />
Oh, crap! I certainly shouldn't have said it was illegal.
''(sighs)''<br />
''(sighs)''
It's too hot today. }}
It's too hot today. }}


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