The Caper: Difference between revisions

* A lot of the filler arcs of ''[[GetBackers]]'' qualify as The Caper. Even though the titular characters only steal items to return then to their original owners, sometimes the definition of "original owner" can get really fuzzy (especially with Clayman).

* In an episode of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'', Momoka, Natsumi, and Moa form the "[[Phantom Thief]] Troupe: More Peach Summer" to steal the painting "The Birth of Venus"... which turns out to be {{spoiler|[[Embarrassing Old Photo|an embarrassing portrait of Momoka as a baby, naked]]}}.

* In an early episode of ''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS]]'', Chirico and company hijack a [[Unobtainium|jijirium]] shipment.

== Film ==

* ''[[The Pink Panther]]''

* ''Topkapi'', ''Rififi'', and ''The League of Gentlemen''—all were direct inspiration for ''[[Mission Impossible]]''.

== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[Firefly]]'': "The Train Job," "Ariel," and "Trash."

* ''The Knights of Prosperity,'' originally titled ''Let's Rob Mick Jagger.''

* Children's sitcom ''[[The Legend of Dick and Dom]]'' has an episode called "The Heist"; the heroes have to rob a bank to get back the [[MacGuffin]] that the corrupt manager has stolen. Features cunning disguises, a decoy robbery {{spoiler|and tunnel digging}}. And [[Creepy Twins]], just for fun.

* The final quest for the Thieves Guild in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] IV: Oblivion'' is called "The Ultimate Heist"—rightly so, because it sees you breaking into {{spoiler|the Emperor's Palace and stealing one of the titular Elder Scrolls}}. The preparations for this mission comprise the three penultimate quests that you perform for the Grey Fox himself.

* Some of the subplots of ''[[Thief]]'' enter into this trope; Garrett sometimes goes through elaborate plans over multiple game levels to enter secure locations.

* Pulling off capers is the primary focus of Fragile Alliance, the multiplayer mode of the ''[[Kane and Lynch|Kane & Lynch]]'' games.

* Parodied in one ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' mission where an elaborate plan is thought up for a heist, but the plan is scrapped in favor of just walking through the front door and shooting everyone.

* Pretty much the entire premise of the [[Sly Cooper]] series.

* The ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' DLC Dead Money, where the player (who's been strapped with an [[Explosive Leash]]) is forced to help the insane Father Elijah loot the Sierra Madre casino with the help of three other NPCs, one of which has been at this for two centuries.

== Web Animation ==

* Strong Bad and The Cheat of ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' occasionally engage in capers. These ventures rarely turn out to be successful. On one notable occasion, Strong Bad gets mad at The Cheat for screwing up one of these capers but then later feels bad about it, which leads to him writing a song about how he's glad The Cheat is not dead.

** Then there's the one where they somehow manage to set Homestar adrift in the Arctic Ocean, and can't for the life of them remember how they pulled off their "greatest caper ever". It apparently started with The Cheat peeing in Homestar's melonade...

== Western Animation ==

* The ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Task Force X" featured a makeshift criminal team executing a daring theft from the League's orbital headquarters.

* The ''[[South Park]]'' episode "About Last Night" is a [[Troperiffic]] example, in which the 2008 presidential election is revealed to be merely a step in a plan to steal the Hope Diamond.

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