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== Anime
* In one episode of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', [[MacGuffin Girl|Tomoyo]] has been trapped in a classroom as {{spoiler|Eriol messed with the floor plan as a test for Sakura}}. Sakura needs to find her, and Syaoran says he has a magical technique that can locate lost people, provided she has left an object behind. (Not unlike a dog using scent, except it works off auras/energy signatures.) Tomoyo ''did'' have an umbrella...but it's with her in the very classroom they're trying to locate.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In the [[Donald Duck]] story "[http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=W+WDC+206-02 Sagmore Springs Hotel]", Donald, as a Hotel Manager, accidentally locks the combination to the hotel safe inside the safe. In his attempts to open it, he ends up devastating the entire hotel and destroying his uncle's important cheque.
* ''[[Dilbert]]'' presents [http://dilbert.com/strip/1998-05-01 the reason why Alice is not promoted].▼
== [[Film]] -- Animated ==
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* Subverted in a short story by [[Isaac Asimov]], where people are searching for an uranium asteroid an illegal miner found, and due to the miners dying in an accident, all they have is a statement by a silicon based alien that the coordinates are "on the asteroid" (the alien died right after saying that). {{spoiler|In the end it turns out that the alien wasn't good in astronomy, and the coordinates were actually ''on the ship'' - [[Hidden in Plain Sight|hidden among the registration codes of the equipment]]}}.
== [[Live
* Happens in ''[[Corner Gas]]''. Hank had a combination lock that stored the lock's combination.
** Then there was the time he locked his keys in his truck, and didn't notice that his passenger side window was down.
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'''Max:''' No I don't, Chief. But I put it in a place where no one will get it.
'''Chief:''' Where, Max?
''Max looks at the wall safe.
* In an episode of ''[[Caroline in The City]]'', Del and Charlie get trapped in Del's car due to a snow plow and Charlie accidentally locking the keys in the trunk instead of an ice scraper.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* One strip of ''[[The Far Side]]'' had a pair of aliens trapped on Earth. As a crowd of curious humans approaches them, one of them says to the other "Well, here they come. ''You'' locked the keys inside, ''you'' do the talking."
▲* ''[[Dilbert]]'' presents [http://dilbert.com/strip/1998-05-01 the reason why Alice is not promoted].
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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* Zoë's [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/19970923 first line] in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' is "Help! I need a phone! I locked my keys in the car with the engine running!" This is also referenced [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20010908 later] when she temporarily moves to a place with normal people. [[And Zoidberg|(Oh, and Clem.)]]
* ''[[Vexxarr]]'' finally [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=101907 discovered] that all Bleen AI products come with extensive operational documentation. Including the Minionbot.
{{quote|'''Vexxarr''': Then why haven't I ever seen it?▼
▲'''Vexxarr''': Then why haven't I ever seen it?
'''Minionbot''': This is because I systematically destroyed all copies of my documentation upon activation.
'''Vexxarr''': What? Why would you do that?
'''Minionbot''': For a very good reason...
'''Vexxarr''': Which is..?
'''Minionbot''': ...which is clearly outlined in my documentation.}}
* ''[[Station V3]]'' [http://www.stationv3.com/d3/20181029.html has] "All the buttons are gone!" security alert. It's activated by pressing the button reserved specifically for it.
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