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Line 6: This is most common in the [[Premiere]] of a [[Speculative Fiction]] series. Maybe a [[Naive Newcomer]] discovers that his new office is considerably stranger than he expected. Maybe some ordinary guy accidentally stumbles onto a secret lab belong to the [[Big Bad\|villain]] or [[Ancient Tradition]], and swiftly stops being ordinary. Either way, the audience gets an introduction to the show's favoured brand of [[Phlebotinum]]. Extra points if at some point the intruder is shown distorted on the other side of some sciencey looking glassware. An [['''Unguided Lab Tour]]''' can also happen any time a new villain or secret organisation is being introduced to the show. Often an occasion for [[Exact Eavesdropping]]. See also [[Swiss Cheese Security]]. Sometimes used with the [[Clipboard of Authority]]. {{examples}}▼ ▲{{examples}} == Anime and Manga == * Rins from ''[[Black Cat (~~Manga~~manga)\|Black Cat]]'' sneaks into Tornero's lab to steal information and discovers human experiments that look like chimeras. * Team Rocket in ''[[Pokémon: ~~the~~The First Movie ~~(Anime)~~\|Pokémon the First Movie]]'' when they sneak onto the secret island and discover the cloning lab that Mewtwo built there. Line 20: == Live Action Television == * The ''[[~~Torchwood (TV)\|~~Torchwood]]'' "Everything Changes" used this, after Gwen bluffs her way into the Torchwood base, with the subversion that all the other characters ''did'' notice her, they were just pretending to not see her until they couldn't keep it up anymore and burst out laughing. ** The episode "Random Shoes" does it again with Eugene, although this time they honestly ''don't'' notice him because he's a ghost. * Came up a couple of times in ''[[The X -Files]]'', although these weren't so much secret ''labs'' as academic or government labs doing secret ''things''. * ''[[The Professionals]]'' episode 'Involvement' features Doyle's girlfriend wandering into the top secret security organisation CI5 and eavesdropping on an interrogation. Line 28: == Real Life == * Probably not all that uncommon in real life, at least for university laboratories. {{Needs More Examples}} {{reflist}}