History Main / BriefcaseBlaster

* Used by a pair of bodyguards in the opening scene of ''Anime/GhostInTheShell''.
** The briefcases also make an appearance in the manga and at the end of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' being carried by [[spoiler: the [[{{Eagleland}} American]] [[TheEmpire Empire]] agents who are accompanying Gouda in the final episode of season 2]].

* In ''Film/IronMan2'', Tony has a briefcase that converts into an ''entire suit of armor''. This is straight out of the comics too (although there, the armor is usually stored inside the briefcase). To really get into this trope, one action figure of this armor--the Mark V--has a briefcase that becomes a missile launcher.

* ''Series/GetSmart'': Maxwell Smart had one of these once, as did his inspiration, Film/JamesBond.
** First seen used by a KAOS-affiliated hit man played by Creator/LeonardNimoy.

* The 'Sniper Case' from the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' games allow you to carry a disassembled SniperRifle around in a briefcase without suspicion, as sniper rifles are too large to be concealed in 47's jacket.
** There are also a few other suitcases for other types of rifles, which come fully-assembled. Also a subversion as these suitcases are so long that somebody should be asking questions.

* [[http://www.drdtactical.com/rifles.html DRD Tactical's Paratus-16 rifle series]] is a family of assault rifles designed to be stored in 3 segments inside specialy designed briefcases that can be assembled in less than a minute. A semi-auto civilian version is readily available, but with a $5,000 price tag (as opposed to $800 to $1,500 for an FAL, $2,000 for an AR-15 chambered for .308, or $3,000 for a SCAR-17S) and no real advatages over other .308 rifles outside of it's takedown feature, it hasn't exactly caught on.

%%* These come in handy in ''Film/AVPAlienVsPredator''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' episode "The Dark Side of the SWAT Kats", the evil MirrorUniverse version of Deputy Mayor Briggs had a gas gun in her briefcase. She used it knock out two guards so she could release what she thought were the in-universe evil Swat Kats.

* A variant is used in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul''. Early on, Kaneki is warned to report to the manager if someone carrying a briefcase every enters the cafe. That's because [[TheHunter Ghoul Investigators]] carry their weapons in innocent-looking silver briefcases, which could hold anything from a {{BFS}} or a {{BFG}} to a [[WhipItGood spiked whip]] or a SinisterScythe. These weapons are deployed automatically into the user's hand with a click of a button concealed on the handle.

* On ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', Dean O'Banion invokes this when he warns Al Capone that he does not want to find out what Van Alden has in his briefcase. Al Capone backs down and leaves which is a good thing for O'Banion and Van Alden since the briefcase contains electrical clothing irons. Van Alden works as a door-to-door salesman and these are his samples. He does not know O'Banion and is simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. O'Banion uses an IndyPloy to make Al Capone think that the case hid a gun and thus saves their lives.

* In the Creator/JetLi film ''Film/RomeoMustDie'', the bodyguard of the CorruptCorporateExecutive keeps an assault rifle in a briefcase. The handle of the briefcase is actually the rifle's rear sights.

* These come in handy in the first ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' film.

* This is the preliminary weapon of The Invaders in ''GateKeepers'', to go with their identical suit-and-tie motif.

* The [[NerfBrand Nerf Deploy CS-6]] is a pump-action blaster that can collapse into a compact "briefcase" form.

* The TropeCodifier may be Film/JamesBond's briefcase in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', which is the first real Bond gadget. Amongst its other tricks, it features a rifle folded up inside and a tear gas booby trap.

** [[VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove The videogame]] replaces this with the Briefcase Turret (see the "Phoenix Ronin" entry below). It's Q's briefcase, but with an automated turret and photoelectric sensor (like the kind you see on those tapless sinks in [=McDonald=]'s). The kicker: once deployed, it cannot be retrieved.

** ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' showcases a ''rocket launcher'' concealed within a stereo. Q says that it was designed for the CIA and agents assigned to North America, and says it's called [[PunnyName "The Ghetto Blaster"]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''; Coco of Team CFVY has her handbag, which transforms into a [[GatlingGood rotary cannon]] when the need arises.

** LiveAndLetDie showcases a ''rocket launcher'' concealed within a stereo. Q says that it was designed for the CIA and agents assigned to North America, and says it's called [[PunnyName "The Ghetto Blaster"]].

* How Sal smuggled his S&W M76 into the bank in ''DogDayAfternoon''. Similarly, Sonny smuggles his M1 Carbine in a large wrapped present.
* The Scorpio killer in ''DirtyHarry'' carried his [[IKEAWeaponry disassembled]] sporterised Arisaka rifle and an MP 40, plus several magazines, in a suitcase.

* In ''SnowCrash'', [[{{BFG}} Reason]] is mounted inside a suitcase, though it does have a heat exchanger coming out of the side.
* ''TheExecutioner'': while posing as a drug dealer's bodyguards, Able Team are each equipped with a briefcase with an Uzi inside and a steel trauma plate for protection. "If you see a bullet coming, just block it."

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Arrow}}, an assassin takes out his targets by posing as a lawyer and shooting them through his open briefcase.

* ''SamuraiJack'': in "Jack and the Labyrinth", the stranger carries a multipurpose briefcase that has a [[MoreDakka machine gun]] inside as well as a lighter.

* While [=SMGs=] and the like really do utilize this trope, one way fiction often misrepresents it is with long-range sniper rifles that disassemble to fit in a briefcase. Such weapons are very precisely fine-tuned and the disassembly and reassembly process would throw even an experienced sniper off - it doesn't take much to miss when firing at a target thousands of feet away.

* In the JetLi film ''Film/RomeoMustDie'', the bodyguard of the CorruptCorporateExecutive keeps an assault rifle in a briefcase. The handle of the briefcase is actually the rifle's rear sights.

* A variant is used in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul''. Early on, Kaneki is warned to report to the manager if someone carrying a briefcase every enters the cafe. That's because [[TheHunter Ghoul Investigators]] carry their weapons in innocent-looking silver briefcases, which could hold anything from a {{BFS}} or a {{BFG}} to a [[WhipItGood spiked whip]] or a SinisterSycthe. These weapons are deployed automatically into the user's hand with a click of a button concealed on the handle.

* Adele's [[PsychoSidekick servant]] Tovera routinely carries one in the Literature/RCN series.

* Kazuki in ''GaReiZero'' ''dual wields'' anti-demon machinegun briefcases. Also, this trope is somewhat similar to SenselessViolins, except that the carrying case is the weapon.

** The briefcases also make an appearance in the manga and at the end of ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' being carried by [[spoiler: the [[{{Eagleland}} American]] [[TheEmpire Empire]] agents who are accompanying Gouda in the final episode of season 2]].

* [[{{Cyclops}} Manako]] from ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' has a briefcase that unfolds into a sniper rifle.

* A duffel-bag variation shows up in ''[[VinceFlynn American Assassin]]''.