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* In the 2005 remake of ''Film/FunWithDickAndJane'', Dick and Jane's last heist was going to be at the [=AmeriBanx=]. As Jane distracts everybody by pretending to faint, Dick secretly swipes a security guard's access card and walks into the back area where the vault is, introducing himself as a vault inspector. But as Dick gets inside, two other robbers also arrive and try to hold up the bank, prompting the employees to set off the alarms and Dick barely gets out of the vault before it's locked up, and he's briefly taken hostage before the police arrive and arrest the robbers, who are revealed to be Dick's old coworkers, Oz and Debbie Peterson, who are said to have also turned to crime to survive after Globodyne collapsed.
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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate3'': If you get caught trespassing in Wyrm Rock Prison, a Deception check to claim that you're performing a surprise inspection is one of your options. The narrator lampshades how ridiculous it is that the guard actually fell for it if you succeed.
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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'': When trying to infiltrate the castle where his father's being held hostage, Indy poses as a Scottish art conservationist there to inspect the castle's tapestries. The Nazi at the door doesn't buy it at all, so Indy has to [[Main/TapOnTheHead cold-clock him]] to get inside.

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* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'': When trying to infiltrate the castle where his father's being held hostage, Indy poses as a Scottish art conservationist who's there to inspect the castle's tapestries. The Nazi butler at the door doesn't buy it at all, so Indy has to [[Main/TapOnTheHead [[TapOnTheHead cold-clock him]] to get inside.



* In the French heist film ''Film/LesSpecialistes'', the two {{bank robber|y}} protagonists pretend to be insurance agents at the targeted place -- [[RobbingTheMobBank a mafia-owned casino's vault]] -- so they can "inspect" the vault to plan their heist accordingly.

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* In the French heist film ''Film/LesSpecialistes'', the two {{bank robber|y}} protagonists pretend to be insurance agents at the targeted place -- place, which is [[RobbingTheMobBank a mafia-owned casino's vault]] -- vault]], so they can "inspect" the vault to plan their heist accordingly.
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* In the French heist film ''Film/LesSpecialistes'', the two {{bank robber|y}} protagonists pretend to be insurance agents at the targetted place -- [[RobbingTheMobBank a mafia-owned casino's vault]] -- so they can "inspect" the vault to plan their heist accordingly.

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* In the French heist film ''Film/LesSpecialistes'', the two {{bank robber|y}} protagonists pretend to be insurance agents at the targetted targeted place -- [[RobbingTheMobBank a mafia-owned casino's vault]] -- so they can "inspect" the vault to plan their heist accordingly.
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* In the French heist film ''Film/LesSpecialistes'', the two {{bank robber|y}} protagonists pretend to be insurance agents at the targetted place -- [[RobbingTheMobBank a mafia-owned casino's vault]] -- so they can "inspect" the vault to plan their heist accordingly.
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* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids:'' During the ''Rogue One'' campaign, Jim (whose plans are usually needlessly idiotic and insane), uses this to bluff the party through the Scarif shield gate, pretending to be a surprise inspection unit.

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