History Main / ThePassWordIsAlwaysSwordfish

* ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'': In this ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' sequel graphic novel, Dr. Brooks is able to easily guess the password on [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Aaron]]'s recorder is Gjallarhorn, because Aaron loved hearing his father read him Norse mythology as a child. {{Justified}}, as Aaron chose that password so his father alone could unlock the recording if the recorder ever made it to the outside world.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' Doyle Blackwell is attempting to hack into the mercenary he is apprenticing under, Van Rook, who happens to be a money hungry cheapskate. What is the password?

** The Guys In White are dumbfounded that the password Jack put on the Fenton Portal is "Open Sesame".

* Sidestepped in [[the_Irresponsible Captain_Tylor Captain Tylor]]'s OAV: "an Exceptional Episode" where the crew find Tylor's secret orders locked in a data file encrypted with a verbal pass phrase. After spending half the episode trying to decipher it and uncover why their erratic captain was acting even more enigmatic, they give up and resign to deleting it as per the Captain's orders: as soon as they say "delete", the data file unlocks.

It seems that most characters in fiction missed the memo on making a good SecretWord or pass phrase. They are almost invariably single words, names, or dates of significance to a character which can be easily deduced using a little detective work: the clue is often right there on the desk, in the form of a picture or memento. Or simply spelled out in bold lettering on your commemorative plaque or a wall poster. Sometimes, if the pass phrase is voice-activated, and particularly easy to crack, the main characters will guess it ''accidentally'' through normal conversation. Another thing that's widely overlooked in fiction is the fact that a password in most cases has to be matched with a username. Many websites and servers nowadays also require you to include mixed-case letters, number, and special characters in an effort to make your password less guessable.[[note]]Which is actually outdated - general consensus now is to make your password as long as humanly possible.[[/note]] In addition, they lock you out after three tries. Both these measures can be ignored at will in fiction if it serves the plot.

** In UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, a safe-cracker would dial in UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's birthday (April 20th 1899) first when breaking into a German officer's safe, knowing that most of the time, it was all you needed to open it.

-->-- '''Creator/EddieIzzard''', ''Glorious''

* Creator/EddieIzzard once jokingly complained about the depiction of computers in Hollywood films in her 1997 stand-up "Glorious".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'': PlayedForLaughs. During prep for a heist to steal the Golden Dolphin award at a gala, [[BigGood Mr. Wolf]] mentions that a password for the glass case that holds the Dolphin is randomized and that one of the security guards has it. During the heist proper, when Mr. Snake retrieves the password, it turns out to be “12345”.

* During the heist at the gala in ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'', a part of the operation involves getting the code to a vault that has a randomly generated 5 digit number from the chief of police. After Piranha has to instigate a dance number to prevent Snake from getting caught, he grabs it from the suitcase it's hidden inside of... and it's revealed to be '12345', much to his ire.

* In ''Robin Annual #1'' (noteworthy for actually predating the first issue of [[ComicBook/RobinSeries his ongoing series]] by several months), [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin III]] broke into ComicBook/{{Anarky}}'s home and tried to crack into his computer. After trying every prominent anarchist he could think of, he looks at the screen, which instructs him to "enter passcode." He does, and it works.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'', Cell and Freeza find a security panel in the garage with 4 digits to enter. Freeza [[ItsAllAboutMe assumes]], since [[DotingParent King Cold]] apparently installed it, that the password is his birthday. First day of the galactic calendar—0001. [[SubvertedTrope This sets off the security system and locks them inside.]]

* Physicist, continual prankster, and hobbyist safecracker UsefulNotes/RichardFeynman discovered that many of the safes at Los Alamos during the war (which, after all, was only ''the place where they designed the atomic bomb'') had been left on their default combinations. Not just that, but if you casually leaned against an open safe you could feel the last of the three numbers. Moreover, though the safe offered the numbers 00-99, every number had a range that it would accept (e.g the number 03 could be opened by putting the tumbler anywhere from 01-05). Thus instead of 100x100x100 possibilities, there where only 20x20x20 -- eight thousand instead of one million. Or, for birthdays, 3x7x9 (assuming everyone was under the age of 45). AND passnumbers were often written down. The response of his bosses when he told them about their terrible security was to write a memo to everybody saying "Don't let Feynman near your safe". His boss discovered Feynman's safe-cracking skills after he broke into all the filing cabinets in his office and left silly notes in them. The first one said "I borrowed document no.[=LA4312=] - Feynman the safecracker". The second said "This one was no harder to open than the other one - Wise Guy". The third said, "When the combinations are all the same, one is no harder to open than another - Same Guy". Guess which order the boss found the notes in.

** Palin's Yahoo email account was quickly cracked once a member of 4chan (whose father is a Democratic party official) found it and checked the secret questions... namely, "what is your birthday" and "where did you meet your spouse?" Needless to say, Google made quick work of both.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Password", Richard places a password on the kids' computer to limit their usage. {{Subverted|Trope}} when Gumball and Darwin's first (obvious) guess, "password", fails. DoubleSubversion once it is revealed that that ''was'' the password Richard chose--Anais then changed the password to her own name in order to keep the computer to herself.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' episode "Hulk vs. the World", Hawkeye and the Black Widow both have their passwords set to the names of the villains of their {{Origin Stor|y}}ies (Trickshot and the Red Room, respectively) as a MythologyGag. The way Black Widow's password is revealed also reveals that the system has no penalty for random guessing, making it even less secure.

-->'''Freeza''': ...I can ''feel'' your judgment.

* In ''WebAnimation/HFIL'', Cell and Freeza find a security panel in the garage with 4 digits to enter. Freeza [[ItsAllAboutMe assumes]], since [[DotingParent King Cold]] apparently installed it, that the password is his birthday. First day of the galactic calendar—0001. [[SubvertedTrope This sets off the security system and locks them inside.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'': PlayedForLaughs. During prep for a heist to steal the Golden Dolphin award at a gala, [[BigGood Mr. Wolf]] mentions that a password for the pedestal that holds the Dolphin is randomized and that one of the security guards has it. During the heist proper, when Mr. Snake retrieves the password, it turns out to be “123456”.

** In the Humble Media Genius video "Privacy and You" Ruff chose this word as his password for his phone. Grandma Ruffman's response is to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Pour water on his head]] and reprimand him of what a secret password is.

* Downplayed in ''Manga/OnePiece''. The Thousand Sunny's refrigerator has a combination lock to prevent [[BigEater Luffy]] from raiding it. Sanji, who's in charge of cooking, set the password to 7326. This doesn't sound like such a bad password, until you realize that the numbers can respectively be pronounced as "Na," "Mi," "Ni," and "Ro," and the two female members of the crew are named ''Nami'' and ''Ni''co ''Ro''bin, and Sanji has a crush on both of them. Both Nami and Robin know the password, but since Sanji often gives the girls preferential treatment, it isn't clear whether they figured it out[[note]]Not only are they the two smartest crew members, but Robin could use her Devil Fruit power to spy on Sanji as he puts in the combination[[/note]] or he told them.

* The password for accessing Eva-02's "beast mode" in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''--"za beasto"--isn't all too creative, either. It seems to use voice recognition. Though there are two voice commands before you enter the code specifically for this mode. Its doubtful the other pilots are even aware of inverting controls or a backdoor code to an EVA so at least it has some level of security.

* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Dexter accesses Ash's Facebook account. When the trainer asks the Pokédex how the hell does it know his password, Dexter snarks that "[=AshKetchumRocks=]" is not a very hard-to-guess password.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', the trope is [[SubvertedTrope subverted.]] Demona realizes that the heroes have devised a way to stop her latest plan to destroy every human in New York and interferes with their efforts by breaking into [[MagnificentBastard Xanatos's]] computer, sabotaging it, and then changing the access code. Ultimately, no one is able to guess the password, and it takes some magical interference from the [[TheFairFolk Weird Sisters]] to get her to tell them. The fact that Demona was the only member of her clan still awake for the past few centuries ''could'' have given it away--the heroes simply didn't have enough time to make any educated guesses:
-->'''Demona''': The access code is...''[[TearJerker/{{Gargoyles}} alone...]]''

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* Website/{{Cracked}}: M. Asher Cantrell's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-biggest-password-mistakes-people-make/ The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make]] lists a few that several "million uncreative bastards" end up thinking of under [[LineOfSightName time pressure]].

* In one ''WebVideo/AgentsOfCracked'' episode, there is a scene where Michael can't remember his password. He tells Dan to try "swordfish", to which Dan replies "It's never swordfish, why do you always guess swordfish?"
* In episode 30 of ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'', Freeman encounters a keypad outside a launch facility. After fiddling with it a bit, he gets in with the password "1234". He immediately {{lampshade|Hanging}}s the stupidity of that particular password:
-->'''Freeman''': You know, as much as I'd like to claim this is the result of me being a genius, it's more that someone else was ''not''. We probably spent tens of millions on this security system and paid our janitor minimum wage to install it.
* ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'': The ''VideoGame/MissionImpossible'' review has [[https://youtu.be/geC4HKqhmhk?t=343 Ethan Hunt listen intently]] as his MissionControl gives him an access code, making sure not to make a single mistake: "0, 0, 0... 0".
* In the ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' webseries and novels, Sparadrap has his password be his favorite dessert, for which the French word is "Flan"... ''and has to ask his younger brother to remind him what it is'' in the webseries version of the scene revealing this.
* ''WebVideo/CommodoreHustle'':
** In the first season this is inverted; things aren't secured because Paul's passwords are so strong that everyone leaves everything open to avoid having to use them.
--->'''Paul:''' Why do I even bother making randomly generated 256 character passwords with upper and lowercase Cyrillic and Navajo letters?
** Later on, before Paul upgrades their security (with potentially lethal results), their one password is "dickbutt". In addition to using a weak password for everything, they're not exactly careful about concealing this:
--->'''Alex:''' ''[shouting across the street]'' If you need to get in, the password for literally everything is dickbutt!\\
'''Beej:''' ''[hands cupped around mouth]'' Did you say dickbutt?\\
'''Alex:''' Yeah, dickbutt! Like on this enormous sign I made!
* ''WebVideo/StarTrekContinues'': Subverted in "The White Iris". Captain Kirk made the password for a new planetary defense grid, but he suffers a head injury and can't remember it, plus he gets haunted by the memories of women he failed to save. The crew attempts to brute force the password, but Chekhov finds out the system will lock them out if they fail the password too many times. After getting his issues sorted out, Kirk finally remembers the password is "Irises" just in time to save the planet from bombardment. [=McCoy=] complains that's a dumb password, but Spock comments the fact that none of them were able to figure it out means it works. Spock looks up the painting ''Irises'' by Creator/VincentVanGogh, which symbolizes loneliness, and suspects that is why Kirk chose that as the password.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh: Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too'', Tigger failed to guess Rabbit's password which would have allowed him to cross a line dividing the Hundred Acre Wood. Beaver then correctly guessed Tigger's password, which was "Tigger."

* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': In "Special Delivery," Zeke and Zadie are playing construction workers, and they won't let Malik pass unless he guesses the secret word. What was the secret word? "Please."

* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho''. In "I, Davros: Guilt" a Thal spy wants to get into the 'nursery' where Davros is creating the first Daleks. Having made a study of Davros, he guesses the password will be either [[ItsAllAboutMe egotistical]] or [[UsefulNotes/OedipusComplex oedipal]]. It's the latter; his mother, CALCULA.

* In ''Film/LordOfWar'', the code to unlock Yuri's secret container where he hides his gun running documents and items is the date of his son's birthday, which his wife Ava realizes within less than a minute.
* As with the ComicBook, in ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'', the password to Ozymandias' computer is Ramses II, which was slightly obvious considering his superhero name, his favorite person, and the books on his shelves. You would think the Smartest Man In The World would choose a harder to guess password...
* In ''Film/TheHangover Part II'', the password to Chow's overseas bank account is "[=baloney1=]".
-->'''Chow:''' Well, it used to be just "baloney", but then they started making you add ''number''.\\
'''Kingsley:''' Fuckin' annoying...
* In ''Film/DennisTheMenace'', Dennis correctly guesses that Mr. Wilson's safe combination is the same as his house number, reasoning that Mr. Wilson is "at least as smart" as his classmate who did the same. And while you would think Mr. Wilson would realize how foolish that is when a grade schooler figures it out, he apparently doesn't, as [[spoiler:a thief effortlessly cracks the safe later in the movie]].
* In ''Film/{{Neighbors|2014}}'', the "Lion's Den" (i.e. the storeroom of important stuff like drugs, alcohol, fireworks, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ping pong paddles]]), is protected by a three-digit password. Mac and Kelly have little trouble guessing that a bunch of fairly immature stoners like Delta Psi would use [[FourTwentyBlazeIt "420"]] for the password.
* In ''Film/InTime'', the password for Phillipe Weis' vault is "12021809", UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin's birthday. His daughter Sylvia guesses it in one try, pointing out that Phillipe quotes Darwin all the time and is TheSocialDarwinist.
* In ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', the password to the Chaos Theater is "whatever," the second password is a shrug. Guess what does Scott Pilgrim say and do when he's asked for the first and then the second passwords?
* In ''Film/{{Circus}}'', Bruno is instructed to create a password for his online banking account consisting on 8 characters. The password he chooses is 'PASSWORD'. Bruno is established to be an idiot, and the {{Con Artist}}s actually specifically set up the scenario where he needed to create a password so they could use a key logger to record what it is, but even they are astounded to discover it is something so obvious.
* ''Film/{{Machete}}'': Machete and Sartana are trying to get into Booth's encrypted files. Realizing Booth has [[ParentalIncest feelings for his daughter April]], Machete correctly guesses the password is "I♥April".

* ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'': Happy Hogan, head of security at Stark Industries, has his phone password set to... "password". Peter [[LampshadeHanging points out what a stupid password it is]].
* ''Film/JemAndTheHolograms2015'': Erica Raymond's safe password is [[spoiler:"erica.raymond"]].
* In ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', newly-minted Globotech employees Larry and Irwin are handed secret passwords to access the Globotech database. Irwin's password is "[[Film/{{Gremlins}} gizmo]]", which is both too short and a dictionary word. Worse yet, the moment he receives it, he immediately blurts it out, which later allows Larry to log in with the authorization to choose a microchip for their new toys, kicking off the plot.
* ''Film/WhiteFrog'': [[spoiler:Chaz's email password is "Randy," after his boyfriend.]]
* ''Film/Snatched2017'': Emily's credit card PIN is 1234. She meant to change it, but never got around to it.
* In ''Film/TheBody2012'', the code for one of the hospital's security doors is 20-03-2012, the day Álex met Carla. Not necessarily easily guessed, but definitely incriminating.

* In ''Podcast/PokemonWorldTourUnited'', this trope is used to justify how IdiotHero Cobalt is suddenly, inexplicably, and accidentally accomplishing feats of HollywoodHacking. Mechanically, Cobalt's player, Josh, was just trying to make use of a high score in technology education; InUniverse, Cobalt is able to hack into a Team Rocket computer underneath the Celadon City Game Center because the password protecting it was "[=passw0rd=]".

* In the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio drama ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS4E5Deimos Deimos]]'', the Doctor's companion Tamsin accesses the power distribution centre of a Martian moonbase with the password "PASSWORD".

* From ''Agents of Deception'', an expansion of the trading card game of ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalaxies''...
-->'''Slicer''': Never use your pet's name as a password, Lord Vader.

* In the WebAnimation/{{mashed}} cartoon ''Omnileaks'', many Overwatch members ([[EnemyMine and Reaper]]) have had their personal information leaked, and they hold Sombra accountable. However, Winston soon reveals that the password he used for Sombra's handcuffs is the same one he uses for everything else. The password is "password".
-->'''Genji:''' So anyone could have just logged onto your computer and leaked our secrets?\\
'''Winston:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Well, not without the password]].
* In Episode 65 of ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'', we find out how Brittnay managed to break into Mackenzie's computer so easily.
-->'''Shay:''' But I could never get to [the video] because I don't have the password to Mackenzie's computer. By the way, what is her password?\\
'''Brittnay:''' "Fuck you Shay".\\
'''Shay:''' [[WhosOnFirst What the fuck, you don't want to tell me?]]\\
'''Brittnay:''' No, idiot, the password is "fuck you Shay".\\
'''Shay:''' Oh! [[LampshadeHanging No numbers, huh? Not too safe.]] Alright, here we go.
* In Volume 2 of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', a security guard asks his coworker for the Beacon Tower wifi password. According to the guard, it's "Beacon" but with a 3 in place of the E and a # at the end. He says this ''just'' as [[TheHeavy Cinder Fall]] strolls in.
* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'':
** Blitzo and Moxxie get caught by [[TheMenInBlack D.H.O.R.K.S.]]. Millie and Loona have to bust them out, but they need the passcode. What's the passcode? Millie notices that of all the possible numbers, the "1" button is the only one with any wear and tear on it, so they try "1111". Sure enough, they nail it on the first guess.
** When stealing the ''Ars Goetia'' from Blitzo's safe Octavia tries 1-2-3-4 and it opens immediately.

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
** In "Oceans Unmoving", all the teknocon gear in timeless space is on factory defaults. Since only one person in timeless space knows the factory defaults for this stuff, it hardly matters. Justified by the fact that only the people who should be able to access the teknocons were in timeless space in the first place. Teknocon one had a different password, which was intended for the hacker to access.
** Another example is when Sasha manages to hack into Riffs computer. The password... "beer".
** In "Kiki's Virus", Dr. Crabtree has been using the names of her lab animals as passwords. The second one still takes a bit of figuring out, because Dr. Schlock initially assumes the relevant name to be spelled "Burro" instead of "Borough".
* In ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'', Roast Beef travels to Yahoo's headquarters to hack into the mainframe and delete incriminating information on Ray. He changes the chief security officer's password from 'yahoo' to 'ru5tybike5' and sneaks out. ("Animal changes my password! Why this always happens to ME?!")
* Averted in ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'', where one of Mew Cai's command codes is [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0051.html a rather long and complicated poem]]. Of course in this case it's debatable if it's really necessary, as Mew Cai is sentient and probably wouldn't accept commands from unfamiliar users anyway.

* ''Webcomic/CiemWebcomicSeries''. Candi Levens finally makes a lucky guess that the password to the Viron Library's Meethlite agenda archives is "[=DieLevens=]." The Meethlites are clearly big [[FeudingFamilies on hatred]], but small on creativity and [[SwissCheeseSecurity security]].
* In one arc of ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell'', Roger refuses to let Margaret into the boy's apartment unless she guesses a password. Her (correct) answer: Let me in now, dork face.
* In ''Webcomic/TheKennyChronicles'' the password on Funky's robot (now technically Kenny's robot) was "kennysux".
* [[http://www.starblazers.com/html.php?page_id=382 Tim Eldred's second]] ''[[Anime/UchuuSenkanYamato StarBlazers]]'' webcomic lampshaded it nicely: Desslok, Evil Emperor, sneaks his passwords to his trusted lieutenant, Talan, who snarks that the ones generated by a computer are good ---ut all the ones Desslok chose himself are variations on the name "Starsha", Desslok's dead girlfriend. "Why am I not surprised..."
* In ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', Mordred says [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/2074.htm Gawain's password]] is "password" (after cracking Gareth's, which are her husband's name and her nickname, but in LeetSpeak). Which is odd, because while Gawain's dumb in a lot of areas, computers are supposed to be what he's ''good'' at.
* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' disagrees with this trope in a [[http://xkcd.com/936/ rather well explained fashion]]. It has a value of truth. [[SimpleYetAwesome Four random dictionary words make a surprisingly secure password]], and one that's easier to remember than a single word with various characters replaced by lookalikes, let alone a password created by mashing on the keyboard.[[note]]Sadly, many online services cap the number of characters a password can have, usually 16 characters or even less, making it hard to generate valid passwords in this fashion.[[/note]]
-->'''Caption:''' Through 20 years of effort, we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess.

* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0863.html #863]]:
-->'''Leia:''' R2, decrypt the coordinates [to the Rebel base]. Authorization code 1-1-A.\\
'''R2-D2:''' That is a terrible, terrible code. I didn't even try any codes less than eight characters! ''[{{beat panel}}]'' Not that I seriously ''tried'' decrypting it.
* In ''Webcomic/CaptainSNES'', [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] rigs [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Eggplant Wizard]] with a chip that shocks him if he steps out of line, makes an awful vegetable pun, or if she says "Sweet Christmas". She chose these words because she figured no one would ever say them together accidentally. Unbeknownst to her, these are the first two words of Alex's CatchPhrase.
* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', when the password to turn a random door into a door to the Realm of the Dead is "I ... am ... a ''ghoooost''!" TheRant notes "Anybody can use this password on any door. You just have to say it properly." (And, of course, we the readers can't tell how Mort is saying it...)

* The password to the Maternity Ward in ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'' is [[spoiler: Dr HM Phage's own name.]] But Phage decided at the last minute that that password might not be secure enough, so...
-->'''Phage's note:''' Wait, no! I am a genius! Now it's: [[spoiler: DRHMPHAPE]]
* While specific passwords aren't mentioned, several strips of ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' comment on how often people leave in the default password on devices, in a negative context.
* In ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFOXHOUND'', Nano Jackal, testing out every possible iteration of Baker's email password, sighs in exasperation once she gets a hit: "[[TooDumbToLive ILUVMONEY]]".
* In [[http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=1832 this]] strip of ''Webcomic/FullFrontalNerdity'', the guys are playing ''TabletopGame/GammaWorld''. They stumble across a security robot who demands the password or else they'll be executed. Lewis tries to guess the password but is stumped until Nelson tells him to guess "password".

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11410755/2/Shadow-Mage Shadow Mage]]'' a dying Vernon Dursley tells his son Dudley that the ATM password is Dudley's birthday.

* In ''Selfies from the Underground'', the villain tries to learn 'all of the Avengers' secrets' by hacking into Steve's phone. The password? 'Password'. [[spoiler: he needn't have bothered. All he finds are pictures of Bucky.]]
* In ''Fanfic/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZim'', what's the code for opening the entrance to the crashed Meekrob ship? "Open the door." Tak tries to give the ship's makers some benefit of the doubt by figuring they were going for something too obvious for someone to try. [[spoiler: She's less forgiving for the fact that the code for the ship's SelfDestructMechanism is simply "Blow up."]]
* In ''Fanfic/AvengersInfiniteWars'', when Natasha Romanoff and Hope van Dyne assist Padme Amidala in investigating a traitorous Senator who is making deals with the Separatists and had a past relationship with Padme, when Hope moves to access his data files, she is put out when the password is 'Padme'.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8333963/17/Emerald-Flight-Book-One-Union Emerald Flight Book One: Union]]'' Mundungus Fletcher's briefcase combination is "1234."
* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Dexter accesses Ash's Facebook account. When the trainer asks the Pokédex how the hell does it know his password, Dexter snarks that "[=AshKetchumRocks=]" is not a very hard-to-guess password.
* In ''Fanfic/FallOfStarfleetRebirthOfFriendship'', Grand Ruler's habit of using easily guessed passwords is a RunningGag, ultimately leading to a member of LaResistance to shout "HOW HAS HE BEEN KEEPING US UNDER HIS RULE FOR FIVE YEARS!" in frustration after the password for ''everything'' on his planet-killing weapon is discovered to be "54321".
* For all his intelligence, the Professor in ''Fanfic/{{Ladder}}'' uses "[=BlossomBubblesButtercup1998=]" as his password. It's so easy even Buttercup figures it out.
* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': The second of Spandam's safes uses the numbers that spell out his name - 19-16-1-14-4-1-13 - as his password, which Cross guesses easily. However, he's also smart enough to have it booby-trapped in case someone tries to brute-force it.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' fan animation "[[https://youtu.be/XV1lBsMyRwg Omnileaks]]" features Sombra being accused by everyone else of hacking into Winston's computer and leaking all of their embarrassing secrets, like Reaper's fear of air conditioning. Sombra insists it's NotMeThisTime, but really wishes it were because of how funny it all is. It turns out Winston's online security is just ''really'' poor, as ''all'' of his electronics simply use "password" as the password. When called out on the fact this means ''anyone'' could have gotten in, Winston insists that's only true if they have the password.
* ''Fanfic/LostToDust'': Blake quickly figures out the password for Ilia's scroll is "Belladonna", Blake's last name.
* ''Fanfic/ForTheGloryOfIrk'': As a means of slowing down the various LoonyLaws that Tallest Purple kept enacting, Tallest Red arranged so that a password is required to get into the computerized legal system and make any changes, with that password only being known to [[TheMothership the Massive's]] Employee of the Month. When [[spoiler: new Tallest]] Xia and Vero track down the current holder, it turns out that the password is... "password". This leads to a brief WhosOnFirst gag until they manage to work it out.
* In ''[[Fanfic/FullCircleOddSquad Full Circle]]'', Oona uses Olympia computer to explain the concept of shipping to Otis and figures out the password to Olympia's Pinterest account easily. It has something to do with Olive and Otto, although Olympia fails to realize how obvious it is until it's pointed out to her.
--> '''Oona:''' Wait. Olympia, I need to use your computer.
--> '''Olympia:''' Why, what's going on? Hey, did you just hack into my account?!
--> '''Oona:''' No, I didn't "hack" into your account. I just put in the password. I have a thing on Pinterest that I think will help.
--> '''Olympia:''' How did you get my password?!
--> '''Oona:''' ''[raises her eyebrows and points to Olympia's framed pictures of Olive and Otto]''
--> '''Olympia:''' Ohhhhhh. Ahem. Proceed.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13756622/9/The-Boy-Who-Kept-Dying The Boy Who Kept Dying]]'' Death invites Harry into his private rooms at Hogwarts.
-->'''Death:''' Fluffy.\\
'''Harry:''' Aww, your password is your dog. I think that ranks with 1, 2, 3 and 'password.'
* ''Fanfic/TheSilverRaven'': When trying to figure out the keypads to Katya and Tiny Nose's cells, Nero sees that only the '1' button is worn out and chipped for Katya's cell while the '2' button is for Tiny Nose's cell. He quickly puts the passwords together after that.
--> '''Katya:''' You mean to tell me the passcode was just one button this whole time!?

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]

* During the heist at the gala in ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'', a part of the operation involves getting the code to a vault that has a randomly generated 5 digit number from the chief of police. After Piranha has to instigate a dance number to prevent Snake from getting caught, he grabs it from the suitcase it's hidden inside of... and it's revealed to be '12345', much to his ire.
-->'''Snake:''' ''Eugh.''
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'',Alfred sets a parental control on the Batcomputer to try and make [[ManChild Batman]] start getting his life in order. Batman says that it doesn't matter since he has an extra-secret password that will disable the parental control. Turns out Alfred already found it.
-->'''Alfred''': You mean "Alfred Da Buttler" with two Ts?
-->'''Batman''': *Laughs*

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'': The passcode to open planet Druidia's air shield is 1 2 3 4 5. Immediately lampshaded by the villains threatening the princess for the code.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' So the combination is 1 2 3 4 5? That's the [[StupidestThingIveEverHeard stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life]]! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
-->''[Later...]''\\
'''President Skroob:''' What's the combination?\\
'''Colonel Sandurz:''' 1 2 3 4 5.\\
'''President Skroob:''' 1 2 3 4 5? That's amazing! [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike I've got the same combination on my luggage!]]
* In ''Film/{{Tron}}'', Ed Dillinger's password to access the Master Control Program is "Master."
* ''Film/WarGames''. This movie took place in the early eighties, when password security issues were not as cliché as they are now, but this movie demonstrates both simple passwords and the habit of writing them down in a nearby list.
** The backdoor password for NORAD's "War Operation Plan Response" program on the computer that controls the entire nuclear missile arsenal of the United States is "Joshua", the name of the programmer's dead son. The same name that the programmer has given the computer itself, in fact. Just before trying "Joshua", David says "''[[LampshadeHanging It can't be that simple]]!''" Way to go, Professor Falken. In the novelization of the film, Falken's backdoor was [=Joshua5=], five being his son's age when he died. Not much better, but at least it had a number in it. In Falken's defense, he didn't fully know the system would be used for what it was. Or that a back door into the system would have been left open by accident that allowed David into the system.
** The school teacher uses simple words for passwords, like "pencil". It was implied the school computer system's password field could only accept alphabetical sequences of exactly six characters.
** It's very obvious from the tones how easy the padlock passcode is. It appears to be two different digits each repeated three times.
* In ''Film/NationalTreasure'', Abigail's password to enter the National Archive vaults is "VALLEYFORGE". (That's FridgeLogic for you...) Played with in that it's not something Ben and Riley are just able to guess. They first have to coat her fingers in invisible ink to figure out which keys she pressed, then Riley runs the letters through an anagram generator to produce likely combinations, which fails to account for 'L' and 'E' being used twice. Ben only guesses it because he's a TVGenius and one of the combinations is similar, which leads to his epiphany.
* ComicBook/LoisLane's computer password in ''Film/SupermanReturns'' is "{{Franchise/Superman}}". Somewhat of a plot point, however.
* In ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'', the password to access the HX 368 computer is "IY 479"--in other words, "HX 368" with each characters shifted up by one. After it's cracked, they add another level of security to the system...which turns out to be nothing more than reversing the code. With predictable results. It even gets addressed in the movie, the Novacorp chairman purposefully used a simple method to change the password because he figured Fingal wouldn't think to try something so simple. To his credit, it almost worked.
-->'''Crow:''' You know, if this works, I am going to spank you, Movie.
* Creator/LeslieNielsen, in ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'', opens up a computer system with a ViewerFriendlyInterface which prompts him for the user and the password. For the user, he enters user and for the password, password. And it works!
* Justified in ''Film/TheDeparted''. The password to a file about an undercover police operation is the first and last name of the cop that is undercover. Since if anybody who wasn't supposed to know the agent's name were to find it out, the operation would be ruined ''anyway'', why not?
* In ''Film/TheInfernalAffairsTrilogy'', the password is the Morse code for "undercover".

* In ''Film/CatchThatKid'', the password Maddie needs to get into her mother's bank is her own name, Madeline. The movie itself provides a double subversion by having the kids figuring out the master password of the bank's owner early in the planning process (the man is an obsessive Creator/RobertDeNiro fan, so he used the actor's last name) and finding out the hard way once they were inside that this password provides access to everything ''but'' the bank's vault itself. However, Maddie's mother is the one who designed the security, and figuring out the second password was as simple as a flashback to Maddie's mother telling her that "you're always close to my heart" in a very important moment.

* In ''Film/{{Tron}}'' [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Dillinger's]] password for access to the ''Master'' Control Program is apparently "master". Flynn, a superior programmer, uses a better password, the apparently gibberish "reindeer flotilla."

* In ''Film/DrStrangelove'', the crucial recall code that will prevent nuclear war involves the letters P, O, and E, stemming from General Ripper's obsession with "purity of essence", as well as "peace on earth". Fortunately, Creator/PeterSellers figures this out in time. Sort of.
* ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' showed us that one Federation starship can use a "prefix code" to get another Federation starship to lower its shields. This very dangerous trick is protected by five-digit (non-repeating judging by the switch mechanism used to enter it), numbers-only sequence a modern-day computer could break in almost no time. The only saving grace is that there is an OverrideCommand in place specifically designed to keep starships from doing this to each other at will; the system was designed to take out captured vessels, under the assumption that any boarding parties would be unlikely to locate it (Khan humorously stumbles about looking for the override on ''helm control'', not tactical where it would be). Also, it could be that the ship would only get '''one''' crack at the code, so a brute force password attack would fail.
* ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' showed us that the codes used for the Enterprise self destruct sequence haven't changed in 15 years, despite there having been one major refit and several command changes. Although the film apparently zig-zags this trope. On the one hand, the self destruct code is the not quite terrible but still pretty bad: "1, 1A," then "1, 1A, 2B," then "1B, 2B, 3," and finally, "0, 0, 0, Destruct 0," though the latter designates the type of destruction ('0' detonates charges designed to ruin every part of the ship, '1' causes an antimatter explosion that would vaporize the ship and anything else close by). On the other hand, activating the self destruct sequence requires the consent of three different officers, each of whom is identified by voice recognition.
* Averted in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', where each officer involved in activating the self destruct both is identified by voice recognition and provides a unique identification code. The Borg ([[spoiler:well, Data actually]]) are still able to override it, however.
* Zed-10, the MasterComputer in ''Film/{{Fortress 1992}}'' has not a password, but a passphrase... Trope averted? Not at all: the passphrase is "Crime does not pay", the motto Zed-10 repeats every now and then (oh, and let's forget the HollywoodHacking involved here...)
* In ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]]'': Simon is helping Jeanette crack [[BigBad Ian's]] padlock over the phone:
-->'''Simon:''' Okay, Jeanette, the third number is notoriously the hardest to crack. It's most likely a prime number, but we can't assume that.\\
'''Jeanette:''' Simon, the first two were one. I'm gonna have to go with one.\\
''[click]''\\
'''Jeanette:''' It worked!

* ''Film/PulpFiction'': The combination [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] for Marcellus Wallace's suitcase.

* There was ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' short ''Studio Stoops'' where Moe and Larry are trying to think of a password. Larry suggests "Open the door!" Moe smiles and compliments him on his idea, then promptly hits him in the face.
* In ''Film/TheFlyII'', the protagonist's computer is protected by the "magic word" password of [[spoiler:"Dad"]]. Unusual in that the villain apparently ''suspected'' this might be the password, but it was set up in such a way that the drives would be wiped if he were wrong, so it wasn't worth the risk.

* ''Film/JumpinJackFlash''. The key is in the song ''Jumping Jack Flash''. Terry racks her brains at which of the lyrics is the password, til she realizes that the key is the ''key''--that is, the ''musical'' key of the song. Later, when under truth serum, when asked what the password is, she burbles, "The key is the key!", confusing the antagonists.
* In ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger'', a CIA hacker is given the assignment of cracking a person's password. The cryptanalyst decides to brute-force the password, starting by spamming birthdays of the murdered family it belonged to. Ryan and his friend start to leave to get a cup of coffee, figuring it'll take a while, but as they get to the door the cryptanalyst hollers that he got it open. Wife's month, daughter's day, son's year. Not ''too'' bad for this trope, but still only six digits.
** He guesses that the Deputy Head of the C.I.A's PIN is his birthday.
--->"No it isn't"
--->"Then I bet it's your birthday backwards.
--->A few minutes later, Deputy Head of the CIA: "I have to go change my PIN."
** Averted when he asks for help guessing Ritter's password, "We're way beyond birthdays now"
* In ''Film/PoliceAcademy IV'', the villain uses GREED as his password. The same word he has on his bracelet.

* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': Referenced in Alabasta - the crew has to work out a TrustPassword to make sure it's really one of them and not a transformed Mr. 2 Bon Clay. Luffy suggests "swordfish" and is immediately overruled.
* In ''Fanfic/ImScaredToo'', the password to the Bermuda Triangle nightclub is "swordfish".

* ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' has Alfred use his sister's nickname, Peg, as the password to the computer on which he stores all the Bat-secrets. In further keeping with this trope, her picture - with said nickname written on the back - is right next to the computer. Zig-zagged, however, as it's at least implied this may have been deliberate so that she (or ultimately her daughter, the future Batgirl) could easily access the information in the event of his passing.

* In ''Anime/TenchiInTokyo'' Ryouko is confronted by a holographic humanoid interface demanding a password while breaking into a bank. She grabs the interface and brutally slaps it around in frustration. She is immediately granted access as [[ContrivedCoincidence the password is entered by slapping the interface in a certain sequence which Ryouko just happened to duplicate.]]
* ''Anime/LupinIII'':
** Similar to the aforementioned ''Tenchi'' example: In one episode, Lupin and Jigen break into NASA using a series of stolen voice-command passwords. When they encounter one more password than they expected, the pair panics and Lupin swears in frustration--which turns out to be the final password. (Extra note: In the [[strike:GagDub]] English dub, all the passwords are ''Franchise/StarTrek'' {{Catch Phrase}}s.)
** In ''Anime/LupinIIITheFirst'', Bresson's diary is locked in an impenetrable case that requires two keys to open, but if you happen to have said keys and twist the lock, it triggers a 60-second countdown that will make a bomb in the case blow up, taking the diary and anyone else nearby with it unless you can spell the correct 8-letter word using the 5 provided letters. Lupin panics until he realises that the password is [[spoiler:Laetitia, which happens to be the exact same name given to the women of Bresson's family such as the woman right next to him.]]
* The password that Barnette uses to protect the systems of the Nirvana in ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' is ridiculously simple, yet it proves to be a big hurdle for the Mejale forces--and to the heroes, who try to get away with the ship.
* In an episode of ''Manga/ShamanKing'', Len logs into his family's database to get some information. He allows his friends to watch him enter the super-secret password, which, after a moment of intense anticipation, turns out to be Enter. Not the word, but the ''key.'' Everyone promptly pratfalls as Len brags that it's the greatest password ever.
* In ''Anime/SchoolDays'', Setsuna is able to reconfigure Makoto's cell phone by guessing correctly, at the very first try, that he used his birthday as password.

* In ''New Manga/GetterRobo'', the password to documents about the use of Getter Rays as weapons [[ShoutOut was in fact]] ''[[Anime/CuteyHoney CUTIE HONEY]]''.
* Averted and referenced in ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''. When Hideki tries to set a password on Sumomo, the first thing he tries to set it as is his last name...which is immediately rejected because it's so easy. Then he changes it to Chobits, and Sumomo even suggests that he uses a mix of hiragana and katakana (and English letters and numbers, but he doesn't use any of those).

* In ''Manga/{{Gals}}'', a student has been copying test answers and other data from the school computers to gain near-perfect results on every exam. The school is called Honan and what is the password? "[=Honan2=]". The student even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s what a stupidly-easy-to-figure-out password it was.
* In the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' episode with Jet Alone, the password to its main computer is "hope" (希望, displayed on a screen, using a Japanese IME to type it in). This is a word you would likely learn in your ''first semester'' of Japanese study if you take a class.
* The password for accessing Eva-02's "beast mode" in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''--"za beasto"--isn't all too creative, either. It seems to use voice recognition. Though there are two voice commands before you enter the code specifically for this mode. Its doubtful the other pilots are even aware of inverting controls or a backdoor code to an EVA so at least it has some level of security.

* Seto Kaiba of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' successfully hacked into Pegasus J. Crawford's system because he accurately guessed that Pegasus was so vain as to believe no one would get that far. Password? [[spoiler:Pegasus.]] Interestingly, the password in the Japanese version is a tiny bit harder--since, according to Kaiba's logic, the Duelist Kingdom is a metaphorical prison island from which none can exit, the password is a reference to that--"Alcatraz".
* In ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior'' (''[=RockMan=].EXE''), the cyber door to the room with [=MegaMan=]'s "frame" in it had a single-digit password (looked to be "2"). Like the word "password," it's a good and bad password at the same time.
* Subverted in the first ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' movie. When the protagonist just tries the name of a brilliant programmer as the password to the man's source-code disk, he gets a biblequote from Genesis 11 for his trouble. Oh, and every electronic piece of equipment connected to the computer he was using gets infected with a virus and displays/prints nothing but the word Babel in an endless loop.

* In both Japanese and English versions of ''Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine'', the password on Logan's handheld computer is simply his name. Granted, it was a voice-activated password, but Yukio's "Seriously?" reaction is still the same.
* In ''{{Manga/Saki}}'', during the "Saki Biyori" spinoff, Maho- who has great potential as a mahjong player but is held back due to constantly making amateur mistakes, having bad habits and her lack of common sense- has her username as her password for her mahjong account. To make matters worse, she writes it on a sticky note where everyone can see it.
* In ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', guess the challenge and response chosen by the kids guarding Princess Kushana? "Valley"--"Wind".
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', the three [[{{Tykebomb}} Extendeds]] have "[[TriggerPhrase Block Words]]" which their handlers are supposed to use to subdue them if they get out of control...except that instead of pacifying them, it just makes them go into a terrified panic. However, their programmers chose to use common, everyday words for the Block Words: Stella's is "die", Auel's is "mother", and Sting's[[note]]According to WordOfGod, since it never came up in the show[[/note]] is "dream". The stupidity of this setup is demonstrated in one episode where Auel gets triggered and raves "Mother's gonna die!", which in turn sets off Stella.

* In ''Manga/BloomIntoYou'', during [[ShowWithinAShow the school play]], Touko's character, a high school girl who has lost her memory, tries to get into her cell phone in order to find some clue as to what sort of person she was. She first tries her birthday, August 21, but that fails, and then tries two other dates that are important to her- the sports festival on June 19 and Christmas Eve[[note]]Each date corresponds to a person close to her. Her friend from school mentioned the date of the sports festival, June 19 is her younger brother's birthday and she spent Christmas with her girlfriend[[/note]]- but those don't work, either. She then adds the three numbers together and gets in. In the anime, the original version of the play's ending has Touko's character access her phone by entering her girlfriend's birthday as the password.
* Downplayed in ''Manga/OnePiece''. The Thousand Sunny's refrigerator has a combination lock to prevent [[BigEater Luffy]] from raiding it. Sanji, who's in charge of cooking, set the password to 7326. This doesn't sound like such a bad password, until you realize that the numbers can respectively be pronounced as "Na," "Mi," "Ni," and "Ro," and the two female members of the crew are named ''Nami'' and ''Ni''co ''Ro''bin, and Sanji has a crush on both of them. Both Nami and Robin know the password, but since Sanji often gives the girls preferential treatment, it isn't clear whether they figured it out[[note]]Not only are they the two smartest crew members, but Robin could use her Devil Fruit power to spy on Sanji as he puts in the combination[[/note]] or he told them.

* In the Norwegian WorkCom strip ''Lunch'', there's a strip where a consultant tries to examplify the poor security by successfully hacking into the receptionist lady's computer at only one attempt. The receptionist is genuinely surprised. The reader, who will notice that the desk is full of pictures of her cat, several of which has the cat's name spelled out clearly, is probably less surprised.

* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': When the Enforcers are sent to raid Section 13's Talisman vault, Jade equips them with the password B-O-N-D. Finn is only a bit surprised to see it works.
* ''Fanfic/SuzumiyaHaruhiNoSeitenkan'': Kyonko should have known that setting the password to the "MITSURU" folder as her [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling little brother's]] name was a bad idea. How the blue fuck could Haruki have not guessed that?
* In the ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4923817 Redemption]], the password to some information so important that its original finder died for it is... "Umi" (Japanese for "ocean"). The team attempting to crack the password are stuck for ''months'' because they only guess English words. And they ''know'' the password is three letters, but no-one points out that [[WritersCannotDoMath 26³ possibilities could be brute-forced by hand in less than a day]].
* In ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'' [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Xaldin, Vexen and Lexaeus]] needs to hack into Mansex's computer in order to stop his and his masters plan. Of course, in order to do so they need a password. After Lexaeus and Xaldin guesses on [[spoiler:Xiggykun Akuchan Marleydono [=HomieXLuxory=] Secks [=DemykinsOMGWTFBBQVCR=] Zexypoo Mansex (which is all the {{Seme}}'s names in order)]], Vexen points out that it's both too many letters as well as incredibly stupid and asks what kind of idiot would use such a password. Xaldin answers that [[spoiler:Mansex]] would, since he's the seme of [[spoiler:Xemnas]] whose somebody [[spoiler:Xehanort]] was known for his dumb passwords (see Swordfish/VideoGames for more information). Of course, the password's [[spoiler:correct]].

* In ''Fanfic/TheGrinningSnake'', found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5103188 here]], [[OriginalCharacter Konoka]], trying to access a password-protected file on her father's computer to find out more about why he was killed, tries every obvious possibility first, including birthdays, pet names and favorite foods, then finally tries her own name and gets in. The moment when [[DaddysGirl she]] realizes that her father had her name as a password is a bit of a TearJerker.

* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'':
** Most of the terminal passwords Littlepip comes across tend to be single words or short phrases. For example, the password Littlepip uses to decode the message obtained in the terminals at Sweet Apple Acres and Carousel Boutique is "apple".
** The terminal Littlepip hacks in chapter 7 has a similarly poor password: "terminal". Littlepip was unimpressed.
** The terminal protecting Red Eye's ascension chamber, the culmination of decades of work and expected to create something that will extend centuries into the future, is protected with the password "[[spoiler:Littlepip]]." Littlepip is ''extremely'' disturbed.
* Subverted in ''New Look Series: Sonic's New Look'' where Rouge's password to her room is the unlikely "All the world's gems are mine to keep."
* In ''Fanfic/DiariesOfAMadman'', Nav at one point uses "password" as a TrustPassword between himself and Taya.
* In ''Fanfic/BleachFanWorks'', Kon, while trying to get onto Ichigo's computer, tries several different passwords- "Shinigami" for Ichigo (what he is), "Soccer" for Karin (the sport she plays), and "Masaki" for Isshin (the name of his dead wife). None of them work until he gets through with "Strawberry" for Yuzu (what Ichigo's name means in Japanese).
* In [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2611880 one]] humorous Captain America fic, Steve complains about Bucky constantly hacking into his laptop and Bucky retorts that he should set his laptop's password to something other than "password", "guest", "buckylives", or "[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers SGT5t4ck8utt]]".