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* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Melvin (Marrik's SuperPoweredEvilSide) is trying to get into a locked door. After trying the only 4 letter words in his vocabulary (Kill, Stab, and Pain) he begins the usual method for cracking the code. 1111. 1112. 1113. 1114. The password? [[spoiler: 9999.]] And when he finally opens it... [[spoiler:there's another door behind it, after which he apparently gives up. Later on it's revealed said door had the password "OPEN"]].

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* A blonde joke tells of a [[DumbBlonde blonde]] who chose the password "Mickeyminnieplutohueylouiedeweydonaldgoofysacramento", because it [[ExactWords needed to have at least 8 characters and include at least 1 capital]].

* 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.

* Subverted in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11542111/2/Too-Late-to-Apologize Too Late to Apologize]]'' where the combination to Hermione's father's wall safe is his, her mother's and Hermione's birth dates ''and'' their wedding date, with three added to each and every digit (Not to mention the fire safe ''inside'' the safe where the combination is the exact same numbers but with seven subtracted from them this time).

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2747440 Winter's Child]]'', when Steve retrieves a coded database as part of an investigation into SHIELD, he passes it on to Tony to try and access it. Only aware that Captain America is worried about the contents of the drive, Tony is able to determine that it has a ten-character password, and then, rather than have JARVIS spend ages trying to crack it, decides to make one attempt at accessing the drive by using the most obvious possibility; "HAIL HYDRA".

* Subverted in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11542111/2/Too-Late-to-Apologize Too Late to Apologize]]'' where the combination to Hermione's father's wall safe is his, her mother's and Hermione's birth dates ''and'' their wedding date, with three added to each and every digit. (Not to mention the fire safe ''inside'' the safe where the combination is the exact same numbers but with seven subtracted from them this 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.

** A variation: Manfred [[TheVonTropeFamily von Karma]] set his PIN to 0001, in his own words, "Because I'm number one!", which he announces to the entire courtroom. (Then again, who would try to steal from [[TheDreaded Manfred von Karma?]])

** 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.)

* ''Film/{{Ajnabee}}'': In the climax, Raj reveals he managed to transfer the InsuranceFraud money Vicky got back to the company by guessing his password, which was Vicky's {{Catchphrase}} "AllAccordingToPlan".

* 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.

* A Dutch security researcher reported in October 2020 that he was able to log into Creator/DonaldTrump's Website/{{Twitter}} account by guessing the password "[[CatchPhrase maga]]2020!". He and his team had done likewise in 2016, by guessing the password [[Series/TheApprentice "yourefired"]].

* 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]]".