History Main / ThiefBag

* In ''TheGodfather'' game, there are several of these bags lying around for your acquisition, usually at a BankRobbery or ArmedBlag.

* In ''SecretAgent'', these are one of the items that [[ScoringPoints give you points]] if you collect them.

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-->- John Locke, ''{{Lost}}''

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* Official Thieves Guild burglars in ''{{Discworld}}'' carry bags marked SWAG as part of the uniform. Given the peculiar nature of theft in Ankh-Morpork, it's in their interest for official burglars to be identified as such, rather than random housebreakers.

* Spoofed in a YinYangYo episode, where the bag didn't hold money, but actual dollar bill signs. Master Yo even tries to insert his dollar bill signs into it after Yin accidentally transformed it.
* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''TheSimpsons'', where Snake refers to it as a "dollar sign bag".

* In the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "Godfellas", Bender acquires a bag labeled "swag" while being shot through one of the [[SpacePirates space pirate's]] ships.
* The opening scene of ''[[ToyStory Toy Story 3]]'' has Mr Potato Head swiping several such bags from a train car.

Expect any thief carrying one to also sport a DominoMask and [[BurglarWear striped shirt]] or [[InstitutionalApparel prison garb]], [[ObviouslyEvil because otherwise how do you know they're thieves?]].

* From ''Series/AliasSmithAndJones'':

* In ''ParanoiaAgent'' one of the disillusioned policemen mentions that he became a policeman to chase those kinds of crooks, not strange supernatural batsmen.

* From ''AliasSmithAndJones'':

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* [[DirtyOldMan Happosai]] from ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'' always uses a Japanese Thief Bag when going [[PantyThief panty-stealing]].

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* Gene Simmons of {{KISS}} [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope owns the trademark]] for a sack with a $ emblem on it. He got a check from GeffenRecords for its use on the cover of the album ''Bandwagonesque'' by TeenageFanclub.

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* In one MontyPython skit, highwayman Dennis Moore (after a little economic education) is seen dragging a yards-long bag behind his horse marked 'SWAG'.

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* In [[BobAndGeorge]], Dr.Wily will lampshade this in a parody. Instead of the common money sign, any bag he uses to steal will have "bag for stealing (item)" on it. At one point, while somebody is talking to him while he is carrying one of the named bags, Wily directly asks if they are going to even check the large bag he is holding, and is filled with trophies that were to be used in a contest, and the person replies "nope".

* The bandit enemies in ''SuperMarioRPG''.

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* In the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within A Film]] showing the titular ''ThreeAmigos'', the poor Mexican peasants offer the Amigos a reward of a large bag with a "$" on it.

* Gene Simmons of {{KISS}} [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope owns the trademark]] for a sack with a $ emblem on it. He got a check from Geffen Records for its use on the cover of the album ''Bandwagonesque'' by TeenageFanclub.

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* Gene Simmons of {{KISS}} owns the trademark for a sack with a $ emblem on it. He got a check from Geffen Records for its use on the cover of the album ''Bandwagonesque'' by TeenageFanclub.

* From ''AlasSmithAndJones'':

Stop that thief! He's running away with a bag filled with money! A bag that seems awfully familiar, if you ask me...

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* In the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within A Film]] showing the titular ''ThreeAmigos'', the poor Mexican peasants offer the Amigos a reward of a large bag with a '$' on it. (I used to think this was a case of DidNotDoTheResearch..turns out I was the one guilty of it.)

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* Gene Simmons of {{KISS}} owns the trademark for a sack with a $ emblem on it. He got a check from Geffen Records for its use on the cover of the album ''Bandwagonesque'' by TeenageFanclub.

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* Steve Carell carries around a sack of money that serves as his weapon in FakeNewsRumble.
* ''IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace''
-->'''Cashier:''' How will you be paying for these shoes?
-->'''Susan:''' Sacks of money with dollar signs on them.

* In the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode Godfellas, Bender acquires a bag labelled "swag" while being shot through one of the [[RecycledINSPACE space pirate's]] ships.

* An episode of DangerMouse had these as the way cash was stored in a bank vault. This variant had the pound sign, of course.
* The Beagle Boys used these types of bags a lot on DuckTales.

* The opening scene of [[ToyStory Toy Story 3]] has Mr Potato Head swiping several such bags from a train car.

* GeneSimmons of KISS owns the trademark for a sack with a $ emblem on it. He got a check from Geffen Records for its use on the cover of the album ''Bandwagonesque'' by TeenageFanclub.