Line #73 Main/AffectionatePickpocket


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15	->''"While she was talkin' she slipped one hand into his fly-opening and [[DistractedByTheSexy tickled him up]], at the same time helping herself to the wallet in his arse-pocket with the other. Second nature to her I was. It was the way she made her livin', anyway."''
16	-->-- '''Porta''' re "Pickpocket Petra", in ''The Commissar'' by Creator/SvenHassel
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18	Some pickpockets execute their craft by avoiding all detection and making sure their victims never register the fact that contact was made. Others prefer just the opposite. Affectionate Pickpocket is when a character tries to disguise picking someone's pocket as an affectionate hug. Or even a KissOfDistraction.
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20	For instance, Alice spontaneously gives Bob a great big hug. "Did I ever tell you what a great friend you are?"
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22	''Oh, how sweet,'' thinks Bob. ''...wait. Where's my wallet gone?''
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24	May lead to GiveMeBackMyWallet. Compare DistractedByTheSexy, KissOfDistraction, StickyFingers, FiveFingerDiscount and {{Percussive Pickpocket}}.
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27	!!Examples:
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31	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
32	* Inverted in ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'', where Shadow Mei sneaks a small iyo [[DemonicPossession into Matsuri's body]] while hugging him.
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35	[[folder:Comic Books]]
36	* Happens once to ComicBook/AchilleTalon with a man in the street pretending to recognize him as an old friend who saved his life -- and getting all touchy-feely in result. Achille can't manage to put a word edgewise until he reaches for his wallet to prove his identity. He then pursues the man, only to see him pulling the same trick on Lefuneste.
37	* In ''ComicBook/BatLash'' #1, Bat lifts a gold pocket watch off an itinerant monk as he is affectionately farewelling him after the monk has shared his meal with him.
38	* ''ComicBook/FireflyTheSting'': Saffron nabs Inara's earpiece while kissing her.
39	* In ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'' #11, Indy's old 'friend' Torino hugs Indy in greeting, and lifts his wallet, leading Indy to tell him GiveMeBackMyWallet.
40	** In #32, ClassyCatBurglar Amanda Knight lifts the keys to the museum from Indy while she is kissing him.
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43	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
44	* {{ComicStrip/Garfield}} has done this to steal food from people's pockets on at least two occasions.
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47	[[folder:Fan Works]]
48	* ''[[Fanfic/{{Dangerverse}} Living with Danger]]'': While she is staying at the Weasley's house after the Pack's adults have been arrested, Meghan hugs Mrs Weasley, telling her she is a great mum, and takes the chance to swipe her wand. She needs it to activate the Marauders' Map and find Hagrid.
49	* In ''Fanfic/RespectAWoman'', [[GenkiGirl Hunter]] uses a tender embrace as an opportunity to [[http://zarla.deviantart.com/art/10-ways-of-weird-flirting-184990576 mess with]] [[DeadpanSnarker Smoker]]:
50	-->'''Hunter:''' I'm stealing your wallet. ♪\
51	'''Smoker:''' [[VitriolicBestBuds That'll be a neat trick after I snap your neck.]]
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54	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
55	* Not as affectionate as some, but in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'', Silk reaches his arm around someone to light his cigarette, while lifting his wallet with his other hand.
56	* ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted''. Batwoman has the curt stoicism of her DistaffCounterpart when dealing with Catwoman, but once the police have left Selina Kyle starts flirting with her and lifts off Kate Kane's mask and wig to reveal she's [[LuminescentBlush red like a tomato]] underneath. They're on the [[AlmostKiss verge of a kiss]] with Kate sorely tempted to [[ShowerOfLove join her in the bathtub]] when [[TheTease Selina then breaks off]] and reminds her that cats bathe themselves. Kate walks off in a huff [[IllBeInMyBunk to the airliner's cockpit]], while Selina gets into the tub for her bubble bath, revealing after Kate has left that she lifted her mobile Batphone while she was DistractedByTheSexy.
57	* WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973: Robin Hood and Little John [[DisguisedInDrag (disguised as gypsy women)]] steal the jeweled rings off Prince John's fingers when he offers to let them "kiss the royal hand". Robin Hood does this by sliding a ring off a hand before kissing it and not return it, while Little John [[SleightOfTongue kisses the rings directly and collects the ring's jewels in his mouth.]]
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60	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
61	* In ''Film/{{Bachelorette}}'', Creator/LizzyCaplan's character, Gena, pulls this off skillfully -- while high on cocaine.
62	* The guy in ''{{Film/Casablanca}}'' who puts his arms around visitors and warns them about thieves while robbing them.
63	* ''Film/CountessDracula'': When her AbhorrentAdmirer jailer attempts to force himself on her, Ilona uses the opportunity to steal the key off his belt and attempt to escape.
64	* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'': [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] kisses Bruce Wayne after their dance... and then Bruce realizes that she used the opportunity to take his car keys and steal his car (although she could almost certainly have pulled this off without the kiss).
65	* In the 1932 film ''Film/FriscoJenny'' a woman is shown sitting on a drunk man's lap in a 1906 San Francisco brothel. While distracting him with a kiss, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jo2o0xwRhE she steals his wallet]] from his breast pocket, takes the money out, puts the wallet back, then discreetly draws a little circle on his shoulder with chalk (a sign to other pickpockets that he has no extra money to be fleeced).
66	* ''Film/FXMurderByIllusion'': [=McCarthy=] is ordered to [[Main/TurnInYourBadge turn in his badge]]. This humiliating defeat is apparently a bit too much for him to handle since he has to hug his boss for comfort... and then he walks away with his boss's badge.
67	* ''Film/GunsGirlsAndGambling'': While locked in the jail cell, Vivian comes on to Sheriff Cowley and hugs him. After he walks off, leaving her in the cell, she reveals that she lifted his keys off him while she was hugging him.
68	* Paco in ''Film/HerbieGoesBananas''.
69	* In ''Film/KeyLargo'', Gaye steals Rocco's gun from his pocket while clinging to his body.
70	* In the 1995 film ''Film/{{Kleptomania}}'' a rich wife starts to steal out of boredom; one day she meets a pickpocket girl who agrees to show her the tricks of the trade. First she distracts her with a kiss and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJxTlMRkTnE steals her wristwatch]], then both go to the subway where the girl starts pickpocketing various people while the wife watches. The girl then dares the wife to go and try her hand at it; she steals two wallets, a pen, and a wristwatch.
71	* In the 2008 film ''Film/MailOrderBride'' a 19th-century con artist takes place her dead friend as a rich man's fiancee. During a party at the inn, she dances with several guests and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9vKSCz9f4c picks their pockets]].
72	* ''Film/{{Maverick}}''. Annabelle Bransford does this to Maverick ''twice'' in the same scene. The first time he notices and makes her give his wallet back, the second time he's so overwhelmed he doesn't notice and has to track her down later.
73	* The Thénardiers in ''Film/{{Les Miserables\|2012}}'', as seen in the "Master of the House" number.
74	* ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'': Nyah sidles up against Ambrose, the villain, to steal a valuable envelope. She's successful the first time, but he notices when she does it again to return it (and she puts it in the wrong pocket, which would have tipped him off anyway).
75	* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': After Jack Sparrow falls into the carriage of an elderly British noblewoman (Creator/JudiDench), he pretends to seduce her by nibbling her ear. When he slips out, however, he holds a jeweled earring in his mouth.
76	* ''Film/RedSun'': [[Creator/UrsulaAndress Cristina]] tries to seduce [[Creator/CharlesBronson Link]], only to grab his revolver and attempt to shoot him. She discovers ItWorksBetterWithBullets. Link quips that the problem with Cristina is that [[{{Double Entendre}} you never know which gun she's going to grab]].
77	* ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows''. Sherlock steals a message meant for Moriarty from Irene Adler, who tries to steal it back while kissing him after making a dinner date, but Holmes just grabs her hand before it reaches its target.
78	* In ''Film/AStudyInTerror'', Polly lifts a purse from her mark while she is canoodling with him at the pub. She is caught when he goes to pay for the drinks and can't find his purse.
79	* In the German silent film ''Film/TheWildcat'', Rischka the thief and Lilli the officer's daughter are part of a LoveDodecahedron which has both of them pining for handsome Lt. Alexis. Rischka embraces her rival, pats Lilli on the back, and tells her that she will step aside and leave Alexis to Lilli. While she does this, she steals Lilli's necklace.
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83	* There's a story in Henry Peacham's ''The Art of Living in London'' (1642) about a tradesman whose wife's purse is stolen at the theatre after she put it in her petticoats for safety. He asked why she didn't feel a hand, and she replied "I felt ones hand there; but I did not thinke hee had come for that."
84	* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', Jerin pretends to stumble against a woman and allows her to grope him in order to [[spoiler: steal back his own gun, which she took away from him earlier.]] He repeats this with a different captor to [[spoiler:get back his confiscated lockpicks.]]
85	* In ''The Golden Nineties'' by Creator/LisaMason, one of the main characters meets a woman on the ferry into San Francisco, who claims to be seasick and asks if she can lean on him. After the boat docks, she disappears along with his wallet, and when he describes her to some locals, they identify her.
86	* Fisk pulls this off enough times in the ''Literature/KnightAndRogueSeries'' (in just the first book) that Michael gives up and simply makes holding on to the money Fisk's job.
87	* ''The Twisted Thing'' by Creator/MickeySpillane. When detective Mike Hammer gives TheSummation and announces to the murderer that he's going to get a VigilanteExecution, the killer points out that [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets he removed the magazine from Mike's pistol]] while giving Mike a 'welcome back' hug earlier, having already anticipated that Mike had found out the truth.
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91	* One episode of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' has Michael and Gob have a heart-to-heart talk which ends with a handshake and Gob saying [[{{Foreshadowing}} "Thank you for your time."]] Later, Michael discovers that Gob stole his watch when they shook hands.
92	* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. In Season 8, Oliver Queen travels to an alternate universe and has a tearful reunion with his mother, long since dead on his own Earth. [[GoodIsNotSoft This doesn't stop him]] from lifting her Queen Consolidated swipe card while hugging her.
93	* ''Series/BabylonFive'', "Legacies": Ivanova has a heartwarming conversation with a StreetUrchin that ends with the two of them clasping hands in a gesture of mutual sympathy... and the street urchin takes the opportunity to steal the commlink off Ivanova's hand, just to keep in practice.
94	* ''Series/BarbaryCoast'': During the opening credits of the pilot movie, a prostitute lifts the wallet off a client as she sends him into a saloon.
95	* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'':
96	** In a sketch three men break out of prison; they reunite and give each other hugs, each of them robbing the others.
97	** In another sketch, Myth/RobinHood (Benny Hill) has become the new Sheriff of Nottingham -- Friar Tuck and Will Scarlet come to congratulate him and he lifts their money pouches as he hugs them, then sics the guards on them.
98	* ''Series/BlakesSeven'':
99	** In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS4E7Assassin Assassin]]" there's a weepy DamselInDistress who has a tendency to SecurityCling to our heroes. It turns out she's actually the VillainOfTheWeek, and uses the opportunity to [[LockedRoomMystery steal and later replace a key]].
100	** In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS4E9Sand Sand]]", Tarrant is [[LockedInARoom stranded on a planet]] with [[TheBaroness Servalan]], so they form an [[EnemyMine alliance to survive]]. When Tarrant has a EurekaMoment on how to defeat the MonsterOfTheWeek, Servalan gives him a SmoochOfVictory. Tarrant warns that he still has his gun...which [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Servalan]] promptly produces in ''her'' hand.
101	** In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E9Sarcophagus Sarcophagus]]", Avon kisses Cally, who's been possessed by the VillainOfTheWeek, using the opportunity to slip a RingOfPower off her finger.
102	* In ''Series/BurnNotice'', Samantha, Michael's ex-fiancée and thief will often pickpocket Michael as a way of flirting with him. He always [[GiveMeBackMyWallet asks for it back immediately after]].
103	* ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}'':
104	** In the very first episode, Castle to Beckett. He presents her with a signed copy of his book, kisses her on the cheek... and steals crime scene photos while she's too stunned to notice.
105	** Alexis to her father as he was BoundAndGagged [[ItMakesSenseInContext to a chair]]. She says he wouldn't respect her otherwise.
106	** In a later chapter, Beckett steals Castle's phone without him noticing. Being [[ManChild as he is]], Castle can't help but ask her to do it again.
107	** In "The Limey", Beckett lifts a golden case from a man's pocket [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeqVWyG974k while dancing with him]]. It had his prints on it.
108	* ''Series/{{Community}}'': In the season 4 finale, Annie gives Jeff a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huaEIDEsG-k hug]] in order to steal his phone from his back pocket.
109	* ''Series/Daredevil2015''. When Matt Murdock reveals to his best friend Foggy Nelson that he's BackFromTheDead after the events of ''Series/TheDefenders2017'', an overjoyed Foggy embraces him only to be told to stay out of Matt's way from now on because [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies he intends to take on Wilson Fisk alone]]. Worse, on leaving Foggy he's shown to have stolen his wallet, so he can use Foggy's ID.
110	* ''Series/DeathInParadise'': In "Steamy Confessions", Marlon hugs J.D. after J.D. lets him off with a warning instead of arresting him. Marlon uses the opportunity to lift J.D.'s badge which he later uses in an attempt to pass himself off as a police officer.
111	* ''Series/ADifferentWorld'': At a championship football game, a team mascot picks Ron up and twirls him around, much to his annoyance, given that the mascot is from the ''opposing'' team. Later, the mascot ends up in the same cell with Ron, Dwayne, and some other students. They've been arrested for brawling, he's been arrested for pickpocketing. As he's escorted out, he confesses to Ron, "Your wallet is with the others".
112	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]], UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill swipes the TARDIS key while hugging the Doctor. Amy is the one who catches it and asks Churchill to return it, to the Doctor's surprise.
113	* ''Series/FatherBrown'': In "The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau", Lisandra hugs the Anglican bishop in gratitude, and uses the opportunity to pickpocket the key to the safe.
114	* ''Series/GetSmart''. In "The Groovy Guru", a female courier delivers a HandcuffedBriefcase to Max that, unknown to him, contains a bomb. She then steals the key during a FakeOutMakeOut so he can't remove it.
115	* ''Series/GilligansIsland'' had a scene where Ginger seductively talked up Gilligan in order to steal the necklace he's wearing. Subverted in that, as she's walking away afterwards, Gilligan held up the necklace and said "You don't have what you think you have."
116	* On ''Series/HogansHeroes'', Hogan would send messages to a female underground contact (who was dating Schultz in this episode) like this. The boys at Stalag 13 would put a message in Schultz's belt on the pretense of helping him stretch to stay in shape. Later, when he goes to the girl's home, she would greet him with a hug and take the message out. The process would then get reversed for her response message.
117	%%* Ames from ''Series/HumanTarget''.
118	* Subverted in ''{{Series/JAG}}'', an old friend of Harm's who works as a security consultant gives him a friendly handshake and slaps his back in a bar. Later, when Harm goes to reach for his wallet the friend pulls it out of his pocket and says that he could now get on any military base using Harm's stolen ID. Harm says he knew he'd been picked and opens the flap for his ID, which has a piece of paper saying "ARREST THIS MAN" instead of his credentials.
119	* ''Series/LasVegas'': The opening sequence of the episode ''Mothwoman'' features a scantily clad woman walking around the casino, she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy3lF_Z6UTk flirts]] with several men while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-6KbEfN9mU picking their pockets]].
120	* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Parker's mentor Archie asks her for his wallet back after they share an embrace. Given that he's the one who taught her to be a master thief, he'd probably be disappointed if she didn't steal it.
121	* ''Series/{{MacGyver\|1985}}'': In "Runners", teenage runaway Crystal hugs Mac when he drops her off at a shelter. Later on, he is filling up his Jeep and discovers that she has stolen his wallet.
122	* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Peggy has done this to Al, leaving him with "empty pants".
123	* In ''Series/TheMeetingPlaceCannotBeChanged'' we're told that Ruchechnik started his career in this manner -- "mistaking" strangers for dear friends and filching their valuables as he enthusiastically greeted them.
124	* In ''Series/TheMentalist'', Patrick Jane is a proficient pickpocket, and often uses this method, either to lift something from a suspect or to plant something on them. It's gotten to the point where Agent Lisbon, upon hearing from a freed hostage ([[ItMakesSenseInContext long story]]) that Jane had hugged her, immediately asks the woman to check her pockets. Sure enough, there's a message there from Jane.
125	* In the 1996 mini-series of ''Literature/MollFlanders'', the title character prostitutes herself to an elderly judge, then robs him of his cigarette case afterwards. That saves her life as she [[ChekhovsGun later uses it]] as blackmail material to get her death sentence commuted to transportation to the American Colonies.
126	* ''Series/TheMusketeers'': At the end of episode 5, "The Homecoming", Porthos and Flea share a kiss before she leaves, but not before revealing she has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orapeq9UXQo pickpocketed his purse]]. Porthos was impressed.
127	* ''Series/TheMysteriesOfLaura'': In order to get information about the suspect's relationship to a murder victim, Laura [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJL0TU1119M flirts with him]] and steals his phone from his pocket.
128	* One episode of ''Series/NashBridges'' ended with the title character sending away a young hoodlum. They hug just before the kid is to get on his plane. After that, the kid reveals that he stole Nash's wallet. After the kid returns it, Nash reveals he also stole the kid's wallet.
129	* ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'': In the first episode Princess Leia's mother confiscates her [[RobotBuddy droid]] as a punishment for sneaking off and tucks it into the back of her outfit. Shortly afterwards Leia apologises and pulls her mother into a hug...which is really just an attempt to get the droid back. It doesn't work as Breha knows what her daughter's up to.
130	-->'''Breha:''' You know, I can feel you doing that.
131	* ''Series/ThePretender'', "Crazy": Jarod, doing time as an inmate in a mental asylum, hugs the orderly and thanks him for caring. The orderly immediately makes him give back his keyring. (After he leaves, we learn that the keyring was just a decoy theft, and Jarod also lifted something else.)
132	* At the end of a ChristmasEpisode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'', a little girl/con artist thanks Shawn for helping her dad, and hugs him... and Shawn [[GiveMeBackMyWallet immediately asks for his wallet back.]]
133	* In an "Adventures With Bill" segment of ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' Bill adopts this persona to demonstrate how to protect from pickpockets.
134	* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Vala Mal Doran in season 9 episode 3, asking for a parting hug from Daniel Jackson -- to steal back the valuable artifact he just confiscated from her. Daniel still sees it coming.
135	* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. In "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E11WinkOfAnEye Wink of an Eye]]", Deela is quite amused when Captain Kirk tries to steal the handweapon she has attached to her sleeve during their DuelOfSeduction. He's more successful later when [[HoldingHands reaching for her hand]] after [[NotBrainwashed convincing him he's been brainwashed]] and grabbing her weapon instead.
136	* On ''Series/WorldsDumbest'', Mike Trainor pulls this in a clip of his hypothetical show "[[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir The Fresh Prince of Baltimore]]" in which he, as "White Creator/WillSmith", gives his Uncle Phil (played by Chuck Nice) a hug - and steals his car keys.
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140	* At the end of ''Beside the Seaside'' by Leslie Sands, two thieves are let off with a stern warning and hug the main characters in gratitude. When the latter's pants fall down, they realise they've been robbed of everything including their braces.
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144	* Played with in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'': [[ClassyCatBurglar Imoen]] suddenly starts acting all love-struck and swooning around [[ThePaladin Keldorn]], much to his horror (since he is LawfulGood, married, and old enough to be her father). After making him squirm for a bit, Imoen chuckles and gives him his ring back.
145	* [[CuteMonsterGirl Annah]] of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' tries this on your PlayerCharacter -- typical of her overall {{Tsundere}} manner.
146	* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', Luke gets his wallet stolen when he first meets a "very friendly" [[FemmeFatale Noir]]. Luckily Tear noticed before she left.
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150	* ''Webcomic/BeTheSeaDwellerLowblood'' has two people do this with sloppy make-outs, in similar circumstances.
151	* Sam Starfall from ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' has been known to attempt this -- but then, he's probably tried ''every'' thieving technique in the book, and invented a few himself. (Of course, since everybody knows that he's a notorious thief and pickpocket, this particular technique [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01761.htm doesn't work well for him]].)
152	* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'': Ruby steals Kin's necklace (that Minmax made for her) by giving her a parting hug. Then she throws the necklace in an oblivion hole, erasing it from reality, and with it [[RelationshipSabotage Kin's memories of the gift and why she fell for Minmax in the first place]].
153	* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' features [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp03242004.shtml this exchange]]:
154	-->'''Jason:''' My wallet's on the dresser. There should be enough money in it to cover the bill and tip.\
155	'''Aubrey:''' Don't worry about it, baby. I've got it covered. I palmed your credit card weeks ago.\
156	'''Jason:''' Ah, yes. I do believe that was the sexiest pick-pocketing I ever fell victim to.
157	* ''Webcomic/Strays2007'':
158	** [[http://www.straysonline.com/2009/08/page-100/ Going off to her room sort of affectionate.]]
159	** The same character does something similar with another guy [[http://www.straysonline.com/2012/08/page-235/ here]], to steal a necklace he was wearing.
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163	* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', [[StreetUrchin little orphan girl]] Penny is this. When Finn and Jake assume they converted her into living a new life, she gives Finn a thank-you hug... then runs off [[ExaggeratedTrope after swiping all his clothes!]]
164	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' has Daggett and Norbert pass themselves off as pets to a high class family, but soon come to hate their new home. One night, before the family leaves the house (leaving the brothers stuck in the back yard) Daggett jumps up and hugs the father; Norbert labels him a traitor, but Daggett just smiles and jingles a set of house keys.
165	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', "Foster's Goes to Europe": Right before finally getting to leave for Europe, Mac receives an extremely long hug from Madame Foster... only to discover by the time he and his friends are at the airport that his tickets are missing! The result: everyone is disappointed in a confused Mac (even poor Wilt!). Frankie comes in to see Madame, only to find her missing. Cut to Madame, with her friends in tow, not to mention Eurotrish, in the plane en route to Europe, chuckling over "getting what she needed from that hug". Certainly one of the most infuriating endings for what happened to Mac.
166	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
167	** In the pilot episode, Fry and Leela put their hands together and Bender puts his hand in as well.
168	--->'''Fry:''' What's the matter with you?\
169	'''Bender:''' I just wanted to be part of the moment.\
170	'''Leela:''' Hey, he stole my ring!
171	** In "Fry and the Slurm Factory", Bender gets sick; it turns out he stole Amy's watch and it's jammed in his gears. He pulls it out, returns it, and hugs her in apology. As he hugs her, he swipes her earrings.
172	** In "The Farnsworth Parabox", while Bender hangs out with his parallel universe counterpart, the two hug each other; both of them steal the other's wallet.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Curse of the Flying Hellfish": Mr. Burns forces Grandpa to give up his key to the Hellfish fortune. Bart throws himself at Burns and wraps his arms around him, saying "Can I go with you to get the treasure? I won't eat much and I don't know the difference between right and wrong." This seems like a very in-character thing for Bart to do; but when Burns leaves (without Bart), Bart shows Grandpa that he picked Burns's pocket, so now ''he'' has both keys needed.
174	* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Janna steals Marco's keys while sidling up to him and putting her arm around his shoulders.
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