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11	A gun concealed inside or [[ShoePhone in the shape of]] a briefcase.
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13	Most of the examples under IKEAWeaponry pack away into a briefcase when disassembled, other than those deliberately disguised as something even more innocuous.
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15	Turns out to be a [[{{Pun}} case]] of TruthInTelevision. The CIA, as well as American government and military bodyguards, do actually use submachine guns concealed in cases (just like the one depicted). The case is built with a trigger on the handle that allows it to be fired without removing the weapon.
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17	See also SenselessViolins, when weapons are concealed in an instrument case, and HandbagOfHurt, when the briefcase itself is used as a melee weapon.
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25	* ''Manga/BlackCat'' has the Sweeper Sven Vollfield, who carries a machine gun (amongst other assorted items like a net launcher) inside his briefcase which he carries at all times.
26	* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': Roberta uses a [[MoreDakka machinegun]] briefcase in her initial appearance.
27	* This is the preliminary weapon of The Invaders in ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'', to go with their identical suit-and-tie motif.
28	* Kazuki in ''Anime/GaReiZero'' ''dual-wields'' anti-demon machinegun briefcases. Also, this trope is somewhat similar to SenselessViolins, except that the carrying case is the weapon.
29	* Used by a pair of bodyguards in the opening scene of ''Anime/GhostInTheShell1995''. The briefcases also make an appearance in the manga and at the end of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' being carried by [[spoiler: the [[{{Eagleland}} American]] [[TheEmpire Empire]] agents who are accompanying Gouda in the final episode of season 2]]. Interestingly, the different versions of the story show different versions of this trope -- the original manga has the briefcases being full-blown machine guns that open up the necessary holes in their case-shaped shells when it comes time to fire, while the anime has the guns concealed within cases that fall apart when the users press a button on the handle, freeing the gun all ready to fire.
30	* [[{{Cyclops}} Manako]] from ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' has a briefcase that unfolds into a sniper rifle. The bonus chapter at the end explains that it's AwesomeButImpractical.
31	* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': Genos has a briefcase that transforms into a pair of arms for him to use to fire powerful blasts of energy.
32	* A variant is used in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul''. Early on, Kaneki is warned to report to the manager if someone carrying a briefcase ever enters the cafe. That's because [[HunterOfMonsters Ghoul Investigators]] carry their weapons in innocent-looking silver briefcases, which could hold anything from a {{BFS}} or a {{BFG}} to a spiked whip or a SinisterScythe. These weapons are deployed automatically into the user's hand with a click of a button concealed on the handle.
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36	* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': One ADayInTheLimelight short story for "Micro" Lieberman had Micro dealing with a bunch of drug dealers that were harassing a friend of his by bringing a silenced MAC-10 inside of a briefcase to their den. The case has also armored, allowing him to use it as DeployableCover.
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39	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
40	* The protagonist of ''Film/TheAmerican'' is given the job of building such a weapon for a female ProfessionalKiller, who wants a silenced automatic rifle that can fit in a small space. He modifies a Ruger Mini-14 and even prepares the briefcase that carries it in [[IkeaWeaponry stripped-down form]].
41	* The security forces that come alongside the Weyland expedition pack its assault rifles like this in ''Film/AVPAlienVsPredator''. Obviously they think it comes in handy, but against the Xenomorphs and the Predators, [[RedShirts well...]]
42	* The Scorpio killer in ''Film/DirtyHarry'' carried his [[IKEAWeaponry disassembled]] sporterised Arisaka rifle and an MP 40, plus several magazines, in a suitcase.
43	* How Sal smuggled his S&W M76 into the bank in ''Film/DogDayAfternoon''. Similarly, Sonny smuggles his M1 Carbine in a large wrapped present.
44	* ''{{Film/Faster}}'': [[NoNameGiven The unnamed]] ProfessionalKiller is shown packing a suitcase with strapped-in guns and knives.
45	* In ''Film/IronMan2'', Tony has a briefcase that converts into an ''entire suit of armor''. This is straight out of the comics too (although there, the armor is usually stored inside the briefcase). To really get into this trope, one action figure of this armor -- the Mark V -- has a briefcase that becomes a missile launcher.
46	* ''Film/JamesBond'':
47	** The TropeCodifier may be Bond's briefcase in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', which is the first real Bond gadget. Amongst its other tricks, it features a rifle folded up inside and a tear gas booby trap.
48	** ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' showcases a ''rocket launcher'' concealed within a boombox. Q says that it was designed for the CIA and agents assigned to North America, and says it's called [[PunnyName "The Ghetto Blaster"]].
49	* In ''Film/JudgeDredd'', a prison warden hands Rico a small case containing Rico's old badge. Rico quickly reveals that the case itself is a reconfigurable handgun in disguise. [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy Why the warden handed his most dangerous prisoner a package without inspecting what was inside it is a Wallbanger that is never explained]].
50	* Eggsy's weapon to assault Poppy's Compound in ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' which consists of a Machine Gun, Rocket Launcher, and a Riot Shield.
51	* In ''Film/TheLookout'', Chris shoots Bone with the shotgun hidden inside the duffel bag full of cash without taking it out of the bag.
52	* Highlighted in ''Film/LordOfWar'', when Yuri quips how easy disguising weapons in camcorder cases was in the 1980s due to the size of camcorders.
53	* The latter two installments of {{Creator/Robert Rodriguez}}'s ''[[Film/ElMariachi Mariachi Trilogy]]'' feature Mariachis wielding a wide variety of weapons disguised as guitar cases, including machine guns, rocket launchers, flame throwers, and a bomb.
54	* In ''Film/MoreDeadThanAlive'', the attorney Karma, who has been following Cain for most of the film, pulls a gun from his attache case [[spoiler:and casually shoots Cain dead]].
55	* ''Film/PrimeCut'': Irish gangster Lee Marvin conceals a sub-machine gun in his leather briefcase.
56	* In ''Film/TheReplacementKillers'', the back-up hitmen used the [=MP5=] briefcase described below.
57	* ''Film/RoboCop2''. As Hob is escaping he's carrying what appears to be a small metal briefcase. When confronted by Officer Lewis he unfolds it into a machine gun and tries to shoot her. [[TruthInTelevision It's an actual weapon]], the [[http://world.guns.ru/smg/usa/ares-fmg-e.html Ares FMG]]
58	* In the Creator/JetLi film ''Film/RomeoMustDie'', the bodyguard of the CorruptCorporateExecutive keeps an assault rifle in a briefcase. The handle of the briefcase is actually the rifle's rear sights and a hidden button causes the briefcase to open and fall away.
59	* ''Film/TheSoldier'': During the mission briefing, the Soldier opens a suitcase with everything they need enclosed neatly in foam sections, from a TranquilizerDart-firing automatic weapon to folders containing the [[EmptyQuiver nuclear launch codes]].
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63	* A duffel-bag variation shows up in ''[[Creator/VinceFlynn American Assassin]]''.
64	* ''Literature/TheExecutioner'': while posing as a drug dealer's bodyguards, Able Team are each equipped with a briefcase with an Uzi inside and a steel trauma plate for protection. "If you see a bullet coming, just block it."
65	* In ''Force Ten from Navarone'' by Creator/AlistairMacLean, [[spoiler:Petar's guitar sounds horribly out of tune because its interior actually contains a hidden submachine gun]], which he uses in the climax to kill several German soldiers and save the commandos' plan from certain defeat.
66	* Adele's [[PsychoSidekick servant]] Tovera routinely carries one in the ''Literature/{{RCN}}'' series.
67	* In ''Literature/SnowCrash'', [[{{BFG}} Reason]] is mounted inside a suitcase, though it does have a heat exchanger coming out of the side.
68	* In the Jack Higgins novel ''Literature/TheWrathOfGod'', our introduction to the [[BadHabits Father]] van Horne involves him removing a Thompson submachine gun from his Gladstone bag and killing a bunch of federales who were about to hang the protagonist.
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72	* In one episode of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', an assassin takes out his targets by posing as a lawyer and shooting them through his open briefcase.
73	* On ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', Al Capone walks into Dean O'Banion's flower shop and is seconds away from killing him when Van Alden walks in, carrying a briefcase full of electrical clothing irons. Van Alden works as a door-to-door salesman and these are just his samples. He does not know O'Banion and is simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. O'Banion quickly gets Capone to back down by convincing him that Van Alden is his bodyguard and has a gun in his briefcase that he's perfectly willing to use if Capone doesn't back down.
74	* ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'': One of the weapons used by the CIA in ''CIA vs. KGB'' is a [[Film/JamesBond Walther PPK]] hidden in a briefcase with a pulley system (terminating in a string looped around the finger) attached to the trigger. The agent assigned to test it manages to shoot all three targets perfectly while carrying the case normally.
75	* ''Series/DennouKeisatsuCybercop'': Each weapon used by the Cybercops (with the exception of their standard personal firearms) comes in a standard suitcase.
76	* ''Series/GetSmart'': Maxwell Smart had one of these once, as did his inspiration, Film/JamesBond. Though it’s first seen being used by a KAOS-affiliated hitman played by Creator/LeonardNimoy.
77	* Crops up in a few ''Franchise/KamenRider'' shows:
78	** ''[[Series/KamenRider555 Kamen Rider Faiz]]'' gets his final upgrade in the form of a briefcase that unfurls into a {{BFG}}, which also gives him his final form while wielded. The gun can also transform into a sword.
79	** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' had a card case that could extend a handle and barrel to be used as a gun. [[SwissArmyWeapon It could also extend a blade to be used as a sword]].
80	** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' has three, the Attache [[CoolSword Calibur]], Attache [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Shotgun]], and Attache [[EnergyBow Arrow]], used mainly by [[TheHero Zero-One]], [[FantasticRacism Vulcan]], and [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Horobi]], respectively. While each has a primary user, the briefcases have a habit of finding their way into the hands of other Riders frequently in battle.
81	* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': In "The Day the World Went Away", a Samaritan agent assembles a DRD Tactical CDR-15 rifle from his backpack, a weapon specifically designed to be carried that way and quickly put together when required.
82	* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. In "Blackout", [=CI5=] discovers that a team of assassins have purchased three briefcases along with umbrellas and bowler hats, so they can enter a financial office disguised as accountants. Turns out they have the components of an anti-tank launcher in them--though we only see it fully assembled, probably as it's a MILAN launcher and tripod that would never have fit in three briefcases! (The scriptwriter was likely thinking of the AT-3 Sagger, which had gained fame in the recent Yom Kipper War and was conveyed in large fibreglass suitcases that also served as a launching platform.)
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86	* ''MediaNotes/{{GURPS}}'' has briefcase weapons (most notably the [=MP5K=] briefcase) in a few supplements. However, they're AwesomeButImpractical, as they're incredibly hard to shoot from the case itself, and the cases have a high weight and cost a lot.
87	* ''Hot Chicks'' RPG. The Trick Case can fire a weapon while it's inside the briefcase. The Discarding Case has a hidden switch that causes the case to fall away, leaving the weapon in the user's hand.
88	* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' introduced a briefcase assault rifle and shotgun in ''Triax 2''.
89	* One of the ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' splatbooks had a briefcase that contained an SMG. It could even be fired without taking it out of the briefcase by pressing a switch on the case handle, though this would exacerbate the recoil from firing. If the gun had a [[SmartGun Smartlink]] modification, there wouldn't even be a switch to press, since it was all cybernetically controlled.
90	* ''TabletopGame/TopSecret'', ''Magazine/{{Polyhedron}}'' #32 adventure "Operation Butter-Up".
91	** One of the bodyguards of an Arab sheik has a briefcase with an Uzi submachinegun stored inside of it. The Uzi can be triggered to fire while it's still inside the briefcase.
92	** One of the pre-generated PlayerCharacters has an attache case with an Uzi inside it. The Uzi can be fired while it's still inside the case.
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96	* ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'' replaces this with the Briefcase Turret (see the "Phoenix Ronin" entry below). It's Q's briefcase, but with an automated turret and photoelectric sensor. The kicker: once deployed, it cannot be retrieved.
97	* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'' adds the Magpul FMG-9 (see RealLife below) as a secondary weapon. It works much the same as the Glock 18 does, though with the player character unfolding it for the initial-pickup animation.
98	* The Pandora gun in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' is carried around like a briefcase. It can turn into a crossbow, a bazooka, a laser cannon, a minigun-version of the more realistic version of this shown above, a blade boomerang, and a mobile missile launching fortress, and when opened, it produces a brilliant flash of light that instantly destroys all enemy shields in addition to damaging them. It also has [[NumberOfTheBeast 659]] other forms as well, but naturally, you'll [[TakeOurWordForIt never actually see any of them in gameplay]]. [[http://devilmaycry.wikia.com/wiki/Pandora See more here]].
99	* The 'Sniper Case' from the ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' games allows you to carry a disassembled SniperRifle around in a briefcase without suspicion, as sniper rifles are too large to be concealed in 47's jacket. There are also a few other suitcases for other types of rifles, which come fully assembled. Also a subversion as these suitcases are so long that somebody should be asking questions.
100	** In ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'', various containers found in levels (i.e. briefcases and toolboxes) can be used to carry a wide variety of small items including pistols. This feature makes a return in ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'' and ''VideoGame/Hitman2'', even allowing you to preemptively bring your own briefcase.
101	* ''VideoGame/{{Nightfire}}'' has the Phoenix Film/{{Ronin\|1998}}, a minigun concealed inside of a briefcase that can be set down as an automated sentry gun or operated by remote.
102	* ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'' has the rocket-launcher briefcase.
103	* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' had the laptop gun, which could also double as a turret.
104	* Eikichi from ''VideoGame/Persona2'' has as his signature weapon a gatling gun concealed as a ''guitar case''.
105	* Natasha, one of the characters the player can choose in ''VideoGame/RustyHearts'', can use the 'Weapon Bag' which takes this trope to its logical conclusion as it can change into a minigun, RPG, and even a small personal bunker lined with cannons depending on what skills the player chooses to pick up.
106	* ''VideoGame/SecretAgentClank'' goes one step further and gives us the [[FireBreathingWeapon Blowtorch Briefcase]].
107	* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'', one group of enemies are ''[[EvilLawyerJoke lawyers]]'' wielding this type of armament.
108	* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', having a Mii Gunner wear the Business Suit will give them a gun shaped like a briefcase.
109	* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'': Some Tenet weapons use the "Granum attaché system", which lets them fold up into a briefcase-like shape when unequipped. Ranged weapons automatically reload while holstered like this, while melee weapons pause their combo counter duration.
110	* ''VideoGame/ZenlessZoneZero'' has Nicole Demara's briefcase. It's mostly used as a blunt instrument, whacking enemies to death, but it also has machine gun barrels and a ''cannon'' inside it, capable of shooting all around her at once or firing an energy blast that sucks in foes for easier dispatching.
111	* ''VideoGame/ZombieRevenge'' featured the two guitar-case weapons from ''Film/{{Desperado}}''.
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115	* PlayedForLaughs by Glennz in ''[[http://blog.glennz.com/professional/ Professional]]'', with a Briefcase [[spoiler:[[LightGunGame NES Zapper]]]].
116	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Coco of Team CFVY has her handbag, which transforms into a [[GatlingGood rotary cannon]] when the need arises.
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120	* ''Creator/FPSRussia'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ8Ndkg8urw The Suitcase Gun]]
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124	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': in "Jack and the Labyrinth", the stranger carries a multipurpose briefcase that has a [[MoreDakka machine gun]] inside as well as a lighter.
125	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' episode "The Dark Side of the SWAT Kats", the evil MirrorUniverse version of Deputy Mayor Briggs had a gas gun in her briefcase. She used it to knock out two guards so she could release what she thought were her universe's evil Swat Kats.
126	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': A number of Alchemax employees in the company's cafeteria have suitcases that transform into guns that they use as they pursue Peter and Miles.
127	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Red Arrow uses a compound bow version of this to stop an assassination attempt.
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131	* TruthInTelevision: Heckler and Koch makes a special briefcase for their [=MP5K=], as seen in the page image. [[https://youtu.be/2CH-5kY5w2Q Here's a video.]]
132	* Magpul made a concept product (the FMG-9) that looked similar to a small briefcase that housed a Glock and a flashlight and could easily fit into your back pocket. All you had to do was flip it open and you'll be ready to go. Magpul also makes a near-identical kit for airsoft guns, but the real one never reached the production stage.
133	* The CETME Ameli is a light machine gun, 5.56mm caliber, capable of fitting inside a briefcase. Unlike the above examples, it does have to be removed and assembled before use, but that is surprisingly quick.
134	* During the assassination attempt on former President UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, Agent Robert Wanko pulled an Uzi out of his briefcase in order to cover the President's evacuation to the hospital moments after the President had been shot.
135	* The [[http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg70-e.htm Ares FMG]] appears to have this idea in mind.
136	* The [[Toys/NERFBrand Nerf Deploy CS-6]] is a pump-action blaster that can collapse into a compact "briefcase" form.
137	* ''Beyond 2000'' featured a concept of a very rapidly firing submachine gun with a LaserSight, the AM-180A, based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American-180 American 180 submachine gun]] (distinctive for its saucer-shaped pan magazine mounted on top of the weapon and the secret to its very high rate of fire), which not only made for deadly accurate shots but also fired so rapidly it could shred most materials to bits and even penetrate bulletproof vests. A concealed version was developed in parallel, being built in to a briefcase that even included the LaserSight, and like the pictured weapon above, could be fired with the case closed (in fact during the show, the briefcase version was used to demonstrate that a bulletproof vest was futile in protecting the victim from this weapon).
138	** The standard/non-concealed version of the AM-180A also happens to be IKEAWeaponry, and was designed to be easily assembled in complete darkness.
139	* While [=SMGs=] and the like really do utilize this trope, one way fiction often misrepresents it is with long-range sniper rifles that disassemble to fit in a briefcase. Such weapons are very precisely fine-tuned and the disassembly and reassembly process would throw even an experienced sniper off - it doesn't take much to miss when firing at a target thousands of feet away. The very few true rifles that can be disassembled in this fashion are generally used with iron sights only at ranges of 500 yards or less, usually for hunting small game in an emergency.
140	* [[http://www.drdtactical.com/rifles.html DRD Tactical's Paratus-16 rifle series]] is a family of assault rifles designed to be stored in 3 segments inside specially designed briefcases that can be assembled in less than a minute. A semi-auto civilian version is readily available, but with a $5,000 price tag (as opposed to $800 to $1,500 for an FAL, $2,000 for an AR-10, or $3,000 for a SCAR-17S) and no real advantages over other .308 rifles outside of its takedown feature, it hasn't exactly caught on.
141	* MAC, or Military Armament Corporation, made an operational briefcase for their M10 submachine gun. The case allows for an M10 to be fitted with a suppressor and features room for two magazines and the buttstock. However, unlike the H&K briefcase listed above, there is no safety at all. Once the gun is cocked and loaded, you have a ready to fire gun pointing at anyone who crosses the muzzle.[[https://youtube.com/watch?v=l_4lEWfzyd8 Here’s a video]]
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