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1Tropes about espionage (military, political, or otherwise), intelligence agencies, secret agents and spies, or the physical act and process of spying itself.
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3!!Tropes:
4[[index]]
5[floatboxright:
6'''UsefulNotes:'''
7+ BigBrotherIsWatchingThisIndex
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9'''Media index:'''
10+ SpyFiction
11
12'''Trope indexes:'''
13+ BetrayalTropes
14+ DisguiseTropes
15+ TheIndexIsWatchingYou
16+ InfauxmationDesk
17+ NinjaTropes
18+ TheSecretIndex
19+ StealthTropes
20+ TruthAndLies
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22* AgentProvocateur
23* AgentsDating
24* AloneWithPrisonerPloy
25* AndMissionControlRejoiced
26* AndSomeOtherStuff
27* AnimalEspionage
28* AssassinationAttempt
29* BackwardsFiringGun
30* BathroomSearchExcuse
31* BlackHelicopter
32* BlackSite
33* BlackTieInfiltration
34* BluffTheEavesdropper
35* TheBookCipher
36* BookedFullOfMooks
37* BorrowedBiometricBypass
38* BriefcaseBlaster
39* BurnerPhones
40* CallingTheCopsOnTheFBI
41* CameraSniper
42* CheckpointBluff
43* CheckpointCharlie
44* ChekhovsSkill
45* CIAEvilFBIGood
46* CityOfSpies
47* ClassifiedInformation
48* ClipboardOfAuthority
49* CloakAndDagger
50* CodeName
51* ConspicuousTrenchcoat
52* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory
53* CoverIdentityAnomaly
54* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront
55* DeadDrop
56* DeadlyDelivery
57* DeadlyGraduation
58* DeepCoverAgent
59* DestroyTheSecurityCamera
60* DiplomaticBackChannel
61* DiplomaticCoverSpy
62* DoubleAgent
63* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent
64* DuelOfSeduction
65* DumbwaiterRide
66* EliteAgentsAboveTheLaw
67* ExternalCombustion
68* FakeDefector
69* FalseFlagOperation
70* FastRoping
71* FeedTheMole
72* FemmeFataleSpy
73* FindingTheBug
74* FlockOfWolves
75* GadgetWatches
76* GetIntoJailFree
77* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual
78* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction
79* GovernmentConspiracy
80* TheHandler
81* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse
82* HeKnowsTooMuch
83* HiddenWire
84* HollywoodEncryption
85* HoneyTrap
86* IKnowYoureWatchingMe
87* INeverToldYouMyName
88* ImminentDangerClue
89* IncrediblyObviousBug
90* IncrediblyObviousTail
91* TheInfiltration
92* InfractionDistraction
93* InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment
94* InvoluntarySuicideMechanism
95* KidnappedFromBehind
96* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade
97* LandlineEavesdropping
98* LatexPerfection
99* LeaveNoWitnesses
100* LiteralSurveillanceBug
101* LooseLips
102* LostPropertyLiveDrop
103* MakeupWeapon: Weaponized cosmetics.
104* ManchurianAgent
105* MasterOfDisguise
106* TheMenInBlack
107* MissionImpossibleCableDrop
108* MistakenForSpies
109* MistakenlyAttackedMole
110* TheMole
111* MoleInCharge
112* UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre
113* MrSmith
114* MuggedForDisguise
115* MultipleIdentityIDs
116* MysteriousWatcher
117* {{Ninja}}
118* NonviolentInitialConfrontation
119* NoSuchAgency
120* NotMyDriver
121* NumbersStations
122* OverTheTopSecret
123* OvertOperative
124* OvertRendezvous
125* PlayAlongPrisoner
126* PragmaticPansexuality
127* PrisonerExchange
128* PrivateIntelligenceAgency
129* ProfessionalKiller
130* PubliclyDiscussingTheSecret
131* PublicSecretMessage
132* RansackedRoom
133* ReadingTheEnemysMail
134* RearWindowHomage
135* RedHerringMole
136* ResignationsNotAccepted
137* RogueAgent
138* RoomDisservice
139* RunForTheBorder
140* SecretPolice
141* SecretWar
142* SecurityBlindspot: Someone knows where the holes in the surveillance are and uses them to their advantage.
143* SelfDestructingSecurity
144* ShadyLadyOfTheNight
145* ShoePhone
146* SinisterSpyAgency
147* SinisterSurveillance
148* SmithicalMarriage
149* SneakySpySpecies
150* SpiesAreDespicable
151* SpiesAreLecherous
152* SpiesInAVan: Spies often require the use of a large vehicle sufficient enough to load surveillance equipment, such as van, trailer (either a travel or tractor trailer), boat, etc.
153* SpottingTheThread
154* ASpyAtTheSpa
155* SpyBot
156* SpyCam
157* SpyCatsuit
158* SpySatellites
159* SpySchool
160* SpyShip
161* SpySpeak
162* SpysSuspiciousSpouse
163* SpyTuxReveal
164* SpyVersusSpy
165* StagingTheEavesdrop
166* TheSpymaster
167* StealthExpert
168* StealthyColossus
169* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands
170* SurveillanceDrone
171* SwallowTheKey
172* TakeItToTheBridge
173* TalkingThroughTechnique
174* TeenSuperspy
175* TenLittleMurderVictims
176* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse
177* ThisPageWillSelfDestruct
178* TimeTravelersAreSpies
179* TrackingDevice
180* TrappedUndercover
181* TreeCover
182* TriggerPhrase
183* TuxedoAndMartini
184* TwoWayTapping
185* UndercoverAsLovers
186* UndersideRide
187* UnguidedLabTour: A top-secret workplace is introduced by having a character sneak into it unnoticed.
188* UnintentionalEncryption
189* VanInBlack
190* VerticalKidnapping
191* WannabeSecretAgent
192* WeDoNotKnowEachOther
193* WhenHarryMetSvetlana
194* WindowWatcher
195* WritingIndentationClue
196[[/index]]

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