Tropes 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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!!Tropes:
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'''UsefulNotes:'''
+ BigBrotherIsWatchingThisIndex

'''Media index:'''
+ SpyFiction

'''Trope indexes:'''
+ BetrayalTropes
+ DisguiseTropes
+ TheIndexIsWatchingYou
+ InfauxmationDesk
+ NinjaTropes
+ TheSecretIndex
+ StealthTropes
+ TruthAndLies
]
* AgentProvocateur
* AgentsDating
* AloneWithPrisonerPloy
* AndMissionControlRejoiced
* AndSomeOtherStuff
* AnimalEspionage
* AssassinationAttempt
* BackwardsFiringGun
* BathroomSearchExcuse
* BlackHelicopter
* BlackSite
* BlackTieInfiltration
* BluffTheEavesdropper
* TheBookCipher
* BookedFullOfMooks
* BorrowedBiometricBypass
* BriefcaseBlaster
* BurnerPhones
* CallingTheCopsOnTheFBI
* CameraSniper
* CheckpointBluff
* CheckpointCharlie
* ChekhovsSkill
* CIAEvilFBIGood
* CityOfSpies
* ClassifiedInformation
* ClipboardOfAuthority
* CloakAndDagger
* CodeName
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat
* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory
* CoverIdentityAnomaly
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront
* DeadDrop
* DeadlyDelivery
* DeadlyGraduation
* DeepCoverAgent
* DestroyTheSecurityCamera
* DiplomaticBackChannel
* DiplomaticCoverSpy
* DoubleAgent
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent
* DuelOfSeduction
* DumbwaiterRide
* EliteAgentsAboveTheLaw
* ExternalCombustion
* FakeDefector
* FalseFlagOperation
* FastRoping
* FeedTheMole
* FemmeFataleSpy
* FindingTheBug
* FlockOfWolves
* GadgetWatches
* GetIntoJailFree
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction
* GovernmentConspiracy
* TheHandler
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse
* HeKnowsTooMuch
* HiddenWire
* HollywoodEncryption
* HoneyTrap
* IKnowYoureWatchingMe
* INeverToldYouMyName
* ImminentDangerClue
* IncrediblyObviousBug
* IncrediblyObviousTail
* TheInfiltration
* InfractionDistraction
* InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment
* InvoluntarySuicideMechanism
* KidnappedFromBehind
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade
* LandlineEavesdropping
* LatexPerfection
* LeaveNoWitnesses
* LiteralSurveillanceBug
* LooseLips
* LostPropertyLiveDrop
* MakeupWeapon: Weaponized cosmetics.
* ManchurianAgent
* MasterOfDisguise
* TheMenInBlack
* MissionImpossibleCableDrop
* MistakenForSpies
* MistakenlyAttackedMole
* TheMole
* MoleInCharge
* UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre
* MrSmith
* MuggedForDisguise
* MultipleIdentityIDs
* MysteriousWatcher
* {{Ninja}}
* NonviolentInitialConfrontation
* NoSuchAgency
* NotMyDriver
* NumbersStations
* OverTheTopSecret
* OvertOperative
* OvertRendezvous
* PlayAlongPrisoner
* PragmaticPansexuality
* PrisonerExchange
* PrivateIntelligenceAgency
* ProfessionalKiller
* PubliclyDiscussingTheSecret
* PublicSecretMessage
* RansackedRoom
* ReadingTheEnemysMail
* RearWindowHomage
* RedHerringMole
* ResignationsNotAccepted
* RogueAgent
* RoomDisservice
* RunForTheBorder
* SecretPolice
* SecretWar
* SecurityBlindspot: Someone knows where the holes in the surveillance are and uses them to their advantage.
* SelfDestructingSecurity
* ShadyLadyOfTheNight
* ShoePhone
* SinisterSpyAgency
* SinisterSurveillance
* SmithicalMarriage
* SneakySpySpecies
* SpiesAreDespicable
* SpiesAreLecherous
* 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.
* SpottingTheThread
* ASpyAtTheSpa
* SpyBot
* SpyCam
* SpyCatsuit
* SpySatellites
* SpySchool
* SpyShip
* SpySpeak
** TrustPassword
* SpysSuspiciousSpouse
* SpyTuxReveal
* SpyVersusSpy
* StagingTheEavesdrop
* TheSpymaster
* StealthExpert
* StealthyColossus
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands
* SurveillanceDrone
* SwallowTheKey
* TakeItToTheBridge
* TalkingThroughTechnique
* TeenSuperspy
* TenLittleMurderVictims
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse
* ThisPageWillSelfDestruct
* TimeTravelersAreSpies
* TrackingDevice
* TrappedUndercover
* TreeCover
* TriggerPhrase
* TuxedoAndMartini
* TwoWayTapping
* UndercoverAsLovers
* UndersideRide
* UnguidedLabTour: A top-secret workplace is introduced by having a character sneak into it unnoticed.
* UnintentionalEncryption
* VanInBlack
* VerticalKidnapping
* WannabeSecretAgent
* WeDoNotKnowEachOther
* WhenHarryMetSvetlana
* WindowWatcher
* WritingIndentationClue
[[/index]]
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