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* ''TabletopGame/ClankADeckbuildingAdventure'' has a purchasable Magic key that would open any door of the dungeon its found in. However, the player has to spend Gold for it, and the key itself wouldn't be worth as much, so it would be a net loss in points.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has had several magical keys that could open any lock, such as the Key of Opening, the Silver Key of Portals and Skeleton Keys (I and II). Also worth noting is the spell Knock, which, when cast, immediately opens (or closes) most objects that can be opened (or closed): doors, chests, boxes, and so on. Amusingly, Knock can be keyed to a Wand for repeated casting, creating a limited-use "skeleton wand".

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* ''TabletopGame/ClankADeckbuildingAdventure'' has a purchasable Magic magic key that would open opens any door of locked passage in the dungeon its it's found in. However, the player has to spend Gold for it, and the key itself wouldn't be it costs 7 gold but is only worth as much, so 5 points, making it would be a net loss in of -2 points.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has had several magical keys that could can open any lock, such as the Key of Opening, the Silver Key of Portals and Skeleton Keys (I and II). Also worth noting is the spell Knock, which, when cast, immediately opens (or closes) most objects that can be opened (or closed): doors, chests, boxes, and so on. Amusingly, Knock can be keyed to a Wand for repeated casting, creating a limited-use "skeleton wand".
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* ''Literature/TheGoldenHamsterSaga'': Early in ''Freddy in Peril'', Professor Fleischkopf tries to break into Mr. John's apartment with two different skeleton keys. It doesn't work.
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* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' doesn't have a master ''key'', it has the Key ''Maker'', a living embodiment of this trope: a humanoid sentient program with the ability to produce a key that unlocks any door or lock that he comes across in the virtual world, including system backdoors.

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* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' doesn't have a master ''key'', it has the Key ''Maker'', a living embodiment of this trope: ''Maker'': a humanoid sentient program with the ability to produce a key that unlocks any door or lock that he comes across in the virtual world, including system backdoors.
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* ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'' and it's sequels introduce Fairies, the Singularity of F Corp which takes the trope to the logical extreme. Fairies are capable of unlocking anything from physical to mental to even concepts, and they're even used offensively by A Corp's Arbiters. There's also an inversion in J Corp's Singularity, Locks, which can well [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin lock anything]] to the same degree that Fairies can unlock.

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