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* The possible UrExample might be "The Adventure of the Beauty Club" from ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] #6, where the ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} runs the titular beauty club for Army officer's wives. The treatments are meant to distract the clients, and in some cases immobilize and terrorize or torture them to allow a blackmailed telepath to gather intel without the wives ever knowing they'd betrayed the military secrets they were privy to.
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* The possible UrExample might be "The Adventure of the Beauty Club" from ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' ''ComicBook/WonderWomanCharlesMoulton'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] #6, where the ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} runs the titular beauty club for Army officer's wives. The treatments are meant to distract the clients, and in some cases immobilize and terrorize or torture them to allow a blackmailed telepath to gather intel without the wives ever knowing they'd betrayed the military secrets they were privy to.
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* ''Film/{{Stardust}}'': The witch Lamia poses as an innkeeper to lure Yvaine into a relaxed and happy state in order to cut out her heart and regain youth. As part of this, she gives Yvaine a hot bath and a massage. When Prince Primus shows up with Tristan, throwing her plan off course, [[spoiler: she slits his throat while he's in the bath.]]
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* The finale to ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' has special guest villainess Zsa Zsa Gabor reading billionaire spa-goers' minds with her special "Eggplant Jelly Vitamin Scalp Massage".
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In more fantastic settings, out-and-out [[{{Telepathy}} mind-reading]] might be involved, making spas particularly useful for {{psychic|Powers}}s who need proximity or touch in order to read minds. For more aggressive intelligence operatives, this may lead to SaunaOfDeath.
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* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'': The bathhouse in Novigrad is run by Sigi Reuven, also known as Sigismund Dijkstra, former head of Redanian intelligence. Information is still his preferred currency to exchange for favors. He uses the bathhouse as a meeting ground for the heads of the big four crime syndicates in Novigrad. Before attending a meeting, clothes and weapons are stowed in cubbies in a separate room. When one crime boss breaks away and attacks the bathhouse, Geralt and the other three are forced to fend off the attack in [[ModestyTowel nothing but towels]] using the clubs Dijkstra keeps in his personal bathing room.
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* ''Series/BurnNotice'': In "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS1E9HardBargain Hard Bargain]]", Michael poses as a hostage negotiator trying to rescue a kidnapped girl. The leader of the kidnapping ring, Reyes, meets him in a massage parlor, which Michael tells him is smart, because it means Reyes knows Michael isn't wearing a wire (or anything besides a towel, for that matter). After Reyes leaves, Mike asks the masseuse if they paid her for the whole hour.
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* ''Series/BurnNotice'': In "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS1E9HardBargain Hard Bargain]]", Michael poses as a hostage negotiator trying to rescue a kidnapped girl. The leader of the kidnapping ring, Reyes, meets him in a massage parlor, which Michael tells him is smart, because it means Reyes knows Michael isn't wearing a wire (or anything besides [[ModestyTowel a towel, towel]], for that matter). After Reyes leaves, Mike asks the masseuse if they paid her for the whole hour.
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* ''Battle Bunnies'': Master Varanasi receives ImpossibleThief Connie at a sauna in Azkenderan, where he and his bodyguards are naked, except for towels. Connie at first refers to Varanasi as Azkendaren's "resident Rajland spy" before correcting herself with "trade magnate." She is charged with absconding a MacGuffin from a covert Kahn force operating in the city's ForbiddenZone. Notably, the sauna is chosen to preclude weapons, yet Connie can produce a blade as if from {{Hammerspace}}. The subtext is clear: if Varanasi tries to alter the deal, Connie can and will subtract him, precautions notwithstanding.
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* ''Series/TheBionicWoman'' - a similar thing happens to Oscar's secretary Peggy Callahan in the episode "Brain Wash". For extra points, the guy running the salon was her ''fiance.''
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* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', the Lotus Blossom spa and massage parlour is a front for the local [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Tong]] gang (and, therefore, for [[spoiler:the shadowy [[ChineseVampire Kuei-Jin vampire]] cabal]]). Given the peepholes and [[CaughtOnTape hidden recording equipment]] in some of the rooms, it's implied that the Tongs engineer [[HappyEndingMassage compromising situations]] to use as {{Blackmail}} material.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'', the bathhouse in Novigrad is run by Sigi Reuven, also known as Sigismund Dijkstra, former head of Redanian intelligence. Information is still his preferred currency to exchange for favors. He uses the bathhouse as a meeting ground for the heads of the big four crime syndicates in Novigrad. Before attending a meeting, clothes and weapons are stowed in cubbies in a separate room. When one crime boss breaks away and attacks the bathhouse, Geralt and the other three are forced to fend off the attack in nothing but towels using the clubs Dijkstra keeps in his personal bathing room.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'', the bathhouse in Novigrad is run by Sigi Reuven, also known as Sigismund Dijkstra, former head of Redanian intelligence. Information is still his preferred currency to exchange for favors. He uses the bathhouse as a meeting ground for the heads of the big four crime syndicates in Novigrad. Before attending a meeting, clothes and weapons are stowed in cubbies in a separate room. When one crime boss breaks away and attacks the bathhouse, Geralt and the other three are forced to fend off the attack in nothing but towels using the clubs Dijkstra keeps in his personal bathing room.
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* Master Varanasi from the webcomic "Battle Bunnies" receives ImpossibleThief Connie at a sauna in Azkenderan, where he and his bodyguards are naked, except for towels. Connie at first refers to Varanasi as Azkendaren's "resident Rajland spy" before correcting herself with "trade magnate." She is charged with absconding a MacGuffin from a covert Kahn force operating in the city's ForbiddenZone. Notably, the sauna is chosen to preclude weapons, yet Connie can produce a blade as if from {{Hammerspace}}. The subtext is clear: if Varanasi tries to alter the deal, Connie can and will subtract him, precautions notwithstanding.
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* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', the ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'': The Lotus Blossom spa and massage parlour is a front for the local [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Tong]] gang (and, therefore, for [[spoiler:the shadowy [[ChineseVampire Kuei-Jin vampire]] cabal]]). Given the peepholes and [[CaughtOnTape hidden recording equipment]] in some of the rooms, it's implied that the Tongs engineer [[HappyEndingMassage compromising situations]] to use as {{Blackmail}} material.
*In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'', the ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'': The bathhouse in Novigrad is run by Sigi Reuven, also known as Sigismund Dijkstra, former head of Redanian intelligence. Information is still his preferred currency to exchange for favors. He uses the bathhouse as a meeting ground for the heads of the big four crime syndicates in Novigrad. Before attending a meeting, clothes and weapons are stowed in cubbies in a separate room. When one crime boss breaks away and attacks the bathhouse, Geralt and the other three are forced to fend off the attack in nothing but towels using the clubs Dijkstra keeps in his personal bathing room.
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* ''Battle Bunnies'': Master Varanasifrom the webcomic "Battle Bunnies" receives ImpossibleThief Connie at a sauna in Azkenderan, where he and his bodyguards are naked, except for towels. Connie at first refers to Varanasi as Azkendaren's "resident Rajland spy" before correcting herself with "trade magnate." She is charged with absconding a MacGuffin from a covert Kahn force operating in the city's ForbiddenZone. Notably, the sauna is chosen to preclude weapons, yet Connie can produce a blade as if from {{Hammerspace}}. The subtext is clear: if Varanasi tries to alter the deal, Connie can and will subtract him, precautions notwithstanding.
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* In ''VideoGames/TheWitcher3'', the bathhouse in Novigrad is run by Sigi Reuven, also known as Sigismund Dijkstra, former head of Redanian intelligence. Information is still his preferred currency to exchange for favors. He uses the bathhouse as a meeting ground for the heads of the big four crime syndicates in Novigrad. Before attending a meeting, clothes and weapons are stowed in cubbies in a separate room. When one crime boss breaks away and attacks the bathhouse, Geralt and the other three are forced to fend off the attack in nothing but towels using the clubs Dijkstra keeps in his personal bathing room.
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* In ''VideoGames/TheWitcher3'', ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'', the bathhouse in Novigrad is run by Sigi Reuven, also known as Sigismund Dijkstra, former head of Redanian intelligence. Information is still his preferred currency to exchange for favors. He uses the bathhouse as a meeting ground for the heads of the big four crime syndicates in Novigrad. Before attending a meeting, clothes and weapons are stowed in cubbies in a separate room. When one crime boss breaks away and attacks the bathhouse, Geralt and the other three are forced to fend off the attack in nothing but towels using the clubs Dijkstra keeps in his personal bathing room.
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The more sinister side of the ChattyHairdresser. LooseLips sink ships - and where will you find looser lips than in the midst of centers of socialization and self-indulgence such as beauty parlors, barber shops, nail salons or massage parlors? People assume that the help is being paid for their discretion. But maybe they're only pretending to be a sympathetic ear about that project you're working on at work. Or maybe that fellow customer is just pretending to be waiting for the next empty styling chair as cover for hours of listening. Failing that, trapping some VIP (or their significant other or faithful subordinate) under the hairdryer or at the shampoo basin gives one an ''excellent'' opportunity to rifle through their purses or coat pockets...
In more fantastic settings, out-and-out mind-reading might be involved, particularly useful for psychics who need proximity or touch in order to read minds. For more aggressive intelligence operatives, this may lead to SaunaOfDeath.
In more fantastic settings, out-and-out mind-reading might be involved, particularly useful for psychics who need proximity or touch in order to read minds. For more aggressive intelligence operatives, this may lead to SaunaOfDeath.
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The more sinister side of the ChattyHairdresser. LooseLips sink ships - -- and where will you find looser lips than in the midst of centers of socialization and self-indulgence such as beauty parlors, barber shops, nail salons or massage parlors? People assume that the help is being paid for their discretion. But maybe they're only pretending to be a sympathetic ear about that project you're working on at work. Or maybe that fellow customer is just pretending to be waiting for the next empty styling chair as cover for hours of listening. Failing that, trapping some VIP (or their significant other or faithful subordinate) under the hairdryer or at the shampoo basin gives one an ''excellent'' opportunity to rifle through their purses or coat pockets...
In more fantastic settings, out-and-outmind-reading [[{{Telepathy}} mind-reading]] might be involved, making spas particularly useful for psychics {{psychic|Powers}}s who need proximity or touch in order to read minds. For more aggressive intelligence operatives, this may lead to SaunaOfDeath.
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* ''Series/BurnNotice'':
** "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS1E9HardBargain Hard Bargain]]": Michael poses as a hostage negotiator trying to rescue a kidnapped girl. The leader of the kidnapping ring, Reyes, meets him in a massage parlor, which Michael tells him is smart, because it means Reyes knows Michael isn't wearing a wire (or anything besides a towel, for that matter). After Reyes leaves, Mike asks the masseuse if they paid her for the whole hour.
** "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS1E9HardBargain Hard Bargain]]": Michael poses as a hostage negotiator trying to rescue a kidnapped girl. The leader of the kidnapping ring, Reyes, meets him in a massage parlor, which Michael tells him is smart, because it means Reyes knows Michael isn't wearing a wire (or anything besides a towel, for that matter). After Reyes leaves, Mike asks the masseuse if they paid her for the whole hour.
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* ''Series/BurnNotice'':
**''Series/BurnNotice'': In "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS1E9HardBargain Hard Bargain]]": Bargain]]", Michael poses as a hostage negotiator trying to rescue a kidnapped girl. The leader of the kidnapping ring, Reyes, meets him in a massage parlor, which Michael tells him is smart, because it means Reyes knows Michael isn't wearing a wire (or anything besides a towel, for that matter). After Reyes leaves, Mike asks the masseuse if they paid her for the whole hour.
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* In the ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'' adventure "The Sorcerer's Slave", Byzantium's famous Baths of Zeuxippus are secretly run by an [[AmbitionIsEvil amoral, ambitious]] mage who spies on the guests for useful information. He's aided in this by an invisible water spirit who can [[EmotionControl manipulate emotions]] and [[{{Telepathy}} read minds]].
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* In the ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'' adventure "The Sorcerer's Slave", Byzantium's famous Baths of Zeuxippus are secretly run by an [[AmbitionIsEvil amoral, ambitious]] mage who spies on the guests for useful information. He's aided in this by an invisible water spirit who can [[EmotionControl manipulate emotions]] and [[{{Telepathy}} read minds]].
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The more sinister side of the ChattyHairdresser. LooseLips sink ships - and where will you find looser lips than in the midst of centers of socialization and self-indulgence such as beauty parlors, barber shops, nail salons or massage parlors? People assume that the help is being paid for their discretion. But maybe they're only pretending to be a sympathetic ear about that project you're working on at work. Or maybe that fellow customer is just pretending to be waiting for the next empty styling chair as cover for hours of listening. Failing that, trapping some VIP (or their significant other or faithful subordinate) under the hairdryer or at the shampoo basin gives one an ''excellent'' opportunity to rifle through their purses or coat pockets...
In more fantastic settings, out-and-out mind-reading might be involved, particularly useful for psychics who need proximity or touch in order to read minds. For more aggressive intelligence operatives, this may lead to SaunaOfDeath.
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* ''Film/InLikeFlint''. The Fabulous Face beauty spa uses special hairdryers to brainwash their female clients into becoming ardent feminists. It then uses them as spies for the organization.
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* A more mundane instance in one ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' case, where a ''customer'' nabbed an important secret from the ''owners'' because they thought she couldn't hear them under the hairdryer. Turned out she was deaf to begin with, and read their lips.
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* The finale to ''Series/{{Batman}}'' had special guest villainess Zsa Zsa Gabor reading billionaire spa-goers' minds with her special "Eggplant Jelly Vitamin Scalp Massage".
* ''Series/TheBionicWoman'' - a similar thing happens to Oscar's secretary Peggy Callahan in the episode "Brain Wash". For extra points, the guy running the salon was her ''fiance.''
* ''Series/BurnNotice'':
** "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS1E9HardBargain Hard Bargain]]": Michael poses as a hostage negotiator trying to rescue a kidnapped girl. The leader of the kidnapping ring, Reyes, meets him in a massage parlor, which Michael tells him is smart, because it means Reyes knows Michael isn't wearing a wire (or anything besides a towel, for that matter). After Reyes leaves, Mike asks the masseuse if they paid her for the whole hour.
* The Lynda Carter ''Series/WonderWoman'' series featured a spa with mind-reading ''massages'' in the episode "I Do, I Do".
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* In the ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'' adventure "The Sorcerer's Slave", Byzantium's famous Baths of Zeuxippus are secretly run by an [[AmbitionIsEvil amoral, ambitious]] mage who spies on the guests for useful information. He's aided in this by an invisible water spirit who can [[EmotionControl manipulate emotions]] and [[{{Telepathy}} read minds]].
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* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', the Lotus Blossom spa and massage parlour is a front for the local [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Tong]] gang (and, therefore, for [[spoiler:the shadowy [[ChineseVampire Kuei-Jin vampire]] cabal]]). Given the peepholes and [[CaughtOnTape hidden recording equipment]] in some of the rooms, it's implied that the Tongs engineer [[HappyEndingMassage compromising situations]] to use as {{Blackmail}} material.
*In ''VideoGames/TheWitcher3'', the bathhouse in Novigrad is run by Sigi Reuven, also known as Sigismund Dijkstra, former head of Redanian intelligence. Information is still his preferred currency to exchange for favors. He uses the bathhouse as a meeting ground for the heads of the big four crime syndicates in Novigrad. Before attending a meeting, clothes and weapons are stowed in cubbies in a separate room. When one crime boss breaks away and attacks the bathhouse, Geralt and the other three are forced to fend off the attack in nothing but towels using the clubs Dijkstra keeps in his personal bathing room.
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* Master Varanasi from the webcomic "Battle Bunnies" receives ImpossibleThief Connie at a sauna in Azkenderan, where he and his bodyguards are naked, except for towels. Connie at first refers to Varanasi as Azkendaren's "resident Rajland spy" before correcting herself with "trade magnate." She is charged with absconding a MacGuffin from a covert Kahn force operating in the city's ForbiddenZone. Notably, the sauna is chosen to preclude weapons, yet Connie can produce a blade as if from {{Hammerspace}}. The subtext is clear: if Varanasi tries to alter the deal, Connie can and will subtract him, precautions notwithstanding.
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpyGroove'' involved the two spies investigating a spa that targeted fashion models for kidnapping and replacement.
In more fantastic settings, out-and-out mind-reading might be involved, particularly useful for psychics who need proximity or touch in order to read minds. For more aggressive intelligence operatives, this may lead to SaunaOfDeath.
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Examples:
[[AC:{{Film}} - Live Action]]
* ''Film/InLikeFlint''. The Fabulous Face beauty spa uses special hairdryers to brainwash their female clients into becoming ardent feminists. It then uses them as spies for the organization.
[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* A more mundane instance in one ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' case, where a ''customer'' nabbed an important secret from the ''owners'' because they thought she couldn't hear them under the hairdryer. Turned out she was deaf to begin with, and read their lips.
[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
* The finale to ''Series/{{Batman}}'' had special guest villainess Zsa Zsa Gabor reading billionaire spa-goers' minds with her special "Eggplant Jelly Vitamin Scalp Massage".
* ''Series/TheBionicWoman'' - a similar thing happens to Oscar's secretary Peggy Callahan in the episode "Brain Wash". For extra points, the guy running the salon was her ''fiance.''
* ''Series/BurnNotice'':
** "[[Recap/BurnNoticeS1E9HardBargain Hard Bargain]]": Michael poses as a hostage negotiator trying to rescue a kidnapped girl. The leader of the kidnapping ring, Reyes, meets him in a massage parlor, which Michael tells him is smart, because it means Reyes knows Michael isn't wearing a wire (or anything besides a towel, for that matter). After Reyes leaves, Mike asks the masseuse if they paid her for the whole hour.
* The Lynda Carter ''Series/WonderWoman'' series featured a spa with mind-reading ''massages'' in the episode "I Do, I Do".
[[AC: TabletopGames]]
* In the ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'' adventure "The Sorcerer's Slave", Byzantium's famous Baths of Zeuxippus are secretly run by an [[AmbitionIsEvil amoral, ambitious]] mage who spies on the guests for useful information. He's aided in this by an invisible water spirit who can [[EmotionControl manipulate emotions]] and [[{{Telepathy}} read minds]].
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* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', the Lotus Blossom spa and massage parlour is a front for the local [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Tong]] gang (and, therefore, for [[spoiler:the shadowy [[ChineseVampire Kuei-Jin vampire]] cabal]]). Given the peepholes and [[CaughtOnTape hidden recording equipment]] in some of the rooms, it's implied that the Tongs engineer [[HappyEndingMassage compromising situations]] to use as {{Blackmail}} material.
*In ''VideoGames/TheWitcher3'', the bathhouse in Novigrad is run by Sigi Reuven, also known as Sigismund Dijkstra, former head of Redanian intelligence. Information is still his preferred currency to exchange for favors. He uses the bathhouse as a meeting ground for the heads of the big four crime syndicates in Novigrad. Before attending a meeting, clothes and weapons are stowed in cubbies in a separate room. When one crime boss breaks away and attacks the bathhouse, Geralt and the other three are forced to fend off the attack in nothing but towels using the clubs Dijkstra keeps in his personal bathing room.
[[AC:WebComics]]
* Master Varanasi from the webcomic "Battle Bunnies" receives ImpossibleThief Connie at a sauna in Azkenderan, where he and his bodyguards are naked, except for towels. Connie at first refers to Varanasi as Azkendaren's "resident Rajland spy" before correcting herself with "trade magnate." She is charged with absconding a MacGuffin from a covert Kahn force operating in the city's ForbiddenZone. Notably, the sauna is chosen to preclude weapons, yet Connie can produce a blade as if from {{Hammerspace}}. The subtext is clear: if Varanasi tries to alter the deal, Connie can and will subtract him, precautions notwithstanding.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpyGroove'' involved the two spies investigating a spa that targeted fashion models for kidnapping and replacement.