History Main / NeonSignHideout

-->'''Britta:'''Who tattled?
-->'''Frankie:'''In what world, Britta, do you see this as covert enough to require 'tattling'? You built a bar in a school. There was lumber involved! I have been letting you hole up in here because it kept you contained and satisfied, because you are all compulsively defiant.

* This occurs in the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS6E01Ladders Ladders]] when the group builds a speakeasy under Greendale after [[BaitAndSwitchTyrant Frankie]] bans alcohol.

** Another Looney Tunes example: The 1952 BugsBunny short "Water, Water Every Hare" started with a shot of castle with a neon sign alternating "Evil Scientist" and "Boo".

* In the 1946 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "TheGreatPiggyBankRobbery", WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck (as "Duck Twacy, the famous detec-a-tive") takes a streetcar (labeled "To Gangsters' Hideout") past neon signs that read, "Gangsters' Hideout," to one that reads, "This is IT! Entrance."

* In the 1946 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "TheGreatPiggyBankRobbery", DaffyDuck (as "Duck Twacy, the famous detec-a-tive") takes a streetcar (labeled "To Gangsters' Hideout") past neon signs that read, "Gangsters' Hideout," to one that reads, "This is IT! Entrance."

* Driving around British country roads, every now and then you'll see signs directing you to a "[[http://www.secretnuclearbunker.com/ Secret]] [[http://www.hackgreen.co.uk/ Nuclear]] [[http://www.secretbunker.co.uk/ Bunker]]" or similar. Generally it's because they're decommissioned and living a new life as tourist attractions, but it's still entertaining.

* Driving around British country roads, every now and then you'll see signs directing you to a "Secret Nuclear Bunker" or similar. Generally it's because they're decommissioned and living a new life as tourist attractions, but it's still entertaining.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', Cluster Prime has a recruiting office with a storefront right on human territory in Tremorton.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasandFerb'' Doof 'trades' as 'Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated', even going so far as to have his own advertising jingle. His headquarters are usually in a large skyscraper-type building, with a giant 'Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated' sign on the outside.

* An Abridged Series crossover special between WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged, WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries and WebVideo/BerserkAbridged had our heroes go on a long and dangerous journey in the name of SavingChristmas, only to discover the thieves were not only right next to their Christmas party, but had a sign out front reading "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial We are not thieves; we do not have Christmas]]".

* VideoGame/BioMenace has a secret door in the last level of episode 1. It is actually a normal visible door. What makes the door so secret are the bright red letters written on it reading "SECRET DOOR".

* Also done in the WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld cartoon, where Bowser's Castle has the same sign as in the game, except it lights up letter by letter. And is apparently called the ''Coney Island Disco Palace''. A menacing name it is not.

* A good guy example: Manga/LupinIII had his name written on the roof of his hideout in neon for one episode so the bad guys trying to assassinate him could easily locate him.

* A version of this takes place in ''SpyHard'', as the villian's headquarters has a clearly marked "Intruder Entrance" sign on one of their doors, and it isn't SchmuckBait either, it's actually pointing out the best place for intruders to enter.
* The live-action ''DudleyDoRight'' movie had this with Snidely Whiplash and his secret hideout.

* ''SeriousSam II'' sees Sam wonder where he can find the imprisoned Simba shaman right outside a building with a huge neon side that reads "Lucky's imprisoned Simba shamans".

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' TV movie, ''Fairly Odd Baby'', Wanda and the other were looking for the evil baby lair, and she said that her maternal instincts were a sonar device to locate Poof. She credited her maternal instincts to finding the room where Poof was located, but there was clearly a sign that pointed to wear the door was.

* Driving around British country roads, every now and then you'll see signs directing you to a "Secret Nuclear Bunker" or similar. Generally it's because they're decomissioned and living a new life as tourist attractions, but it's still entertaining.

* In Creator/WilliamsElectroics' ''Pinball/WhiteWater'', the entrance to the Lost Mine has a sign over it reading "Lost Mine here".

* The 1960s ''{{Batman}}'' series, naturally.

* A good guy example: Anime/LupinIII had his name written on the roof of his hideout in neon for one episode so the bad guys trying to assassinate him could easily locate him.

* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (1939): While going through the Haunted Forest to the castle of the Wicked Witch of the West, our heroes encounter a sign that says "Witch's castle 1 mile." Mind you, the Witch is the ruler of the country, and has no need of secrecy.

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* A good guy example: LupinIII had his name written on the roof of his hideout in neon for one episode so the bad guys trying to assassinate him could easily locate him.

* ''QuestForCamelot'': Kayley says there should be a sign declaring the border of Dragon Country, despite the fact that the air suddenly turns gaseous, the sky is orange, and the heroes walked over a dragon skeleton to get there.
* ''MegaMind'' had a variation of sorts. Roxanne was able to easily find Megamind's hideout because it was the only building in town with a fake observatory on the roof, but she couldn't have gotten in without the doormat that said "Secret Entrance".
-->'''Megamind''': ''Minion!''
-->'''Minion''': ''(Meekly)'' I kept forgetting where it was.

* ''BobAndGeorge'', with Wily's castle.

* ''DarkwingDuck'' had a base with a giant flag.

* In the ''TheFairlyOddparents'' TV movie, ''Fairly Odd Baby'', Wanda and the other were looking for the evil baby lair, and she said that her maternal instincts were a sonar device to locate Poof. She credited her maternal instincts to finding the room where Poof was located, but there was clearly a sign that pointed to wear the door was.

* In ''AstroBoy'', the three robots' underground hideout is marked by a garishly painted sign.

Sometimes, the sign instead advertises the LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial which is in no way]] [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain a villain's lair, at all]].

* ''QuestForCamelot'': Kayley says there should be a sign declaring the border of Dragon Country, despite the fact that the air suddenly turns gaseous, the sky is orange, and the heroes walked over a dragon skeleton to get there.

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* ''{{Bob and George}}'', with Wily's castle.

* In the 1946 ''LooneyTunes'' short "TheGreatPiggyBankRobbery", DaffyDuck (as "Duck Twacy, the famous detec-a-tive") takes a streetcar (labeled "To Gangsters' Hideout") past neon signs that read, "Gangsters' Hideout," to one that reads, "This is IT! Entrance."