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* ''Literature/{{Nerds}}'': Matilda/Wheezer's [[NerdyInhaler inhalers]], which can function as regular inhalers for Matilda's asthma but have a switch that turns them into blowtorches.
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* ''Literature/{{Nerds}}'': ''Literature/{{Nerds}}'', As a spy series, is rife with these gadgets:
** Played for BlackComedy with exploding chewing gum, which the user accidentally swallows, causing them to go "OhCrap" before the resulting explosion.
** Matilda/Wheezer's [[NerdyInhaler inhalers]], which can function as regular inhalers for Matilda's asthma but have a switch that turns them intoblowtorches.blowtorches.
** Book 2 introduces a pair of Groucho Marx-style glasses, which despite making the wearer look silly, are actually a device called the Schnoz Projector that converts smells into images.
** Played for BlackComedy with exploding chewing gum, which the user accidentally swallows, causing them to go "OhCrap" before the resulting explosion.
** Matilda/Wheezer's [[NerdyInhaler inhalers]], which can function as regular inhalers for Matilda's asthma but have a switch that turns them into
** Book 2 introduces a pair of Groucho Marx-style glasses, which despite making the wearer look silly, are actually a device called the Schnoz Projector that converts smells into images.
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* ''Literature/{{Nerds}}'': Matilda/Wheezer's inhalers, [[NerdyInhaler inhalers]], which can function as regular inhalers for Matilda's asthma but have a switch that turns them into blowtorches.
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* The indie computer-animation short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA Pigeon: Impossible]]'' has a pigeon accidentally fall into a CIA agent's briefcase which contains JetPack thrusters, guns that fire [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], and a BigRedButton.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' has a number of recurring devices, notably her GrapplingHookPistol/hair dryer. There are briefing scenes in many episodes, but not all. In her case, it's a stylistic thing; she isn't really trying to [[OvertOperative hide]] [[SecretPublicIdentity anything]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' has a briefing scene in every episode, and all the gadgets look like they came out of the Barbie doll aisle at the toy store or the contents of a Teenage Girl's purse.
** They also tend to have cutesy names like Stuntan Lotion.
** Items for Male Agents seem to exist as well. Instead of a compact, Jerry (the Girls' boss) has a communicator disguised as a wallet. A humorous example was a fake beard designed to hold items, that the girls had to test once. (It didn't pass. Heavy objects made them fall over and it looked goofy on them)
* While we're on the subject of Creator/CartoonNetwork spy cartoons, let's also remember ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' and its 2X4 technology. ''All'' the weapons, gadgets, and vehicles are made out of standard props and everyday items. It's amazing how they are able to do it.
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' was himself the hiding object for his gadgets. Penny and Brain had communicators in their watch and collar respectively, and Penny had a "computer book" in the pre-laptop era.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Brock throws away his disguised spy-gear in disgust in "Assassinanny 911", claiming it either never works right or is outright useless. He's especially disappointed that the cigarettes he's issued aren't real ones for smoking. In flashback, he almost eats a baguette, but is stopped by his fellow agent who warns him "Do not eat that! That is C4!."
** The heroes however ''do'' have video phones in their watches. Dr. Venture's brother JJ does him one better by hiding a phone in the collar of his shirt, allowing him to use it even if he is captured and tied up.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' has a briefing scene in every episode, and all the gadgets look like they came out of the Barbie doll aisle at the toy store or the contents of a Teenage Girl's purse.
** They also tend to have cutesy names like Stuntan Lotion.
** Items for Male Agents seem to exist as well. Instead of a compact, Jerry (the Girls' boss) has a communicator disguised as a wallet. A humorous example was a fake beard designed to hold items, that the girls had to test once. (It didn't pass. Heavy objects made them fall over and it looked goofy on them)
* While we're on the subject of Creator/CartoonNetwork spy cartoons, let's also remember ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' and its 2X4 technology. ''All'' the weapons, gadgets, and vehicles are made out of standard props and everyday items. It's amazing how they are able to do it.
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' was himself the hiding object for his gadgets. Penny and Brain had communicators in their watch and collar respectively, and Penny had a "computer book" in the pre-laptop era.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Brock throws away his disguised spy-gear in disgust in "Assassinanny 911", claiming it either never works right or is outright useless. He's especially disappointed that the cigarettes he's issued aren't real ones for smoking. In flashback, he almost eats a baguette, but is stopped by his fellow agent who warns him "Do not eat that! That is C4!."
** The heroes however ''do'' have video phones in their watches. Dr. Venture's brother JJ does him one better by hiding a phone in the collar of his shirt, allowing him to use it even if he is captured and tied up.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'' has a number of recurring devices, notably her GrapplingHookPistol/hair dryer. There are briefing scenes in many episodes, but not all. In her case, it's few. Trevor Goodchild owns a stylistic thing; she isn't really trying to [[OvertOperative hide]] [[SecretPublicIdentity anything]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''golden cigarette case that transforms into a pistol. Aeon herself has a briefing scene self-destruct mechanism hidden in every episode, and all the gadgets look like they came out of the Barbie doll aisle at the toy store or the contents of a Teenage Girl's purse.
** They also tend to have cutesy names like Stuntan Lotion.
** Items for Male Agents seem to exist as well. Instead of a compact, Jerry (the Girls' boss) has a communicator disguised as a wallet. A humorous example was a fake beard designed to hold items,her backpack that the girls had goes off [[TheyKilledKennyAgain whenever she dies]] to test once. (It didn't pass. Heavy objects made them fall over and it looked goofy on them)
prevent enemies from looting her corpse & a gimmick tooth with a small compartment in it.
*While we're on the subject of Creator/CartoonNetwork spy cartoons, let's also remember ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' Both ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' and its {{Time Skip}}ped sequel, ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' indicate that although the Omnitrix (and even moreso in the Alien Force variation, which has an onboard AI) looks like a watch, it does not tell time.
* Butch has a radio concealed in his ring in ''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids''.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'''s 2X4 technology. ''All'' the weapons, gadgets, and vehicles are made out of standard props and everyday items. It's amazing how they are able to do it.
*''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' was himself the hiding object ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool'' has a moustache for his gadgets. Penny and Brain had communicators in their watch and collar respectively, and Penny had a "computer book" in the pre-laptop era.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Brock throws away his disguised spy-gear in disgust in "Assassinanny 911", claiming it either never works right or is outright useless. He's especially disappointed that the cigarettes he's issued aren't real ones for smoking. In flashback, he almost eats a baguette, but is stopped by his fellow agent who warns him "Do not eat that! That is C4!."
** The heroes however ''do'' have video phones in their watches. Dr. Venture's brother JJ does him one better by hiding a phone in the collar of his shirt, allowing him to use it even if he is captured and tied up.phone.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''
** They also tend to have cutesy names like Stuntan Lotion.
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* Butch has a radio concealed in his ring in ''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids''.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Brock throws away his disguised spy-gear in disgust in "Assassinanny 911", claiming it either never works right or is outright useless. He's especially disappointed that the cigarettes he's issued aren't real ones for smoking. In flashback, he almost eats a baguette, but is stopped by his fellow agent who warns him "Do not eat that! That is C4!."
** The heroes however ''do'' have video phones in their watches. Dr. Venture's brother JJ does him one better by hiding a phone in the collar of his shirt, allowing him to use it even if he is captured and tied up.
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* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' does this all the time. The boys all wear communicator watches, there are the portraits that they use to speak through and even light-up drink straws when they want to subtly attract someone's attention. Lady Penelope has a teapot communicator as well as a powder compact one. And probably many more examples this editor has forgotten.[[note]]Although given the fact that it is set in the 2060s, bystanders' reaction to said communicators (in one episode Brains is [[MistakenForCrazy mistaken for delusional for using what is essentially just a smartwatch]]) borders on ZeeRust[[/note]]
* Both ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' and its {{Time Skip}}ped sequel, ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' indicate that although the Omnitrix (and even moreso in the Alien Force variation, which has an onboard AI) looks like a watch, it does not tell time.
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheTick''. When he first enters Arthur's apartment, Tick nearly tears the place apart looking for the switch that activates his secret crime lab. Of course, there isn't one. In the comic book, this leads to the rather awkward question of why Arthur would invite a large, muscular man in tight spandex up to his apartment in the first place.
* Butch has a radio concealed in his ring in ''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'' has a few. Trevor Goodchild owns a golden cigarette case that transforms into a pistol. Aeon herself has a self-destruct mechanism hidden in her backpack that goes off [[TheyKilledKennyAgain whenever she dies]] to prevent enemies from looting her corpse & a gimmick tooth with a small compartment in it.
* Parodied on the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Spy Buddies": among [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's spy gear are Spongebob's 'coin operated' pants-phone and Patrick's laser shorts, which mess up and fire everywhere when [[spoiler:he has to go to the bathroom.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' uses these in its spy parody episode "Bravo, James Bravo". Includes a (weak) laser hidden in a mirror and a bomb-comb.
* Both ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' and its {{Time Skip}}ped sequel, ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' indicate that although the Omnitrix (and even moreso in the Alien Force variation, which has an onboard AI) looks like a watch, it does not tell time.
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheTick''. When he first enters Arthur's apartment, Tick nearly tears the place apart looking for the switch that activates his secret crime lab. Of course, there isn't one. In the comic book, this leads to the rather awkward question of why Arthur would invite a large, muscular man in tight spandex up to his apartment in the first place.
* Butch has a radio concealed in his ring in ''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'' has a few. Trevor Goodchild owns a golden cigarette case that transforms into a pistol. Aeon herself has a self-destruct mechanism hidden in her backpack that goes off [[TheyKilledKennyAgain whenever she dies]] to prevent enemies from looting her corpse & a gimmick tooth with a small compartment in it.
* Parodied on the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Spy Buddies": among [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's spy gear are Spongebob's 'coin operated' pants-phone and Patrick's laser shorts, which mess up and fire everywhere when [[spoiler:he has to go to the bathroom.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' uses these in its spy parody episode "Bravo, James Bravo". Includes a (weak) laser hidden in a mirror and a bomb-comb.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool'' has a moustache for a phone.
* WesternAnimation/TheImpossibles''WesternAnimation/TheImpossibles'' receive their assignments from their chief via TV screen inside a guitar neck.neck.
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' was himself the hiding object for his gadgets. Penny and Brain had communicators in their watch and collar respectively, and Penny had a "computer book" in the pre-laptop era.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' uses these in its spy parody episode "Bravo, James Bravo". Includes a (weak) laser hidden in a mirror and a bomb-comb.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' has a number of recurring devices, notably her GrapplingHookPistol/hair dryer. There are briefing scenes in many episodes, but not all. In her case, it's a stylistic thing; she isn't really trying to [[OvertOperative hide]] [[SecretPublicIdentity anything]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' was himself the hiding object for his gadgets. Penny and Brain had communicators in their watch and collar respectively, and Penny had a "computer book" in the pre-laptop era.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' uses these in its spy parody episode "Bravo, James Bravo". Includes a (weak) laser hidden in a mirror and a bomb-comb.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' has a number of recurring devices, notably her GrapplingHookPistol/hair dryer. There are briefing scenes in many episodes, but not all. In her case, it's a stylistic thing; she isn't really trying to [[OvertOperative hide]] [[SecretPublicIdentity anything]].
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* Parodied on the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Spy Buddies": among [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's spy gear are Spongebob's 'coin operated' pants-phone and Patrick's laser shorts, which mess up and fire everywhere when [[spoiler:he has to go to the bathroom.]]
* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' does this all the time. The boys all wear communicator watches, there are the portraits that they use to speak through and even light-up drink straws when they want to subtly attract someone's attention. Lady Penelope has a teapot communicator as well as a powder compact one. And probably many more examples this editor has forgotten.[[note]]Although given the fact that it is set in the 2060s, bystanders' reaction to said communicators (in one episode Brains is [[MistakenForCrazy mistaken for delusional for using what is essentially just a smartwatch]]) borders on ZeeRust[[/note]]
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheTick''. When he first enters Arthur's apartment, Tick nearly tears the place apart looking for the switch that activates his secret crime lab. Of course, there isn't one. In the comic book, this leads to the rather awkward question of why Arthur would invite a large, muscular man in tight spandex up to his apartment in the first place.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' has a briefing scene in every episode, and all the gadgets look like they came out of the Barbie doll aisle at the toy store or the contents of a Teenage Girl's purse.
** They also tend to have cutesy names like Stuntan Lotion.
** Items for Male Agents seem to exist as well. Instead of a compact, Jerry (the Girls' boss) has a communicator disguised as a wallet. A humorous example was a fake beard designed to hold items, that the girls had to test once. (It didn't pass. Heavy objects made them fall over and it looked goofy on them)
* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' does this all the time. The boys all wear communicator watches, there are the portraits that they use to speak through and even light-up drink straws when they want to subtly attract someone's attention. Lady Penelope has a teapot communicator as well as a powder compact one. And probably many more examples this editor has forgotten.[[note]]Although given the fact that it is set in the 2060s, bystanders' reaction to said communicators (in one episode Brains is [[MistakenForCrazy mistaken for delusional for using what is essentially just a smartwatch]]) borders on ZeeRust[[/note]]
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheTick''. When he first enters Arthur's apartment, Tick nearly tears the place apart looking for the switch that activates his secret crime lab. Of course, there isn't one. In the comic book, this leads to the rather awkward question of why Arthur would invite a large, muscular man in tight spandex up to his apartment in the first place.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' has a briefing scene in every episode, and all the gadgets look like they came out of the Barbie doll aisle at the toy store or the contents of a Teenage Girl's purse.
** They also tend to have cutesy names like Stuntan Lotion.
** Items for Male Agents seem to exist as well. Instead of a compact, Jerry (the Girls' boss) has a communicator disguised as a wallet. A humorous example was a fake beard designed to hold items, that the girls had to test once. (It didn't pass. Heavy objects made them fall over and it looked goofy on them)
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** Brock throws away his disguised spy-gear in disgust in "Assassinanny 911", claiming it either never works right or is outright useless. He's especially disappointed that the cigarettes he's issued aren't real ones for smoking. In flashback, he almost eats a baguette, but is stopped by his fellow agent who warns him "Do not eat that! That is C4!."
** The heroes however ''do'' have video phones in their watches. Dr. Venture's brother JJ does him one better by hiding a phone in the collar of his shirt, allowing him to use it even if he is captured and tied up.
** Brock throws away his disguised spy-gear in disgust in "Assassinanny 911", claiming it either never works right or is outright useless. He's especially disappointed that the cigarettes he's issued aren't real ones for smoking. In flashback, he almost eats a baguette, but is stopped by his fellow agent who warns him "Do not eat that! That is C4!."
** The heroes however ''do'' have video phones in their watches. Dr. Venture's brother JJ does him one better by hiding a phone in the collar of his shirt, allowing him to use it even if he is captured and tied up.
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** The main character has a set of ordinary-looking braces that hides [[SwissArmyWeapon fifty different gadgets]].
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** The villains have a briefcase that transforms into a helicopter.
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* Creator/StephenColbert once had a shoe phone on ''Series/TheColbertReport''. It was just a telephone receiver glued to the bottom of a shoe, complete with trailing cord. "Just looking at it, you wouldn't know it was a phone! ... And just wearing it, [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/156748/february-28-2008/cold-war-update you wouldn't know it was a shoe]]." And in another [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp Cold War Update]], his watch [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/223483/april-02-2009/cold-war-update---russia--cuba---space is also a gun]]. You can't tell!
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* Creator/StephenColbert once had a shoe phone on ''Series/TheColbertReport''. It was just a telephone receiver glued to the bottom of a shoe, complete with trailing cord. "Just looking at it, you wouldn't know it was a phone! ... And just wearing it, [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/156748/february-28-2008/cold-war-update you wouldn't know it was a shoe]]." And in another [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp Cold War Update]], Update, his watch [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/223483/april-02-2009/cold-war-update---russia--cuba---space is also a gun]]. You can't tell!
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* ''Machinima/TeamFabulous2'': The scene depicted in the video's thumbnail, no less. A BLU Soldier, pinned down by enemy Sniper fire, calls his Engineer teammate using a boot. The Engineer [[FailedASpotCheck (who is]] [[RightBehindMe right behind him)]] answers his call using a banana. The scene is capped off with a DisconnectedByDeath moment after Engie stands up and gets sniped, leading the Soldier to slam down the boot in frustration.
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* ''Machinima/TeamFabulous2'': The scene depicted in the video's thumbnail, no less. A BLU Soldier, pinned down by enemy Sniper fire, calls his Engineer teammate using a boot. The Engineer [[FailedASpotCheck (who is]] [[RightBehindMe [[ShortDistancePhoneCall right behind him)]] answers his call using a banana. The scene is capped off with a DisconnectedByDeath moment after Engie stands up and gets sniped, leading the Soldier to slam down the boot in frustration.
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* Parodied in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''. [[TheDragon Doppio]]’s main form of communication with his boss is supposedly his cell phone. But when it breaks, he starts grabbing random objects and treating them like phones, going so far as to make ring tone noises himself, while being completely unaware that he's the one making those noises. Among the objects Doppio has used as phones include car charms, toy phones, and frogs. Despite this, Doppio is able to communicate with the boss by using these random objects as phones; presumably the only reason this seems to work is because [[spoiler:the boss is his split personality]].
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* Parodied in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''.''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind''. [[TheDragon Doppio]]’s main form of communication with his boss is supposedly his cell phone. But when it breaks, he starts grabbing random objects and treating them like phones, going so far as to make ring tone noises himself, while being completely unaware that he's the one making those noises. Among the objects Doppio has used as phones include car charms, toy phones, and frogs. Despite this, Doppio is able to communicate with the boss by using these random objects as phones; presumably the only reason this seems to work is because [[spoiler:the boss is his split personality]].
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* Lupin uses one in ''WesternAnimation/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure'' to contact Jigen and Goemon for backup after his radio is taken away and he and Nix are pinned down by [=MI6=] in "Dragons Sleep Soundly."
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* Lupin uses one in ''WesternAnimation/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure'' ''Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure'' to contact Jigen and Goemon for backup after his radio is taken away and he and Nix are pinned down by [=MI6=] in "Dragons Sleep Soundly."
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--> '''Q''': Were you expecting [[Film/GoldenEye an exploding pen?]] We don't go for that kind of stuff anymore.
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** Despite the above though, Q still equipped Bond with special watches in both ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' (an [[BrickJoke explosive]] one and an {{EMP}} one, respectively).
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* Not a SpyDrama example, but Conan from ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' does a lot of this. Pretty much the only part of his uniform that ''isn't'' some kind of gadget is the suit he wears. (And even that had a tracking device disguised as a button.)
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* Not a SpyDrama example, but Conan from ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' ''Manga/CaseClosed'' does a lot of this. Pretty much the only part of his uniform that ''isn't'' some kind of gadget is the suit he wears. (And even that had a tracking device disguised as a button.)
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* The indie computer-animation short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA Pigeon: Impossible]]'' has a pigeon accidentally fall into a CIA agent's briefcase which contains JetPack thrusters, guns that fire [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], and a BigRedButton. HilarityEnsues.
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* The indie computer-animation short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA Pigeon: Impossible]]'' has a pigeon accidentally fall into a CIA agent's briefcase which contains JetPack thrusters, guns that fire [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], and a BigRedButton. HilarityEnsues.
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* ''Series/GilligansIsland'': In one DreamSequence, Gilligan imagines himself and the castaways as secret agents. Gilligan's arsenal is disguised as a grooming kit, and the girls have powder compacts and soup ladles as communication devices.
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* Subverted in ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'': The Spy, despite being a walking, talking Film/JamesBond ShoutOut, doesn't use any fancy gadgets or even a gun. He does, however, keep a large amount of money on hand to bribe enemies.
-->'''Reporter:''' What sort of technology did you use? Any special gadgets or transportation?\\
'''Spy:''' Most of that is just fantasy. No, no, I used my brain. The most important aspect to successful espionage is basic human psychology, how to manipulate perceptions and make people see what you want them to see. For some, the ability to read people is a natural talent--it then becomes a matter of training yourself to react appropriately, to lead the mark to whichever logical conclusion you desire. People are actually very easy to manipulate.
-->'''Reporter:''' What sort of technology did you use? Any special gadgets or transportation?\\
'''Spy:''' Most of that is just fantasy. No, no, I used my brain. The most important aspect to successful espionage is basic human psychology, how to manipulate perceptions and make people see what you want them to see. For some, the ability to read people is a natural talent--it then becomes a matter of training yourself to react appropriately, to lead the mark to whichever logical conclusion you desire. People are actually very easy to manipulate.
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* Another literal example was the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZfbN02_9Jw/ Sports Illustrated Sneaker Phone]], which was given away as a promotional item with subscriptions to their magazine for a time in the early 90s. It was an actual working corded phone built into a sneaker.
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** In "Leadside", Max tries to blow up the VillainOfTheWeek with an explosive fountain pen. It just squirts ink on him, as Max has picked up the wrong pen.
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* In the musical Theatre/SpiesAreForever, the song "Pay Attention!" features [[MissionControl Barb]] showing [[TheHero Agent Kurt Mega]] the various devices she and her team have developed, all disguised as mundane objects (such as a laser hidden in a watch). The concept is then parodied as she and Kurt rattle off an increasingly improbable series of objects that are actually guns ("Coffee cup!" "It's a gun!" "Apple?" "Gun!" "Paper clip?" "Gun!").
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* ''Literature/MotherOfLearning'': When he starts learning how to make golems, Zorian makes his sister a simplistic wooden one that can't do much more than nod. However, in further repetitions of the month, he makes more and more sophisticated versions of the doll, until the final version is a bodyguard packed with concealed weapons and defensive wards.
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* It's fairly common for money boxes to be disguised as other objects, these are popular with parents as a child is less likely to steal from them. In Britain at least, the most common design seems to be a tin of Heinz baked beans.
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** ''VideoGame/AgentUnderFire'' has a cell phone that also comes with a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]], a password cracker, a switch activator, and a grapple hook that can somehow extend for 10 meters or more.
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* The indie computer-animation short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA Pigeon: Impossible]]'' has a pigeon accidentally fall into a CIA agent's briefcase which contains JetPack thrusters, guns that fire FrickinLaserBeams, and a BigRedButton. HilarityEnsues.
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* The indie computer-animation short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA Pigeon: Impossible]]'' has a pigeon accidentally fall into a CIA agent's briefcase which contains JetPack thrusters, guns that fire FrickinLaserBeams, [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], and a BigRedButton. HilarityEnsues.
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* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' has phones disguised as pens, powder compacts, teapots.
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* ''Series/TheEqualizer''. In "Breakpoint", the [[BruceWayneHeldHostage title character has been taken hostage]] and the NYPD try to smuggle him a .22LR pen gun. Unfortunately the terrorist leader recognises it because "We use these too" and uses the pen gun to shoot the fake doctor who delivered it.
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* ''Series/TheEqualizer''. In "Breakpoint", the [[BruceWayneHeldHostage title character has been taken hostage]] and the NYPD try to smuggle him a .22LR pen gun. Unfortunately the terrorist leader recognises it because "We use these too" and uses the pen gun to shoot the fake doctor who delivered it. However given the Stale Beer flavor of [=McCall's=] past as an espionage agent, the trope was downplayed; the few spy gadgets he used were mostly stuff you could buy commercially at the time.
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* Hayasaka from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has a scrunchie with a built in smartphone and a hat with a tablet, both made by her.
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* [[CombatHaircomb Combs]]
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* [[CombatHandFan Hand fans]]
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* Pens
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* Cigarette cases (in the '60s at least)
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* Parodied in ''Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''. [[TheDragon Doppio]]’s main form of communication with his boss is supposedly his cell phone. But when it breaks, he starts grabbing random objects and treating them like phones, going so far as to make ring tone noises himself, while being completely unaware that he's the one making those noises. Among the objects Doppio has used as phones include car charms, toy phones, and frogs. Despite this, Doppio is able to communicate with the boss by using these random objects as phones; presumably the only reason this seems to work is because [[spoiler:the boss is his split personality]].
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* Parodied in ''Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''.''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''. [[TheDragon Doppio]]’s main form of communication with his boss is supposedly his cell phone. But when it breaks, he starts grabbing random objects and treating them like phones, going so far as to make ring tone noises himself, while being completely unaware that he's the one making those noises. Among the objects Doppio has used as phones include car charms, toy phones, and frogs. Despite this, Doppio is able to communicate with the boss by using these random objects as phones; presumably the only reason this seems to work is because [[spoiler:the boss is his split personality]].
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* Parodied in ''Anime/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''. [[TheDragon Doppio]]’s main form of communication with his boss is supposedly his cell phone. But when it breaks, he starts grabbing random objects and treating them like phones, going so far as to make ring tone noises himself, while being completely unaware that he's the one making those noises. Among the objects Doppio has used as phones include car charms, toy phones, and frogs. Despite this, Doppio is able to communicate with the boss by using these random objects as phones; presumably the only reason this seems to work is because [[spoiler:the boss is his split personality]].
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* Parodied in ''Anime/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''.''Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''. [[TheDragon Doppio]]’s main form of communication with his boss is supposedly his cell phone. But when it breaks, he starts grabbing random objects and treating them like phones, going so far as to make ring tone noises himself, while being completely unaware that he's the one making those noises. Among the objects Doppio has used as phones include car charms, toy phones, and frogs. Despite this, Doppio is able to communicate with the boss by using these random objects as phones; presumably the only reason this seems to work is because [[spoiler:the boss is his split personality]].
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* Parodied in ''Anime/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''. [[TheDragon Doppio]]’s main form of communication with his boss is supposedly his cell phone. But when it breaks, he starts grabbing random objects and treating them like phones, going so far as to make ring tone noises himself, while being completely unaware that he's the one making those noises. Among the objects Doppio has used as phones include car charms, toy phones, and frogs. Despite this, Doppio is able to communicate with the boss by using these random objects as phones; presumably the only reason this seems to work is because [[spoiler:the boss is his split personality]].
