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* In ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', Rude pulls a second pair of Cool Shades out of his pocket when the pair he's wearing are broken. {{Fanon}} holds that he has a Sunglasses Maker [[{{Phlebotinum}} Materia]] in his pocket.

-->-- ''TheSimpsons''

* In ''HeyArnold'', Arnold loses his grandfather's antique watch. He has to go down into the sewers to retrieve it, where he has to face swarms of rats and the Sewer King. After he finally gets the watch back, it turns out his grandfather had a spare watch all along.
* ''TheSimpsons'':

* In ''Film/SkyHigh'', [[SuperStrength super strong]] hero The Commander, when told his son was designated a sidekick, goes to angrily call the school to complain, only to [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength crush the phone when he angrily pushes the buttons]]. He then opens a kitchen drawer which has several extra phones and starts dialing again.

* In an episode of ''{{House}}'', Wilson forced House to attend his fathers' funeral out of state and was CrazyPrepared to the point of packing two non battery-powered flashlights.

* In ''BusouRenkin'', Papillon always seems to have an extra mask hidden in his speedos.
* In ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', after Meru's trolling of the class with abusive messages is temporarily stopped when her phone runs out of power, she just opens her shirt, revealing several phones strapped to her chest. The protagonist compares her to Franchise/{{Rambo}}.

* In ''FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', Rude pulls a second pair of Cool Shades out of his pocket when the pair he's wearing are broken. {{Fanon}} holds that he has a Sunglasses Maker [[{{Phlebotinum}} Materia]] in his pocket.

->'''Marge:''' And my necklace!

-->--''TheSimpsons''

* ''RatRace'': After Merrill angrily smashes her phone after yelling at one of her workers, she tells Vera that she "carries extras".
* In ''SkyHigh'', [[SuperStrength super strong]] hero The Commander, when told his son was designated a sidekick, goes to angrily call the school to complain, only to [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength crush the phone when he angrily pushes the buttons]]. He then opens a kitchen drawer which has several extra phones and starts dialing again.

* The clothes on ''GilligansIsland''. Gilligan, the Skipper and Hinkley wear the same clothes every day but Ginger, Mary Anne and the Howells apparently packed trunk after trunk of different (and, for Ginger and the Howells, fabulous) clothes for their three-hour tour.
* Subversion: In an early episode of ''MarriedWithChildren'', the local mall stops selling Peggy's bras, so Al goes out of town and buys enough backups for years.

* In ''TheSimpsons'' episode mentioned above, Marge's necklace is stolen. She is later shown to have a huge ball of identical necklaces from which she pulls another one.

* Edgeworth in the ''AceAttorney'' games replaces his ''silk cravat'' after someone cries and wipes her nose on them in the latest game.
** Also Adrian and her glasses. Whenever she's thoroughly shocked, her glasses shatter, and she immediately pulls out a spare. It's certainly normal to have spare glasses, but about four pairs of her glasses ended up shattering, far more than the number of glasses most people carry around with them. Or generally own at a time.

There are some characters that care so much about their clothing/a particular item that they will pull out extras if necessary. This generally occurs at the most unlikely times. Spare glasses appear from nowhere in the middle of a fight or uniforms/outfits are replaced on the fly. ''Fights will even pause for this to occur.''

* In ''TheHorriblySlowMurdererWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon'', the killer is slowly beating his victim to death with a spoon. Eventually, the spoon breaks and the victim breathes a sigh of relief. At this point, the killer opens his jacket and reveals numerous identical spoons strapped to his chest.

->'''Marge:''' And my necklace!

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Related to CrazyPrepared. Can be applyed to BeautyIsNeverTarnished.

* * In the ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic & Knuckles]]'' comic, Knuckles had a spare Chaos Emerald, which he used to keep Angel Island afloat. He broke the first one to keep Robotnik from getting it, then brought out the spare after he left. Granted, Chaos Emeralds are far more common in the comic than in the games, but it's not exactly something you trip over.

* [[{{Bleach}} Ishida]] pulls out a uniform from his backpack, says "Good thing I brought a spare," and Orihime asks why he brought it.

* In ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', after Meru's trolling of the class with abusive messages is temporarily stopped when her phone runs out of power, she just opens her shirt, revealing several phones strapped to her chest. The protagonist compares her to {{Rambo}}.

* In the ''FriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Dragonshy", an avalanch leaves the group covered in dust, ruining Rarity's scarf. She pulls another one out of her saddlebags.

* In the ''Friendship is Magic'' episode "Dragonshy", an avalanch leaves the group covered in dust, ruining Rarity's scarf. She pulls another one out of her saddlebags.

* In the ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic & Knuckles]]'' comic, Knuckles had a spare Chaos Emerald, which he used to keep Angel Island afloat. He broke the first one to keep Robotnik from getting it, then brought out the spare after he left. [[FridgeLogic Yes, a spare version of a MacGuffin of which there are only seven in existence, and are not that easy to destroy.]]

* Kamina in ''DoubleK'' keeps at least three pairs of his trademark CoolShades on his person at all times.

It is most noticeable when another person (or even the person doing so) comments on it.

* In ''DeadWinter'', Black Monday Blues [[http://deadwinter.cc/page/119.htm has spare sunglasses]].

-->''TheSimpsons''

* Edgeworth in the ''AceAttorney'' games replaces his ''silk cravat'' after someone cries and wipes her nose on them in the latest game.
**Also Adrian and her glasses. Whenever she's thoroughly shocked, her glasses shatter, and she immediately pulls out a spare. It's certainly normal to have spare glasses, but about four pairs of her glasses ended up shattering, far more than the number of glasses most people carry around with them. Or generally own at a time.
* In the ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic & Knuckles]]'' comic, Knuckles had a spare Chaos Emerald, which he used to keep Angel Island afloat. He broke the first one to keep Robotnik from getting it, then brought out the spare after he left. [[FridgeLogic Yes, a spare version of a MacGuffin of which there are only seven in existence, and are not that easy to destroy.]]

* Kamina in ''DoubleK'' keeps at least three pairs of his trademark CoolShades on his person at all times.
* In ''FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', Rude pulls a second pair of Cool Shades out of his pocket when the pair he's wearing are broken. {{Fanon}} holds that he has a Sunglasses Maker [[{{Phlebotinum}} Materia]] in his pocket.
* The clothes on ''GilligansIsland''. Gilligan, the Skipper and Hinkley wear the same clothes every day but Ginger, Mary Anne and the Howells apparently packed trunk after trunk of different (and, for Ginger and the Howells, fabulous) clothes for their three-hour tour.

* In ''HeyArnold'', Arnold loses his grandfather's antique watch. He has to go down into the sewers to retrieve it, where he has to face swarms of rats and the Sewer King. After he finally gets the watch back, it turns out his grandfather had a spare watch all along.

* In ''BusouRenkin'', Papillon always seems to have an extra mask hidden in his speedos.
* In a battle of DangerouslyGenreSavvy characters in [[Discworld/NightWatch Night Watch]], Vimes, a police officer, knows that the psycho Carcer has x + 1 knives (i.e. one more than the number Vimes would expect him to have). Unfortunately for Vimes, Carcer came prepared with x + 2 knives.
* In ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', after Meru's trolling of the class with abusive messages is temporarily stopped when her phone runs out of power, she just opens her shirt, revealing several phones strapped to her chest. The protagonist compares her to {{Rambo}}.
* In ''TheHorriblySlowMurdererWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon'', the killer is slowly beating his victim to death with a spoon. Eventually, the spoon breaks and the victim breathes a sigh of relief. At this point, the killer opens his jacket and reveals numerous identical spoons strapped to his chest.