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Stock trope of the StageMagician, sometimes refered to as the Miser's Dream. On their introduction, something will get pulled out from behind someone's ear.

* In a flashback, it is revealed that [[XMen Jean's]] mental powers were inadvertently coming to, tearing down the mental blocks Professor X had placed there years before. To discover the cause, Professor X reaches behind Jean's ear and pulls out... a mental hologram of Cyclops, explaining that the resurgence of Jean's powers was due to her trying to emotionally "reach out" to him. Not quite a quarter, but pulling something out of someone's subconscious seems like a cool trick, too!
* MandrakeTheMagician teaches a kid this trick to get back from a very far future where he had been pulled by that same kid playing with TimeTravel. In said future the only thing worth anything is knowledge - and since said trick had been completely forgotten in the face of more advanced amusements, it was very valuable.

* Robert does it to Giselle in ''{{Enchanted}}''.
* In ''TimeBandits'', King Agamemnon does this to Kevin as part of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cups_and_balls Cups and Balls]] magician's trick.

* In ''NightAtTheMuseum'', Larry does this to Atilla the Hun. Being the primitive savage he is, he falls for it.
* In ''Merlin'', the titular wizard is asked by a young Morgan Le Fay to "Do some magic for me!" He obliges by doing this trick. Her response? "That's not real magic. That's just a trick. Anybody can do that." Which she then proves by pulling another coin from behind Merlin's ear.

* Professor "Reg" Chronotis does this as a hobby in ''DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' by DouglasAdams. Then he goes on to do something that actually "is impossible".

* Fake Jamaican Robert Marley pulls this off in ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'' twice. On the first time it's with a ''live centipede'' out of David's ear; on the second, [[spoiler:it's a live centipede [[NightmareFuel out of his stomach]]! ]]

* On ''{{Friends}}'' Monica hints to her dad that she needs some money. He's oblivious to the request, and does the coin trick to nobody's amusement but his own. Monica's reaction? "You got anything bigger back there?"

* This was used in an episode of ''NightCourt'' to free a Pacific Island princess from an arranged marriage.
* JD does this in ''{{Scrubs}}''. To no less than ''David Copperfield'' himself. Who then promptly makes the coin completely disappear, with a thoroughly unimpressed look on his face...

* [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything DJ Jesús]] does this in one episode of ''LucyTheDaughterOfTheDevil'' in a way that's genuinely supernatural - the setup is exactly the same, but he pulls an entire platter of fish out from behind Lucy's head, something he couldn't conceivably have palmed (and wouldn't have had any place to hide behind her). Everyone takes the sight with [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight casual disinterest]], except for his YesMan, Judas.

* On ''[[ThirdRockFromTheSun 3rd Rock From The Sun]]'', Mary's brother Roy tried to impress Tommy with this.

* On ''{{Psych}}'', a woman does this with a flower to convince a little girl that the flower was magic. Turns out to be a ChekhovsSkill, as she used to similar trick to steal the ring that Shawn and Gus had been hired to find.
* ''TheXFiles''. Scully does this to Mulder when they're visiting a town of sideshow freaks and performers.

* When [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]]'s dad did it to him, he had Hobbes hold him upside down and shake him, to see if there was any other loose change in him.

* This can get downright repetitive and annoying in ''ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''. Even worse, any time you present irrelevant evidence to one of the magician characters, they decide to do a trick with it. Usually making it disappear. Understandably Apollo never lets them do it.

* An adult version [[http://sexylosers.com/051.html appears]] (NSFW) in ''SexyLosers'', where a magician is fingering his girlfriend, then pulls out a coin.

* "The Dingo's Guide to Magic" from ''TazMania''.
* Dr Henry Killinger from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', despite the fact that he is capable of very powerful magic, does this to entertain children.

* WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants pulled a Krabby Patty out of Squidward's ear once, as well as his nose.
* Dexter's dad does this in ''DextersLaboratory'' when he wants to go buy ice cream from the ice cream truck (whose driver had a grudge against him).

* In TheSimpsons, Moe entertains Maggie by pulling a penny behind her ear...who then proceeds to grab the penny and swallow it.

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* The ''Film/HeavyMetal'' story "Secret of the Coin" had a man take this ''way'' too far after it was performed on him as a child, to the point of killing people and finally summoning Beelzebub in order to learn the trick.

* ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'' does it [[http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20010501.html here]].

* An adult version [[http://sexylosers.com/051.html appears]] in ''SexyLosers'', where a magician is fingering his girlfriend, then pulls out a coin.

* A favorite trick--sorry, ''[[InsistentTerminology illusion]]''--of amateur magician GOB Bluth on ''ArrestedDevelopment''.

For other tricks, see SawAWomanInHalf, PullARabbitOutOfMyHat, and DisappearingBox.

* The ''HeavyMetal'' story "Secret of the Coin" had a man take this ''way'' too far after it was performed on him as a child, to the point of killing people and finally summoning Beelzebub in order to learn the trick.

* SpongebobSquarepants pulled a Krabby Patty out of Squidward's ear once, as well as his nose.

* On ''AquaTeenHungerForce'', when Frylock is looking for someone to resurrect Master Shake, one of the applicants is a stage magician repeatedly pulling the same quarter out of where Meatwad's ears would be, if he had any.

* In the TheSimpsons, Moe entertains Maggie by pulling a penny behind her ear...who then proceeds to grab the penny and swallow it.

* Shadow does coin tricks, including this one, throughout ''AmericanGods'', as a way of keeping his hands busy. It becomes important to the plot when he ends up with a pair of very special coins: [[spoiler:the sun and moon]].

* Dr Henry Killinger from ''VentureBros'', despite the fact that he is capable of very powerful magic, does this to entertain children.

* In HomeOnTheRange, show cow Maggie is able to pull out stuff (food) from the ears of others and herself. Sometime later, Mrs. Caloway teases her on getting some money this way when they and Grace decided to go to town and negotiate with Buck.

* The ''Heavy Metal'' story "Secret of the Coin" had a man take this ''way'' too far after it was performed on him as a child, to the point of killing people and finally summoning Beelzebub in order to learn the trick.

* Fake Jamaican Robert Marley pulls this off in JohnDiesAtTheEnd twice. On the first time it's with a ''live centipede'' out of David's ear; on the second, [[spoiler:it's a live centipede [[NightmareFuel out of his stomach]]! ]]

* Happens in the Drake and Josh Christmas special, when Josh has been arrested and is in a jail cell with a {{Scary Black Man}}.

* Big Howard does this to Little Howard in ''Little Howard's Big Question''. Little Howard then goes to try and break his head open to get the money that is obviously in there.

* Dr Henry Killinger from VentureBros, despite the fact that he is capable of very powerful magic, does this to entertain children.

* This can get downright repetitive and annoying in ''Apollo Justice AceAttorney''. Even worse, any time you present irrelevant evidence to one of the magician characters, they decide to do a trick with it. Usually making it disappear. Understandably Apollo never lets them do it.

* ''OzyAndMillie'' does it [[http://www.ozyandmillie.org/d/20010501.html here]].

* A favorite trick--sorry, ''illusion''--of amateur magician GOB Bluth on ''ArrestedDevelopment''.

* JonathanCreek does it also, quite naturally as he is a magician's assistant by trade.

* Mumbo pulls a penny out of a hostage bank teller's ear in TeenTitans. The real trick is that it was covered in ear wax...
* [[SpongebobSquarepants Spongebob]] pulled a Krabby Patty out of Squidward's ear once, as well as his nose.

* Professor "Reg" Chronotis does this as a hobby in ''DirkGently's Holistic Detective Agency'' by DouglasAdams. Then he goes on to do something that actually "is impossible".

* Mumbo pulls a Penny out of a hostage bank teller's ear in TeenTitans.

* Mumbo pulls a Penny out of a hostage bank teller's ear in TeenTitans. The real magic was making the penny do [[http://images.titansgo.net/screenshots/311/005.jpg This!]]

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Stock trope of the StageMagician. On their introduction, something will get pulled out from behind someone's ear.