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* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', Raven sneaks Link a fishing hook to use to escape Queen Ambi's prison, and shows him another one to prove that he's on the hero's side.

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* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'': In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages]]'', Raven sneaks Link a fishing hook to use to escape Queen Ambi's prison, and shows him another one to prove that he's on the hero's side.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E6TheGreatLouseDetective The Great Louse Detective]]", when Homer is being targeted by a murderer, [[RecruitingTheCriminal Chief Wiggum proposes recruiting a criminal to help track down his would-be murderer]]. He takes the Simpson family to a maximum security prison and leads them to the highest-security cell. However, when he places his hand on the biometric scanner, the computer responds "Access denied", so he grabs a fork and jiggles the switch, finally opening the cell and revealing Sideshow Bob.
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** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' has Sarah Connor picking the locks of her restraints and the lock to her room with a piece of wire she stole earlier. The awesome thing is that Creator/LindaHamilton learnt how to pick locks for her role and did it for real on that scene -- and the U.K. censoring committee actually tried to cut the scene because they feared people would learn how to pick locks from watching the movie.

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** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' has Sarah Connor picking the locks of her restraints and the lock to her room with a piece of wire paper clip she stole earlier. The awesome thing is that Creator/LindaHamilton learnt how to pick locks for her role and did it for real on that scene -- and the U.K. censoring committee actually tried to cut the scene because they feared people would learn how to pick locks from watching the movie.

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* In the animated movie ''WesternAnimation/HereComeTheLittles'', Cousin Dinky uses his tail to pick the lock on a trunk, with little success at first.


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* In the animated ''Literature/TheLittles'' movie ''Here Come The Littles'', Cousin Dinky uses his tail to pick the lock on a trunk, with little success at first.
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* ''TabletopGame/HeroQuest'': In the quest "Legacy of the Orc Warlord", you are held prisoner in Grak's dungeons, as he seeks revenge on those who killed his father, Ulag. While the guard sleeps, you manage to pick the lock of your cell with an old rat bone, and have to escape from the dungeon.
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* ''Series/BurnNotice''. Michael [[HeroStoleMyBike steals a motorcycle]] by turning the ignition lock with a penknife, then kicking the handlebars to break the steering lock.

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* ''Series/BurnNotice''. Michael [[HeroStoleMyBike steals a motorcycle]] by turning the ignition lock with a penknife, then kicking the handlebars to break the steering lock. As he does this, he explains in a voiceover how motorcycles are easier to steal than cars because they have fewer anti-theft devices.
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[[caption-width-right:329: Swordfish: Both [[Film/HorseFeathers the password]] ''and'' the key!]]

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