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* ''VideoGame/Road96'': One of the ways the teen can escape the fictional country of Petria is to stowaway in the back of a truck that's crossing the border, which you can do by breaking or picking a lock or bribing the driver. However, the Petrian border police have security measures against people trying to escape this way, and failing to evade any of them will get the teen arrested.
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* ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'': In "[[Recap/TorchwoodS3E2DayTwo Day Two]]", Gwen and Rhys make their way to London by stowing away in the back of a lorry carrying potatoes, as they would be traced and killed by the British Government if they used their own private transport.

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* The famous cardboard boxes from the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series have this as a secondary utility in addition to simply hiding in plain sight. Certain games allow Snake or Raiden to hide in their cardboard box in certain locations, such as inside a truck or on a conveyor belt, and sitting still for a few seconds will cause enemy guards to move the box with its occupant to another location in the game world.



* ''VideoGame/OperationNaPali'' (a campaign addon for ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament''): At one point, Agent 046 must infiltrate a heavily guarded facility on complete lockdown. He does so by hiding in a crate near a delivery ship's crane, which sends him to the other side of the wall.

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* ''VideoGame/OperationNaPali'' (a campaign addon add-on for ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament''): At one point, Agent 046 must infiltrate a heavily guarded facility on complete lockdown. He does so by hiding in a crate near a delivery ship's crane, which sends him to the other side of the wall.



* The famous cardboard boxes from the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series have this as a secondary utility in addition to simply hiding in plain sight. Certain games allow Snake or Raiden to hide in their cardboard box in certain locations, such as inside a truck or on a conveyor belt, and sitting still for a few seconds will cause enemy guards to move the box with its occupant to another location in the game world.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode [[Recap/PhineasAndFerbPhineasAndFerbAndTheTempleOfJuatchadoon "Phineas And Ferb And The Temple Of Juatchadoon"]], in an [[RaidersOfTheLostParody Indiana Jones parody]] Candace plays the role of the IntrepidReporter as she tries to get a story out of Phineas and Ferb. When she joins the group-off screen, Isabella points out "Well, it's a lucky thing you accidentally hammered yourself in that crate marked 'Temple Expedition Supplies' then, isn't it?" and Candace responds "Boy, I'll say" with [[ContrivedCoincidence zero hints of deception in her voice.]]

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode [[Recap/PhineasAndFerbPhineasAndFerbAndTheTempleOfJuatchadoon "Phineas "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbPhineasAndFerbAndTheTempleOfJuatchadoon Phineas And Ferb And The Temple Of Juatchadoon"]], Juatchadoon]]", in an [[RaidersOfTheLostParody Indiana Jones parody]] Candace plays the role of the IntrepidReporter as she tries to get a story out of Phineas and Ferb. When she joins the group-off screen, Isabella points out "Well, it's a lucky thing you accidentally hammered yourself in that crate marked 'Temple Expedition Supplies' then, isn't it?" and Candace responds "Boy, I'll say" with [[ContrivedCoincidence zero hints of deception in her voice.]]



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* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': The episode [[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS4E6Angels Angels]] has two Central American boys, Jose and Ernesto trying to flee to their home country by hiding in the luggage compartment of a bus. The boys were 'adopted' by a pedophile and used as sex slaves, only for them to escape. Sadly, Jose did not live very long after fleeing.

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* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': The episode [[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS4E6Angels Angels]] "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS4E6Angels Angels]]" has two Central American boys, Jose and Ernesto trying to flee to their home country by hiding in the luggage compartment of a bus. The boys were 'adopted' by a pedophile and used as sex slaves, only for them to escape. Sadly, Jose did not live very long after fleeing.



** In the season 2 episode "[=UnSEALed=]", a petty officer who was imprisoned for killing his wife escapes (offscreen) by slipping into the laundry using a stolen ID card, then hides in the laundry and is taken out of the prison with a load of used clothes.
** In season 4's "Singled Out", a well-organized team of robbers successfully steals a load of rare and valuable coins from a hotel safe and gets them out of the hotel by hiding them in a loaded laundry cart. However, when the cart reaches the robbers' truck, [[spoiler:it turns out that the NCIS team intercepted it; Ziva comes out from under the decoy laundry and takes down the leader in time to save the life of the robbers' hostage]].

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** In the season Season 2 episode "[=UnSEALed=]", a petty officer who was imprisoned for killing his wife escapes (offscreen) by slipping into the laundry using a stolen ID card, then hides in the laundry and is taken out of the prison with a load of used clothes.
** In season Season 4's "Singled Out", a well-organized team of robbers successfully steals a load of rare and valuable coins from a hotel safe and gets them out of the hotel by hiding them in a loaded laundry cart. However, when the cart reaches the robbers' truck, [[spoiler:it turns out that the NCIS team intercepted it; Ziva comes out from under the decoy laundry and takes down the leader in time to save the life of the robbers' hostage]].



* ''VideoGame/EmpireEarth'': At the start in the first mission of the Novaya Russia campaign, Grigor escapes Voronezh hiding out on the back of a potato truck.



* ''VideoGame/EmpireEarth'': At the start in the first mission of the Novaya Russia campaign, Grigor escapes Voronezh hiding out on the back of a potato truck.



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* ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': Decades before the events of the series, after [[TheDictatorship being sent on the run for criticizing the local military government]], Jojo's mother Mila smuggled her way out of Naya in a crate on a trading ship.
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