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* When Mat in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series is asked to disarm before entering the holy city of Rhuidean, he begins pulling throwing knives from all over his outfit, finally removing one last knife he'd meant to keep from a boot with a sheepish look. Even the warlike Aiel are mildly impressed (since throwing knives can be hard to retrieve in the middle of a fight, this makes a bit more sense than when the trope is done with guns).

* In the web series ''WebVideo/{{Chapel}}'', a {{Mook}} searches Burke for weapons and finds a sword cane and several handguns. A final patdown causes several more small pistols two fall out from Burke's coat, causing the mook to say, "Jesus. I just started patting her down and she gave birth to a gun store."

* ''Film/BabylonFiveACallToArms'': When the thief Dureena arrives on Babylon 5, the weapon-detector beeps at her. Chief of Security Zack Allen politely asks her to turn over her weapons. She pulls a sort of bladed ring off one finger and drops it on the table in front of him. "All of it," Zack says coldly. He then watches in bemusement as she produces a dozen or so bladed weapons ranging from a push-dagger to a short sword and puts them on the table, finishing with a wire garrotte that was concealed in her belt.
-->'''Zack''': Thanks.

* In the Series/Babylon5 movie [[Film/BabylonFiveACallToArms A Call to Arms,]] ActionGirl Dureena does this when she's told to remove all her weapons before boarding the station. While she does produce an amusing number of weapons, it's slightly more realistic as they're all small knives that could be reasonably hidden. When she's done, [[SeenItAll Zack Allen]] gives her an amused [[SincerityMode "Thanks."]]

--> '''Green Lantern''': You had those [stun bombs] in your belt this whole time?
--> '''Batman''': Just keep moving.

'''Roca''' Do you want to just meet us inside??

* A variant occurs near the end of the ''Literature/HammersSlammers'' story "At Any Price", when a mercenary genuinely forgets to remove the small knife he keeps up one sleeve. He actually blushes when reminded that he hasn't disarmed completely.

** Early on, her bodyguards are asked to surrender their weaponry when they accompany her to a duel since Manticoran law forbids the presence of armed supporters of either participant during a duel. She gently reminds their leader of his "forgotten" holdout pistol.
** Later, visiting a foreign dignitary with a (well-founded) paranoia of assassins, she is thoroughly searched using high-tech sensors and surrenders each weapon as it is requested. When her hosts (they are not captives) are satisfied she is disarmed, she [[spoiler:pops the ammunition cartridge out of the gun built into her prosthetic arm]].

%%* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Dureena going through customs on [[MadeForTVMovie ''A Call to Arms'']].

-->'''Gibbs:''' You're coming along, strictly as an observer. Hand over all you weapons.\\
'''Ziva:''' Is that really necessary? ''[Gibb holds out his hand]'' Right. ''[gives him a gun]''\\

* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': After agreeing to meet with Nick Fury on behalf of her family, Petra is asked to remove her weapons. Nick seems to relax a little as she reluctantly hands over her kama and web-shooters...then tenses up again when the [[ChildSoldier fourteen-year-old]] opens her jacket and pulls out half a dozen shurikens and four kunai. He doesn't seem surprised however, but more concerned about whether or not that was ''all'' she was carrying.

* In the Star Wars fanfic ''Fanfic/RunningWithLightningFeet'', Padme is revealed over the course of several chapters to keep a blaster, at least two vibroknives, and hairpins sharp enough to be daggers on her person. Fox [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]].
* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': After agreeing to meet with Nick Fury on behalf of her family, Petra is asked to remove her weapons. Nick seems to relax a little as she reluctantly hands over her kama and web-shooters...then tenses up again when the [[ChildSoldier fourteen-year-old]] opens her jacket and pulls out half a dozen shurikens and ''four kunai''. She makes it very clear when she's done that she wants them back.

* ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas.'' Jed, who packs many knives, is stopped at the entrance to the party and told to disarm. Said disarming sequence takes so long his shipmates return before he's done, saying that they're leaving now. Jed can only express some grumbling disappointment before gathering his weapons in his arms and bringing up the rear.

* In ''Lady Slings The Booze'', from the ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' series, has an opening scene where private detective Joe Quigley must disarm before the butler will let him see an important client. He produces his .45 ... and his sap and brass knuckles ... and a switchblade ... and after the butler insists one more time ("We ''are'' running late, sir"), he adds a .22 from an ankle holster to the pile. "[[DoubleEntendre The only other weapon I have is attached]]," Joe adds. "But I promise not to use it."

** This gets repeated with Elli Quinn in a later novel. Upon entering a Barrayaran Embassy, Miles tells her "Turn in your weapons. All of them. I mean really all."

* On ''Series/GetSmart'', when Max and Siegfried meet each other to negotiate, they each agree to lay out their weapons. For every gun Max produces, Siegfried matches it. When Max pulls his switchblade knife, Siegfried says he doesn't have one, so Max pulls a ''second'' switchblade for him to toss in. After the negotiation is complete, the duo sit back down to sort out which weapons belong to who. Max produces a suicide pill, and invites Siegfried to try it ("Go on! [[{{Understatement}} They aren't habit forming!]]"). Siegfried indicates a "Suicide Ring", and when Max expresses astonishment and asks how it works, he responds, "Through my wife. If I take it off, she'll kill me." The "forgot about a weapon" angle is done when Max pats Siegfried on the chest in a friendly manner, and Siegfried tells him, "Careful, that's my exploding wallet," before realization sets in and he adds it to the pile.

* ''Fanfic/{{Spider-Ninja}}'': After agreeing to meet with Nick Fury on behalf of her family, Petra is asked to remove her weapons. Nick seems to relax a little as she reluctantly hands over her kama and web-shooters...then tenses up again when the fourteen-year-old opens her jacket and pulls out half a dozen shurikens and ''four kunai''. She makes it very clear when she's done that she wants them back.

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Elizabeth Swann undergoes an Extended Disarming. The scene starts with some degree of realism -- sure, she was carrying a lot of guns, but that was standard practice in those days because you got only one shot out of each of them, and [[OfCorsetsSexy female clothing]] of that time period had [[VictoriasSecretCompartment lots of places]] to conceal things. The bombs raise a bit more of an eyebrow, [[SerialEscalation but then]] she reaches down the back of her pants and (after some [[AssShove illustrative]] fiddling around) pulls out ''a blunderbuss''.