History Main / HiddenWeapons

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_GJlFEXOcw this demonstration video]], an unassumingly dressed woman produces three guns, two spare magazines, and a spring-loaded knife from her person.

* In ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'', Paladin carried a Derringer in his belt buckle. It came in very useful in a number of episodes.

** [[BadassIsraeli Ziva]] carries a backup gun (in addition to her primary gun) and a concealed throwing-knife in her belt. Gibbs knows about all of them, leading to an ExtendedDisarming before she joins the team for the first time.
** Gibbs himself carries a backup revolver in an ankle sheath, and always has at least one knife on him - although his knife is more of a tool than a weapon.

* In later novels in the series, ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' has a holdout blaster built into her (artificial) arm. It's one use as firing it takes the top of her finger off.

* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', [[BadassIsraeli Ziva]] carries a backup gun (in addition to her primary gun) and a concealed knife. Gibbs knows about all of them, leading to an ExtendedDisarming before she joins the team for the first time.

* ''Literature/AfterTheRevolution'': Roland has a 20 mm grenade launcher hidden in his intestines and a [[BladeBelowTheShoulder retractable blade hidden in his right arm]].

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''; When Barbossa and Elizabeth attempt to enter, they are ordered to leave all their weapons with other pirates to gain entry. Elizabeth removes a large number of hidden weapons, including a rather large blunderbuss that by all rights, shouldn't fit anywhere... comfortably. Barbossa looks behind her with a "how in the hell...?" expression.

** HiddenWeapons [[MartialArtsAndCrafts specialist]] Mousse keeps an [[HyperspaceArsenal innumerable amount of weapons]] stored on his person, whether simply tucked away inside his robes (ignoring such little things as [[{{Hammerspace}} bulk, size, and weight]] of the objects, which neither hinder him nor give themselves away), snapped into the soles of his shoes or even a length of cutting wire carefully rolled into the frames of his glasses. In one of the movies, on the beach, Mousse is without his trademark robe and still manages to pull it off, hiding massive chains within his swimsuit's wrist bands.
** Before Mousse there was Ryōga. He wore a massive number of bandana's which he could use as [[ClothFu razor-sharp projectiles]]. His bamboo umbrella weighs several tons and has razor edges, and even his belt can be snapped straight and wielded like a sword. However, Ryōga's arsenal was passed over after being overshadowed by Mousse, and he mostly became a straight fist-fighter focusing on unusual strength and endurance.

* In ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', Meryl has a bunch of Derringer pistols strapped to the underside of her cape and so it looks like that she wasn't wielding anything when she walks around with her cape around her shoulders. Also, Vash's boot-knife, which whirls into position between the upper and the sole. [[spoiler:To say nothing of his machine gun arm...]]

* ''ComicBook/BatLash'': Bartholomew Lash keeps a derringer hidden in a pocket watch case. One at least one occasion when an opponent gets the drop on him, he takes out the "watch" so he can note the exact time of his death, and shoots the gunman with the derringer.

* The climax of the ''Series/BreakingBad'' film ''Film/ElCamino'' revolves around this. [[spoiler:When Jesse goes for a final confrontation with Neil Kandy and crew, the only weapon he openly carries is his grandfather's .22 caliber pistol, a laughably outdated and underpowered weapon, and as such Neil and his friends underestimate Jesse. Meanwhile Jesse has a modern revolver hidden in his jacket pocket and trained on Neil at all times. When they get into a QuickDraw duel, Jesse [[CombatPragmatist simply shoots Neil multiple times with the hidden gun]] rather than trying to beat him to the draw. [[https://youtu.be/IQB-WhDS7s0 Link to the scene]].]]
* ''Film/DeathRace''. When Jensen Ames makes it clear to Warden Hennessy that he's worked out that she was responsible for him being framed for his wife's murder, she dismisses her guards to their surprise for a JustBetweenYouAndMe conversation. However she's shown to be gripping a SawnOffShotgun on a swivel beneath her desk in case Jensen attacks her.

* In ''Film/TrueLies'', Agent Faisil poses as a reporter to infiltrate the Crimson Jihad after they have taken over a building and kills several of them with a H&K P7 pistol hidden in his video camera.

* In later novels in the series, ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' has a hold out blaster built into her (artificial) arm. It's one use as firing it takes the top of her finger off.

* Nymeria Sand from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', who specializes in hidden blades. She is one of the Sand Snakes, a group of {{action girl}}s from the region of Dorne and is said to be able to conceal a dozen daggers on her person.

** Miles' first bodyguard, Sergeant Bothari, is apparently psychologically incapable of ''not'' trying to sneak a weapon (or several) past the scanners, and usually ends up getting strip-searched as a result, which does not improve his mood.
** At another point, Elli Quinn is in the bodyguard role and surprises the Barrayaran Embassy's security staff with an ExtendedDisarming, producing several weapons more than they expected to find and chastening the guards who assumed that she was merely the Admiral's arm-candy.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': Magna hides a small knife in her belt buckle. It turns out that she also has a second on her somewhere. Neither are not discovered when she is pat down.

* ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' players with the "Stab" and "Weeping Dagger" Extraordinary skills (such as Dark Elf Assassins and [[RatFolk Skaven]] Gutter Runners respectively) are able to sneak knives of various types onto the pitch to use during a game. Unlike the bombs, chainsaws, and steamrollers used as secret weapons by other players, these knives are easy to conceal from the gaze of the referee and so their use will not get the player sent off for using them during the game.

* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the player can hide [[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Holdout_weapons certain weapons]] on their person when going into places where weapons are confiscated, mainly the three casinos on the Strip. These holdout weapons are limited to small weapons like smaller pistols, knives, knuckles, and certain small grenades. With 50 Sneak skill they can hide weapons that are on the "improved holdout weapons" list, which includes full-sized pistols, larger bombs, land mines, and even certain types of PowerFist.

* NothingUpMySleeve, weapons hidden under sleeves (especially if they're longer than the person's arm itself).

* [[spoiler:Agnieszka]] from ''Manga/KurobaraAlice'' has a necklace that hides a tiny knife in its medallion. It was given to her as a gift. [[spoiler: Which she uses to commit suicide.]]

* Otowa Hyoko, one of the minor villains from the last story arc of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', has 13 assassination weapons hidden on his person at all times. He openly admits that he's not a warrior of any kind since his fights never last longer than it takes to throw a cloud of poison gas or shoot a dart into a person's spine. As he explains, some are seemingly normal weapons with a special gimmick, while others are HiddenInPlainSight [[spoiler: such as his "mantle".]]

* Juuzou Suzuya in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul :Re'' has dozens of knives hidden [[spoiler: in his prosthetic leg]]. This comes in handy when a mission requires him to go undercover as a victim of a human trafficking ring.
* In ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', Meryl has a bunch of Derringer pistols strapped to the underside of her cape and so it looks like that she wasn't wielding anything when she walks around with her cape around her shoulders. Also, Vash's boot-knife, which whirls into position between the upper and the sole. [[spoiler: To say nothing of his machine gun arm...]]

* In ''Fanfic/PrisonIslandBreak,'' Shadow the Hedgehog consistently conceals prison shivs about his person. It's a mystery as to where he hides them all, only that whenever he is shaken down, several are removed, and when he gets back into his clothes, he still manages to come up with some more very shortly later - not knives, but items rapidly fashioned into sharp blades. At one point, he produces a shiv while ''entirely naked.''

* In Yulia Latynina's ''Inhuman'', the VillainProtagonist hides a gun-like mechanism that fires a diamond bullet in his semi-prosthetic leg when going to assassinate an otherwise CrazyPrepared EvilPrince (this being a distant future where projectile weapons are considered obsolete). [[spoiler: It works.]]

* HiddenWeapons [[MartialArtsAndCrafts specialist]] Mousse from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' keeps an [[HyperspaceArsenal innumerable amount of weapons]] stored on his person, whether simply tucked away inside his robes (ignoring such little things as [[{{Hammerspace}} bulk, size, and weight]] of the objects, which neither hinder him nor give themselves away), snapped into the soles of his shoes or even a length of cutting wire carefully rolled into the frames of his glasses.
** In one of the movies, on the beach, Mousse was without his trademark robe and still managed to pull it off, hiding massive chains within his swimsuit's wrist bands.
** Before Mousse there was Ryoga. He wore a massive number of bandana's which he could use as [[ClothFu razor-sharp projectiles]]. His bamboo umbrella weighs several tons and has razor edges, and even his belt can be snapped straight and wielded like a sword. However Ryoga's arsenal was passed over after being overshadowed by Mousse, and he mostly became a straight fist-fighter focusing on unusual strength and endurance.
* Saruhiko Fushimi in ''Anime/{{K}}'' carries over 20 throwing knives. The first time he visits Scepter 4 headquarters in a prequel novel, he turns over two of them when asked to disarm, and the Blue King, Reisi Munakata, enters at just that moment - this is the first time they meet - and tells the guard that he knows Saruhiko has more knives than that. He lets Saruhiko keep the ones in his shoes. Saruhiko ends up defecting to the Blue Clan, and becoming Reisi's [[UndyingLoyalty most devoted Clansman]].
* In ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', Meryl has a bunch of Derringer pistols strapped to the underside of her cape and so it looks like that she wasn't wielding anything when she walks around with her cape around her shoulders. Also, Vash's boot-knife, which whirls into position between the upper and the sole. [[spoiler: To say nothing of his machine gun arm...]]
* Kei Munakata from ''Manga/MedakaBox'' has a style based entirely on hidden weapons. Swords, hammers, knives, handguns, grenades, and even rocket launchers are always on his person and he can pull them out incredibly easily. Lord knows where he actually keeps all the damn things.
* Emi Isuzu from ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'' is a ninja-style character with dozens of throwing weapons hidden on her person. [[spoiler:She's actually very overweight and controls her appearance with a body manipulation technique that hides her weapons in her scrunched up fat folds.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', during Yoruichi's fight with Soi Fon she shows that she has several throwing knives concealed in her pant leg, which she throws by kicking at her.
* [[spoiler: Agnieszka]] from ''Manga/KurobaraAlice'' has a necklace that hides a tiny knife in its medallion. It was given to her as a gift. [[spoiler: Which she uses to commit suicide.]]

* Many characters in ''Manga/{{Itsuwaribito}}'' use these a lot since being an itsuwaribito means being a person with the qualities of a thug, a thief, and a trickster, and hiding their weapons is a common tactic they use to get the [[IAmNotLeftHanded upper hand in a fight]]. Utsuho's various explosives and Choza's poisoned hand claws are the two most prominent examples among the main cast.
* Juuzou Suzuya in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul :Re'' has dozens of knives hidden [[spoiler: in his prosthetic leg]]. This comes in handy when a mission requires him to go undercover as a victim of a human trafficking ring.

* In ''Manga/Brave10'', every {{ninja}} has at least a few kunai hidden up their sleeves, if not thirty. The most unlikely hidden weapons users are Rokuro and Nanakuma, who managed to produce suntetsu, combo whips/rope darts, and daggers from within and [[ArsenalAttire out of]] their {{stripperiffic}} outfits.
* [[FatBastard "Medicine Man"]] Koji Kaburagi from ''Manga/KenganAshura'' is a CombatPragmatist of the highest order and shows ingenious use of concealed weapons during matches, aiding his subpar martial arts with things as a BrownNote device hidden in the longcoat he gave to his manager to hold, a coating of poison on his hands, a needle sheated in the folds of his flesh and even fake teeth with sharp edges he can use as bullets. He's so skilled at hiding his tricks that he was never found out by the organizers.

* ''ComicBook/BatLash'' keeps a derringer hidden in a pocket watch case. One at least one occasion when an opponent gets the drop on him, he takes out the 'watch' so he can note the exact time of his death, and shoots the gunman with the derringer.

* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': A one-shot gambler villain (parodying Creator/LouisDeFunes) has to be disarmed several times in the span of a few minutes, because he kept pulling out increasingly smaller Derringer guns from various parts of his person, including one ''from his ear''.

* Dragonfang in ''Fanfic/MasterPotterOfKamarTaj'' is able to turn invisible, allowing Harry to keep it a secret from the school [[spoiler:before Percy Weasley literally stumbles upon it]].

* Taken to extremes in ''Film/BowlingForColumbine'' when a teenager pulls an outright ''ludicrous'' quantity of guns from his loose jeans, even a long-barrel shotgun, and lays them out on the table to [[ScareEmStraight put the fear of concealed weapons in the audience]]. Notably they cut out the scenes [[ManipulativeEditing where they were stuffing more weapons in]].
* The climax of the ''Series/BreakingBad'' film ''Film/ElCamino'' revolves around this. [[spoiler:When Jesse goes for a final confrontation with Neil Kandy and crew, the only weapon he openly carries is his grandfather's .22 caliber pistol, a laughably outdated and underpowered weapon, and as such Neil and his friends underestimate Jesse. Meanwhile Jesse has a modern revolver hidden in his jacket pocket and trained on Neil at all times. When they get into a QuickDraw duel, Jesse [[CombatPragmatist simply shoots Neil multiple times with the hidden gun]] rather than trying to beat him to the draw. [[https://youtu.be/IQB-WhDS7s0 Link to the scene]].]]
* ''Film/DeathRace''. When Jensen Ames makes it clear to Warden Hennessy that he's worked out that she was responsible for him being framed for his wife's murder, she dismisses her guards to their surprise for a JustBetweenYouAndMe conversation. However she's shown to be gripping a SawnOffShotgun on a swivel beneath her desk in case Jensen attacks her.
* ''Film/KissKissBangBang'': Perry keeps a small gun hidden under his ball sack.
-->'''Perry:''' Homophobes never check there.

* Very common in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' books. A number of characters carry knives in every place they can hide them. Perhaps the best example is when [[ProudWarriorRace the Aiel]] force Mat to disarm, and watch him [[ExtendedDisarming sigh and divest himself of 14 daggers]] hidden in various places on his (not overly clothed) body. Even the Aiel are impressed.
* In the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' series, the small scribe Ehren routinely carries many daggers hidden on his person.

* ''Series/TwinPeaks'': When Agent Cooper and Sheriff Truman are preparing to go to One-Eyed Jack's after being asked to ransom back Audrey, it's revealed that the group currently running the place is planning to kill Cooper. The blonde-haired guy has a hidden switchblade fixed to his wrist, almost exactly like the ones used in Assassin's Creed.

* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': A wizard detective carries a pair of sword scabbards -- but there are daggers inside, and the leftover space is used to stash two [[MagicWand wands]] per scabbard.
* Creator/GamesWorkshop games:
** ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' players with the 'Stab' and 'Weeping Dagger' Extraordinary skills (such as Dark Elf Assassins and [[RatFolk Skaven]] Gutter Runners respectively) are able to sneak knives of various types onto the pitch to use during a game. Unlike the bombs, chainsaws, and steamrollers used as secret weapons by other players, these knives are easy to conceal from the gaze of the referee and so their use will not get the player sent off for using them during the game.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'': Skinblades[[note]]known simply as concealed blades during 1st and 2nd Edition [[/note]] are small knives that can be concealed beneath a ganger's skin. Hidden from all but the most intensive of searches, a character with such a blade is able to use it to mount an escape attempt if they are captured by an opposing gang.
** ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyBattle'': Witch Hunters typically carry a great variety of weapons hidden on their persons, ranging from extra guns and knives to weaponry incorporated into their clothing, pipes modified to act as blowdarts, boxes of toxic powders and collapsible, wrist-mounted bows.

* Many characters in the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series use one or two hidden blades, a bracer on the wrist with a retractable blade used to discreetly stab targets.
** Starting with the second game, these hidden blades become increasingly elaborate, incorporating a dart gun, a pistol, blades designed to inject poison, and a hook-blade used for both climbing and combat.

* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' - Yeongsook's many [[RingOfPower rings]] are actually [[PlayingWithFire fire wands]], not mere accessories.

* Acatha of ''Webcomic/RoyalBlue'' keeps her dagger into a band on her thigh, hidden by her skirt.

* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', in the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E21SimpsonsTallTales "Simpsons Tall Tales"]], where a riverboat full of gamblers are pulling out derringers from various parts of their persons, including one guy who pulls out a derringer and then removes a SMALLER derringer from the gun barrel.
* A necessity for Jedi in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', as they live in the time of the Empire and openly carrying a lightsaber is certain death. Ezra built his lightsaber to look like a blaster, while Kanan keeps his in a disassembled state to hide its true function.

* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': A one-shot gambler villain (parodying Creator/LouisDeFunes) has to be disarmed several times in the span of a few minutes, because he kept pulling out increasingly smaller Derringer guns from various parts of his person, including one ''from his ear''.
* ''ComicBook/BatLash'' keeps a derringer hidden in a pocket watch case. One at least one occasion when an opponent gets the drop on him, he takes out the 'watch' so he can note the exact time of his death, and shoots the gunman with the derringer.

* In ''Manga/InuYasha'', Sango has a blade weapon concealed in her armguard, which comes in handy on numerous occasions when she is disarmed of her primary weapons.

* In Manga/{{Trigun}}, Meryl has a bunch of Derringer pistols strapped to the underside of her cape and so it looks like that she wasn't wielding anything when she walks around with her cape around her shoulders. Also, Vash's boot-knife, which whirls into position between the upper and the sole. [[spoiler: To say nothing of his machine gun arm...]]

* Many characters in {{Manga/Itsuwaribito}} use them a lot since being an itsuwaribito means being a person with the qualities of a thug, a thief, and a trickster, and hiding their weapons is a common tactic they use to get the [[IAmNotLeftHanded upper hand in a fight]]. Utsuho's various explosives and Choza's poisoned hand claws are the two most prominent examples among the main cast.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', Nice Holystone hides a small bomb in her empty eye socket beneath her eyepatch.
* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Kuroko Shirai keeps a number of weighted needles on garters just under the edge of her skirt, which are used for WeaponizedTeleportation by teleporting them into people's clothes to [[PinnedToTheWall pin them to the ground]]. She also has [[BadassBandolier some larger bandoliers of needles]] that she sometimes digs out [[GodzillaThreshold when subtlety has stopped being important]].
* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', Anri's demonic blade, Saika, is living inside her body and most Saika children and [[spoiler: Kasane Kujiragi, one of the wielders of the true Saika who actually split the true Saika blade in half which the other half was now currently in Anri's possession]] are also hidden in their bodies, although their Saika blades are usually in different weapons than Anri's katana.

* The Assassin guild members in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' are frequently described as having weapons concealed all over their bodies, to the extreme that, when someone menacing gets near, everyone starts revolving in their clothes.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]], Captain Jack Harkness pulls a gun out while completely naked. His assailants ask him where he got it from, to which he replies [[AssShove "You really don't want to know"]] before shooting them both.

* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In "The Hive", when the heroes have been captured by the Wraith they need to activate a door panel located across the room from their prison cell. Ronan produces a dozen throwing knives after he's already been strip-searched by the enemy.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': Magna hid a small knife in her belt buckle. It turns out that she also had a second on her somewhere. Both were not caught by her pat down.

* In ''Manga/Brave10'', every {{ninja}} has at least a few kunai hidden up their sleeves, if not thirty. The most unlikely hidden weapons users are Rokuro and Nanakuma, who managed to produce suntetsu, [[WhipItGood combo whips/rope darts]], and daggers from within and [[ArsenalAttire out of]] their {{stripperiffic}} outfits.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': Magda hid a small knife in her belt buckle. It turns out that she also had a second on her somewhere. Both were not caught by her pat down.

* ''Series/TheSopranos'': In "[[Recap/TheSopranosS1E13IDreamOfJeannieCusamano I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano]]", Tony hides a gun in a ''fish''; this is because he's ambushing the guy at the docks.
* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', [[BadassIsraeli Ziva]] carries a backup gun (in addition to her primary gun) and a concealed knife. Gibbs knows about all of them, leading to an ExtendedDisarming before she joins the team for the first time.

* In ''Series/YancyDerringer'', Yancy's [[WeaponOfChoice weapons of choice]] are four-barrel Sharps pepperbox derringer handguns carried concealed: one held by a clamp inside the [[WeaponizedHeadgear top of his hat]], one in his vest's left pocket under his jacket and one [[NothingUpMySleeve up his jacket's left sleeve in a wrist holster]].

* Many characters in {{Manga/Itsuwaribito}} use them a lot since being an itsuwaribito means being a person with the qualities of a thug, a thief, and a trickster, and hiding their WeaponOfChoice is a common tactic they use to get the [[IAmNotLeftHanded upper hand in a fight]]. Utsuho's various explosives and Choza's poisoned hand claws are the two most prominent examples among the main cast.

Any weapon hidden in a creative place on a person's body. ''Not'' the same as a VictoriasSecretCompartment or TrouserSpace. If the weapon is stored around the belt area, the trope you're looking for is PantsPositiveSafety. Perennial favourites are the LittleUselessGun. If there are lots of them hidden clothing and strapped to the body, ExtendedDisarming may ensue. See also HyperspaceArsenal.

Any weapon hidden in a creative place on a person's body. ''Not'' the same as a VictoriasSecretCompartment or TrouserSpace. If the weapon is stored around the belt area, the trope you're looking for is PantsPositiveSafety. Perennial favourites are the LittleUselessGun. If there are lots of them, ExtendedDisarming may ensue. See also HyperspaceArsenal.

* ''ComicBook/TexWiller'' Kit Willer wears a scabbard containing a hidden knife on his back, right under his neck. It does save his life from an arrow.

* Admiral Harper of ''Literature/OpenBlue'' keeps a court sword in his walking stick. It also happens to be made of some pretty hard stuff, and so fares well as a MartialArtsStaff. Flottenadmiral Nimitz from v2 - v4 keeps a dagger in the sole of his boot.

* Admiral Harper of ''Literature/OpenBlue'' keeps a court sword in his walking stick. It also happens to be made of some pretty hard stuff, and so fares well as a SimpleStaff. Flottenadmiral Nimitz from v2 - v4 keeps a dagger in the sole of his boot.