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* RobertWestall's ''Literature/FuturetrackFive'' has the Ests who spy on the Fens population via listening devices and binoculars whilst pretending to be birdwatchers.
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* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' features a telescope, obtained in an [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Fernswarthy%27s_Basement optional dungeon]], which can be used to either look at the stars for a stat boost or look at the [[BigBad Naughty Sorceress]]'s tower to see what monsters it has.
** In addition, at one time players could use the [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/The_LAAAAME_Observatory observatory]] (before it was [[{{Irony}} destroyed by a comet]]) to look into the Sorceress's chamber itself. She would then retaliate with a magical flash of light, causing temporary blindness, and a nearby astronomer would express disapproval of "base voyeurism" [[HypocriticalHumor while adjusting his polarized sunglasses]].
** In addition, at one time players could use the [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/The_LAAAAME_Observatory observatory]] (before it was [[{{Irony}} destroyed by a comet]]) to look into the Sorceress's chamber itself. She would then retaliate with a magical flash of light, causing temporary blindness, and a nearby astronomer would express disapproval of "base voyeurism" [[HypocriticalHumor while adjusting his polarized sunglasses]].
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* In ''RadioDays'', Joe and his friends start out searching for fighter planes with a pair of binoculars but end up far more entertained by a woman dancing naked in front of her window.
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* One of the ways to recover health in ''SilentScope'' is to use your rifle's scope to spy on sunbathing females.
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* The PilotEpisode of ''FamilyMatters'' showed Eddie doing this before Carl came up to the attic for a father-son chat. Carl took the binoculars before leaving.
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* The {{Whitest Kids U Know}} did this once. 6 people died.
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* ''TheProfessionals''. At the end of "Killer With A Long Arm" [[DaChief Cowley]] catches Bodie and Doyle sniggering over a long range sniper rifle they've captured. He takes a peek through the telescopic sight and sure enough finds it pointed at a scantily-dressed girl in an apartment a couple of miles away. Cowley chews out the shamefaced pair...then corrects their estimation of the girl's dimensions.
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* ''TheProfessionals''. At the end of "Killer With A Long Arm" [[DaChief Cowley]] catches Bodie and Doyle sniggering over a long range sniper rifle they've captured. He takes a peek through the telescopic sight and sure enough finds it pointed at a scantily-dressed girl in an apartment a couple of miles away. Cowley chews out the shamefaced pair...then [[AllMenArePerverts corrects their estimation of the girl's dimensions.
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* ''TheProfessionals''. At the end of "Killer With A Long Arm" [[DaChief Cowley]] catches Bodie and Doyle sniggering over a long range sniper rifle they've captured. He takes a peek through the telescopic sight and sure enough finds it pointed at a scantily-dressed girl in an apartment a couple of miles away. Cowley chews out the shamefaced pair...then corrects their estimation of the girl's dimensions.
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* Subverted in [[{{ptitleqvzggock}} Alas, Babylon]]. Mrs. Henry assumes her neighbor Randall is ogling her through his binoculars, but it turns out he's really watching her pet lovebirds, which he thinks are Carolina Parakeets, which went extinct some 40 years before the events of the story.
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* Subverted in [[{{ptitleqvzggock}} ''[[{{ptitleqvzggock}} Alas, Babylon]].Babylon]]''. Mrs. Henry assumes her neighbor Randall is ogling her through his binoculars, but it turns out he's really watching her pet lovebirds, which he thinks are Carolina Parakeets, which went extinct some 40 years before the events of the story.
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* In early seasons of ''{{Smallville}}'' Clark uses a telescope in his "fortress of solitude" (aka the loft in the barn) to admire her from afar.
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* In early seasons of ''{{Smallville}}'' Clark uses a telescope in his "fortress of solitude" (aka the loft in the barn) to admire her his love interest/neighbor Lana Lang from afar.
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* Jack O'Neill in ''StargateSG1'' is ribbed about having a telescope on his roof to spy on his neighbors, a fact he doesn't exactly deny.
-->'''Sam Carter:''' But, during the totality phase of the eclipse, you should be able to see matter spiraling towards it [the black hole].
-->'''Jack O'Neill:''' "Actually, it's called the Accretion Disk."
-->'''Daniel Jackson:''' "Well, I guess it's easy to understand why the local population would be afraid of something like that... ''[{{beat}}]'' ''what'' did you just say?"
-->'''Jack O'Neill:''' "It's just an astronomical term."
-->'''Sam Carter:''' "You didn't think the Colonel had a telescope on his roof just to look at the neighbors, did you?"
-->'''Jack O'Neill:''' "Not ''initially''."
-->'''Sam Carter:''' But, during the totality phase of the eclipse, you should be able to see matter spiraling towards it [the black hole].
-->'''Jack O'Neill:''' "Actually, it's called the Accretion Disk."
-->'''Daniel Jackson:''' "Well, I guess it's easy to understand why the local population would be afraid of something like that... ''[{{beat}}]'' ''what'' did you just say?"
-->'''Jack O'Neill:''' "It's just an astronomical term."
-->'''Sam Carter:''' "You didn't think the Colonel had a telescope on his roof just to look at the neighbors, did you?"
-->'''Jack O'Neill:''' "Not ''initially''."
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* In the film ''Almost Heroes'', there is a scene where Leslie is admiring a woman bathing in a pond through his telescope. When Bartholomew asks him what he is looking at, Leslie lets him look, but the woman had moved and a man had taken her place. Hilarious misunderstanding ensues... but is quickly cut short when Leslie looks through again in response to Bartholomew's shock and moves the telescope to aim in the direction of the woman while chiding the man for taking her place.
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* In the film ''Almost Heroes'', ''AlmostHeroes'', there is a scene where Leslie is admiring a woman bathing in a pond through his telescope. When Bartholomew asks him what he is looking at, Leslie lets him look, but the woman had moved and a man had taken her place. Hilarious misunderstanding ensues... but is quickly cut short when Leslie looks through again in response to Bartholomew's shock and moves the telescope to aim in the direction of the woman while chiding the man for taking her place.
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* In ''The Sandman'' by E.T.A. Hoffmann, excessively romantic student Nathanael purchased a telescope specifically to watch an enigmatic girl in the neighbour's window and quickly fell for her head over heels. To [[spoiler:buy it from the creepy merchant whom he suspected in being the evil alchemist who killed his father]] perhaps wasn't a good idea, though.
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* Jason Love cartoons presents a [[http://www.jasonlove.com/cartoons/00090-daily-cartoons-lifeguard.gif lifeguard with binoculars]].
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* Odd variation on ''LastOfTheSummerWine'', where an adulterer uses birdwatching as an excuse to meet up with his lover in the privacy of a hut, but is so determined to ensure his knowledge of ornithology is good enough to withstand inspection that he spends half the time actually birdwatching, much to her disgust.
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* Jeff in ''RearWindow'' spies on his neighbors out of boredom while he's laid up, including a shapely dancer he calls "Miss Torso". Then things get serious when he suspects one of them has murdered his wife.
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'''Wiley''': Yeah, honey, come on over here by the
'''Insignia''': Don't you do it, honey! You take your own sweet time!\\
'''Stefanowski''': There's another one over by the washbasin--taking a shampoo.\\
'''Insignia''': Yeah. But why the hell don't she take her bathrobe off! That's a stupid damn way to
-->--''Mister Roberts''
The use of binoculars or telescopes for prurient, non-ornithological purposes. Typically consists of [[MaleGaze men ogling]] women who are [[ShowerScene busy taking a shower]].
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* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Double Body Double]]''. A man uses a telescope to watch a beautiful woman in another building who likes to do an erotic dance while scantily clad.
* ''{{Stripes}}''. A U.S. Army officer uses a telescope to watch female troops in a shower.
* Larry Talbot in ''TheWolfMan'' uses a high-powered astronomical telescope to ogle Gwen Conliffe.
* ''RushHour 2'', the hotel scene in Los Angeles.
* In the film ''Almost Heroes'', there is a scene where Leslie is admiring a woman bathing in a pond through his telescope. When Bartholomew asks him what he is looking at, Leslie lets him look, but the woman had moved and a man had taken her place. Hilarious misunderstanding ensues... but is quickly cut short when Leslie looks through again in response to Bartholomew's shock and moves the telescope to aim in the direction of the woman while chiding the man for taking her place.
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* In ''Then Again, Maybe I Won't'', a 1971 young adult novel written by JudyBlume, a boy discovers the girl next door likes to undress in front of the window. So he asks for some binoculars for Christmas for "bird watching" from his parents.
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* {{Frasier}} and Niles use a telescope to spy into other apartments in Seattle. Their father despairs:
-->'''Frasier:''' Oh my God... breathtaking.\\
'''Niles:''' ''(impatient)'' Well, don't be greedy! Your turn was over forty seconds ago!\\
'''Frasier:''' All right, all right, Niles, all right. [steps away] It's the penthouse unit, fourth from the left.\\
'''Niles:''' ''(swooning)'' Oh, mama!\\
'''Martin:''' You two know that what you're doing isn't right, don't you?\\
'''Frasier:''' We're simply admiring a very rare Brancusi armchair, not a naked woman.\\
'''Martin:''' ''(sighing)'' That's what I'm talking about.
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-->"I was seeing this girl for about six weeks, until someone took my binoculars."
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* ''CallOfCthulhu'' supplement ''The Asylum and Other Tales'', adventure "The Auction". An astronomer has a telescope in his apartment which he uses for his secret hobby, voyeurism.
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* In the first scene of ''Mister Roberts'', the sailors use their binoculars and spyglasses to spy on two attractive blonde twin nurses. One of them suggests that they could get a closer look without being seen by sneaking up on them as MobileShrubbery.
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