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* The fantastic movie ''Film/EightHeadsInADuffelBag'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin embodies this trope.]]

* The ultimate conflict in ''Film/PoliceAcademy5AssignmentMiamiBeach'' comes about because a group of jewel thieves have placed the package in which their loot is concealed in a bag which is externally identical to the luggage of Commandant Lassard, who is taking the same flight as the criminals. They end up claiming the wrong bags when they get to Miami, forcing the villains to try to track down Lassard and reclaim the diamonds.

* The Creator/JackieChan film ''Film/TheLegendOfTheDrunkenMaster'' starts with one of these. One package holds a stolen cultural artifact, the other holds a ginseng root that Jackie's master purchased on a shopping trip. The packages get swapped by accident when Jackie tries to smuggle the ginseng past customs.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ChristmasEpisode "The Magic Sack Of Mr. Nicholas", Gargamel captures a bunch of Smurfs while Chlorhydris steals Mr. Nicholas's toys. They bump into each other, swapping bags in the process.

* The fantastic movie ''Film/EightHeadsInADuffelbag'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin embodies this trope.]]

* An episode from the XY arc of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has Bonnie get her satchel mixed up with an identical one belonging to another little girl. This also mixes up their Pokémon -- Bonnie's Dedenne and the other girl's Pichu.

** In ''[[Recap/TintinCigarsOfThePharaoh Cigars Of The Pharoah]]'' Tintin was once framed for drug-running this way. The bad guy stole his real suitcase and replaced it with an identical one full of heroin.
** In ''[[Recap/TintinTheBrokenEar The Broken Ear]]'', he was framed by switching his suitcase for one containing {{Cartoon Bomb}}s.
** In ''[[Recap/TintinKingOttokarsSceptre King Ottokar's Sceptre]]'', [[ThrownFromTheZeppelin Tintin gets thrown out the airplane he was taking with Professor Alembick]], and when he lands, he sees that the suitcase that dropped out with him is Professor Alembick's, but discovers that he's gotten replaced with his evil twin, who plans to steal the titular object as part of a plot.

* In ''Film/TheSpirit'',
When the Octopus and Sand each scramble to get a chest during the first fight, the Octopus ends up with the golden armor that Sand wants and she gets the immortality source that he wants.

** Tintin was once framed for drug-running this way. The bad guy stole his real suitcase and replaced it with an identical one full of heroin.
** In ''The Broken Ear'', he was framed by switching his suitcase for one containing {{Cartoon Bomb}}s.

* French mobster farce ''Film/{{Oscar|1967}}'' (with Creator/LouisDeFunes) and its [[Film/{{Oscar}} American remake]] (with Creator/SylvesterStallone) contains a textbook example: 3 black satchels containing cash, jewels, and the former maid's unmentionables. It ultimately saves him when the police show up to arrest him. Toomey concludes that Snaps is using the bankers to launder money, and has his men look for the black bag as proof (not knowing there's more than one.) Fortunately for Snaps, Nora (the owner of the underthings) comes in and takes the more visible bag of jewels, leaving the bag of underwear for the police. Toomey then opens the bag, thinking it's the final nail in Snaps' coffin, and dumps its contents on the table, right in front of the reporters.

* In ''Theatre/{{Oscar}}'', there were three cases, having jewelry, cash, and lingerie. Angelo keeps thinking he's finally got the one with something valuable (money or jewels), only circumstances have given him the one with women's underthings... again. And because nearly all comedy protagonists choose the route most designed to embarrass them, he never bothers to check what's inside before dumping it out on the table in front of guests.

* French mobster farce ''Film/{{Oscar 1967}}'' (with Creator/LouisDeFunes) and its American remake (with Creator/SylvesterStallone) contains a textbook example: 3 black satchels containing cash, jewels, and the former maid's unmentionables. It ultimately saves him when the police show up to arrest him. Toomey concludes that Snaps is using the bankers to launder money, and has his men look for the black bag as proof (not knowing there's more than one.) Fortunately for Snaps, Nora (the owner of the underthings) comes in and takes the more visible bag of jewels, leaving the bag of underwear for the police. Toomey then opens the bag, thinking it's the final nail in Snaps' coffin, and dumps its contents on the table, right in front of the reporters.

* Done with umbrellas in the ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode "Footnote to Murder". Jessica, the VictimOfTheWeek, and about half the suspects, were all at the same awards dinner on a rainy night. Jessica becomes involved in the case when she realises she has the victim's umbrella and on trying to return it discovers he's been stabbed ... by a [[SwordCane sword umbrella]] that belongs to her friend Horace. He insists that he ''also'' picked up the wrong umbrella, and part of Jessica's investigation is trying to work out where all the umbrellas went to narrow down who took Horace's. [[spoiler: It was the victim himself, and when the woman he assaulted used it to fend him off, neither of them realised how dangerous it was until he pulled the casing off it just as she thrust it forwards.]]