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* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jffXPq8iKPw teaser trailer]] for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike opens a child's locked closet door using a key card.

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* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jffXPq8iKPw teaser trailer]] for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', Mike opens a child's locked closet door using a key card.
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* Jack does this in ''Literature/SixtyEightRooms'' with his library card, to hold open a door leading into the maintenance area behind the Thorne rooms.

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* Jack does this in ''Literature/SixtyEightRooms'' ''Literature/TheSixtyEightRooms'' with his library card, to hold open a door leading into the maintenance area behind the Thorne rooms.
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* ''Literature/UniversalMonsters'': Subverted in book 5, where the teens have to break into Ben Browning's RV. Captain Bob breaks out his library card to try and get the door open... and breaks the card in the attempt. Then [[AllForNothing it turns out the door wasn't locked]].
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* Lenard uses this tactic in ''Film/{{Memento}}'' to break into a motel room.

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* Lenard Leonard uses this tactic in ''Film/{{Memento}}'' to break into a motel room.
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* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "A Human Reaction", John Crichton steals the ID card of one of TheMenInBlack holding Aeryn Sun prisoner. It looks like he wants it to get into somewhere secret, but instead he uses it to break into a house so they can hide out.
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* ''Series/JustAGigolo'': Simon needs help with a dog in Episode 6, but the door is locked, so Nick uses Natalie's credit card to get in. Unfortunately for him, it ends up breaking in the door, so they just smash in through a window.

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* In ''Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', Bond sneaks a strip of plastic from the Piz Gloria ski shop to defeat the room locks while spying at night. Part of why he gets caught and has to escape is the SPECTRE agent running the shop actually having good enough inventory records and paying enough attention to notice a strip is missing after "Sir Hilary Bray" leaves and calling it in.



* ''Literature/NickVelvet'': After being locked in a closet in "The Theft of Cinderella's Slipper", Nick attempts to use a credit card to shim the lock, but the door is too well-fitted and he can't slide the card in. He is instead reduced to a laborious process of HookingTheKeys.
* In ''Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', Bond sneaks a strip of plastic from the Piz Gloria ski shop to defeat the room locks while spying at night. Part of why he gets caught and has to escape is the SPECTRE agent running the shop actually having good enough inventory records and paying enough attention to notice a strip is missing after "Sir Hilary Bray" leaves and calling it in.



* ''Literature/NickVelvet'': After being locked in a closet in "The Theft of Cinderella's Slipper", Nick attempts to use a credit card to shim the lock, but the door is too well-fitted and he can't slide the card in. He is instead reduced to a laborious process of HookingTheKeys.
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* ''Literature/NickVelvet'': After being locked in a closet in "The Theft of Cinderella's Slipper", Nick attempts to use a credit card to shim the lock, but the door is too well-fitted and he can't slide the card in. He is instead reduced to a laborious process of HookingTheKeys.
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-->-- [[http://bertc.com/subfour/truth/movies.htm "What Movies Teach Us"]]

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-->-- [[http://bertc.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20121005005756/http://bertc.com/subfour/truth/movies.htm "What Movies Teach Us"]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'':
** Louise tries to use a credit card to open the "Room of Secrets" of a frat house in "My Big, Fat, Greek Bob". Unfortunately, she finds that modern doors are immune to such tactics.
** In "Sheshank Redumption", Bob finds that his ATM card is unusable because it has been scratched. A flashback shows that Louise used it to show Tina and Gene how to open a door as part of a "life seminar".
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* ''VideoGame/TheSilentAge'': Joe does this [[{{Irony}} with a police ID card]] to enter a locked office in the second part of the first chapter.

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* ''VideoGame/TheSilentAge'': Joe does this [[{{Irony}} with a police ID card]] to enter a locked office in the second part chapter of the first chapter.episode.
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* ''VideoGame/TheSilentAge'': Joe does this [[{{Irony}} with a police ID card]] to enter a locked office in the second part of the first chapter.
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* ''Series/FBIMostWanted'': In "Inheritance", Remy and Ortiz arrive at the house of a woman they believe might be the killer's next target, they find the door locked and no response when they knock. Ortiz offers to kick the door down, but Remy instead opens it with his platinum card.

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* ''Series/FBIMostWanted'': In "Inheritance", "[[Recap/FBIMostWantedS03E21 Inheritance]]", Remy and Ortiz arrive at the house of a woman they believe might be the killer's next target, they target and find the door locked and no response when they knock. Ortiz offers to kick the door down, but Remy instead opens it with his platinum card.

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* ''Series/Community'': Alluded to in "Accounting for Lawyers", while trying to break into Alan', Jeff's old lawyer buddy, office to find evidence that he turned Jeff into the state Bar, Abed pulls out things people use for capers, including a credit. The ineffectiveness is possibly lampshaded in that he states "the credit card doesn't work".

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* ''Series/Community'': ''Series/{{Community}}'': Alluded to in "Accounting for Lawyers", while trying to break into Alan', Jeff's old lawyer buddy, office to find evidence that he turned Jeff into the state Bar, Abed pulls out things people use for capers, including a credit. The ineffectiveness is possibly lampshaded in that he states "the credit card doesn't work".



** In "Murder Begins at Home", the VictimOfTheWeek uses a playing card to unhook the latch on the police station shutters and climb inside, locking the shutter after him, before experiencing a TimeDelayedDEath: thereby inadvertently creating a LockedRoomMystery.

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** In "Murder Begins at Home", the VictimOfTheWeek uses a playing card to unhook the latch on the police station shutters and climb inside, locking the shutter after him, before experiencing a TimeDelayedDEath: TimeDelayedDeath: thereby inadvertently creating a LockedRoomMystery.LockedRoomMystery.
* ''Series/FBIMostWanted'': In "Inheritance", Remy and Ortiz arrive at the house of a woman they believe might be the killer's next target, they find the door locked and no response when they knock. Ortiz offers to kick the door down, but Remy instead opens it with his platinum card.
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SubTrope of ImprovisedLockpick. Not to be confused with a SkeletonKey. Or ''Film/TheSkeletonKey''.

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SubTrope of ImprovisedLockpick. Not to be confused with a SkeletonKey.SkeletonKey or a key card that acts like a Skeleton Key. Or ''Film/TheSkeletonKey''.
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* ''Series/Community'': Alluded to in "Accounting for Lawyers", while trying to break into Alan', Jeff's old lawyer buddy, office to find evidence that he turned Jeff into the state Bar, Abed pulls out things people use for capers, including a credit. The ineffectiveness is possibly lampshaded in that he states "the credit card doesn't work".
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** An odd one occurs in "A Hiding To Nothing" when Doyle appears to be picking a lock with a skeleton key, but when he opens the door he's shown holding a credit card. You'd think the skeleton key would be more effective so he wouldn't have to change methods.
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* In ''Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', Bond sneaks a strip of plastic from the Piz Gloria ski shop to defeat the room locks while spying at night. Part of why he gets caught and has to escape is the SPECTRE agent running the shop actually having good enough inventory records and paying enough attention to notice a strip is missing after "Sir Hilary Bray" leaves and calling it in.
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* In the ''Literature/InspectorMorse book'' "The Dead of Jericho", Morse (who has no official standing in the case) makes a surreptitious investigation of the crime scene, and is caught by Detective Constable Walters. Once Morse has satisfied him about his motives for being there, Walters asks him how he got in. Unwilling to reveal the real answer (which involves bribery) Morse attempts to use this trope as an explanation:

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* In the ''Literature/InspectorMorse book'' ''Literature/InspectorMorse'' book "The Dead of Jericho", Morse (who has no official standing in the case) makes a surreptitious investigation of the crime scene, and is caught by Detective Constable Walters. Once Morse has satisfied him about his motives for being there, Walters asks him how he got in. Unwilling to reveal the real answer (which involves bribery) Morse attempts to use this trope as an explanation:
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-->"Police call credit card. Don't leave home without it."

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-->"Police -->'''Grumpy:''' Police call credit card. Don't leave home without it."
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* ''Series/{{Phoenix}}''. In "Give a Dog a Bone", a member of the so-called Dogs (the Victorian State Police surveillance unit), does this while executing a covert warrant while the owner is absent.
-->"Police call credit card. Don't leave home without it."
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