History Main / SoMuchForStealth

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In "Normal Man" Finn, Jake, and Normal Man try to sneak past the many obstacles of Wild Trap Mountain. The only make it up to the {{Man Eating Plant}}s before their cover is blown when one of them tries to eat Jake, forcing them to run for it.

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* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': While in a supposedly haunted house, Conan accidentally knocks a broom over; he manages to keep it from making noise by catching it with his foot, but not the bucket that fell along with it.

This trope can be done by the player in any StealthBasedGame when you blow your cover. Say, for instance, you trip an alarm, forget to hide a body, or just walk into a room full of guards. From there you either go guns blazing or reload a save.

* In ''Film/EvilBreedTheLegendOfSamhain'', Steve attempts to sneak past the Shape while his busy [[GuttedLikeAFish gutting Pandora]], but knocks over a pile of cans, alerting the Shape to his presence.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', the Gullwings dress as Leblanc goon's and sneak into Chateau Leblanc to take back what was stolen from them. They get as far as having Yuna massage Leblanc disguised as a goon and even finding out the trick to get into the basement. They enter and then, over the comm... '''''"This is Brother! How's it going?"''''' Rikku shouts at him to shut up, that it's a covert operation. They are, of course, immediately discovered by one of Leblanc's two right-hand men, Ormi, forced into a battle, and then have to navigate a series of traps that are now activated.

* [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=022513 This]] ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'' strip, where its used in a DoubleSubversion: Much like in the game itself, [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy the guards ignore the loud noise of a barrel falling off a shelf, but the sound of Adam walking immediately sets them off.]]

* In ''[[ComicBook/HeroesForHire Power Man and Iron Fist]]'' #66, Luke Cage tries to get the drop on Constrictor by imitating Iron Fist and slinking through the darkness of the room they're in. Unfortunately, due to his size and superpower, he's a lot heavier than Iron Fist and the floor creaks under him, letting Constrictor know where he is.

* In ''[[ComicBook/HeroesForHire Power Man and Iron Fist'' #66, Luke Cage tries to get the drop on Constrictor by imitating Iron Fist and slinking through the darkness of the room they're in. Unfortunately, due to his size and superpower, he's a lot heavier than Iron Fist and the floor creaks under him, letting Constrictor know where he is.

* ''FanFic/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiDuo'': In chapter 8, the other six Mermaid Princesses use an AirVentPassageway to sneak into the aquarium where Hanon went missing... only to suffer a PratFall down a chute and land in a pile.

'''Rina''': But at least we're inside now.

** In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', during the GreatEscape from Sunnyside Daycare, Woody and the three aliens try to sneak behind Big Baby in the yard. They almost passed it but then one of the aliens falls and make and squeaky noise, which catches Big Baby's attention. Luckily, they still remain unspotted.

-->-- ''Series/BurnNotice''

-->'''Fairy Godmother:''' Now, we have to go. I need to do Charming's hair before the ball. He's hopeless. You know, he's all high in the front, he can never get to the back. You always needs someone to do the back of your hair.\\

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "The Secret Box", [=SpongeBob=] is sneaking through Patrick's house, but every step he makes a very loud (and unrelated) noise. Fortunately even after he causes a ruckus Patrick is still asleep... until [=SpongeBob=] [[TemptingFate comments on what a heavy sleeper he must be.]]

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Balance of Terror" the ''Enterprise'' and the Romulan warbird are both attempting StealthInSpace[[note]]the warbird is the only one with a cloaking device, but the version of the cloaking device used in "Balance of Terror" limits the sensors of the cloaked ship[[/note]] until Mr. Spock accidentally activates a control, giving their position away. It doesn't help his case that Romulans turn out to be an off-shoot of the Vulcan race, so a bridge officer is instantly suspicious of his motives.

** In a later strip, the group is trying to sneak into a bandit camp to save Elan (who rolled that 4), [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]] gets bored while someone else is trying to devise an effect stealth plan and just starts a fire instead, drawing the attention of every guard in the camp and getting the group caught.

* ''Film/{{Quickand}}'': When Dan sneaks into the penny arcade to steal Nick's cash, he bumps into a musical automaton that starts up and plays blaring band music.

* ''Film/{{Quickand}}'': When Dan sneaks into the penny arcade to steal Nick's cash, he bumps into a musical automaton that starts up and plays blaring band music.