History Main / ThiefBag

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* The opening scene of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has Mr Potato Head swiping several such bags from a train car.
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->''I used to love those old silent movies where the robbers would crack a combination lock with their ear pressed up against the safe. And the money they stole was always in a white bag with a big dollar sign on it. ''

It would be fine to put such a Thief bag into a [[http://www.infosafe.fr high security safe]] or high security cabinet
In real life, it is not so easy to open safes.

* This is where the burglars on ''VideoGame/TheSims'' put their loot.

* Mask de Masque in ''Phoenix Wright VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' is shown with one in a photo.
** Kay Faraday from ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' doesn't carry an actual bag, but she does wear the associated Karakusa pattern on her clothing. [[spoiler: As does her father Byrne Faraday, in a very small clue to his identity as part of the Yatagarasu.]]

A Thief Bag is a bag containing loot, often seen in the presence of thieves who [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment are thieving it.]] They tend to differ by region: Britain uses a large burlap bag marked "swag", America uses a white bag with a dollar sign on it, and Japan mainly uses green bags with white swirls that tie over the face (which some fans will demand be called furoshiki).

-->''I used to love those old silent movies where the robbers would crack a combination lock with their ear pressed up against the safe. And the money they stole was always in a white bag with a big dollar sign on it. ''
-->- John Locke {{convers|ationalTroping}}es this in ''Series/{{Lost}}''

* These end up lying around in the ''Videogame/SlyCooper'' games, on some stages (especially the very last one, in the Cooper Vault). These are breakable, to release gold coins. ...Um.

[[caption-width-right:218:[[BlatantBurglar Perhaps he's collecting for charity?]]]]

* [[DirtyOldMan Happosai]] from ''RanmaOneHalf'' always uses a Japanese Thief Bag when going [[PantyThief panty-stealing]].

* In one episode of ''SamuraiPizzaCats'', the villain Seymour Cheese tries to reinvent himself as a hero of the people, and goes out to look for good deeds to do. He hears a lady screaming "Help! Purse snatcher!", and turns around to see a burglar with a huge Japanese thief bag, prompting the remark "That's one big purse."

* In the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within A Film]] showing the titular ''ThreeAmigos'', the poor Mexican peasants offer the Amigos a reward of a large bag with a "$" on it.

* The little guys in ''GoldenAxe'' carry bags bigger than they are. Between levels, they attempt to steal your magic potions if you have any.

** Team Rocket uses these occasionally in ''{{Pokemon}}''.

* In at least some of the ''FireEmblem'' games, the map sprites for the thief and rogue classes are shown as holding these.
* These end up lying around in the SlyCooper games, on some stages (especially the very last one, in the Cooper Vault). These are breakable, to release gold coins. ...um.

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'' has the Mer-kin takebag, carried by Mer-kin burglars and scavengers. "Incidentally, in the Mer-kin language, there's no difference between the word "collect" and the word "steal." When equipped, the bag improves item drops, especially underwater.

* VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI has [[http://www.videogamesprites.net/FinalFantasy6/Enemies/Harvester.gif Harvesters]] and their fellow roguish recolors carrying these.

* Steve Carell carries around a sack of money that serves as his weapon in FakeNewsRumble.
* ''IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace''

* In ''BobAndGeorge'', Dr.Wily will lampshade this in a parody. Instead of the common money sign, any bag he uses to steal will have "bag for stealing (item)" on it. At one point, while somebody is talking to him while he is carrying one of the named bags, Wily directly asks if they are going to even check the large bag he is holding, and is filled with trophies that were to be used in a contest, and the person replies "nope".

* In the ChristmasSpecial ''The Christmas Tree'' whenever the mayor gives the town's donations to the orphanage, he brings the money over in two large bags, for some reason.

* Gene Simmons of Music/{{KISS}} [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope owns the trademark]] for a sack with a $ emblem on it. He got a check from Creator/GeffenRecords for its use on the cover of the album ''Bandwagonesque'' by TeenageFanclub.

* The opening scene of ''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Toy Story 3]]'' has Mr Potato Head swiping several such bags from a train car.

* UnclePennybags from ''{{Monopoly}}'' is often shown carrying bags of money.

* The opening scene of ''[[ToyStory Toy Story 3]]'' has Mr Potato Head swiping several such bags from a train car.

* The thieving enemy TAC from the ''{{Kirby}}'' series is shown with one of these.
* This is where the burglars on ''TheSims'' put their loot.
* Mask de Masque in ''Phoenix Wright AceAttorney'' is shown with one in a photo.

* FinalFantasyVI has [[http://www.videogamesprites.net/FinalFantasy6/Enemies/Harvester.gif Harvesters]] and their fellow roguish recolors carrying these.

A Thief Bag is a bag containing loot, often seen in the presence of thieves who [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment are thieving them.]] They tend to differ by region: Britain uses a large burlap bag marked "swag", America uses a white bag with a dollar sign on it, and Japan mainly uses green bags with white swirls that tie over the face (which some fans will demand be called furoshiki).

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* In one ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' skit, highwayman Dennis Moore (after a little economic education) is seen dragging a yards-long bag behind his horse marked 'SWAG'. In "Old English" lettering, so it looks like "FWAG".

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** Kay Faraday from ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' doesn't carry an actual bag, but she does wear the associated Karakusa pattern on her clothing. [[spoiler: As does her father Byrne Faraday, in a very small clue to his identity as part of the Yatagarasu.]]

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* Steve Carell carries around a sack of money that serves as his weapon in FakeNewsRumble.

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* An episode of ''DangerMouse'' had these as the way cash was stored in a bank vault. This variant had the pound sign, of course.
* The Beagle Boys used these types of bags a lot on ''DuckTales''.

* Gene Simmons of {{KISS}} [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope owns the trademark]] for a sack with a $ emblem on it. He got a check from GeffenRecords for its use on the cover of the album ''Bandwagonesque'' by TeenageFanclub.

A vital accoutremont of the BlatantBurglar.

-->- John Locke, ''Series/{{Lost}}''

* The Thief from ''{{Zork}}'' has one of these bags, sans the dollar sign. Occasionally, things will fall back out when he is forced to retreat.

* In one ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' skit, highwayman Dennis Moore (after a little economic education) is seen dragging a yards-long bag behind his horse marked 'SWAG'.

A ThiefBag is a bag containing loot, often seen in the presence of thieves who [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment are thieving them.]] They tend to differ by region: Britain uses a large burlap bag marked "swag", America uses a white bag with a dollar sign on it, and Japan mainly uses green bags with white swirls that tie over the face (which some fans will demand be called furoshiki).

* In ''TheGoodies'' episode "Alternative Roots", Tim's sheep stealing ancestor Kounty Kutie (and the other men of his village were showing in the traditional striped shirt and mask and carrying the swag bag.