History Main / ThiefBag

The eponymous Kazuma of ''FanFic/KazumaVTanya'' originally uses a stolen pillowcase to hold his pilfered gains, but eventually trades it in for a much larger bag which is very accurately emblazoned "Loot From Nobles".

[[folder:Board Games]]
* UnclePennybags from ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' is often shown carrying bags of money.

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* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'': While meeting with the Coachman, Honest John and Gideon show off a small sack containing the meager sum Stromboli paid them in exchange for Pinocchio. As the Coachman begins to make his proposition, he asks them "How would you blokes like to make some ''real'' money?" and produces a much larger sack full of gold coins.
* The opening scene of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has Mr Potato Head swiping several such bags from a train car.

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* In the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within A Film]] showing the titular ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', the poor Mexican peasants offer the Amigos a reward of a large bag with a "$" on it.
* The groundbreaking 1903 film ''Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery'' has the thieves carrying their loot in these. No dollar sign, though.
* In early Creator/HaroldLloyd short ''The Big Idea'', a bag marked "$10,000" is found hidden in a vase.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Official Thieves Guild burglars in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' carry bags marked SWAG as part of the uniform. Given the peculiar nature of theft in Ankh-Morpork, it's in their interest for official burglars to be identified as such, rather than random housebreakers.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]

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

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.

* In one of his appearances on ''Series/{{Batman}}'', The Riddler can be seen toting around a bag labelled LOOT SACK.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Secret Agent|VideoGame}}'', these are one of the items that [[ScoringPoints give you points]] if you collect them.

* These end up lying around in the ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' games, on some stages (especially the very last one in ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', in the Cooper Vault). These are breakable, and release gold coins.

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Steve Carell carries around a sack of money that serves as his weapon in ''Webcomic/FakeNewsRumble''.

* The Beagle Boys used these types of bags a lot on ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': While meeting with the Coachman, Honest John and Gideon show off a small sack containing the meager sum Stromboli paid them in exchange for Pinocchio. As the Coachman begins to make his proposition, he asks them "How would you blokes like to make some ''real'' money?" and produces a much larger sack full of gold coins.

* Burglars from ''Franchise/TheSims'' series would put everything they steal into a sack. The games also combines this trope with BagOfHolding, as they could put stuffs like a TV set or a ''piano'' inside those bags.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': The thief in "The Jewel Robbery" carries away the loot from the burgled store in a bag. However, the crook later stores it in a suitcase.
* From ''Series/AlasSmithAndJones'':
-->"What makes a criminal a criminal? <pause>The black mask, the stripy shirt, and the bag marked 'swag'"
* In ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "Alternative Roots", Tim's sheep stealing ancestor Kounty Kutie (and all the other men of his village) were shown in the traditional striped shirt and mask and carrying the swag bag.
* In one ''Series/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".

* In ''VideoGame/SecretAgent'', these are one of the items that [[ScoringPoints give you points]] if you collect them.

* In ''Series/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.

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

* Spoofed in a WesternAnimation/YinYangYo episode, where the bag didn't hold money, but actual dollar bill signs. Master Yo even tries to insert his dollar bill signs into it after Yin accidentally transformed it.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': While meeting with the Coachman, Honest John and Gideon show off a small sack containing the meager sum Stromboli paid them in exchange for Pinocchio. As the Coachman begins to make his proposition, he asks them "How would you blokes like to make some ''real' money?" and produces a much larger sack full of gold coins.

* Groundbreaking 1903 film ''Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery'' has the thieves carrying their loot in these. No dollar sign, though.

Expect any thief carrying one to also sport a DominoMask and [[BurglarWear striped shirt]] or [[InstitutionalApparel prison garb]], [[ObviouslyEvil because otherwise how do you know they're thieves?]]. Less careful ones will end up leaving [[DetectivesFollowFootprints tracks for the coppers to find...]]

* In the ''{{Pokemon}}'' game series this is a feature the "burglar" trainer type.

* This is where the burglars on ''VideoGame/TheSims'' put their loot. (And it's basically a BagOfHolding in that game, too. If the closest expensive thing to the door the burglar comes in is ''your piano''? It's going in the bag.)

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

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